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Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
🚨We🚨Must🚨Not🚨Allow🚨Brutalization🚨Of🚨Protesters🚨To🚨Be🚨Normalized!!!
From the WH pool this morning: Trump left for an “unannounced location” at 9:27 a.m. His motorcade then drove to his golf club in Virginia, arriving at 10:02 a.m. “There was one person in a car who gave the motorcade the middle finger as it drove by,” the pool report states.
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
This federal judge understated the matter when she called “surprising” the government’s attempt “to remove minor children from the country in the wee hours of the morning on a holiday weekend.” She was right to issue a temporary restraining order. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Bill Cassidy is a physician who is being humiliated daily by Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy has exposed Cassidy’s craven prioritization of his own power over the health and safety of his constituents and of the United States of America. Kennedy has exposed Cassidy’s powerlessness to stop him.
Judge Blocks Flights Sending Hundreds of Children Back To Guatemala “It is a dark & dangerous moment for this country when (Trump) chooses to target orphaned 10-year-olds and deny them their basic legal right to present their case before a judge” www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
FEDERAL AGENTS TAKE NOTE… It’s not just Chicago standing strong. Other blue cities and governors are ready to unite against Trump’s federal invasion. I’m not an attorney, but this point seems huge: if federal agents break state or city laws, they can prosecuted. And Trump cannot pardon them.
CHICAGO…
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
FLAG: Missouri's governor just called a special session of the state legislature to pass a gerrymandered congressional map in favor of Republicans. Just like what Greg Abbott did in Texas.
The problem: Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary residence, enabling the now-estranged couple to improperly lock in low interest rates, according to an Associated Press review of public records.
Mrs. Simpson, You’re not a doctor. The boy is not a doctor. I’m not a doctor. The only person who even comes close is this man!
It’s a mild Kryptonite sprain
The first Black mayor of a tiny Alabama town overwhelmingly won election this week, four years after white residents locked him out of the town hall and refused to let him serve.
Yikes, JD Vance better hope JD Vance doesn’t hear about this!
Last night,Russia launched yet another massive drone&missile attack on Ukraine.Air raid alert was announced in most regions of 🇺🇦 This is the second massive strike on 🇺🇦 in just a few days.The deadline for Putin to agree to negotiations expires on Monday ◾️Zaporizhzhia:at least 12 strikes on the city
Rep. Mark Alford to his angry constituents: "If you didn't want to hear my lies, why did you come here?" #BlueCrew
It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu x.com/dr_demetre/s...
It has been wild to see what were always the two most paranoid pro-Second Amendment scenarios—the government snatching people away and sending occupying armies into communities—literally happen this year, to the delight of conservatives
Additional far-right references: Minnesota School Shooter's pistol inscribed with "Vicki Weaver" -- wife of white supremacist Randy Weaver killed in a confrontation with the FBI at Ruby Ridge. Also had "Waco" written on rifle, likely a reference to the standoff with the Branch Davidians in 1993.
We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.
In the graphic design world, logos like this are frequently simplified if only so they can be recognizable when scaled at smaller sizes, what they tried to do here. But, morons rule the day.
The funny thing about this is that it's not even the first time eight-wingers have melted down about Cracker Barrel. It is, however, the first time their tantrum has gotten the company to reverse a change.
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally: "Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
Dragging that right leg again yesterday.
“Papers, please”
Frost: Trump traveled this nation and lied to everyone, told people the reason you can't pay your rent is because of that trans kid . The reason that you can't afford your healthcare is because of that immigrant. They want us to look at each other and blame our neighbors instead of blaming them.
Bolton’s home raided, Gen. Kruse fired, Epstein coverup proceeds, seizure of 10% of Intel another step towards state capitalism. Just one day in the somewhat chaotic but directionally purposeful march towards…despotism. Does anyone think they’re doing all this so they can hand over power in 2028?
Look even the National Guard doesn’t want to be a part of Donald’s DC takeover.  Republicans always want to enlarge the defense budget & use military force, but never want to respect our service members & veterans. Gross.
Hold on, hold the fuck on… the Trump administration is spending $500 million taxpayer dollars to paint OUR side of the border wall black? The wall HE said MEXICO was going to pay for? That wall? But we “can’t afford” pediatric cancer research?!?
UPDATE: Fox News reports that ICE told Kilmar Abrego Garcia they are going to deport him to Uganda on Monday.
Epstein
TUNE IN: Governor Newsom provides update on Election Rigging Response Act. YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/OeOtfln... Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/10634... Instagram: @CAgovernor X: @CAgovernor
This is so disgusting and tacky. Everything about him is so disgusting and tacky. This is what people with zero class think class looks like.
