Which is why we've been the richest country in the world while tariffs have been at their lowest levels.
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Which is why we've been the richest country in the world while tariffs have been at their lowest levels.
And then they came for the Holocaust museums.
It's being reported that the Pentagon is authorizing military lawyers to serve as immigration judges. This is a threat to the Constitution. Don't say we didn't warn you. From the archives:
the tech right is cool because they'll say "we must build the future and make the US the most innovative country in the world" and also "women should stop getting educated some time in high school so they fuck more"
The Trump admin is now moving to effectively double the number of immigration judges by citing flimsy legal authority to deputize hundreds of totally inexperienced military lawyers to take these jobs. Notably, immigration law is infamously complex, often described as second only to tax law.
The next Democratic president should declare that the National Emergencies Act and Article II of the Constitution allow him to: •admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states •abolish ICE •grant citizenship to any immigrant •disband the 5th Circuit •expand the Supreme Court Seriously: Why the hell not?
NEW POLL has found that Americans have lost faith in the American dream. Nearly 70% of registered voters said that the idea that “if you work hard, you will get ahead,” no longer held true—or never did. trib.al/TUaceEj
Imagine her shock when she finds out about batteries!
Here is the public procurement record showing that ICE is to regain access to its $2 million purchase of Paragon spyware. Paragon sells powerful mobile phone spyware to governments. Biden admin stopped ICE at time; now lifted (jackpoulson.substack.com/p/exclusive-...)
This breaks my heart. I know that LAUSD has had to take extraordinary measures to keep our kids safe from these ghouls, including a return to remote teaching for the most vulnerable students. And it really sucks. #MomSky
It sure seems like what happened was Republicans were convinced the Epstein files would bring down Democratic elites. Put huge pressure on DoJ to make that happen. DoJ looked at what they had and convinced RW influencers the files really only implicate Trump. And everyone dropped it.
We have until about 50 years until oil runs out. The sun and wind will be around a lot longer than that
The Trump family’s historic, obscene corruption continues. The right wing freaked out over Hunter for allegedly making a fraction of this, meanwhile the Trumps are doing this all out in the open and they are silent. 🦗 🦗 www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
the DOJ atty (& 2x Harvard grad) who suggested Harvard showed "wanton indifference to antisemitism" once wrote a paper from the perspective of Hitler & expressed admiration for Mein Kampf stunning reporting from @hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
BREAKING: Judge Breyer rules that President Trump's deployment of the military to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, says Trump is using military as a "national police force with the president as its chief." Injunction granted. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Ah, yes. I remember when Michelle Obama ravaged the NIH and CDC, killed off vital vaccine research and denied inoculations to millions for reasons of pure BS. I remember this because I have Pundit Memory™️, an exciting new product that makes you able to both-sides and whatabout anything!
Weird, putting tariffs on construction materials and throwing day laborers in concentration camps should have solved the supply problem by now
😳…is this what voting will be like…😳
Orlando Florida Special Election Tomorrow Put your protests into action!
Not today, Satan‼️ Got this garbage in the mail a few days ago. Republicans trying to trick California voters into voting NO on Prop 50. Suddenly they care about “democracy”? Please. Vote YES on Prop 50. Don’t let the cheaters write the rules.
One time joe biden had a medium decaf coffee with the former prime minister of kazakhstan and let him pay
Speaking as someone who used to spend time in their chats, SO much of US contemporary fascism is a function of men assuming that the way adulthood worked was, you got a job and in exchange you got a woman to be your mom plus your sex toy. They are ENRAGED that they have a job but no sex mommy.
If we will never be a Socialist [sic] or Communist [sic] Country [sic], then why are you giving billions of dollars to farmers to make up for losses from your stupid tariffs (SOCIALISM) and having the US government own part of Intel (COMMUNISM)?
Mainstream Media isn’t reporting about the children who have died that ICE Gestapo snatched! #iceout #arrestnoem #arresttrump
Graham Platner, an oyster farmer from Maine, announced a bid for the seat of incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins. His goal? To “claw back wealth that was created by the labor and the consumption of working class Americans who have not shared in the riches they helped build.”
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
One of my pet peeves. NYT and others keep calling him a vaccine skeptic not a vaccine opponent.
Americans once assumed their kids would be better off than they were. But business professor Scott Galloway says today's economic policies work to enrich Boomers and steal from younger generations.
Remember, kids: A real big goal of "AI" is to entirely sever capital from labor, and no, there will be no universal basic income, you can all just starve and die, thanks www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
As the DoJ tells the court that it will not remove unaccompanied minors to Guatemala, we can only hope they’re telling the truth.
For decades, Republicans in Washington have told us that tax cuts would trickle down to workers. Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us. Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work. It was a hoax.
