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Lawyer, consultant, cat daddy, true crime TV addict, and unapologetic #SocialDemocrat. A new student of Stoic philosophy - trying hard to embody Stoic principles. #AmorFati #MomentoMori. DM without checking first is likely an INSTANT BLOCK.
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SCOOP: Sources at the House Oversight Committee confirm documents posted by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna are the same ~33,000 pages of Epstein documents they received — 97% already public — and part of a broader plan to block transparency.
"There is value, still, in a collective response to Official Bullshit."
Authoritarian Strongman Threatens to Suppress Regional Dissent with Military Force
The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
Gov. Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend any of this is normal... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights... in the fake guise of fighting crime... Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities... What comes next?"
Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, what’s the timeline for the book on how the President went missing like a week after he had weird bruising on his hands?
This is the most corrupt President in the history of America. We must hold him accountable, and we must dismantle the entire system of corruption in our government. Ban congressional stock trading, ban the revolving door between Congress and lobbying, end big money in politics.
The press conference with the Epstein victims begins at 10:30 am. The attempt to drown out the press conference using the military as both a distraction and a message begins at 11:00 am.
This type of "school lunch goulash" is, drop dead, one of my most favoritist favorite meals EVER! Thanks for the reminder that I, a (sorta) grown-up person, could make this for myself anytime I wanted, and I don't have to wait for Tuesday lunch.
In a major setback to President Donald Trump’s attempt to purge independent agencies, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to block a lower court order reinstating Democratic commissioner Rebecca Slaughter to the Federal Trade Commission. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Is Dying And Lying About It
The U.S. military is now going to be judges in immigration court cases. If you think it’ll stop there you’re wrong. It’s a military coup. If we ever get past this the bloated, corrupt Pentagon needs to be gutted.
JB Pritzker: “First, I want to address the president’s unhinged remarks a few minutes ago, begging me to call him. No, I will not call the president asking him to send troops to Chicago. I made that clear already.”
“Stone Cold Jane Austen just posted that you ‘look like a sentient club foot.’ See?”
Jeffrey Epstein survivors say they haven't had any contact with the DOJ
Another GOPer Calls Out Trump’s ‘Pocket Rescissions’ Gambit For What It Is talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
If you fellow Floridians want to know who and or what is keeping the Covid vaccine from us it’s NOT the CDC! It’s our Dep of Health run by an antivaxxer appointee of DeathSantis! It’s widely available in NJ and other states right now! Sneaky weird Ron is fucking with us again!
Been thinking a lot about Fort Sheridan, north of Chicago. It was built on land donated by Chicago's wealthy elite to have a nearby army base so troops would be around to break strikes and respond to labor unrest. Sheridan Road existed in large part to transport troops to Chicago's south side.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles
Lol have to take an English proficiency test again, for a job interview this time I just think if you have a degree in English literature and have literally been an English teacher, you should get some kind of permanent certificate that you can flash that's like I'M FLUENT; I WON ENGLISH
Texas state Sen. Charles Perry (R) apologized on the Senate floor Tuesday, after Democracy Docket reported last week on racist remarks he made about immigrants at a 2022 legislative hearing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The commander of that strike needs to be prosecuted for murder. It was a patently illegal order.
I’m old enough to remember when we had 47,000 congressional hearings over Hunter Biden allegedly making money off his father’s name. Meanwhile, Trump’s corruption, in the billions, gets openly celebrated.
Today, we met and heard the stories of the victims of Jeffrey Epstein. What they revealed is not only the trauma of hundreds of young women, but a cover-up of epic proportions involving the wealthy, the well-connected, and even our own government. We will follow every thread until there is justice.
It's official. Joni Ernst is not running for re-election. She saw the writing on the wall. We're going to flip this seat.
White House reminds press pool that lots of presidents smell like they’ve been decomposing for 5 days
The last CR (allowed to advance to a vote by several democratic senators including Chuck Schumer) defunded DC by $1.1B to include law enforcement. I'll be writing and calling and screaming that the next continuing resolution IS NOT PASSED without FUNDING DC (among other things.)
Pritzker on Trump's plan for Chicago: "Unidentifiable agents in unmarked vehicles with masks are planning to raid Latino communities and say they're targeting violent criminals."
