Who are the out-of-state developers financing the effort to create a Christian nationalist community in Tennessee - and why are they banking on a collapse of society as we know it?
Who are the out-of-state developers financing the effort to create a Christian nationalist community in Tennessee - and why are they banking on a collapse of society as we know it?
Powell called out Trump for making stuff up to smear him "I'm not aware of that, Mr President. I haven't heard that from anybody at the Fed. You just added in a third building is what that is. No, it was built five years ago. We finished it five years ago. It's not new."
Believing what the rich and powerful say about the poor and powerless rather than believing what the poor and powerless say about their actual lived experience is the root cause of so many of our problems today.
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The most openly corrupt administration of all time.
Weāre being governed by troglodytes.
An important, compelling, and ultimately damning piece by @peter-wehner.bsky.social. The views Wehner attributes to right-leaning evangelicals regrettably apply to many Catholics as well. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
NPR has compiled a timeline of when local, state and federal officials posted warnings on social media as well as the timeline of events as presented by local officials.
Great summer evening to be at the Mudhens!
The poor thing! She must be exhausted.
You think that vast armed force is going to be used just for immigration? I doubt it. Watch for ICE duties to expand duties and for ICE to follow the pattern of militarization of police. Also watch it used as secret police against anything anti-ICE.
This is the same over the top rhetoric we hear from the right. āTheyā will not be responsible for thousands of deaths. All of us will.
For the evangelical Christians who have been led to believe that following MAGA somehow equates to following Christ - you all have been lied to. Nothing could be further from the way of Jesus than this. Jesus would be in the camp suffering with the migrants, I can guarantee that.
Christian churches should be a source of healing, but powerful Christians with millions of followers choose to fuel the fires of hatred instead. Given that reality, it's no surprise that some Christians will put down their Bibles, pick up their guns, and kill the people they're taught to hate:
For those who say āIllegal is illegal.ā On this Juneteenth, remember: slavery was once legal. Harboring a fugitive enslaved person? Illegal. Black freedom? Illegal. āIllegal is illegalā has always been used to defend injustice. Legality ā morality. Justice calls us higher.
IMPORTANT: Stop calling the troops in LA National Guard Troops. They are not. When Trump activated them against the wishes of the Gov they became FEDERAL troopsā¦ like the 82nd airborne with no Law enforcement power! Donāt let them confuse you!
Have they been paying their tariffs?
So glad to see you posting again. I think you were off my feed for awhile.
"Bothsidesism is 'suicide for democracy.' In becoming stenographers rather than reporters, journalists effectively legitimize MAGA lies, hate, and fascism as just one reasonable side of a debate in which all partisans are equally credible."
WE WILL NEED A DIVISION OF BATTLE HARDENED TROOPS TO STOP THIS WOMAN!!!!
Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
It is perhaps small potatoes compared to ... well ... everything, but good grief do I detest this "gold" crap all over our Oval Office. Cheap dictator faux chic.
A 25-year-old DOGE bro at the CFPB held $715,000 in stocks that ethics lawyers told him he wasnāt allowed to own while working there ā then DOGE fired those ethics lawyers. This is corruption. Always call it out.
India/Pakistan reinforces why the most important qualities in a U.S. president are character and calm, reasoned leadership. A president may face a crisis at any time.Given the U.S. position in the world, U.S. leadership is essential. The entire world is at greater risk because we elected a sociopath
If as President you answer āI donāt knowā when asked if youāll follow the Constitution, you have violated your oath of office and should be removed.
Respectfully, itās not a misunderstanding. That dignifies it. Itās sheer will to power. This is what they want the law to be, so theyāre saying thatās what the law is, and daring any court to stop them.
Notice the difference, Catholics?
š” Congratulations to Trump on Making America Great Depression Again The Dow Jones Industrial Average is set to have its worst April performance since the Great Depression links.dailykos.com/s/c/lelsaqtj...
Another taxpayer funded bailout for victims of Trumpās stupidity, most of whom are his voters.
