www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRLV... This video examines a debate between Charlie Kirk and Cambridge student Tilly Middlehurst. She is brilliant and well-reasoned.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRLV... This video examines a debate between Charlie Kirk and Cambridge student Tilly Middlehurst. She is brilliant and well-reasoned.
The perfect description of Stephen Miller (who is almost certainly running the country while Trump makes Walter Reed his home) America MUST rise up and fight these bastards. Protest. March. Register others. Make 5 Calls. FIGHT BACK.
Trump is. It an idiot. He is monster who is good at manipulating idiots
Trump plans a hefty tax on imported drugs, risking higher prices and shortages
North Korea's Kim Jong Un crossed border into China via train, state media says reut.rs/4mesYtj
Which emergency officials did the National Weather Service call on the night of the flooding? How exactly did the agency staff up for the storm event? Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett said he’s still seeking answers to some of the most basic questions.
Even in this age of police bodycams and bystander videos, there are certain categories of footage that most media organizations won’t share with the public. But it’s hard to imagine today’s media suppressing, as they did in 1937, footage from the anti-labor crackdown that resulted in 10 deaths.
State leaders to host roundtable discussion on CDC
Below the radar, the second Trump administration has taken extraordinary steps to expand the rights of gun owners and manufacturers. He doesn't care about crime, nor does he care about kids. Trump 2.0 shows every sign of doing anything the NRA wants. trib.al/JOEX4xp
Historians have long debated the exact founding date of New York. But the year itself is less important than using the occasion to reflect on its fascinating history
As Americans observe Labor Day, workers across the country are taking to the streets to protest President Donald Trump and other billionaires who, they say, are taking power away from the working class.
Graham Platner, an oyster farmer from Maine, wants to “claw back wealth that was created by the labor and the consumption of working-class Americans who have not shared in the riches they helped build.”
Pope Leo XIV met with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. The Rev. James Martin said Leo told him that he intended to continue Pope Francis’ policy of LGBTQ+ acceptance in the church and encouraged him to keep up his advocacy.
"It's not alarmist to say that these are goons, this is a secret police that is going into our cities to kidnap people, abduct people off the streets" @katmabu.bsky.social on the dangers of ICE agents and potentially troops roaming the streets of Chicago.
As a Palestinian-American — but also as a human — I urge every member of Congress to take action to reverse this decision. If I were in Congress, I sure as hell would. You can read more about my aims for humane foreign policy here: www.katforillinois.com/issues/human...
Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
Graham Platner, an oyster farmer from Maine, announced a bid for the seat of incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins. His goal? To “claw back wealth that was created by the labor and the consumption of working class Americans who have not shared in the riches they helped build.”
If you haven’t watched @katmabu.bsky.social’s video on right-wing efforts to make their own Wikipedia reality, what are you even doing? youtu.be/X3j-DuH1G4w?...
The Trump plan for Gaza includes the relocation of the entire population - 2 million people - a US “trusteeship” and the creation of a tourism and tech hub. Landowners get digital tokens worth $5,000 and rent subsidies. Investors are promised 4x return on $100 billion.
As a candidate who actually cares about peace, we need to lead with humane foreign policy. You can read my platform here: www.katforillinois.com/issues/human...
Trump’s plan to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War shows (once again) that his self-characterization as the “pro-peace” candidate was complete bullshit. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Trump really has cultivated a cult of stupidity
Trump in Anchorage: A Humiliation. Trump in DC: A Phony Spectacle. open.substack.com/pub/fallows/...
James Fallows had a piece in November 2016 where a former GOP operative in Wisconsin who was appalled at what happened opined "[w]hat a pathetic thing Is decadence." That line has stuck with me ever since. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Fine piece on how a theatrical military occupation to fight illusory crime is scaring away customers and tourists in Washington DC. Coming to a big US city near you. A Summer Afternoon in Washington D.C., by James Fallows open.substack.com/pub/fallows/...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) pointed out that President Donald Trump's so-called "crackdown" on crime in Washington, D.C. included National Guard troops picking up trash instead of backing up law enforcement.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced backlash after claiming Los Angeles "wouldn't be standing" if President Donald Trump hadn't deployed the National Guard in response to protests.
