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Trump ain’t “contemplating” or “weighing” shit.
If you ever wondered what it'd be like to fight the Confederacy, wonder no longer because that's what we'll be doing for the next decade or so.
People need to start asking questions about why and how she’s being read into any of this.
Phang: The judge notes that the MacArthur Park show of force was just sheer political theater. Major General Sherman, objected, expressing concern that there would be a large number of people because it was Father’s Day. To which Bovino criticized him, questioning his loyalty to the country.
This is the most important news of the day. Sending Texas guardsmen to Illinois is an intentional, unprecedented provocation. It should be immediately challenged in court. Follow @democracydocket.com for breaking news and updates on this developing story. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The White House is whipping votes in Congress against any vote to demand release of the complete Epstein Files Whatever is in the Epstein Files about Trump is REALLY REALLY BAD! Worse than grabbing 'em by the pussy, worse than paying a porn star for sex, worse than raping a woman at Bergdorfs
The idea of Young Kim and Ken Calvert being forced to face each other in a primary where one of them will end up unemployed pleases me greatly.
Mobile billboard rolling thru downtown Washington DC
DUH
Trump is literally the only human in the world surprised by that idea.
It’s been a day… This is a scene from the 6-5 Fire, taken along Hwy 120 near the community of Chinese Camp, California. #wildfire #tuolumnecounty
HUGE. The 5th Circuit joins many other federal courts in holding that Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act was unlawful. The judges emphasize that the law is fundamentally about *war* and about military actions; not illegal immigration or drug trafficking.
It’s way past time for serious news outlets like the @financialtimes.com to stop putting trump’s claims in headlines & social posts with no fact checks or context. ‘Trump says’ is not credible. Not today. Not ever. There is NO EVIDENCE this is true. None.
reminder that as trump looks to expand his terror to other cities, shit is still very much going down in LA
Nunez is accused of towing the federal vehicle during the August 15 arrest of Tatiana Mafla-Martinez, a TikToker who had been documenting immigration raids in Los Angeles. He faces 10 years in federal prison. By @shoton35mm.bsky.social The full story: lataco.com/tow-truck-dr...
BREAKING: 5th circuit panel rejects Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to expel Venezuelan nationals, saying there has been no "invasion" or "predatory incursion." Majority Southwich (George W. Bush) Ramirez (Biden) Dissent Oldham (Trump) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
“This administration is backing off in ways that the President and Pam Bondi don’t want you to know about.” @skyeperryman.bsky.social joined @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social tonight to discuss how we’re delivering for the American people in court.
the worst season
Sen. Lankford should know this about his own state.
Paragon has specialized since its founding on selling hacker software to the most brutal and authoritarian police regimes on the face of the planet. So giving it to Trump's secret police is just what one would expect.
“In a deviation from Mr. Trump’s account, however, Mr. Rubio said that the vessel’s destination was probably Trinidad or another country in the Caribbean.” Further undercutting whatever weak self-defense justification the administration might be ginning up. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/u...
We've been through President Musk, President Thiel and now President Loomer. All facilitated by Vice President Stephan Miller.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the vice chair of the Intelligence Committee, says he was denied a meeting with career intelligence workers because Laura Loomer objected.
Think about that number. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
oh i forgot about hochman. that's probably the nazi who wrote this www.liberalcurrents.com/missouri-sen...
oh this is straightforward white nationalist agitprop
what's interesting is that schmitt/hochman/whoever wrote this is aware enough of how foreign this is to the actual american experience that they have to include "continental europeans" into this category of legitimate americans
this is what annoys me so much when JD Vance does his anti multiculturalism ranting too. Like bro you are a Catholic convert married to a Hindu woman either stop lecturing me about how the founding fathers didn’t want a pluralistic society or stop living your life like pluralism is fine!
The Schmitt speech today is beyond reprehensible, but it’s also just such a weird moment in American politics where people like Schmitt have to reconstruct an alternate history where *they* are “Heritage Americans”. Bro you are German and Catholic the founding fathers did not want you on the team
Hegseth rushed to give Elon Musk a no-bid $200 million contract to use the Grok AI system as soon as it started spouting Hitler quotes and expressing bona fide Nazi viewpoints about race, eugenics and other matters. www.cbsnews.com/news/grok-el...
