Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.
“Black women are the canaries in the coal mine, the exclusion happens to them first ... And if any other cohort thinks it’s not coming for them, they’re wrong. This is a warning, and it’s a stark one." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Now this is the attitude ALL district attorneys need to take when it comes to dealing with Trump.
Brandon Tatum has always been a tool/fool.
Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede. Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.” (Published May 2025)
4) JD in Name Only Vance has no clue what he's talking about.
NEW: Internal records show how Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt has worked to get Elon Musk access to state and local officials ahead of a formal bidding process for a Houston flood project. Both stand to benefit should Musk be selected. By @lmcgaughy.bsky.social and @chengyilun.bsky.social
He must have a lot of different voices in his head. Cause those are the only ones saying he should be dictator. This guy is cuckoo and totally unfit to be president.
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."
The hard reality is that Mark Alford doesn't care a thing about his constituents. His head is up Trump's butt because he thinks that's where the money is. But he'll be lucky if he finds the Epstein files in that hole.
🤣🔊🆙 Repost please or quote. Just spread the truth 👍
They gaslit you all throughout the election.
Trump’s golf outings cost taxpayers millions. Why don’t Republicans cut these trips instead of school lunches?
My law firm is currently litigating 52 voting and election cases in 23 states. This includes the Ohio case we filed on Friday night and the redistricting case challenging Texas' new congressional map. I am thankful for our clients willing to wage these fights. They, not the lawyers, are the heroes.
SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on fascism in 🇺🇸 : “There is not safety in keeping your head down… People who oppose public policy decisions but are too afraid of retribution from their government to speak their mind should send a chill down all of our spines.”
No one said he's a criminal mastermind. But he is a criminal.
At this point in trump's political saga, it's funny that you think he cares about his "colossal image problem." He doesn't see his reputation as a problem and has by and large gotten away with being a thug. Retribution is the name of the game for Trump.
Everyone who criticizes Trump is suspected of mortgage fraud. Funny coincidence.
Agreed
After Jeffrey Epstein's mysterious death, Ghislaine Maxwell is fighting for her life! I don't trust the confessions of a desperate woman. She'll say anything to get No Deal Donnie off her back. I want to see the actual files!
Stephen Miller's racist, ageist, AND facist.
12x as many as Trump.
I'll take the advice of a pediatric group over Rock Creek Bobby's any day.
Trump is up past midnight tweeting about Gavin Newsom
He made our cities safe again the same way he ended the war in Ukraine...which also happens to be the same way he released the Epstein files.
That was the easiest 9 days of work ever for these guardsmen because the D.C. crime rate was reduced before they got there.
"Broke" is everything this loser gets their grubby little hands on. But the Epstein files are still intact and ready for release, and America is waiting!!!
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One Texas private school awarded $5M+ to a construction firm owned by a board member. Others handed out loans — often reaching $100,000 or more — to school leaders. While such practices typically violate state laws governing public schools, private schools are largely exempt from these rules.
Rumor has it that Putin kept asking Trump to release the Epstwin file in exchange for an agreement. 🫢
For posterity...
He's a conman, convict, confederate dictator wannabe.
Yeah JD, we remember. We will never forget your boss was best friends with the guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring. And then that guy was "silenced" forever. And now we will just not talk about anything else until they... #ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files
That's how you know she's onto something BIG.
Girl...They criticized your poor character, poor job performance, AND poor looks. You need to watch again.
Rumor has it that female new hires under age 18 will be sent to patrol the borders of Trump Island.
60 years ago today, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race, gender, or economic status. Whether it’s 1965 or 2025, we must continue to protect the principles that make our democracy work for all.
Johnson is NOT qualified to be a mental health counselor. This explains a lot.
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America will have another revolution. Not a civil war. A revolution. We have a hostile authoritarian takeover of the government & taxation without representation, as authoritarians don't represent "the people".
I agree. But weren't there non-MAGA DOJ employees who handled the Epstein files during the Biden administration? Other people or at least someone else knows who's on the list and what the investigation found prior to January 20, 2025. Are they speaking about this?
Someone prove this wrong.
You wouldn’t vacation in Dachau in 1935. Don’t vacation in Florida in 2025.
Congo and Rwanda aren't in the U.S., so you should rework your last couple sentences to make them make sense.
Executive power unchecked = democracy undone. Supreme Court Justice Jackson is sounding the alarm… #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.
Same here.
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
Elon Musk may be done in Washington, but our work to stop him is not. We’ll keep fighting his lawless actions in court.
