Imagine fancying yourself a *conservative* and voting for this.
Retired from US Cts - 30 yrs as crim defense investigator, 6 as writ clerk (think habeas petitions... but by the 100s). So, 36 yrs on Team Due Process.
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Imagine fancying yourself a *conservative* and voting for this.
Christ.
Bring back George Washington, Abe Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt. Give them 5 minutes alone with Trump. (Lock the doors from the outside.)
Photo passed along from a federal employee from inside the Dept of Labor building, where a giant Orwellian image of Trump's face is now draped outside. Big Brother is watching.
Sure, different things work in different parts of the US. The character of the electorate should be reflected in the candidate. Mamdani's great for NY, maybe not NC. But I can think of a dozen other states in which the D Party wd be well-served to run a guy who looks like he's in a tool commercial.
DNC, Party Establishment, Consultants: Fucking. Pay. Attention.
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
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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.
This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children. Pay all workers a living wage.
Sorry?
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.
Amen.
Dr Demetre Daskalakis is one of the big CDC officials who just resigned. He said RFK Jr never met with experts from his division, not even for briefings on measles, COVID, or RSV, in the seven months he has served. โHe has never been briefed by any human from my center about anything.โ
J.B. Pritzker is 100% right. Please listen to him, pay attention, and join us in speaking out against authoritarianism and to protect free and fair elections.
Taken an hour ago. Healthy and fit as ever.
* up to & including the declaration of a state of emergency & postponing of elections ** He'll likely be doing that even in the run-up
This. Administration. WILL. NOT. (A) allow midterms to go fwd w/out (1) poll intimidation &/or (2) other interference* & (B) honor unfavorable [to it] results, w/out (1) claiming fraud** &/or (2) ginning up violence. Trump's history makes that clear, ffs. Any hope lies elsewhere.
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
Among the better developments we could have now are that congestive heart failure we've been hoping for or a mass patriotic defiance by most or all of the military.
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social is in DC with other vets right now standing up for democracy. He's playing General Milleys speech on repeat for them today ๐ #LoveTheVets!
More name changes afootโฆ Department of Defense = Department of War Department of Education = Department of Keeping You Stupid Center for Disease Control = Center for Crackpot Conspiracies Department of Agriculture = Department of Subsidies for Farmers going broke from tariffs
That ain't the 1/2 of it. Even if key polls aren't targeted for intimidation, even if a dozen or two Republican House reps are defeated, why would anyone expect Trump - who hasn't accepted an election loss yet - to accept the results & not claim fraud (even in advance) & animate his goons?
Maybe. That several formerly Republican friends have agreed is a good sign.
Please shareโผ๏ธ find your Labor Day September 1 protest here. Search the map for your local protest. www.mobilize.us
Graham presently has 8.2K followers. He should have 3x that many. Follow Graham. (Send Susan Collins packing.)
My name is Graham Platner. I'm the oysterman and Marine veteran running against Susan Collins. In 10 days we raised $1 million and signed up 3,000 volunteers. Please share this. Spread the word. Help us build something strong enough to defeat the billionaire class.a
Imagine if Dems could take back the senate. (Long odds, I know.) Just the effect on the judiciary alone would be huge. Susan Collins has never been a moderate, and Trump has her vote anytime he really needs it. Maine has a better choice in @grahamformaine.bsky.social. Give him a follow.
Donald Trump's Goon Gestapo. Who else wants to hire J6 insurrectionists? Convicted criminals disappearing innocent people for sport. Donald Trump's wet dream.
Oh, he's good.
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@annabower.bsky.social , you do the Lord's work.
Yikes, JD Vance better hope JD Vance doesnโt hear about this!
โILLEGALSโ MY ASS! Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store. Heโs a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
Dumbest administration everโผ๏ธ
Above the fold
"theological malpractice"
๐จPriest uses his body to attempt to stop ICE vehicles in Broadview, Illinois outside of a detention facility that has refused entry to members of Congress.
Release the Epstein files.
There're > 31M people in TX; 18.6M registered voters. There're 35 states whose total population (not registered voters, but total population - men, women & children) is less than the number of Texans who oppose - & vote agst - those things. Plus, I think Talarico has potential on the national stage.
๐จ Dallas, TX: ICE kidnapping outside of a courtroom. 1/2 TX govt display of โfamily values.โ
Final push! Please spread the word about Mondayโs protests.
Credit @jimhightower.com . It's his line.
If it happens other than in public, how soon after it happens will we know?
Clever Way of Putin It
100% And Trump picked her as DNI why? (A: Because Putin told him to.)
