One of the world’s most prominent hedge fund billionaires has warned that rising inequality is turning the US into an autocratic state and condemned business leaders for failing to speak out against Donald Trump’s policies.
One of the world’s most prominent hedge fund billionaires has warned that rising inequality is turning the US into an autocratic state and condemned business leaders for failing to speak out against Donald Trump’s policies.
A1 above the fold in the @nytimes.com. The message is getting through. Keep pushing everyone. We can save the #CDC, save the #NIH from the clutches of #RussellVought #StephenMiller and #DonaldTrump. Keep the pressure up on your members of Congress and the media (letters to editors, op-eds).
💯%. I've come to accept how morally depraved Donald Trump is. But I'll never get over how blindingly imbecilic he is. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
We were warned by Washington, Lincoln and others. Now we must oppose this authoritarian regime, firmly voice our commitment to the Constitution and rule of law—and assert what it means to be American. www.americaamerica.news/p/its-villai...
At a profound level, MAGA's immigration policies are simply a way to transfer taxpayer dollars to private contractors whose job is to terrorize the American people. Fundamentally, leaders are using our own money to destroy our democracy.
It was obscene waste to begin with. Corrupt cashing in on hate.
My Cardiologist turned me on to your pharmacy and I can get all my meds less expensive there without insurance than I can at one of the preferred pharmacies with insurance. Can’t wait until you offer Eliquis.
Democrats lost in no small part by being patronizing and insulting to pretty much everyone who is not a progressive. The fact that this question is being asked means that we learned nothing and we are headed for the same disaster again. We deserve Trump.
One of the most remarkable and impactful transformations of all human technology and civilization in history is happening right now!
If you aren't following @jessicatarlov.bsky.social you should. Let's get her to 100k followers today.
Trump: On war criminal Putin: “I’ve always had a fantastic relationship with him” On sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell: “I wish her well” On pedophile Epstein: “He’s a lot of fun to be with” On J6: “It was a day of love” To everyone who has enabled this evildoer, a pox on you and your houses.
"Let me be crystal clear: Crime in DC is ending and ending today."
Kerr County families are hurting. They need flood relief NOW—not strings, not political games. @GovAbbott already has the power to send aid. Do it today. #txlege #HD70 #CollinCounty
"Are you seriously claiming that Trump is deploying the National Guard to D.C. as a distraction from his relationship with Epstein?" Yes. I am. Next question.
#ICYMI: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show. She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
Wanna help our TX House Dems hold the line? Many members, like @plesafortexas.bsky.social, districts are being bombarded by oppo texts. They need $ to counter that & make sure their constituents know the truth about what & why they’re fighting. They’ve got our backs, time to have theirs!Donate here:
Seriously.
Anyone else have hundreds of Bimbo photos with “no posts yet” following you? LOL.
The rich don’t spend the money they have, and the poor don’t have money to spend. This is a problem when 70% of the economy relies on consumer spending. Closing our nation's wealth gap isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s essential to save our economy. https://youtu.be/S6dCh48b4oI?feature=shared
You must not have had the Ten Commandments in your classroom. "Thou Shalt not Steal"
More performance art from the MAGA cult.
Odd, how South Park is covering Kristi Noem and her ICE hooligans more accurately than The New York Times.
Here’s a 🔥🔥exchange between me and Mick Mulvaney during @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's brilliant interview of Mulvaney on Al Jazeera's Head to Head. The whole episode is worth a watch, and you can find it on @aljazeera.com's YouTube channel.
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They won’t rush to help Texans in crisis. They won’t rush to fund our schools. But when it’s about keeping power? Texas Republicans drop everything. The people of Texas deserve better than this corrupt, cowardly process. #TxLege
Donald Trump is trying to rig the next election. He told Republicans to redraw the political maps in Texas to give himself 5 more seats and protect his majority in Congress. This is the rot at the core of our broken political system.
🚨 Texas Republicans dropped a mid-decade redistricting map while Texans are still recovering from devastating floods. “This is cheating in broad daylight—racially motivated and anti-democratic.” 📄 Full statement →
Yes. Happening now. Right now. See Tulsi. See Kash. See Mike Lee. See coordinated GOP messaging. Please understand that it will be impossible to get off this roller coaster ride. Epstein is a mortal threat to Trump. No lie will be too large.
Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
It’s hard to imagine how utterly corrupt the Republican Party has become even in six months. This will definitely bite them in the ass and they will go down in history as helping to bring down the American empire.
His name was planted in the files that don't exist. Got it.
lol
🚨 #SocialSecurity is on the chopping block. Thanks to Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” retirees are now staring down $18,000-a-year benefit cut in just seven years. Seniors who paid in their whole lives are left holding the bag. – $13,600 cut for a typical retired couple.
📣 Redistricting hearing in Arlington this Monday! 🗓️ July 28 🕔 5 PM 📍 UT-Arlington, Hereford University Center If you’re in North Texas, this is your opportunity to demand fair maps and make your voice heard. 📝 Can’t attend? Submit your public comment here: TXHDC.co/redistricting #TXLege #FairMaps
Houston congressional candidate Isaiah Martin was violently thrown to the ground and arrested yesterday for objecting to Republicans gerrymandering in Texas. Republicans win by cheating. Isaiah Martin spoke out as the leader he is and was arrested. 🤬 WE DEMAND HIS RELEASE!!
Via John Colbert.
Republicans are the Deep State.
Amazing stuff happening on the other site.
If you caught Eye on Texas Politics last Sunday morning—thanks for tuning in! If not, here’s the short version: Trump wants new maps, and Abbott’s delivering. Meanwhile, Texans are still dealing w/flood damage. Our priorities are way off. And the special session is focused on the wrong issues!
We are now hearing from @plesafortexas.bsky.social. She is the first Democrat representing Collin County in thirty years. Says that if Collin goes blue, Texas goes blue.
I just held a rally in Plano, TX — a red part of the state — and 1,000 people showed up. Many said it was their first political rally ever. There’s something happening in Texas…
We are not all addled like he is or members of the cult. It’s painfully obvious that he is deflecting from the deep shit he is in.
Today, Republicans held a hearing on "election integrity," claiming that it is acceptable to deny American citizens their right to vote. But my handy-dandy pocket Constitution says otherwise.
This was already the least productive Congress in history—and now it’s shutting down entirely because Mike Johnson is terrified of Trump (and what might be in the Epstein files). The GOP’s contempt for the American people couldn’t be more obvious.
To rephrase, the Republican Deep State shuts down US House early to protect their pedophile leader.
This was a Godsend for my disabled wife who was using a wheelchair. We could go out, move around and do things without impediments. The ADA allows thousands of Americans to work and pay taxes.
Let’s just take a moment to thank Donald Jr for his clear eyed, and steadfast determination to get answers with Epstein. He says to ask ourselves DAILY what SCUM would be against disclosure and truth? Hmmm….
General Motors' profit shrank 35% last quarter after taking a $1.1 billion tariff hit.
Thank you for your report. We appreciate your hard work.
Talarico speaking on Rogan: I'm a Christian, and I think there is no more dangerous form of government than theocracy—because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they’re on a mission from God.
The MAGA cult will never change. But they can’t win alone. The apathetic uninformed independents and uncommitted have to get engaged to vote. They have to feel personal pain or have a personal reason to go vote.
What a pussy.
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Waiting for the Polaroids to be released.
The Polaroids are floating around. Let justice flow like living waters.
Donald Trump says he was "surprised" that Jerome Powell was appointed Chair of the Federal Reserve. Donald Trump appointed Powell.
Crockett: Earlier someone was talking about cities being hellholes. Los Angeles contributes almost 20 billion in taxes. That’s more than all states in this country except for four.
"Reich citizenship will not be laid in the cradle of every one born in Germany, but will be ceremoniously conferred on him after he has shown himself worthy of it through special accomplishments, through loyal services to the State." NY Times, July 6, 1933.
He has definitely lost it.
Texas families are hurting, and they deserve answers. House Homeland Security Committee Republicans must hold a hearing on the catastrophic Central Texas floods. We need accountability and real plans to prevent this level of destruction from happening again. juliejohnson.house.gov/media/press-...
