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The President is begging me to call him to bring in the National Guard. I’m not going to beg him for something we don’t want.
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RFK Jr has taken a chainsaw to American public health and undermined the mission of HHS. It's no surprise the patriots who still believe in that mission are calling on him to resign. He is a danger to Americans' health. He should be fired immediately.
@markwarner.bsky.social So make another appointment and go on every news outlet and say it there! I saw it in the NYT but want to see you on the news, too!!!
Yes, I agree! Please contact him and Kaine directly 5calls.org
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How did Loomer find out about a classified meeting? Someone who knew about it must have leaked it, which is illegal if the meeting was classified.
So get out of your car and make another appointment and go on every news outlet and say it there! I saw it in the NYT but want to see you on the news, too!!! @markwarner.bsky.social
Why the hell are you posting this on Bluesky? We know we are in trouble. Jeezus. Post it on one of those outlets where people are fed lies and disinformation.
What someone else above said. Say this in front of NBC, CBS, ABC, Reuters, AP, and dare I say it: FAUX News.
@markwarner.bsky.social are all your staffers so afraid of your hot temper that no one will actually tell you your socials make you sound like a big whiny toddler? And pleeez stop the car video close-ups. End fascism. End our neighbors being kidnapped. Stop whining.
You are in a separate and distinct branch from the president and he is not your boss. Remake the appointment.
"The party of angry dumbasses" sums it up perfectly bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn... h/t @johnjharwood.bsky.social
And I would never want to get between Ted and a trip to Cancun when there’s an emergency in Texas
Yay! He's losing! And he's losing! 🤣
Yes! They're losing more and more crucial cases. And D.C. grand juries are laughing them out of the room. 😃 The courts are not designed to move fast, but that's ok. It's a multi-front struggle.
Trump is starting to lose in court over and over again. We always said the courts wouldn’t save us, but they are working. It’s just that the regime moves faster than they do.
I'm frustrated with Senator Warner a lot but this is outrageous! He's trying to do his job by doing oversight and this fruitcake Loomer is way out of line. Here's a gift NYT article to read, repost, and share. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
I'm frustrated with Senator Warner a lot but this is outrageous! He's trying to do his job by doing oversight and this fruitcake Loomer is way out of line. Here's a gift NYT article to read, repost, and share. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Donald Trump's half-baked decision to hijack the California National Guard into his own domestic police force to terrorize people in the LA area was never about public safety. It was only about dictatorial power and his political propaganda.
I'm aware that the President likes to go on television and beg me to call him to ask for troops. I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops. I also have experience asking him for assistance – just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.
NEWS: Harvard University scored a major legal victory in its battle with the Trump administration after a court ruled that the US illegally froze more than $2 billion in research funding. (Bloomberg)
Massie: The Washington establishment is asking the American public to believe something that is not believable... Now, the Speaker of the House just offered a fig leaf to my colleagues. They're going to vote on a nonbinding resolution today that does absolutely nothing.
Epstein Survivor Lisa Phillips: “Together as survivors, we will confidentially compile the names we all know who were regularly in the Epstein world.”
Massie: I'm calling on my colleagues: be one of the next two who sponsors this discharge petition. I think it's shameful that this has been called a hoax. Hopefully today we can clear that up. This is not a hoax. This is real. There are real survivors.
De Georgiou: And to be clear, the only motive for opposing this bill would be to conceal wrongdoing. You have a choice: stand with the truth or with the lies that have protected predators for decades.
It's not normal for an American president to send troops to American cities in times of peace. Chicago, document what you see and be loud for America.
Thank you Ann, for posting this so we can see what's really going on.
Photograph one: 9.20 AM Waterfront metro station, Washington DC
There’s some language! Candidates for position “whose only merit … is ‘of being in some way or other personally allied to him, or of possessing the necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of his pleasure.’”
“The terror and cruelty are the point.” Illinois Gov. Pritzker says WH Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller chose a potential federal takeover in Chicago during the month of Mexican Independence Day.
"That is why 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." Yes, there is a difference.
🚨BREAKING: Federal court STRIKES DOWN down new South Dakota law imposing a nine-month deadline to file ballot measures declaring it unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Congrats to Dakotans for Health and their legal team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-...
Things feel uncertain right now, Illinois. I want you all to know we’re doing everything we can to protect your rights. Make sure you know how to stand up for yourself and others at illinoisimmigrationinfo.org.
There are no emergencies. Only a power grab. And narcissism. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
As we begin September, Democracy Docket is tracking 139 voting and election cases is 40 states. 13 in Georgia 13 in North Carolina 10 in Texas 9 in Arizona 8 in Pennsylvania 8 in Wisconsin Democracy is on the docket! www.democracydocket.com
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:
"Four other longtime top CDC officials submitted their resignations, according to letters reviewed by NBC News: " www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
CDC employees walked out in show of support for their pushed out leaders, chanting "USA not RFK." Livestream here: www.instagram.com/firedbutfigh...
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:
“on Tuesday, for the second time this year, a Democrat appeared to flip a conservative-leaning district in the Iowa Senate…” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
I analyzed and did interviews on Trump’s Putin and European meetings. Discussed all the details and manipulations. Then realized there was a deeper truth: Trump has absolutely no clue what he is doing. joecirincione.substack.com/p/the-idioti...
THANK YOU Senator Kaine. Everyone *should* be reeling about this: Other members of Congress, media. Why? ALL OF US have Social Security numbers and identities to be stolen. "The cloud" is NOT secure. Case in point: techcrunch.com/2025/08/28/t...
Attending a Labor Day protest today? Tag us to share your photos and videos: @50501movement.bsky.social!
God how I miss him!! 💙
And a man who acted honorably to his vows to the constitution , Americans and world leaders, not like an unhinged lunatic and Putin worshipper.
Awesome advance work and organizational effort for the Valley Dem committees and candidates, and my friends at Rural GroundGame. It’s become a nice annual tradition for rural Dems to out-organize the Rs on Labor Day in an area where Rs should have home field advantage. Compete in all of Virginia!
"To pretend that her death deserves the same recognition as that young soldier at the gate is obscene. It is a betrayal of the oath she once swore and a desecration of the sacrifice made by so many who kept faith with theirs."
!!YAYAYAYAYAY!!
He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.
Unfortunately Vance will be as bad if not worse.
He won’t let the press anywhere near him. This is getting weirder and weirder.
If they enact a new illegal congressional map, Missouri will be sued.
You are the real Hero this nation needs to appreciate more! THANK YOU!
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
NEW: A federal judge ordered an Arkansas school district to take down Ten Commandments displays in its classrooms following our lawsuit.
“It is time for you to leave the United States.” That’s how the Trump-Vance admin ended legal status for hundreds of thousands, without review. It’s devastating and illegal. We’re taking them to court.
WASHINGTON — You could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, the saying goes, but, in Washington, a federal grand jury just declined to indict a man for throwing a salami sub. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
"While Trump may want to be a king, it is still up to us, as Americans, whether we treat him like one..." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
"Drey is the founder of Moms for Iowa, & told Sioux City NBC affiliate KTIV that her top priority is funding for education. The Moms for Iowa website says the organization is “passionate abt curbing gun violence [today, as on far too many days, topical] & championing women’s reproductive rights.”
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I cannot wait to vote a new AG into office for VA. Current one is not just useless, but destructive.
Ex-Border Patrol agent gets prison for making migrants show breasts www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...
Though it may not always seem this way—given the Trump regime’s daily desecration of the Constitution—the rule of law still reigns supreme. The dismantling of this concentration camp is a win for democracy, for the environment, and for all communities cruelly and unjustly targeted by this regime.
Trump and Musk claimed DOGE would cut “fraud” and “abuse.” In reality, DOGE staff are so unqualified they can’t even be trusted to safeguard Americans’ Social Security numbers. Let's fire those risking our data—not the workers just trying to help folks get their checks.
It was good to see this sign in Augusta County, Virginia. It like the City of Wanyesboro, is largely pro Trump. As some might remember, two Waynesboro election board members said in October 2024 they won’t certify the election results. #resistance www.vpm.org/news/2024-10...
“These programs are the backbone of a liability system that is a big reason—probably the biggest—that the vaccine market has stabilized, preventing shortages from becoming serious or routine. Now the system’s future is in jeopardy, thanks to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” www.thebulwark.com/p/hhs-kenned...
@kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social Guess y'all need to wait for a focus group run by consultants to say and do anything about this.
The fire sale at the end of the empire www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
I'm tired of this theater where Donald Trump asks Republicans to do something, they seem to push bank and then cave. The only two factions of the current GOP are proud MAGA and scared MAGA. Anyone who thinks Republicans are acting in good faith is delusional.
This is very bad news. Louisiana won't even defend its own map in SCOTUS. It abandoned its own Black voters. Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Suit Against Federal Bench in Maryland f the nyt gift link
A federal judge on Tuesday threw out an extraordinary lawsuit that the Trump administration had filed against the entire federal bench in Maryland.
Here's @velshi.com 's Saturday monologue on how U.S. economic policy rewards the elite at the expense of the working class. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcqc...
. @msnbc.com made a long cut of @govpritzker.illinois.gov 's speech earlier today about Trump's plan to send the U.S. military to police Chicago that Rachel played some of tonight at the top of the show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR0_...
"It's clearly punitive": Attorney for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Simon Sandoval Moshenberg, explains how the Trump administration is using the threat of deportation as leverage in their criminal prosecution of Abrego Garcia.
"Ask yourself why." Red states contributing National Guard troops to Trump's military occupation of Washington, D.C. have cities with higher crime rates than D.C.
Here is Rachel's interview with @pkrugman.bsky.social about tonight's breaking news of Donald Trump attempting to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board. youtu.be/hWWKo6VSXbs?...
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"The House Freedom Caucus isn’t just losing, it’s evaporating..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Illinois and Chicago elected leaders worked Sunday preparing plans to counter President Donald Trump’s potential deployment of National Guard members in the city.
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Heartbreaking
"Honey, I don't have much time. I've been arrested by ICE and they are sending me to a detainment center. I love you and the kids, I will be OK, please call our attorney" -- John Shin, DACA resident, speaking to his wife last week. She hasn't heard from him since www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
"If Trump wants people to stop marveling at his degrading weakness when it comes to the Russian president, he’ll have to start avoiding embarrassing displays like these..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
"Twice as many Americans say they strongly disapprove of President Donald Trump's second term than those who strongly approve..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...?
"That's an 11-point increase in respondents who strongly disapprove of the president from the beginning of his term to recent weeks... A 9-point drop in respondents who say they strongly approve..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...?
this point—that this era is not forever and accountability can come in many forms—has for some reason proved bizarrely elusive for democrats
Statement from Fed Gov Lisa Cook: “President Trump purported to fire me “for cause” when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022.”
Aren't you the second wealthiest senator in America? Mark Warner the Cellular Czar? What're YOU doing about it, Mr. Business Leader?
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Here’s to hoping someone with some courage will primary your pathetic ass.