Exactly. It doesn't give him implicit authority, either.
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Exactly. It doesn't give him implicit authority, either.
This is the second judge in a week that has brought up the fact that the government can't be trusted with clear instructions - likely because the government ignored Judge Boasberg's order to turn the planes around last March saying "verbal orders from judges don't count."
There's only one way to stop the rumors about Donald Trump's health: a press conference. Why won't he talk to the press, and why isn't the media doggedly demanding it?
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
UPDATE: Judge blocks mass transfer of estimated 600 immigrant children from US to Guatemala amid dispute over whether parents have sought their return. DOJ lawyer calls suit 'outrageous' interference, but judge suggests holiday timing of flights is suspicious www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Holographic images of Trump have gone up in Los Angeles and it’s pretty cool.
Wake up America‼️
FEDERAL AGENTS TAKE NOTE… It’s not just Chicago standing strong. Other blue cities and governors are ready to unite against Trump’s federal invasion. I’m not an attorney, but this point seems huge: if federal agents break state or city laws, they can prosecuted. And Trump cannot pardon them.
From the WH pool this morning: Trump left for an “unannounced location” at 9:27 a.m. His motorcade then drove to his golf club in Virginia, arriving at 10:02 a.m. “There was one person in a car who gave the motorcade the middle finger as it drove by,” the pool report states.
But you know, Trump was only "mostly dead" when he tweeted that.
Our government is filled with homegrown terrorists.
Don’t look away
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"Accurate, transparent and accessible data is critical to our understanding of any illness, outbreak or public health threat. The CDC has made great strides in making timely and transparent data available." Dr. Debra Houry, CDC Chief Medical Officer, Jan. 2023. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Oh and we need to amp this up, fire up people to fight now. Don't let a three-day-weekend approaching cool your anger. Channel it, focus it. RFK Jr. needs to go. Make it your mission starting today.
We've got to use all non-violent, peaceful means to stop these people. And non-violent doesn't mean weak--from Gandhi to MLK Jr--we can move mountains without raising a hand. 11/
Yes, there are many crises going on--this is the firehose of autocracy at work. But I am begging anyone who cares about health to take a breath and make a plan. 10/
Every American has to decide what they are going to do now, because your government is out to kill you. Perhaps in January, this might have seemed like hyperbole, but in late August, it sounds like just another Thursday morning in the United States. 9/
I've lived through two epidemics (HIV in the US in the 80s/90s and in South Africa in the 2000s) and through COVID with the rest of us. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing has been as terrible as what is happening now. 8/
The price of eggs? Wait until you see your ACA premiums. Got cancer? The hope for new cures has been dashed. If H5N1 develops mutations that confer easy human-to-human transmission? Fuggedaboudit. 7/
It's important to know what we're dealing with. Though some in the media still try to horse-race, both sides this, we're faced with psychopaths at the helm of our nation's public health, scientific and healthcare efforts. They want to inflict pain and suffering. It's a goal, not a by-product. 6/
This is just part of RFK Jr.'s body count. And Russ Vought? His destruction of the ranks of CDC (and NIH etc) are making it impossible for remaining staff to do their jobs. This is what he wants. As he said he wants bureaucrats to be traumatized. Does this sound like a normal human being? 5/
Between last fall and today, there have been over 3 million out-patient visits, over 300,000 hospitalizations and over 30,000 deaths from COVID. This data comes from a presentation at the the June ACIP meeting extrapolated forward. Now there will likely be more as RFK Jr. consolidates his power. 4/
Many people may not feel the immediate brunt of what RFK Jr. and Vought have now wrought. But it will be extensive and long-term. 3/
This week, they've brought the US public health system to its knees. The COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, the anti-vax crusade, precipitated yesterday's bloodbath at the CDC. The senior leadership is gone. Even if Monarez hangs on a few more days, the agency is now captured in full. 2/
#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/
Important.
With everything else going on, this hasn't gotten nearly enough attention yet. Say it louder for the folks in back: The U.S. government has betrayed every American by stealing our personal information and making it vulnerable for scammers.
Moore: "The thing that gets me most about this is how deeply disrespectful this is to members of the National Guard who signed up for this job as I did when I deployed overseas & led paratroopers in combat where we signed up w/the expectation the commander in chief was actually taking it seriously"
Krasner: So, if what you have is a group of ICE agents, or even the military, coming into Philadelphia and committing crimes—assaults that are illegal, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, obstruction of the administration of justice—they can be prosecuted.
Whew! Sen. Susan Collins should be “very concerned” She showed up as the main guest at a ribbon-cutting in Searsport, Maine. It backfired. The crowd was not happy to have her: “Shame. Shame. Shame.”
Trump's a bad ulterior motive.
