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Who hires these people?! youtu.be/13ifEiBqhDo
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I'm sorry, but I really want him to live long enough to go to prison. In reality though, I guess that would never happen, so, better to be done with him sooner than later.
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You could try to be more cartoonishly evil than this but itâd be difficult.
A thin film of #water over granite produces a #shiny area when the sun hits it. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #nature #naturephotography
As I said earlier this year⌠www.editorialboard.com/unsaid-make-...
Spot on.
Garcia: We finally got word from the Epstein estate. They're going to be providing the actual Epstein book⌠the estate is actually going to actually now get us that book and a bunch of other documents that they have that's actually not been reported yet.
Trumpâs EPA is continuing its illegal retaliation against employees for telling the truth in defense of our planet and the nation. We stand with these brave employees in their fight against this retaliation. #zeldin #epa #declarationofdissent
Legal and constitutional experts worry Trump is laying the groundwork to use the Guard to seize control of any city he wants to bring to heel. On Monday, he signed an executive order that primes the Guard âfor rapid mobilization,â across the country. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...
In 7 months, Trump and Republicans have done generational damage to the United States, our economy, our national security, our reputation, and our health care. They're hollowing it out. Rich will get richer, and Putin will get what he wants.
Europeâs leaders have figured out whatâs going on: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Love that album - and Johnny Cash.
Can all the people who actually understand science and disease control start their own organization please? We still need to know the real information and we need scientists out here still doing their work.
âThe supreme leader of the worldâs greatest superpower is, objectively, a Soviet, or Russian, asset. He functions as an asset,â Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal to CNN Portugal, yesterday. Yeah, WE all know it, but it's nice to hear it from a European leader.
This is why Republicans are rigging the maps. We all have a role to play in protecting fair elections in 2026, no matter what state you're in. Use our toolkit to fight the Trump-MAGA Redistricting Coup. indivisible.org/reso...
đ¨BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has just unlawfully placed signatories to the Katrina Declaration on administrative leave. See the letter belowâŚđ§ľ
Unfortunately one of my senators voted for her.
I asked for the latest COVID vaccine this week at my VA clinic and they didn't have any. They said they are "out" but maybe more is on the way. The don't have an ETA.
sickening
đ¨BREAKING: A federal judge dismissed a Department of Justice lawsuit against every federal district judge in Maryland. The ruling, by a Trump appointee, slammed the Trump administration for an âunprecedentedâ effort to âsmear and impugnâ judges who rule against it.
đ¨BREAKING: Third Circuit STRIKES DOWN Pennsylvania requirement that mail-in ballots that arrive in undated or misdated return envelopes be discarded. Court holds that Constitution requires they be counted. A big victory for our clients DSCC and DCCC and PA voters!
đ 83 kids dead. A preventable measles outbreak. Anti-vax ads and RFK Jr.âs visit made it worse. Great reporting by @AtlantaNewsFirst shows Samoa is a warning for every American parent. www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/08/24/t...
J.B. Pritzker got it exactly right, Donald Trump is sending the military to blue cities because he wants to undermine free and fair elections in 2026. Trump believes that military deployments in blue cities is his path to keeping power and Republican victory.
We need more of Tim Walz. Should have been our Vice President.
FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c... SIGN ON TO PROTECT FEMA HERE: www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...
CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL âŚand we are not prepared. Floods Wildfires Hurricanes All are made worse with climate change. All are improved with conservation.
Heâs saying it out loud.
Seriously? The kakistocracy at its finest. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Garamendi: "Trump is creating a police state. When you consider where the National Guard is deployed in Washington, it's not in those areas where there's crime."
Y'all @johnfugelsang.bsky.social has written a super accessible, clear, well-researched primer demolishing Christian nationalist clobber verses & talking points with those dreaded foes: information, logic, & context. Honored to be quoted on matters of abortion and Roman/Yid relations.
The US Administration is now deleting its internal communications, in brazen violation of the Federal Records Act, in order to conceal its other illegal acts. Those entrusted to enforce our Congressâs laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
When our Christianity makes the ultra wealthy and powerful feel safe and supported and the poor and powerless feel unsafe and unsupported, that is when we can be sure we are following someone other than Jesus.
That got us wondering: How would those governors feel if National Guard troops from other states were ordered onto their streets, perhaps to patrol one of the 53 cities in those states with a higher murder rate than Washingtonâs? So, we asked them. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...
