"I thought they were going to make me board the plane like they did with the other kids from the shelter, but they asked me for my name and told me I was not on the list." A terrifying declaration from an unaccompanied child nearly removed to Guatemala straight out of Schindler's List.
someone should put together a "kennedy death count" for everyone who dies of a preventable disease and just plaster it everywhere www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
When people argue that trans people refusing to support transphobic Democrats is some kind of stubborn ideological purity, what they're saying is that trans people aren't entitled to any boundaries, standards, or dignity. That we're supposed to tolerate whatever we're given.
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
Fascism is impossible without a culture of denial. It is deeply unpopular and repellant. It cannot win unless millions of people actively convince themselves it is a passing phase or not as bad as it seems. This is why we’re stuck in this mess. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/fascism-is...
Amen.
This is the second day in a row he’s said this. This is an intentional normalization effort.
People are in motion everywhere and no one action is "the silver bullet." That means that there are many many things to join and that you don't know what will make THE difference. No one thing will. That's actually OK.
@repvindman.bsky.social @markwarner.bsky.social
Utterly depraved.
A M E N
To put a finer point on it, Pritzker is being presidential in a way Newsom is not. Newsom is doing a decent job trolling Trump for the lulz, but Pritzker is speaking with the gravitas this situation warrants, promising real accountability, with federal, state and local leaders standing behind him.
Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
It's really something to read a convicted abuser and trafficker make sure in her DOJ interview to praise the President of the United States, who is trying to prove he wasn't one of her clients, in order to try and get a pardon from the President of the United States. Not at all disturbing.
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There is not one marginalized, racialized, or oppressed group whose oppression or destruction is an acceptable cost for saving "democracy." Not one. If saving democracy requires leaving marginalized people behind, that's not a democracy worth saving. Either we all get saved or none of us do.
Feel like one political party kidnapping an opponent should be bigger news
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.
Texas in 2025.
Trump and the GOP are redrawing maps for one reason: because losing the next election will mean answering for their crimes.
Read this. Share it far and wide.
Absolutely. Because the purpose of a system is what it consistently does, not what it says in interviews that it wants to. And it has always been about stripping the government for parts.
A brief reminder from reality: We are the majority. Trump represents an angry minority.
Listen to this.
There's no reasoning with this.
One thing that historically happens to me when I slow down and relax is that I start to tap in to what is truly possible if you give people hope, instructions on how to create change, and the knowledge that every little thing moves the needle. We are so much more powerful than the doomsayers
It blows my mind that this could go through.
The US military is preparing to activate hundreds of National Guard troops to DC. This presidency knows no bounds. Trump’s always seen the military as his personal tool for his bidding & grievances…and he’s misusing federal law enforcement again, just like in 2020.
A video arguing that women shouldn’t be able to vote was just shared by Trump’s Secretary of Defense, the guy in charge of our whole military. And Democratic Party leaders still can’t stand up to this administration?! Our rights are on the line and all our party leaders offer us is silence.
“While there’s never any guarantee that law enforcement officers will follow the law…” is the absolute most important lesson for anyone trying to make it through this current era.
My best friend who watches Maddow just called to tell me that she landed the plane and plainly stated that the US is currently being ruled by a consolidating authoritarian regime. Not that it is 'descending into' etc etc but that it is here. Maybe this will move more liberals to say the same.
I know this will get me in trouble. I usually try not to curse but my military is showing… These stupid motherfuckers want to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Boondoggle and a straight money enema to our oligarchs. Epstein files must be very, very bad.
Did you know: Gislane Maxwell was transferred to a nice minimum security prison after talking with trumps lawyer. A sex trafficker, was transferred to a nicer place by Donald Trump. Wonder why? Also looks like GOP is the pedo defenders.
Hey Texas Republicans, we are not playing games here in California. You try to rig the congressional map, and we will hit you harder. You can count on it.
"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
🚨 Ken Paxton wants Dems arrested for refusing to help rig an election. That’s rich coming from a guy indicted on three felony counts of securities fraud, accused by his top deputies of bribery, abuse of office, while allegedly using burner phones, secret emails & fake names to dodge accountability.
This is what is happening right now.
You literally can’t make this sh*t up Donald Trump launched a youth sports initiative at the White House today, appearing alongside Lawrence Taylor, a registered sex offender who pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct involving a trafficked 16-year-old girl A new low.
While Giuffre's family was giving this statement, Trump was in the White House briefing room with former Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor, arrested in 2010 for raping a 16-year-old
Be safe
“Both of them.”
GOP: Guard Our Pedophiles Don't give them a moment of peace. You have a right to call anyone in Congress. Here's the senator phone list. There are 53 GOP Senators Call every day. Ok to call off hours and blow up their VM. 202.224.#### Be vocal. Be visible. Be disruptive. Make the calls
“This is the worst economic jobs report since the end of the pandemic.” - CNN
Travis is rotten but I love him so much. Yes that’s the dining room table.
In my inbox from Sen. @markwarner.bsky.social: "The president is trying to cook the books ... to cover up the consequences of his failures. Firing the ump doesn’t change the score" www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
goooooooooo
Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza. “A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said. Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
For sure. I’ll feel safer when Abigail is in office. I hope this woman can file assault charges on this “agent.”
They said the court is in Sterling - is that Sterling, Virginia? Anybody know?
Background: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This whole thread needs to be read by anyone in campaign work. There are huge lessons here about how to appeal to a broad audience, not just immediate followers. Also lines up with everything I wrote this morning about the need for positive, hopeful vision right now that appeals to the masses.
Pause for three minutes and soak up the grace of this man. Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.
Amen.
I don't have the spoons for this anymore but I really think that a blue state moratorium on any immigrant jails is the campaign to run at this time. Organize state and county legislatures and electeds to reject any new detention centers.