Also, Jeffries is propping up a series of dangerous fictions -- Trump sincerely wants to help Americans, legislation is still how we get things done, Trump will work to us to do that -- that only provide cover for Trump. Trump's clearly pushed Congress aside! So say it! And fucking act like it!
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“I think they regret their vote, they’re just embarrassed to admit it.” Nah. There’s a more direct reason: they don’t regret it. The man is doing what he promised and what folks voted for. If they aren’t saying anything, THEY AGREE. I know it’s hard, but we have to deal in truth to move forward.
So they re-released most of the same shit they gave the GOP binder crew in February? Color me shocked. Never thought I’d say this, but I’m with Massie. Release the rest of the damn Epstein files, not this cherry-picked bullshit.
A good read about a terrible person Russ Vought.
Deploying the military against Americans.
New York just got its first hybrid ferry, and it runs between Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Governors Island! The hybrid system works by using diesel-fueled generators to charge the onboard battery system, but eventually it won’t need the generators at all when a rapid charger is installed at the docks.
A rare member of Congress not actively seeking to cement their own irrelevance. @politico.com www.politico.com/live-updates...
Donald will be preparing for EARLY MORNING SEPT 3... AND THE MEDIA WILL TAKE THE BAIT... as he tries to silence and minimize the TRUMP - EPSTEIN files
Retired Master Sergeant here… “Alex, I’ll take things that GIs have never said for $1000.”
Not a drag queen
😎🌵🪴 seriously, what did you think was going to happen? www.reuters.com/business/us-...
The media's basic assumption that crimes only count if they happen in secret has been Trump's saving grace throughout his two terms. He keeps blabbing about them -- here, he's posting a video of a targeted assassination of civilians -- but because he's so brazen they assume it's no big deal.
Ain't no way that they actually think that 33,000 JPEGs of procedural court materials — most of which were already public — are gonna quiet down people asking questions about Epstein.
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.
Centrist pundits are very concerned about Bluesky users not getting the minimum daily requirement of Nazi in their social media diet. Let's compare factual grasp of current events from Bluesky users to Fox viewers and talk about THAT.
Pritzker like Newsom understands the assignment. Our Congress critters need to take note.
This is the secretary of energy and also why climate advocates almost universally feel like jumping into a volcano.
This, all day every day.
Must be tense in the Oval Office w/rumors of Trump's demise & Vance always sneaking in there adjusting the chair to fit & Trump having to chase him away waving his putter in a threatening manner.
Religion in America is mostly for personal gain. It’s generally performance Christianity. Usually from the most immoral people out there. The louder their performance Christianity. Is usually from the most immoral of them.
Kristi Noem's Non-Stop Slander Invites Congress to Ask Melania about Her Close Ties to Jeffrey Epstein www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/02/k...
Looks like Kristi Noem’s de facto Chief of Staff thinks he’s lined up the kind of “judges” that they want.
Women continued to outvote men in 2024, despite an overall drop in turnout. “The turnout rate for women voters in 2024 was the second highest in all presidential elections since 1980.” Great data in this report from the Center for American Women and Politics. cawp.rutgers.edu/blog/women-c...
If Venezuela used her military to shoot drug traffickers at our coastline, Republicans would drop a nuclear bomb on Venezuela.
Gavin Newsom mocking Karoline Leavitt as Effie Trinket from the Hunger Games 👏🏼🤣🏆
Pentagon, moving Space Farse, to AL, it will take 5-10 years of a TOTAL BONDOGGLE and costing US the tax payers Billions! And, where will the Fed Govt Employees come from? AL is like 48th in Education and there's not one Employee wants to Move to AL from CO. Here's an Answer, SCRAP THE SPACE FARSE!!
WATCH NOW ON NBC!
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... I’m shocked that the pedo felon reneged
It’s the year 2025. We’ve had only one president born after 1946. We’ve had no presidents born after 1961. Gerontocracy is a helluva drug.
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Vinay Prasad, who is both making it harder to get the Covid vax and has been anti-work from home in the past, is barely coming into office. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
MAGA will never understand.
I'm aware that the President likes to go on television and beg me to call him to ask for troops. I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops. I also have experience asking him for assistance – just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.
CHICAGO - WESTERN BURBS From six weeks ago but I can only imagine it's still an issue & maybe even more so now: "An Oak Park agency that helps local immigrants says it has an 'urgent need' for community support and donations." The agency is the Oak Park’s Catholic Parishes' Migrant Ministry.
