You think one state suing another, in a court, under provisions of the Constitution is “civil war”?
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You think one state suing another, in a court, under provisions of the Constitution is “civil war”?
united states military carrying out lethal strikes on suspected venezulean drug traffickers: still not enough to make top news headlines for some reason. the strikes are about to get bigger.
House Democrats just defeated this attempt by Republicans to censure Rep. McIver and remover her from the House Committee on Homeland Security. Final vote:
In response to confusing COVID vaccine guidance, California, Oregon and Washington will form their own health alliance to issue vaccine recommendations.
As a governor who cares about the well-being of my people, I can’t live in a fantasy land where I pretend Trump is not tearing this country apart for personal greed and power.
Cause everything is about me.
More of this.
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Maru is correct. The taxes are withheld by employers from individuals' paycheck. There is no mechanism for the states to withhold that.
Wow.
#BREAKING: Fifth Circuit (Southwick & Ramirez, JJ.) holds that President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act against Tren de Aragua is unlawful, and blocks AEA removals in the Northern District of Texas (over a lengthy dissent from Judge Oldham): www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
Sure looks to me like Confederate states’ militias are preparing to invade Union states on behalf of our traitor-loving president…
I don’t know how this is possible. Texas cannot control guard sent to Illinois without violating Illinois sovereignty. It must be federally controlled units, otherwise instead of a Posee Comitatus problem, we have a major constitutional crisis.
“We do not surrender our citizenship or the sovereignty of our cities and States because of crime rates.” open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
All I want is for everyone to hate these fucking fascists as much as I do. That's really all that remains of my politics.
Almost as if Trump is doing exactly what he said he would back in October when he quoted Hitler and threatened to unleash the National Guard against the enemy from within. Look at Biden! He's old!
The religious cult I was in is but a fraction of what it once was. The battle for power split it in all directions. Purely anecdotal, but my hope.
Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it is okay for the president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don’t want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation, that we treat this as normal?"
Trump: "We've taken in almost $17 trillion of investment." (That would be more than half the entire US GDP, so no.)
I’m sorry this guy sucks
Nobel Prize worthy 🔥👏🏽🙌🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DOC7KBw...
Another crazy part of this is that there are not anywhere near enough immigration courtrooms to suddenly add hundreds of new judges. So they’ll have to convert possible military property into video courtrooms. The logistics are going to be a complete disaster.
A landslide in the middle of a war & famine that was declared last year & has since spread across Sudan. About 25 million people need urgent food aid, according to the UN, while at least 14 million have been forced from their homes. Where is the int’l attention? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/w...
The one where a national reporter finds out what I’ve said all along about Dems focusing on Epstein— voters are not focused on the files. Every group I’ve spoken to is concerned about Medicaid cuts and grocery prices and high rent. I hope Democrats will listen. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
My statement on @nadler.house.gov’s decision not to seek re-election next year.
Damn and school just started…lucky kids….great teacher this is 🔥
A pre-dog-walk 🧵 on the pandemic. To me, the lesson of the pandemic is a very familiar one, although as far as I can tell, no one is talking about it or learning it (which is also familiar). It's about the contrast between America's two political parties.
Ukraine's 425th Regiment has liberated the village of Novoekonomichne in Donetsk Oblast; The pace of Russia's advance in Ukraine slowed by 18% in August; and more.
Happy Labor Day, California! I’m proud to live in a state where workers and unions have secured safe working conditions, fair wages, and good benefits for so many people. Workers built our economy, and they'll continue to help it grow and prosper.
This piece is built on the premise that Mamdani and Trump are similar candidates. They are not. One is a dangerous liar. The other is an honest, engaging, smart, progressive Democrat who soundly beat other Democrats in a highly competitive primary. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Why is the Draft Dodger-in-Chief trying to drag us into a war with Venezuela? The claim is that drug cartels are so out of control they’ve been designated an international terrorist organization, so we need to send warships. But we’re denying Venezuelan’s asylum claims who fled for their lives. 🤔
Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
Higher voter turn out than a national election.
NEW: Since corporate media won't call for Trump's resignation, I will. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/trump-must...
It too early for him.
This is HORRIFIC‼️ Unbelievable very specifically confiscating baby formula‼️
My entire scholarly agenda and he just tweets it out
If only there were a Nobel Prize for crimes against humanity, Trump would be a shoe-in.
August 30, 2025
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...
The Boots Theory is an economic theory that people in poverty have to buy cheap and subpar products that need to be replaced repeatedly, proving more expensive in the long run than more than the expensive items the wealthy only need to buy once. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Those of us old fogeys know that face.
“ILLEGALS” MY ASS! Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store. He’s 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's a really great doc that came out a couple of years ago called Every Body that talks to intersex people about their experiences and explores the history of how intersex people have been treated and the issues they still face today. it's incredibly enlightening.
Yes. Correct caption above.
Fossil fuel will not bring dominance to the global market. The world is moving in a different direction.
It's bigger than that. The country.
