sells out Americans & the country (confirming the likes of Hegseth & RFK Jr...) - Joni Ernst turns tail and runs away; on top of everything else they're cowards 👿
'Patrimonialism' - is a form of governance in which the ruler governs on the basis of personal loyalties which are derived from patron-client relations, personal allegiances, kin ties and combinations thereof. AKA #Corruption
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sells out Americans & the country (confirming the likes of Hegseth & RFK Jr...) - Joni Ernst turns tail and runs away; on top of everything else they're cowards 👿
After the Trump administration dismantled USAID, and as foreign aid budgets continue to decline, I sat down with @crisisgroup.org’s Comfort Ero, to talk about what she calls a “chapter-defining moment” for the world, when institutions, norms, and principles “are all crumbling.”
Xi to flaunt China's vision of new global order at military parade reut.rs/4mLipPp
At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians. By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social (Published Oct. 2024)
"'You need to say, ‘This is what we think we know, but this may change tomorrow,’ and just be really clear about risk communication,' Daskalakis said. 'You need to approach everything with less confidence and hubris.'" That wasn't enough.
Thousands of people turned out in cities across the U.S. on Monday to protest President Trump and billionaires on Labor Day. May Day Strong, a coalition of dozens of labor and advocacy groups, orga… #politics
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
ICYMI — “LA wouldn’t be standing today” This is a real thing @Sec_Noem said on tv, with a straight face
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#republicans sold out their soul, party & our country to Trump/MAGA -> FAFO ☠️ every harm - every crisis - every death belongs to the Trump regime & silent/complicit Republicans 👿 Never forget #Nov2026
Taking away or raising the cost of healthcare is not politically popular, and even some of the people doing it are realizing that
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The Trump administration used Benny Johnson's claims that his house was "burned to the ground" and that "people were murdered in my front yard" to justify its federal takeover of DC. @kenbensinger.bsky.social found out that Johnson made it all up. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...
Is this the *emergency* you had in mind when you took these National Guard troops from their families @GovBillLee?
Probably something horrible 🤮👿
Grift, meet gravity.
Dollar under pressure as traders return after Labor Day break reut.rs/4ne4MYT
On Thursday, Sept. 4 at 4 p.m. ET, ProPublica reporter @hannahallam.bsky.social will lead a panel of extremism and political violence experts to discuss how the federal government’s retreat from counter-extremism efforts is reshaping the landscape of domestic security. 📌 RSVP and submit q's:
Some insiders have theorized that the White House installed Fugate to oversee a pivot away from traditional counterterrorism and to steer resources toward MAGA-friendly sheriffs and border security projects before eventually shuttering operations. (Published June)
22 year old man whose previous experience is a grocer. The header of counter terrorism. MAGA is Affirmative Action for Mediocre White Men
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:
Seems like as good a time as any to reshare my story on the Coffee County voting system breach, which details the key role Giuliani played in Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
Trump's 'quick reaction force' is the real emergency: Trump's executive order calls for a "quick reaction force" in the National Guard that could transform the military's — and president's — power in the U.S. http://news.usaunify...
Meiselas: Xi Jinping and Modi and Putin and all these world leaders are gathering in China, and they're laughing. You know when Donald Trump says the world was laughing at us — the world was not laughing at us before. The world is quite literally laughing at us right now.
are we sure this is coming from 'Trump'?? from his corrupt regime yes - but from Trump himself?...
“Under no circumstance will we accept interventions, interference, or any other act from abroad that is detrimental to the integrity, independence, and sovereignty of the country,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said. https://to.pbs.org/46ipUHu
is he trying to distract from Xi's/China despot summit? www.yahoo.com/news/article...
This 🧵 is long so please bear with me. It is compiles evidence in a historical timeline on how effective #COVIDVaccines are. When a pandemic ends we quickly and easily forget the tools that got us out of it. So here is my labour day gift to you prompted by this headline.
This does not make America great.
Labor Day rallies in San Francisco mine public opposition to the Trump administration’s Project 2025-approved dismantling of the federal workforce
China to show off military might in parade attended by anti-west leaders
NEW: This weekend in Trump's effort to make fascism happen. The Trump administration tried to illegally send children to Guatemala as troops walked aimlessly around Dupont Circle. This evening, at Law Dork:
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.
these will all have the 'caveat' of being 'Trump' Presidential Medals of Freedom...