The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but they come with restrictions. NPR wants to know your questions about the new guidance.
Pope Leo XIV denounced the “pandemic of arms, large and small,” as he prayed publicly for the victims of the shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state, prompting similar moves from other Western nations, angered Israel and its U.S. ally by putting a two-state solution back at the heart of diplomatic efforts to end the devastating war in Gaza.
“This is a historic win for the families,” said Brett Eagleson, whose father was killed in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is going to be held accountable.”
After a month of shocking removals, resignations, and a shooting at the CDC, Democrats are demanding that the secretary go.
Ports across the country were planning to become economic hubs for the growing offshore wind industry. The Trump administration is cancelling grants to build the infrastructure for it.
Donald Trump has reportedly gone out of his way to avoid paying national guard troops sent in to Washington, D.C., resulting in outrage from veterans.
Right… but I’m pretty confident, because of the stats, that the group their stochastic terror campaign has been most effective in radicalizing are white, hetero identifying , cis gendered men.
The issue isn’t their gender, the issue is right wing groomers, grooming young people into hate and violence. That’s the issue. We have home grown terrorist groups in the USA promoting violence. The heritage foundation is knee deep in this grooming fiasco.
Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
"Newsom is saying two things. First, we’re not going to let Republicans play by different rules anymore. And second, we are going to use our power however we can, no matter what The New York Times editorial board says about it." trib.al/SpzgHnV
Recently Divorced Man Thinks Everyone Else's Relationship Is In Trouble https://theonion.com/recently-divorced-man-thinks-everyone-elses-relationshi-1819566132/
Even after everything, I still can’t get over how a president makes BILLIONS on worthless crypto and gets rid of police for crypto fraud, but we’re all talking about mortgage fraud by people who earn government salaries in the low hundreds of thousands. I just can’t.
From @markhertling.bsky.social — retired Three Star General, veteran of our modern wars. www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
RFK Jr. says you shouldn’t get a Covid vaccine. All doctors and research results say you should. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.
Since Gabbard has fired the CIA’s area experts, Trump’s morning briefing just praises his genius. But perhaps a happier Trump is just what a sad world needs?
The two countries seem to be swapping places. Temporarily at least, the role of the Western hemisphere’s democratic adult has moved south. The trial of Jair Bolsonaro indicates why
Trumo owned by oil companies and petrotyrants
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry. https://to.pbs.org/45HtATc
Senior Pentagon official had affair with ‘notorious’ astrologer who stalked him, lawsuit says
A Summer Afternoon in Washington D.C. open.substack.com/pub/fallows/...
The month before a shooter opened fire on children gathered in a Minnesota church this week, the Trump administration cut funding in the state for efforts to identify potential mass shooters and head off their violence. https://cnn.it/4lS986O
‘Racist as hell’: Trump’s cabinet is almost all white, and he keeps firing Black officials
Despicable
Exclusive: Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities — including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez — to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found reut.rs/3JWb00R
Punks for Progress was definitely not a traditional campaign event, but maybe “tradition” doesn’t matter. Maybe the way we’ve been doing things isn’t inherently the right way. Thank you for building a new type of politics with us.
Seriously, I can’t thank everyone who showed up last night enough. We hit capacity. The room was full of anger and joy and a determination to be better.
"not quite sure who this candidate is but she seems to have a lot of energy behind her" NEW CAMPAIGN T-SHIRT SLOGAN UNLOCKED!!!! 😂
On Sept. 2, 2005, on a telethon to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina, Kanye West went off script and said, "George Bush doesn't care about Black people." 20 years later, would those words have the same impact today?
