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We are literally becoming a police and military state under this administration, when chalk at a memorial is treated like a crime, it’s not about “safety.” It’s about this administration having complete control on the American people.
It took a federal judge to step in and block the deportation, blasting the midnight raid tactics as a betrayal of due process and human dignity. Maybe Border Patrol should focus on fighting fires. After all, the military is busy in D.C. spreading mulch.
The layoff of the American Experience team is such a stomach-dropper of a story. This is really tragic for people who want to understand our country better - the story-telling they do is unparalleled. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
you just know somebody’s being called by their full name right now
LOL, I can here my mom now . . . .
Where in TX?
🚨🔥🔥🔥🚨 Truth to power! 1/2
Frustrated about the difficulty in getting a COVID19 shot and wondering who to blame? It’s not healthcare workers, pharmacies, public health or Big Pharma. It is Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. and every Republican Senator who voted to confirm him, especially Bill Cassidy.
CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @mluckovichajc)
Stuart Stevens, currently to the left of most democratic leaders on the Hill
In Which Nadine Amuses a Dragon and Makes Autumn Happen
Fox News helps RFK Jr. spin the CDC purge, how right-wing media are trying to spin soaring electricity prices, and the usual suspects weigh in on Taylor Swift's engagement. This week's Media Matters newsletter: www.mediamatters.org/media-matter...
“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
The judges made it clear the international emergency powers law the administration leaned on “does not authorize the tariffs imposed by the Executive Orders.” Links: www.investors.com/news/trump-t... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...
Go figure, yet another illegal action. In a major blow to Trump’s global trade war, a federal appeals court ruled that many of his tariffs were issued illegally, upholding an earlier decision from the federal trade court.
Everyday Americans are held to a higher standard, facing serious consequences for even small mistakes, while those in power from the so-called “party of law and order” keep breaking the rules without accountability.
We want to apologize if it feels like we’ve been venting a lot lately. It’s just hard to ignore that nearly every move from this administration seems to be illegal, unlawful, or outright unconstitutional and yet nothing happens.
The damage this man has done is incalculable.
The Friday Night Massacre is now happening, and no one cares as our democracy crumbles. CDC, now EPA within the span of a few days.
“What worries me the most is we’re not going to know the degree that we’re suffering. We’re not, because the CDC is losing its capacity to do adequate surveillance across the country.”
Joni Ernst Retires: ‘It’s Time to Pass the Torch to a New Generation of Morons’
Learn to decipher the codespeak.
NO COOPERATION, END THE OCCUPATION
Excellent question.
Fire RFK Jr. now.
BOOM. The federal appeals court rules Trump's tariffs illegal, because they are. There's no national emergency, and so the power to tariff a country rests with Congress. Trump admin has lost at every stage of the process, but stay tuned for the Supremes to chime in.
EXCELLENT!
Constantly amazed by the compassion people show! 💜
Denying Palestinian officials this same access breaks with that precedent. It isn’t just unusual, it’s a dangerous deviation from norms the United States has upheld for decades!
Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Syria (all under broad U.S. sanctions) still attend the UN General Assembly without obstruction. Their presence underscores a long-standing commitment to international law and the principle that diplomacy, not isolation, takes center stage at the UN.
This isn’t normal, but then again, nothing they do ever is. And yes, this is fucked up, but so is almost everything else coming out of this administration. So here’s what’s going on. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States will not grant visas to Palestinian officials,
Shocker, not, from Susan "The Wind" Collins. Vote her the hell out, Maine!
On the 20th anniversary of hurricane Katrina, I recommend you read this book: Katrina, A History 1915-2015. This was a disaster a century in the making. It wasn't a "natural disaster," human decisions over decades drove the catastrophe forward. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Another great book along the same lines: "The Control of Nature," by John McPhee. Recommended to me by a civil engineer and hydrologist when I became interested in climate change events back in 2008.
Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
🚨 Other senators followed Bill Cassidy's lead, as a physician, to vote for whack job RFK Jr based on the assurances from Brain Worm about decisions regarding vaccines. Cassidy needs to call for RFK Jr's resignation. Yeah, put your neck on the line, Senator. 🧾 FLASHBACK: is.gd/vXOT0H MORE ⬇️
Louisiana GOP Officials ask US Supreme Court to gut Voting Rights Act and ban use of race in redistricting. If they succeed, next GOP will ask Supreme Court to end the Civil Rights Act ban on racial discrimination. GOP has gone full white hoods as they seek to impose a new American apartheid
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
Links: www.iowapublicradio.org/political-ne... www.reuters.com/world/us/jud... www.axios.com/local/salt-l...
You’re the ones making the difference by showing up to protests, spreading the truth, going out to vote, phone banking, writing emails, and refusing to be silent. Every action pushes back, and with every day, the resistance grows stronger. Tomorrow, there will be more of us.
Trump lashed out after an Utah judge ordered state lawmakers to redraw the congressional map, calling the ruling “absolutely unconstitutional.” But the decision is firmly rooted in Utah’s democratic process.
Firing RFK Jr would unburden a lot of overworked mitochondria in this country
Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
Yeah. It’s happening here.
Live by the unitary executive, die by the unitary executive.
My grandmother was Canadienne. Will you adopt me back? "I'm sorry" is part of my imprinted lexicon.
"In 🇨🇦 “I’m sorry” is less an apology than a mantra. It’s a way of saying “Look, you & I live in this impossibly vast & icebound country… & we live in a civil society where I need you as much as you need me, & neither of us wants any trouble, and so I’m sorry.” canadiangeographic.ca/articles/nor...
