gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
Phase II: Grand Juries start to indict the prosecutors bringing the ham sandwiches in front of the Grand Jury.
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Phase II: Grand Juries start to indict the prosecutors bringing the ham sandwiches in front of the Grand Jury.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Never forget this: Working people outnumber the billionaires and CEOs by a huge margin. If workers stand together, they will win. Solidarity.
LA Blue Dot in GA (@namwella1961.bsky.social) reposted
We know Trump is going to invade Chicago as early as next week as part of his immigration crackdown crusade. I look forward to watching Chicago rise up and kick this piece of shit traitor to the curb. #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
They say any prosecutor can get a Grand Jury to indict a ham sandwich. Now that the US Department of Justice has become an illegal clown show, not anymore. #Resist #EndTheRegime
Anne Grete (GoogeliArt) 🦋💙PD (@googeliart.bsky.social) reposted
Citizens Refuse to Indict D.C. Subway Slinger in Blow to Trump FOOTLONG FREEDOM A federal grand jury has become the site of resistance to Trump and “Judge” Jeanine. go.shr.lc/425enc7
4gabriel.bsky.social (@4gabriel.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Meiselas: Stop both-sidesing it, media. Stop trying to sow division within the Democratic Party when we literally have military invasions into American cities, aided and abetted by red state governors, who, again, are the takers who wouldn't exist without the blue states
David Sacerdote (@davidsacerdote.bsky.social) reposted
No explanation they say — despite the fossil fuels industry paying a bribe to shut down the wind industry like this. Quid: wapo.st/3HRrUgE Quo: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/c...
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social) reply parent
Turns out, he was.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Trump: "A lot of people are saying maybe we'd like a dictator."
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
Stop calling it* a distraction. ________________ footnotes _______________ * "it" = whatever you called "distraction."
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
California voters are leaning YES on the redistricting ballot. 48% in favor, only 32% opposed. People get it. The narrative is on our side. Remember: CA puts it to the voters. Texas skipped the people. Ours is a one-time fightback that returns to the commission. Texas’ gerrymandering is permanent.
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
Always bring a clown to a clown fight. Hand wringing about a non-violent but extreme effort to save our country is a sign of un-examined privilege. I don't want my children maimed or killed by the coming violence, so lets have no violence. #sistersinlaw
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social) reply parent
Sending troops to 19 states is an atrocity, not a distraction, even if that is why he is doing it.
Keith (@gr8sotkeith.bsky.social) reposted
When I was doing my time in the service America didn’t roll out the red carpet for dictators/war criminals, we rolled right over the red bastards.
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social) reply parent
This might be one of those things that getting mad that something isn't happening a certain way will hurt more than it will help. What we might really want is the DOJ files sent to a Democratic House committee, and perhaps that release to the public.
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
I don't think the Epstein grand jury information is important, and it not being released is not important. I'm told that Grand Jury info is usually sparse, so it won't be informative, and it is supposed to be secret or else the system doesn't work that well, so let's maybe not break the system.
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GA (@gulliaz.bsky.social) reposted
THANK YOU NICOLE WALLACE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT.🙏🏻 NO DOUBT YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST.👏🏻👏🏻
J(y)oda (@jodyoalaska.bsky.social) reposted
#Putin getting the welcome he deserves in #Anchorage #Alaska this afternoon.
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
Wait. Trump let a highly trained secret agent from a foreign adversary into the presidential limo?
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
A jury convicted former Republican candidate Solomon Peña of conspiracy, weapons and other charges in the shootings in 2022 and 2023 on the homes of four Democratic officials in Albuquerque, including the current state House speaker.
🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 (@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social) reposted
"There's an old saying in Hollywood, if all you can get is Dean Cain, you are fucked." — John Oliver 💀😂😅🤣
KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 (@kojamf.bsky.social) reposted
South Park
Morgan J Freeman (@mjfree.bsky.social) reposted
I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Women dressed in Handmaid regalia follow GOP Congressman Rep. Mike Flood NEBRASKA (R)
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
I want a Constitutional Amendment that fully abrogates the Trump presidencies like they never happened.
