Ghislaine Maxwell has more rights than Texas Dem legislators.
Ghislaine Maxwell has more rights than Texas Dem legislators.
Protesters fill Chicago streets to fight rigged GOP maps and show support for Texas Dems
Texas GOP kidnapped Rep. Collier. Texas GOP kidnapped Rep. Collier Texas GOP kidnapped Rep. Collier.
Texas Republicans have lost their damn minds.
Texas in 2025.
As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous. Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Masks both increase your ability to act with impunity *and* make you feel like you can act with impunity. Anyway this is straight-up fascism and I still don’t understand the legal authority under which federal agents can do any of this shit.
Do these guys think they’re in an 80’s cop comedy? They’re obviously stalking Letitia James’ house and they’re obviously feds. Jesus.
Why do they need 107,000 beds if they are returning people to their countries?
USAID funded roughly half the world’s supply of ready-to-use therapeutic food. The dismantling of the agency has disrupted the global supply chain that provides the packets, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.
"FREE DC" chants during the Washington Spirit game (From @wusa9 )
Always what they do.
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning. The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
Life comes at you fast
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Article II, Section 4: The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
An unarmed veteran was attacked from behind, sustaining injuries and being dragged into a Portland ice building.
Federal Agent in D.C.: “Proud Boys? They’re great guys. They love the United States.” This is who Trump is sending into our cities to terrorize Black & Brown communities. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DNZldGb...
Whenever I say this site is half people from Philadelphia exactly half of the replies are people saying I’m wrong and exactly half of the replies are people saying Go Birds
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THE CRUELTY… ICE snatched a high school student while he was walking his dog. Agents tied his dog to a tree and, and for extra fuckery, unclipped the collar—letting him run loose on a busy street. According to family, agents joked during his arrest, laughing about the $2,500 they just secured.
The pretexts for these paramilitary takeovers don’t matter They’re lies Don’t buy into their narrative They’re normalizing military takeovers That should be the opposing narrative, not crime rates which let them steer the conversation WE should steer it What they’re doing is unacceptable Period
Today: Anti-Trump protesters marched in Washington, all the way to the White House—peaceful, defiant, rejecting his occupation of D.C.
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oh god this is 100% correct, I didn't even realize, they violently pushed this guy into the driveway to use his presence there to justify the tear gas/crowd dispersal, and beat the shit out of him for obstructing the driveway. christ
Rally at DuPont marching on the WH as we speak.
The current national guard in DC has nothing to do so let’s have every red state send more so they are on every block. I am excited to see how SCOTUS says this is okay.
There's always a lot to read. Put this at the top of the list!
Can someone tell @RepOgles this country was founded to get away from having a king? We know he’s not an economist - turn out he’s not a historian either. 😕 🇺🇸
This federal takeover is not about crime or safety. It is about instilling fear in Americans, starting in our nation's capital. Catch The Breakdown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn9AgsLWkEU
Blumenthal: "My stomach turned when I heard the president of the United States characterize Vladimir Putin as his fabulously good friend. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal."
Talking to some congressional insiders, it does sound like Democratic electeds, especially Senate, are incredibly opposed to working not only on weekends, but on Fridays. A massive energy disconnect between the base and electeds, and sad to see during authoritarian consolidation
"but crime is a real issue, people are worried about crime and you have to take that seriously" No you don't! If people are getting more scared about crime while crime is happening less frequently, it's a made up issue and you should make a point of yelling that all the time
so we’re going full Dipshit Civil War at this point? red states invading? for fuck’s sake
The thing about all of the people who are suddenly dazzled by Newsom is twofold A: all he did was hire a good social media team. B: Pritzker has been more consistent both in his politics and his messaging, and doesn’t seem to have anywhere near the baggage Newsom does in his own state party.
once you find a sucker you take 'em for all they're worth
One thing about DC is it’s considerably prettier and cleaner than most other American cities. Too bad the people in charge of the country hate it so much.
RELATEDLY, WHERE IS THE MESSAGING FROM DEMS THAT IF A SINGLE PROTESTER GETS CLIPPED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD OR FEDS THAT THERE IS A WEEKLONG MARCH IN EVERY AMERICAN CITY STARTING THE NEXT DAY You need to be setting the conditions and expectations for rapid mobilization in response NOW, fuckers
Are any house or senate democratic leader paying attention to what is goin h on in dc right now
Ogles gonna Ogles 🤡
The Constitution protects your right to record law enforcement in public.
NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency they’re from and using profanity with any press & public nearby. This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday). What the hell is happening to the US? (🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
164 years later, South Carolina finally occupies Washington.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social I will not support you at all. Your failure to endorse Mamdani is utter bullshit and I well know why you have not. It's disgraceful. You are not the leader we need.
The GOP plan is always to make sure they are well taken care of and to deprive regular people
I’m gonna say armed troops from red states descending on a blue city is just a few inches — or maybe one exchange of gunfire — short of a civil war’s opening stages.
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6 months later, with armored humvees and (as of tomorrow) military personnel carrying weapons of war through the capitol, with a concentration camp built in the florida everglades, with SCOTUS and circuit courts enabling this every step of the way, i think this framing has been entirely vindicated
D.C. TODAY…
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Several things can be true all at once: 1. Redistricting is important 2. Recruiting talented Democratic candidates is important 3. Generating voter enthusiasm is important 4. We are not voting our way out of this The sooner Democrats come to terms with this and embrace it, the better.
