/2 "I oppose gerrymandering in any state, regardless of the party responsible for initiating it." Texas Republicans and Donald Trump don't care and will proceed with their attempt to rig the next election.
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/2 "I oppose gerrymandering in any state, regardless of the party responsible for initiating it." Texas Republicans and Donald Trump don't care and will proceed with their attempt to rig the next election.
An example of a very smart, well-intentioned scholar who right now is completely unsuited to think through the brutal struggle that Trump has brought to America, especially "blue" states. This has to be a political fight, yes, a fight. Trump doesn't care about anyone's setting an example.
Thread… I’ve grown up in Chicagoland since the 1980s. As Trump plans to ransack our city & region with illegal military occupation, here are 3 facts he & most of corporate media won’t bother to address—because doing so would undermine Trump’s entire fascist narrative to enable autocratic rule. 1/5
It should be, but Republican politicians have allowed themselves to be owned by Trump and chronies.
Ex-Dyer seminary school VP charged with child porn www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/e...
May be far more work going in behind the scenes and in the courts to oppose Trump than you know. “The conversation was, ‘You are in 1938 Berlin. Which kind of person are you?’” Gifting this one to you. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The argument that a news organization is being "deceptive" if they edit at all is a ploy to make the news only transcribe whatever lies any public official wants to cook up. And this affects print-forward publications, too, not just broadcast.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a visit to China that “the (Trump) administration is listening to us,” as he complained that former President Joe Biden paid Moscow’s arguments no heed. https://to.pbs.org/4mH7Axw
The tolerance for lies is killing our country. Trump just called Chicago “the most dangerous city in the world, by far.” But its homicide rate isn’t even in the U.S. Top 20. Will major media call out the lie – and call it “a lie” – or will they talk about his “tenuous relationship with the truth”?
Very informative thread by @jennycohn.bsky.social .Of course the billionaire tech bros don't like "old" media. They want narrative over facts, promotion over reporting.
Corporate executives who defraud nursing homes? Pardoned. Reality TV stars who evade millions in taxes? Pardoned. Thousands of January 6th rioters? Pardoned. Anyone who opposes Trump? Prosecuted.
It is. Seldom did I ever see the same sort of forgiving approach to my mistakes when I was teaching in public school.
News alert -- poor people have feelings and form relationships.
NEW — Organizers marked Labor Day at the Oklahoma Capitol by demanding worker power over corporate rule, pressing for solidarity, fair wages, and accountability. | Alex Gatley was there and reports: freepressokc.com/labor-day-ra...
“In a major U-turn, more U.S. residents drove into Canada in June and July than Canadians making the reverse trip … It was the first time that happened in nearly two decades with the exception of two months during the pandemic.”
White-fucking-water. Don’t any of you people hate yourselves now?
I still can't believe the "inject disinfectant" bit didn't end him. Even with MAGA. Our language is insufficient to describe the idiocy of this time period.
Important reminder for anyone who thinks you can feed photos of Trump through AI filters and believe you’re getting a more accurate picture of reality.
Excellent criticism of politicians and media failing to challenge Trump's "emergencies": "Trump pulls the fire alarm when there’s no fire so that he can take over the empty building. We end up talking about fire-preparedness. What are we doing?" open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Thinking about how Venus and Serena used to play one another like absolute maniacs, just two strangers full of tennis rage
/3 The responsibility to persuade is something that seems to have been forgotten from time to time in American liberal politics.
/2 In some ways, Japan's attack clarified the argument and bolstered the work of those trying to persuade the American public of the necessity to intervene in Europe.
We need to remember that there are always people like this. They were very active before we entered the war in Europe. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor enraged Americans and tipped the balance away from appeasement on any front. Without that, we might have just sat it out.
Let's give a shout out to the men & women who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay. Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas. Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art
Taught HS for 17 years. Some home school parents worked their asses off and I could tell when their kids came to my high school. But, the parents who just didn't want to wake up early enough to get their kids to school on time really caused their kids to suffer. It was sad and exasperating.
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!
Easy answer as to why: They’re scared.
This is a powerful treatment of an in-credible moment in U.S. military history by a retired U.S. Army officer. As a subscriber, I’m gifting this piece. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
💯%. 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-...
