My brother just read me something he'd seen about it on Facebook.
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My brother just read me something he'd seen about it on Facebook.
I miss the old brand #CDC
Creepy old man paying way too much attention to other people's children. Plus - I'm definitely no DNA expert, but isn't this also just another way of placing all of the blame on women for their children's (and society's) problems?
DC may have fared somewhat better under Democrats than Republicans historically, but Democrats have always been willing to throw DC under the bus to get something else they want.
Your sane-washed phrasing is ridiculous. He doesn't care about the "process of diplomacy." Insults and bullying tactics are not diplomatic.
Who’s the transportation secretary?
Hottest crime zone in Washington DC
That was my opinion even when it was new.
He drove from Las Vegas to New York with an AR-15, which cannot be purchased in New York. This isn’t about New York. This is about Republicans persistently blocking common sense gun safety reform, including an assault weapons ban, that a super majority of Americans support.
The federal government should protect you from the impacts of climate change, like dangerous storms and polluted air — but Trump’s EPA is trying to undo that. Why? So his Big Oil billionaire donors can get even richer. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
Is Trump here referring to Virginia Giuffre, who was hired by Ghislaine Maxwell while working at Mar-a-Lago, and then raped and trafficked by Epstein? And is Trump more bothered that his staff were ‘stolen’ by Epstein than by the… rape and trafficking?
the only conclusion I can draw is that Mike Lee is actually an idiot
79 people shot in Gaza over the weekend: There is no excuse for starving people and then opening fire on civilians desperately lining up for food. None. Congress must not give Netanyahu another penny of unconditional military aid.
The headline on my satirical column that went up shortly before Trump spoke is "You're paying attention to the wrong conspiracy: A message from the White House." So...thank you, President Guiltypants? (www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...)
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.
@mrs-frazzled.bsky.social never ceases to amaze and impress. 🤣 #CatchABubble 🫧
People need to go to prison for these stories.
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
It's not his adultery that's at fault. It's the "political attacks and public scrutiny" that are to blame.
On this day in 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified. The text is just as clear and relevant today as it was back then. Donald Trump is trying to erase this.
NYT has a great article on Trump’s mental decline and how he surrounds himself with enabling sycophants-just kidding it’s on Biden again because it’s still July 2024 in the newsroom and there’s books to sell goddamnit! Have you seen the price of gazpacho at the Golden Pear this summer?
The official White House rapid response account is just blatant lying. No taxes on Social Security is not in the bill.
So the Times didn’t even cover the “Shylocks” thing at all? Like it’s not only not on the front page, it doesn’t appear to be in the paper anywhere, unless I’m missing something?? Truly a stunning choice. I don’t get it.
And it never happened - I wish it had, but it didn't.
Donald claims he didn't realize "Shylock" was antisemitic. He must have known the word, not from his childish fondness for crude insults, but from his deep love and knowledge of all of the works of Shakespeare. www.cnn.com/2025/07/04/p...
Sorry - how could this not be intentional?
We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent. Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
This is a disappointing statement from you. Would you tell a Jewish candidate that he must reject anti-Muslim hate?
And remember to pronounce "Vance" as "Ban-say."
Did anyone follow up by asking "who's Jose Padilla?"
Filing a mining claim could save the public lands you love. This bill sells off every Americans birthright. For $274 you can gain exclusive rights to all the hard rock minerals. In this thread I will show you how you can file a mining claim. 1/? www.fieldandstream.com/stories/cons...
The only thing implausible about it is that Trump would never call these victims because they're Democrats.
Senator Mike Lee pretended he was on the phone to avoid being confronted by @smith.senate.gov after he mocked assassination victims this weekend. She made sure he heard what she had to say.
What’s wrong with you? bsky.app/profile/dzaf...
Every so often I remember that Mike Lee is a direct descendant of early Mormon John D. Lee, who was convicted and executed for leading the Mountain Meadows Massacre, after he initially tried to blame the murders on Native Americans en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountai...
Help catch Vance Boelter.
Via ABC News's Rachel Scott, let's never forget for a minute what a classless scumbag the President is. x.com/rachelvscott...
