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Texas Republicans are redistricting early at the behest of Donald Trump. The response by Democrats in California to counter-balance is being triggered by a blatant GOP plot to steal the 2026 midterms. This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom.
Texas state representative Nicole Collier is the type of politician we need right now who puts their money where their mouth is and actually fights for her constituents. She courageously risked her freedom for ours. 🥺 In authoritarian regimes, people flee their oppressors.
Australia might finally be on track to have enough renewables to dodge blackouts as our coal fleet retires over the next decade, according to a new AEMO forecast. Last year we added a record 4.4 GW of solar, wind & batteries, with more on the way. Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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...
What blue state is stepping up next? Who’s gonna meet this moment with the urgency it deserves? Who wants to be able to tell their kids and grandkids that when everything was on the line, they didn’t just SAY the right things, but DID the right thing with the power they had?
Another grifter... www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-2673...
The judge points out that the 76 pages of grand jury testimony are a drop in the well compared to the 100,000 documents the government could release.
Remember when Russian state media called her “our girl Tulsi”?
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.
I for one am concerned.
Trump just said the quiet part out loud: if America’s at war, he thinks elections should be canceled. That’s not a “joke.” That’s dictatorship in plain English. Our democracy isn’t suspended at his convenience. Every word out of his mouth proves he’s unfit and dangerous to the republic.
Fox News falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
ALERT: For the first time in the history of the survey, the Office of Personnel Management is CANCELLING the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS). They don’t want you to know how they’re treating federal workers. I really want to create a shadow FEVS…
Greystar was using rent-setting algorithms from software company RealPage, the subject of a 2022 ProPublica investigation that showed the firm was helping landlords decide prices in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior. By @heathervogell.bsky.social
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
I’m In That 72+%. Are You 🫵🏼🫵🏾
Every Democratic member of Congress should be in the streets of DC saying this dangerous authoritarian escalation must stop. Do they not grasp what’s going on here?
If you’re under any illusions about what an authoritarian personality cult the GOP has become, they’re not hiding it:
Pragmatic progressives — armed with bread-and-butter proposals to improve the lives of ordinary Americans and an upbeat message of hope — are the future of the Democratic Party. This is a good thing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/bread-and-butter-and-hope
Dictator’s worst nightmare: •Citizens talking to each other. •Citizens organizing. •Citizens marching. •Citizens not buying their 💩. (literally boycotting) •Citizens replacing them. Authoritarians hate this one weird trick~PEOPLE UNITING💪🏼 #Resist #DefendersofDemocracy
Trump has turned the National Guard and even U.S. Marines into tools for political control—seizing local police in D.C., deploying troops in Los Angeles, all on flimsy claims of “crime waves.” I know the real cost to those who serve and to our democracy. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
“To see so many people who frankly give a shit about their country, it really warms my heart. I’m trying really hard not to cry.” “Why this fight is so important is because there’s only one thing left for them to take, and that is our power.” - Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu
🚨Newsom TROLLS Trump in all-caps parody posts, Grok and ANONYMOUS pile on, and the meltdown is glorious. We read them all in Trump's voice: youtu.be/czBUNwvZ4yc?...
More from Newsom’s press office.
The media’s complicity helped crown a predator. @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com delivers justice in words with this #CupOfJoe. #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
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Democrats should be all over this. We need answers from Acosta who gave Epstein a "sweetheart deal" that let him stay out of prison for most of the day and allowed him to continue raping girls. www.axios.com/2025/08/05/j...
Do it! And Democratic governors who don't participate need to be voted out. Dems, stop playing softball. You're holding the moral high ground and losing American democracy.
FAUX Fake News can Never Tarnish Obama's Legacy.......
NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public. By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
For those of us joining late, #Project2025 is the means to change America from the land of opportunity to the land of blind productivity in benefit of the 1%. Further, it perpetuates unitary executive power and a new "morality" that's a mandate! These people suck. Let them know!! #resist Stop by👇🏼
Yes! Donate to my lawyer who is doing all this pro bono! It's tax deductible because it's a 501(c)3. The link is in my article :)
Thanks for all you do. Been listening to you a long time now and you’ve kept me saying. You are the voice of reason and hope.
BREAKING: I am suing the Department of Justice for the training videos instructing FBI personnel to flag mentions of Donald Trump in the Epstein files. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/i-am-suing...
For www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... I used leftover katsriversidestudio.com DK 🧶 and doubled fingering weight. A great project for leftovers! #showmeyourknits #knitting #knitsky
Yeah JD, we remember. We will never forget your boss was best friends with the guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring. And then that guy was "silenced" forever. And now we will just not talk about anything else until they... #ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files
“I was only an aspirante dictator,” Augusto Pinochet told Jon Lee Anderson in 1998. “I read a lot, especially history. And history teaches you that dictators never end up well.”
By attempting to abdicate any legal responsibility to provide for a healthy environment, the U.S. is running in the opposite direction as the global legal community, @zoeschlanger.bsky.social reports:
I was at the University of Minnesota to highlight new funding that would accelerate research and expand opportunities for industrial hemp farmers. Supporting this growing industry is key to creating jobs, driving innovation, and building a sustainable future for agriculture.
It’s time to wake up - we are literally on the verge of losing our democracy if Donald Trump cheats his way to those seats in Texas.
To protect Lake Tahoe for generations to come, we need to understand the lake and commit to keeping it clean. Grateful to UC Davis Tahoe for showing me the scientific work they are doing to keep Tahoe blue.
More and more people are noticing. In Texas, concern is at 92% as they get bombed by floods, hail, and wildfires.
If you're worried about the world or frightened for the future, here’s my message for you: Don’t just sit idly by and wring your hands. Roll up your sleeves, channel that anxiety into productivity, and join us at this year's @clintonglobal.bsky.social.
Keep your eye on what's happening in Texas.
California has signed agreements with Google, Adobe, IBM, and Microsoft to help train the state’s workforce for a wide range of jobs in AI. We’re building economic opportunities for Californians while ensuring the safe and ethical use of these emerging technologies.
Hands off our Social Security! I’ve been on the frontlines fighting for Social Security since day one, and I am proud to introduce the Hands Off Our Social Security Act. As Social Security turns 90 this month—I won’t stop fighting to protect this vital program YOU worked your whole life to have!
News: Another appeals court has upheld the law I led that allows Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices. Despite Big Pharma’s challenges, this is a big win for affordable health care and for seniors who will save money.
Ken Paxton is the most corrupt Attorney General in Texas history. This malignant clown was impeached by his own party. He has ZERO credibility on issues of law and order. Pipe down.
The Israeli media has maintained that there is no hunger crisis in Gaza. Now that rhetoric has suddenly shifted. Will it lead to real changes on the ground?
I’ll be in Dallas on June 3 for a special screening of clips from our new film, The American Revolution, at the Winspear Opera House with KERA. Join me, Sarah Botstein, and Jane Kamensky for a conversation after the film. Tickets and info here: attpac.org/event/the-am...
Noticing a pattern here.
He will take himself down with his blabber-mouth.
Rep. Greg Casar is rallying the people right now outside Abbott’s mansion—because Texas Democrats are DONE playing nice. They’re risking everything to stop Trump’s racist, illegal power grab. This isn’t a protest. It’s a reckoning. We’re not letting them steal a damn thing. #MessWithTexas
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Two can play that game.
None of the Epstein/Maxwell survivors were notified of Maxwell’s transfer to the minimum security facility.
Detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” are on a hunger strike over what they call inhumane, dangerous conditions. Some haven’t eaten in 10 days. One of them, Pedro Hernández, was hospitalized and still refuses food until they are treated with dignity.