And here we are
So Trump said today he was ājokingā when he said he was going to end the war in 24 hours? Does he sound like heās joking here?
At least it will be easy to pick out which Americans are against the Constitutionā¦.
Newsom: In 2023, Californians contributed $83.1 billion more to the federal government than we received back. And for your viewers: that other stateāTexasātook $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.
The elderly whoāve worked their entire lives to get $800 a month on Social Security arenāt bankrupting America. Itās tax-evading billionaires like Musk and Trump who are bleeding this country dry.
Omg, the shade š Chinese Embassy for the win!
This right here is the only relevant question right now. Itās obvious the SCOTUS is shouting into the abyss, not to mention us normal folk.
Maybe we could send Trump to the Salvadoran prison? He is a convicted felon after all.
Bring back Kilmar Abrego GarcĆa... NOW. š§µ(1 of 6)
OF COURSE!!
āāHe wants the society of the 1950s with the policies of the 1890s. But you literally donāt get the society of the 1950s without a comprehensive rejection of the policies of the 1890s, even by Republicans,ā he said.ā #LiberationDay #tariffs www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-mcki...
The question I've been asked most as we endure the legal dumpster fire that is the Trump Administration is, "What can we do about it when it's not election season?" @timothynoah.bsky.social has an outstanding essay in the @newrepublic.com addressing that question. newrepublic.com/article/1931...
You will probably like Malcom Foleyās new book The Anti Greed Gospel.
āThe Food and Drug Administrationās top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.ās aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.ā
Boom! Iām sure that because you wrote this, theyāll hop right on it. We need a lot more than words at this point.
This is how it's done. A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge. This is how to guard the rule of law.
JUST IN: American Oversight is suing Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe et al, saying their messaging via Signal is a violation of the Federal Records Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.
Iāve already written our senator and one of our reps. What more can be done ?
The only way this gets memory-holed is if we the people respond with apathy to a national security breach so vital it put the safety of our military and intelligence personnel at great risk and potentially put all of us at risk, as well. If we don't care about that, we're cooked.
Our president is a lying reprobate. That this isn't wholly apparent to all of America is mind-blowing.
Itās not a question of whether someone ādeservesā due process or not ITāS THE LAW This is enshrined in our Constitution and solidified by numerous Supreme Court decisions So what does Kilmeade want to do? Rely on Trump or Rubio to decide when we should follow the law-based on ātrust me, broā?
Casar: You can quickly explain Doge with just two numbers. First: $8 million a day. Thatās how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts. Second: $65 a day. Thatās how much the average seniorāsomeone who has worked their entire lifeāgets from Social Security.ā¦
The billionaires will circle the wagons to keep each other from losing trivial amounts (to them) of money. But theyāll illegally cut the programs that keep many alive and well. Close to the time to do what the Declaration of Independence allows, and alter the govt? www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
So, itās illegal to set fire to a Tesla dealership, but itās not illegal for Musk to slash and burn his way through government programs that keep many people alive and well? the old saying is true I guess. āThose who have the gold make the rulesā.
People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they donāt have to do that bc ānational security,ā YOU can be disappeared.
Whereās the uh, whereās the 1) Kennedy files 2) UFO proof 3) Epstein files 4) proof of chemtrails 5) and so on Also, why am i not in jail yet? So many people promised i would be. Hmm Itās like they were lied to
Must read. āAs the worldās richest men slash American aid for the worldās poorest children, they insist that all is well. āNo one has died as a result of a brief pause to do a sanity check on foreign aid funding,ā Elon Musk said. āNo one.ā That is not true.ā www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Nicolle and I discussed the Presidentās facially unconstitutional Executive Orders targeting Perkins Coie and Covington & Burling, two of the countryās premier law firms, and the Presidentās frontal assault on the Constitution, Rule of Law, American justice system, and the Nationās legal profession.
youtu.be/X9qUIRjTlaE
9 years ago, Musk got big coverage for saying that his target for manned flights to Mars was 2025. 2025 has arrived. Those flights to Mars have not. Instead Musk has destroyed a social media co, is destroying a car co, and is wrecking US govt + US economy. www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-swi...