Look what I found when I searched "ICE uniform" in Google Shopping. None of us have any way of knowing if the "ICE agent" pushing you into a car, isn't just some unbalanced vigilante into cosplay. These are very dangerous times.
Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government. That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
Walt Nauta looks concerned.
Really, WaPo? How big a crowd? Looks pretty small in the photo.
Trump amplified the Paul Pelosi conspiracies. He's going to jump on the first half-baked theory cooked up by Catturd. As for the FBI director, I'm sure he'll get right on this. As soon as he finishes investigating James Comey for threatening the president with seashells.
WATCH: “I WAS AN INTERPRETER IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 3 YEARS.” ICE grabs a man whose name they don’t even know at his immigration hearing, shackles him, expedites his removal. Q: Why would anyone ever help our military again? — Trump is endangering and weakening our military.
Let me help you Lauren.. Insurrection noun: a violent uprising against an authority or government. Cant be an insurrection if the government is the one committing the violence
30 years ago. Nicole Sullivan on Mad TV.
This is a United States Senator trying to ask questions of a Cabinet Secretary in an open public briefing—and he is violently removed. Whatever your political views, we are in a gravely serious and dangerous moment.
Just so we're all clear: It's not a coincidence that the first senator they've used physical force against is Sen. Alex Padilla, a Latino man representing California.
My Senator being tackled and detained by Trump's gestapo. Full fascism. Full stop.
The lack of total outrage at the indictment of Congresswoman McIvey is truly frightening. Hakeem Jeffries ought to be causing high holy hell over this. She is indicted because she is Black. Half of the GOP caucus engaged in sedition and Garland felt arresting a member of congress went too far.
In motion for civil contempt & other sanctions against govt officials, including personal fines, Abrego Garcia’s attys shoot for the moon. Here they ask Judge Xinis to order AG Pam Bondi et al. to turn over her personal devices for in camera review. ... /1 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The only buzz I've heard about Slotkin from actual voters who don't make their livings as Democratic strategists is what a f*ing disappointment she is.
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
And the parade is supposed to start at 6:30 PM - peak thunderstorm time. 🤞
Seems like those questions are already answered.
The conspiracy is likely that he and other people were in the way when armed thugs decided they wanted to go in a particular direction. His face got in the way of their boots.
"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
What happened to states’ rights, Kristi?
🚨…WE ARE BEING TOLD THE FRONT LINE OF THE INSURRECTION HAS MOVED TO THE HOME DEPOT PAINT AISLE. MARINES SUBDUED ONE DIY HOMEOWNER WHO WAS BROWSING CEILING PRIMERS AND TWO SUSPECTED CRAFTERS CARRYING A SUSPICIOUSLY LARGE NUMBER OF BEHR PAINT SWATCHES…SUPPORT DRONES REMAIN STUCK IN THE GARDEN SECTION…
Wow. What a sign that criminal case against Abrego Garcia may be politically cooked up. "Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons" Schrader spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville and was chief of the criminal division
Question it. Question everything. Especially when the chief of the criminal division resigns over it.
Ro Khanna: Here, kitty, kitty. Face-eating leopard: Take a step closer.
"Not of a highly controversial nature?" DC residents and those here for World Pride would beg to differ!
A place with no local character is a place for nobody, not a place for everybody.
Oh, no biggie, just the President of the United States having a chuckle over D Day, suggesting that it was not a good day for Germany. Merz corrected him— actually, no, D-Day marks the LIBERATION of Germany from Nazi dictatorship. A good day. Sir, for the love of goddesses, READ A HISTORY BOOK.
Huge opportunity for a political party that believes government can do good things. Public opinion is finally shifting after 50 years of right wing anti-government propaganda. This isn't the time for cowering and throat clearing www.cnn.com/2025/06/01/p...
