I know you, Chicago — and I know you’re up to the difficult time we have ahead, thanks to this President.
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I know you, Chicago — and I know you’re up to the difficult time we have ahead, thanks to this President.
The Fed was designed to be insulated from politics to maintain the stability and credibility of our financial system. The President is breaking the law, abusing his power, setting a dangerous precedent, and undermining our economy.
Tyrants govern through fear. Dictators take their power from the acquiescence of the good people who don't speak out. It is our obligation as citizens to set aside fear and take a step forward not a step back.
Donald Trump isn't going to succeed with this continued disregard for the Constitution, Human Rights...and Freedom. Millions of Americans have had enough of this bullshit. Newsom has sparked a fire in a man who was already fighting back...but is now fighting back even harder: J.B. Pritzker. 👊👊👊🔥
This is 100% correct.
Pritzker and Newsom have shown more fight and pushback on Trump than any other elected leader. I am beyond grateful for their leadership showing others how it’s done.
“refiling her case as a misdemeanor after they were unable to persuade three grand juries over a month to indict her…” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
A “we were wrong” correction would be nice.
Words cannot adequately describe what a colossal disappointment our mainstream media has been during our slow descent into authoritarianism.
Happy goat... 😊 #babygoat #animals #bluesky
This. 100%.
They can. I catnt
Pritzker gets it.
“Where is Democratic leadership?” -Ali Velshi That’s a fantastic question.
Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
Pritzker: Over the last four years, we have seen homicides drop in half. That’s something the President should pay attention to. I know he doesn’t read but I know he watches TV so perhaps if someone from Fox or Newsmax is here
Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
No brush, no pencil. Just a typewriter. Artist James, using a 1930s Smith Premier typewriter, typed out this painting. #art #printer #unique #typewriter #illustration
Fascism isn’t coming. It’s right here…right f*cking NOW.
Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
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
“This is about the President of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.” – Gov. J.B. Pritzker
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
I don’t know if this qualifies as spilling the 🫖 But release the damn Epstein files already.
Before your day starts. Here
What you missed overnight night.🥳 Utah's gerrymandered congressional map was struck down. The judge reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
🚨🚨🚨 This. More of this.
Unexpected besties: dog vs horse edition... 😊 #dog #dogday #bluesky
🚨BREAKING: In a landmark victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the state Legislature’s gerrymandered congressional map and reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Happy dog enjoys her spa day... 😊 #dog #dogday #bluesky
🚨BREAKING: Third Circuit STRIKES DOWN Pennsylvania requirement that mail-in ballots that arrive in undated or misdated return envelopes be discarded. Court holds that Constitution requires they be counted. A big victory for our clients DSCC and DCCC and PA voters!
This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.
Rep. Veronica Escobar: "We need more people marching in the streets."
This dog already saw this week's news and decided her dad didn't need to know all that. 14/10 (Sasha via ViralHog)
Today proved once again that no one is covering the GOP's redistricting scheme as closely and with as much analysis as Democracy Docket. Its team of 20 works around the clock to provide you independent pro-democracy news and information. Support their work by signing up today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
BREAKING: Trump is preparing to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago. The fact that anyone could support such a move, tells me that much of Maga supports fascism
Your dose of cuteness 🦒🥰🥰🥰 Good morning friends
Every timeline needs a happy doggo dance... 😊 #dog #dogday #bluesky
They want us fighting so we never notice who is stealing from us all. Don’t get lost in the circus.
Daily "aww" for today... 😊 #dog #dogday #bluesky
I promised Texas would be sued. And I don't bluff. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
I love this!!!! Thanks 💙
Patiently waiting... 👀😅🤣 #dog #dogday #bluesky #turtle
Rep. Nicole Collier files a state court application for a writ of habeas corpus concerning her detention in the Texas State Capitol. www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
Are the mRNA vaccines incredible? YES! Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No. Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES! Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES! Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES! Fund mRNA research!
That is the tiniest and sweetest little baby I have EVER seen…. 😍🥰
Over the weekend, the “sandwich thrower” posters went up all over DC. Instant icon of resistance. A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.
Even though he’s old, he still loves his daily walk... 😊 #dog #dogday #bluesky
The United States could have great things like this. But we like to spend our money on kidnapping people and trafficking them to concentration camps instead. #Priorities
Vaccines don’t prevent infection. Vaccines are meant to produce immunological memory and antibody production, so that when you get infected, your immune system can rapidly respond to eliminate the pathogen and prevent serious complications, including death. Vaccines don’t cause autism!
