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Our president’s worldview is simple: he doesn’t care about the rule of law or defending our Constitution.
They don’t care if you have papers or not. What they care about is whether you look like an immigrant from south of the border.
ICE’s unchecked power has turned into lawless overreach—abductions by masked agents, denial of due process, secret police tactics. Democratic leaders can stop this, but only if we demand it: bit.ly/45Umbi3
In the United States, which scenario is more probable: a) a president attempting to overturn an election in which they were defeated, or b) a president setting the groundwork for an indefinite tenure in office?
It’s hard to be creative while the world is on fire. I need to learn how to time block working vs keeping up with the shitshow.
OMG
Motherfucking wind farms…
Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond. Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
They're bringing back "Clippy"!
At the 16 second mark, that is a Second Lieutenant, a commissioned officer, picking up trash. And the other two are sergeants, non-commissioned officers. Embarrassing.
You know what's crazy? There have been no op-eds or editorial statements in major newspapers this year calling on Trump to resign. None calling for his impeachment. None asking if he's medically fit to be in office. Not one in any major newspaper all year.
I mean, you just can’t make this up. Unbelievable.
“I’m about to lose my farm… Do you think we’re idiots? You know nothing about what a working class citizen does.” 🔥 Whew. Watch. Share.
Again, mentally ill.
Insane.
JFC.
Putting the military on the street will lower crime. It does in North Korea, did in Nazi Germany, and in the book 1984. The question isn’t will it lower crime. The question is do we want to be a nation governed like this. Until 6 minutes ago the GOP believed in LOCAL control.
Royal decree! Wow, spot on.
If there ever was a "GET OUT THE VOTE" moment in our nations history, this is it.
Mentally ill. The insanity.
A sweeping and powerful opinion by United States District Judge Thomas Cullen dismissing Trump’s absurd lawsuit against the entire United States District Court in Maryland. Before MAGA starts whining again about “rogue left-wing judges,” they should look up who nominated Judge Cullen to the bench.
Exactly. He’s so smug, listen to him call out an interviewer’s name every single time, “Now, Margaret, what I actually said was…”, he’s so damn condescending.
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"
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."
Wait, what? Please, give one significant concession Russia has made? No? You, JD Vance, are an embarrassment to the US.
Toddler.
My wife and I took our teenager daughter a couple years ago on her first trip to DC. By far, the most moving experience we had on the trip.
Nailed it!
What I cannot figure out, why are they saying this? Do they really believe this is true? in this alternate reality? It’s just pure fiction. I just don’t get it.
These are amateurs, fucking amateurs, this administration has lost all credibility on the world stage.
Coward.
Same.
Texas is stealing 5 seats—more red states are lining up. California can’t carry this fight alone. We need more blue states stepping up on redistricting. If you live in a blue state, contact your governor now Here’s why 📌CA: Up to 5 seats possible 📌IL: 0–1 seat possible 📌NY: 1–2 seats possible
Jesus, what the actually f*ck
Do you know how insane and infuriating it is to live in a country where one party claims, with media and public support, the mantle of being the ‘tough on crime’ party while its leader openly calls for convicted criminals to be released from prison ‘or else’?
Lawlessness.
Here, fixed it.
Pillar by pillar, this administration is trying to undermine the independence of all our systems and concentrate power in this imperial presidency.
WTH is going on in this damn country? When will this insanity stop? Who will able to stop it?
Absolutely disgraceful and despicable. If you are a partner at Paul Weiss or Kirkland & Ellis you should be ashamed of yourself -- that is, if you had any shame left.
“Remember, the States are merely an ‘agent’ for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes. They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do,” - US President Donald J. Trump, Aug 18, 2025
Texas State Rep, Nicole Collier, is standing up against a police state. Texas is full authoritarian now. Support her, contribute www.votenicolecollier.com
Texas State Rep, Nicole Collier, is standing up against a police state. Texas is full authoritarian now. Support her, contribute www.votenicolecollier.com
Texas State Rep, Nicole Collier, is standing up against a police state. Texas is full authoritarian now. Support her, contribute www.votenicolecollier.com
Texas State Rep, Nicole Collier, is standing up against a police state. Texas is full authoritarian now. Support her, contribute www.votenicolecollier.com
Texas State Rep, Nicole Collier, is standing up against a police state. Texas is full authoritarian now. Support her, contribute www.votenicolecollier.com
Nicole Collier is standing up against a police state. Support her, contribute www.votenicolecollier.com
Trump and Republicans are going to cheat and steal the elections. People are still suffering from a failure of imagination. They're telling you the plot openly
That is illegal, um, unlawful restraint or false imprisonment?
🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump announces he will issue an unconstitutional and illegal executive order purporting to ban mail-in voting and certain voting equipment for the 2026 midterm election. Such an effort would violate the Constitution and is a major step to prevent free and fair elections.
