What happened to Nory Sontay Ramos should make every American vote Democrat in 2026.đ www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...
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What happened to Nory Sontay Ramos should make every American vote Democrat in 2026.đ www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...
Khanna: Itâs going to be a bombshell press conference tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. The American people will hear directly from survivors of the Epstein abuse. And theyâre not just going to talk about Epsteinâs and Maxwellâs abuse â theyâre going to talk about rich and powerful menâŚ
BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
I would happily donate if it would help him start his trip a few days early.
Like a 1980s televangelist, Trump is now asking his supporters to send him $15 to help him get to Heaven. meidasnews.com/news/trump-a...
"The risks of militarizing society were real to them, as were their concerns about politicizing the military." "Them" being early Americans who understood why civilian and military affairs are rigidly separated in our Constitution.
đ¨BREAKING: President Donald Trump is preparing to deploy National Guard troops in the state over the governorâs repeated objections. Pritzker also warned Trump will soon launch large-scale immigration raids in Chicago. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
As a captain, Murray commanded the U.S. Navyâs newest battleship, the USS Missouri (BB-63), when Japanese representatives signed the Instrument of Surrender on 2 September 1945. usni.org/magazines/n...
Eighty years ago, on September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri, Japan formally surrendered to the Allied powers, ending the most devastating conflict in human history. But also, in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnamâs independence. open.substack.com/pub/bobspenc...
It's his imagination and we're just lucky to be living in it.
Today in Politics, Bulletin 197. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
I donât know what did or didnât happen to Trump, but what I do know is the country has the right to know the truth.
We will know for sure when Fox starts playing Swan Lake nonstop
You should see his portrait in the attic
Trump limits National Guard assignments to 29 days at a time to keep the called up service members from getting healthcare and housing benefits while on duty. And the NG troops are catching on. Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime. www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
I miss the old brand #CDC
Trump wasn't seen yesterday by the White House press pool. He wasn't seen today. He has no public events scheduled this weekend. Trump hasn't been seen in public since Weds, and it's unclear if he'll be seen in public until Tues. That's pretty damn weird.
"Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others." --Abraham Lincoln, 1838 www.americaamerica.news/p/its-villai...
New, from me: America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism. This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we donât acknowledge where we are. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
âThis is a reality TV show with sick and cruel content and the volume knob set to 11.â Wow! Possibly the most powerful political opinion piece Iâve ever read. From @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social Read it now. www.americaamerica.news/p/its-villai...
RFK Jr was not chosen to preside over US public health and science because he had any qualifications. He had a famous family name and Trump needed his endorsement and supporters. We saw it happen live in this call. Thatâs why we are here.
Trump knew RFK Jr. would be a disastrous pick to lead health care in America, and he nominated him anyway. Trump made this mistake, and now he must fire RFK Jr. immediately.
Trump does imply that he will be writing checks to the people refunding a bit of their tariff costs. The checks will probably be limited to âpatriotsâ or holders of Trump coins.
My friend, Huston Smithâs Religions of Man did a nice survey of the essences of the worldâs religions. He did say to me years later that he regretted leaving out Tibetan Buddhism.
JUST IN: Donald Trump revoked former VP Kamala Harrisâ Secret Service protection-CNN A petty, vindictive move from a small man.
"If you donât want to tear it down and start from scratch, youâre part of the problem. If you do want to tear it down and start from scratch, congratulations, youâre hired." Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/camelot-fo...
An interesting bit of math many educated people know, if you multiply the ânumber of peopleâ by the âshare of peopleâ you get the total number of people in that share of people. According to this chart the US is 1st in number of educated people followed by India and China. Other charts may differ.
According to the chart, China comes in 3rd.
I multiplied the two sides of the graph.
"You know who can die without vaccines? Republicans and Democrats, MAGA supporters and people who are against MAGA. This is just a health issue. It's not a political issue." @weissmann.substack.com (in for George Conway) talks Trump's latest power grabs with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social:
According to your graph it looks like the US has the most educated people with India coming in second. But, we do have more than our share if idiots.
Metal detectors arenât required if guns arenât the problem.
Should âconcernâ all Americans? CONCERN? Barack Obama doesnât get it. Just like the entire Democratic Party establishment doesnât get it. We are lightyears beyond âconcerned.â Weâre fucking pissed off & ready to go to war to save this democracy. And we wish Democratic Party leaders understood that.
Hello, everyone. Today, thanks to @sbg1.bsky.social and @newyorker.com, I learned a new word. The word is: "butt-snorkeler."
No JD Vance, Newsom is not âmimickingâ Trump. Heâs mocking him.
NEWS: CVS, the largest pharmacy chain in the country, is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states and DC â even to people who meet the new FDA criteria â because the CDC hasn't signed off and isn't expected to do so (if it does so) for at least three weeks.
Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post. #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
Gavin Newsom is destroying dictator-wannabe Trump with FACTS.đŻđŻđŻđ
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned from the CDC, revealed that RFK Jr. has NEVER been briefed by CDC experts on measles, flu, or Covid: âNo one from my center has ever briefed him on any of those topicsâŚHeâs getting his information from somewhereâ
Iâd love to see it, but who would be President on Tuesday?
Americaâs frontline climate defense is unraveling. NOAA faces cuts, censorship, and mass staff losses, jeopardizing global forecasting. Lives, research, and preparedness are at stake. tinyurl.com/2y6z5auj #ClimateCrisis #NOAA #WeatherForecasts #ExtremeWeather #Activist360
President Trump turning D.C. into a backdrop for military photo ops is dangerous and wrong. Our nationâs capital doesnât need gold-plated SUVs or staged patrols â it needs leaders who respect democracy and the people who live here.
âHow many companies have moved 100% of their manufacturing to đşđ¸ since Trump took office? The answer is pretty clear: Zero.â
Russia insists that any security architecture set up to protect a post-war Ukraine from future aggression by Russia include Russia. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
NEW VIDEO: President Donald Trump announced he will issue a new executive order to get rid of mail-in voting and to control the counting of ballots in 2026. This is not a political stunt. It is an existential threat to democracy. I explain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6K4...
On the partisan groups that work inside occupied Crimea. Long term occupation will not be easy for Russia www.counteroffensive.news/p/ukrainian-...
Pastor Doug Pagitt realized Vote Common Good would need a robust mass-alert system because of ICEâs new, aggressive tactics of showing up unexpectedly at places that were previously off-limits. Like churches. www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...
The Bondi/Patel trove of evidence documented last February:
"We sign this declaration in our own personal capacities, on our personal time, and without the use of government equipment, as protected by our First Amendment rights..." www.savehhs.org
After Donald Trump lashed out against voting by mail, a few Republican officials disagreed â politely! â with the presidentâs plans for an unconstitutional executive order. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Over 300 pages of private emails and text messages from Fox employees and hosts 'Pretty out there!' Emails and texts expose Fox hosts who didnât buy Trumpâs election lies www.rawstory.com/fox-news-sma...
Watch this. Apparently, police followed Rep Collier into the bathroom and threatened her with a FELONY for being on a press call with Senator Corey Booker and Governor Newsom.
My latest, with Charlie Rose: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aOe...
Wow. Thank goodness the Trump regime has brought in the military to deal with vagrancy.
NEW: Need a little good news? Alex Jones is step closer to losing his brand and his studio to The Onion. Harry Dunn and I tell you all about it on the latest Cleanup on Aisle 45. Free to listen and subscribe! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Clients should leave these firms! Per the Washington Post, âAfter making deals with the president to avoid punitive executive orders, Paul Weiss and Kirkland & Ellis are helping the Commerce Department.â Gutless Sycophants!!
This is so damn wrong. Thread.đ
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social with the exclusive details on a network of 5,000 churches launching a rapid-response action plan to protect worshipers during ICE raids. Read Huddled Masses only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...
Trump losing Joe Rogan on immigration is a big deal, and a big opportunity for Dems to rally a lot of regular Americans. Catch @timmiller.bsky.social on @nicollewallace.bsky.social's Deadline White House:
Slaves were only counted as 3/5ths of a person in 1787. In Texas blacks get 1/5 of the representation of a white voter.
Trump wants to get rid of mail-in ballots so he can intimidate voters with federal troops stationed at the polling stations. Hard to scare people who can just quietly mail in their votes. Protect mail-in voting at all cost.
Call for Papers! 𧾠The Public's ScienceâA New Social Contract for American Research Policy a Special Issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Editors: Alondra Nelson (IAS) and Jenny Reardon (UC, Santa Cruz) Abstract Deadline: Sept 19 www.ias.edu/stsv-lab/pub...
All the president had to do was not take a wrecking ball to our country's world-class research ecosystem.
"Trump is so malleable that all of Europe had to come to make sure that he wasn't manipulated. Then he walks away in the middle of that meeting to call his friend Vladimir Putin." @adamkinzinger.substack.com talks Trump's White House meeting with @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
Food prices? Up. Electricity prices? Up. New construction? Down. Farmers? In trouble. What could possibly go wrong?
Slaves were 3/5ths of a white person in 1787. Black Texans deserve at least that.
"Crime is lower in D.C. than it is in the Republican-led states these National Guard troops are leaving..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
This is so disgusting and tacky. Everything about him is so disgusting and tacky. This is what people with zero class think class looks like.
Latest CBO analysis of the full distributional effects of the Trump budget (the "One Big Bill") just landed. They blew out the budget, see how big of a slice you got. www.cbo.gov/interactive/...
Absolutely disgraceful and despicable. If you are a partner at Paul Weiss or Kirkland & Ellis you should be ashamed of yourself -- that is, if you had any shame left.
