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đź“Ł GOOD NEWS: Thanks to a lawsuit filed by @democracyforward.org on behalf of @drsforamerica.bsky.social & #MainStreetAlliance, a federal judge has put a hold on a bunch of Trump Regime #ACA rule changes! BAD NEWS: ...but not one of the worst ones, and only for now... acasignups.net/25/09/03/goo...
No surprise. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/09/03/r...
Bonta: They tried to rely on this supposed exception to the Posse Comitatus Act. And Judge Breyer, during the trial, rightfully asked: “I haven’t seen that in the Constitution. Can you point it out?” Of course, it could not be pointed out by the witness, because it doesn’t exist.
Apparently we’re now making rabies great again. Having lived for a decade where contracting rabies was an actual daily concern, I can tell you it’s a terrifying disease from which, once symptomatic, there is no cure. Seeing lots of screenshots, so tracked down the actual story link:
Let’s fight back, California. Yes on 50!
The president is using the military to dismantle cities that didn't vote for him The president is using the military to distract from women speaking out against his and Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuses. We are not living in ordinary times. Extraordinary responses are called for.
"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda How quick we forget.
BREAKING: 5th circuit panel rejects Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to expel Venezuelan nationals, saying there has been no "invasion" or "predatory incursion." Majority Southwich (George W. Bush) Ramirez (Biden) Dissent Oldham (Trump) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
They keep losing in court because everything they’re doing is illegal
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
MOSKOWITZ: I'm sorry to hear you're leaving the hearing early FARAGE: I have other things to do MOSKOWITZ: You meeting with the president FARAGE: I can't remember MOSKOWITZ: You're leaving to have lunch with the president FARAGE: Hah hah hah hah!
AOC: If anybody says “this isn’t fair, I'm gonna have to divest all my stocks if I run for congress” maybe you should stay home.
"As the Trump 2.0 regime has already demonstrated, it’s dangerous when a dictator begins to confuse his own idiosyncratic (and often performatively sadistic) fantasies with the desires of the public at large. Indeed, it can be downright dystopian." — @davidrlurie.bsky.social
Imagine going on TV to display how thoroughly you have gelded yourself. I'm having an involuntary sympathy cringe.
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on ending all vaccine mandates: "Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery."
FOX: Do you agree with Florida ending all childhood vaccine mandates? MEHMET OZ: I would definitely not have mandates for vaccinations
This guy went to Yale Law School?
McGovern: "You guys think you work for Trump ... Let me repeat -- every single Republican on the Rules Committee voted against releasing the Epstein files. Every single one. We heard last night that all Republicans want full transparency. But that's just not true."
“Their entire media empires depend on leftist excess being the existential danger, making them professionally invested in inflating threats from the left while minimizing threats from the right.” open.substack.com/pub/mikebroc...
Pete Hegseth Committed A(nother) Crime But We Can't Throw Him in Prison www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/03/p...
It's not normal for an American president to send troops to American cities in times of peace. Chicago, document what you see and be loud for America.
"This is President Trump, like the velociraptors in Jurassic Park, testing the fences, and seeing what legal authorities we can twist and exploit." ‪@stevevladeck.bsky.social‬ explains the why the deployment of the National Guard and the Marines in L.A. violated the Posse Comitatus Act
Dogs are getting vaccinated less and rabies rates are rising, in part because 37% of Americans think vaccines will give their dogs... pawtism. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
A US military "advance team" arrived in Chicago yesterday, per leaked memo I obtained:
Davies: And his biggest brag forever was that he was very good friends with Donald Trump. He had an eight by ten framed picture of him on his desk with the two of them, like they were very close.
As a survivor, I can't think of a more fitting metaphor than a rapist creating loud noises with planes as a survivor tries to tell her story. I mean... just wow. Nevertheless, she persisted.
The President has launched a stablecoin whose value is supported by binance, whose CEO is currently in jail, hoping for a bit of a pardon.
"When the world’s most powerful dictators gathered for a show of force, they wouldn’t let Trump sit at the big kids’ table, even though he’s spent the better part of a decade angling to join their club." @jvl.bsky.social looks at the bright side in today's Triad: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-reac...
