mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Any one remember the name of the food critic on the Titanic? Me either.
Independent. Lies must be challenged. Hate is a fool’s errand. Wanna change the world? Love your family, your friends, and your neighbors (and we are all neighbors). No Nazis. No Kings. No DMs.
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Any one remember the name of the food critic on the Titanic? Me either.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Anyone remember the name of the food critic on the Titanic? Me either.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
More fascist mythmaking by the VP.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
The Speaker is completely devoid of all Judeo-Christian principles.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Vladimir: She’s lying again. Estragon: How can you tell? Vladmir: Her lips are moving. Estragon: This is absurd.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
When all you care about are corporate profits, children are just collateral damage. Rotten to the Core.
Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) reposted
“This thin-skinned tyrant is determined to strip the White House of actual reporters & threaten media companies if they dare to question him. It’s an appalling sign every reporter in the Oval Office didn’t speak up or get up and leave in support of NBC’s Alexander.” open.substack.com/pub/america/...
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
In this Administration, justice is blind, deaf, and dumb.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
It also indicates that those parents in Texas understand science better than our HHS Secretary. I bet they didn’t inject themselves with Lysol during Covid either.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Is it a question?
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
More cruelty and lawlessness. Thank you ACLU for standing up.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s unwatchable.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
I am no Constitutional expert, but I would love it if someone could explain to we the people why the line item veto is unconstitutional, but the reconciliation process is constitutional? It seems the reconciliation process allows a small group in Congress to yield power the founders never intended.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly!
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
The corporate media picks on President Joe Biden, one of the most honorable men to hold the office, because they are afraid of Trump. Disgusting. Shame on them.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
Israel must let aid into Gaza. Now.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Amen.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Cruelty is their brand.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Again.
David Bier (@davidjbier.bsky.social) reposted
Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
I am more concerned about the mental acuity of the Politico editor who thought this article was newsworthy while POTUS 47 attacks the Constitution and consorts with terrorists and dictators.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
“Rich man wanna be king.” It’s up to us to make sure it doesn’t happen.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
The Chief Justice should consider SCOTUS’ immunity decision in light of the Trump regime using ICE officers in masks to arrest politicians they disagree with politically. I am not convinced it matters to ICE whether they arrest Republican senators or Supreme Court justices in the future.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
The Constitution is the lane of every American.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
JT our prayers are with you for a complete recovery. It will be difficult but you are the real deal. If anybody can do it, you can!
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
The headline strains the propriety of good journalism.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Multiple lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of ICE officers in masks arresting people excercising their constitutional rights should be filed. Dictators (Nazi Germany, Putin’s Russia) use thugs in masks to arrest opposition leaders, not patriotic Americans. No Kings, No Masks.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
If I understand the logic of the President’s argument, if you aren’t grifting you are stupid.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
That the majority party in the United States has embraced corruption in all its myriad forms, and that no one within their ranks has the moral courage to stand against it?
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
A 1.5% margin in the popular vote in a Presidential election is barely (not easily) winning a Presidential election. Now a 4.5% margin like President Biden racked up in the 2020 election, that’s called winning easily.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you Ms. Wang. America needs the ACLU now more than ever.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
Events have revealed much of the Trump administration’s agenda to be illegal, immoral, incompetent, or idiotic. Looks like they may have checked all four boxes with the arrest of the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
The daughter’s shreiks of agony in the X videos embedded in this article need to become our collective shrieks against the Trump regime’s repeated attacks on our Constitution and cilviled society. Every time a human being is brutalized by this Administration, we the people become less free.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
AOC: We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces — and, in many cases, their identification… The idea that we’re going to allow a paramilitary force to bloom, one that isn’t accountable to the Constitution… we’ve got another thing coming.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
Multiple lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of ICE officers in masks arresting people excercising their constitutional rights should be filed. Dictators (Nazi Germany, Putin’s Russia) use thugs in masks to arrest opposition leaders, not patriotic Americans. No Kings, No Masks.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Multiple lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of ICE officers in masks arresting people excercising their constitutional rights should be filed. Dictators (Nazi Germany, Putin’s Russia) use thugs in masks to arrest opposition leaders, not patriotic Americans. No Kings, No Masks.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
Every single American should speak out against this, loudly and forcefully.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
Fight fascism wherever it rears its ugly head.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
AOC: Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I’m using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protections… to that I say: Come for me… Do I look like I care? There’s nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me.
Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) reposted
A man who holds the title of President of the United States, who took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, who then says he doesn’t know if he’d uphold the Constitution, is unfit to be president and should be removed.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Can’t say she doesn’t know her audience.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Colossal megalomania
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Agree. It’s not about mimimizing the harm to our immigrant neighbors but to make it crystal clear that every one in our nation is at risk while this lawless administration attacks our Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Rule of Law.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
We are not ok.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
More cruelty and lawlessness directed at U.S. citizens by ICE. We the People must find a way to hold the Trump administration and ICE accountable.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Democratic Senators stop voting to confirm bad Trump nominees just becuase they are former Senators. It just makes you look bad in the eyes of the average person of good faith.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
I dislike hyperbole, it cheapens rather than enriches conversations. But let me be clear: the Trump regime’s treatment of immigrant families is an abomination. That it doesn’t surprise me doesn’t make it any less monstrous. Conscience requires that we oppose their unconstitutional agenda full stop.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
Resist: We have endured a wave of unconstitutional actions… “raids without warrants, prolonged detentions without hearings and retaliatory deportations…And each one brings us closer to the authoritarianism we once believed could never take root on American soil.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Word.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
From the list of grievances in the Declaration of Independence against King George: “He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledeged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation;” Sound familiar?
