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In the coming days, we expect to see what's playing out in LA and DC happen in Chicago. These efforts are not about fighting crime or making communities safer. This is about Donald Trump testing his power and producing political drama to cover up his own corruption.
Two things can be — and are — true here: Bowser is not the champion DC needs in this moment, and The Washington Post has become a Trump rag. A newspaper that actually cared about the city in its name would not publish such an inflammatory, bullshit headline.
It’s corruption, plain and simple.
Republicans in Congress need to grow a spine and not cede their constitutional obligations when it comes to our national defense, no matter the cause. MORE: www.foxnews.com/politics/tru... (3/3)
If Donald Trump wants to use lethal force, he needs to make his case to the American public and get permission from Congress. (1/3)
🗞️This is what the front page of the NYT looks like right now. 🗞️Apparently there is not even ONE journalistic sleuth at the place saying, "Gee, maybe we should work the word 'fascism' into at least one of these headlines ..."
President Trump deployed military troops and federal agents to DC and LA to respond to made-up emergencies, and is now threatening to do the same in other cities across the country.
BREAKING: On a 2-1 vote, D.C. Circuit denies the Trump administration's request to let Trump fire a Federal Trade commissioner during appeals. Citing Humphrey's Executor, about the FTC: "To grant a stay would be to defy the Supreme Court's decisions that bind our judgments. That we will not do."
There is only one reason Space Command is being moved from Colorado to Alabama: Donald Trump is a petty tyrant who doesn't care about Americans who didn't vote for him.
We are filing a request for a preliminary injunction to block the extension of soldiers’ deployment in Los Angeles through Election Day. There was never a need — and there is certainly no need now — for troops to be deployed against their own communities.
When President Trump used 32 U.S.C. § 502(f)(2) in 2020, that was to have out-of-state National Guard troops sent to D.C.—which has no sovereignty of its own. Sending the un-federalized TX National Guard into IL without the latter’s consent raises *serious* Article IV problems that 2020 … didn’t.
This guy gets it. This is the way.
If it’s under Title 32 authority, the Texas guard remains under state control. That would mean that one state is deploying armed forces into the territory of a non-consenting state. And that’d clearly be a violation of the principle that states are co-equal, territorially limited sovereigns.
you'd think the governor of illinois basically going "we're being invaded by an authoritarian" would be something you'd see real easy on the front page of most everything an hour later
That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
🚨Regarding the #Pentagon and #SpaceForce announcements: Reps @rokhanna.bsky.social (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) are holding a press conference tomorrow, 9/3, 10:30am, with ten victims of Epstein’s sex trafficking. Link to watch live: youtube.com/live/q6fUosr... 🗣️ Release the Epstein files
It’s time for these victims receive justice. It’s time for Trump to stop protecting the rich & powerful & to start telling the truth. It’s also time for Republicans in Congress to find the courage to sign the discharge petition that would force a vote to release the Epstein files. (2/2)
We’re back in session after Speaker Johnson let us out early at the end of July, feeling the pressure from our subpoenas for the Epstein files. Today, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov sat down with survivors who endured horrific abuse. What we heard was beyond disturbing. (1/2)
> @denverpost.com EDITORIAL BOARD: “The message the president is sending is clear — get on board with team Trump or he will try to hurt your state. . We hope this decision .. will help sway voters .. when Trump tries to retain office in just a few short years.” www.denverpost.com/2025/09/02/t...
You can watch live here:👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6fU...
As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.
The coverup continues. politi.co/45LVjlF
@slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom... Good move!!
It’s odd that the president would need to give an Oval Office address about something as arbitrary (albeit idiotic) as moving Space Force or renaming the DoD. I have to assume he’s doing it because he knows the world thinks he’s hiding.
Scientists, not anti-vaccine activists, should lead the CDC. RFK Jr. has spent years spreading conspiracy theories and undermining trust in vaccines. Now he’s dismantling our public health system. The consequences of this will be felt nationwide. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
LEVINE: “.. it has always struck me as quite straightforward. .. the Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to impose tariffs. Trump made up his own tariffs without any input from Congress, so they are unconstitutional.” @matt-levine.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
A federal court just ruled in favor of what we've been saying for months: Using the military on U.S. soil against Americans is needlessly provocative, authoritarian, and ILLEGAL. We must continue to stand up for our communities and the rule of law.
Deplorable as ever.
NEW: Massie tells CNN that there is significant pressure from the White House to BLOCK the release of the Epstein files.
Under Dr. Oz, Medicare is launching a pilot program that will use AI to determine whether patients would be covered for certain procedures. Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims. Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.
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one can dream...
Trump is now more than 35 minutes late
And then they came for the Holocaust museums.
$184 million in @AmeriCorps funding will be restored as a result of our lawsuit against the Trump administration. AmeriCorps programs provide education, health care, and other vital services. Now, their important work can continue.
Why not assign it to her then since she’s more familiar with the case?
Technically it wasn’t reassigned, it was assigned. There wasn’t an assigned judge before now. Judge Sooknanan was just temporarily handling the matter over the weekend as the emergency duty judge.
The case filed to protect unaccompanied Guatemalan children appears to have been reassigned from Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Sooknanan to Trump-appointed Judge Timothy Kelly, for reasons not currently specified on the docket. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71240...
And what is congress doing about it?
Things feel uncertain right now, Illinois. I want you all to know we’re doing everything we can to protect your rights. Make sure you know how to stand up for yourself and others at illinoisimmigrationinfo.org.
