The words from Gov Cox of Utah are the words they should be coming from the president of the United States. Will the media hold him, and people like Nancy Mace accountable for their false accusations?
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The words from Gov Cox of Utah are the words they should be coming from the president of the United States. Will the media hold him, and people like Nancy Mace accountable for their false accusations?
Well, well, well, how about that: âExclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as âvacation home,â documents showâ www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
NEW: Missouri voters filed a lawsuit Friday that challenges the GOPâs new congressional map, calling it an unconstitutional gerrymander that dismantles Kansas Cityâs Black Democratic representation and rigs the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
qualify, a loyalty screening for funds. A judge in Rhode Island ruled that this was not permissible and blocked the government from enforcing those conditions.
This is what happens when you stoke division and fan the flames of extremism.
Hereâs a quick primer: what is a shutdown, and what should Democrats do? Government Shutdown 2025: What You NEED to Know Before It Happens youtu.be/cRXUX2Bxpj8
Stephanie Koff & Greg Olear are joined by Nadine Smith...LIVE tonight 8e/5p Notifications ON â youtube.com/live/CkeDH0f...
Unbelievable.
It does not reflect well on a news organization to fire a commentator for offering their opinion, especially when it was accurate and needed to be said. Especially a contributor of dependable insights like Dowd.
This was just last month and we have already memoryholed it. A cop killed by an antivaxxer.
Early for patrons. www.patreon.com/posts/tensio...
Nice.
Affirmative Action for conservatives and right-wing grievance. This is absurd. Utterly absurd.
The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned. And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized. I refuse to sanitize him.
ICYMI: âDonald Trump Uses AI Image Inspired by âApocalypse Nowâ to Threaten Chicago with âWarââ 9/7/25 people.com/donald-trump...
Here it is. We can look forward to the complete dismantle of the concepts of "independent agency" in the US government. And the complete dismantlement of the concept of constitutional limits on dictators in the US. There is literally nothing the Supreme Court won't let Trump do.
From Rachel Wells â âDeleted audio reveals plot to reveal Tennessee IVF & contraception protections⌠The morning after @GovBillLee signed the Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act, anti-abortion leaders convened to plan its undoing.â open.substack.com/pub/wellsrac...
"Rev. Hatch urged congregants of a prominent Black church on Chicagoâs West Side to carry identification, stay connected to family, and protest... 'You need to start telling people about your whereabouts, so you donât disappear,' he said during Sunday services... www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...
When James Madison talked about the division of powers in the constitution, he meant that all power should devolve to the president. ----Today's Fascist Supreme Court
I'll be joining The Atlantic Festival in New York City on Sept 19, on a politics panel with Ashley Parker, Toluse Olorunnipa, Anne Applebaum, and Jon Lemire. Later, I'll join a panel with Kathryn Bigelow about her new movie, A House of Dynamite. Agenda here: www.theatlantic.com/theatlanticf...
On this day in 1966, Star Trek first beamed into living rooms across America. None of us could have imagined then the journey it would set us on. And not just the cast and crew, but the millions of fans who would find hope, inspiration, and community in its vision of the future.
Indeed he is. Yet he joins the worldâs dictators.
Trump scrapped a Biden rule requiring airlines to compensate passengers for flight delays after the industry gave millions to Trump's inauguration and hired Trumpworld lobbyists. This isn't about policy anymore. It's about who can pay off Trump and get in his ear.
Keeping the Courts Open in March Sustained Habeas Corpus www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/08/k...
BREAKING: The Epstein Estate has given House Oversight the birthday book and other documents. These have NOT been scrubbed by Pam Bondi and the DoJ or Trump. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
There are people alive and free right now because a court was open on March 15, the day after the Senate passed the continuing resolution the day before. That tool to fight fascism may grow more limited in a government shutdown. www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/08/k...
