J.B. Pritzker is 100% right. Please listen to him, pay attention, and join us in speaking out against authoritarianism and to protect free and fair elections.
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J.B. Pritzker is 100% right. Please listen to him, pay attention, and join us in speaking out against authoritarianism and to protect free and fair elections.
CW: Sexual assault Women are being kidnapped and assaulted by men who impersonate ICE agents. This is one of many reasons why we can’t have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Urge your elected officials to take action today: www.bluestatedefianc...
Once again, Border Patrol tells the press this was a targeted kidnapping, yet they took a man who is legally here & in the immigration process. This shows that it was not a targeted investigation as they claimed. Press must stop printing lies. apnews.com/article/immi...
There’s a word for that: corruption.
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
“A dangerous crank — what on Earth are you on about??!” @chrislhayes.bsky.social goes in on RFK Jr. for claiming he can diagnose kids just by looking at them.
Welch: Everybody's missing the point here. The point is, he's doing this on purpose. He's priming the public to get accustomed to having the military in the streets
Missiouri Republican Rep. MarkAlford to his angry constituents: "If you didn't want to hear my lies, why did you come here?"
Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
@repkimschrier.bsky.social @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov if any of you are still taking money from AIPAC then you will be out of a job next election cycle. Full stop.
cc: @schumer.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov 😡
@kenmartin.bsky.social you listening?!!!
TW ⚠️ NBC shows another angle of the 2nd strike on Nasser hospital, which targeted rescue workers responding after the first strike killed journalists International volunteers say they were suspiciously required to leave for a training. Bibi calls it a “tragic mishap”
@democrats.org WAKE UP!! @murray.senate.gov you’re a senior senator get your colleagues off the donor teet and TAKE ACTION NOW!!
🚨BREAKING: In a landmark victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the state Legislature’s gerrymandered congressional map and reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Just received this statement from Lisa Cook: "President Trump purported to fire me 'for cause' when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022."
Tim Walz: "I always get in trouble for it and I'll continue to say it, I don't think we do any favors when we don't name it -- these are fascist policies."
Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social better get to typing as fast as possible for your next book on the absolute batshit craziness of whatever this is. F*cking corporate sellout p*ssy.
Mishap my ass. He belongs in jail.
Netanyahu issued this statement because Israel just bombed journalists in a hospital, then bombed the rescue workers that showed up on live TV, and he knows anyone with a conscience will be horrified. That’s not a “tragic mishap”. And there will be no “thorough investigation”.
Start with leadership who’s ready to get down and dirty to get this country out of the hands of the Heritage Foundation and the other Christo-tech bro-fascists in the current administration. No more fecking stern letters…we’re done.
Whoopsy
"The House Freedom Caucus isn’t just losing, it’s evaporating..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Mail voting is a secure way to cast a ballot. Get the facts: bit.ly/4fLDlDa
⚡️Ukraine, Canada sign joint defense production agreement. The deal will make it easier to establish Ukrainian defense companies in Canada and provide Kyiv "with modern weapons and military equipment in the long term," Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
“I was r*ped sometimes 3 times a day on that island… and I was not the only girl on that island… Ghislaine must die in prison, because I’ve been in hell and back for the last 17 years.” Listen to the survivors.
@murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov @repkimschrier.bsky.social
Trump and JD Vance are vile predators who thrive on chaos. Trump’s a convicted felon, lifelong fraud, liar, loser, predator. MAGA idiots must be called out strongly. Stand up for communities, LGBTQ, and diversity—because when you don’t, they erase history and come for you.
Newsom: We got here because the President is struggling. We got here because the President is one of the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history. We got here because he recognizes that he will lose the election.
He’s such a smug twat
Q: “There was a nonpartisan CBO report showing the bottom 10% lose $1,200 a year while the top 10% add about $13,000. Can you justify that to the poorest Americans?” JD VANCE: “The CBO puts out reports that are atrocious.” (Translation: no, he can’t) #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
Putin demands for Ukraine: 1. Give up all of Donbas 2. No NATO membership, ever 3. No Western troops in Ukraine 1. No 2. Fuck no 3. Eat a dick www.reuters.com/world/china/...
