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How do you plan to greet your newborn in his or her first minutes? This alert little one is enjoying the benefits of at least two special gifts as they enter the world. Thread 🧵
He is an embarrassment for Minnesota.
JD Vance on Donald Trump: “I’m a Never Trump guy. I never liked him. I don’t think he’s the person. I don’t think he cares about folks. I think that he’s noxious and is leading the white working class to a very dark place.” { ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social }
Pritzker on Trump's authoritarian takeover: "The playbook is the same. It's thwart the media. It's create mayhem that requires military interdiction. These are things that happen throughout history and Donald Trump is just following that playbook."
A man would come by the newspaper stand everyday. He’d look carefully, then shrug his shoulders and walk on. One day the news seller finally asked, “what are you looking for?” The man said “the obituaries.” “Oh those are in the back of the papers, my friend.” “Not the one I’m looking for.”
Things Trump threatens: * The rights of women, workers, voters, consumers, minorities, immigrants, LGBTQ * Free press & speech * Fair wages & taxes * Soc. Security * Health care * Environment * Education * Rule of law * Checks & balances * TRUTH Resist! 5calls.org indivisible.org
Yes, yes, yes!!!!!!
The way you speak to your child is the way they will learn to speak to others. And to themself. (Thread 🧵)
This isn’t politics. It’s not left or right. It’s not conservative or liberal. Cutting funding to treat children with brain cancer is hate and greed.
We are in the constitutional upside down, where throwing a sandwich is a federal offense but storming Congress and beating law enforcement is patriotic.
Please listen!
Huge news - appeals court rules that a majority of the President’s tariffs are illegal. The President is wreaking havoc on our economy, and he is breaking the law to do it. We must right this ship. We need sane trade policy again.
“A 14% price increase” When Trump & @MarshaBlackburn tell you there has been no inflation, they’re lying
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I’m a big fan of @mizzwelch.bsky.social
Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions. They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
Excellent question.
I did promise that Republican states that capitulate to Trump's demands to illegally gerrymander their maps will be sued. And history shows I never bluff and usually win. I also said that there are only two types of GOP officials -- proud MAGA and scared MAGA. That is true.
According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago. 8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois. And yet Trump is sending troops here.
Father Michael Louis Pfleger a priest at the Sabina Catholic Church, a Black parish in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood has a message for Trump! Before you dare speak about any violence in Chicago, look into your mirror, and address the violence coming from the White House! 🔥
📌This is what a hero looks like. This is Dr. Susan Monarez, who just announced she WILL NOT resign her post as C.D.C. Director underneath the anti-vax monster, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. She is standing up for the health and well-being of hundreds of millions of Americans, and we MUST stand up for her.
I agree 100% with you!
The Intimidation President probably doesn’t know the meaning of irony.
Yes, it feels different all right - like totally messed up.
NEW: In a huge win for voters, the 3rd Circuit upholds a lower court ruling that requires Pennsylvania to count undated or wrongly dated mail-in ballots, finding that a previous law rejecting such ballots was unconstitutional. From: @jimsaksa.com
📌SOURCE: "The game is set up; NO ONE is watching the data. We've been saying this for months. That’s why it’s huge huge whistleblow."
📌Essentially high-ranking officials in the agency have been taken out of the game by Trump’s DOGE. Extreme staffing cuts have also made it impossible to track anything. The agency has been overrun by bad actors. Five-alarm fire.
📌SOURCE: "We believe DOGE hackers were setup from the start to build macros in system TO MOVE MONEY AROUND. OUR money." 📌"Example: Round down and take 49 cents off each beneficiary check times millions in payments each month. They can go really low-key quiet payments elsewhere."
📌BREAKING: Trump officials put HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of people's social security data at risk. 📌SOURCE INSIDE AGENCY: "This is the tip of the iceberg" of the problem's inside the agency right now. 📌Democrats need to call for hearings now. 📌RIGHT NOW.
Rolling Stone: “Trump has been ruling like an authoritarian… repeatedly thumbing his nose at Congress, the Constitution, and any other check on presidential power. On Monday, Trump appeared to tease the notion of 🇺🇸 becoming a full-fledged dictatorship…” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Thanks, tRump. (Yes, sarcasm intended.)
Donald Trump is trying to assume total and complete control over the American economy. That’s what the tariffs are about. That’s what seizing 10% of Intel is about. That’s what firing Lisa Cook is all about.
This is so sickening.
He is deplorable!
JB Pritzker calls on the news industry to show courage and avoid both-sides-ing a fascist government's military occupation of a great American city.
More people need to be aware of this.
People - 😩😩. After reading all these quotes from this meeting all I can say is how could our country have ever elected such an incompetent, unintelligent, boorish creep?!?! He is such an embarrassment - I will continue to protest his administration at every opportunity.
@postcards2win.bsky.social is currently offering 2 postcard programs to choose from. L👀K👇🏼 docs.google.com/document/d/1... My husband & I just finished our batch. It feels good to know we're helping to save democracy. Please help if you can. PASS IT ON TO YOUR FRIENDS! 🎉Make it a party.
I get the same impression, Harry. No legitimate law enforcement purpose for this interview or Maxwell’s movement to a more open facility.
The meeting is Tuesday, August 26th, 1030-1200, at the Hilton Downtown.
Rachel and I are in Minneapolis Monday/ Tuesday, next week, attending the DNC Veteran and Military Family Council (VMFC) meeting. Rachel is running to be a co-chair. Come see us! Come vote for Rachel! We need your support to build the VMFC into a powerhouse, mobilizing vets & families for democracy.