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes. Yes, it was orca strated.
Yvette Kay (@digitalscorpio.bsky.social) reposted
MUST WATCH! Jasmine Crockett takes DOWN Texas AG Ken Paxton, who vowed to "hunt down" Democratic lawmakers who fled the state. 🔥🔥🔥🔥LFG! #MessWithTexas
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
He got confused and wandered out onto the roof again.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
VARNEY: You've suggested that Medicaid people, if they got a work requirement under the new rules, they should go work on farms. Are you sticking with that? BROOKE ROLLINS: Here's the deal -- when in America did we lose the concept of the dignity of work? So yes.
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social) reply parent
It's not cheating, according to the Supreme Court. LOL.
Guardrails of Democracy (@demguardrails.bsky.social) reposted
The recommendation moves to the D.C. Court of Appeals for a final determination & triggers automatic suspension. He has 30 days to appeal the immediate suspension. “Lawyers can’t advocate for any outcome based on false statements & they certainly can’t urge others to do so,” the board ruled.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
WATCH: “Rich people do not deserve special access to politicians. This is exactly what @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and progressives like him are trying to fix.” 🔥 🎯 Non-New Yorker kevin oleary hilariously can’t even believe Zohran won’t meet with him 👏🏽
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social) reply parent
Plus the racism thing.
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
Is your local political group having a silent auction? This book and others like it are great silent auction fund raising items!
💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 (@northjules.bsky.social) reposted
Pam Bondi is the most corrupt AG we have ever seen. #Pinks #ProudBlue
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Pete Buttigieg says we should never stop talking about Epsteinq
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
Question 4 #SistersInLaw. When judges appoint a Federal prosecutor, but the DOJ/Executive appoints and alt-prosecutor, what happens when the pretender prosecutor attempts to try a case in front of one of those judges? Stern look? Tossing the pretender out of the courtroom? Something between? THX
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social) reply parent
Congress is acting every day on this. Note: The Republicans control Congress, so Congress serves Trump. Every unit of energy you spend not understanding this is a waste of energy you would have spent fixing this.
Dave Levitan (@davelevitan.bsky.social) reposted
"The regulation in question, Trump proclaimed, 'places severe burdens on coal-fired power plants.' Yes. That is the idea. They kill people, every year, until we regulate them out of existence."
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Ossoff: Did anyone really think the sexual predator president who used to party with Jeffrey Epstein was going to release the Epstein files?
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
I was given an ultimatum.
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
The United States Attorney General is an active and wiling co-conspirator in a cover-up regarding the crimes of the President of the United states.
Bellingcat (@bellingcat.com) reposted
Armed officers, frequent use of force and people grabbed on the street or at their places of work. Working with @evidentmedia.org and @calmatters.org we have monitored the LA raids, discovering recurring trends and tactics used by officers. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/07...
The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted
Ted Cruz Assures Texans He Working Tirelessly To Get Vacation Refunded theonion.com/ted-cru...
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
DHS appears to accidentally confirm CNN's reporting in an unhinged reply to MeidasTouch on X, noting that "by Tuesday, FEMA had deployed" staffers. This aligns with CNN's reporting that Noem didn't authorize FEMA's deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday.
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Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Pay attention to this! Trump’s pushing Texas to redraw congressional maps ahead of 2026 midterms. Why? Because Republicans can’t win unless they rig the game. They know their policies are unpopular. Texas’ history of voter suppression and partisan redistricting is how Republicans hold power…
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Glyn Moody (@glynmoody.bsky.social) reposted
Skeleton found in pot is first ancient Egyptian to undergo whole genome analysis - www.theguardian.com/science/2025... amazing work; not sure about those ears, though... #dna #genomics #egypt
The Briefing with Jen Psaki (@briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social) reposted
Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock encourages Americans to speak out to their representatives in Congress about their opposition to the Republican budget bill. "They're trying to convince us that they've already won the fight. And if you believe that, you stop fighting."