A-fcking-men. And same.
Pam is looking exhausted. Maybe the corruption is wearing her down.
ATTN: If you're one of the Treasury employees that handled Epstein's Suspicious Activity Reports, feel free to reach out to me via signal (in my bio). I’ll keep you anonymous- as I have the thousands of current and former federal workers who have sent me tips. Please share this widely. 🙏🏻
Oops: On Joe Rogan’s podcast in September 2018, Tulsi Gabbard acknowledged that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. Rogan called it “amazing” that it took until 2016 for foreign election influence to become a major issue in the U.S.
Change your vocabulary and stop using the language of the predator. 1. Underage woman = child 2. Sex scandal (involving children) = rape 3. Sex with child = child rape 4. Sex trafficking = rape trafficking 5. Pedophile = child rapist #opdeatheaters
The French government has launched a criminal investigation into Elon Musk’s X over “the alleged manipulation of its algorithm” and “fraudulent” data extraction @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/2181...
This should be the top story in the WaPo and NYT but no mention. Human Rights Watch report on guards. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Thank you to the 22,000+ people who helped us not only hit this goal but be the only candidate in this race with a majority of small-dollar donors (and probably more in-District donors than the entire field combined)!! www.dailyherald.com/20250719/us-...
100,000 concentration camp beds. One hundred thousand. That’s what they’re building.
Mass detention and tent camps? How can we be talking about this in America? We should strive to lead the world in freedom, not in cruelty. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ended key support for Black farmers and will no longer use the term “socially disadvantaged,” saying it has sufficiently addressed historic discrimination
I agree. Also, it won’t be as easy as they expected. More people are waking up to their plans *and* there are more of us than them. Elbows up and sand in the gears!
Knitting Cult Lady (survivor of the cult Children of God) believes that when 45/47 falls, JD Prance just doesn’t have the ability to step in with the base. Highly recommend her insights as an expert on cults.
@jd-vance-1.bsky.social JD Prance?
Wow. @404media.co uncovered the names of additional dozens of people who were disappeared by the Trump administration on the March flights to El Salvador. www.404media.co/flight-manif...
SCOOP: The manifests for three legally contested deportation flights to El Salvador contain the names of dozens of people who have not been acknowledged in any way by the US government. Immigration experts following the case say they don't know where these people are www.404media.co/flight-manif...
Vinay Prasad thinks he speaks for “the American people” on vaccines. Lol. Lmao. He has an unelected position that he is woefully unqualified for (to the point they had to bypass traditional hiring processes) and I would bet money that if you asked people on the street who he is they would say “who?”
Next up: sue this administration! A disabled vet says he was wrongfully detained in last week’s Camarillo raid, despite being a U.S. citizen. • Reporting for his security job at Glass House Farms • Told them he was a citizen • No charges. No phone call. No lawyer. • No care after chemical exposure
He won't release the list because he's on the list.
🧪 A recent report in The Lancet reveals alarming changes to U.S. health datasets. Researchers found over 100 government files were altered without public notice, with terms like "gender" often replaced by "sex," raising concerns for data integrity. #MedSky #AcadmicSky
Raskin: At the very least, the judiciary committee should be demanding the release of the Epstein files Van Drew: I fundamentally disagree with you on everything Raskin: Please elaborate, I would love to hear it Van Drew: I don’t want to hold up the hearing
Read this.
You need to know what's going on at "Alligator Alcatraz." It's grossly immoral - no human being should be treated like that. It's political theater - many of the detainees have no criminal record. It's a taxpayer funded boondoggle - enriching DeSantis's political cronies.
I don’t use the word ‘evil’ often but when I do it seems to be with regard to this regime.
So grateful for the clear, unequivocal witness and voice of Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social who visited the horrifying detention camp in Florida. As he said, “I didn’t see any Russians who’ve overstayed their visas. Only Black & Latino men who look like me.” @maddow.msnbc.com
There it is. Republicans just BLOCKED the release of the Epstein Files.
Bravo la France! 📢🇫🇷⚖️ 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/fran...
I can't. This is so awful.
🧵 ICE AIR FLIGHTS—14 JUL 2025 ✈️ On Saturday, ICE rushed this hooded abductee up the stairs of an Avelo 737 (tail: N804VL) at Seattle's Boeing Field 👀 (video from: @lalabote.bsky.social 👈 follow) Follow this thread for ICE Air updates ⤵️
🧵A disabled U.S. veteran and citizen was violently detained during a federal immigration raid in Camarillo. George Retes, 25, works security at the farm where the raid took place. His family says he was not protesting—just trying to leave—when ICE broke his window, pepper-sprayed him & took him.
Very good
LIVE NOW: ICE/Federal Agents fire tear gas at protestors to blast a route through for a US Marshalls bus. It is believed the bus is carrying the snatched farm workers - likely mums and dads, kidnapped from their workplace.
Kristi Gnome just said at a news conference that America will be growing *all* of its own food - because it’s a national security issue. 🤔 But she’s deporting the people who do the bulk of farm work…so is she going to put kids and folks with disabilities in the fields? 🤔
At some point aren’t they going to decide themselves out of their jobs? 🤔
It’s so surreal to watch them all lie about the murder bill and what’s in it. Surreal.
These poor people. Horrific 😔
This is an absolutely critical read. Truly urge everyone to take ten minutes and read this. It adds so much context to where we are now, with strategy and vision for how and why we must not give up hope. "Take my hand. We can do this."
So many are going to need this. www.mutualaidhub.org
Organize for 2026 accordingly.
ICE now has 3x more funding than the United States Marine Corps. Our hard-earned taxpayer money. Over $170+ billion handed over, and for what? To rip families apart. To instill fear. To dismantle the very virtues by which this country was built. To help the rich get richer.