What's going on with his comb over? This is a screen capture from the press conference today
Today, we heard harrowing stories from survivors of Epstein's abuse. Epstein is dead, but the hurt & harm he caused is alive and well. We'll keep pushing for accountability, including a public Congressional hearing with survivors and the release of the full Epstein files.
I have now lived a long and full life, with a Republican Treasury Secretary saying that adding a national sales tax -- imposed on an odd assortment of goods -- *raises* economic growth. Can't wait to raise other taxes to raise growth further. Or to double tariffs so we can double growth.
Tonight, Clay Higgins moved to force a vote to censure me and remove me from Homeland Committee because I was doing my job. Here’s my statement.
At least **six** no-true-bills by grand juries, per this reporting
Great
Trump is in tears.
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Well, I'm no JAG, but yes, I think illegal, for following reasons: 1. Civilian vessel 2. Not self-defense 3. No attempt at interdiction (i.e. disable engines) 4. Int'l waters 5. No PID on folks in boat (could be civilians) 6. No declared state of war or hostilities so unclear authorization
What a pathetic disgusting display of groveling.
when you’re upset at the cool kids for not inviting you to their lunch table
What they’re doing is - prohibiting me to access UN during the general assembly - where they’ll vote on Palestine and also hear out Russia on Ukraine
No reason offered. Called them, they asked to email. Emailed, they asked to call. Will continue tomorrow again. This is despicable. I have 27 events/meetings arranged at and around UNGA80.
4) The people involved in and close to state government have a wide variety of motivations to share information. One of those motivations could be a desire to preserve democracy from Trump's depredations. 5) Similar considerations apply to the relations of states to the federal government.
believe it or not this is *not* the same administration official as this one:
welp
the us secretary of energy is one of those dudes whose response to climate change is "the weather looks pretty good to me today!"
Vance follows a coterie of online Nazis on X, has described Curtis Yarvin as a major intellectual influence, and openly attacks immigrants in blood and soil terms. The response of most of the political press? "Doesn't look like anything to me."
This guy gets it. This is the way.
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
The victims and survivors of Jeffrey Epstein deserve transparency and justice. Why is Donald Trump standing in the way?
Rep. Stansbury: “What we heard today is a cover-up. A cover-up potentially involving foreign countries and foreign actors. As you will find out in coming days and weeks, this goes all the way to the top. Because there’s happen to be a very powerful person who doesn’t want these stories out.”
I see Ronny started Happy Hour early again.
Terrible news for public health www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Putin sent him a gift card.
The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction for disputes between states (meaning they can actually file the lawsuit there, rather than have it go up on appeal). This would be a good time for Illinois to utilize it.
But I thought the Trump admin was trying to fight crime in DC. Open carry isn’t legal, but they’re going to turn a blind eye? MAKE IT MAKE SENSE! 🚨 U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro directed her office to no longer seek felony charges against individuals carrying rifles or shotguns in D.C.
Sure would be nice if federal judges coordinated when they release opinions with my kid’s doctors appointment schedule. But for now will just say that judge Breyer masterfully pieced together a factual record in what will some of the most consequential PCA litigation we’ve seen in decades.
Remember trump admired the Philippines president because he executed drug dealers. No due process. trump thinks he's tough.
Drug trafficking is not a capital crime; it doesn’t carry a death sentence. I genuinely cannot think of anything under U.S. law that would permit premeditated government assassination of people suspected of drug trafficking.
This is important.
But did they have tattoos?
Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed. There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea. Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
Lethal force against a civilian vessel in international waters is a war crime if not in self-defense. If not in self-defense, only non-lethal actions, such as warning shots or disabling fire, are allowed. "Not yielding to pursuers" or "suspected of carrying drugs" doesn't carry a death sentence.
Like this is just not acceptable, sorry
Seven www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Two more solid Democratic overperformances in tonight's 2 Florida special elections. Kamala Harris won these districts by +23 and +35, respectively. Democrats won them tonight by +45 and +40, respectively. That makes for overperformances of +22 and +15 , respectively. The Dem energy continues.
