"Not reviewable" is TACO mouthpieces' favorite phrase. In English: you dare not question the King.
"Not reviewable" is TACO mouthpieces' favorite phrase. In English: you dare not question the King.
One of the more depressing features of the past decade has been seeing how quickly and easily the right abandoned the genuinely good principles it once pretended to care about. Free trade; federalism; free speech. They jettissoned everything they had a point about & kept all the loathesome bits.
Yep. It pretends to invoke history but turns out the "history" is badly flawed, and regardless window dressing for "result I wanted". www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Wow. On NPR, @gbrumfiel.bsky.social reports a Social Security official “copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud.” The source is a whistleblower, who is named: Charles Borges, SSN chief data officer.
Brennan Center experts @seanmorales-doyle.bsky.social and @larrynorden.bsky.social forecast how the Trump administration will undermine confidence in our elections in the months leading up to the 2026 midterms:
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.
just read Garrett Graff's thing on the use of the military against American cities and I think that one thing which everyone is having trouble getting across is (a) how little they are doing and (b) how small the deployments are relative to the numbers historically necessary to control a population.
I'm still seeing news stories which suggest the US govt purchased a 10% stake in intel. But that's simply not true. They're pointing to money that was already appropriated as part of the CHIPs bill and other programs. Intel gave Trump 10% purely as a result of threats.
the “be warned, we are taking names” part is what has been missing from most major politicians’ responses
ICE Barbie has spoken!
The famous negotiating mission flown by the Enola Gay.
Donald Trump turned a booming economy into a stagnant one in record time. His war on affordability and small businesses are having real impacts — from his chaotic tariffs to his job and economy-killing immigration raids. California will continue to fight back.
This photo will be shown in history books as an example of deep and unabiding cruelty. You can't reform this.
This is the straight line from affordability to autocracy that I’ve been talking about on the campaign trail:
I lived in downtown DC for 10 years, dating back to 1999. I have worked and socialized in DC for over 25 years now. What Stephen Miller is describing always was possible. I don’t know what racist planet he lives on but it’s not one based in reality.
It. Is. A. Military. Coup.
World War II ended with the UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER of Germany on May 7, 1945, and Japan on September 2, 1945. JD may be canny but smart he is not.
World War II ended with the UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER of Germany on May 7, 1945, and Japan on September 2, 1945. Somebody tell JD.
In World War II, the Allies demanded the Unconditional Surrender of the Axis powers. Known to everyone but fools like Vance. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncondi....
Omg the dumbest man alive. In history.
They gaslit you all throughout the election.
Remember 24 hours? What a joke. Trump can’t end the war because he’s unwilling to put pressure on Putin, a murderous tyrant and war criminal who helped him get elected in 2016 and whom he treated as a statesman and BFF.
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s defense team says that the government is attempting to coerce him to plead guilty to his criminal charges. Per filing, the government promised to deport him to Costa Rica if he pleads guilty — and is now threatening to remove him to Uganda if he doesn’t accept the deal.
He’s already trying to exert federal control over elections and bully states out of using mail-in ballots. At the same time he’s normalizing troop domestic deployments in cities on pretexts that are utterly laughable. You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to see an ugly design here.
Trump already tried once to cling to power via fraud and violence. Everything he has done over the past six months virtually screams that he will do the same thing again, but with far more planning and preparation.
“Papers, please”
If someone insists that they're a federal agent but won't give you their name, show their badge and/or produce a warrant, just inform them that you are, in fact, the Duke of Saxony.
The Trump administration wants to create circumstances in which it is completely reasonable and justifiable to put a bullet in a federal agent for the purpose of waving the bloody shirt as a pretext for further crackdowns.
At this point I assume the folks running the show understand that instructing people to run around masked, ununiformed, and badgeless means some of them will absolutely reasonably get shot, and that they’re actively hoping for that outcome.
I mean FFS, I understand that construction when it’s about an opinion or a claim that isn’t some straightforward factual question that can easily be verified or refuted. But this IS EXACTLY THAT. It is a claim about public information. You should be embarrassed to headline it as a he-said/she-said.
