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The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
Frickin’ truth. IT IS AN AUTHORITARIAN POWER GRAB.
Be LOUD for America. Call out what you see. Film it. Expose it for what it is.
Yup.
Under Dr. Oz, Medicare is launching a pilot program that will use AI to determine whether patients would be covered for certain procedures. Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims. Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.
The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
Pritzker: Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
A landslide in the middle of a war & famine that was declared last year & has since spread across Sudan. About 25 million people need urgent food aid, according to the UN, while at least 14 million have been forced from their homes. Where is the int’l attention? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/w...
This should be the lead story in all major national news outlets. Public health people prefer to stay out of the limelight unless there is no other choice. I can’t overstate how bad things have to be for 9 former CDC directors to band together and pen an op-ed in the NYT warning the entire country.
senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
August 31, 2025
Why has Trump been attacking unions and workers’ rights? He wants working people to feel helpless and divided. Trump and his billionaire backers realize that the collective power of a unified labor movement outweighs their own power. Know this: Workers outnumber the oligarchs.
The number I saw was $1M a day for the National Guard yard work. Not free and not less expensive than the 180 National Park employees who were in the new ‘waste, fraud, and corruption’ column of the taxpayer balance sheet.
Hmmmm. Me as well.
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
“Let’s begin by saying that we are living through a very dangerous time.” So opens “A Talk to Teachers,” which James Baldwin delivered to a group of educators in October, 1963.
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
RFK Jr. transformed conspiracy theories into action and reshaped American policy in just a few months. @annamerlan.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social break down just how we got here:
not just that he has no constitutional authority, there isn't even any particular legal or institutional mechanism by which the president can make anyone treat this as anything other than a weird advisory opinion.
For those asking, my American Revolution lecture course is free online here: oyc.yale.edu/history/hist...
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
🚨🔥🔥🔥🚨 Truth to power! 1/2
We should all follow!
If you’re interested in finding out what we can do to fight back against the gerrymandering in Missouri, I hope you’ll join this call. I will be speaking on the call. www.mobilize.us/indivisiblek...
CHICAGO…
"Ana's" been working in California agriculture for 20 years. "Right now I am weeding lettuce. I have to separate the young lettuce plants so they can grow. I have to walk a lot and by the end of the day my hands and feet are very tired." #WeFeedYou
No one is saying this except Trump.
Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day. Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day. It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.
You don’t need to send me a story about how it saved you an hour at work or helped you solve a math riddle or even self-diagnose a medical ailment. My thinking will be the same. That is nice and it is still not worth the societal costs.
NPR: “A whistleblower says a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names & birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud lacking adequate security...” www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
I salute her. More people should be following her lead, rather than caving to unmerited and/or unconstitutional power grabs.
THIS
My current favorite bit of right-wing Christian hypocrisy is Ken Paxton, a man whose wife is divorcing him for adultery, forcing Texas schools to unconstitutionally post "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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My law firm is currently litigating 52 voting and election cases in 23 states. This includes the Ohio case we filed on Friday night and the redistricting case challenging Texas' new congressional map. I am thankful for our clients willing to wage these fights. They, not the lawyers, are the heroes.
This hits right on time… My wife and I had the great privilege of visiting the African-American Museum in DC, and let me just tell you if you have not been…It is a masterpiece—go.
Over a quarter of all homes sold in the first three months of 2025 were bought by real estate investors. If we want to make housing affordable again, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?feature=shared
Alexander Hamilton once declared that the sacrifice of national honor is political suicide.
PRETTY MUCH.
“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.
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
The near daily Zoom calls between blue state attorneys general: Fascinating and encouraging.
Bet they weren’t planning to give ANY of those stocks to the state, but…so much for their forecasting skills.
Donald Trump says he is going to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. This is what weak men do to pretend they’re strong. Stay safe, stand with your community, and most importantly, know your rights:
James Baldwin’s message was simple: we’re afraid of love, because we’re afraid of exposing our true selves.
Let’s be clear about what’s really going on over at Target. They’re playing us. The current CEO, will “step down,” but he’s moving up to exec chair of the Board of Directors. That’s rewarding his failure. The new CEO, is the current COO & has been w/Target for 20 years. Nothing’s really changing.
That’s what it’s supposed to be.
People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
Important. Clear, concise, imperative. Please watch.
I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded. HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
NEW: Oregon and Pennsylvania are the latest to reject the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) effort to acquire states’ private voter data, according to letters obtained by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
A half dozen armed goons brutally attacked a man FOR EATING IN PUBLIC?