Every single Savvy Political Insider™ who pretends that Trump's illegal power grabs are just another version of partisan maneuvering and not a true threat to democratic institutions and the country as a whole:
The burden on America will keep getting heavier until something gives.
The goals of twitter are very obvious. Remove the ability to serve external sources of truth by killing links. Teach people to use Grok as the arbiter of truth. Make grok serve propaganda.
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We need Democratic AGs to make it clear they will launch investigations under state law if one of their residents dies due to RF Kennedy Jr's dangerous actions. This is the only way to save lives! My article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-mus...
ICE is on track to gain access to controversial spyware designed to hack phones and read private messages after the Trump administration jettisoned a Biden-era order.
Hakeem Jeffries: "Donald Trump promised that he would lower housing costs on day one. Here's a suggestion for the Trump administration: try to legislate, and maybe we can find common ground in order to get something done for the American people."
It’s the Confederate Army retaking the Union states (and the nations Capital). This is the civil war redux GOP turned MAGA Party has been pushing since Reagan kicked off with a dog whistle 1980 speech on (irony alert) “states rights” in Neshoba, Miss where the Klan murdered 3 freedom riders.
Not just Governors but Federal Judges have also declared it unlawful. But Trump is ignoring them until SCOTUS weighs in. Giving him months of lawless tactics before he is reined in. Up side, his private military can be arrested as they are not authorized to do what they are doing.
It’s not beginning. It has begun. They aren’t threatening, they are attacking. It’s not talk, it’s a coup. It’s on. We need to push back in every way we can. Take to the streets to protest. File lawsuits and challenge every worthless edict. Canvass and petition. Vote. Fight back.
Guess what USMC and National Guard? You followed illegal orders. It’s almost like we all stood in the streets and yelled it in your faces. apple.news/AI2Kh-eP0R-y...
Pritzker should mobilize the Illinois National Guard to oppose them. Extreme? Maybe. But I don’t see why he should just let another state effectively invade his.
Glad to see Pritzker standing up forcefully against the current tyrant in chief. Needless to say, none of this is normal, and every day it’s pushing us closer and closer to an outright shooting war. If you’re a member of the military, remember you swore an oath to the Constitution above all else.
I get media is a broad term. I understand independent media does a good job reporting in general. But y’all, legacy media has become a real problem and if they can’t report on the president’s abuses accurately they are going to tank democracy for good.
"These are not empty rituals. They are affirmations of truth and service to the values and ideals of our country. To equate those sacred honors with the violence of January 6th is not only wrong. It is dangerous."
Here's a ray of sunshine in a very dark world Germany has already exceeded its goal of shutting down 8 GW of coal plants - 3 years earlier than expected Amazing what a little sun and wind can do 😎 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
there's a special election tonight in Florida's SD-15 tonight, which is an Orlando-area 61-38% Harris district. looks like Dems will have a big overperformance. as of 3 PM, turnout is 60% D, 27% R, 12% NPA, 1% other (+34% D). that's a MUCH better margin than current registration or 2024 turnout.
(I will say that I'm glad that this time around, whoever was arranging the people in front of the cameras ahead of JB's statement made sure that we could all see the actual mayor of Chicago in the frame too...!)
BREAKING: Trump announces Rudy Giuliani will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — despite felony charges in two states, including racketeering, and over $100M in civil liabilities.
BREAKING: A federal judge ruled Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles broke the Posse Comitatus Act...barring the military from domestic policing. Order limits troop roles in CA; stayed until Sept. 12 pending appeal. Confirmed by AP and Reuters
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)
you'd think the governor of illinois basically going "we're being invaded by an authoritarian" would be something you'd see real easy on the front page of most everything an hour later
I think soldiers who go on this deployment deserve these tabs:
An invitation to once again march to the sea.
Pritzker: "We have reason to believe that the Trump administration has already begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment in Illinois."
Real "Biden revealing Russia was planning to invade Ukraine while Russia was claiming it was just a training exercise" vibes.
Support the thesis but Newsom has backed up talk with redistricting legislation that may save Congress, serious legal challenges to Posse Comitatus that we just won in court.
the thing is that by getting out in front of this instead of waiting for it to happen Pritzker might actually short circuit the whole thing. Texas is already issuing denials.