In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
When I was in Congress we were constantly told to not call social security a āPonzi schemeā unless we want to never win another election. Elon Musk just called social security a āPonzi scheme.ā But hasnāt touched his contracts with the govt yet
Trumpās āFriday Night Massacreā just purged top military leadersāloyalty over competence, politics over national security. This isnāt normal, and itās dangerous. Read why it should alarm every American adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/mission-co...
Your tax dollars are paying for the richest man in the world to fly around when he has his own jets.
What Trump/Vance did today by attacking Zelensky using Putin's talking points would be like in 1940 FDR openly mocking Winston Churchill using Hitler's talking points as the Nazis bombed London. This was TREASONOUS!
Donald Trump is Putinās puppet. He demonstrated that in televised living color in our Oval Office today by disgracefully attacking a democratic leader suffering a murderous invasion by the Russian thug. What a stain on America. Slava Ukraini.
"daddy, what did you do in the war" son, i archived all 6,793 videos from the Kennedy Center before they disappeared from the internet we all did our part
Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.
Christians who supported Trump, you elected a reprobate with an extensive association with reprobates, and you somehow expected justice, law and order, protection for yourselves, wives, daughters, granddaughters? He is a deviant surrounded by deviants, and you embraced him.
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
Why arenāt people making this demand clear? Around the world, most people are already worried about climate change! But they: * donāt understand why it matters to them * donāt know what to do about it * are flooded w misinfo that the cure is worse than the disease Thatās why:
Why was the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 needed in America? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...
Spot on.
This is the dumbest timeline. Trump fired a bunch of people that oversee our nukes because he had no idea what they did, so he had to hire them back. More proof this is a hatchet job www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...
Anybody?
Screw Google for capitulating to this childish nonsense.
Deleted Google Maps because of this.
"Daddy says he owns you. Can you get me an ice cream?"
The first speech by an African American in the US House of Representatives was a sermon given by the Presbyterian minister, Henry Highland Garnett in 1865, "Let the Monster Perish" urging congress to eradicate slavery and give full civil rights to all. #hatm www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
The new iconic photo that i predicted ultimately destroys the relationship:
iāll flog this never-dead horse againā¦ If the true patriots sitting in Congress after the insurrection had honored their oath of office and gotten rid of Trump then we wouldnāt be where we are now.
Where are you all? Trump is dismantling the country and not a peep from the Dems.
Again, this isn't funny & it would have immediately ended any previous presidency in the post-WWII era. It's a direct violation of our NATO & UN obligations & obscene in a moment where š·šŗ is occupying 20% of šŗš¦ & denying the sovereignty of another country. bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
Don't let Trump spin you, he backed down on the Mexican tariffs when the market dropped out, GOP electeds finding a backbone to complain, and the WSJ calling it the "dumbest trade war in history". Trump blinked and embarrassed himself plain and simple.
Congressional delegation outside USAID now: āWe are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.ā
Trump is not just getting rid of the so called deep state, heās making his own.
This has to be one of the most profound posts Iāve read here. Iāll be thinking on it for awhile. You really are theologizin bigger. Keep it up!
You know I just realized something. I have never felt the need to use pronoun preferences in my bio or emails - and no one has ever given me grief about that. Nor have I ever given anyone grief for choosing to. There is a thing called pluralism and freedom, and it generally works.
Pritzker: "He promised he was gonna lower costs & make us safer. He's done none of it. I realize he's only been in office 2 weeks, but it's gotten worse, not better. You think grocery prices have gone down? No, they've gone up bc of what he's threatening or what he's already put in place"
You're not overwhelmed. You're under attack.
Iām going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period. I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt. But itās the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
They are expanding their McCarthyite war on diversity to include people with disabilities, and doing it very clearly. Should someone in a wheelchair be able to work for the FAA? I think an overwhelming majority of Americans would say "of course" but that's not what we're hearing from Trump.
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Our beloved Canada is under threat. The threat comes from the president of the USāa convicted felon and known predator. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Muskā¦.