BREAKING: The California Assembly just passed the first of three bills aimed at drawing new congressional maps — a Democratic-led effort to counteract Texas Republicans' gerrymandered map.
JUST IN: A federal judge has ruled Alina Habba’s appointment as Special Attorney for the District of New Jersey is unlawful. Judge Brann: “I conclude that she is not [lawfully performing the functions and duties of U.S. Attorney].” Her actions since July 1 may be void.
Even in red states that think of themselves as economic powerhouses, most of that economic activity happens in blue counties🤷🏿♂️ Because cities are diverse, vibrant places, bustling with activity. Little pockets of "more like California" Subtract out the blue counties and every state is super broke.
California is countering Donald Trump's attempt to rig the 2026 election and redistrict his way out of accountability in states like Texas. We're fighting fire with fire — giving the power to the people to fight back and demand nationwide independent redistricting.
Trump is making it near-unaffordable to have a family. Back-to-school essentials cost an average of 7.3% more than last year and school lunch staples cost 5% more this year—and Trump’s increased tariffs are about to make the problem worse. www.youtube.com/shorts/_BNF0...
What Danielle said. According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2% Let me put that another way. President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
This is genocidal rhetoric calling people cockroaches. This is exactly the language used in the Rwandan genocide.
Watch this. Apparently, police followed Rep Collier into the bathroom and threatened her with a FELONY for being on a press call with Senator Corey Booker and Governor Newsom.
Meet Shakira. Ten years ago, she was living in a shelter with her three kids, working at a non-union hotel. Now she's a member of HTC. Unions are how working people can build a dignified life. But in a city as expensive as ours, they need local government on their side.
The budget bill Congress just passed will strip millions of people of health care while giving $170 billion to an immigration police force larger than most of the world’s militaries. Members of Congress are home for August recess, and we're holding them accountable at town halls across the country.
An aspiring businessman Michael Boulus just a few years out of college, asked Trump’s daughter Tiffany to marry him. Almost immediately the deals started coming. Boulos, his family & their associates were suddenly benefiting financially from his proximity to Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/w...
Trump says he’s going out on patrol in DC tonight with the National Guard and police. (Audio)
Paula Poundstone @paulapoundstone.bsky.social
"Scholars see sanitizing." Look a little harder, #BrokenPost, and you might fight scholars--and journalists--who find racism and fascism.
The Trump trade war tax hits gamers. nypost.com/2025/08/20/b...
That's Not America, That's a Police State Do we have a government of insurrectionist?
I for one am concerned.
An analysis conducted for the Intercept found that the militarization of D.C. could end up costing hundreds of millions.
WATCH: @joerogan reads about a planned 1930’s coup to overthrow Roosevelt, finds it absurd that “no one was prosecuted” — then somehow completely whiffs on the obvious parallels to modern day… and pivots to talking about Martha Stewart.
NEWS Virginia Giuffre's family PRAISES judge's denial of Epstein grand jury records, agreeing it's a "diversion" that "distracts from the vast scope of the Epstein files in the government's possession." Full statement below. More www.allrisenews.com/p/trump-stri...
You only try changing the rules if you think you're losing — and that's exactly what Texas Republicans are attempting to do. We want to give Californians the power this November to counter redistricting power grabs and stand for independently drawn maps in every state.
Call this what it is: racist! Trump plans to rewrite history, scrubbing “woke exhibits” he claims focus too much on “how bad slavery was.” WOKE: Born in the Black community, meaning alert to racism, injustice & systemic oppression. Hijacked by the right to attack Black folks. Offensive as hell.
This would make it much easier to traffic people out of the US with no records.
Barack Obama has offered his approval to Democrats’ mid-decade redistricting attempts, praising Gov. Gavin Newsom’s bid to reapportion California’s House districts as a “responsible approach.”
NEW VIDEO: President Donald Trump announced he will issue a new executive order to get rid of mail-in voting and to control the counting of ballots in 2026. This is not a political stunt. It is an existential threat to democracy. I explain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6K4...
Stephen Miller: "All these demonstrators that you've seen out here in recent days, all these elderly white hippies, they're not part of the city and never have been ... we're gonna ignore these stupid white hippies that all need to go home and take a nap because they're all over 90 years old."
DHS is using the Bible to promote ICE, claiming ‘righteous’ fight against immigrants
Not sure how useful it is that the Times keeps writing the same story about the different iterations of fascist intentional communities popping up like pustules across the country, but I do have to admire the attention to detail in this one.
