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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?"
I'm just going to keep noting that the owner and operator of Twitter -- the social media that too many politicians and pundits use to determine what's "normal" -- keeps on pushing the white supremacist Great Replacement Theory that has been the motivation for multiple mass shootings in this country.
I’ll be on “The Weeknight” at 7:30. See you then.
That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
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“We used to say you can't negotiate with terrorist organizations for a reason. The Republican Party is an extremist movement. You can't negotiate with them.” @stuartpstevens.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on The Bulwark Podcast:
It was awesome!!!!
Ugh, it's probably going to be another slurring, breathless rambling speech about how persecuted he is,the big tough guy walks up to him with tears in eyes, his bizarro math, falsely accusing multiple people,a ton of lies and more empty promises in
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
Henry Cavill would make an awesome Bond plus he looks great with his shirt on & off ♥️
Imagine being a small business with debt, that you used to import products you had manufactured in china. In the time it took to make the products, tariffs were added, that more than doubled your cost. They are crushed Are there any states offering support for their businesses ?
"Even in a long line of anti-labor GOP presidents, Trump stands out. And while he may not succeed in completely destroying collective bargaining in America, he’s poised to strike terrible blows against organized labor." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
As bad as I thought it was going to be, trust me it was bad, this is sooo much worse.😥
Even on the hardest days, ya gotta find joy and silliness. What pathogen would you dress up as? Tonight, I'm feeling a little spirochete action. (The Lyme one! Get your mind out of the gutter 😜)
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Just f'ing believe them!! #pedofuhrer #epsteintrumpfiles Foxtrot Delta Tango.
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This part. Everyone should be taking notes from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social’s @mizzwelch.bsky.social
In honor of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina: "Heck of a job you're doing, Donny."
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He’s the Vice President of the United States. He could actually *do* something about this instead of just play pretend games.
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Little kids are having to use their bodies to shield friends from gunfire while armed soldiers are busy picking up trash.
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A couple of months ago, the Navy dishonored civil rights hero Harvey Milk by removing his name from a ship. Now, the Air Force is dishonoring itself by celebrating a domestic terrorist called Ashli Babbitt.
Ousted CDC chief told to break the law: Colleague www.rawstory.com/cdc-firing-i...
"Literally no one thinks prayer is a substitute for action." Then why is prayer, literally, *always* the substitute for action, you willfully obtuse asshole?
One thing that really hits you when you're directly affected by gun violence in schools is that there's nowhere to hide. Public, private, religious, whatever - unless you're going to homeschool your kids, we live in a world where they're at risk of something like this happening.
Mother Earth is watching. Don't be complicit.
Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
Never before in our history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many of us, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next. This is what dictatorship looks like.
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Thiel must be anxious to kick Trump to the curb.
“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is it that killing a single person is seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?” Dr Bill Foege
".. Social Security numbers .. individuals’ full names, addresses and birth dates, among other details that could be used to steal their identities .." @nytimes.com #DOGE www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
His completely bought majority on scotus bends & shreds the Constitution for the clown.
Girl!!!
@petsagainsttrump.bsky.social
The persecuted princess can't keep track of his lies.
Nothing happens without the persecuted princess's okay
LOLOLOL This absolutely never happened!!!
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2/2 This means: fewer protections for the people who protect YOUR health. Weakening CDC, FDA and NIH staff means weaker pandemic response, food safety, and health security. This is union-busting BS, and it should worry everyone.
The top cities high in crime are red states.. he's doing this to blue states with a Democrat governor and Black mayors which I'm sure is just a coincidence. 🙄
Mace is a moron
Obama lives rent free in his tiny, dementia laden brain
WTF is this Ole Kook talking about??
Our constitutional republic does not have any provision which allows a president to enact a criminal statute by executive order that would put people in prison. bsky.app/profile/atru...
They probably started him on anticoagulants to help treat his heart failure and prevent clotting d/t an arrhythmia. It's definitely not CVI.
This is what Trump doesn't want you to see.
Hail to the bus driver, Bus driver, bus driver, Hail to the bus driver, Bus driver-man. He screams and he cusses At ICE like we mustes Hail to the bus driver, Bus driver-man. Come on, help a good man out:
I ❤️ @BlackKnight10K, he's a great follow.