Massie: I'm calling on my colleagues: be one of the next two who sponsors this discharge petition. I think it's shameful that this has been called a hoax. Hopefully today we can clear that up. This is not a hoax. This is real. There are real survivors.
Other declarations directly contradict the government’s claims that it is merely reunifying children with parents who requested their return to Guatemala
![Plaintiff Children's parents were similarly blindsided by the government's actions to suddenly remove their children from the United States. As M.Y.A.T.C.'s father explained: On or around August 15, 2025, my wife and I received a strange phone call. The person told us in Spanish that the U.S. government is going to soon deport [M.Y.A.T.C.]. as part a large group of Guatemalan children from the United States. The person asked us in Spanish whether we would be able to 8 Case 1:25-cv-02942-TJK Document 20-1 Filed 09/03/25 Page 15 of 50 receive [M.Y.A.T.C.] back. We told the person that [M.Y.A.T.C.] was going to school in the United States and that she has an attorney there. We were very surprised to receive this call. I was alarmed and extremely worried about my daughter after receiving this call. My wife and I told our daughter [M.Y.A.T.C.] about this call, and she became very worried and scared. We do not know why we received this call. We never asked for [M.Y.A.T.C.] to be sent back to Guatemala. Ex. D, Declaration of Rudy Anibal Tiul Cucul (](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t4x2ruk2qmob2b2cx55h4v7r/bafkreibu7rjxwmhevbqj3ifrzvtbmczlh7zolqljidui6k4oqum3psaoli@jpeg "Click to view full size")
New declaration filed in the case brought by unaccompanied migrant children appears to confirm that at least one of the planes carrying minors took off shortly before or during Judge Sooknanan’s hearing on whether to block the flights
In historic proceedings, Brazil’s high court also prosecutes senior officials for alleged coup plot and attacks on democracy, with eight sessions scheduled through Sept. 12. www.courthousenews.com/brazil-supre...
military flyovers disrupt the Epstein victim press conference
Trump on Epstein Files: This is a Democrat hoax. They’re trying to get people to talk about something that is totally irrelevant…
America now has more unemployed people than job openings for the first time since April 2021.
The overall takeaway from the Epstein survivors’ press conference is that they are united and are no longer going to allow rich and powerful men to victimize, silence and intimidate them. Including the ones in Congress and the perp in the Oval Office.
Q: What is your message to President Trump? EPSTEIN SURVIVOR: I don't want to send a direct message to him. I'm already scared enough.
More of this.
TODAY: Join @stevevladeck.bsky.social and me for a Substack LIVE discussion on the legality of Trump's apparent plan to deploy un-federalized Texas National Guard troops to Illinois. Subscribe for free to stevevladeck.com and muellershewrote.com to be notified.
Guess which network is ignoring the survivors? Fox isn’t news.
"For so many years, it felt like Epstein's criminal behavior was an open secret." “We’re not going away. We’re not staying quiet. We’re not going to give up.” Annie Farmer (Epstein survivor)
"Stay tuned for more details" -- Epstein survivor announces that survivors are creating their own list of Epstein-related abusers
Read about how Francis J. Allman, Chief Judge of Florida’s Second Judicial District, is an un-American censorial fascist thug worthy of contempt.
Trump murdered 11 civilians, whether they were involved in organized crime or not, doesn't take away their human rights. Trump murdered those people and released the video to boast about it. It's not law enforcement or legal military action, it is simply premeditated murder.
ICYMI, last night a panel of the 5th Circuit joined over a dozen other federal judges to rule that the Alien Enemies Act — adopted during the Quasi-War of 1798 and only ever previously used during times of declared war — is in fact a wartime authority and can’t be used against a criminal gang.
Raskin: "The dictators of the world have got nothing to fear from this hearing. Republicans called it to attack our democratic allies in Europe. The star witness is not a human rights leader like Navalny, but a far-right pro-Putin politician who leads the UK Reform Party."
Epstein survivor: "Mr President Donald J Trump, I am a registered Republican -- not that that matters, because this is not political. However, I cordially invite you to the Capitol to meet me in person so you can understand this is not a hoax."