Reading the book, cover to cover, should be the minimum requirement.
The thing about a lot of these never Trump Republicans is that, unlike a lot of institutionalist Dems who think the fever will break and we can all return to comity or whatever, these guys saw the rot up close and know the only appropriate response is to tear them out of government root and branch.
If hopelessness has made a home in your heart, it cannot be dislodged easily or all at once. Chip away at it with small victories, moments of hope and defiance. It is not easy and it will take time and effort, but strive to make it an uncomfortable home, a place where despair is no longer welcome.
MAGA: "Go woke, go br—oh, never mind. . ."
"If loyalty to the Constitution and an attempt to overthrow it are treated as equal, we lose the very meaning of service—and with it, we are closer to losing the Republic the oath was meant to protect." — Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
Exactly. Campaign consultants have coached Democratic Party politicians to do the "vote for me, I'm not as bad as they are" thing, and way too many have just taken the advice. Time for the party to stop going for the lowest common denominator.
Recently Divorced Man Thinks Everyone Else's Relationship Is In Trouble https://theonion.com/recently-divorced-man-thinks-everyone-elses-relationshi-1819566132/
Stephen Manning, this guy’s lawyer, is one of the best in the country. It’s very good news that he’s taken this case.
If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
I believe this. But, it’s not just Trump. He’s this devious but not that skilled. This is a whole crew of handlers who are behind this thinking and that’s the real problem.
Promise tariffs ⟶ faff around ⟶ announce tariffs ⟶ pause tariffs ⟶ promise deals ⟶ court rules tariffs illegal ⟶ appeal ⟶ court order stayed ⟶ make no deals ⟶ 90 days expires ⟶ delay tariffs again ⟶ announce tariffs again ⟶ appeals court rules tariffs illegal again ⟶ you are here
“Clearly we’re dealing with an administration that’s far more focused on narratives than truth….” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...
The damage this man has done is incalculable.
If the whistleblower is telling the truth, then this is the ultimate bad-faith move by this administration. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Norman Transcript editor fired following selection as Ward 5 council candidate. Good coverage by the OU Daily. And, a good example of how student news publications can fill in an important coverage role in a city. www.oudaily.com/news/norman-...
MASA = Make America Sicker Again
So, pay attention to the regular news of Russia hitting what are clearly just population centers just to create more suffering. For the most part, Ukraine hits infrastructure. Both sides are not morally equal here.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
To give you a sense of how nuts this is, Paxton claims a court of only Republican appointed Republicans is “Beto loving” because they asked for a response to one of his filings.
NEW from @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social: Maryland federal Judge Paula Xinis barred the Trump administration Wednesday from re-deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/judg...
"This bill screws rural America in every which way you can possibly imagine. And yet, it becomes easier for Republican representatives to get away with this precisely because Democrats aren’t in these areas ... telling their constituents what these lawmakers are doing to them." trib.al/4uzqO24
Here's the unfolding story coverage if you are trying to catch up on the murder of two small children. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Can't tell you the last time a banned book or a pronoun killed a child But I can tell you the last time a gun did
Since Helsinki I've been insanely curious about what Putin has on Trump because it is so effective while Trump seems otherwise incabable of shame at all.
Another reminder that fascism has always been about theft, then and now.
Wow! Good stuff.
One of the few Republican U.S. House members making in-person appearances embarked on a town hall tour of his district to meet with constituents Monday, and a civil conversation broke out. https://to.pbs.org/4oVb0hQ
Just nauseating. An utter disgrace.
“It certainly seems the Trump administration’s intention is to try once again to create a single, all-knowing way to access & use the personal information about everyone in America *** This kind of sensitive data at their fingertips is the dream of authoritarians”. By Cindy Cohn, 8/25/25
Trump heard: “Maybe we’d like a dictator...” He didn’t hear the rest of that: “…removed from the White House and taken into custody for violating our Constitution.”
Another reminder, in 2022 Trump SUPPORTED Putin's invasion of Ukraine. He lies about everything. #Ukraine #Trump
Trump's cabinet live broadcast has dragged on for over three hours now. 22 people are attending. That’s 66 hours of collective time from the most senior officials in the US federal government. No work has been done - just delusional Trump rants and sycophantry. The administration ending "waste".