D.C. has more residents than two U.S. states. They pay more per capita in federal taxes than any other state. But they donât get a serious seat at the table to decide how theyâre governed. D.C. statehood now.
Asleep on his feet this #Caturday. #CatsOfBlueSky #Catsky #Cat #Cats #kitten #photography
A cloudy day in #GlacierBay #Alaska produces a great #skyline. #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin
Washington Post Editorial Board: âIt is a valid fear that the case against [John] Bolton is a fresh instance of the old Soviet saying, âShow me the man, and Iâll show you the crime.ââ Trumpâs FBI is going on fishing expeditions into his enemies. It. Is. Happening. Here.
But legality doesn't seem to matter to Trump.
Officer David Roseâs life of service and sacrifice highlighted at memorial service A memorial service was held at the First Baptist Church of Atlanta to honor the memory of Marine and police officer David Rose, who was killed in the line of duty in a shooting near the CDC on August 8.
NEW: Oregon and Pennsylvania are the latest to reject the U.S. Department of Justiceâs (DOJ) effort to acquire statesâ private voter data, according to letters obtained by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Washington, DC, folks, our nation's capital. This is what a police state looks like. Coming to your city soon.
âThis is what the Nazis did.â Top scholar on authoritarianism sounds a blaring alarm about Trumpâs FBI raid at the home of a top critic. www.treason.io/p/listen-fbi...
The FBI raided John Bolton's home. Likely they got the warrant claiming Bolton has classified docs. The point is the raid. Period. The intimidation, red meat for the base, sound and video bites. Bolton won't be charged. It's the personal reality show of a madman. Welcome to the American Autocracy.
Here is how the media should be reporting this morning's news. As part of a growing pattern of political retribution, Donald Trump's FBI has raided the home of a prominent administration critic. In this instance it happens to be John Bolton. The pretense is largely irrelevant.
JUST IN: A federal judge has ruled Alina Habbaâs appointment as Special Attorney for the District of New Jersey is unlawful. Judge Brann: âI conclude that she is not [lawfully performing the functions and duties of U.S. Attorney].â Her actions since July 1 may be void.
The California Supreme Court late Wednesday denied a Republican petition to block the stateâs new redistricting plan. The decision clears the way for Democrats in the legislature to approve the map, which would then be placed on the ballot in a November special election.
Ossoff: "Democrats need to strike back. We have no time or luxury for high-minded hesitation, because Trump and MAGA are going to do everything within their power to hold on and to lock in one party rule in America. That's the reality that we face."
The numbers are in. The new maps republicans just passed in Texas reduce Hispanic Texans to one-third of a white person and Black Texans to one-fifth of a white person.
I had a conflict and missed the meeting. Is there a recording I can watch or listen to?
This isnât pro bono, itâs quid pro quo. And anyone doing this work should be shunned from polite legal circles.
"Silence is complicity" Should be the sign that sits prominently on the desk of every elected Democrat in the country.
"Witnesses â including the Post reporter â asked the officers to identify themselves numerous times. All but one, who was wearing the ICE badge, refused. âOh, are you guys the cops?â one agent, who was wearing a mask, responded. âThen shut the f--- up.â www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
This wasnât just a security breach, documents obtained by NPR from a hotel guest who found them on a printer revealed something even more disturbing: a planned luncheon in honor of Vladimir Putin. The menu literally read, âIn honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin.â
Modest proposal: If Dems retake Congress, they must launch the most sweeping damage assessment of the rule of law in American history. Not piecemeal hearings. Not symbolic subpoenas. But a full-scale investigation into how Trump & team broke laws.
The most interesting thing about this week was the fact that Donald Trumpâs best friend was Jeffrey Epstein and Jeffrey Epstein died on his watch.
You and me both. Love that show.
Life can sometimes feel like a glass that has shattered into a million #pieces. Itâs in those moments that we have a choice â we can let the broken fragments define us, or we can gather our strength, pick up the pieces, and create something beautiful and new. (Anon) #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin
Now back to Conservation⌠Questions have come in recently about the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The law still exists and must be followed, but protections are being weakened formally and through internal pressure. See examples in this đ§ľ
Yes, I think he's trying to steal the 2026 election. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Release the Epstein Files!
It's incredibly offensive to have a convicted felon stand behind a podium with the presidential seal on it.
Itâs incredibly offensive to let a war criminal stand behind a podium with the presidential seal on it.