I probably don’t need to say this, but Pirro is obviously wrong that Supreme Court precedent prohibits the prosecution of people carrying illegal firearms without a permit. There is no right to permitless public carry. Not even close. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
ICE is targeting delivery drivers in DC, and MPD is helping them. 📌 ICE is not police 📌 DC law requires uniformed officers to show their badge and nameplate while on duty And Uber needs to do better by its drivers!
How I yearn for the day when all that gold crap is removed, along with the guy who put it there. The stain, on the other hand, will never fully wash away.
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.
Translation: ‘kill mail-in ballots so Democrats can never win again.’ This adds fuel to the idea that Trump is plotting a third term. It’s almost like he thinks Democrats will just roll over and play dead for this.
Brian Kilmeade said Trump wants to send National Guard troops into cities for the people who DIDN'T vote for him. He probably should have thought that through first. I guess Trump will send the military into cities to terrorize those who didn't vote for him.
Clay Travis declared that inflation was going down two days before the BLS release the latest PPI (Producer Price Index) report showing that wholesale prices increased in the previous month.
Rep. Jeff Van Drew claims he’s spoken to “large numbers” of dead people who had mail ballots sent to them
A United States Senate investigation has identified more than 500 credible reports of human rights abuses in US immigration detention since January, including alarming allegations of mistreatment of pregnant women and children.
With local public media stations on the brink of collapse followingTrump’s successful push to strip federal funding, the Public Media Bridge Fund hopes to raise $100 million over the next two years to keep local newsrooms alive.
"A MAGA occupation of a left-leaning city." If you look closer at what's happening on the streets of LA and DC, you'll see this is more than just "fighting crime"—it's a politically partisan occupation. @dfriedman.bsky.social reports on what's happening in the streets of DC.
We estimate that his approval is net negative in 36 states plus DC
Trump's approval is the lowest of his second term, according to our tracker with YouGov. He is roughly as unpopular as the same point in his first term. www.economist.com/interactive/...
THIS 👇🏼 You can’t make this up.
Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...
"I'm so overwhelmed by the support. In fact, today, Vice President Kamala Harris called to encourage the work that we're doing." Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier joins @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social as she remains locked in the statehouse chamber after refusing a security escort to leave.
Collier: I refused to sign and so I was told that I was gonna have to stay here on the floor. They have locked the doors. The sergeants have been instructed not to allow me to leave until I have a permission slip.
In a stunning moment, Elise Stefanik was booed off the stage twice at an event in her district.
The war will be against "the enemy from within," and it will be waged with his 10,000 new ICE gestapo brownshirts. We have GOT to flip congress in 2026 and stop him.
White supremacist tropes and ironic viral jokes illustrate the administration's project of redefining who belongs in the United States. n.pr/4187cQe
BREAKING: Less than 48 hours after the Trump–Putin summit, Russia launched missile strikes on Ukrainian cities. In Kharkiv, a residential building was hit, injuring at least 11, including a 13-year-old girl.
We saw that bullying on live TV last time they met.
Look what Trump and Hegseth have already made our military look like. How long can we endure this shame?
Any other U.S. President would be embarrassed & sickened if they got played by Putin in Alaska like Trump did. But when you realize that Trump works for Putin, that Trump is on Putin’s side, then you’ll understand why Trump isn’t embarrassed & sickened at all by what went down in Alaska.
After Fonseca Tapia stopped filming, he said that the masked agent issued a warning: “More of my guys are coming and we’re going to take care of you.”
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ICE GOONS in South Norwalk, Connecticut, brutally kidnapped Ricardo Chavez and his brothers. Notably, the goons never presented a warrant, and all the arrested individuals possess legal status to reside and work within the United States.
RADDATZ: The president went in to that meeting saying he wanted a ceasefire and there would be consequences if they didn't agree on a ceasefire in that meeting, and they didn't agree to a ceasefire. Where are the consequences? RUBIO: That's not the aim RADDATZ: The president said that was the aim
🔥 MUST-WATCH: “And that’s why it’s important to teach ALL history, Jillian — not just cherry-pick certain % when they work for your argument.” @debunktionjunction.bsky.social fires Jillian Michaels’ claim “only 2% of whites owned slaves” into the sun Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DNdRlSB...
BRENNAN: If Putin will be offered land he has not seized yet, doesn't this set a bad precedent that the US now accepts it's okay to seize land by force? RUBIO: Putin has already seized land by force B: Are you demanding withdrawal? R: Territories will have to be discussed. That's just a fact.
It’s time to play by their rules…👇 And beat them at their own game. Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨
BRENNAN: Well that February meeting in front of cameras where Zelenskyy was dressed down-- RUBIO: Do you know how many meetings we've had since then? BRENNAN: I was just up in Alaska watching the one with Vladimir Putin where a red carpet rolled out. It was very different
Consequences…