This is how to cover this. NPR did a spot on the award and said nothing about 2020 and Giuliani’s lies.
Trump regime's fix? interfere with state/local governments re: zoning, protections they could of course fix the tax codes that favor developers & vulture capitalists...
“Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnation does not bring back Roe v. Wade.” Whew
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Over Labor Day weekend, the Trump administration attempted to remove Guatemalan children who had come to the U.S. alone and were living in shelters or with foster care families in the U.S. https://to.pbs.org/4gcaHeI
If a single statement from a federal judge can encapsulate why the U.S. government should lose any presumption of regularity, it's this one
Children as young as 11 tempted to try betting after being ‘flooded’ by celebrity endorsement
It’s hard to ignore grocery prices when you have three growing kids to feed and you are the one who does the shopping. ✅Easy weeknight dinners ✅School lunches ✅After-school snacks Lindsey Graham could never.
I've been gobsmacked at food prices. We need to talk about them more – about how folks are getting squeezed from every angle with no relief in sight. That's why it's so important to have regular folks with regular experiences in these races.
UK sets out support for Afghanistan earthquake victims reut.rs/4g29shX
“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
Platner: I believe that input from working people is far more important than input from someone who simply has money. I believe that we shouldn’t be settling for crumbs while billionaires eat the cookie we baked.
Trump is weaponizing federal power—and Democrats can stop it. With another funding deadline coming up, they’ve got to reject any Republican budget that fuels his chaos. indivisible.org/camp...
Scenes of chaos play out in Gaza City as military closes in on panic-stricken residents facing forced displacement.
The president’s military occupation of the capital has escalated in recent days into something not seen since British troops marched the streets of colonial Boston.
Venus Williams and Leylah Fernandez have reached the women's doubles quarterfinals at the U.S. Open.
More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July, according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center. That includes people who are in the country illegally as well as legal residents. https://to.pbs.org/46d1uiJ
Wall Street was closed for Labor Day, but Monday was a big day for the crypto market with the launch of the Trump family's digital token. The launch reportedly means a windfall of billions of dollars for the family. The White House has often denied any conflict of interest for the president.
An 11-year-old boy who was shot while playing the “ding dong ditch” prank in Houston on Saturday night has died, the authorities said.
#universalhealthcare #MedicareForALL Healthcare For All - WA ⚕️
kudos to this student led program! they're saying - "hopes that this sends a message to both the city of New York and the rest of the country." www.yahoo.com/news/article...
As Pope Leo confirms his approach to LGBT community to be like that of predecessor, a particular optic should not go unnoticed: at today’s audience in the Apostolic Palace, Father James Martin was seated directly across from Leo at the desk, a place normally reserved for heads of state.
Advocates for immigrants and low-wage workers said the companies owe it to their drivers to speak out.
Some astonishing omissions by Eric Loomis in his Times oped on labor 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o... Not that unions & all of us don't need to do more--we do But the essay ignores the substantial efforts that unions have undertaken that I chronicle here👇1/x open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Venus Williams & Leylah Fernandez d. Alexandrova & Zhang 6-3 6-4 Venus & Leylah are into the U.S. Open quarterfinals. They’re playing so well together… haven’t dropped a single set all tournament. The dream team is still alive. ❤️ 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Just months after failed judicial candidate Jefferson Griffin tried to disenfranchise over 65,000 voters in the state supreme court election, the GOP-led North Carolina election board is now threatening to discount voters who don’t present additional ID.
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
"The reality is that more and more people are becoming chronically ill through Long Covid and other health conditions that Covid can trigger, many of whom can’t work the required half-time—80 hours per month—and some of whom can’t work at all."
Trump further disgracing the Presidential Medal of Freedom #ETTD
@pbsnews.org The detentions outside courtrooms have sometimes led to scenes of families pleading to let their loved ones go and confrontations with officers. Watch the second part of our conversation with a photojournalist who spent weeks documenting arrests at federal facilities in Manhattan.
