Ossoff: He never should have been confirmed by the senate and he needs to resign. It is one thing to be a skeptic or a reformer. It is quite another to be a foolā¦
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Ossoff: He never should have been confirmed by the senate and he needs to resign. It is one thing to be a skeptic or a reformer. It is quite another to be a foolā¦
A lawsuit filed by the NAACP Wednesday seeks to stop Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoeās (R) special legislative session, calling his attempt to redraw maps and rewrite the ballot initiative process an unconstitutional power grab that threatens democracy in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The head of the CDC who resigned today said on MSNBC, it became obvious to him that RFK Jr believed in Eugenics. The theory was popular and practiced by Hitler. RFK believes that the survival of only the fittest will lead to a stronger race. Hence no more childhood vaccines, no more COVID shots
āTotalitarianism 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.ā ā Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego has been RELEASED from prison and is headed home to Maryland to be with his family. Judge Xinis has an order in place requiring a 72 hour notice if ICE decides to detain and deport him to a third country. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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šØ Supreme Court allows Trump administration to terminate $783 million in NIH grants linked to DEI initiatives. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: āāThere are no fixed rules. We seem to have two: that one, and this [Trump] Administration always wins.āā www.scotusblog.com/2025/08/supr...
Looking forward to John Boltonās next book āI wish I had said something soonerā. (Working title)
Everything Trump is doing is aimed at making it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat. But we are going to fight like hell in court and we will win.
Krishnamoorthi on the FBI raiding Bolton's house: "It looks like it's also an attempt to distract from the other big news of the day, which is the first production of the Epstein files that is required by subpoena from the Oversight Committee and they want to change the conversation."
If you arenāt uncomfortable learning our countryās history, you are learning propaganda.ļæ¼
This is what I tell my friends who donāt understand why I spend time on Bluesky or Substack.
Usually, I am no fan of gerrymandering by either party, but I am tired of fighting with one hand tied behind my back. Tired of bringing balloons to a gun fight. Tired of playing by the rules when one party stopped doing that decades ago. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning. The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
NEW VIDEO: Marc Elias gives his weekly update on whatās happening to our democracy and the court cases you need to watch. This week, weāre giving you the most up to date news on DCās battle with Trump, SCOTUSā hearings this fall, a very big voting rights win, and more. šŗ Watch now:
71% of Americans believe Trump knew exactly what Epstein was up to. Trump knows he's screwed bc of it. So screwed in fact, he has to try to shut down voting, gerrymander districts, embarrass a foreign leader, and embarrass US in his meeting with Putin... This is all desperation.
Trump is willing to cut Medicaid but not his golf trips
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I wouldnāt be surprised if he pulled out of NATAO. When are enough Americans going be fed up to stop everything theyāre doing, & make it a priority to force that evil man out of office? We wonāt last another 12 months at this rate, & itāll be too late to stop him in the 2026 midterms.
I know rural America because I live here. I know rural inside and out and I speak on it often because almost no one else does. I have the market on rural politics cornered because not many think itās worth cornering. But it is. jesspiper.substack.com/p/they-cant-...
Odd, how South Park is covering Kristi Noem and her ICE hooligans more accurately than The New York Times.
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He is really a brilliant comic.
We must stay involved, no matter how much we feel beaten down by the constant bad news. We are fighting for our lives, and itās not the time to let the Fascists win. Volunteer, organize, and get involved. open.substack.com/pub/abenge/p...
AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."
Riley: Donāt tell me you give a shit about the middle class when all you are doing is shitting on the middle class
Poor white MAGA voters will support cuts to Medicaid in order to save on āwaste, fraud and abuseā the way many Latino voters supported Trump because he was only going to deport criminals.
They plan to roll back green energy investments. That will spike our utility bills while warming our planet. A double hit only the GOP could conjure.
I obtained this from a community member minutes after arriving on scene following a raid at the Cypress Park Home Depot this morning. they detained day laborers.
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I sure as hell have noticed. How about you? š¤Ø
Did you make fun of his concubine?
Brilliant. 10/10. No notes.
Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
šØ #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid Please contact your 2 senators and 1 representative in Congress. Tell them that we will not get over losing Medicaid. Medicaid is literally life jacket for so many of us. Call 202-224-3121 Or use 5calls.org Ask everyone you know to do so as well. REPOST PLEASE.
Boyle: For every American household that makes under $55,000 a year, they will be poorer as a result of this bill. So it's quite clear under this Republican betrayalā the poor get poorer, the rich get richer, and the middle class falling further behind. This is wrong.
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
President Trumpās unlawful military presence in Los Angeles is pulling away a third of our California National Guard counter-narcotic force. His unnecessary takeover is actively making Americans less safe.
They are arresting Americans in wheelchairs at the Capitol who are voicing support for Medicaid
Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.
ā.. My dad has no criminal history. He wasnāt doing anything bad. He was just working. The way they (federal agents) attacked him, I donāt think itās right.ā @ocregister.bsky.social www.ocregister.com/2025/06/23/v...
Iām so tired of Trumpās bellyaching about the 2020 election. Letās audit it. Butā¦ letās also audit the 2024 election too!
Take note.
