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Hey Congress – make Alex Acosta's testimony public and televised. There's absolutely no ethical reason for it to be private and transcribed. Nefarious AF. We need to hear your questions. We want to see him squirm. We need to see him squirm. Yet another sign of a cover-up.
I'm just gonna flip on some corporate media really quick... ABC: ads CNN: ads Back to CNN: Trump's Chicago "immigration enforcement" MSNBC: Protests in Chicago Back to ABC: A "federal judge getting in the way of Trump's immigration crackdown" Back to CNN: Weekend travel Nothing about Trump MIA
MO Gov Mike Kehoe is calling a special session to gerrymander the 5th District which encompasses Kansas City. He is specifically violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans any voting practice that denies or weakens the power of a racial minority to elect its preferred candidates.
I just subscribed again. Was only going to do it to binge watch a few programs but I think I will keep it!
The National Guardners
No freaking way
There is an English woman, living in France, who with the help of many other people has put together a website for people who need/want to leave the US due to the current administration. It’s new and rough but still a good source of info www.helpmeleave.us
Too many people are getting away with their sick behavior.
Disgusting
Brilliant
It doesn't make sense and it never will.
"The straw man being put forward is that it's either we have the military or we're going to get our throats cut at night in DC. Is there no middle ground? Do local law enforcement account for nothing? We've got the National Guard GARDENING right now in DC. Is that an efficient use of our resources?"
I think she may have meant to say "in spite of".
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump said in a weekend social media post he plans to issue an executive order to impose voter ID requirements. And he reiterated his desire to ban mail voting. The president lacks the authority to take either step. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Well if they don’t like the numbers they will just fake new ones.
“Bobby called from halfway across the world to ask about my grandchildren”. Did he call the families who lost children? No. He just decimated the CDC with his lies.
He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.
Oregon. She lost her race there and like with other losers, he scooped up them up from blue states. They seem to be into retribution as well.
It’s an approach of treating the symptoms and not the cause. It’s not a healthy way to live. It will continue to be a problem.
The biggest clown show on earth
📉 A new poll just dropped: 0% of Democrats say they’re satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. right now. Zero. Nada. A nation in frustration, and an election looming.
But we don’t. So.
Whatever evil he is planning for Venezuela, it won't make the Epstein files go away. Nothing ever will. Release the Epstein files! Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein
If Missouri Republicans mid-cycle redistrict and break the law, they will be sued. That is a promise and I don't bluff. Just ask Texas. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Good one
😂
They are nailing the game of double standards!
Well he got one thing right.
The Social Security Administration official who exposed that the Department of Government Efficiency had left millions of Americans’ personal data vulnerable says he has been forced to resign due to retaliation. Charles Borges, who served as the SSA’s chief data officer, told
Money
The kind of highlight reel I like!
You forgot: “and #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles”
JD Vance: “Trump is a really bad candidate and frankly, I think, a really bad person.” { ht: @patriottakes.bsky.social }
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Actual post by Gavin Newsom, and it’s perfect lol
My reporting uncovered the existence of DoJ training videos instructing FBI personnel on how to flag Trump’s name in the Epstein files. I’m suing to get the videos under FOIA. substack.com/@muellershew...
What is it and his need to be thanked constantly? Low self esteem?
He is an ignorant idiot. There are too many ignorant idiots in office. At all levels.
#EpsteinFiles
They actually look like they themselves would be targeted. Just sayin'.
Republicans are really into double standards.
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Delusional
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F both of them
How it started How it’s going @SenJoniErnst edition
No chance of that
Good. She is an absolute embarrassment to women and vets.
I absolutely love the FEARLESS Dr. Peter Hotez!!!!!
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And everyone who enables the unlawful BS for him.
Just in case you forgot…
Multiple CDC leaders have resigned in the wake of layoffs and a shooting at the agency’s headquarters this month.
Newsom: Perhaps the president could deploy the National Guard in every corner of Mississippi. Murder rate is out of control there. And the governor may want to make that phone call.
