The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
Seriously, this guys district has a zillion talented people in it. Please someone run against him. He is the most worthless man ever to live.
They’re not sending their best… Sigh.
Spoiler: you will not find common ground and any attempts to pretend you might burn time and disenchant the allies you need to push back.
It's 2:07. It's like... Dude, people thinking you're dying. Maybe show up on time?
Vance follows a coterie of online Nazis on X, has described Curtis Yarvin as a major intellectual influence, and openly attacks immigrants in blood and soil terms. The response of most of the political press? "Doesn't look like anything to me."
Worth it only for Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss to get possession of the medal.
You’d think they’d wait on this to see what the real story behind Rudy’s accident was but nope
Silver Spring, MD protest #workersoverbillionaires #nokings #dumptrump #goodtrouble
"I look forward to watching the videos of soldiers entering Chicago" An American government official actually said this.
Stiffing your soldiers, I feel like that's something with a little bit of historical precedent if someone were inclined to look into it
Maybe ICE shouldn’t have lowered their standards for new recruits.
Zohran Mamdani is the happiest politician in America, his whole campaign is about how New York is awesome and can be even awesomer. Meanwhile, there has never been a politician in history who talked as much about what a shithole he thinks America is as Donald Trump does.
I’m a little disappointed the flag that’s just picture of the house isn’t a flag that’s just a picture of the house with a flag that’s just a picture of the house.
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago. Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Mamdani’s gratitude is visible throughout his campaign! This is a candidate who unabashedly loves his city and the people he wants to represent! We need more of him and his energy!
This morning, I stopped by Union Station to donate snacks to the veterans courageously and generously protesting the occupation of DC. #FreeDC #RememberYourOath
Pope Leo XIV demanded Wednesday that Israel stop the “collective punishment” and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza as he pleaded for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the besieged territory amid preparations by Israel for a new military offensive.
I said this months ago but I really need a BLUE STATE COMPACT IMMEDIATELY. Bring together all health depts, all education depts, etc... under one umbrella. Collectivize guidance, ensure that disabled students get what they need, etc... An emergency meeting of all Blue State Governors is overdue.
Seven years later, kids are still being gunned down in schools. Seven years later, leaders are still offering nothing but thoughts and prayers.
In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
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
That would bust this sandwich case wide open-faced!
National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments. Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
DC Grand Jury refuses to indict “sandwich man” with a felony www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Funny how the big bruise has been on his hand for months but no mark was on his ear days after the PA thingy.
Turns out some of the “we want small government” people kiiiinda wanted the government to be just one guy.
It is hard to imagine a statement the Framers would have more roundly rejected. It was the core evil that they fought against.
If Donald Trump is this casual about calling himself a dictator we can and should acknowledge how you have to force dictators out of power.
Our slide into authoritarian rule would not be possible without Trump's willing accomplices. William Pulte's corruption of the bureaucracy to single out the mortgages of Trump foes like Lisa Cook for "investigation" is the perfect example of this. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1996...
What does it matter? We're all gonna die... Oh, sorry. It's one of those days in America.
So Trump’s cabinet officials have now said that he saved Christianity, Christmas, and College Football. bsky.app/profile/atru...
How the fuck is this okay with half of our country?!?!?!?
UPDATE: Lisa Cook says she's not going anywhere and Trump's bid to fire her is baseless. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
I’ve been a supporter of Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell for standing up to Trump. But this is the real test. Will he stand up for Lisa Cook?
Good Lord. Why do world leaders keep coming to visit him?
As someone who regularly attends protests like #teslatakedown, #nokings, #goodtrouble, and #freedc, I feel indignant when I hear crickets from the MSM. People are out there. A lot of people are out there.
Bruising from shaking too many hands? Still? Again? The WH first acknowledged his hand bruising weeks ago. Why isn't he taking a break from hand shaking? Or adjusting how he shakes hands? Could it be that this has nothing to do with hand shaking?
Also... MAGA desecrates the flag on the regular. They have countless hacky iterations that diminish the Union while placing their false idol front and center.
The sheer amount of time, money, and resources this government has spent to torture one random guy is astounding.
For the crime of being accidentally deported.
Mamdani Campaign hosts a scavenger hunt in NYC? I don’t live there anymore, but it sounds super exciting! This energy. This is what the Dems need. But members of the establishment - @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov - are incapable of matching. No, they find it inconvenient.
Words/phrases Democrats should never use: * bipartisan * my Republican friends * real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans) * yea (when voting on Republican bills) * distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did) * woke (in derogatory sense)
the actual communication problem democrats have is this: their most prominent national figures filter everything through focus grouped lines and are incapable of plain speech
God, I want him and Schumer replaced. I keep telling my elected official this via email and phone. They’re why I changed my voter registration to unaffiliated.
She painted a hole on the ground and this guy walked right over it and fell in Looney Toons style.
Rangappa: Do you believe that Ghislaine Maxwell is guilty? Ferguson: Yes Rangappa: She denied her guilt the interview. Ferguson: Most criminals lie, newsflash. That's, like, not shocking. Rangappa: Then why on Earth would you believe anything she said?
As someone who regularly attends protests like #teslatakedown, #nokings, #goodtrouble, and #freedc, I feel indignant when I hear the MSM or SM posters say “people need to hit the streets.” People are out there. If you don’t see it, you’re not looking hard enough or you’re not out there yourself.