Many years ago I was in an organization run by an extreme narcissist, and an insane amount of time was wasted just like this. Every person around this table knows they are unloading bullshit and they continue doing it. Politically, never forget or forgive. This is pathetic, and does great damage.
I was just told by my Republican congressman’s staffer in DC that Rep Sam Graves hasn’t had a town hall since 2012 because he is scared for his safety… So, he has been avoiding his constituents for 13 years because he’s scared of us? I’m confused.
A reminder to @npr.org — you don’t have to repeat his lies, such as invading cities to be about crime.
Reminder. 1/x
Respect. This is a big move to take on one of the big news services, especially for a stringer (contractor). Other outlets will likely blackball her for this.
This is the way to do it. Don't comply if it's riddiculous and outside the Constitution or even our long-standing institutions.
Putting the military on the street will lower crime. It does in North Korea, did in Nazi Germany, and in the book 1984. The question isn’t will it lower crime. The question is do we want to be a nation governed like this. Until 6 minutes ago the GOP believed in LOCAL control.
Welcome to America where burning your own flag is now more illegal than smearing actual human shit on the walls of our capitol building. #politics
Normally, the DOJ rewards witnesses for turning on co-conspirators. Ghislaine Maxwell? She’s the first to be rewarded for protecting them. This isn’t a prosecution. It’s a cover-up — and she’s part of it.
i am afraid that university leaders see themselves as narrowly defending specific grants and policies, perhaps even asserting university prerogatives, when they are in fact, like it or not, on the front lines of defending democracy.
I’ve heard military law experts advise, if you are given an illegal command as a soldier, do not blindly obey. Call your attorney. Obeying an illegal command can result in a court martial.
A “we were wrong” correction would be nice.
The paint on the Mexico side of the wall is so much prettier
Starting with increasingly consolidating newspaper companies in the 1950s and 60s, and now the broadcast media consolidation, news corps have been on a mission to edge out small, independent competitors so they could make any decision they wanted. These days, the decision is to kiss ass.
Pritzker: Over the last four years, we have seen homicides drop in half. That’s something the President should pay attention to. I know he doesn’t read but I know he watches TV so perhaps if someone from Fox or Newsmax is here
The memoir will be released just months after Giuffre’s death.
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
Well, @jbpritzker.bsky.social just made a firm speech in defense of his constituents and told Trump not to send troops.
… with the background of Walmart historically coaching their new employees on how to apply for government benefits.
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This is how you do it.
Socialism
I saw this interview, and throughout it seemed very much like he was talking about some other president than who we now know Trump to be.
Writing about this as we speak! The ability to consider new facts, to release old info from yr tight & sweaty grip, & to alter position & activity in response is indispensable to life, but we've got a whole class of people whose perception is so flooded w/desires & fears that nothing else gets thru
Everyone's screaming about how the left doesn't compromise and I keep saying I will vote for this guy. I am a communist who will vote for a billionaire. Centrists, tell me about even one instance when you have compromised like anything close to this. Or at all.
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Everything is harder once you win an election: Ukraine war, everything.
The safety of the people of Illinois is always my top priority. There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty military within our own borders.
Wow. After all he's been through, still doubling down on defending and covering for predators.
A landlord turned off Tenant Client's family's heat upon learning Client was an immigrant. Landlord hired three different law firms to argue this was legal, then fired each one after they couldn't get our case dismissed. This week, landlord settled for enough that Client will buy a house.
Folks really need to get clear on the difference between fascist government and totalitarian government. We've fully arrived at the former, but we still have the ability and moral responsibility to prevent the latter.
@robertgarcia.bsky.social: "Maxwell is a convicted sex trafficker and a liar. She cannot be trusted... Todd Blanche was Donald Trump's personal lawyer before he became deputy AG. His arranging of this deposition, his then moving her to a less secure facility, we're not going to be tricked by this."
the NYC subway has 4 million daily riders. 4 million. 4 million people. shut up with your bogeymen and your sad scare mongering. Anyone running for municipal office in NYC who runs on “the subway is scary” is automatically disqualified and anyone else who uses this talking point is an idiot
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