He’s taken over the People’s house and is turning it into a gaudy version of Mar a lago it’s disgusting
“Hey look it’s couch fucker. You gonna fuck a couch buddy?” Is goddamned hilarious.
UPDATE — Obama backs @GavinNewsom’s California Clapback: apnews.com/article/obam... NEW POLL — so do the people: www.axios.com/2025/08/20/n...
I was just on a press call with TX Rep. Nicole Collier, @corybooker.com, and @gavinnewsom.bsky.social. Rep. Collier joined us from the TX Capitol. She was ordered to leave the call, and threatened with a felony charge if she didn’t comply. This is an outrageous violation of her freedom of speech.
Just now…
@govwesmoore.bsky.social and @mayorwu.boston.gov
Forcing lawmakers you disagree with to comply with 24/7 police surveillance is a gross civil liberties violation. President Trump and his allies in Texas will stop at nothing to silence voters of color, including targeting the elected officials who represent them.
Unlike the Trump administration, Boston follows the law—local, state, and federal. The United States Constitution establishes that local governments, closest to the people, hold the authority to enact public safety policies without the threat of unlawful interference from the federal government.
Ohh that's RICH @ohhthatsrich.bsky.social
Thank you, Boston Globe. This is how it's done.
Meiselas: Trump spent the weekend trolling Zelenskyy, basically saying give up your land. Zelenskyy, however, came in with all of Europe — the coalition of the willing — to push back against Donald Trump and to lay down not just Ukraine’s position, but all of Europe’s position.
Then fight like it. Please.
Trump: "President Stubb of Finland. He's uh, somebody that, where are we here? huh? where? where?" President Stubb: "I'm right here." Trump: "oh"
A) Voting rules are state by state. Where all our “states rights” Republicans at? 🤷🏼♂️ B) Most people who haven’t drank the kool-aid would crawl through broken glass to vote against this guy, not sure attacking mail-in voting is the flex he thinks it is.
Trump lies that other countries don’t use mail-in voting — and plainly says out loud that it’s about suppressing Democratic votes, not fraud
Did Putin even say ‘thank you?!’ Where’s his browbeating? Hmm?
Not only is this fucking embarrassing, I can’t imagine how much counterintelligence work is going to be required after this trip. Having a hostile head of state in the presidential limo is *insane*
This is unconscionable. And illegal.
Not legal.
Donald Trump, you have poked the bear — and we will punch back.
WATCH: “Gavin Newsom is a ‘socialist’?? Kellyanne, stop throwing whatever at the wall. You’re just using buzzwords.” @jessicatarlov.bsky.social clowns Conway 🤡
Taking photos and video of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public is our constitutional right. This includes police, FBI, National Guard troops, ICE agents, and other government officials.
Folks, I rarely swear, especially in public. But, Trump is going full fascist, and the GOP and its corporate cheerleaders all support him and his abuse of power. We need Democrats to fight back. If they steal sats, then we will respond. If their feelings are hurt, fuck 'em. Enough.
BREAKING: @governor.ca.gov’s press conference in Little Tokyo has just been crashed by a massive CBP presence…witnesses report 50 vehicles and 100+ agents left the MDC toward Little Tokyo. From the gov’s press office:
Right now, the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are quietly creating problems for Social Security so they can later hand it off to their private equity buddies.
that’s a lot of words for deploying the military on our own soil against our own citizens
Project 2025 was a joint venture bt Heritage (like that dude with the Bismarck picture) and Hungary, a puppet of Russia. It has already done grave damage to American strength, and it's about to destroy American small businesses.
Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren are demanding answers from Cantor Fitzgerald after WIRED reported that the firm was essentially creating a way for clients to bet on whether Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in court. www.wired.com/story/senato...
KENTUCKY’s @govandybeshear.bsky.social: “That’s what’s so sad… the flood killed over 100 people. Their daughters didn’t come home — and now a Texas special session that was supposed to be about them and their families has become purely political. It’s wrong on so many levels.”
It's the 104 year anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt being stricken with Polio. The US has been polio free since 1979. Because of... well, you know.
Sure, Jan. Will someone please make sure he doesn’t give away Alaska and all the resources in the Arctic? Mkay, thanks.