NEW: Pam Bondi asks the court to redact the names of two Epstein associates, the government says it can summarily kill suspected drug smugglers with no due process, CBS bends the knee even lower, and donald gets booed at the US Open. Listen for free! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
đ¨NEW: Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) filed a lawsuit in a federal district court in Texas to block Californiaâs implementation of a new congressional map drawn in response to Texasâ congressional gerrymander. Judge Kasmyruck has already denied TRO request. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
Trump Administration 2.0 continues its proud tradition of hiring sociopaths, criminals, & incompetents. Many with all 3 labels in one person!
Brilliant.
Trump is going to run the Kennedy Center in the ground just like he did Trump University, Trump Steaks, Trump Mortgage Co, Trump Vodka, Trump Airline, etc. I bet he eventually tears it down and builds condos or a gold-filled Trump museum.
âThe presidentâs commissioning of the U.S. military to kill alleged drug smugglers adds a terrifying dimension to this misuse of the armed forces for law enforcement purposes.â thehill.com/opinion/judi...
Follow the money. Soecifically one company that now has a good relationship with Georgia Dream, who recognizes the value in this company being treated well because of their influence over politicians. I will have more to reveal if this isnât reversed
There are so many of things you can do right now and in the coming weeks to actively push back against fascism. Here are 3:
NEW: Ghislaine Maxwell was less then 10 minutes into her interview with top DOJ officials (incl. Trump's former lawyer) when she brought up Donald Trump. No one had asked. w/@eorden @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
Hereâs what was NOT released today: - the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ - the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed - communications showing who waived Maxwellâs sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison - the Epstein files
Putin sent Trump a photo of the two of them, and he then sent a cruise missile to Ukraine that bombed a US electronics factory Trump is too busy fawning over the photo of him w Putin to care about Russia bombing a US facility Republicans don't care either. Trump is their daddy & Putin their boss
Taking us back at least a century.
"It is my duty and moral responsibility to sound the loudest alarm, alerting our nation to this assault on our Democracy. There is no way we could have been successful fighting this on the House floor, so we moved the fight to the national arena." -Trey Martinez Fischer
đ¨BREAKING: Two members of the Fulton County, Georgia Board of Commissioners defied a court order and blocked the appointment of two election deniers to the county board of elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump wants to get rid of mail-in ballots so he can intimidate voters with federal troops stationed at the polling stations. Hard to scare people who can just quietly mail in their votes. Protect mail-in voting at all cost.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Trump administration can, at least for the moment, move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status for about 50,000 people from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua who had work authorization in the U.S.
As the lawyer who helped lead the effort to defeat Donald Trump's bogus lawsuits after the 2020 election, I try to imagine how different it would be right now if Fox News had said at the time that Trump lost, period. We wouldn't be dealing with election deniers staffing the White House and DOJ.
Cruel, racist, and stupid. I was born in the US, but I didn't speak English until I was about 5. I learned English thanks to ESL in school. I graduated with a degree in English and became a writer. These MAGA racists hate America and our kids. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Classic Trump move. He doesn't want to talk about the poor job numbers that have resulted from his chaotic economic policy so instead he fires the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to create another spectacle for people to talk about.
@muellershewrote.com talking about her big scoop from earlier today, which is being confirmed by other news sources that Maxwell was able to be transferred to a minimum security camp because someone waived her sex offender status. LIVE NOW thelefthook.substack.com Join us.
From now on, all jobs numbers will be coming from the guy who says heâs 6â3 and weighs 215.
Elon Musk donated $15 million to Republican and pro-Trump super PACs...in just a single day. Thatâs roughly 0.00375% of his total net worth. Oligarchs can spend pennies to rig the system in their favor at the expense of everyone else. We must get Big Money out of politics.
"Too Dumb to Supervillain" Rupert Murdoch and the broligarchy are sharpening the knives against an aging and weakened Trump who is unable to control the growing Epstein scandal due to his own reckless incompetence. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
More concentration camps coming, care of millions of dollars from FEMA. Only in Trump's sick, twisted, murderous dystopian world are concentration camps part of a natural disaster.