Can we talk about that headline? If it’s true, you don’t need “Democrats say.” If it’s untrue, don’t put it in a headline. Either way, you’re fucking reporters. Find out what’s true, and write that.
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
In case anyone is still wondering why Bolton was raided
Garcia: What we got was complete bullshit. We demanded the full Epstein files, and that’s not what was sent over. The White House cover-up clearly continues. What they sent us was 33,000 pages of documents that have already been in the public domain.
WATCH: Ghislaine Maxwell says Trump was "never inappropriate with anybody in the times I was with him." In the same interview, she says she never saw Jeffrey Epstein engage in "unconsensual" behavior.
The most impressive thing about this campaign is how *creative* they are. They’re trying new stuff! Multiple times during the last few months I’ve thought “wow, I’ve never seen a campaign do that.” Much more of that needed everywhere.
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Trump’s residence was searched after MONTHS of being treated with kid gloves during which he defiantly refused to return hundreds of pages worth of highly classified documents he was storing insecurely.
“Do we get to call it fascism yet?” newrepublic.com/article/1994...
But not to red cities with higher crime rates. Notice a trend?
Straight-up banana republic stuff. This is who we are now.
Think of BLS data as the economy’s highway system: invisible, vital, taken for granted. Corrupt it, and every decision—from Fed policy to plant openings—crashes. Good stats → Good choices → Higher living standards. Bad stats → Bad choices → Lower living standards.
The Framers are dead but I listen to them.
U.S. Army vet George Retes was tear-gassed, dragged from his car, and held by ICE for 3 days; no lawyer, no calls, no reason. He’s a citizen. #AbolishICE #StateViolence #ICEWatch #HumanRights #Fascism #4R
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia files motion to dismiss his criminal charges in Tennessee based on selective and vindictive prosecution "Mr. Abrego was charged because he refused to acquiesce in the government’s violation of his due process rights." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
What are you afraid of, Donny? Oh. Right. Facts.
Pure horseshit.
NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency they’re from and using profanity with any press & public nearby. This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday). What the hell is happening to the US? (🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
So both Putin and Trump went to an AF Base in Alaska. Each had a set of demands. Trump accepted all of Putin's demands and then said he would convince Ukraine and Europe to accept them. And both then went home. Do I have this right?
You forgot: One applauded for the other.
And we now know those "severe consequences" were a series of further concessions to Putin...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/federal-ag...
He's not a killer. He's not a criminal. He's a high school student. He overstayed his visa. He wants to be part of America.
"When he was taken into custody Friday, immigration agents tied his dog to a tree and then unclipped his collar, allowing the animal to run loose on Sepulveda Boulevard"
NEW: Video shared with me from a bystander in DC shows multiple masked federal agents (at least one of whom appears to have an ICE badge) violently attacking and handcuffing a delivery worker in the street outside Bluestone Lane cafe near Logan Circle this morning. Please take care when watching.
There it is. The Deep State is real. It’s MAGA.
Occurs to me that Trump's entire regime consolidation strategy is to persuade everyone through displays of force that the regime is already consolidated and there's no point in resisting. Which I don't think will work, but also shows how important public acts of noncompliance are.
Speaking of criminals who support crime, Donny...
They’re full on supporting a military takeover.
At California's press conference, masked goons show up. This is what fascism looks like. But we are not afraid. Join us! www.ktvu.com/video/1691386
New ICE data show that the court order banning profiling reduced ICE arrests in LA by 66%! In other words, ICE is effectively admitting that TWO THIRDS of LA arrests were unconstitutional profiling. Did they admit this to the court? NO! They lied to the courts...
Exactly. The Trump hacks want to play word games. We don't have to play.
And by "protective" we mean "intimidating".
"As long as we can play word games, we're consistent!" But when you look at the facts, and call things by their actual names, certain claims become inconsistent.
They trained them to pretend that what they were doing was OK. Based on word games.
Exactly. For you and me, ignorance of the law is not an excuse. There's no reason to grant a special exception here.
Strong is strong!
CA: There can be no question that the occupation of a civilian city by nearly 5000 troops for 60 days will have and has had a prescriptive effect on that population. That is exactly the kind of standing army the Founding Fathers feared...