“Paging @jaketapper.bsky.social, pls go to the nearest courtesy phone” ☎️
‘You made us steal from the American people’…phew these crooks take victimhood to another level.
Notice they don’t deny it. Corruption and grift at every turn. 🇺🇸
I'm sick of NYT's Peter Baker talking about Trump "dominating the national conversation" when he should be saying Trump is acting like a dictator. The truer the label "dictator" is, the less likely that Baker and other mainstream journos will say it.
I literally mention that in my reporting!
What’s going on with the official DHS accounts is out of control
NEVER FORGET — when the National Guard WASN’T called, and that he lied when he said he couldn’t.
Trump is planning a rapid response military force to deploy domestically against Americans to crush their First Amendment right to protest. Suppression of civil liberties, politicization of the military, and a disregard for laws are hallmarks of authoritarianism. Pay attention. wapo.st/46UGmic
Democratic mayors: “A political charade… crime is down in most major cities, including Washington, DC – in spite of Trump…” themindshield.com/democratic-m...
guess what all these mayors have in common. i’ll wait.
Israel an unhinged, deadly rogue state committing war crimes ad nauseam with the aid of the U.S.
They are going to burn up billions in taxpayer funded equipment because they don’t want Americans to have access to scientific proof
It’s time to wake up - we are literally on the verge of losing our democracy if Donald Trump cheats his way to those seats in Texas.
Well, we all know that it won’t cost $200 million to build that garish gilded room, but I am interested in where the $190 million remaining will go…his pockets, I know. We are in The Corruption Age.
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
He’s deliberately destroying the economy. He and his Project 2025 overlords want the majority of Americans poor, uneducated and too afraid to fight back. They’ve captured the court which will likely gut the VRA and our rights will continue to erode even further.
@murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov WTF
Well, I’m gonna insist that you listen to this. Definition of terms: “these people” = Latino migrants “Inner city people” = Black people “We tried to get them [inner city people] to do it” = slavery & sharecropping
By this point, everyone must understand that Trump is a liar. As long as anti-abortion extremists who believe a fetus has the same rights as a person hold sway in the Republican Party, the GOP will NEVER support IVF in a meaningful way.
Dems should fight on every front. If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts. We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File. Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.
Ask him how he pays for his healthcare!
“How do you expect to pay back all this debt?” Nebraska Republican Rep. Mike Flood: *Drowned out by “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!” chants*
👇🏽 — ask them.
NY GOV. KATHY HOCHUL: “If we refuse to fight for our democracy, we’re doomed to lose it… bullies in Texas are not going to intimidate us.”
When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together. With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection. If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
Can’t tax tips that don’t exist
Tariffs without Congressional approval are taxation without representation. Time to throw tea into the harbor.
Oh good this dictatorship is starting show trials Jack smith will mop the floor with these a-holes.
BREAKING: We're suing ICE for unlawfully targeting and arresting people who show up to court for their immigration hearings.
He’s not wrong. The Schumer generation isn’t built for this fight ( many are a part of the problem) it’s time for courage, change, and fisticuffs.
To them every part of government - even Social Security - is just a source of enrichment for their billionaire friends. "Privatizing" Social Security is just about getting Wall Street a bunch of fees to manage money.
Convicted felon dictators don’t deserve a library.
She is not a victim. She is capitalizing off her partnership with Epstein TO THIS DAY RIGHT NOW AN HOUR AGO
It was never going to stop at trans people. They want to control everyone's Healthcare and dictate what you can take and when.
Epstein victim: “I’ve never met a more predatory human being… hundreds of us were preyed upon by Ghislaine Maxwell… she’s not a victim she’s a victimizer.” This is who Trump & his allies are cutting a deal with in an attempt to alleviate his Epstein files cover-up pressure.
🙏🏼 share, speak up and let the filthy animals in power know that this is unacceptable. Isaiah Martin is an incredible man with so much potential and has ties and friendship with so many of us. I hope folks will have his back, because I know he would have ours. Make it loud, please 🙏🏼
What they fail to understand is that when Democrats say, “Burn it ALL down,” they aren’t saying, “Except for this Democratic guy my mom liked.” This isn’t their special path to no consequences for their predators. Burn. It. All. Down.