If Cracker Barrel sets them off, imagine how they’ll react when they hear I went woke in the New Testament — turning the other cheek, feeding the poor, all that radical stuff.
Dr. William Foege, 89, who helped end smallpox in the 1970s, recently wrote: RFK Jr.’s “words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus.” And his actions are more lethal still. He’s waging war on America. That’s an impeachable offense. He must be removed from office. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
WTF. Dear Leader BS
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Susan Monarez, who had only recently taken over as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, stepped down after a turbulent first month marked by sweeping vaccine policy changes and staff reductions.
We saw all your comments yesterday on our post about celebrity chef and D.C. icon José Andrés, and we agree with you he truly deserves the Nobel Peace Prize! 💚
The reality is simple our rights are not bargaining chips. Liberty is not something you trade away for “temporary safety”, because when you do, you lose both.
Yet MAGA propaganda insists Trump is “protecting” you, while branding dissenters as supporting criminals. That’s a fake choice built on fear, not fact.
We’re going to go on a rant for a minute, and yes we’re bringing some history with us. Back in 1755, Benjamin Franklin wrote words that still echo today: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
Those who have the power to stop mass shootings can go to hell with their "thoughts and prayers." Do something about it, you evil bastards.
REMINDER.. SEPT 3rd 👇 #EpsteinFiles
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.
Time to turn in Susan "The Wind" Collins for a newer, more progressive model who is all about the PEOPLE of Maine!
Your periodic reminder that people who blame “mental illness” for every mass shooting want to make it easier for people to get guns and harder for people to get mental healthcare.
Copying DeathSantis: This administration is trying to knock off as many people as possible off the rolls of Medicare, Medicaid, and all other insurances. All about corporations, conglomerates, and shareholders. Same playbook for disaster relief. Shameful and dangerous.
President of @idsainfo.bsky.social speaks out.
Anyone else noticing that big announcements of firings are coming when other tragedies here or abroad are happening, to deflect attention and scrutiny?
Democracy Docket's YouTube channel is up to 499K subscribers. I think we may make our goal of 500K by Labor Day...👀
Talking to Dr. Mo, "the Beast from the Middle East," a British-Australian doctor who has witnessed first-hand the collapse of Gaza's health system. 2 pm ET on The Left Hook. No Paywalls. Strongly recommend tuning in if possible. thelefthook.substack.com
Beauty!
The National Guard is now collecting trash off the streets of DC because there’s nothing else to do, according to a video doing the rounds. Good use of resources.
As Donnie Dolt becomes more unhinged and paranoid the flaming garbage cans of denial, retribution, and deflection fly, and all of it is projection. #resist #wethepeople #makegoodtrouble
America has seen corruption throughout our history, especially during the Gilded Age. But this moment is different, as constitutional safeguards are being eroded by a president unchecked by Congress and the Supreme Court. bit.ly/4mbQKqv
America tips into fascism" By Garrett Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social Recommended. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
If anyone in or out of government wants to chat securely as the unraveling unfolds, I’m vermontgmg.14 on Signal. That’s my normal username, everywhere, with an extra Vermont: the 14th state.
Read this one and do whatever you can to keep things from getting worse.
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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.
ELECTION RESULT from Alabama: Paul Prine, the former police chief of Mobile who was fired last year while facing a damning report about his department’s use of force against Black residents, has lost the mayoral race. He came in third, and will not move forward to the September runoff.
WOw, never seen that kind of call-and-response before!
This argument is an Absolute Cinema... 👀😅🤣 #cat #catday #bluesky #animals
Susan "The Wind" Collins. She blows whichever way suits her personal agenda.
Graham Platner: "Susan Collins has been in the Senate for almost 30 years... People know that she's a self-interested politician who has tried to play this charade for many years about how she tries to be a moderate... Everybody sees this for what it is."
“Out of hatred for the cockroach, the ants voted for the insecticide.. They all died.. including the housefly that didn't even vote!” - African Proverb
Moore: The president seems to obsessed with me. Today he called me a beauty. And when I first met him, he just talked about how I was a good looking guy.
Agree, although for one millisecond I did shake my head at the irony. That no one in this administration who took an oath to the Constitution is standing up to this is mind-bending. I'll place a "yet" here in hope that will change soon.
First, they came for John Bolton And I did speak out Because even though I'm not a nutty right-wing warmonger with a ridiculous mustache, I am an American who is horrified by a simple-minded tyrant using our Justice Department to avenge his petty, personal grudges.
Remember this?
I'd like to do this outside Stephen Miller's house! 🤨👇🏼🇺🇸🔥
I'm not a podcast person, and at this point I can barely even watch the PBS NEWSHOUR. I do like watching you here on Bluesky. The cable shows are a bunch of regurgitated mess, and I can't watch "panel news" shows, either. Brevity. Succinctness. Nothing canned. You're a great messenger.
I have no shame. Give me your best ideas.
if i were on this deployment i would be pissed. these people have actual jobs! and here they are, walking around picking upt rash.
You’re not dropping a single, asshole. If you’re actually knew anything, it would be criminal not to reveal it now. But of course, this is a bullshit publicity stunt.
An expansive network of labor juggernauts and Democratic-aligned groups is pledging to help the campaign to gerrymander California’s congressional map with its ground game and field operation.
This is an important read.