I stand with Chicago. I stand with Mayor Johnson. 🚨 NEW: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just signed an executive order to resist Trump’s federal invasion and occupation of the city. Details in 🧵
Think about the clowns, grifters, & apparatchiks that have gathered around Trump. Now think about them managing a transition of power -- calming other nations, maintaining a clear chain of command & cohesion across the federal gov't, & ensuring there are no spiraling miscommunications or blunders.
"Nothing about this is normal"
Read and share my friends. Steven Beschloss is one of the best of us…
Everyday is like marinating oneself in sewage.
Andrew Scott is a contemporary artist renowned for his bold "frame-breaking" creations, where characters in his paintings seem to penetrate through glass. Through this unique creative approach, Scott explores themes of freedom, solitude, and resilience. Artist: @andrewscott_art #art #visualart
This week, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it decided not to protect gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains under the federal Endangered Species Act. www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/laws...
Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
"Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who made a series of conscious, ill-advised decisions to engage in treasonous behavior, and she got exactly what she deserved. She was a traitor. She was a threat to national security. There is no nuance needed here."
This is insanity. This is the sign of a government that has lost its mind.
I'm wondering: in 2028, when trump tries to put himself on the ballot for a third term, whether states are prepared to keep him off the ballot and what the Supreme Court will do. I think it's pretty clear cut, but I thought that about immunity, Dobbs, and section 3 of the 14th Amendment, too.
Ken Burns to Release 7-Part Ashli Babbitt Documentary politicalamericans.com/ken-burns-to...
Good for them. Stand up and push back, especially if you’re being pushed out.
I genuinely think one thing that trips up folks on the left is that they can't imagine not sharing certain core values. Lemme explain. Here's an intuition pump: Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
ALL MEDIA QUESTIONS ARE DIRECTED TO PRAISE THE WHITE HOUSE. This tells you what the “coverage” will be. Shut this stuff off. There are no news.
CDC director Susan Monarez fired by Trump administration after refusing to resign www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The US standard railroad gauge (the distance between two rails) is 4 feet 8.5 inches, an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used?
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
I’ll take things that never happened for $500.
Fascism ended in annihilation and surrender in WW2, but please go on.
It’s also what his techno fascist donors want. Specifically Greenland.
It’s the first week of school for many—a time that should be filled with joy, not grief. Those children in Minnesota were at Mass when their lives were stolen. My heart goes out to all impacted by this act of violence. Gun violence has no place in our schools, our churches, or our communities.
California’s Supreme Court on Wednesday denied an emergency petition by state Republican lawmakers and the Dhillon Law Group to block a special election on redistricting in the fall. 🔗: https://www.kcra.com/article/california-supreme-court-denies-gop-redistricting/65914597
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
NPR: “A whistleblower says a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names & birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud lacking adequate security...” www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
ELECTION RESULT from Alabama: Paul Prine, the former police chief of Mobile who was fired last year while facing a damning report about his department’s use of force against Black residents, has lost the mayoral race. He came in third, and will not move forward to the September runoff.
The Constitution protects our right to desecrate the American flag. President Trump's executive orders don't override the First Amendment.
Despite his house and office being searched... John Bolton, Donald Trump's former NSA is not backing down. Disagree with the man on most everything but he has more cojones than any GOP member of Congress. I did not have "John Bolton, member of the resistance," on my bingo card.
Trump's insane beef with clean energy is going to wreck both planet and economy www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Here is the growing list of countries choosing to pause mail deliveries to the U.S. because of Trump's tariff chaos. Did anyone vote in 2024 to become the new Hermit Kingdom? Austria Australia Denmark France Germany India Italy Japan New Zealand Singapore Spain South Korea Sweden Thailand
Life of Exmoor nature writer Hope Bourne recognised with exhibition
Aside from anything else, it is a national emergency that the president of the United States has lost his mind.
Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
The idiot cannot open his mouth without saying he's so wonderful
Honestly, I don't care what the AI you're pushing says. Trump disgraced us with his little shit show. It was alarming enough that the EU scrambled their leaders to get them here the following Monday. Something happened that alarmed them. Disgraceful to show such deference to a murderer.
Dems don’t win by getting cross-over Reaganites. They win by mobilizing the Democratic base in a Democratic Party that is still the majority party in the US…by quite a margin. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
Still waiting for someone of prominence to admit it was not about eggs.
OMG I so completely agree with this and have been preaching it for a year.
I will put this in the record. It was NOT!
The conversation is about Trumps Alaska talks being profitable. I see nothing that indicates that's so. Trains are good. Train gets built there while his regime wants to halt high speed rall in the US and halts a windfarm a few months from being online. He's no hero.
Idiots!
Remember his face when you’ll be sold Ukrainian surrender as the best solution to get out of this “conflict”.
Absolutely 💯
Donald Trump lies about EVERYTHING.
If DOJ has a strong criminal case against Abrego Garcia, they should welcome the chance to prove his guilt at trial. This offer of guilty plea or Uganda is coercive. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Agreed its not over. Longstanding conflict doesn't end with a signed piece of paper. Trump doesn't have the patience or the foresight or understanding to work out complicated peace deals. He just doesn't know what he's doing.
John here's a analysis by Amy McGrath, former Marine fighter pilot. bsky.app/profile/trut...