WATCH: Texas Rep. Collier says the high road has crumbled
Hey everyone! Just landed back in France after spending 3 weeks guiding photo tours in Greenland. Looking forward to share some new work from there 🙂. Meanwhile here’s a video of a really cool iceberg 🧊 we found last week.
Daily "aww" for today... 😊
24 hours and counting.
Do you have access to the EPSTEIN Files? Want to be inducted into the Whistleblower's Hall of Fame, be glorified in history as the Savior of Democracy & have an annual holiday named in your honor? All of this can be yours if you simply: #LeakTheEPSTEIN-Files!* *victim's names redacted, of course
I bet Putin has the Epstein files.
BREAKING: Vladimir Putin is pushing to meet Zelensky in Moscow and Zelensky has obviously turned this down. Why would Zelensky meet Putin in the country that wants him killed? This is all a big joke to Putin. He has no plans on stopping. He has no plans for peace.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
Gavin Newsom responds to Fox's Dana Perino melting down over his tweets:
Newsom: “Wake up, America. If he rigs this election, you won’t have a country anymore.”
I’ve had my complaints with Newsom over the years, but he’s handling this moment exactly right. And Ted Cruz is throwing an absolute fit about California redistricting. 🤣🤣🤣
Vladeck: There’s one video showing a DEA officer telling a D.C. resident he couldn’t drink alcohol on his porch—D.C. law says exactly the opposite. It also highlights how these officers aren’t even trained in the laws they’re purportedly enforcing.
Zelenskyy: "I told President Trump and all our European allies that Putin is bluffing. He's trying to push before the Alaska meeting on all directions of the front. Russia wants to occupy the whole of Ukraine. This is his wish ... he does not want peace."
Meet Uni’s new coworker! :3
How lovely
When the neigbors have a fight... 👀😅🤣 #dog #dogday #bluesky
Ducklings swarm perceiving the guardian as a safety instinct.
This is Archibald. He's been holding in a sneeze since last September. Finally let it loose. 13/10 bless you buddy
Jordy Meiselas: ICE didn't just lower the age requirement—they removed the age requirement. Now, at any age—you can go and join. They've riled up their base and have given them one lane to occupy: take out your anger, become an ICE agent, and chase down migrants. They are preying on people's hate.
This man is a danger to us all.
Heinous.
Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”
Because you needed a video of a group of doggies playing with bubbles... You're welcome. ☺️ #dog #dogday #bluesky
Governor Pritzker speaking eloquently about facts; and, drawing a line in the sand. ✊🏼
Rage Against The Regime in Orlando ✊
Hochul: "I will put saving democracy as my top priority at any cost. Bc it's under siege. Just like those who put on uniforms to fight battles across the ages. For centuries we stood up & fought. Blood has been shed. This is our moment in to stand up for all we hold dear & not let it be destroyed."
Here’s a 🔥🔥exchange between me and Mick Mulvaney during @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's brilliant interview of Mulvaney on Al Jazeera's Head to Head. The whole episode is worth a watch, and you can find it on @aljazeera.com's YouTube channel.
Talarico and Texas Dems break quorum to Halt Gerrymandering Vote.
Any Dems who don’t have this attitude should exit politics now:
This is Percy. He's experiencing his first rainfall. Wants to know if you're seeing what he's seeing. 12/10 (TT: percy.boy.jackson)
Important to spend several minutes each day asking your dog how he got so handsome.
94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet. The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year. Something has gone terribly wrong.
At Mom's. Posie says hi!
Baby otter doing baby otter stuff!
This moment from today’s Medicaid vigil is so powerful… Question: What do you say to the people who voted to cut Medicaid? Be honest. Samantha Phillis: They voted against my child’s life. #MedicaidCutsKill
We think there may be history here... 13/10 we hope they're able to resolve it (TT: taylornewlun)
Baby donkeys are so underrated... 😍
Uni :3
The veterinarian in Iran is being so adorably gentle with this grouchy cat. He’s saying, “will you give me permission to listen to your heart?” And then he jokingly curses the stethoscope after the cat rejects it.
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.
“the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.” JB Pritzker is a mensch.