The mess was created when a case like LULAC (allowing mid decade districting) met up with Rucho (slamming the federal courts to partisan gerrymandering claims). Dahlia Lithwick, Rick Hasen and Lisa Graves talked about gerrymandering on my podcast in different ways: m.soundcloud.com/profciara
Being against mail-in ballots is being against our Troops’ right to vote. For generations, we have cast ballots by mail, dating back to the Civil War. Denying that right is a betrayal of service, and yet another way Trump disrespects those who serve. GET STICKER: shop.votevets.org/products/vot...
Horray!!👏👏👏👏
I guess the plan is to just keep repeating that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is “Biden’s war” and hope people will ignore that Trump has handled it incompetently from Day 1 and forget that he promised hundreds of times during the campaign that he would easily end it in 24 hours.
Americans strongly support more military aid for Ukraine. Even among Republicans, sentiment to do more to resist Putin is growing, as CNN reports today.
Trump spent the last week playing dictator in D.C. — and capped things off by getting played by a dictator in Alaska. Another disastrous week for American democracy and U.S. leadership.
“Emergency” is a word w/meaning that should be justified by facts. FBI data suggests that Memphis, Cleveland,Toledo & Little Rock have higher crime rates. The media would do well to interrogate the basis for the exercise of emergency powers rather than “residents say crime really is bad” stories.
The @washingtonpost tracked where Trump's forces are patrolling in Washington. Spoiler alert: They're not where the crime is.
Between his crypto ventures, real estate deals, and licensing agreements, Trump and his family have profited off the presidency to the tune of $3.4 billion. The grifter-in-chief knows no bounds. We must not become numb to this.
✅To clarify, here are the billionaires she is referring to: - Peter Thiel - Curtis Yarvin - Balaji Srinivasan - Kevin Roberts - Russell Vought - Dryden Brown - Marc Andreessen - Steve Bannon - Palmer Luckey - David Sacks - Brian Armstrong - Sam Altman - Michael Kratsios ✅Make sure to look them up!
How do you spell hypocrite again?!
Yes - thank you!
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I hope this creep gets zero votes.
Another example of how this administration is harming our people.
House Judiciary Dems are demanding answers from Pam Bondi and the Bureau of Prisons over the 'unusual and abrupt' prison transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell. "These actions raise substantial concerns that the Administration may now be attempting to tamper with a crucial witness." tinyurl.com/j52mmx28
My question as well.
Keep this handy for when somebody says, “But what about….”
For the record, our division commander BANNED things called “presence patrols” in Iraq. “If you don’t have a specific task & purpose, your ‘presence’ doesn’t do anything.” National Guard stating they are now doing presence patrols in DC. A complete waste of soldier’s time & effort.
Cutest thing ever!
House Democrats are urging the Department of Homeland Security to mandate that immigration officials clearly identify themselves when conducting arrests. The demand comes in the wake of multiple reports of men impersonating ICE agents to kidnap and assault women.
Very interesting! 👇
I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history" It is propaganda, pure and simple.
This is insane.
Yeah JD, we remember. We will never forget your boss was best friends with the guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring. And then that guy was "silenced" forever. And now we will just not talk about anything else until they... #ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files
This is stark
Yes
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon & adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
—Carol Coonradt
Way to go, Joe!!👏👏
No town halls since 2017, now wannabe Gove @MarshaBlackburn hand picks which press she’ll talk to behind closed doors—Monday @ Pure Academy PLEASE JOIN US IN ASKING MEDIA TO SHARE THE FULL VIDEO. @ABC24Memphis @3onyourside @DailyMemphian @MLK50Memphis dailymemphian.com/article/5395...
If you watch one thing today, make it this. These workers are risking their lives to build our cities and getting paid like their time, safety, and dignity don’t matter. They deserve fair pay. They deserve respect.
The 287(g) program enables ICE to partner with state and local police for immigration enforcement. However, the agreement generates community distrust and, most importantly, feeds into a racist and unaccountable deportation machine.
Horrific. mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives and could save millions more. “I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations. www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...
Disgusting.
Do they get bonuses from the president for saying stupid things like this? What would possess a person to humiliate themselves in this way?!
Sounds like what Faux News would do.
Woohoo - I agree!!
Find out who this goon is.
The Trump administration shut down Direct File, a popular program that allowed millions of people to file their taxes for free, directly with the IRS. Why? Trump wants huge corporations like TurboTax and their CEOs to get richer and richer by ripping working class people off.
Whoa! Only 15% say they’re better off financially. CBS News Analysis: Six months in, Trump’s approval among young people has cratered.
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States of America. Current POTUS & minions have done just the opposite. Sad for us all.
Look up the story of Paola Clouatre, wife of a Marine Vet, who was detained while at a green card meeting. She was detained for two months, missing breastfeeding her 9 week old baby. No criminal record and now has to wear an ankle monitor for a couple years. tRump and ICE are not human.
Epstein victims lawyer Spencer Kuvin: "We now know from the words of the President himself that Virginia was right all along, and that she was trafficked out of Mar-a-Lago.”
This entire administration is without any morals or values - they are incompetent freaks.
It’s complex. It’s raw. And it’s worth asking—who benefits from convincing people to vote against their own survival?
He’s using tRump’s playbook.
Chuck Grassley needs to go. What a disgrace - pushing Emil Bove’s nomination through. Can’t believe we will get stuck with the loser Bove for a lifetime appointment. Disgusting.
We must say no to Emil Bove. Over 900 former DOJ officials say he’s unfit — accusing him of silencing career prosecutors and undermining court decisions. We need judges with independence and integrity, not loyalty to a single man.
I agree 100% with Judge Luttig.
Deploying masked ICE agents is not only a public safety risk, but a complete sacrifice of public trust. If someone resists arrest because they think an ICE agent is fraud, they will be prosecuted—