In Chicago, overall crime is already down 13%. Murder is down 31%. Robbery is down 33%. Car jackings are down 26%. Trump calls a 31% DROP in murder a “killing field,” all while ignoring that nationwide red states have a 40% HIGHER murder rate than do blue states. Don’t fall for his corrupt fascism
EO banning physicians In the U.S. in 3...2...
That guy probably thought Jonathan Swift really wanted to eat Irish people, too.
More proof that Trump actually hates the very people who voted for him. He may hate Democrats, but he seems to want MAGA to die. You can't make this stuff up.
Psaki: "If you have to keep telling people you aren’t a dictator, maybe your actions are getting a little dictator-y."
FOTUS pulled them away from their families and homes to pick up trash?! What a disgrace he is.
Congratulations Catelin Drey and to the people of Iowa!! They have broken the republicans supermajority!! Republicans will now need support from at least one Democratic senator to confirm Gov Reynolds' nominees to state agencies, boards and commissions. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
Catelin Drey just flipped a Trump +11 Iowa Senate seat! Democrats have now overperformed in 37 out of 38 elections so far this year.
Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
DOGE IS THE BAD ACTOR! “Should bad actors gain access to this cloud..., Americans may be susceptible to widespread identity theft, may lose vital health care & food benefits, & the government may...[need to] reissu[e] every American a new Social Security number.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
On the left, my warning from September 2024 about what Trump 2.0 would look like. On the right, recent headlines. I wish I'd been wrong. But because Trump is following a classic authoritarian playbook, it’s up to state and local governments to push back on this tyranny while it’s still possible.
Turning the National Guard from a symbol of aid in emergencies to storm troopers terrorizing communities will be a lasting tragedy of this regime. wapo.st/4mvKFW3
CHICAGO — With the news that the Trump regime plans to deploy the military to the city—against the wishes of Pritzker and the people of Illinois—consider joining this webinar Sunday (8/24) at 5 PM ET to learn how you can help remind military members to honor their oaths. Register at bit.ly/oath0824
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.
How awful this DM is--a violent form of language rooted in white supremacy, which is FALSE. I attend church with many present, loving Black men who are faithful husbands & fathers. I know they deal w/ this racist language, too. My church is working for racial justice, & I stand w/ you!
Just like nobody says “white-on-white crime” when white people kill, steal, or harm each other—even though, statistically, crime most often happens within one’s own community. Yet “Black-on-Black crime” gets thrown around like a weapon. 11.
No matter what we accomplish—as men, as fathers, as husbands—the stereotype is there. It’s a tool of white supremacy and too many fall for it and spread it. When white men are deadbeat dads, nobody says “white men don’t raise their kids.” They say that man doesn’t raise his kids. 10.
I could give you an entire roll call of Black men in my life who are devoted fathers. So what do racists get out of spreading this lie? The truth is, when one Black man fails his children, the entire community gets painted with the same brush. 9.
My grandfather, a published chemist who was married to my grandmother until the day he died, was the father figure in my life. He and my grandmother raised three successful children of their own. My brother is another example—raising his kids, deeply involved, never in trouble. 8.
If you believe otherwise, it’s because you don’t have Black friends—real friends—not acquaintances, not coworkers you nod at in passing. My own father wasn’t a daily presence after my parents divorced, but I still turned out just fine—never violent, never arrested. 7.
I know single Black fathers who are there for their kids every day they can be. I know married ones who are deeply present. And yes, I know there are deadbeats—but they are not exclusive to any community. 6.
My judgment call based on that DM: Small mind, big impact. Because they are perpetuating that dangerous lie that’s used to justify the hate and the blame for allof society’s problems. My truth: I’ve been married to the same woman for almost 30 years. Together, we’ve raised two brilliant kids. 4.
Despite receiving billions of dollars in federal contracts and subsidies, SpaceX, Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company, has reportedly taken advantage of a benefit from Trump's first term to avoid paying income taxes. www.muskwatch.com/p/how-spacex...
As I said after the GOP rammed through its Big Beautiful Bill, Trumpers were funding a coup. Now the coup is starting to gain force, on both coasts.
I’m sure Trump doesn’t want to be called Comrade Trump, even though he’s assisting Putin’s desire to rebuild the USSR and he’s demanding governing ownership of the means of production. Is Comrade Trump now one of the communist lunatics he decries?
The fascist takeover is happening before our eyes. Trump is so obviously deranged, too. Yesterday's missive from @hcrichardson.bsky.social is a must-read. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-22-...
I remember that quite clearly. Funny how that works.
She should not be allowed to speak.
Switch to how great everything is In what political universe does that fly!
They are not fighting crime, they are committing crimes. #AbolishICE #FightFascism
Trump's approval is the lowest of his second term, according to our tracker with YouGov. He is roughly as unpopular as the same point in his first term. www.economist.com/interactive/...
