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MO Gov Mike Kehoe is calling a special session to gerrymander the 5th District which encompasses Kansas City. He is specifically violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans any voting practice that denies or weakens the power of a racial minority to elect its preferred candidates.
Chicago lights in Red, White & Blue for the holiday. Happy Labor Day.
I think it's time to discuss the 25th Amendment.
It's official. The books that I wrote arrived. I am an author y'all. I AM AN AUTHOR. A childhood dream I never thought could happen is happening!!!!!! 🥹 In 15 days, #TheDoubleTax is coming to a doorstep, bookstore, and library near you. Please pre-order by 9/16: annagifty.com! #booksky #blacksky
I know two things about Rudy Giuliani: 1) IDGAF what happened to him or what kind of shape he’s in but whatever did happen; 2) it sure as shit didn’t go down like that.
senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Actually, he thinks that he is the state, and that everything should be controlled by the state, as long as he's the state.
Some astonishing omissions by Eric Loomis in his Times oped on labor 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o... Not that unions & all of us don't need to do more--we do But the essay ignores the substantial efforts that unions have undertaken that I chronicle here👇1/x open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
NEW: Since corporate media won't call for Trump's resignation, I will. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/trump-must...
I was doing something super heroic and cool before I got in a car accident, please do not look into this any further
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
#cuddleUnit6 craves violence
foot fetish
Cats are more than just animals, they're tiny therapists and loved ones wrapped in fur. 🐾🐈 #cats
If this is the “strong leader” they keep selling us, why are they hiding him like Weekend at Bernie’s? 👀
she's so fuckin sleepy
Knowing that the Giuliani camp was the origin point of the "Four Seasons Total Landscaping" fiasco, I guarantee this statement is lying in ways we cannot currently even understand
A+ & A+
Gobblekins was very displeased by the rain!
Celebrating 12 years with Odo, the fluffiest, grumpiest, squishiest cat in the house. At least twice daily Odo yells at us to follow him to the office, where he flops down on the floor and demands scritches. He will not accept scritches anywhere else.
Last night, at the final show of her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, Cyndi Lauper brought out Joni Mitchell (for “Carey”), Cher (“Girls Just Want To Have Fun”), SZA (“True Colors”), John Legend (“Time After Time”), and more. www.stereogum.com/2321337/cynd...
Plotting mayhem
My Republican State Representative, Jeff Farnan, voted to sign away earned sick time after it passed by nearly 58%. He doesn’t care about the will of Missouri voters.
*judges u*
Brilliant
Philadelphia DA, Larry Kramer tells Americans that the potus cannot pardon someone prosecuted & convicted in a State Court! So, if anyone shows up in his city on orders by the federal gov’t, and they start breaking ANY laws, he WILL go after them (and this includes ICE agents! 👍👍👍
She's not wrong.
Damn.😙
Homer continues to be ridiculously cute
Just remembered I have not thanked federal workers in a minute. So thank you and stick in there as long as you can. 🥰
Fatality.
I like the rebrand.
Can the media STOP referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a “financier”? The money he made came from SEX TRAFFICKING MINORS, RAPING CHILDREN, and BLACKMAIL. He was NOT a financier. I’ve seen at least five stories from three outlets refer to him this way in the past week. This is the latest from the Times:
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Sombtimes i feel a bitt downinthadump. Butt .. . i am still Positive Attertood Ca'at regardless.
Thanks Chris! (And happy Labor Day! 😂)
Zag missed me so much he snuggled up immediately 😭
California stepping up.
In approximately 60 days, several major elections are going to take place across the country. I think SOMEONE at the DNC should be responsible for INFORMING all of the Dems in America how we can help our team members win. SOMEONE should be sending out links to sign up for letter writing, call &
Remember the Goolsbee Rule, also called the “pathological irony of crisis”: If you lose credibility, your statements begin to mean the opposite of what you say.
MORE: Sparkle Sooknanan is still awake -- and she wants a fourth status report from DOJ. The judge orders the government to update her when all putative class members have been returned to ORR custody.
wow
Oh, Andy Borowitz. What a gem you are.
Tulsi Gabbard is *very obviously* a foreign intelligence asset and I hope we all live long enough to see her tried and convicted for it.
Hire a Black woman. We tend to be very good at what we do because we simply are not allowed to be bad at it.
"'The stakes could not be higher, for the Federal Reserve and for our system of separation of powers, and also for the American economy,' said Amit Agarwal" an attorney at @protectdemocracy.org: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
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Cleam fots,
Spend wisely! Good luck!
Rudy Giuliani was seriously injured in a car accident. I hope he gets the same expert medical care that he would wish for a disabled transgender immigrant.
Those are such cat behaviors! If you haven’t a TP trashing and puking (on carpet, of course) cat before, you haven’t lived! PS, have you tried elevating food bowl? It helps some cats, not all. Good luck!