Roses are red Orchids are white
apparently Musk was on loads of drugs when he gave that Nazi salute but, funny story, do you know who else was on lots of drugs when they were giving Nazi salutes
Republicans have a new talking point for gutting Medicaid and SNAP to give billionaires even more tax cuts: “We are all going to die.” If your senator is a GOP ghoul like Joni Ernst, they need to hear from the constituents they’re betraying with Trump’s Tax Scam: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Sure, it's nice to see Elon Musk "exiting Washington." But he's done so much damage and laid the groundwork for it to continue. Plus, I'm not all that convinced he'll stay out of our politics. (1/2) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...
@jaketapper.bsky.social is this sign of cognitive impairment?
OMG
Totally respect the MAGA boycott of Harvard. When I was younger, I boycotted supermodels for the same reason.
This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY. And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon. And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
funny how when someone shoots and kills one Palestinian student in Vermont and paralyzes another or when someone else stabs a Palestinian child to death it never casts a harsh spotlight on Zionism
In an effort to placate the Trump White House, Harvard’s Institute of Politics is naming as new fellows Steve Bannon, the Big Balls dweeb and an anthropomorphic swastika.
City Paper editor David Carr told the Philadelphia Inquirer why he published Tapper's Lewinsky story: "I did it because I want to sell papers. Jake did it because he wants to be famous. He is what he makes fun of." 🧵 3/
The absolute disgrace taking place today in front of cameras in the White House is yet another reminder that for all the talk of Joe Biden's failures, the people who failed America the most are our citizens. Empowering this guy (again) was a foreseeable disaster we'll be lucky to survive.
Florida police used ICE to arrest nearly 100 sex workers, boasting about the number of immigrants caught. The "human trafficking sting" turned up no actual human trafficking, but in a perverse twist, ICE can now abduct and traffick said "victims" to who knows where, for who knows what.
It's not really deportation if people are sent to countries where they never lived. It's a human trafficking ring. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Don't miss the scariest committee hearing of the year.
Thanks - just unfollowed!
But please, let's give shitty Jake Tapper MORE airtime to continue the scandal of Joe Biden being old.
Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith refuses to read a line from Republican's legislation that would provide a tax break for owners of tanning beds. Fernandez: "So if you have a tanning bed, you get a little bit of a tax break and if you need a hospital bed in rural America, you're out of luck."
And then claim that he was being treated unfairly when he didn't win.
This should be the end of Noem’s career in public life. It almost certainly won’t be, however, which is itself damning.
Blumenthal to Noem: "Some of the expenditures your department is making- $200m for an ad campaign fawning over Trump's supposed accomplishments...none of these expenditures are in your budget...you're just spending recklessly & it would seem wastefully without authorization. That's against the law."
Sickening
Nobody's derailed. Do you even know who the president is right now, and the crazy, corrupt stuff that he and his cronies are doing?
If there's anyone at the New York Times who wants to actually cover politics, there's apparently an entirely new presidential administration in power now and it sounds like they're doing some crazy shit that might actually matter, unlike whatever the fuck this is?
Willing to bet a very large amount that most of that 413% rise in “assaults” on ICE agents represent unarmed people attacking ICE fists with their faces and boots with their kidneys. Because these people are lying scum.
Well, if THEY say so...
Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi says the U.S. government and extreme pro-Israel groups want to “silence” him. “They don’t want me to grieve. They don’t want me to share the pain.” www.democracynow.org/2025/5/16/mo...
WOW. The Trump admin said they will review social media and deny immigration benefits to people saying antisemitic claims. They're even trying to deport people with green cards on alleged claims of antisemitism. Anyway, here's a tweet from an Afrikaner they flew here on Monday.
Disgusted, but not surprised. House Republicans are once again trying to censor Democrats—this time by coming for committee seats because my colleagues dared to conduct oversight.
He needs to sue whoever did that to his face!
i think this shit is an affront to this country and its traditions
BREAKING: Senator Chris Murphy just ripped Secretary Noem to filth on the Senate floor: “Your department is out of control.” Illegal spending. Shadow immigration policy. People disappearing for criticizing the regime. We’re not teetering on fascism. We’re in it.
This is how local media allows itself to be used
🔥 GOV. WALZ: “When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child has? Government just big enough to fit in your bedroom, womb, and apparently now your toy chest… Trump is picking the winners and losers — the billionaires are winning and the rest of us are losing.”