Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
My latest: “Emergency-Gate: Focusing on Challenging the Premise of Trump’s Power.” open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Thread: this is Russ Vought giving himself permission to ignore Congress and the constitution
Promises made. Promises kept.
Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
We definitely (eyeroll...) don't want you to SHARE! this article ... Oh wait. YES WE DO! #FDA #antivax #holdthemaccountable @altfda.altgov.info Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos of himself that criticized Covid vaccines www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
9 former CDC leaders across Republican and Democratic administrations since 1977 are raising their voices together about the peril of public health and CDC @richbesser.bsky.social @drtomfrieden.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Get ready #chicago Save and share this image. It will be helpful when the #iceraids begin
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Hey @radleybalko.bsky.social is there some sort of backstory here? Feels kind of incredible that one state trooper has arrested eight sober people for DUI and nothing appears to have happened to him. www.wsmv.com/2025/08/28/f...
I’m serious. This REALLY infuriates me. @nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com @cnn.com Do your job. You failed to lift this up in 2024. If farmers are hurting, explain why and who is to blame. And remind Americans that we paid BILLIONS for Trump’s first tariff blunder. It’s so irresponsible to ignore this.
This is a plan for ethnic cleansing. It’s morally horrific and absolutely insane
To be able to say things like this with a straight face, you have to know with certainty that you are talking to babies
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
JD Vance on Donald Trump: “I’m a Never Trump guy. I never liked him. I don’t think he’s the person. I don’t think he cares about folks. I think that he’s noxious and is leading the white working class to a very dark place.” { ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social }
FHP also arrested a man at a crosswalk near Pulse in Orlando last night. The bizarre story of the arrest is related below by Fox35 Orlando. This is so pitifully embarrassing for the state. via www.fox35orlando.com/news/man-arr...
They’re doing all this to prevent people from MEMORIALIZING A MASS SHOOTING
Hey friends, Defend Public Health has a new campaign if you’d like to join in. Write your elected reps about ensuring that COVID19 vaccines are available this Fall!
Little kids with brain cancer. That’s who Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are screwing over by cutting health care.
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This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
It’s not massive protests on Pennsylvania Avenue, but happenstance hecklers and Nextdoor posts.
Went to the local Ethiopian restaurant on the block. The food and service was, as ever, immaculate and welcoming. Chatted with the owner - food costs are up, customer traffic has collapsed, he can't get contractors to do needed repairs, staff are afraid to come in. His worst August in history.
Holy Moly. This seems like a good time to remind folks that you can chip in *directly* to Dem-backed WI Supreme Court candidate Judge Chris Taylor here! secure.actblue.com/donate/state...
What do you foresee SCOTUS will do with it?
Trump and Dr. Oz want AI to decide which Medicare patients get care—and they're giving AI companies a profit-incentive to deny coverage. Everything about this is sick and wrong. Tell Congress to intervene NOW:
Your daily reminder that most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
This is called cutting Medicare coverage. Trump and Republicans are using AI to try and cut your Medicare. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation” That’s NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
Veterans are oversold as a bloc. Some are extremely proud of what they did, others saw it as a job like any other, some would rather forget it. But the vast majority took the oath seriously, and not doing so offends them. I would hammer that Babbitt is getting a military funeral. Hammer it.
The double standard is SO. INCREDIBLY. INFURIATING. One trans shooter and they call for extreme consequences for all trans people, while there's never any fallout on young white men who are the vast majority of shooters. And it's never about the guns.
Note: Cassidy also claimed that he received assurances that vaccine safety would not be dismantled. His senate committee still holds responsibility for oversight. He shouldn't have a moment's peace -- journalists and voters should be demanding answers. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“oh hey did you hear that one shooter is tra—“ armed federal agents are occupying my city and setting up checkpoints where they abduct random people delivering food and arrest men for the crime of being black please don’t stop talking about dc
Jews who were rounded up and taken by the Nazis to concentration camps reported the same thing - that they couldn't believe it was happening even while they were directly experiencing it.
Maybe we shouldn’t let someone who doesn’t believe in germs and who thinks it’s okay to eat roadkill and swim in contaminated ponds be in charge of our national food safety.
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Right-wing pundits and hacks are only concerned about the Minneapolis shooter being identified as a trans female. The mass shooting, the assault rifle, the radical hate and anti-semitism, the embrace of previous white nationalist shooters, the endless gun violence in this country? All good.
"The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state." — Dan Froomkin @froomkin.bsky.social presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.
RULE ABOUT AMERICAN FLAGS: If you burn the fabric part, you're looking at jail. But it you use the pole part to assault a police officer, you get a presidential pardon, praise, and some cash.
Many won’t understand the significance of this because it’s wonky and niche—but it’s unprecedented and authoritarian.
note how Trump on a daily basis is trying to normalize the idea that he's a dictator
Don’t let them tell you he’s joking. He’s putting armed troops in the streets. Not a joke. Not a drill.
Cash bail creates a two-tiered system of justice where the wealthy can buy their way out of jail. Cashless bail lets judges detain people based on flight risk and community threat, rather than financial means, and does not raise crime rates. Don't fall for Trump's lies.
Howwwwww is the Lisa Cook story not in your newscast?? Malpractice.
A National Guard Member Running for Office Is Asking His Colleagues to Disobey Illegal Orders Captain Dylan Blaha is asking his colleagues to disobey Trump's illegal order, & he's running for office as a progressive Democrat to reform the Democratic Party. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
America's Reichstag Fire Moment Trump, Stephen Miller and MAGA are using crime to rationalize unleashing the military against the American people, but it's simply a means to consolidate power and set the stage for martial law. thelefthook.substack.com/p/americas-r...