This will register as an apology to most but a middle finger among judges. He said, “I simply did not understand that orders on the emergency docket were precedent." He's right; SCOTUS is wrong for pretending otherwise. I suspect he has a trick up his sleeve which will use this new understanding.
He loves murdering people.
More and more movies from the past feel unrealistic now because their plots hinged on the quaint idea that politicians could become disgraced by bad behavior.
I feel like in the 1980’s/90’s this would be a major plot point in a Tom Clancy novel, and the operation would be carried out as an off-book, illegal black op, with various characters trying to cover it up lest they face congressional hearings. Now the President just announces it.
The San Francisco Department of Elections won’t give up sensitive voter information to the Trump administration, its lawyers wrote in a letter to the Department of Justice.
And since they never boarded the vessel to verify there were drugs on board, we have only the word of an administration full of compulsive liars to go on. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
We have the near final results: —Democrats won in Florida's SD15 by 45% (72.5/27.5). Harris had won this district by 23%. —Democrats won Florida's HD40 by 50% (75/25). (Harris had won this district by 35%.) (Presidential results courtesy of the always indispensable @the-downballot.com.)
JHC
Jeffrey Epstein survivors say they haven't had any contact with the DOJ
His suits all look like they're made from the cheapest and ugliest fabric and have never seen the inside of a dry cleaner service. Disgusting.
The Trump regime: Red States have power and authority over Blue States.
Robert Garcia just confirmed DOJ handed House Oversight the exact same docs they gave right-wing influencers back in February. That’s it. Nothing new. Told you they weren’t gonna comply with the subpoena. They’re not giving them a damn thing.
That's Senator Katie Britt. We all remember her from that rebuttal to President Biden's SOTU fiasco: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiF3...
Forget Man. Woman. Person. Camera. TV. Name 5 of the 7 wars you ended.
When President Trump used 32 U.S.C. § 502(f)(2) in 2020, that was to have out-of-state National Guard troops sent to D.C.—which has no sovereignty of its own. Sending the un-federalized TX National Guard into IL without the latter’s consent raises *serious* Article IV problems that 2020 … didn’t.
More background here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-...
Collaborating with evil while occupying the highest court in the land shows the world that ours is the most corrupt country in the world.
It’s time for these victims receive justice. It’s time for Trump to stop protecting the rich & powerful & to start telling the truth. It’s also time for Republicans in Congress to find the courage to sign the discharge petition that would force a vote to release the Epstein files. (2/2)
We’re back in session after Speaker Johnson let us out early at the end of July, feeling the pressure from our subpoenas for the Epstein files. Today, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov sat down with survivors who endured horrific abuse. What we heard was beyond disturbing. (1/2)
So apparently Trump yet lives. Natch.
Kennedy must be removed from office. He has already caused a catastrophe at HHS and the CDC. I strongly suspect that he is about to use data manipulated by unscrupulous and unqualified individuals to attempt to falsely show that vaccines are in some way a net harm. He simply must be stopped.
This *will* go to SCOTUS.
BREAKING: On a 2-1 vote, D.C. Circuit denies the Trump administration's request to let Trump fire a Federal Trade commissioner during appeals. Citing Humphrey's Executor, about the FTC: "To grant a stay would be to defy the Supreme Court's decisions that bind our judgments. That we will not do."
And it’s utterly non-partisan—nowhere on the form does the person registering indicate any party affiliation. This is just bonkers and stupid.
These events were some of the most fun registration drives I've ever done. Newly naturalized citizens are simply joyous to be able to register to vote right after their ceremony. It was such a wonderful service. Shame on those who don't see the value in all of it.
The LWV, deploring the move, says it's been offering voter registration at naturalization ceremonies "for decades." While CIS will still allow state and local election agencies to offer registration after ceremonies, LWV says those agencies often lack capacity and are grateful for the help. /2, end
An Aug. 29 policy statement from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency, will from now on bar nonpartisan groups such as the League of Women Voters from offering voter registration services at the end of naturalization ceremonies. /1
A bright and breezy start to autumn in #Shetland
Trump can't justify keeping the military in Los Angeles. They want to continue their intimidation tactics to scare Californians into submission. We won't back down.