Our President keeps insisting prices are going to drop by 1400%, 1000%, or some other number that’s mathematically impossible. That he can’t do simple math isn’t the problem, it’s that he’s lying to America while things are getting more expensive because of his bad choices.
Children have to deal with mass shootings in schools while certain adults can't even handle a logo change.
Yes, it should. However, that would require an effective mainstream media in America — which we don’t currently have.
Frey: "We need an assault weapons ban nationwide. We need to have a high capacity magazine ban. And if the federal govt and states aren't gonna act, give us the ability to protect our constituents. Give mayors & council members the ability to protect in Mpls 435,000 residents that call Mpls home."
And when they inhale or just hold their breath.
Grateful for amazing lawyers like @markzaidesq.bsky.social and Abbe Lowell who are fighting for truth and transparency. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Psaki: I felt a mixture of anger—a lot of anger—and emotional exhaustion about this today, as I’m sure many of you have, because we have been here so many times. And yet again, like clockwork, half the politicians in our country have little more to offer than thoughts and prayers.
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the Minnesota shooting: "The sad thing is we can't sit here and tell them that help is on the way. Because we're not going to do a damn thing about it."
🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court of Appeals REJECTS right wing challenge to Arizona's signature matching process. Another VICTORY for my law firm's clients and the voters of Arizona. www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizon...
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Vaccines are safe and effective. RFK Jr. isn’t.
Sen Patty Murray (D-WA): “If there are any adults left in the White House, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired.”
He even said that no one should take medical advice from him.
Good for her!
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:
Two children were killed and seventeen people were injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School. A Cracker Barrel logo change received far more scrutiny and attention than any fight against the epidemic of gun violence in this country. Our priorities remain idiotic.
Activated National Guard members for the D.C. federal takeover seen picking up trash. The average cost of a sanitation worker is $140 a day and the average cost of a National Guard soldier is $500 a day. Brilliant.
Hell fucking yeah brother
Moore: "The thing that gets me most about this is how deeply disrespectful this is to members of the National Guard who signed up for this job as I did when I deployed overseas & led paratroopers in combat where we signed up w/the expectation the commander in chief was actually taking it seriously"
Trump’s D.C. occupation: $1.1M per day Housing every homeless person in D.C.: $169K per day This isn’t about what America can afford. It’s about what America chooses to value.
This was an amazing discussion about media, democracy, and community. Heather Cox Richardson Leigh McGowan (Politics Girl) Joanne Carducci (JoJoFromJerz) Dana Goldberg substack.com/@muellershew...
I can't listen to this
Attempting to rig elections on his behalf. Turning the military on citizens. Toying with the idea of declaring martial law. Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
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.
News agencies and journalists. Looking the other way, whitewashing the news, bending the knee. Is your integrity and credibility compromised? @cnn.com @msnbc.com @nbcnews.com @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com @abcnetwork.bsky.social @cbsnews.com @paramountplusnews.com
And more classic examples of wasteful spending from this administration.
GRAND JURY NULLIFICATION! Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
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She fought to expose one of the world’s most notorious predators, and now, even after death, Virginia Giuffre’s words will not be silenced. Her memoir, Nobody’s Girl, will finally see the light of day this October.
Clueless
Graham Platner: "Susan Collins has been in the Senate for almost 30 years... People know that she's a self-interested politician who has tried to play this charade for many years about how she tries to be a moderate... Everybody sees this for what it is."
8/25/25💡Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, a 400-page account by Virginia Giuffre localstories247.com/epstein-vict...
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
They should know.
Constituent: “You talked about abuses in Medicare & Medicaid… so why did the President pardon someone who defrauded Medicaid for $1.3 BILLION?” Silence. 🦗
She is an absolute idiot
My current favorite bit of right-wing Christian hypocrisy is Ken Paxton, a man whose wife is divorcing him for adultery, forcing Texas schools to unconstitutionally post "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
We are very far off the cliff here folks. 🇺🇸
🚨BREAKING: Third Circuit STRIKES DOWN Pennsylvania requirement that mail-in ballots that arrive in undated or misdated return envelopes be discarded. Court holds that Constitution requires they be counted. A big victory for our clients DSCC and DCCC and PA voters!