🗣️ LIBRARIES ARE COOLING CENTERS! Beat the heat by visiting your local library for air conditioning. Please be kind if their AC is on the fritz! They are doing their best, just like you 🩵
This is a very helpful guide. I believe we’ve reached the stage of the proceedings where it would be a good idea to study this, especially if traveling. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
FACT BRIEF: Is there a secure process to track Arizona’s mail-in ballots? Yes. Every mail-in ballot in Arizona carries a unique barcode tied to a voter, which prevents duplication and allows secure tracking. Read more, via @tallulahanne.bsky.social azcir.org/news/2025/08...
Texas State Rep Ann Johnson has had enough!
The lack of self-awareness @gavinnewsom.bsky.social has baited them into is incredible. This is easily the funniest thing Hannity has ever said.
Here, fixed it.
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
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Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.
“The state will be much better off if we just say private equity companies shouldn’t own our hospitals,” Murphy said.
An executive order isn’t a law.
From @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social: “If you’re under 65 and not high risk, the window to get a Covid-19 vaccine is right now—before the FDA label changes (possibly this Friday). Once it happens, access will be limited immediately.”
A beatdown in broad daylight was caught on video: Masked men in tactical vests grappled, tased, and piled onto a delivery worker. Pinning the worker face down on the pavement, agents tased him again and punched him repeatedly in the head.
An idea:
Again: this is not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.
As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous. Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet. The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year. Something has gone terribly wrong.
here's clips of Elise Stefanik getting brutally booed at an event today in her district
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The fact that generations of people taught to ‘not take candy from strangers’ and ‘don’t get in a car that stops and offers you a ride’ and had actual Stranger Danger curriculum in school are BEING the Danger and cheering them on and taking ANY of this as acceptable!!
So if a group of men -- all of them wearing masks, with no uniforms or badges visible, driving unmarked cars -- approach anyone on the streets of DC, they're just supposed to submit?
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
open.substack.com/pub/harrydun... A subway sandwich gets a felony, my attempted murderer got a pardon... my latest
I want every blue state to do what Gavin Newsom is doing. Give the GOP no quarter. 
ALABAMA: “The verdict is in. The state’s tough immigration law just isn’t working out… American workers not mentally or physically fit enough to last one day…”
Want to know what fascism looks like? Masked military thugs positioned outside the press conference of an opponent. Here you go. An open threat.
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I teamed up with @repdexteror.bsky.social to introduce the CLEAR ID Act because ICE shouldn't be allowed to hide behind masks and unmarked cars—especially not on the taxpayer’s dime. (1/2)
Responding to your comments, Part 2! Keep letting me know how you’re feeling – it helps me represent you better. You can also always call my office to share your concerns at (503) 387–8651.
If I can wear an N95 mask while helping fire-proof a house in 25+ degree heat during the fire crisis in @govnl.bsky.social , then as healthcare providers we have ZERO excuse to not wear them (thereby protecting patients) in air-conditioned comfort in healthcare settings. @thewhn.bsky.social
If you’re trying to erase history, you’re on the wrong side of it.
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
My reporting has come to the attention of Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney. Here’s the response I provided to the @thedailybeast.bsky.social
The woman petitioning SCOTUS to overturn marriage equality in the name of the sanctity of marriage is on her fourth husband.
Via the BasicBloggerBitch on Instagram…
"Juan" harvests peaches in CAs SJ Valley. "It's HOT during the short peak season and it's hard to keep up the pace needed to make extra money. We climb a 14ft ladder. Our full bag weighs 40 lbs. We run to the crate and back to start again. We earn $30 per 900lb crate." #WeFeedYou
Doesn’t deploy federal troops to stop a Capitol invasion or save children from a Texas flood or clean up debris from a StL tornado. Deployed federal troops to disperse people in sleeping bags. Got it.
It’s not a distraction. It’s fascism.
Oh…so the President DOES have the power to deploy the National Guard. That’s funny…cuz I was told sometime around January 6th, 2021 that it was ‘Nancy Pelosi’s job’ when she was Speaker Of The House. Funny how things change.
I live in rural Missouri, population 480. I travel to DC a few times a year. The President is lying.
NEW: Sen Whitehouse is asking for the following info on the sex offender status waiver and subsequent transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell. I got some of these answers in my reporting. If you work at BOP & have the answers, my signal is in my bio. I’ll keep you anonymous. open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
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If you’re sick right now, please test for Covid. Stay home if it’s at all possible, and wear a mask. Ideally an N95. It’s not over. It was never over. No one is coming to save us so we must save each other. One of the best ways to do that is to commit to breaking chains of transmission!
Missouri Democratic lawmakers are in such a superminority that they don’t even need to show up for laws to be passed in this state. An even sadder statement? A piece of legislation can go from the House to the Senate to becoming a law on the Governor’s desk while never being signed by a woman.
Hochul: "This is what I call a legal insurrection ... they know they're going to lose next year. That's the only reason they're engaged in this. It also might be a nice distraction from people asking -- all of the sudden this happens when? When they refuse to release the Epstein files."
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