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This is not reporting. This is propaganda.
can't be be both?
It doesn't give him any authority. No implied authority, no explicit authority, nothing. The Constitution gives the power to the states. Stop enabling the fuzziness and doubt they sow! This is not a both-sides-have-good-points issue!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...
gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...
#ThanksRepublicans
My response to both Trump's comments and JD Vance's comments were identical to yours. They feel like they have a different spin on them than I felt before.
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago. Here is the text of his email shared with me:
What did Putin think of the Alaska summit? Well, he just sent drones and missiles to hit an apartment building, a shopping mall and the headquarters of the European Union in Kyiv. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
I don't find her out of touch. I find her focused on both stopping Donald Trump and on trying to continue governing and holding government accountable at the same time.
For all the dog lovers. This is a classic. Worth seeing again.
Best one yet!
Travis Kelce is getting yet another ring.
Another bright red line in the rear view mirror.
The post-storm walk was totally worth it! Do you see the wee rainbow?
i love this journey for her
Important. Clear, concise, imperative. Please watch.
A carefully orchestrated, coordinated, and controlled propaganda operation by Trump, Bondi, Blanche, Patel, Bongino, Maxwell, and Fox. What a joke.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
Here, fixed it.
They're doing this, in part, to tamp down the national protests they know are coming to D.C. soon.
The Republicans want a government just big enough to control your most private decisions. More shameful behavior - in our name - from this administration.
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Important.
Trump wants to control DC in order to stop the mass (peaceful) protests that will be coming. He wants to stop citizens from coming to the Capitol, and the best way to do that is to militarize it.
This is an excellent ā and sadly, rare ā response by a reporter to the Trump regime's evasion of a question and attempt to stick a canned statement into a news story. In many cases like this, reporters from mainstream media have repeated the Trumpers' dishonest spin. Hurray that Jessica refused to.
Trump wants to control DC in order to stop the mass (peaceful) protests that will be coming. He wants to stop citizens from coming to the Capitol, and the best way to do that is to militarize it.
On DC: When we say "crime is down" or "murder rate fell," we are bringing crime and murder top of mind. We have seen this backfire consistently. Say what you're for and have created, not what you fight and have eliminated. Far better to say, "in DC we have proven solutions for safety..."
The New York Times uses the word āmaximalistā because itās afraid to use the word ādictatorship.ā
Let's be clear: Trump doesn't want to be a peacemaker. He simply wants to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Big difference.
Didnāt want to believe this was true. Itās true.
If you live in/represent a Blue State, want to gerrymander the FUCK out of your state, support and are willing to fight for a national anti-gerrymandering law you are principled, consistent and doing exactly the right thing.
Trump: Slanders, smears, and lies about countless innocent people. Trump: Gotta be super-super-careful about the Epstein files because the reputation of some āuninvolvedā people could be hurt.
AbsoFREAKINGlutely.
Thank you @sanneru.bsky.socialā¬ This is incredible! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8AG...
Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain peopleāHow much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?
OMG - who could POSSIBLY care about this headline?!? @Newsweek is fiddling while America burns.
He's looking out for himself, his rich friends, and those who can spare a couple of million dollars to get face time with him at Mar-a-Lago. You and I and the concerns of everyday Americans are nowhere on his radar screen. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...
#complicit
And you have to ignore the shit they serve instead of food, too.
The weather dude on TV last night said it's going to be 99 degrees today. I'm demanding that he be fired and replace with another dude that will forecast a high of 82. Am I doing this right?
I hate political gerrymandering. By precise design, it takes away votersā voices. But until itās illegal, one party canāt just sit and watch while the other carves half of America out of representative democracy. Newsom is right. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/30/t...
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. Letās decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
Itās time to get ruthlessš„ If California holds a special election on redistricting, Iām voting āyesā for new maps. And I promise you Iām bringing friends and family with me to vote. The Supreme Court already made it clear itās fine with gerrymandering. So screw it. LFG.
Dems. Wanna get your polling out of the gutter? Stop talking about redrawing house maps in blue states and do it. Go big. Don't match them seat for seat. Blow them out of the water. Then endorse Mamdani. You're welcome. Love, Allison
Please share as wide as possible, donāt just ālikeā this message. Lives depend on making sure as many get this as possible. #Tsunami #Pacific #Earthquake #DemVoice1 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Massachusetts too!
We said release the files not the accomplices, idiot.
That's the entire idea. He'll throw up accusations against obama, say hey he has immunity so I can't prosecute him but these things are true, and never has to prove anything in front of a judge or jury. Red meat for his base, zero standard of proof, lots of distraction from epstein.
Saying the quiet part out loud. This has NEVER been about antisemitism.
Weāre starting to think it was never about protecting kids
This is a horror and Israel is to blame. There needs to be a ceasefire and Gaza flooded with food and water. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
We canāt even get everyone to read the syllabus š
You don't have to be a "close observer" in order to notice that. The strategy of flailing around anything to draw attention away from associations with pedophilia is screaming me obvious.
We can do better!
