Social media vagabond, Dean for Research, pro-science, pro-public health, pro-critical thinking. GenX. #DailyActOfResistance. š³ļøāšš¦ š«DMs.
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On the one hand, I agree with shutting it all down. But I think thereās a better than average chance that a shutdown would allow FOTUS to act with even more impunityā¦starving programs they want to end (social security, Medicaid, Medicare) & running roughshod over the Constitution.
Things feel uncertain right now, Illinois. I want you all to know weāre doing everything we can to protect your rights. Make sure you know how to stand up for yourself and others at illinoisimmigrationinfo.org.
Iām old enough to remember when we had 47,000 congressional hearings over Hunter Biden allegedly making money off his fatherās name. Meanwhile, Trumpās corruption, in the billions, gets openly celebrated.
Pritzker: Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next
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.
Netflix just gave Gavin Newsom 2 million for the redistricting fight and made a deal with Sesame Street. New episodes will air there and the backlog of old episodes will Be free to watch. Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription.
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Resistance doesnāt require grand gestures, @elienyc.bsky.socialā¬ reminds us. But what you do now is what you would have done in historyās darkest hours. "So who do you want to be?" Trump wants to strip us of our humanityā making every act of kindness an act of defiance. "Do something." #Velshi
Cc: @govpritzker.illinois.gov Mayor Brandon @governor.ca.gov
Imagine being this hateful. Florida should spend more money on its education system and less on trying to marginalize those who are marginalized.
Like a deadly virus, created in the lab of bad public policy at the Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 has been let loose on our nation with impacts we are all just beginning to comprehend. My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isnāt 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.
CDC leaders on why the left: āI resigned because I could not be part of the weaponization of public health and CDCā¦ we should always be questioning - but you shouldnāt have a preconceived idea before you have the data.ā
āI've been in town halls around the country over this break with 12 states in the last week. and people are standing and applauding for what we've done.ā Please provide the list of your town halls, Mike.
Vance on undermining the Federal Reserve: "I don't think we allow bureaucrats to make decisions about monetary policy and interest rates without any input from the people that were elected to serve the American people...POTUS is much better able to make these determinations."
Call Cassidy. All of his offices. www.cassidy.senate.gov/contact/
Two children were killed and seventeen people were injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School. A Cracker Barrel logo change received far more scrutiny and attention than any fight against the epidemic of gun violence in this country. Our priorities remain idiotic.
New, from me: America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism. This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we donāt acknowledge where we are. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
Dr. Demetre, in his resignation from the CDC, said this: āI have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American peopleā. It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.
The Florida government has signed contracts with at least $245 million of taxpayers' money for this this short-lived un-American photo-op cruelty.
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This Russian state TV clip feels particularly relevant tonight
The GOP is worried about its razor thin majority so the solution is to CHEAT rather than pass laws and policies that are good for Americans and make them want to vote for GOP candidates?
This would be a good time to go door to door in that part of Iowa to identify the critical issues that turned voters.
"Acosta took what was a prepared, 60-count federal indictment that could have landed Epstein in prison for the rest of this life many times over, and turned it into the sweetest plea bargain in the world." Rep. Raskin previews why congressional Democrats are so eager to hear from Alex Acosta.
Jesus Christ. If your credit isnāt frozen at all three bureaus, I would strongly consider doing that now
Now, we are where we are. But let's get real, how do you turn around losing 40 years of experience, 40 years of a scientists, military experts, diplomatic experts, intelligence experts, financial experts, health experts, doctors, veteran specialists? It could easily take 50 to 100 years.
They are sending soldiers into cities to prepare to intimidate people at the polls next year. They gerrymander because they canāt win on policy. They intimidate because even gerrymandering wonāt work at this point.
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
Army veteran Jay Carey, arrested earlier for burning the flag in front of the White House, released
Someone should background on how the national guard units are being funded to occupy DC. I heard that states are fronting the funding expecting to be paid back. That seems like a pretty risky arrangement to me. š¤
This gives me the Ick.
Iām here for Lisa Cook and her principled stand to hold her position.
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
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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.
It also only seems to apply to DJT. President Biden didnāt get this latitude from SCOTUS on something as basic as student loan forgiveness.
August 25, 2025
Important point from Gov Pritzker.
If Ukraine stopped to ask each other if they aligned politically to fight off Russia, they would have been conquered in less than 3 days. In times of crisis, swallow your pride and work with what you have and who you have. You are either fighting dictatorship or you are not. #3E
It isnāt normal for a president to repeatedly threaten the use of military force against American citizens. Treating the National Guard as a political pawn disrespects those who serve and undermines public trust in our military.
This is what autocrats say and do. Some threats he intends to carry out, others are just meant to intimidate to produce a change in behavior caused by fear. Every day we move closer to autocracy. Who will be fearless & fight, who will ignore it and hide, & who will bend the knee?
The GOP governors of South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee have all sent their states' National Guard troops to assist Trump's occupation of DC. All four of those states have cities with crime rates higher than DC. This was never about "fighting crime."
āThe architects of Project 2025 remain.ā
Heās wanted to declare martial law from day one. Bypass all checks and rule as a tyrant. Many have speculated how heād do it. Now his gambit is clear. DC was a test. Heās using manufactured crime stats to send troops into blue states & cities. This is not a drill. Democracy is at defcon 1.