Bingo: name games.
"We didn't do anything illegal because we had magic to define what's legal"
Their defense is a confession.
"Except when we don't want to"
COMING UP: Judge Charles Breyer is set to preside over a bench trial in Newsom v. Trump The suit, brought by Governor Gavin Newsom, challenges Trump’s use of federal military forces to enforce immigration in California. I plan to live-post for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along ⬇️🧵
Federal law enforcement officers and National Guardsmen - I understand you have orders. I’m not asking you to break them. But do not go beyond what the law permits. You have legal, ethical and moral obligations to resist unlawful orders and refrain from unlawful conduct. Don’t be puppets.
As violent crime reaches a 30-year-low in DC, Trump claims the opposite to justify deployment of national guard troops on the district's streets. Introduction to fascism 101. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
All these people claiming to be Christians. Who are hilariously ignorant of the basics of their claimed faith.
We've become so accustomed to lawbreaking that this probably won't ripple much, but it is important not to forget that firing the IRS Commissioner for refusing to break the law--if that's in fact what happened here--would and should prompt immediate articles of impeachment in any other presidency.
Once again, the way you know these tariffs are illegal under the very laws being used to justify them is that there is no such thing as a "national emergency" that magically flares up & then disappears & then flares up again & then disappears every 90 days. bsky.app/profile/mcop...
I fear it's being overlooked that next term, the Supreme Court will likely strike down: •what's left of the Voting Rights Act •all bans on LGBTQ conversion therapy for minors •the last remaining pillar of McCain–Feingold's campaign finance reform ... while upholding bans on trans student athletes.
Should the headline be this? Ghislaine Maxwell Says Trump Is as Innocent as Epstein
How about lap dog training?
They voted for it, they got it
It seems unhelpful to me that whenever someone says “Trump proposal X would be clearly illegal” a thousand people all chorus in to say “yes but SCOTUS is in the bag, it doesn’t matter.” Sure, the corrupt majority might sign off on anything. But we need to ACT like the law still matters.
💵 Act now to claim thousands of dollars in clean energy incentives! Alliance governors & @climatemayors.bsky.social are joining together to encourage Americans to take advantage of cost-saving federal clean energy tax credits before they expire.
Imagine having to pay back a loan!
The guy who has been anti-vax for two decades without any scientific evidence to back it up, promised to Congress that he wasn’t anti-vax, got confirmed, and then immediately started doing anti-vax things
Again, if you just keep an eye out for breaking stories about Republicans being convicted for pedophilia or, in this case, doing work to cover up for their pedophile friends and relatives, it quickly becomes an everyday thing.
I’m unbelievably proud of the Governor, our Attorney General, and everyone who has fought, and continues to fight, to protect what this state represents. When this administration came after our resources with illegal, chaotic maneuvers, California stood its ground, again and again.
Yep. Suicide. It was so sure it could stay alive without eating. You know, eating costs money.
Really, ya got $200 million for Donny's ballroom
Says the guy who takes millions from secret donors www.opensecrets.org/officeholder...
It’s almost impressive how insistently he continues to lie about how tariffs work whenever he mentions them. (No tariffs are “paid by India to the USA.” But you knew that.)
Conservative DEI is orders of magnitude worse than anything any of them have ever accused liberals of doing.
Written about this before, but Trump really doesn't seem to grasp the extent to which chaos and uncertainty are economically harmful, independently of the intrinsic badness of his policies. That goes for "pick this week's tariff rate from a hat" & also for making it impossible to trust gov't data.
Exactly. What do businesses do when they can't trust the economic numbers? They spend less. They can't risk spending that would turn sour if the economy is way softer than the numbers suggest. And of course chaos and uncertainty likewise, maybe more so.
Do their payments clear. Would be a key standard here.
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-...
Wow
I remember when Soviet economic statistics were happy talk, that never failed to show that goals were being EXCEEDED! Of course everyone knew it was BS. But in an autocracy, autocrats manipulate the numbers to get the desired results. Well guess what we are now. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/t...
Oh I'd say this is still pulling punches. There's little question here. From now on, the numbers can't be trusted.