Hey MAGA, He didnāt lower grocery prices Heās not deporting just criminals He pardoned hundreds of criminals back onto our streets He didnāt end the war in Ukraine You didnāt get a $5,000 check from DOGE Heās started a new war with Iran It seems that youāre the ones who got owned
Mahmoud Khalil is free.
It should be illegal for law enforcement to wear masks and not show ID. This makes it too easy to impersonate law enforcement and murder people in their homes.
Powell: Increases in tariffs this year are likely to push up prices and weigh on economic activity
This is a recount from a reporter who attended Trumpās parade. You should check it out. She describes Trumpās supporters enduring āreal miseryā before the parade even started. Contrast that w/the millions of us who enthusiastically endured heat and rain to protest Trump and stand up for democracy.
I donāt care what city or town you live in. If these guys jumped out of an unmarked van and grabbed you on the street, would you just assume theyāre ICE or FBI? Would you willingly comply with their orders and get inside the van? THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. THIS IS NOT AMERICA.
I wrote this four days ago. Today, they arrested the NYC Comptroller.
Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process. But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things. That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
If a US Senator is not safe from being handcuffed and detained for free speech, none of us are safe.
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BREAKING: California Sen. Alex Padilla was detained and handcuffed during an altercation at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noemās press conference.
Enjoy your canned vegetables for Thanksgiving, people. This is only going to get worse.
A staff member for Sen. Padilla shared this photo with @samsteindc.bsky.social:
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
If you silence free speech and trample the Constitution, youāre the lawless one. āJust obeying ordersā is not a defense.
Goldman: "These are people doing in the right way, who are nonviolent, noncriminal, and they're getting arrested. So what message does that send? Obviously it sends the message, 'Go further underground. Don't appear in court. Don't pay your taxes' ... that's just going to make the public less safe."
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.
If you had any possible temptation to downplay how bad it is, stop immediately. Thread (add your own in replies, please) of things we can do to melt ICE and support immigrants here.
ICE waited until a womanās lawyer went to the restroom then dragged her away. She fainted from stress and they dragged her unconscious body into the elevator, refusing medical attention.
EVERYBODY WATCH. ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL. Video of SEIU Californiaās President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today. Heās an LA native, American citizen and labor leader. Donāt turn away.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio tried to give a press conference to announce his lawsuit against DOJ. Much to my surprise it turned out to be the greatest press conference of all-time.
Trumpās big ugly bill rips health care away from millions of people & ends programs that help people pay for groceries. The money saved will be handed over to the richest men in the world. Trumpās bill rubs salt in the wounds of every struggling family in America.
Chicago fighting back against ICE. You love to see it šŖ
I donāt know about you, but Iāve been enjoying the news more today than I have in a long time. #TrumpMuskDivorce
A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.
Feels like we live in the Twilight Zone, where the most insane ideas become reality in MAGA world.
Stephen Miller is privately raging over deportation numbers he deems too low. So he's shifting huge amounts of law enforcement resources away from fighting serious crimes and into his immigration crackdown. If voters knew about this, they'd recoil. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/1961...
Trump has always acquiesced to rich dudes who've bailed him out of trouble. Elon knows how the election was rigged, & can spill the beans on Trump. Plus, his money can purchase corrupt MAGA to turn against Trump--& most of them are for sale to the highest bidder.Trump is definitely scared of Musk.
Excellent commentary, Lawrence. I hope Musk is so pissed at Trump that he will let it be known that he not only bought the election for him, but he also rigged it. And, those 7 swing states he miraculously won were flipped seats, & Kamala is the real winner. We know he didnāt win fair & square.
Liar, liar, pants on fire. Nothing but lies from this regime.
NYT: āThe episode was recorded by someone who was sitting in Mr. Nadlerās office. In the video, an officer with the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is shown demanding access to a private area inside the office.ā @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/n...
Apparently statesā rights stop the moment women board a plane with autonomy in their carry-on.
Trump is insane.
šØBREAKING: U.S Department of Justice files voter suppression lawsuit targeting North Carolina voter registration. The weaponization of DOJ for political gain is here. Subscribe to Democracy Docket to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care - Los Angeles Times Donāt ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:
Musk probably cut jobs, and is running on a skeleton crew, once again failing because he's a damn tightwad who hates paying for enough employees to do the job correctly.
Breaking news: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ending his agency's recommendation that healthy pregnant women and healthy children receive the coronavirus vaccine.
Good one from Andy Borowitz.
I am so sorry. What a giant loss. It's painful to lose our fur family.
Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
Today is the day we honor those who died overseas stopping the same thing many of you are ignoring here at home--fascism.
here's today's post: "elderly golferās brain goes fuckity-bye in batshit West Point speech" ā Donny canāt be bothered to act like a human being. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post ā
Anyone collating a book of his gaffs? Will be a bestseller!
Itās strange to watch Americans memorialize soldiers who died for democracy whilst they giddily embrace fascism.
We need to removed him from office, pronto.
Scores of staffers at the White House National Security Council have been abruptly dismissed as part of a sweeping overhaul that slashes the staff from over 300 to just 50. The move shifts the NSCās role from policymaking to simply carrying out the presidentās directives.
The cruelty is the point.
Don't miss the scariest committee hearing of the year.