As another part of the Trump administration's mass deportation push, immigration enforcement officials have conducted arrests outside courtrooms as people show up for hearings. Here's part of our conversation with a photojournalist who documented arrests at federal facilities in Manhattan.
great match! - so enjoyable to watch Venus & Leylah play! 😍 onto the quarters! 🎾 #usopen
That is a catastrophic number.
As medical experts, doctors, and scientists are sounding the alarm and begging Trump to fire RFK Jr., who is actively committing to killing Americans, I invited Dr. Patel to explain the damage done and how we can save ourselves and our families. thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-you-ca...
their hypocrisy is only exceeded by their corruption 🤦♀️🤮 (stupidity a very close 3rd too 🤪)
Trump banned AP from the briefing room for refusing to rename the Gulf of Mexico. NPR lost funding. And Vanity Fair might put Melania on the cover. Reminder: democracy > tantrums. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Naomi Osaka brought her new Labubu to the press room after her win over Coco Gauff at the U.S. Open: “Today’s Labubu is Althea Glitterson” 😭😭😭😭😭
This week, Oversight Committee Dems are meeting with many of the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. We will listen to their stories and continue our work to seek justice against anyone responsible for these horrific crimes.
His administration is more authoritarian than ever, the red states are as aggressive as ever, the destruction of our health care system is worse than ever—and Trump doesn’t seem particularly engaged or even well. What’s up as we enter September? Tim and JVL discuss. youtu.be/N3XMfXXnD4I?...
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Working people need higher wages and lower taxes, and it is way past time they got it. It’s time to tax the rich, pay the people, and spread the power.
It’s time to flip the script on America’s politicians. Rather than hoping they do something for working people—it’s time to demand it. The fact is, working people are the most powerful voters in America. 3/
Every great country—and every great community—starts with a great economy. And right now, we don’t have one. Instead, we have an economy where billionaires take joy rides into space while the people who work for them sleep in their cars. 2/
This Labor Day, we honor the workers who built America. They fought for the higher wages, stronger benefits, and dignity they deserve. Workers deserve an economy that puts them at the center of policies that benefit them. 1/
What makes private schools truly ludicrous is their insistence that they are engines of “inclusivity,” Caitlin Flanagan argued in 2021. “If these schools really care about equity, all they need to do is get a chain and a padlock and close up shop.”
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler just summed up Trump’s America: we asked for cheaper groceries, got tanks in the streets. Asked for healthcare, got 16 million cut off. Asked for jobs, got layoffs. But hey—he did fire the stats guy who reported it. Problem solved! 🙃 www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Share this with your red state friends and family. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Nine former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are speaking out, saying Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is endangering the health of Americans. abcnews.go.com/Health/forme...
Former CDC Officials Say Americans Should Be Alarmed By What RFK Jr. Has Done To Health System: The agency has been in turmoil following the White House's decision to terminate Dr. Susan Monarez as CDC director. http://news.usaunify...
Exactly- Michelle did NOT seek to dismantle the CDC, NIH, come after ASD etc She wanted to make school lunches healthier - not take them away She did not seek to delegitimize American science as we know it He’s a EUGENICIST
Former CDC heads warn Kennedy is endangering Americans | Nine former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under Republican and Democratic preside... | www.reuters.com/business/hea...
I don’t know what did or didn’t happen to Trump, but what I do know is the country has the right to know the truth.
MAGA www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/t...
Because nothing screams “qualified diplomat” like a guy whose entire foreign policy experience is yelling at women from his car. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
My latest: “Emergency-Gate: Focusing on Challenging the Premise of Trump’s Power.” open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
As @vermontgmg.bsky.social observes, it's not just that the many red flags about Trump's health haven't become a news event like they almost certainly would have if Biden or Clinton were involved, it hasn't even become a news *story*: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
He put chalk on his shoes then walked on the Pulse Memorial crosswalk. Police arrested him. But the court said they had no cause and he was released. The man arrested is now considering suing the state of Florida citing first amendment right violations.
#ChalkCrime #ChalkCrimeDC
This is very good.
The Voting Rights Act is the crown jewel of the civil rights movement. Experts unpack its origins, its impact, and the challenges it faces today in our latest Brennan Center Live episode. Listen: bit.ly/469k7nI