Now let’s see him walk a golf course.
Unafraid to speak truth to power, President of the American Academy of Pediatrics Dr. Susan Kressly joins @vinguptamd.bsky.social on Meidas Health for a powerful discussion on truth, conviction, and her deep commitment to ensuring optimal childhood health for the nation amid chaos at the CDC.
Today I learned that Drew Ensign doesn’t follow me on Bluesky
Not sure whose fault it is primarily that most people don't seem to know that the president is basically a manager whose job is to carry out the will of Congress, and not The Country's Boss
catbox sunday
The smell of decay is too strong.
My entire scholarly agenda and he just tweets it out
current status of cat (she got accused of being photoshopped earlier by some random)
Good cat! 🐈❤️❣️
Mark Zaid, an attorney who is representing Eisenstat and several other people on the list, said the revocation of the security clearances “literally has no rhyme or reason” and carried echoes of the McCarthy era. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
I’ve heard wall streeters are buying up the tariff refund rights from importers as speculative investments.
Pour one out for Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s clerks this Labor Day weekend
Spent the day driving around Manchester, New Hampshire, a city for 80-something New Yorkers in deep debt apparently. I was driving alone, something I’m known to do. I saw a woman fleeing domestic violence. I “rendered aid,” vaguely. Minutes or maybe an hour later I was walloped by a Mack truck.
Today, in my hellhole home of #Chicago, I walked to the farmers market with my family and bought flowers, cheese, honey, fruit, and tomatoes. Then we went to the local park to enjoy the 70s and breezy weather we have been blessed with.
"Nobody wants to be a cop [in DC]. They were abused. They were spit on." "When you when you say they were abused and spit on, I'm assuming you're talking about January 6th, correct?" "All you guys want to do was bring up J6 about the answer to everything."
If you know the real Giuliani story, please send the scoop to @marisakabas.bsky.social
My favorite sentence in the New York Times explainer on Mamdani and socialism.
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
At least 50 National Guard with long guns around Audi field and Navy Yard metro station as I leave the Washington Spirit soccer game. Free DC.
I didn’t know it but now I need a baby donkey 😂💗
"We're going to need a story about this accident. Say he was helping a woman. That should work. Also, is he wearing pants? Make sure he's wearing pants."
RFK Jr., driving away with Rudy Guliani tied to the roof of his car
💯%. I've come to accept how morally depraved Donald Trump is. But I'll never get over how blindingly imbecilic he is. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
NEW: During an emergency hearing on Sunday afternoon, Judge Sparkle Sooknanan temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plans to deport hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children. Read my live coverage of the hearing on @lawfaremedia.org: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/emer...
BREAKING: Rudy Giuliani was seriously injured in a car crash last night. www.rawstory.com/giuliani-tra...
All hail King Steve!
The police version of the crash, as relayed by a local Manchester reporter, is unsurprisingly quite different from what Giuliani's spokesman says. The whole thing is even more murky now, however. manchester.inklink.news/rudy-giulian...
The LGML case came very close to being JGG redux. But just before the hearing began, the judge decided not to wait. She entered a TRO barring removal of all the children. That made all the difference: DHS already had the kids loaded on planes. One plane even took off (then turned around).
"The straw man being put forward is that it's either we have the military or we're going to get our throats cut at night in DC. Is there no middle ground? Do local law enforcement account for nothing? We've got the National Guard GARDENING right now in DC. Is that an efficient use of our resources?"
NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...
Federal rules restrict who gets COVID shots. New Mexico stepped in—removing barriers so all ages 6 months & up can get protected. Let’s all get on board 💉 #BlueSky #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky #SciSky #EMSky #EMedSky #NurseSky #FmSky #PedsSky #CardioSky #ObSky
cmon deserters do your thing!!!
✅⚖️🏳️🌈 #chalk #pulsenightclub #shooting
so tired; mum doesn't appreciate how much effort it takes at 3am to knock everything off the dresser (and chew things I shouldn't) #catboxsunday
Residents are finding all sorts of ways to fight ICE: They're recording and reporting. They're wheatpasting and sharing know-your-rights materials. And they're stepping up to care for each other, from delivering groceries to walking kids to school. 51st.news/dc-residents...
I would love to know more about that process because I’m sure it’s totally above board.
I believe the victims!
On Wednesday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. ET, I will record a LIVE podcast via zoom with Heather Cox Richardson. Democracy Docket premium members will go behind the scenes, hear exclusive questions, and connect live in the chat during the exclusive live event. Sign up now to reserve your spot!
After six GOP governors volunteered to send their National Guard troops to D.C., Democracy Docket reporter @jimsaksa.com reached out to ask how they would feel about troops being deployed in their own states. Here’s what they had to say ⤵️
Why the Texas AG is trying to lock me up and what we're doing to fight back and win. open.substack.com/pub/betoorou...