Brittany Henderson, an attorney for numerous Epstein victims and survivors: "Ghislaine Maxwell was federally indicted on two perjury counts … I can't imagine that her testimony will be given much weight by anyone with any knowledge whatsoever of her involvement with Jeffrey Epstein."
John Bolton's house is the first of Trump's detractors to be raided by his "FBI". I'm going to read Bolton's book after all. There's a reason Trump chose him first...
The Santa Rosa case is horrifying, but it should be a wake-up call. A SR security guard poses as police officer to rape women. If Trump’s immigration enforcement practices make it easier for criminals to masquerade as “ICE” or “police,”then this administration’s policies are not just failing—
Governor Wes Moore tells Donald Trump to stop talking about Maryland unless he's willing to come to our communities and stand with us. FEMA denied disaster aid for western Maryland after severe flooding in May caused an estimated $33.7 million in damages.
Bolton’s home raided, Gen. Kruse fired, Epstein coverup proceeds, seizure of 10% of Intel another step towards state capitalism. Just one day in the somewhat chaotic but directionally purposeful march towards…despotism. Does anyone think they’re doing all this so they can hand over power in 2028?
Easy to see how he has so many failed businesses.
"If you want to have a coup against the constitutional order, you want to control the capital city. And if he has control of the policing in the city of Washington...Who's gonna tell him to leave the White House?" @gtconway.bsky.social joins @jvl.bsky.social:
Investigating the president’s critics
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President Donald Trump announced he will issue a new executive order as part of a “movement to get rid of” mail-in voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
He's trying to get rid of mail-in votes and voting machines. But sure, the 2024 election was fully legit.
As @GovBillLee says Tennessee will give Elon Musk as much free land as he needs for their ridiculous Teslas-only tunnel, Holly McCall points out we can’t even take care of kids in TN DCS custody but sure let’s give the world’s richest man free stuff. tennesseelookout.com/2025/08/18/t...
The DOJ sandwich thrower as it turns out is a much decorated active duty staff Sergeant in the Marines. He identified himself immediately and offered to self surrender to the felony charge, but they sent 20 officers to arrest him. What a debacle it would be if the grand jury declines to indict.
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The Trump-Putin Summit menu leaked. This is what Vladimir Putin ate:
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Crockett: We're talking about them going after Clyburn in South Carolina, Andre Carson in Indiana, Reverend Cleaver in Missouri. Emilia Sykes in Ohio, three of the four black representatives that we currently have in the state of Texas. So don't tell me this isn't about race…
This is disturbing. In Arleta, Los Angeles on Monday, masked ICE agents detained a 15-year-old boy with significant disabilities. He was with his family registering another student for school when federal agents pulled him aside and handcuffed him. They also left bullets on the ground.
If you live in DC and are active on normie social media sites, you should be flooding the zone with videos of boring peaceful life in the city.
NEW: In addition to her sex offender waiver, Ghislaine Maxwell has an “out” designation that would allow her to leave the facility for work assignments. Some work assignments for FPC Bryan inmates are at Texas A&M University which is just 6 miles away. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
He got what he voted for.
"“I ain’t ever bought no prostitutes. I ain’t never raped nobody. I ain’t never paid anybody off. None of that stuff,” said G, a resident from one of the photographed tents. “He’s much more of a criminal than I am”" streetsensemedia.org/article/home...
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It almost feels like we're at the part of Don't Look Up where Leonardo DiCaprio is the only person who realizes it's too late. It's possible I took too much gummy, but like...,it does feel that bleak right?
Girl, I took a lil extra edible because I feel the same way.
Mr.Wu is spot on!
Gene Wu responds: "This office does not belong to Greg Abbott, and it does not belong to me. It belongs to the people of House District 137, who elected me. I took an oath to the constitution, not a politician's agenda, and I will not be the one to break that oath."
Geez, even Brown bowed down to Cankles, these people know what's coming & they choose to bow down rather than stand for democracy.
It’s only news when the Democrats play hardball too.
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Page One in Indy.
Truth!
The old days before John Roberts destroyed the scotus & back when there were Republicans with integrity who didn't cover up the crimes of their party's "leader".
Girl, I am so happy to see you on TV again! BTW you look amazing!! Haven't spoken to you since I left the Leon's X crement site. I'll be watching Leanne this weekend. How are your fur babies??
Tech "giants" do not need to know my health info and it's protected by HIPPA.
Vance's lies are as awful as his eyeliner.