The Dept. of Justice has filed its first voter suppression lawsuit aimed at disenfranchising voters. This is a critical juncture for democracy. Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M
Trump: Based on absolutely nothing at all, it can be negotiated, I think, within 24 hours.
We will not win the battle for democracy if those in the pro-democracy movement prize caution over taking risks. We cannot permit ourselves to be deterred by the defeats and public criticism that are inevitable along the long path of restoring democracy. Now is the time for fearless leadership.
Even after all this, the @nytimes continues to normalize it
The federal courts will decide if that's constitutional.
🚨BREAKING: Federal courts BLOCKS the dismantling of Dept. of Education. This is huge win for @democracyforward.org, their clients and the state AGs. “The record abundantly reveals that Defendants’ true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department without an authorizing statute."
Question: Why would 🇺🇸 companies have to “eat them” if the other countries already pay them? Answer: They don’t. Tariffs are a tax on us. time.com/7285637/walm...
It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
NEWS: U.S. and China agree to a 90-day pause on new tariffs after shipping to U.S. ports plummeted. Tariffs on Chinese imports will be cut from 145% to 30%. Tariffs on U.S. imports will be cut from 125% to 10%. If tariffs should result in massive job growth and make the U.S. rich, why lower them?
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The rule of law is all or nothing and must apply equally to everyone. If there's no rule of law for some people in America, then there's no rule of law for any of us.
"The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department's firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends eight times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care." www.newsweek.com/us-military-...
We have now arrived at the "arresting judges" level of fascism.
In case you hadn't noticed:
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Here is the truth about what party is better for the economy! It is documented, wake up maga!
Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money, an EARNED benefit!
Just because it’s satire, doesn’t mean it’s not true.
Federal judges have the power to ensure compliance with their court orders — if they have the courage to exercise it, @david.noll.org writes. Learn more here.
There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers. Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
BREAKING: The Department of Defense Inspector General has launched an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for sharing secret attack plans against the Houthis using Signal.
Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble. For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity. What will you do?
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Perched. 🫖
And the legacy media will do nothing...except sit politely in their assigned seats. My advice to viewers/readers: Support independent pro-democracy media that cannot be told where to sit and when to speak.
5 things Trump did this week: 1. Defended leaking war plans over Signal 2. Took away Elise Stefanik’s promotion 3. Tanked the stock market again 4. Left work early on Friday 5. Protected the Epstein files for another week
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It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.
This is what happens when you have an entire cabinet full of folks who would NEVER pass a regular security clearance. Led by a president who would never be able to pass one either.
I had legit completely forgotten this.
“Moments ago, Donald Trump signed a massive voter suppression executive order,” Elias wrote on Bluesky, “This will not stand. We will sue.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
They need an adult to show them the ropes, but just like teenagers, they won't listen.
He's drunk again.
Circling back on this…
Pete Hegseth never should have been tapped for this job. It's too important. He should be fired immediately.
Every single Democratic lawmaker should be calling for Hegseth's immediate resignation right now. Not just some. Not just a few dozen. Every single one, starting at the top with Mr. Schumer and Mr. Jeffries. And the fact that it hasn't happened yet is nearly as shocking as Hegseth's conduct.
This is the EXACT definition of inequity and the EXACT reason D.E.I. initiatives are necessary!! Thanks, felon prez, for continuing to show us real-time examples of why white supremacy DOES NOT work for America and puts Americans at risk! @washingtonpost.com
but if a white male makes a critical mistake that puts our national security at risk, it's ok if he's a "good man" (according to the felon prez) and deserves to keep his job because he "learned a lession"?
So let me get this straight: diversity, equity, and inclusion are bad for America and should be eliminated, removing competent and dedicated people from important jobs because of their race and gender...
I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
Do I think prisoners should be given country club amenities? No. But this is inhumane. It is barbaric.
How do we find those firms? It seemed Paul Weiss was one before we learned it was not.
I’m tired of all the moral cowardice. And now I’ve never been angrier about it.
This guy probably believes Randy Weingarten works at the Dept. of ED.
Thank you
Schoolchildren are routinely slaughtered by AR-15s. Hundreds die. [*crickets* "Thoughts and prayers" *crickets*] A couple unoccupied cars are set on fire. No one is hurt. ["THIS HORROR WILL NOT STAND!!! We MUST act to STOP it from ever happening AGAIN!!!!" We will pass new LAWS BANNING IT!!!]
Is it at all surprising that a convicted felon would ignore a judge's order?
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific. If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved