Itās still early, but pretty good turnout so far for Bernie Sanders and Graham Platnerās (running against Susan Collins) rally here in Maine today.
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Itās still early, but pretty good turnout so far for Bernie Sanders and Graham Platnerās (running against Susan Collins) rally here in Maine today.
MO Gov Mike Kehoe is calling a special session to gerrymander the 5th District which encompasses Kansas City. He is specifically violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans any voting practice that denies or weakens the power of a racial minority to elect its preferred candidates.
As we begin a new month, my law firm is litigation 51 voting and election cases in 25 states. 6 in Arizona 6 in Georgia 4 in Florida 4 in North Carolina 8 involve redistricting
DOL is trying to take away minimum wage and overtime from millions of workers. Just thought Iād mention that.
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
Denmark land of the free! Iām kind of jealous š¤¦š»āāļø
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 peopleās lives were destroyed in the name of āsaving money,ā
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.
If all the documents were released, all the records, all the interviews, if every shred of paper written on the Epstein sex trafficking operation were released tomorrow, there would still be horrific things weāll never know. Think about that.
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital.
After the U.S. government loaded children onto planes overnight to be sent back to their native Guatemala, a federal judge temporarily blocked the flights with the youngsters still inside as their attorneys said authorities were violating U.S. laws and sending vulnerable kids into potential peril.
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...
America in Reverse The ORANGE IDIOT in the White House wants to put America in REVERSE. āRivian CEO says it 'blows my mind' that the US auto industry is reprioritizing capital toward gas-powered vehicles.ā VOTING is just like DRIVING TO GO BACKWARD CHOOSE 'R' TO GO FORWARD CHOOSE āD'
My reporting uncovered the existence of DoJ training videos instructing FBI personnel on how to flag Trumpās name in the Epstein files. Iām suing to get the videos under FOIA. substack.com/@muellershew...
Neal, What law firm? No way!!
A Texas Republican lawmaker suggested in 2022 that a way to deal with immigrants is to āshoot, shovel and shut up.ā The comments could strengthen the legal challenge to the stateās gerrymander by demonstrating racial discrimination against Latinos. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, itās not criminals theyāre targeting. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
Media should hound him at least half as much as they hounded Biden. But they wonāt.
signed a letter challenging the leadership of Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump. We shared their letter of dissent about a week ago.
If you arenāt completely loyal to the regime or dare to voice dissent, you risk being removed. Time and again, anyone who stands up is pushed out. Most recently, the Environmental Protection Agency dismissed eight employees after they
New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
The US brought in nearly $30 Billion in tariffs in July, triple the amount collected in previous years That's not good news Tariffs are taxes on Americans That $30B was collected from you and me when we bought food, clothes, electronics...
SIGNS OF FASCISM šŖ§
Donāt buy the āimmigrationā excuse. Great Lakes is being weaponized into a launchpad for martial law.š www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u... This isn't going away like the Epstein files.
Great leaders understand the need for disagreement, dissent, and debate. But perhaps no one understands it better than the soldiers who have lived through the consequences of plans made in echo chambers. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social on the perils of yes men: www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
Youāll notice that propagandists like Jake Tapper no longer have a problem with older age in office nor do they mention the orange felonās obvious mental and physical decline.
Has everyone forgotten about Mark Meadows? Not sure what mortgage exemptions he claimed. www.forbes.com/sites/annaka...
What no one's talking about is the violation of the FINANCIAL PRIVACY ACT! Bill Pulte as chair of FNMA and FHLMC apparently conducted a fishing expedition into the loan records of Dumpty enemies (and probably friends). The absolute irony is that Dumpty has been convicted of lying to his lenders.
I'm in. Where do we sign up to help?
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Corporate Americaās playbook: 1) Exploit workers to maximize profits 2) Use profits to buy Congress 3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws 4) Use these laws to further exploit workers 5) Repeat Let's break the cycle and keep building back a powerful labor movement.
"RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy...it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism." Were he not a Kennedy...and wealthy...he'd likely be living his life out in a mental institution. Diagnosis: Dumb-Fuckery.
Clean energy isnāt āwoke.ā Itās an essential part of our energy future and saves us all on power bills. This administrationās war on offshore wind and solar is just going to raise Americansā utilities.
Jones: I would say to my colleagues who serve in governmentākeep your thoughts and prayers, keep your tweets. If you want to address gun violence, you don't need to tweet. What you need is a mirror. You have the power to change things.
Billionaire funding will really make you flip to the dark side, and youāll never look backā¦
I hope you find my new book helpful for understanding the time weāre in, how we combat the bullies, and why I believe so passionately that we will succeed. Here's a bit more on why I wrote it.
Thousands of farm animals & livestock are going unattended. They arenāt being milked. They arenāt being fed. I feel a great deal more for those animals than for the farmers who voted for this shit. They KNEW who their workers were & where they came from. But they voted to hurt them anyway.
Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpracticeāwhen you pray for something you have the power to change.
Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.
Jones: We have a presidential administration that has more outrage about the changing of the cracker barrel logo than they do about changing the policies that allow our children to be gunned down in schoolā¦
CHICAGOā¦
āILLEGALSā MY ASS! Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store. Heās a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
There is a special seat in hell with his name on it, waiting for this human scum to arrive! He belongs in prison, he should not get to be yet another criminal in our government.
Jasmine Crockett is one Woman I Believe,and I Believe In Her......
We want to apologize if it feels like weāve been venting a lot lately. Itās just hard to ignore that nearly every move from this administration seems to be illegal, unlawful, or outright unconstitutional and yet nothing happens.
ā.. Kennedy was acting bizarre, saying he can tell as he walks past children if they are dealing with āmitochondrial challengesā .. Can he mysteriously divine illnesses just by looking? āOur health secretary is a certified quack.ā @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Golfing in Virginia, spending our tax dollars on his own property.