WATCH: Colbertâs first monologue since the cancelation. âFor the next ten months the gloves are off. I can say what I really think about Donald Trump, starting right now.â youtu.be/VIZegLAvK8o?...
BREAKING: The single solitary thing that is out of the President's control in the entire US government is whether the Epstein files come out. đ¤Ąđ¤Ąđ¤Ą
WATCH: Dr. Crenshaw on the role the mainstream media (and law profession) play in normalizing authoritarianism when it tries to remain neutral as fascism envelops us â and in doing so fails to protect the public. #BeTruthfulNotNeutral
Inspiration: thinking about rebuilding and restaffing our federal agencies after we oust the oligarchs.
So basically what we are watching is a coup d'ĂŠtat in real time by those who seek to destroy democracy, privatize everything & own everyone against the most compromised conman president in history. And the success of that coup could end up being determined by Ghislaine Maxwell & who she implicates.
Never forget: they said all of these federal government layoffs were about âcutting costsâ and are desperately needed to shrink the deficit. Then they turned around and blew a $5 trillion hole in it with their Big Ugly Billâjust to lock in permanent tax cuts for billionaires.
Memphis-based xAIâs Grok getting incorporated into our government days after turning hard into vicious antisemitism
2/ Hereâs a link to Jeremy Carlâs announcement on X. x.com/realjeremyca...
JFC. On July 3, Claremont Institute Senior Fellow Jeremy Carl announced on X that Trump has nominated him to serve as the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, overseeing and implementing U.S. policy at the UN and beyond. ICYMI, this is Jeremy Carl. âŹď¸âŹď¸âŹď¸ 1/
Theocracy here we come. The IRS just superseded the law enshrined in the US Tax Code. It came up with new rules that allow churches to endorse and donate to political candidates. Guarantee they want a lawsuit so they can push it to the SC and get rid of the Johnson amendment for good.
Talking to @jimacosta.bsky.social at 420 pm ET today about how we're allegedly part of the "Far left" who are unnecessarily woried about Trump staying in power illegally and then talking to @donmoyn.bsky.social about the billionaire freakout over Mamdani and the GOP bill from hell. The Left Hook
Holy majoly. This should have huge implications for the CECOT class, including Andry!
NEW: Federal agents rolled into MacArthur Park in LA in an unmarked armored vehicle. My source tells me Mayor Bass showed up with LAPDâand the so-called âagentsâ got the hell out. Shady AF! (Just west of DTLA)
This is the State Dept's travel advisory for Sudan. These men may not be angels, but they're being dropped in a war torn region only one of then has ties to. It's unlikely the others speak the language.
Dismantling these departments that warn us about the weather is in Project 2025, and the core reason is they say these departments (RIGHTLY) drive âclimate chang alarmismâ, which âis harmful to future prosperityâ (aka BIG OIL PROFITS)
The first in a long list of rural hospitals closing due to Trump's bill. This hospital is in Don Bacon's district. He voted for Trump's bill this week, and he voted for this. nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
House Republicans aren't debating the bill. They are negotiating for a bigger payout for selling their constituents down the river. They will change their vote once they feel the jingle in their pockets. Just like all the Senate Repubs, they will be on their knees when the final vote comes.
Hakeem Jeffries speech which began 4:35AM ET has now surpassed Kevin McCarthyâs speech for longest floor speech
Yup.I am approaching the age of 69.This is nothing new. It's gotten worse since the '80's, the age of "Gordon Gekko", a movie character glorifying "Greed is Good".The good news is there are permaculture movements and masses of people in the streets. Whether it is too late, we shall see.
The bill does have $3.3 billion for DOJ, which DOJ is authorized to spend on hiring new immigration judges. But get this: the bill PERMANENTLY CAPS the number of immigration judges at 800 on November 1, 2028, one week before the general election. No, this date is not explained, of course.
đ¨Want to know where all the immigration enforcement money is going to? We've got you covered! - $51.6 billion for border wall ($46.6 billion for wall, $5 billion for CBP checkpoints and facilities). - $45 billion for ICE detention - $29.9 billion for ICE enforcement Grand total: $170.7 billion.