Absolutely, among other nefarious plans.
Destroying tourism isn't the goal, and I don't believe he thinks anyone wants this. It's a step toward the true goals of oppressing and suppressing Black and brown people, and creating a fascist police state.
On Inauguration Day, I listed 12 tripwires of tyranny that would indicate we were in a MAGA dictatorship. Things like “Investigators being investigated” and “A powerless Congress.” We’ve hit 5 of those tripwires and are close on 5 others. Check out the list in my free Stop the Presses newsletter.
Major media once thought a Trump dictatorship was impossible, so they didn't warn the public about it. Major media now see the dictatorship arriving, so they're afraid to warn the public about it.
Trump does a thing, democrats call it a distraction. No they are all the thing. We’re under attack. Fight all the things.
Missouri, you say? (50,000 of Alford’s constituents are enrolled in ACA plans. Most of them are about to see their premiums increase by up to 1,000%.) That’s not a typo. acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
Going to be wild to have Clarence Thomas and other members of the court write that even the appearance of impropriety is sufficient to allow the President to remove Federal Reserve members from office, and then head off to Harlan Crow’s yacht
It's one of the most beautiful places I've been. Fond memories.
“I will not interfere with access to vaccines.” 💣 Fires entire ACIP panel and appoints nutters 💣 Works to disband USPSTF 💣 Removes kids from COVID guidelines 💣 Threatens pediatricians who vaccinate children according to AAP guidelines It’s time for him to go. FIRE RFK JR #firerfkjr #savehhs
The prolonged public torturing of a single man because the state cannot admit to its errors is not something that occurs in a free country
I was in the news business for only 4 decades, so maybe I don't know much. But it seems like the transformation of the U.S. into a police state would be worth a headline and a few paragraphs.
I'm starting to find more content that echoes my own feelings about just how bad things already are.
Someone finally being a realist. open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
Excellent read.
The sheer amount of time, money, and resources this government has spent to torture one random guy is astounding.
You can think what you want, but from where I sit there is no indication Trump intends on giving up power in 2028, and we should just assume he’s not.
This is absolutely horrifying. The FBIs recruitment and selection process should never lower the standards/requirements. This is not making our country safer
If you have a local health department, you can likely get your vaxx there for free. Give them a call and see what they offer.
POWELL: “GDP growth has slowed… economic uncertainty… challenging environment… inflation up, employment down… labor shortage…”
THIS IS NOT A DRILL: Donald Trump is openly bragging about sending the U.S. military into Chicago and New York. He’s mocking Black women while pretending they “beg” him for help. This is not “law and order.” This is an authoritarian fantasy, and he’s saying it out loud.
I absolutely do NOT agree with Bolton’s politics but I can STILL say it’s completely corrupt to send the FBI to raid the home of a political opponent or detractor. Everyone needs to be saying it. Trump is pushing us closer and closer toward authoritarianism. We ALL need to push back.
Everything Trump does is not a distraction from everything else that Trump does. It's all part of the same thing – the criminal enterprise previously known as the presidency.
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Cops are great
So, MAGA has gone full Communist now, but Democratic Socialists are scary? Cool, cool. Cool.
We are very far off the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸
If pundits would like to talk about violence, a terrorist recently shot up the CDC and another assassinated Democratic officials in Minnesota but they sort of let both stories disappear Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?
They're going to say that because it's white people protesting, the protests aren't "real" or some such. They wish Black and brown people were protesting, so the troops could provoke violence as a protest to shoot them. BIPOC folks - stay home!
The best way to stop Trump’s agenda is to beat his enablers. David Schweikert is one of them. I’m ready to take him on, flip this seat, and fight for working families. Let’s do this together. secure.actblue.com/donate/trebl...
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Catch-22: Any pushback on the spot by civilians being menaced by gov forces gets played up as violence justifying gov forces using violence. This is going to end up with troops killing civilians, and at this point, I'm not sure even that will get people's attention.
A useful WaPo map of where Trump Storm Troops are actually operating in DC. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202... If you know DC, what this map tell you is: They're making the gaudy show of strength in areas where it matters least and will do least good. Except for sheer spectacle.
#ICYMI: You can spot E.J. Antoni, Trump's pick for Bureau of Labor Statistics Chief, in the crowd of Capitol rioters via our archive of 500+ Jan. 6 videos. Watch him walk through the bottom of the screen starting at ~1:41 in this clip: projects.propublica.org/parler-capit...
And making guns easier to get is going to DECREASE crime? Make it make sense. (Psst... it's actually to make it easier for black and brown people to get shot in "self defense.")
Just to say this plainly: what you're looking at here is a federal police force accountable only to the president rolling up to intimidate the governor of California as he announces his plan to counter a federal legislative coup out of Texas which will ensure their permanent presence in our streets
The president the United States using armed, masked paramilitaries to intimidate a political rival.
Last month, we reported that the IRS was preparing a system that would share millions of taxpayers' data with ICE. Now we can confirm data was officially transferred ⤵️
Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social. #EpsteinFiles
So they're going to make up stats and put DC under martial law, because the president was heavily involved with a child sex trafficker.
Talking of DC crime... whats the latest on the Epstein files and the number and type of references to trump in them?
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The stats showing a huge decline in violent crime and homicide in D.C. last year were put out just the other day by the FBI, which is run by Kash Patel.
Washington DC: Last night (8/14/2025) Federal police get public notice: “Get out of our streets!” Angry DC residents are defying the regime’s attack on freedoms. #Resist
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