What kind of a shithole country is governed by an administration that covers up child rape in order to protect a paedophile president?
Will everyone quit and roll over? The law firms, media companies, universities, government employees. Will you all cling to what you have and hope you can just ride it out, Republic be damned? Shame on all of you who don’t stand up, just remember we will never forget.
McMorrow: Everything is “in two weeks.” “I’ll make a decision in two weeks.” You can’t run a business based on the feelings of an old man Truth Social-ing what he’s going to do tomorrow or the next day. That’s not how business works.
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Firing everyone who could tell you what you're doing is unethical or illegal does not make what you're doing ethical or legal.
Get this! Trump’s net approval rating has PLUMMETED 17 points since January to minus 11 points now.
CNBC: The EPA is moving to rescind this endangerment finding on carbon dioxide and greenhouses gases. Is that a danger to public health? MAKARY: To be honest, I don't know enough about that issue CNBC: You're in charge of our public health! Can you look into it for us?
Reminder that as a corporate lobbyist, Pam Bondi represented scores of clients facing federal regulatory scrutiny — including Amazon, Uber, and GM. She also represented the government of Qatar and ICE contractor GEO Group. "Conflicts of interest" is an understatement.
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social: “The West doesn’t understand the extremism of Putinism…that (its) goals involve the destruction of the transatlantic alliance & maybe of the EU…The path to peace is through convincing Putin that he won’t win the war, that it’s hopeless.” (ht: @berlinbridge.bsky.social)
Breaking news: The Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to rescind the landmark legal opinion that underpins virtually all of its regulations to curb climate change.
NEW: EPA to revoke 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers humans.
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
This man could change the tables. He is a honest decent man who we desperately need in leadership. Crossing my fingers! North Carolina, please don’t let this hope pass.
Roy Cooper raises $3.4 million in first 24 hours of his Senate candidacy. The former North Carolina governor set a fundraising record with his day-one campaign haul.
Kristi Noem down in Argentina on another taxpayer funded adventure with her “Chief of staff” and “special friend” Corey Lewandowski.
Who could've predicted??
Some generations were asked to storm beaches. Ours is being asked to stay engaged. That’s not too much to ask. I wrote this piece not just as a veteran or former congressman but as a dad. We are not the generation that lets this flame die. Not on my watch adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
Democrats need to learn to street fight. Follow his lead ⬇️
Comer tomorrow: DOJ giving Maxwell immunity shows the genius of Donald J. Trump. Art of the deal!
This is state media. Like RT or CCTV.
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Good morning and happy Saturday to everyone. After 10 years of accusing gay and trans people of being degenerates who ought to be executed, MAGA is now obsessed with normalizing pedophilia. Also, Ghislaine Maxwell trained underaged girls to be sex slaves.
It’s coming. The pardon of Ghislaine Maxwell is 100 % going to happen. Take a listen 👇🏼 #Pinks
Is no one seriously going to call what DOJ’s Todd Blanche did—“questioning” Ghislaine Maxwell—what it actually is? Witness tampering. Say it out loud. Because pretending it’s normal is complicity.
Is the US Department of Justice actually going to vouch for the credibility of Ghislaine Maxwell???
Y'all 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😭😭 Mike Johnson delays #vote until September. #Comedy #pinks #sheshed youtu.be/0z5iPzKnYSA?...
"I can't believe the known liar, head of the criminal organization I made deals with went back on his word" Welcome to the find out part Lisa 🤠
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The President of the United States, Donald John Trump, raped children.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES 📜 I heard it was not trending anymore. Let's keep the heat 🔥
No wonder they are desperately trying to distract us
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... #ChiefInjustice John Roberts shares so much of the blame for the rise of the dictatorial #PedoRapist and his aggressive band of imbeciles. The MAGAt majority of #TheScrewpremeCourt has become hostile and contemptuous of US citizens. #RobertsRulesOfDisorder
This is what fear looks like.