Trump’s best friend, Epstein, is haunting Trump and Melania from the grave. 💀 #WasMelaniaEpsteinsFirst 😳 #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
🚩 Texas republicans want to CHEAT with mid-decade redistricting, and are physically detaining a democrat to do so. Join the rally tonight at the Austin Capitol Building at 7PM CT 8/19! #WeveHadEnough #LetHerGo 🤬
All of those GOP bootlicking governors sending National Guard troops to D.C. are trying to cover up Putin's Little Pet's failures. Never forget what's really going on as he continues to target the helpless.
The fascist "Free Press" just published a disgusting claim that kids in Gaza aren't dying by starvation, but because they were already sick with other diseases. Anne Frank died of Typhus. The "Free Press" fascists would argue that it was a natural disease—not the concentration camp—that killed her.
Democrats must demand an explanation. They should also ask publicly if the goal of this Administration is to make pedophilia legal in America.
Zelensky came to DC with other European leaders to push back against Trump and Putin. He looked like a statesman, while Trump looked lost. The day was a big win for Ukraine and Europe, and a big loss for Putin. Zelensky is the one who deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
🚨 Did NATO promise not to enlarge? Gorbachev says "No". Gorbachev "It is a myth that you were betrayed by the West regarding NATO's eastward expansion. Yes, It's definitely a myth." 👀 counteracts the Kremlin lie 👇
This may be the most dangerous, anti-American thing happening under Trump. The complete and utter invasion of our privacy is enough to make any freedom-loving American recoil in horror. Palantir, Geo Group & CoreCivic, cogs in Trump's enormous detention and deportation machinery, rake in billions!
Supreme Court caselaw suggests that this is almost certainly illegal.
If I were the House or Senate minority leader or party chair my ass would fly down to Texas and I’d start screaming at news cameras about what’s going on
“Insane Man Rolls Back Mental Health Care” There, was that so hard?
The Republican “solution” to mental health issues is basically genocide. Ignore and disenfranchise the needy, then dismantle every support system.
Nothing changes, except the terms the racists use. 😵💫 #RepublicanRacism
This is so AWESOME. I hope they put Trump in his place.
With 5,000 friends in Austin fighting Trump’s illegal redistricting scam.
My advice to Zelensky: Don't go into Monday's meeting alone. Bring N.A.T.O. leaders with you, esp. Starmer & Macron.
Trump is a wet noodle.
Beyond horrifying.
Headline that could have been written months ago:
Good morning A word from Governor Gavin Newsom's press office
The smile said it all. Putin knew nothing would happen to him if he was with Trump in the Beast. And the media keeps reporting that Putin doesn’t speak English. Come on! He just doesn’t want people to know. Putin speaks English so that when people talk shit, they don’t realize he understands.
📌"Papers with U.S. State Department markings, found Friday morning in an Alaskan hotel, revealed previously undisclosed and potentially sensitive details about the Aug. 15 meetings between President Trump and Russian President Putin in Anchorage." 📌I mean, holy shit. They can ALWAYS be stupider.
www.axios.com/2025/08/16/t... " DIFFICULT" No...Disgusting My expectations from Trump's grovelling jaunt with Putin was not high Now it looks like he is throwing Ukraine under the bus Trump pulls out of Ceasefire Trump backs plan to cede land in Ukraine (source @nytimes.com )
What will Zelensky face on Monday? I shudder to think.
WATCH Donald’s administration aggressively DRAGGING someone’s home away on K St in Washington DC. This is all they have. And Trump is destroying it for entertainment. I don’t want my tax dollars used for this. This is vile.
This is how everyone should treat this masked thugs!! ‘This is cowboy country and we don’t get down with that bullshit!…You got two options you can get the fuck off my property or we can get down.’ Bravo, sir‼️💥🔥💥
Obviously, Putin reminded Trump that he knows what's in the Epstein files & has the goods on him. Trump is WEAK because he's able to be blackmailed. He needs to be removed from office via either impeachment or the 25th amendment NOW. #Trumpisweak #ImpeachTrump #25thAmendment
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Obviously, Putin reminded Trump that he knows what's in the Epstein files & has the goods on him. Trump is WEAK because he's able to be blackmailed. He needs to be removed from office via either impeachment or the 25th amendment NOW. #Trumpisweak #ImpeachTrump #25thAmendment
Yesterdays summit was a failure for Trump & America. While most are using this to make fun of Trump, I will not do that. Instead, this failure and how it continues to weaken America, should be blamed on the ENABLERS who continue to support what he is doing to hurt America.
If you can’t make it in person, don’t worry we’ll share a way to join with a virtual check-in from the Texas Capitol rally at 11 AM. Plus, Texas for All will be livestreaming the event. Let’s make some good trouble today.
Events are getting ready to start on the East Coast this morning for “Fight the Trump Takeover”, we can’t wait to see you out there!