I must say, we do really, really hate him here. Thank you so much for noticing!
By "intuitively" they mean "it didn't actually happen, so there's no evidence, we just wanted it to be true."
Let that sink in for a sec.
This is almost unimaginably sad. MAGA and other Trump voters, look what you have wrought upon us and our children. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans put 338 rural hospitals at risk so they could fund tax giveaways for billionaires and billionaire corporations.
How about she testifies that Trump did no wrong with Epstein finishes testifying and then he pardons her ( or more likely commutes her sentence as a thank you from the country for her testimony.) That to me is the most likely scenario.
Bondi to meet with Maxwell to coordinate stories
The US secret police now have secret lawyers.
This is unconscionable. Our entire profession should be up in arms. Masked law enforcement and now anonymous lawyers. Our courts are open as is our legal system. If you canāt put your name to your representation as a lawyer then you should not be allowed to appear in court. @americanbar.org
Flooding the zone.
Oh so the president could release secret files if he wanted to, you say?
Actually, this is the Republican version of healthcare.
People exploding this false messaging that I voted for a bill + funding that I quite literally voted NO on. The threat environment this morning is scary. Doesnāt help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but donāt lie. Itās out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
#squirrel šæļø
This is grievous and immoral. š¢
If the Republicans are going to set gerrymandering for the Rules of Engagement, I say bring it on and let's beat them with it. I'd rather these not be the terms of Engagement but if they are let's win.
There's officially been more accountability for corporate extramarital affairs at Coldplay concerts than there's been for the sitting president covering up a massive sex trafficking operation that targeted children.
ATTN: If youāre one of the 1,000 FBI agents who reviewed the Epstein files, feel free to reach out to me via signal (in my bio). Iāll keep you anonymous- as I have the thousands of current and former federal workers who have sent me tips. Please share this widely. šš»
I've had good luck with Macy's.
Casual awfulness - this is who we are now.
WSJ has a serious investigative news desk bc their non-opinion stuff has to reliably inform people in the business/finance worlds of the social conditions that will shape the economy. the NYT politics desk and senior leadership, otoh, seem to have decided their core mission is to discipline the left
If not corruption, why corruption shaped?
Every time I think I'm at my angriest, the bar gets raised.
Iām a former prosecutor. Grand jury transcripts are not going to shed light on anything new in the #Epstein debacle. Grand juries only need probable cause to indict someone. Releasing these transcripts isnāt transparency. Itās a temporary distraction until the next news cycle
He's seriously trying to distract from the Epstein conversation.
Ossoff: Did anyone really think the sexual predator president who used to party with Jeffrey Epstein was going to release the Epstein files?
He'll stay. They love their power.
RFK thanks it was probably that they didn't get enough sleep.
I have awful motion sickness. On scopolomine for years but side effects have gotten worse. Found this and gave it a try at sea for three days. Shocked that it actually works! Had to share to help others with the same problem. www.westmarine.com/reliefband-r... #seasickness #motionsickness
"Despite Trump officially activating FEMA on Sunday, FEMA has just 86 total staff deployed at this point [to Texas], according to figures shared with staff Monday evening...In the past it would normally be in the several hundreds at this point in the disaster recovery process." My latest:
A gentle reminder that the VA getting rid of 30,000 people instead of 80,000 people isnāt a win.
With a new #COVID variant spreading and changing vaccine recommendations, many people want to know if they can, or should, get a COVID booster. Talk to your clinician or pharmacist today about what you can do to protect you and your loved ones. Read the full post by @cindyleifer.bsky.social here:
BREAKING: Gavin Newsom has just torched Trump, Stephen Miller and the whole administration. š„ It comes after armored vehicles and armed federal agents stormed MacArthur Park in LA today. EVERY. WORD. OF. THIS.
Military style vehicles driving on Wilshire and Alvarado ahead of rumors of a large scale immigrant detention.
This story was on every news outlet and now itās been pulled from local affiliates after the sheriff confirmed the story inaccurate. www.cleburnetimesreview.com/news/update-...
In just four counties in Central Texas--Hayes, Williamson, Bexar, and Kerr--700,000 people voted for Vice President Harris. Just those four counties had more votes for VP Harris than the total votes for her in 14 states and D.C. I understand you're angry, but that anger is very misplaced.
The thing about Elon Muskās new party is that something like this was totally predictable. Heās been out of the news for a few weeks, and no sociopathic narcissist of his stature can stand that. Now POOF heās the headline in every major legacy news outlet. Supply achieved.
That score sounds right for pretty much everything Trump.
Donald claims he didn't realize "Shylock" was antisemitic. He must have known the word, not from his childish fondness for crude insults, but from his deep love and knowledge of all of the works of Shakespeare. www.cnn.com/2025/07/04/p...
@charlotteclymer.bsky.social your writing and your soul are so beautiful it's a privilege to be in this fight with you. Thank you for the gift you are.
McMorrow: What Trump has done is weaponize us against each other, when everybody needs hospitals, good schools, and health care. It has become this battle for scarcity, when weāre the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