These are so poorly written that many could have multiple answers, or none of the answers could be correct. For 33, they didn’t specify the “current” or “modified” pledge of allegiance. C is still a correct answer.
And technically, none of the answers are absolutely correct. There’s too much nuance allowed for those answers. Teachers don’t unilaterally give up their freedom of speech when they become teachers, and some subjects and districts do allow for teachers to share their opinions as opinions only.
History shows us the opposite: Undermining and censoring scientists and experts is a central feature of authoritarianism.
Venezuelan dictator Maduro prepares country’s army for possible clashes with the U.S Maduro has been touring military bases and staging patriotic rallies with Venezuelan soldiers amid the prospect of a U.S. military operation.
Life for Palestinians in Gaza has gotten worse under Trump, not better. So where are Jill Stein and Cornel West now? They aren’t leading protests in DC outside the White House, no rallies. Almost like the whole 2024 thing was just performative.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated that Russia is attempting to destabilize Germany, including targeting its infrastructure, and therefore Berlin is in direct conflict with Moscow.
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
One of JD Vance’s political influencers argues that whites have a higher IQ than Blacks and has endorsed returning to slavery. His name is Curtis Yarvin. When Vance becomes POTUS (and he will), you’ll hear the name more often.
If what we hope will happen ever happens, we'll watch as many, many people in the world of politics, overnight, go on to pretend they were always against what preceded it. This era has been a highly effective acid test for character. Take notes now, so that you don't forget in the future.
CHICAGO…
The ethos behind Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement blames individual people for their chronic diseases—particularly by associating health conditions with choices like vaccination—and links Medicaid users’ value to their economic productivity.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order to prepare the city for a possible deployment of the National Guard, as President Donald Trump has threatened. "We have not called for this. Our people have not asked for this," Johnson said.
My reporting uncovered the existence of DoJ training videos instructing FBI personnel on how to flag Trump’s name in the Epstein files. I’m suing to get the videos under FOIA. substack.com/@muellershew...
Image caring more about stopping a memorial for people killed in a mass shooting than stopping mass shootings. #Priorities
I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.
MAGA: "Go woke, go br—oh, never mind. . ."
A dramatic, extremely worrying moment; over 61,000 people held in ICE detention. That is the highest number ever on record in United States history; roughly 6,000 higher than the previous record set under Trump six years ago, and over 21,000 higher than when Trump took office just seven months ago.
ATLANTA: “The city is opening a grocery store to clear up a downtown food desert… City leaders say the market will help those in the area who have not previously had easy access to healthy food.” (cc: everyone acting like @ZohranKMamdani is crazy🤔) www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
Reason 4857 why health care should never be for profit: AI DEATH PANELS. This is the same kind of program used to deny claims at United Health, and they want to use this for VA claims, too.
Trump take LEGO www.404media.co/lego-stops-s...
I wonder why Bill Pulte didn’t send this case over to DOJ with a criminal referral along with his selective targeting of Adam Schiff and Lisa Cook? apnews.com/article/paxt...
Donald Trump is an enemy to the Constitution, which means he’s an enemy to America. He must be stopped.👇
This is illegal. www.gao.gov/blog/what-po...
Core inflation just hit its highest level in 6 months. Wholesale grocery prices up nearly 40%. Electricity up 10%. Does anyone remember what Trump promised would happen to prices once he was sworn in? I’m struggling to remember.
The insurrectionist-in-chief returned to power to establish a vindictive autocracy and mandate the white nationalist mythology that drives his movement. Only seven months into Trumpist rule, America has reached “Ashli Babbitt: Blood Martyr” territory. January 6 ultimately prevailed.
Remember that $30 million military parade the president forced on everyone in June? Now our dear leader wants a redo—by sea. Under the guise of "restoring patriotism," the U.S. Navy is planning a larger parade for this fall after the president told aides he was “disappointed.” trib.al/CM5pOmf
“What worries me the most is we’re not going to know the degree that we’re suffering. We’re not, because the CDC is losing its capacity to do adequate surveillance across the country.”
Just in case you forgot…
So lemme get this straight... This kid who shot up a church posted about doing this online *for a month*? And no one did anything about this? Isn't this literally the point of homeland security, the FBI, the DoJ? Worthless, the whole friggin lot of em.
We know you invoke prayer as a substitute for action because you send thoughts and prayers every time there's a mass shooting and you never do anything about it. You are not allowed to play the victim because the emptiness of your convictions is a national cliche.
Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for more private-sector usage of AI and fast tracking permits for more data centers after Big Tech companies donated huge amounts to his inauguration. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
New acting director of CDC Jim O'Neill expressed being pro paid organ donation. "There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused."