Epstein survivor Anouska de Georgiou: "I am no longer weak. I am no longer powerless. And I am no longer alone. And with your vote, neither will the next generation be. President Trump, you have so much influence and power in this situation. Please use that influence and power to help us."
A week ago after hearing a string of sirens I text from a friend asking if we knew what was going on at our kids' school. The rest of what took place you likely know by now If you’d like to help this community, we ask you give to Annunciation Hope & Healing Fund: www.ccf-mn.org/support-annu... Thx
Epstein survivor Marina Lacerda: "The worst part is that the government is still in possession right now of documents & information that could help me remember and get over all of this maybe, and help me heal. They have documents w/ my name on them that were confiscated from Jeffrey Epstein's house"
They take responsibility for absolutely nothing. In 2028 they will still be blaming Biden and Obama for their failures. bsky.app/profile/atru...
This is a Republican member of Congress giving a press conference in front of signs that say "Trump = Traitor" and "Release the Epstein Files #Pedo47." Remarkable stuff.
Epstein survivor Jena-Lisa Jones: "We are the Americans that you promised to protect, and we need your help. Please, President Trump, pass this bill and help us."
New in PN: Potemkin village populism "Unlike the fake villages Potemkin erected, Trump’s theaters of cruelty are not harmless diversions. And while he imagines Americans cheering him, his performative sadism is only a winning strategy in his own mind. In reality, he’s becoming more & more reviled."
Massie: "The Speaker of the House just offered a fig leaf to my colleagues. They're gonna vote on a non-binding resolution today that does absolutely nothing ... they're allowing the DOJ to curate all of the information that the DOJ is giving them ... the perpetrators are being protected"
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the vice chair of the Intelligence Committee, says he was denied a meeting with career intelligence workers because Laura Loomer objected.
HUGE. The 5th Circuit joins many other federal courts in holding that Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act was unlawful. The judges emphasize that the law is fundamentally about *war* and about military actions; not illegal immigration or drug trafficking.
On Tuesday evening, the Fifth Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, blocked removals from the Northern District of Texas under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation. This is the case that went up to SCOTUS b/c of overnight-flight concerns, leading to a late-night emergency SCOTUS injunction.
Dr. Offit co-invented the rotavirus vaccine, he is a pediatrician and a physician scientist who has dedicated his life to protecting children and advocating for vaccines. His term was due to end 2027 but of course his expertise was intolerable to RFK.Jr. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Venezuela says the US and Erik Prince have plans to stage an attack on an ExxonMobil off-shore platform as a pretext to invade it…and normally that would be an insane claim but… www.latintimes.com/venezuela-sa...
“Rather than defending civil liberties and civil protections, you’re turned inward to potentially hinder [them].” In June, we sat down with a veteran and military law expert to discuss “being used against your neighbor” as a soldier.
Marge has joined the press conference here at the Capitol with massie and Ro Khana The crowd is letting Marge have it. Chants of shame and "this won't save you"
“.. Not only have I never heard of this happening, I've never heard of a prosecutor who's heard of this happening," said former federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou. 🤡 @cbsnews.com @macfarlanenews.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/news/d-c-gra...
The ad campaign criticizing the use of masks by federal agents working in Washington, D.C. has expanded to 115 bus stops, per organizers
A lot of the stuff this administration is doing is against the law
Don't feel like doing a repost that puts the murder video on the timeline yet again but do feel like repeating the point that the president just straight-up assassinated 11 people for supposedly doing something that wouldn't be a death-penalty crime if they were caught and convicted
Rep. Thomas Massie just now on his Epstein discharge petition: “We’re two short. We need two more signers from the Republican side to get this through.” “And none of them are stepping up to the plate… They’re at odds with our base right now, and particularly the MAGA base.”
Seems bad
“.. Quite a hot mic moment on CCTV in Beijing today as Putin and Xi, both 72 years old, are caught casually talking about living to 150 and maybe forever thanks to organ transplants. (As picked up by Bloomberg.)” (via @yarotrof.bsky.social)
NEW: The big ones are coming up in November, but before then: do not sleep on elections this month. It's the month of recall elections! But I'm also watching elections for mayor, city council, and Congress. My guide to 10 elections to watch this month:
A victim of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has revealed how a group of survivors is compiling a client list of their own.