Trump is trying to push more government agencies to end collective bargaining agreements with federal worker unions. Why? Organized labor is standing up to Trump's authoritarian power grab. Tyrants will do anything to crush dissent. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
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. Marjorie Taylor Greene can say the word genocide about Gazaā¦ but Chuck Schumer and Cory Booker canāt? What kind of upside-down timeline are we living in? #Democrats .
šØ Medicare Cutsšš½ This is what it looks like. No matter what lies @MarshaBlackburn and the GOP tell about Trumpās big ugly bill. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
So not only do churches NOT have to pay taxes, they're going to get YOUR tax dollars to boot. This seems like oh, I don't know, government establishing a religion in violation of the First Amendment?
ICYMI ā JUDGE: āThis case represents the consequences of a decades long drumbeat of anti-immigrant sentiment and misinformation being broadcast & broadcast & broadcastā¦ā 2 immigrants shot in Washington, gunman sentenced in June. Barely even a story. š¤·š»āāļø www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/g...
The warfighters in DC got the trash picked up, now time to mulch.
āā¦I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.ā My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
Page One in Raleigh: #SNAP
"With each institutional failure, there are fewer mechanisms to return the system to balance." How a complex system falls apart: www.thebulwark.com/p/democracy-...
NEWS: ACLU pushes to revive criminal contempt proceedings against Trump officials
The media needs to stop calling this an āimmigration crackdown.ā Thatās not what Trumpās doing. Heās using the military and ICE to invade cities and occupy them. Trump is itching for a fight, and he wants it with blue-city mayors and blue-state governors. The good news: theyāre not backing down.
Nearly 70% of Americans support labor unions. Why? Because more and more people know that unions ensure workers get higher paychecks, safer working conditions, and a real voice in both the workplace and our democracy. It's what every worker deserves.
Garcia: We finally got word from the Epstein estate. They're going to be providing the actual Epstein bookā¦ the estate is actually going to actually now get us that book and a bunch of other documents that they have that's actually not been reported yet.
Federal agents detained two firefighters in Washington state... ...while the firefighters were in the middle of fighting one of the largest wildfires in the country. Under Trumpās regime, cruelty takes precedence over everything else.
I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.
You WILL NOT take away the medications that keep me and millions of others alive and functioning you šing crackhead. RFK Jr. Finds Twisted Reason to Take Away Your Anti-Depression Meds
Huge news - appeals court rules that a majority of the Presidentās tariffs are illegal. The President is wreaking havoc on our economy, and he is breaking the law to do it. We must right this ship. We need sane trade policy again.
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The thing about the tariffs ruling that interests me most, is ........ Epstein!
The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage ā and solidarity. Be prepared.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
she slayed www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/b...
You may already be aware of this. If so...it's good reinforcement: The President of Portugal branded Trump a RUSSIAN ASSET. Whether itās true or not doesnāt even matter; what matters is this: world leaders see Trump as weak...compromised...and beneath respect.
When a president decides to disregard the will of the American people, youāre right, thatās the mark of authoritarian rule. The White House has notified Congress that it plans to cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid funding that lawmakers had already approved, doing so without their consent.
Todayās update from Weirdo HQ.
šŖ¬š§æ There is no amount of money, oil, or gold in the world that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.
This notion that Republicans are coasting right now and the wind is beneath the sails of Donald Trump is just not true. Joni Ernst is not going to run for reelection in Iowa. There was a special election in Iowa earlier this week and the Democrats have now broken the Republican super majority.
@tswiftupdatess.swifties.social spread the word !!
āMeta says its own AI created inappropriate images, violating its policiesā what the fuck
A seismic decision: Trump's tariffs are deemed UNLAWFUL under IEEPA. The court directed the Clerk to withhold issuance of its mandate until October 14, giving the parties time to petition the Supreme Court.
Trump continues to harass the Federal Reserve (potentially stoking inflation) to paper over his failed economic policies, like tariff taxes raising prices. He also regularly disparages the leadership of women, particularly women of color. Commendation to Lisa Cook for standing up to a bully.
Can We Please Talk About the Racism of Trump's Attack on Lisa Cook? This is excellent from @paulwaldman.bsky.social Also ties into what I see as Trump's "genius," his ability to personify how the politics of strategic racism are inseparable from corruption.
Courage, hope, and resistance are all contagious. People need to see others stand up to MAGA and Trump's bullying and fascism. We're seeing it this week with Lisa Cook refusing to bend the knee and the CDC Director Susan Monarez refusing to quit. Imagine if powerful CEOs did this...
This scam artistās Ponzi Scheme has been waiting to collapse for a long time.
He lost his license many years ago, we should call him the āformer Dr.ā Phil. Heās just a raging scammer in the maga club now.
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...
Watch. If you claim one of these to get a vaccine, theyāll use it later as a preexisting condition to crank up your health premium or kick you off your plan.
There is this annoying post right wing influencers do where if the mass shooter is of a certain identity or on the left they go: itāll be out of the news cycle tomorrow, doesnāt fit the narrative! what country do u think youāre living in, itās out of the news cycle in 24 hours b/c itās a shooting
Yes, it should. However, that would require an effective mainstream media in America ā which we donāt currently have.
Every Judge can tell him no, every person can sue him, every state can offer their stances, but the only people who could hold him accountable he controls. He isn't going anywhere without force. Ever since he released the 6thers, I knew he chose violence to stay in power. He chose it last time too
Elections of every level matter. Don't believe me, ask Texas, whose governor has allowed more people to die than any other in modern history by mismanaging money & supplies for Uvalde PD, mismanaged the Electric grid, and also failed to put sirens in flash flood alley while campers used it yearly.