⚡️ Trump is a 'Russian asset,' Portuguese president says. Questions about Trump's possibly shady relationship with Russia and the country's security services have long swirled.
It's rich to see all the shitlibs attacking ketamine-addicted billionaires, who I do not support, after decades of criticizing the war on drugs, which I also do not support. by Glennd Of The World As We Know It
See y’all there!
No words. This is… a) …laughable b) …dangerous c) …damaging
NEW: My latest for ProPublica, in collaboration with the Chronicle of Higher Ed's great @KatherineMangan, profiling Leo Terrell, the improbable head of Trump's "Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism," waging war on America's colleges and universities. www.propublica.org/article/leo-...
20 mostly white private academies, all founded in the 1960s and 1970s, brought in more than $20 million from North Carolina in three years. None reflected the demographics of their communities. Few even came close. (Published Nov. 2024)
they really want it to be illegal to dislike them
The Department of Justice is facing an apocalyptic threat from President Donald Trump, according to a conservative columnist.
They aren’t just lazy they are complicit
Does anyone believe them?
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Yesterday in the Oval Office Donald Trump said that some people in the US want him to be a dictator. I’m running for Congress to stop that from happening. Please chip in our average donation of $32 to help me get there: Katforillinois.com/donate
This is Meeting The Moment, from Pritzker. Please watch this 90-second clip.
The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state. presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
If Obama or Biden had said this, it would be rightfully understood as them arrogating dictatorial authority to themselves, it would be the only thing anyone in the media or opposition would talk about for a year, and it would probably end their presidency. For Trump, it’s literally just Tuesday.
This is dumb. And useless
Leaders of California religious sect arrested after two members go missing
Lincoln father accused in death of 4-month-old daughter
President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire one of the seven governors of the Federal Reserve will likely end up in court and could more clearly define the limits of the president’s legal powers over the traditionally independent institution.
Cook rejected Trump's bid to oust her, setting up a legal battle that could reshape Fed independence.
(jk im so happy his campaign is doing fun exciting stuff and maybe we’ll learn some tips to fine tune ours!)
Very thorough, very sobering essay by the always astute Mike Lofgren. (His 'The Party Is Over,' in 2012, stands as one of the prescient works of our times. A former GOP staffer who saw where his party was headed.) www.salon.com/2025/08/24/w...
Talk about sane-washing: How NBC frames Trump's ramping up his tough-guy flexing in DC by arming troops: www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre wrote a memoir. Months after her death, it’s coming out
Vance is not a hillbilly but suburban white trash
Photo of negotiations that ended the Vietnam War.
He’s an amoral opportunist who knows exactly what the truth is but is willing to say anything to get money and power.
How do you negotiate an unconditional surrender, JD?
Unconditional Surrender Grant would like to have a word.
Who could forget the great negotiation of Appomattox?
Yeah, like the one aboard the USS Missouri.
York County PA voted for Trump by 25 points. Yet, “At Giant stores in the York area, the cost of bananas has risen 7.2%, chicken has risen 7.5% and beef has climbed by 7.6% since January. Eggs are up 22% this year.” www.fox43.com/article/mone...
I was first a military lawyer then a federal prosecutor and I can tell you this is not going to help DC. Trump is trying to put yes men in there not do what it takes to fight crime.
The family of Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent victims, is "outraged" at the Trump administration.
It's past time we start ridiculing these insane people. This is beyond unserious. Cracker Barrel did a rebrand you didn't like so the president should send the military into Chicago? That's a ₱μ¢√ing stupid conclusion from a ₱μ¢√ing stupid train of thought and she should be laughed out of her job.🤡
Trump’s state run media continues to endorse his revenge tour.
Another dumb dumb on Fox News
Fox is for mentally challenged people who cannot Cipher lies from truths.
These people are insane
Here are these crackers trying to break black spirits with their fascism
I think troops should be sent to Fox news to police them and their low talent commentators who say what they are told. They should have to verify they are here legally each day.