This is so importantā¦ Sharon has been tracking license plates on cars driven by ICE agents, and sheās finding they donāt match the vehicles. In other words, ICE is using secret, illegal tacticsājust like we suspected. REMINDER: the DMV is not a federal agency. @governor.ca.gov š§µ
A woman who criticized Ghislaine Maxwellās transfer to their facility in an interview has been transferred out to another facility which houses violent offenders. Trumpās DOJ is now punishing people who criticize his sex offender friends. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Democrats need to respond with conviction, he added. āWe need to stand up, all of us at this moment. Less judgment, more fortitude,ā Newsom urged. āMeet this moment, not for ourselves, but for each other, for this country.ā
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
Theyāre lighting democracy on fire.
Art of the deal.
Just nowā¦
The cruelty and meanness seem to be the point. #Dark
America: Universal healthcare creates wait times for healthcare. Also America: waits six months for a neurosurgeon consult and a year to get into a dermatologistā¦
Ossoff: "There is at some point is going to be a reckoning for all of this. These folks who are working at these private prison companies who are on Kristi Noem's staff right now, they are at some point going to have to testify under oath about what is happening in the facilities they're running."
Uhā¦he didnāt deny the comment about martial law.
NEWS: DNC Chair Ken Martin says TX State Rep. Nicole Collier was threatened with a FELONY charge for speaking on a press call with him, Cory Booker, and Gavin Newsom.
You're not suggesting that the president is running a protection racket.
Iām rusty on my economic terms but isnāt that how communism works?
Thank you, Boston Globe. This is how it's done.
The Independent has identified Eric Lendrum as the DHS PR officer responsible for a relentless flood of social media posts on DHS pages using Nazis memes, slogans and images. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Texas in 2025.
Trump Confesses that the United States Is a Client of Russia www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/18/t...
Worth the red to have a good summary of the many guardrails and norma that have been shattered in the first 7 months. SMH
That's odd. Russia has mail in voting.
Lest anyone doubt that Trump remains Putinās bitch . . . .er, puppet as the American tanks Russia captured from Zelenskyās army fly the flags of both šŗšø and š·šŗ as they attack Ukraine šŗš¦, hereās what treasonous U.S. betrayal of an ally while selling us out looks like: www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES (sound ) DAY 17 AUGUST 2025 THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES Please listen and share Governor Gavin Newsom's Powerful New Ad "WAKE UP AMERICA " "WAKE UP TO WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS DOING" People of California, we salute you We will fight with you On November 4th YOU have the power !
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning. The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency theyāre 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? (š„ Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
Life comes at you fast
This wasnāt just a security breach, documents obtained by NPR from a hotel guest who found them on a printer revealed something even more disturbing: a planned luncheon in honor of Vladimir Putin. The menu literally read, āIn honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin.ā
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."
#WhereIsCongress
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This guy is trying to get a Nobel Peace Prize? When he's bringing war to the American people? He sent the United States Marines into the United States of America."
Like a well oiled machine www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
Newsom: If California, one of the most un-Trumped states in America, is not successful, itās at our peril. We may not get this back. Iām telling you, we may not. He is rigging this next midterm election before one vote is cast. He tried to wreck our democracy after the last vote was cast last time.
This is not about crime. Itās about power. (+ distracting from the Epstein file cover-up)
"The demonstrations scheduled for this Saturday, August 16th are branded as 'Fight the Trump Takeover'..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
It never was about reducing the debt. Trump and Elon Musk are firing working class Americans from their jobs to give tax cuts to billionaires ā which is exactly what my song "New Religion" is about. These motherfuckers are plundering and pillaging America to line their pockets.
Waitā¦these schools arenāt hiring personnel and admitting students based on merit?!?
āVaccine disinformation and hostility against science have escalated to deadly violence ā a threat not just to institutions, but to ALL of us!"
These monsters go way back. Here's the truth about Trump's history with Epstein which he's so desperately trying to distract you from: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/12/politics/trump-epstein-relationship-timeline-invs-vis
Anyone who fails to see that we are careening toward fascism is not paying attention.
Crockett: "They have already decided the only way they can win, b/c they have failed policies, is by making sure they can cheat their way, & while they're cheating, the only way they can do that is while they violate the Constitution as well as the Voting Rights Act & make sure it's people of color"
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said." It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy. I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
Trumpās D.C. Takeover Is a Fascist Spectacle newrepublic.com/article/1990...
The military takeover of Washington is not a ādistractionā from Epstein. Itās a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows itās been an explicit goal since before the election.
Wondering what work assignments Ms Maxwell is qualified forš¤
What we see happening in real time is actually part of Martial Law. Oh, it hasnāt been officially declared, but his federal takeover plans for cities across the nationā¦under the cloak of āattacking crime,ā is pre-positioning for when he does. It will happen prior to the November elections. Watch.
Oh good, at least someone isnāt ignoring that this happened ā as the Sunday shows and press corps say nothing. Felt like we were losing our minds.
#WhereIsCongress Live Updates: Trump Orders National Guard to Washington and Takeover of Capitalās Police www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Crime in D.C. hit a 30-year low last year. Trump deploying the National Guard on the city is yet another authoritarian show of force. It's straight out of the dictator's playbook. https://youtu.be/WSxJRIiCNs8?feature=shared
They want to keep us stupid and uneducated.
NEWS: Annie Farmer, an Epstein survivor who testified against Ghislaine Maxwell, just revealed on CNN that she wrote a letter with her concerns to Deputy AG Blanche ā and received no response. She says neither she nor other survivors have heard a word from the DOJ.