Americans are so used to hearing numbers and not having to understand what the size really is DoD estimated that the direct cost of three years (Feb â22 - Dec â24) of Russiaâs fullscale invasion of Ukraine was around $200bill
Chance that this guyâwho onJan 6 told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, âKill âem! Kill âem! Kill âem!ââcould get a security clearance in normal times: Zero. Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
An analysis of how misogyny is the âgateway hateâ to extremist violence theconversation.com/i-analyzed-m...
Trump is taxing all Americans to help Zuck and Elonâs bottom line.
To review Trump said that he talked to Newsom âa day ago.â Newsom responded that âthere was no phone call.â Fox said Newsom was lying because they had talked about 3 days earlier. Newsom says that, as a result, Fox News owes him $787 million.
This is a pretty dumb lawsuit that will probably be dismissed. But even if it doesnât, adopting Trumpâs tactic of suing media organizations for huge amounts over minor issues is a very bad idea.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari... @davidlitt.bsky.social and I but sadly not Emily the dog will be at Politics & Prose Sat at 5 pm. See the local Contrarians there!
Please continue to grant us the strength and courage to audit these elections, thank you and amen. đ
They bend every law, they break every law, they hack voting machines, they deploy roving gangs of thugs to steal people off the street, they openly embrace racism, they lie nonstop, they incite political violence, and much more. Their evil knows no limits. Then they claim to be followers of Jesus.
Trump's masked thugs nabbed the father of a Trump-supporting Latino family in Florida. This is what they voted for. They sided with a fascist monster and their votes now costing them their lives and the lives of millions of innocent people in the country.
Full interview and more from MeidasTouch here: youtu.be/wt6GXfixlZI
Newsom: The gloves are off. Letâs go. Weâre gonna call out the bullshit. And the propaganda. And the weaponization of lies and disinformation on networks like FoxâŚ
Finally some sense at Fox.
Read my newest article on Psychology Today âŹď¸ You're more likely than you think to defend your irrational beliefs. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/free...
Coming to a car wash near you. Dry off your car and watch multiple kidnappings. Trump's ICE America
This piece from @sbg1.bsky.social is absolutely deadly â but the point, as she highlights, remains: âthe reason NATO members agreed to Trumpâs demand âis not only the Russian military threat (which Trump denies exists) but the realization that they can no longer count on the United States.ââ
Who is against these policies? Are people so far gone that they prefer their taxes pay for corporate welfare and massive pointless bombs over education and transportation?
I just started watching Fair Game on DVD. Wondering if that is who you got.
3/3 This is about how intelligence gets used⌠or misused. How wars can be shaped by who decides what gets believed. This is the kind of story most never hear...from the very person who was there. Tomorrow. On The Jack Hopkins Show podcast. Be ready.
2/3 She was the one who personally evaluated the source behind the Iraqi biological weapons intel that Bush used to justify the 2003 invasion. What she saw...and what happened next...is a story of power...pressure...and intelligence on the edge. You wonât want to miss this.
1/3 Tomorrow, Iâm sitting down with someone who knows the CIA like few ever will...a 25-year veteran of the Directorate of Operations. She was there when the stakes were life and death. Youâve heard the headlines. She lived the inside story. Stay tuned
This is precisely the end game. They wrote it all down in 2023 in a catchy little manual called #Project2025.
Also available as an audiobook and on library apps like Hoopla
If youâve never watched Bill Moyers interviewing Joseph Campbell on his concept of the heroâs journey, itâs worth your time. Hereâs the audio:
âDemocracy belongs to those who exercise it.â Rest in Peace, Bill Moyers. đď¸
A great loss.
And if you click through THAT, you see the story is mostly about the parliamentarian ruling against a slew of provisions in the Big Ugly. It's only 5 œœ down where we get these 73 words about Trump. Incidentally, Democrats--who WON those parliamentiary rulings--are not mentioned once.