Newsom: And right outside, at this exact moment, are dozens and dozens of ice agents. You think it is coincidental? Donald Trump and his minions, Tom Homan, tough guy, decided, coincidentally or not, that this was the location to advance ice arrests.
Border Patrol agents assembled outside a Los Angeles museum where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a rally and news conference on congressional redistricting. Local elected officials expressed outrage that the agents decided to stand there in a brazen show of force. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
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The overall crime grade in Palm Beach, Florida is a (D-). Crime cost about $1000 per household and estimates indicate that there are between 600 and 4,000 homeless individuals on any given day in Palm Beach the home of Trump and Mar-a-Lago 1100 South Palm Beach, Florida 33480 ⏳🏛🇺🇸
Have said since my college days, the primary source of Fascism is the military and police, both authoritarian by nature, both determined we will obey them, or die.
Yes. Once people wake up and realize they are not here to "serve and protect" us but to keep us "in line," then we can fight back. So many believing in romantic pro-cop BS is holding us back. They are not our friends. Very few in our military are friends either. The majority of them voted for this.
I understood it that way!
Anyone in the greater DC area that can travel in and support the civilians?
Go home!
Yes!
Masked and armed federal agents made arrests outside of a Los Angeles museum in which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Thursday was announcing plans to redraw the state’s congressional map to offset the GOP’s redistricting efforts in Texas. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
My thoughts, I don't agree with everything Gavin has done, but do you agree with everyone on everything? Gavin is all in on defending Ca and the US, like ALL IN- Target number 1, no going back, has been for months. Get behind him, get loud. We can argue details after we stop the hell hole descent
How can they try to say it's okay for Texas but not CA?
If you cannot convince people that the government kidnapping people off the streets and conducting a takeover of the capital is full fledged fascism, they are never going to be convinced. Not until the boots are kicking down their front door.
An interesting subtext here. We do indeed spend vast sums on our military. So the idea here appears to be that without "forever wars" we need to occupy our own cities.
THIS IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL. They cannot commandeer state and local law enforcement because they want to. THIS IS NOT LAWFUL. They cannot use federalized guard or military personnel for civilian law enforcement absent rebellion and insurrection.
that’s a lot of words for deploying the military on our own soil against our own citizens
Can I Get A “Hell Yeah?” 😉😉😉
Americans are being conditioned to think of crime as an urban issue. Ask why. Alabama's murder rate is far higher than New York City's. Urban crime is not worse than rural crime. It's just more visible. In cities everything is more visible. So be careful what you blame city leaders for.
🚨 HEY DC 🚨 if you can participate in tonight’s emergency ride to provide critical resources to your unhoused neighbors you should. MPD & feds are expected to sweep EVERY tent of EVERY encampment as soon as 6:30pm tonight. stand up for your community and show the feds whose streets these are
Robert Malone would be fired by any functioning government, as would his boss RFK Jr.
He spends $200 MILLION of your💰on a ballroom and his family doesn’t deny making billions off his presidency. As you cheer for him caging brown ice cream men & kids, he invades DC to cover a child sex trafficking ring and trashes the constitution to cling to power. He laughs.
I can't believe the people running our country right now. Every elected republican and appointed staff are guilty of inciting violence against Americans.
I hope your community is never occupied like LA or DC. But if it is, you’ll quickly find that people don’t take kindly to having their city under federal control. And folks are just getting started. 📌 Protesters gathered near a checkpoint in the U Street corridor in Northwest Washington.
Did you know that the Founders were so vehemently against having a standing army that might do what Comer is calling for that they explicitly wrote into the Constitution that Congress has to reauthorize the existence of the Army every two years or the entire thing has to disband?
They lie continuously.
WATCH: “WE WERE LIED TO.” @tnbrando.bsky.social on the shady vote in MASON, TN last night where the mayor & board approved ICE/CORE CIVIC detention facility contracts after telling the crowd they had rejected them… then changing the result when they left.🤔 Full: youtu.be/4FwFITGxejk?...
FBI is not receiving a warm welcome as they patrol DC tonight.
The data doesn't lie; the court order in Los Angeles had a clear and measurable impact.
Top ten cities by Crime Rate # Memphis, TN Cleveland, OH Toledo, OH Little Rock, AR Peoria, IL Springfield, IL Detroit, MI Akron, OH Beaumont, TX Rockford, IL
More of this.
New ICE data show that the court order banning profiling reduced ICE arrests in LA by 66%! In other words, ICE is effectively admitting that TWO THIRDS of LA arrests were unconstitutional profiling. Did they admit this to the court? NO! They lied to the courts...
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The moment he named his platform “Truth Social” we were headed this way.
This is not about crime. It’s about power. (+ distracting from the Epstein file cover-up)
Pretty much.
Even worse knowing there are people who have no problem doing it.
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
"For their whole lives, Trump and Kennedy have gotten away with contemptible behavior. They occupy high office after living sordid lives...The contrast with David Rose, Marine and police officer, who lived a life of courage and public service, is striking." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-worst-...
I really appreciated speaking with the amazing @drjudystone.bsky.social about Defend Public Health’s new report: Improving the Health of Americans Together. Friends, you contributed to this report too by sharing your ideas here on what we need to do to improve health. Thank you. We hear you. 💕