So our military just bombed a boat in international waters and extrajudicially killed suspected drug traffickers without so much as a conversation, let alone a trial? Then posted it on social media? And we’re all supposed to just trust their account?
Good morning! 🧠🪱 will be testifying to the Senate tomorrow. Call your senators and make sure they've read this 👇 #cdcsaveslives #RFKJrKillsBabies @drdebhoury.bsky.social
"There are four doctors in the Senate: Cassidy, John Barrasso of Wyoming, Roger Marshall of Kansas Rand Paul of Kentucky. All are Republicans and all voted in February to confirm Kennedy." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
100 VICTIMS is astounding. Even more astounding, that's less than 10% of Epstein and Maxwell's victims.
As many as 100 victims will show up to today's Epstein victim press conference. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Khanna: It’s going to be a bombshell press conference tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. The American people will hear directly from survivors of the Epstein abuse. And they’re not just going to talk about Epstein’s and Maxwell’s abuse — they’re going to talk about rich and powerful men…
"It didn't make sense to put Space Force headquarters in any state other than Colorado when the only priority should be quick and effective communication in a nuclear crisis and there was already an infrastructure."
Trump threatening members of Congress not to sign the Epstein files discharge petition saying it would be a “hostile act” against him is definitely something an innocent person would do. And scheduling a military flyover in the middle of the survivor press conference is also totally normal behavior.
As concerns that Trump could be deploying National Guard troops as a test run for future election interference, we take a look at one law that will impact stationing federal troops at the polls themselves. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Sing it.
NEW: Massie tells CNN that there is significant pressure from the White House to BLOCK the release of the Epstein files.
A 3-judge panel of the 5th Circuit held late Tuesday that the Alien Enemies Act did not apply to Venezuelan migrants the Trump administration says are members of the Tren de Aragua gang, which they claim is invading the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
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when you’re upset at the cool kids for not inviting you to their lunch table
#BREAKING: Fifth Circuit (Southwick & Ramirez, JJ.) holds that President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act against Tren de Aragua is unlawful, and blocks AEA removals in the Northern District of Texas (over a lengthy dissent from Judge Oldham): www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
See through it.
if you want to argue you’d be ok with President Gavin Newsom deploying the marines and national guard to Florida or Mississippi or Alabama cities or areas to “fight crime” when he says openly and explicitly “I’ll lay off, if you change your voting laws or are nice to me,” I dunno man
The red state im currently sitting in has a higher violent crime rate than Illinois, this is Not About Crime
oh this is straightforward white nationalist agitprop
The spray-painted gold ornamentation is spreading like a cancer
I think they could probably send Title 32 Texas guardsmen to the military base in Illinois for a non-operational federal mission (training) without violating state sovereignty. (I assume the base is a federal enclave?) But if they stay in Title 32 status & are deployed outside base..yeah, crisis
I don’t know how this is possible. Texas cannot control guard sent to Illinois without violating Illinois sovereignty. It must be federally controlled units, otherwise instead of a Posee Comitatus problem, we have a major constitutional crisis.
When President Trump used 32 U.S.C. § 502(f)(2) in 2020, that was to have out-of-state National Guard troops sent to D.C.—which has no sovereignty of its own. Sending the un-federalized TX National Guard into IL without the latter’s consent raises *serious* Article IV problems that 2020 … didn’t.
Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed. There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea. Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
Drug trafficking is not a capital crime; it doesn’t carry a death sentence. I genuinely cannot think of anything under U.S. law that would permit premeditated government assassination of people suspected of drug trafficking.
The Trump admin dumped half a dozen men with serious criminal records in the Kingdom of Eswatini, where they are being jailed indefinitely despite all having finished serving criminal sentences in the United States. It’s a disturbing situation.
We’re back in session after Speaker Johnson let us out early at the end of July, feeling the pressure from our subpoenas for the Epstein files. Today, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov sat down with survivors who endured horrific abuse. What we heard was beyond disturbing. (1/2)