You, of course
Slice their skin. Burn their hands. Zap them. Gas them. Shoot their legs. Just SOME of the ways I heard Trump and his team talk about torturing migrants -- real human beings. Not made up. Not "just a joke." The President is a cruel and sick person.
đ¨BREAKING: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered a second 30-day special legislative session Friday, following through on his promise to continue convening the state legislature to thwart Democratsâ efforts to block a GOP redistricting effort that could add five Republican seats in Congress.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
NEW: An Illinois judge rejects Texas Attorney General Ken Paxtonâs demand to enforce arrest warrants against quorum-breaking Democrats who left Texas to block a contentious Republican redistricting scheme that could help them maintain U.S. House control in 2026. From: @jenrice.bsky.social
HUGE. The first major court victory involving conditions of confinement at ICE field offices. The judge bars detention in any cell which isn't: - Restricted by capacity - Has mats for people to sleep on overnight - Is cleaned 3 times a day - Provides hygiene supplies - Offers free legal calls
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
The Smithsonian is being ordered to become this regimeâs "Ministry of Truth" (see Orwellâs 1984).
Kennedy Center Honors do not mean shit if Donald Trump can just make himself "Chairman" and give himself an award.
A rapist is hosting the Kennedy Center Honors. Facts.
Election on November 4th about this, Georgia!
Zelenskyy: "I told President Trump and all our European allies that Putin is bluffing. He's trying to push before the Alaska meeting on all directions of the front. Russia wants to occupy the whole of Ukraine. This is his wish ... he does not want peace."
Basing such unprecedented action on the blatant lie that crime in D.C. is soaring underscores that our democracy is under assault. To write this off as a âdistractionâ misses the danger of the moment; the potential for unbridled deployment of the military for domestic policing.
Beginning in 1933 the Nazis took control of & transformed the police forces into instruments of state repression &, eventually of genocide. They did so by Nazifying policing. The government removed anti-Nazi police leaders, reorganized police forces, and reoriented police culture towards Nazism.
"caught Joe Biden's cognitive decline"? While Biden has certainly slowed down, he's been sharper than Trump for years. Has always been more intelligent.
Aren't we already there?
TACO
Less than 20 years ago, Congress unanimously voted to reauthorize the VRA. Now, the Republican Party is ready to throw the whole thing out. And the Supreme Court, never immune to political temperature, seems confident enough to end the very part that the Chief Justice assured us would be untouched.
For those in the National Capital Region/DMV:
Great job Annals of Internal Medicine!! Keep telling this heroin brain damaged trust fund deadbeat ambulance chaser to pound sand.
I'm attending Indivisible Georgia Coalition's event, âRally: Sound Science Saves Livesâ - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
The most important thing to know about Trumpâs manufactured crisis in DC is that his administration is still covering up whatâs in the Epstein files.
"If you live in Alaska, I need you to buy a Ukrainian flag and turn any area that Putin is going to be into a sea of Ukrainian flags - so many that, when Putin lands, all he's going to see is just yellow and blue."
Thanks to RFKJâs rhetoric, CDC staff got our âshotsâ early this year. Dark humor aside, live posting our way through this domestic terrorism event at a Federal agency was scary. 180 bullets, an officer lost his life, and workers are traumatized. Why the fu** isnât this getting more attention?
Trump wants you to stop talking about the Epstein files. Refuse.
"You should do business with such people only if you have to..." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...
Well, we all know how much rules mean to the orange felon.
Under the DC Home Rule act, Trump is allowed to federalize DC police during an emergency (which doesnât exist right now), but only for 48 hours. This can possibly be extended to 30 days with notice to Congress, but itâs also subject to judicial review.
REUTERS: US military planning major deployment of troops into DC Remember Trumpâs one-day military parade in D.C.? Now heâs upgraded to the âindefinite occupationâ package.
BREAKING: Itâs official. The Trump regime will deploy the National Guard in D.C. Letâs be clear about what this is. This is NOT about homelessness or crime. This is an authoritarian regime using the US military to seize a Democratic city, terrorize its residents, and lock up Black & Brown people.
The âinvestigationsâ into James and Schiff are patently bogus and retaliatory but in hands as dirty as Ed Martinâs they could prove costly to fend off. Trump and Bondi are acting like a tin pot dictator and his consigliere. All so predictable and utterly pathetic www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
From Florida everglades to infamous Angola prison in Miss., Trump is creating a gulag system. Reports of deaths, serious gaps in medical treatment, unsanitary conditions, rotted and insufficient food, and overcrowding put us in the company of dictatorial regimes open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