#Tulsi is a Russian asset. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
This๐ is under-appreciated. If Trump's every action were dictated by Putin, none would differ. Same cabinet - Hegseth, Noem, RFK Jr, Bondi, McMahon... Gabbard in particular. Same weakening of public health. Same career military purge & incompetent leadership. Putin re-normalization w/red carpet...
Absolutely NOTHING DIFFERENT.....even gave a RED CARPET.......
Unbelievably bad. โThe CDC you knew is over. Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.โ www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
@jonfavs.bsky.social - The returning of no true bill by a grand jury is not as rare as you indicated in today's podcast.
ICE GOONS forcibly removed a law-abiding man from his distraught children, despite his recent renewal of immigration documents in court. Where is the real law enforcement in all of this, and why are they allowing kidnappers to operate within government buildings?
Eugene Federal Building And U.S.Courthouse
GOP Rep. Moore tucked tail and ran during a brutal town hall booing
๐จThe worst of the worst criminals are going after kids with backpacks and leaving their scooters in the road. ๐ WAKE THE HELL UP AMERICA. We are running out of time. ๐จ
If not for Chicago, we might not have Labor Day. Keep your eyes peeled on Monday for a much longer video where I dive into the history of unionization, violent strike suppression, and workersโ victories in Chicago, and how they impacted workers across the country.
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
She's going to pursue her true passion as an undertaker.
Them: โCities are all rotting hellscapes!โ Cities:
๐จ๐จ๐จ This IG video did not give a location or any additional information. I usually require more information, but not in this case. This looks like a school and the victim looks like a kids. Who is the perpetrator here in uniform?
To Sonia and Kagan it falls / (And Jackson, whose writing enthralls) / To keep SCOTUS real, / But Sam, Brett, and Neil / Just keep licking pus from Trump's balls.
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Awww.
No argument. And the party's platform should have addressed the subject differently.
A post that starts with "I wish Biden had..." could go 1,000 directions.
...huge swath of the Dem Party base was still enamored of him & already harbored resentments because they felt he'd been pressured out of his candidacy. END
It is a problem. It hurt Al Gore. Ideally, Biden himself would've met with her privately & given her carte blanche to do exactly that - to openly state her disagreements w/ his policy decisions. Falling that, I wish she'd have pulled the trigger & done it anyway - but that's delicate: a...
Your failure to cite an instance of this happening* does not escape our attention. I think you misapprehend the modern day** role of vice president. _____ * Mike Pence is the exception, and that's because he was directed to violate his Constitutional oath. **20th & 21st Century
I would not. (I don't think you would, either.)
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The replies here are building up a lot of promises to Venmo cash to any reporter who will actually ask this question, so if you're looking for a quick buck *and* a boost of fame, take your shot!
There's something of a pattern here, Mark. Did anyone really think Russia's "girlfriend" would be a good DNI? " " " " a wrestling promoter would be a good secretary of education? " " " " a wild-eyed conspiracy theorist w/ an enemies list would be a good FBI director? Etc. Etc.
Smart camera angle. Clever to do it at night. He must have good instincts, a good team, or both. The more exposure he gets, the better, as far as I'm concerned. (I love that he invoked Barbara Jordan. Too bad he skipped Ann Richards. Amirite, @jimhightower.com ?)
I don't understand why you would say that.
BREAKING: James Talarico just gave one of the best speeches we've seen this year. Every American needs to see this.
The national Democratic Party has forgotten how to fight. But in this critical moment, we need fighters โ not folders. We need a Democratic Party that is a little less Washington and a little more Texas.
You said if you could time-travel, you'd kill the young Adolph Hitler to stop the fascism of the Third Reich but you can't make a few phone calls to help defeat a fascist takeover *here* ???
A 2-minute call to your Congressional representative or senator has more impact than 6 hours of doomscrolling and posting.
If Mary can call Ted Cruz ๐คข you can call your reps every fucking day using @5calls.org www.5calls.org
Thereโs a reason Dr. King's historic 1963 rally was called โThe March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.โ As he warned the nation, "We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor." Real freedom requires economic freedom for all.
The old man ain't gonna like that.
I can see the yard signs now. MARK ALFORD Republican If you didn't want to hear my lies...
It'll sooner be Jefferson Davis.
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Donโt look away
(And I can handle the overnight or weekend in jail pending the detention hearing. Just between us ๐, I've done that before.)
Can you point me to a single instance, in the last 50 years, in which a sitting vice president issued "a press release or [did] an interview"... advocating for a major policy directly at odds with that of the president under whom they they were serving? To do that, she'd have had to resign.
I've seen worse movies.
He speaks for millions of us.