Breaking: State Sen. Angela Paxton announced Thursday she has filed for divorce from her husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
📢 Just released: My official statement on Governor Abbott’s special session. While more than 100 Texans have lost their lives and over 160 are still missing after historic flooding, the Governor is prioritizing redistricting and partisan agendas over recovery. 📄 Read the full statement ⬇️ #TXLege
"Christians" in Congress ignoring Jesus's command to not pray in public (Matthew 6:5-7) to beseech permission to ignore Jesus's command to give to the poor (Matthew 19:21) with their hideous Big Ugly Bill. These are not Christians. They are selfish scoundrels who only pretend to follow Jesus.
I a m so ashamed of what we are now that I can’t celebrate.
So much for the “Golden Age” of America.
In Texas, electricity costs will go up 4.1% and health insurance 12%. So much winning!
GOP 2021: “The debt is out of control! GOP 2022: “the debt is out of control!” GOP 2023: “the debt is out of control GOP 2024: “the debt is out of control!” GOP 2025: ”let’s raise the debt ceiling $5 trillion!”
" If you actually give a crap about winning, which to me, coming from a swing state is the preeminent thing that I care about because of what happens with the policies... you gotta have math. And math means a big, broad coalition of people." - @slotkin.senate.gov
It needs a few typos, grammatical errors, insults, random quote marks, and misspellings.
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I am a Boomer and a subscriber to his newsletter. It’s excellent.
“What I’m doing is a way to teach folks civics without putting it in the classroom, because it’s on their phone.” Aaron Parnas has taken off with his endless to-the-point news summaries, meeting his Gen-Z peers where they already are: TikTok
The most dangerous person is one who is high in confidence and low in skills.
Wag the Dog
Maybe they will care when their health insurance goes up to cover the cost of care when Medicaid is gone. The costs will get passed to those who can pay like it always has in this country.
I think you are lying
#Republicans say they’re targeting just criminals and gang members. Bullsh*t. They’re targeting anyone who “looks illegal” for their 3,000 a day quota, no matter what. And masked #ProudBoys and #OathKeepers get to decide who that is! “The homegrowns are next.” - DT, 04/14/25 #MAGAKidnappers
Republicans’ megabill would increase budget deficits by $2.8 trillion through 2034 after factoring in the projected economic growth the bill would create, leading to more red ink than previously estimated, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Trump's idiot followers (ie every Republican Senator) want to sell off FORTY PERCENT of public land? That is 40% of OUR land.
Utah voters: Are these really your values? Mike Lee is the best you can do?
Look at Carney; he's saying to himself "what a fucking idiot this is. . ."
I think he’s pooping his pants.
NOW: #NoKings Austin proceeds despite the evacuation of the TX Capitol at 1 pm in response to what TX DPS called a “credible threat” against lawmakers attending today’s rally, one of more than 1,800 across the country.
NEW: Dallas, Texas right now. Absolutely insane turnout. Tens of thousands of anti-Trump protestors have taken over downtown. I have seen enough footage to be assured that millions have taken to the streets of America today. 👏 #NoKings #50501Movement (🎥 Dallas Texas TV)
Fox 9 Minneapolis reports that two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses were shot by someone impersonating a police officer. Their conditions are not known. www.fox9.com/news/melissa...
This kind of accommodation is a failure of journalism and why I dropped the NYT last year.
“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.” --Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater
Meanwhile in Russia: pundits rejoiced about the unrest in the United States, hoped it would grow into civil war they've been anticipating for decades, and opined that Trump's mission is to destroy America. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vQA...
Saw this sticker on a car in Montana.
Stunning how badly Trump and the Rs have lost the debate on what their reconciliation bill will do. From new CBS/YouGov polling:
Is he out of touch? I disagree completely. Cost Plus Drugs proves he cares. Engagingly on here shows he is trying to stay in touch. Painting all the extremely wealthy with the same brush makes you wrong, just as most generalizations do.
I have noted that the people on this site have grown ruder and more hateful since I joined it 4 months ago. Even if you agree with 95% of what a person is saying on a topic, if there is one point that you might call out as being more of a grey area, they will call you a fascist etc