"Dismantling the secret police would be costly and would require absolute ruthlessness. Responsible people will counsel against it. But you cannot reform the secret police. You can only destroy them; or eventually submit to them."
âEnergy prices up 28 percent this year.â Sounds bad. We need a president whoâs not anti-energy.
My law firm is currently litigating 50 voting and election cases in 22 states. In addition, I chair the board of Democracy Forward which has brought more litigation against the Trump administration than anyone else. I'm sorry if that isn't enough for you.
đ¨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the GOP's emergency petition to block the stateâs new redistricting plan, ruling that GOP lawmakers had âfailed to meet their burden of establishing a basis for reliefâ under the state Constitution. Follow @democracydocket.com for full details.
JD Vance: "This idea that Gavin Newsom is somehow gonna mimic Donald Trump's style -- I think that ignores the fundamental genius of President Trump's political success, which is that he's authentic."
Global plastic treaty talks collapsed in Geneva as petrostates blocked progress. 184 nations came seeking a deal, but oil giants killed it. Plastic pollution continues to surgeâthreatening health, climate, and biodiversity. tinyurl.com/yc7u4xsy #PlasticsCrisis #Climate #Biodiversity #Policy
There's a Mexican restaurant in my neighborhood that I go by often. Every summer weekend so far there have been families out on the patio in the afternoon and evening, having a good time, food and drink. The vibes are good; friendly. I enjoy its presence. Last weekend it was empty. No one was out.
Fascism. Fascism is here. We must be perfectly clear about this. The country is being shut down and/or made hostile to any who do not dance to the tune of the Dear Leader, who has absolutely no plans of ever leaving the White House. Not ever. We can pretend he will leave, but we know the truth.
Gavin Newsom responds to Fox's OBSESSION with him
Breaking NYT: A close adviser to NYC Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his re-election campaign after giving a journalist cash tucked inside a potato chip bag. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/n...
Trump is showing Presidents Zelensky and Macron his â4 more yearsâ hat during their White House visit. Donald Trump, global disgrace and laughingstock.
Theyâre escalating routine traffic stops to arrests because they donât actually have shit to do. The third night of the occupation there was an additional 850 federal officers alongside our 3200 MPD officers. There were⌠23 total arrests that night.
đ¨NEW: Stewart Rhodes, founder and former leader of the far right militia group the Oath Keepers, said that itâs time to get the group 'back up and running' â and Donald Trump should 'call up' the militia.
England, once known for its abundant rainfall, now faces a severe water crisis. Aging infrastructure leaks up to 1 trillion liters annually, water consumption is high, and lack of new reservoirs exacerbates drought risks. tinyurl.com/9jzm6wu5 #WaterCrisis #WaterShortage #Water #Infrastructure
The WSJ Editorial Board with a brutal review of the Trump-Putin summit: âThe Russians achieved one of his major goals from the summit, which is the start of his rehabilitation as a world leader. The summit ended his isolation from the West, and he gave up nothing for it..â
Please don't say Putin "played" Trump and got everything he could've ever wanted from the grotesque spectacle in Alaska without also noting that it's *easy* to play Trump. Putin isn't a geniusâa *child* could play Trump. Just flatter him and indulge his delusions. He's pathetic.
Like every turning point in the ongoing Trump humiliation of GOP leaders, no Republican has stood to defend American dignity and Decency. Two monsters: Vladimir Putin and Ghislaine Maxwell, embraced by the Republican Party. Putin and Maxwell: Welcome to the GOP open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
Keep in mind that EVERYTHING he says or does going forward is to distract from the EPSTEIN files. E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
Kudos to Republican governor of Vermont Phil Scott for standing up to Trump's fascist authoritarian takeover of American cities. đđđ
"The White House is now said to be searching for someone with "tremendous credibility and experience" to replace McEntarfer. It will certainly be someone who can concoct numbers showing, as Trump put it, that âThe Economy is BOOMING under âTRUMP.'" www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
The issue with Texas isnât gerrymandering. Both parties gerrymander where they can. They always have. But theyâve always waited to do it at the end of each decade, with each census. The issue with Texas is they are gerrymandering MID-DECADE. Which would set a terrible precedent.
I think this quote is both unsustainable and unsupported by the analysis in the piece. First and foremost, it portrays fraud as *consuming* science rather than merely growing alongside it. Much of the âfraudâ in the paper is just metric gaming whackamole that doesnât get read, cited or used.
But that one only made it to the second tablet.
I realized I couldnât drive a stick shift after moving here and sold my car
We canât lose focus on what matters â right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next yearâs midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy.
The Voting Rights Act, the watershed Civil Rights era law that has prevented attempts to dilute minority votes through racially gerrymandered electoral maps hundreds of times, turns 60 Wednesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
President Trump said today the FBI "may have to" help bring back Texas Democrats who fled the state over a redistricting vote.
I refuse to be exhausted, but crimey, Trump is exhausting.