The ousting of Dr. Susan Monarez as CDC Director, followed within hours by the resignations of Dr. Deb Houry, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, and Dr. Daniel Jernigan, mark a collapse of public health leadership with consequences that reach every American household.
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.
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If Trump were operating in the best interests of America's businesses, his move to fire Lisa Cook would cause stocks to shrug, or maybe rise. But they're saying: This is dangerous. This move serves Trump, but not America. Our economy is at risk when the President undermines the Fed.
You are far, far from alone...
Ah, insert "tRumps" name and .... do they honestly not "see" this???
"People rallied with the doctors, calling for medical professionals to be allowed inside..." www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
Slavery was bad.
Governor Gavin Newsom, keep it up!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous. Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Like you I've seen all the pics people post here abt the steady increase of tacky gold crap he keeps adding to the oval office. But somehow it wasn't until I saw this picture that it just hit me. What the actual fuck. Like a Vegas whorehouse.
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Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."
Yes, yes it is.
Interesting. Does anyone know how this turned out? encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
Two things can be true: 1) The President has legal authority over the D.C. police and the D.C. National Guard that he doesn't have *anywhere else* in the country; & 2) Even if this doesn't set a legal precedent, it sets an ominous *political* precedent for pretextually overriding local government.
First it was troops in L.A., sent to provoke and assault peaceful protesters under the banner of “immigration enforcement.” Now it’s troops in our capital to disappear the homeless. See the pattern? Sooner or later, the monster comes for us all.
The White House will send about 800 National Guard troops into Washington as Trump pledges to crack down on crime in the nation’s capital.
In Alabama, another horrible ICE detention story— pulled over for going 1 mile over the speed limit and then put into detention, a woman who earned a masters degree and has become a beloved community advocate. Not a criminal. Someone who contributes to America. www.al.com/news/2025/08...
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The situation at the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” has gotten so bad that detainees have been on a hunger strike for over ten straight days.
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More of this, please.
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My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab. Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us. It’s time to fight back.
He’s not interesting. He’s not smart. He’s not anything. He’s just a mean, stupid, mediocre narcissist. https://trib.al/jFa7Ipv
Bass: We just heard that the administration’s experiment failed. The raids that were happening in Los Angeles—the random pulling and snatching of people off the streets based on the language they spoke, their appearance, where they work—the court has said that can no longer happen.
While they should be focused on disaster flood relief, Republicans in Texas - following the orders of the White House - are trying to manipulate maps and rig the 2026 midterm elections. This is yet another national scandal.
Great work, John Roberts. You’ve played a key role in wrecking our beloved country.
"He lives in the now, and winning the moment is the most important thing."
Peter Mallouk, president and chief investment officer of Creative Planning on Trump's social media post: "This is not healthy," he a?We can't have a set of numbers come out and fire somebody that served under numerous administrations in various roles because you don't like the numbers."
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1/ Last week, RFK Jr’s FDA convened a panel to review the safety of #SSRIs (a class of antidepressants) during pregnancy. Of the 10 panelists, 9 were known critics of antidepressants, many with conflicts of interest. The conversation focused almost entirely on risks—ignoring critical context. 🧵
Roy Cooper broke fundraising records in his first 24 hours as a Senate candidate. He's going to need the massive cash boost for what’s expected to become one of the most expensive statewide campaigns in US history.
Genocide from starvation apparently doesn't count if there was a preexisting condition according to the New York Times.
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tell me more about the scandal of presidents using the office for private gain: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Thank you to Scotland 🏴 for showing up and taking a stand this weekend. We loved the signs, so many of them made us laugh. This weekend showed that the resistance is growing and that we have friends everywhere! Scotland the Brave!
This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office. 2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor. 3) Donors make a huge profit. 4) Repeat. For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
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Newsom: They play by a different set of rules . And we can sit back and act as if we have some moral superiority and watch this almost 250 year experiment be washed away. We are not going to allow that to happen. We have agency. We can shape the future
This is truly insane. We are witnessing one of the most corrupt cover-up schemes in history—and it's all playing out in plain view.
I feel badly for Scotland and England but while he’s out of the country, can someone please change the locks?
Powell!!! 💪🏅
God bless South Park!
"Hot and Ready!" 💪😁
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1/ RFK Jr. just announced that U.S. ice cream makers will remove artificial dyes by 2028. I love ice cream as much as anyone (cookie dough all the way!) but let’s be real: this isn’t the public health win it’s being sold as. 🧵
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The thing about the Epstein disgustingness that strikes me hardest is that hundreds of rich old men raped underage girls and the only person currently in jail for that vile behavior is a woman.
God I hate that phrase!!! (" Thank you for paying.....).
Like all authoritarians, Trump doesn’t like criticism or objective reporting. He just wants flattery. That’s why he wants to defund NPR and PBS. We need media in this country that is not owned by billionaires and corporate interests. I will vote to support public broadcasting.
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What could go wrong?
The more they tell us to stop talking about Epstein the more we need to talk about Epstein
A DOGE staffer has assumed control over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an agency traditionally independent from direct White House authority. Adam Blake, now serving as the DOGE-appointed lead at the NRC, has been tasked with carrying out directives from Trump.
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Nancy Mace gets wrecked by a community note
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And now, break for a smile. ❤️
Bass: We have to stop this mess. The idea of having troops go through the park and disrupt a children’s summer camp, or drive through the streets and just pick people off… So our city attorney is leading the way. We are filing a lawsuit and calling for an injunction to stop this.
Why so quiet, JD?
How can the cold hearts of these guys actually have enough blood running through to keep them alive? 😡
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Suozzi: "It just doesn't make sense that you're reducing taxes for some of the wealthiest people, hurting some of the lowest income people, while blowing the biggest deficit in the budget that we've had in the history of the country. Those things just don't add up."
Why are there no videos of ICE deporting MS-13? We only heard about that gang everyday during the campaigns yet all we see are masked man in full war body armor throwing 13 year olds around inside court and grabbing babies from mothers on the street?
I wrote this about Gaza, but it applies everywhere, to all children.
Dear God....😖
This year it feels more like the Farce of July.
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Remember folks: not only is the no tax on tips/overtime nothing more than a half-baked crumb tossed to the working class, but that crumb disappears in 2028. Know what doesn’t disappear, ever? Tax cuts for billionaires, cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, the ACA and SNAP. Those are permanent.
Speaker Mike Johnson five months ago: "The number one threat to our nation right now is our debt. It's not China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea. It's the debt. And we take that very seriously. Congress has kicked the can down the road for decades and we're out of road."
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@robertgarcia.bsky.social: "We've gotta be talking about Donald Trump's corruption every single day. It is beyond what anyone has ever done. He has essentially turned the White House into an ATM for himself and his family."
Whoa! Alligator Alcatraz is going to be complete by Tuesday and open for operation on Wednesday. Am I the only one wondering how Ron DeSantis got this together so fast? Floridians, make sure you remember this the next time a hurricane hits and you can’t get disaster relief in your state.
Shock announcement: NC Senator Thom Tillis just announced he is retiring, less than 24 hours after he opposed starting debate on his party’s mega bill. His seat is up in 2026, and having it be an open seat sure changes the calculus and Democratic chances of flipping it.