Video of a scary scene in Adams Morgan last night is making the rounds on DC listservs. The feds (presumably ICE) seemed to be making immigration/traffic stops. When protesters started shouting, one pointed his Taser at them until other protesters tried to deescalate things...
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Massive “FREE DC” flag projected onto building with Buck Hill mural at 14th and U in DC.
FREE DC.
If you had told me 30 years ago that Michael Luttig and Bill Kristol would have a clearer understanding about what's going on than a lot of Democratic leaders, I'd have wondered whether you tried the brown acid.
The NY Times WITNESSED BRIBERY in the mayor’s race and called it “ a bold departure from political norms.” What, and I can’t stress this enough, the fucking fuck are you fucking talking about?
Well, you know the streets of DC are truly dangerous if they're letting the president go out at night for a photo op.
Also, allergies. Or we can just will them away with this magical MAHA box...
"The change also angered some conservatives, too, like President Donald Trump’s son." Really?????
Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.
Sir, if you don’t go to heaven, where will you go? Sir, do you think your dad is in heaven? Sir, what will your dad think when you don’t get into heaven?
I’d like to see heaven brought up at all his press conferences. Sir, aside from Ukraine, what else could you do to get into heaven? Sir, what’s keeping you from heaven?
When you think you’re Liam Neeson in Taken, but you’re Liam Neeson in the Naked Gun
New from 404 Media: photos we were sent show the aftermath of a National Guard vehicle in DC t-boning a civilian vehicle. The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) All Terrain Vehicle was previously used in the Afghanistan War. Now bashing peoples' cars in U.S. www.404media.co/a-national-g...
Money is no object, unless it’s for school lunches or whatever.
Glorious.
So... The elderly white hippies who come from outside of DC aren't afraid to come inside DC? Curious.
So... The elderly white hippies who come from outside of DC aren't afraid to come inside DC? Curious.
The Pope could do the funniest thing right now.
Let them know you're filming them and keep asking the key questions: "Do you have a warrant signed by a judge? Show me." "Do you have a badge? Show me." "Do you know how pathetic you are? You showed me."
Oops. ⚡️
I'm so glad you included the Stefanik clip... I played it on repeat before bed last night. It was rejuvenating.
Feel like one political party kidnapping an opponent should be bigger news
I spotted them yesterday at Fort Totten. Agents in FBI-branded vests lulling about. You can see them on the other side of the turnstiles.
Unidentified federal officers were doing fare enforcement at 7th and H Street NW last night, per my colleague Jonathan Edwards:
All Metro saying about federal presence in stations: "Federal Law enforcement and National Guard troops are assisting MTPD officers to enhance safety and security efforts at DC stations and bus terminals. We appreciate their support and encourage customers to report suspicious behavior"
Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the House floor after refusing to agree ‘to round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers’ www.keranews.org/texas-news/2...
The president lies like an AI chat bot. Literally just hallucinates things that never ever happened and everyone just nods along
It seems like this Ohio city is going to find out. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...
He had the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, Ukraine, the EU and NATO in the White House and he made them wait while he went to get instructions from Putin ... For forty minutes?!
Tonight and every night until the fascist occupation ends, our brothers and sisters in DC are banging pots and pans in the streets for five minutes at 8PM. #freedc #fuckfascism
F*ck you, PB! bsky.app/profile/kevc...
Police, FBI, Federal Agents harassing people at Fort Totten Metro Station in DC. 4:45PM EST 8/18/25 #freeDC #freedcproject #DC #nationalguard #Police #ICE
Grimly amusing to have this drop the same day Trump is re-hyping garbage vote-fraud conspiracy theories.
You ever see The Fifth Element? Anyway... His posture reminds me of the Mondoshawans from the beginning of the movie. You know, the big, slow waddling aliens that are protecting the stones?
what if we all deserve to live in rent-stabilized apartments
And pedophiles and war criminals…
It’s wild that the most unrealistic part of Terminator 2 is now the idea of a tech founder being told their creation will enslave humanity and they decide to destroy their product & company.
It's just so sad and pathetic to think that Marco Rubio of all people—who long reviled Putin and who spent his Senate career championing human rights—would be reduced to echoing Neville Chamberlain ("A quarrel in a faraway country, between people of whom we know nothing").
Oh my God
You know who else hired a top tier social media manager? Fetterman. And look at where we are now. We should 100% reject this guy for a national run.
There’s a march to the White House happening right now - near Farragut Square.
Um. How do you expect to win a Nobel Peace Prize when you’re not even talking about peace, sir?
What the hell is he even doing? I have repeatedly called and written my representatives to say (among other things) that they need to dump Jeffries and Schumer.
Fox News Reporter Jacqui Heinrich: The way that it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. And it seemed like Putin came in and steam rolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his photo next to the president and then left
wow so a lot accomplished sounds like
Newsom can't be President because he's an asshole with bad politics but he can absolutely goad the current President into doing dumb and loud shit and there is no greater need in the moment than a loathsome fuck to anger and annoy the other loathsome fuck
I encourage everyone to give V for Vendetta another watch. I think you’ll find it hits different.
Among other things, this is a stunning waste of resources. I promise you that those FBI agents have actual jobs and investigatory responsibilities that this playacting is taking them away from
I live in the real world. Unlike mainstream media, I will not take a pathological liar at his word. Or trust a career criminal to uphold our laws. Or expect a notorious conman to do right by the people. Or delude myself into thinking he’ll ever be anything but what he is.
Any thoughts on whose office birthed this idea? Noem or Trump’s?