@kamlager-dove.house.gov called Congressional Rep Keven Kyley to the mat. 💥 Republicans don’t have a problem with lawlessness and cruelty until it’s biting at their own ankles. Thank you Rep Sydney Kamlager 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #Gerrymeandering #CALeg #TXVoterSuppression
If you’re under any illusions about what an authoritarian personality cult the GOP has become, they’re not hiding it:
Trump is laying the groundwork for martial law and unleashing his Gestapo against Americans who protest. This dude is never leaving office peacefully or legally. People still aren't paying attention.
ICE and Homeland Security are costing American farmers hundreds of thousand of dollars, and driving up costs for all of us.
Wonder what Foxnews would be talking about all day this week if Obama had done this?
“Putin would eat you for lunch.” Today, exactly that happened.
What a joke, they cannot handle the truth.
But I was told by everyone on the right that the only person who could deploy the National Guard (or prevent the deployment of the National Guard) was Nancy Pelosi.
I’m so f*cking angry.
Fucking fascist.
“F*ck ICE, and f*ck the Trump administration. Go touch grass. Get a hobby.” 🔥 👀
What a batshit crazy idiot. NOBODY with a MD or even a Ph.D., thinks their education is “training”. Shame on us for allowing this to happen.
@genefortexas.bsky.social: "We're buying time for Texans to wake up... To not only deal with TX but deal w/ this in every other state. If ppl who lie, cheat, and steal are allowed to win the day, that is the end of our country... Get off your ass! This is our last shot at saving the American dream."
Thou shalt not cry about being mocked when you are literally the person in charge of ICE kidnapping people off the street.
We are idiots, how the fuck did this happen?
Jesse Watters doesn’t understand which party drew the maps in Texas.
The President of the United States went on CNBC today and said: He won the 2020 election (he didn’t). He has a 71% approval rating (he doesn’t). The jobs numbers were rigged (they weren’t). I could say something funny here, but I won’t. It’s just so damn dangerous to have him in the White House.
It drives Jonathan Turley crazy when I remind everyone that he is just Mike Lindell with tenure. So, please make sure not to amplify this message.👇 Jonathan Turley is just Mike Lindell with tenure.
It never ends well.
REP. @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Texas Dems are fighting back— we’re leaving the state, breaking quorum, preventing Republicans from silencing our voices & rigging the election… we’re not fighting for the Democratic Party, we’re fighting for the Democratic process.”
And we're officially at the end of being able to trust the jobs numbers in this country ever again.
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: A higher up at the Bureau of Prisons WAIVED Ghislaine Maxwell's sex offender status in order to transfer her to a minimum security camp in Texas, per source. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
WATCH: “In video captured by the Tennessee Holler…” On @msnbc, @eriellereshef plays our video of @brotherjones.bsky.social getting banned from @GovBillLee’s Teslas-only tunnel announcement — even though it was a state event, in his own district.
Cosplaying her job. Unqualified.
Fascism
No. It always starts with populism, and history has shown us it transforms itself into much worse.
Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
"Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials," per NYT.
After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.
64 percent.
Mentally ill.
So, I’ve been cleaning out the attic and this guy shows up. Such fond memories of BBS in the 1980’s, staying up all night, waiting for the complete downloads. Damn. Just damn, hard to explain. I recall that Germany, the Netherlands kicked ass in cracking games.
BREAKING: PLEASE SHARE Christian Stephen, a member of the US military was placed on a 72 hold in a psych facility for posting this video stating that he wants to uphold our Constitution.
We are facing a serious threat to democracy, law, and liberty. The abuse of prosecutorial power to intimidate, investigate, and detain political opponents is upon us. It is a constitutional crisis. I will keep speaking out until public outrage overflows. I just hope it’s not too little, too late.
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This is not normal. A sitting president refusing to call the governor of a state after two elected officials were shot, one fatally, is beyond words. A typical president, regardless of politics, would pick up the phone. Offer condolences.
What is the Difference between FOX NEWS and PBS? The applause piped into the footage in FOX makes it sound like he is being applauded by hundreds of people while PBS was almost silent except for the music in the background. WHY IS THIS LEGAL?
Sad, this is actually the truth now. Crazy how the Onion is the new normal.
I’ve been almost 4 months without an Amazon Prime account. Really haven’t missed it, except for buying at Whole Foods. Though, I have been buying more locally at the farmers market.
Are we clear now a private businessman shouldn’t be in a position to control the space program—that this richest man in the world fueled by drugs, ego & hate shouldn’t be partnering with a malignant sociopath in the WH immunized by the SCOTUS & bent on pocketing billions & flouting the Constitution?
There’s a 1,000% chance, Elon Musk has acquired every possible bit of data on every American, including tax returns, bank accounts, email addresses, home addresses, social security numbers, travel history, and social media accounts.
No joke, Trump has to fire all of them now. They're a sabotage risk to the administration.
Fox is a bunch of cowards.
I miscarried twice…once in a toilet. A 9 week pregnancy is the size of a period clot. I flushed the toilet. Today, I could go to jail for that. Jail. For a wanted pregnancy my body rejected and I took care of by myself.
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