Here is the terrifying truth: D.C. residents outnumber the populations of Vermont and Wyoming. What’s happening to them now could happen to those of us who enjoy the full privileges of the Constitution. trib.al/VmNYUSN
Starbucks CEO pay: $96 MILLION Starbucks worker pay: $15,000 Coca-Cola CEO pay: $28 MILLION Coca-Cola worker pay: $14,000 CEOs used to make like 20x the average worker. In 2024, the average CEO earned 632x more. The system is rigged.
They're now saying it out loud: The Administration's goal is to undo the political independence that Congress granted the Fed, so that the President can directly set rates.
"As the CDC reeled from the ousting of its director, three senior leaders who resigned in protest told The Washington Post they were asked to participate in an unscientific vaccine recommendation process that they believe could harm the health of Americans."
In case you need an ethicist's input: it's not only acceptable but, I'd argue, obligatory to say what you need to say to get a COVID vaccine. We have duties of care to each other, and particular duties of solidarity to those the regime wants dead, which supersede situational duties of truthfulness.
Crazy indeed.
Shooter was a detransitioned anti-trans Nazi whose ideology was in lockstep with 99% of Trumpism. But the fascists won't let the truth get in the way of an extermination plan they were already working on anyway.
The Trump regime’s latest Executive Order creates a “quick reaction force” that empowers fascists from across the country to quickly become soldiers and terrorize Americans. They hope to instill fear and quell dissent nationwide. It won’t work. We the people will never stop fighting for freedom.
Or maybe - wild idea, I know, but hear me out - it's the GUNS!!!
Anything but calling for an assault weapons ban. I can’t with this man.
Vaccines are safe and effective. RFK Jr. isn’t.
There aren't many stories that prompt gasps at our editors' daily budget meeting. But this was one.
A progressive Democrat flipped a staunchly Republican seat in *Iowa*— won it by 10 points, in fact— by running *As A Progressive* focusing on issues of education, and making housing, child care, and health care affordable. Stop running to the right. Stay left, and fight.
It has been wild to see what were always the two most paranoid pro-Second Amendment scenarios—the government snatching people away and sending occupying armies into communities—literally happen this year, to the delight of conservatives
Holiday deals? At this point my kids are getting groceries for Christmas, if we can still afford it, and enjoying our mortgage for vacation.
with the back and forth tariff talk, somehow our guide from may on trump ending de minimis still stands... so if you're also wondering WTH is going on, here's a guide from @lmatsakis.bsky.social and @zeyiyang.bsky.social
News: Violent crime hits 30-year low in D.C. Republicans: Send in the military. News: Schoolchildren murdered yet again. Republicans: Keep doing all the nothing we’re doing now.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "I have heard about a whole lot of hate being directed to our trans community. Anyone using this to villainize our trans community has lost their sense of humanity."
Sad but true..
I'm calling it the mail loneliness epidemic
🇫🇷 🥐 Time to get French, mes amis!! Make those fascists feel the PEOPLE’S power. ✊🏽✊✊🏻 (Via @howtotoppletyrants)
NEW: Conservatives in Maine have placed a measure on the Maine *this* November that'd restrict the ease of voting in a lot of ways — notably, with new barriers to voting by mail. (The rules would be in place by next year's key Senate race.) Learn more:
Hyper important message for Federal workers who may have, hypothetically, been placed on leave recently. The calls are coming. If your state is one party consent, record the call. If you're unsure, take copious notes: date, time on/off, names etc. C.Y.A. in full effect.
Two children were killed and seventeen people were injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School. A Cracker Barrel logo change received far more scrutiny and attention than any fight against the epidemic of gun violence in this country. Our priorities remain idiotic.
The Minneapolis shooter was apparently a fan of several mass murderers who were motivated by the same "Great Replacement Theory" that has pretty much taken over the Republican Party.
It just gets dumber every fucking day.
As kids return to school, another mass shooting has stolen young lives. Children shouldn’t fear their classrooms. Teachers shouldn’t risk their lives. Parents shouldn’t wonder if their kids will come home. We are the only country with more guns than people—and this is the devastating result.
In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
The ability to fire off 50 to 100 rounds in something like 45 seconds is a choice. A choice Republicans defend endlessly. It's morally depraved to put guns above human lives.
What people expect fascism to look like versus what it often looks like in real life
"A new poll shows handling crime is still a relative strength for Trump." That poll showed Trump *underwater* on "handling crime." This is how news media continues to bend over backwards to frame things in a way that benefits Trump bc, at the end of the day, they approve of what he's doing
Breaking: According to Minneapolis police, two children — ages 8 and 10 — have been killed in the church shooting. 14 children and three adults injured. Minneapolis mayor Frey: "Don't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying."
I’ve seen the future of America: Blue urban areas: Non-white people being terrorized, arrested, put in concentration camps & disappeared Red rural areas: White people getting sick & dying at triple the rate they already are due to no hospitals/medical providers & their refusal to get vaccinated.