Eric Holthaus (@ericholthaus.com) reposted reply parent
More on this "major intra-party fight" over wind and solar from @politico.com: www.politico.com/live-updates...
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social) reply parent
You might double check the meaning of "flank" here to avoid minor confusion.
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
Take your masks off ICE, show us how proud you are adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
This must be some kind of record, with respect to the Congressional record.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
The struggle is real.
Jill Lawrence (@jilldlawrence.bsky.social) reposted
What have we become? And how do we make it stop? 😢
Indivisible West Metro❌👑 (@indivisiblewmetro.bsky.social) reposted
#NoKings means follow the Constitution. #TrumpIsFailing
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
So when some Iran-stan cell attacks a target in the US, it will be Biden's fault?
Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) reposted
Five things to remember about war:
Greg Bird (@gregbird4.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
🫘joanygm.@sky.social (@joannygm.bsky.social) reposted
His birthday also.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Harry Enten: "I think we can say Donald Trump has lost the political battle when it comes to what has happened in Los Angeles. Trump's net approval rating on LA - way, way underwater at -15 points... this is happening on what should be on Donald Trump's best issue ... he's losing on his core issue"
Jill Lawrence (@jilldlawrence.bsky.social) reposted
@billscher.bsky.social puts the focus where it belongs ➡️ Republicans, Not Democrats, Have the Messaging Problem open.substack.com/pub/washingt...
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
The SpaceX is not a valid space exploration program, but it makes a really good metaphor.
Ian Bassin (@ianbassin.bsky.social) reposted
"More than 200 business leaders signed an open letter calling on the Trump administration to reverse its moves against colleges and universities" www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, to be fair to Trump, it is a little embarrassing when you are the head of a political party and a member in good standing of that party attempts to slaughter dozens of members of the other party in a self-described act of war.
Meet the Press (@meetthepress.com) reposted
Presidents from both parties have historically called state and local politicians after high-profile tragedies.
The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) reposted
Senate Republicans are preparing to propose legislation that analysts say could deal a greater financial blow to hospitals and result in millions more uninsured Americans, slicing deeper into Medicaid to finance President Trump's agenda.
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social) reply parent
That's is absolutely one of the reasons to not do it. He WILL be tried, I assume, in Minnesota, at some point, even if the Feds do it first. But it seems like we should not waste the energy on having the the Feds do it at all.
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
Question for #SistersInLaw Many of us in Minnesota, who lost our friends and neighbors, want Boelter tried here; we don't trust the new DOJ/FBI. Can the Fed force themselves on this case or could the state/count keep jurisdiction for the initial trial and let the Feds bigfoot their way in later?
Erin Gallagher (@3r1ng.bsky.social) reposted
How many more cosplaying cops are out there
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
He's hot a real wax museum thing going, that's for sure.
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social)
Republican Vance Boelter, suspect in the assassination of a Minnesota DFL leader and killing of hers husband, and a violent gun attack on another Minnesota legislator and his wife, has been arrested and he is in custody. Arrested near his home in Sibley County (rural Minnesota).
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
Has @kuer.org, @sltrib.com or any other Utah media outlet reported how Sen. Mike Lee is pretending that a right-wing Trump-voting anti-abortion activist who targeted Democrats is somehow a "Marxist"? Public officials are being assassinated and Utah's shameless senator is pouring gas on the fire.
Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) reposted
Trump is now directing ICE to focus on Democratic-led cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York:
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
We won’t amplify it, but the president posting that Dems are “sick of mind” and “hate our country” immediately after 2 Dem lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their homes is the opposite of leadership. Gas on the fire.
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
“If ICE is going to wear a mask in their uniform, then I can.” In August, Nassau County lawmakers passed a bill banning the public from wearing masks. Protesters showed up today masked anyway. We asked them why.
gregladen.bsky.social (@gregladen.bsky.social) reply parent
The squeak is important. It is how we warn the enemy that we are coming!