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... An Executive Order attacking the Civil Rights Act. Only We the People can put an end to this cruelty and lawlessness. Show Up at Protests, Call your Congressional Representatives and Senators, Boycott the Oligarchs, and Vote. We Shall Overcome!
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this the same James Carville that guaranteed a Harris victory? Ring me up the next time he gets something right.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Takes understatement to whole a new level.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
More fascist myth-making in the tradition of Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels.
Norm Eisen (@normeisen.bsky.social) reposted
American democracy is holding up & pushing back better than expected under Trump's authoritarian assault--from SCOTUS to the streets I offer a comprehensive assessment of why Trump is failing to achieve his aims in my latest @contrariannews.org column open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Hands off the Federal Reserve.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Badge of honor.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Hands off the Federal Reserve!
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
If the Democrats don’t do both they will lose their base and some independents.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Congratulations, another victory for the rule of law.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Dems need to do both.
BrandonW (@brwhittey.bsky.social) reposted
youtu.be/WHy-Haw6gDk?...
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Senator Murkowski, if you get 12 other Republican Senators to do the right thing, we, the American people will supply the bodyguards.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder if Garcia’s attorneys can ask the court to abrogate the contract on public policy grounds?
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
Mayor Wu “Do the next right thing for history…” We are with you Mayor Wu!
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Truth still matters.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Admire the strength of your character and convictions in response to the horrific attack on you and your family. You are all in our prayers.
Max Berger (@maxberger.bsky.social) reposted
Not Antisemitism (according to MAGA): - Firebombing a Jewish governor‘s house during Passover - Doing a Sieg Hitler salute - Eating dinner with neo-Nazis Antisemitism (according to MAGA): - Saying Israelis and Palestinians deserve rights and dignity - Using freedom of speech on campus
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
Musk’s wrecking crew. projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
20 lessons to put to work as we confront tyranny.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Dora Gottfried, may your memory be a blessing.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
More of this.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Don’t be shy, you heard it at the Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War II, it was the Nazis’ justification for crimes against humanity. The War Crimes Tribunal was not impressed. If a furry amphibian looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, and swims like a duck, it’s very likely a duck…
Senator Angela Alsobrooks (@alsobrooks.senate.gov) reposted
If the President is serious about law and order, then he will follow this 9-0 Supreme Court ruling with urgency and return Kilmar to his family here in Maryland.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Capital flees from incompetent, corrupt, regimes.
Ray Beckerman (@raybeckerman.bsky.social) reposted
To Senate Dems: NO UNANIMOUS CONSENTS
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
Charlie Chaplin has a message for our time.
ACLU (@aclu.org) reposted
If President Trump continues on this path of blatant disregard for our Constitution and basic freedom, we the people will hold him accountable in the courts, in halls of power across the country, and at the ballot box.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Knowing Apple’s passion for consistency, speed, and precision, it is much more likely Apple uses custom designed robots to install the screws on iPhones. Does the Commerce Secretary fact check anything? What’s much more likely to be coming to America is more bullsh*t from this Administration.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
I am with you!
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for pointing it out.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
I would have to see it. No fact checks on Mia on the Politifacts site. But maybe a Russian bot trying to do clean up on this one?
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
If the people that came up with the tarrifs are the smartest people the Agriculture Secretary has ever worked with we have the wrong Agriculture Secretary.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
Due Process protects everyone.
Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) reposted
None of the top 10 Big Law firms have committed to signing an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie. As Ben Wittes writes in his column for Lawfare today: “[A] very happy Liberation Day to all the law firms that have liberated themselves from their dignity.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/b...
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for standing up for Rumeysa Ozturk.
Trump Resistance Movement (@trm.bsky.social) reposted
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble. For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity. What will you do?
Keith Boykin (@keithboykin.bsky.social) reposted
Target foot traffic falls for the eighth consecutive week after the retailer ended its DEI programs. Meanwhile at Costco, which kept its DEI programs, foot traffic has been up for 13th straight weeks.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
I will pray for you. Hang in there. 🙏
Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) reposted
The president is not a king. The Constitution could not be clearer: No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice. Donald Trump would rather fantasize about a fictional third term than do anything to lower costs for working families.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
U.S. Representatives and Senators who violate their oaths and fail to support and defend the Constitution should be removed from office.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
As Mr. Trump’s policies tank the stock market, Mr. Trump says it’s a “Beautiful thing to watch.”
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social)
The U.S. has had the world’s most dominant economy since the late 1800s. China covets that position. This Administration’s policies may make it easier for China to overtake the U.S. Perhaps MAGA stands for “Make America Great Again like we were in 19th century.”
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
Fighting back for the American people.
mark1960.bsky.social (@mark1960.bsky.social) reply parent
We need a recall mechanism for all federal elected officials. For Presidents, VPs, Senators, and Representatives. Build in some safeguards like they have in California, but give the people a chance to rectify their mistakes before the next election.