Awful: Kristi Noem just accused CBS of editing out her comments about Abrego Garcia. But the "suppressed" comments were largely lies! This comes after CBS handed Trump $16 million over the same bogus "editing" claim. There's no placating authoritarians. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Huge.
JUST IN: A California judge rules that Trump's deployment of the guard to LA was illegal
Make no mistake that Trump and this Republican Congress are the most anti-worker in history. Not just anti-Labor. WORKER. Wage earner. Average American who isn't sitting on half a dozen properties and a massive stock portfolio. They hate us for earning a paycheck and not living off of capital gains.
Epstein Survivors Press Conference Sept 3rd, 10:30 a.m. ET Tune in to support them.
Full rundown of today's blockbuster ruling that Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to LA during June protests against his immigration crackdown violated federal law, even as the president threatens to use the military in other major American cities buff.ly/8pALFky
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It’s hard to focus on the growing existential threats abroad when your own government is intent on killing you.
Supreme Court begins the verdict and sentencing phase of Jair Bolsonaro's coup trial Tuesday, with the former president facing a possible 40-year sentence.
The virus took the world by storm. It was declared a "public health emergency of continental concern." What's the current status? With the U.S. aid cuts, one doctor says, "We're flying blind."
Maybe it’s the healthcare plan we were promised in 2 weeks, 6 years ago. 🥳
It's my kids' first day of school for the year, so let me share with you a summary of the empirical literature I share with them: School can feel like hard work, but it makes you healthier, wealthier, and happier.
I'm just going to keep noting that the owner and operator of Twitter -- the social media that too many politicians and pundits use to determine what's "normal" -- keeps on pushing the white supremacist Great Replacement Theory that has been the motivation for multiple mass shootings in this country.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in Washington, D.C., delayed enforcing its decision, which is expected to be appealed to the Supreme Court.
They may not be visible to the naked eye. Take a dark mode 3+ second long photo on your cell phone. Nothing here tonight in SE MI. But have seen them multiple times last year.
Anyone catching any pics of tonight’s Northern Lights?
The lifetime return to college remains enormous: four years of study adds more than a million dollars to expected earnings. And that yields a funny conclusion that I like to remind my students about: It may not feel like it, but these might be the highest earning years of your career.
And this is your reminder that Noem, Miller, Vought, Bondi, Hegseth, and all the others are NOT elected officials. Never forget that.
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NEW: Judge Sooknanan gets all 76 children trump tried to send to Guatemala back home, trump has been MIA for almost a week, the Epstein estate is going to hand over some actual Epstein files, and a discussion with @rweingarten.bsky.social about her new book. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
I'm just gonna flip on some corporate media really quick... ABC: ads CNN: ads Back to CNN: Trump's Chicago "immigration enforcement" MSNBC: Protests in Chicago Back to ABC: A "federal judge getting in the way of Trump's immigration crackdown" Back to CNN: Weekend travel Nothing about Trump MIA
COINCIDENCE? -Felon 47 is not seen or heard on media -Rudy rear ended -Putin, Xi & Modi meeting -Russia forces EU Presidents plane to land -Ukraine "deadline" -Israel/Gaza "Riviera" escalation -Epstein victims to testify What's next? Not sure whether or not to root for another shoe
It is wild that the Washington Post -- which claims "Democracy Dies in Darkness" -- has remained completely silent for more than a day about Trump's latest attack on free and fair elections. Support pro-democracy independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
* Trump Family Amasses $6 Billion Fortune After Crypto Launch @wsj.com
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👇🏽
✈️🇪🇺🇧🇬A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was forced to land in Bulgaria using paper maps after suspected Russian GPS jamming disrupted its navigation systems, the Financial Times reports.
Troops in the streets and he thinks he’s going to get a Nobel, peace begins at home
This vile administration tried to deport children, in the middle of the night, to Guatemala. CHILDREN!
You guys see where this is going? Right?
ZERO EXCEPTIONS!! Some things are simply EXCEPTIONAL!
NEW: This morning, DOJ's Drew Ensign confirmed that the last of 76 children the Trump administration tried to put on planes & send to Guatemala in the middle of the holiday weekend are back in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the result of a well-timed lawsuit & fast-moving judge.
They’re coming for your birth control ladies. You better be paying attention & getting loud! @azagmayes.bsky.social please get ahead of this project 2025 craziness. #ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
And there it is, home run! 🥳
Enjoy! Let’s Go Tigers!🐯
An Instagram reply to the White House’s post bragging about Trump’s economy
Donald Trump pretends to care about Medicare fraud, but then turns around and pardons a guy who ran a $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme.
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.
It's his imagination and we're just lucky to be living in it.
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Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”
Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security.
JD Vance is champing at the bit for a “terrible tragedy” to take place. He’s not even hiding it. www.primetimer.com/news/x-user-...
Trump isn’t just axing the Constitution. He’s axing something we all love. Watch. https://youtu.be/HS7IJaB5NDc?feature=shared
Anne Schuchat, former Principal Deputy Director of the CDC, says she's worried about vaccine access, as experienced leaders leave the agency in protest.
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:
He won’t let the press anywhere near him. This is getting weirder and weirder.
...and I'm proud of that.
Fatality.
It has now been SIX DAYS since Donald Trump has delivered any public remarks. His last public remarks were on August 25th, during a ceremony in the Oval Office. THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
NEW: Since corporate media won't call for Trump's resignation, I will. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/trump-must...
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...
Pure fucking evil. Everyone involved in this shit needs to be held accountable.
@gretchenwhitmer.bsky.social