Is she going for governor, a la Marsha Blackburn?
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Is she going for governor, a la Marsha Blackburn?
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Cormac McCarthy's tweed jackets. Very good taste in fabrics.
An unnecessary and preventable death. This is not the future we want for our children. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It’s been 100 years since A. Philip Randolph organized Black sleeping car porters and got them into the AFL while half the affiliates were whites only. And in WWII he told FDR he’d lead a march on Washington if the armed services and fed bureaus weren’t desegregated. He won. BlackLaborMatters✊🏽
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I hope he gets loud now that the pressure of re-election is off.
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Could it be he saw polling about his primary challenger?
And don’t miss my follow up piece, which contains additional reporting on Giuliani’s role. Among other consequences of the 2024 election, one is that we’ll probably never learn the truth about the nature & extent of his involvement in the Coffee County breach. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
Seems like as good a time as any to reshare my story on the Coffee County voting system breach, which details the key role Giuliani played in Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
All the contribution to social security gone.
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
DEVELOPING: Advocates are seeking a court order to block the Trump administration’s effort to deport hundreds of unaccompanied minor children to Guatemala. Judge abruptly moved 3 pm hearing up to 12:30 after she was notified that some children “are in the process of being removed" today.
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So. Who is JD going to nominate for VP? Mike Johnson? Peter Thiel? Since the TechnoBros have the Presidency, surely the church will want another Pence-type. ???
Wheeeeeeee! #birds #fall #migration
Last night, at the final show of her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, Cyndi Lauper brought out Joni Mitchell (for “Carey”), Cher (“Girls Just Want To Have Fun”), SZA (“True Colors”), John Legend (“Time After Time”), and more. www.stereogum.com/2321337/cynd...
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
The kids have been deplaned thank goodness. Filed a minute before the deadline.
RADDATZ: You talk about what can be done. After shootings in Buffalo & Uvalde, Congress passed a bipartisan Safer Communities Act. It provided hundreds of millions for schools to expand mental health services. You didn't vote for it. Why? TOM EMMER: I don't remember the reasons I didn't vote for it
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Some of the brightest lights I’ve known have been forced to eat shit repeatedly in their careers. And they were the “lucky” ones—in that they were able to stay in the game. Many more just got completely pushed out and we never know about them except as faceless statistics.
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Master class on how to *not* create culture.
I was given a 24-hour suspension here for posting my dream scenario for how it will happen.
An activist has started using artificial intelligence to identify ICE agents beneath their masks — a use of the technology sparking new political concerns over AI-powered surveillance. Can Washington do anything about it?
New in PN: Making Slavery Great Again "Without irony or shame — and to absolve their followers of any guilt or responsibility — Trump wants to whitewash America’s original sin."
A collection of clips from MSNBC of multiple Republicans getting booed at town halls this week.
What next? Lego tariff Tea Party?
![Lego figures in Native American clothing throwing crates over the side of a Lego sailing ship [detail of Boston Tea Party display]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jqt2kxibs5wkhdqbep3kdibl/bafkreiciqi6wde7bbbkq6e2rmgmeawjqevw73tuaiyhqxcr5ojyqykunuy@jpeg "Click to view full size")
The US elimination of the de minimis rule is affecting Canadians. Example: LEGO Pick-A-Brick are shipped from Denmark to the US before being sent to Canadian purchasers. As one Redditor commented: "Ship them straight to Canada, we even share a land border with Denmark now"
Additional clarification, this wasnt a decision Lego made, it was a decision most shipping companies have made that Lego happened to be affected by
A key LEGO plot point from the LEGO trade blockade in LEGO Star Wars Episode I.
Shelby. Rucho. Skrmetti. 303 Creative. The APA, section5 VRA, Kennedy, that half-ass remand on immunity - I know kids in my third year Con Law class that could write a more coherent opinion. (And I’m half asleep — imagine what I could list if it was 10 am.!) 😴😴😴😴😴
Citizens United. Presidential immunity.
All bad, of course, but amazingly we have reached the point where we are ranking the eugenicists who run the government. And RFK's views - on this scale! - are very bad. Here's a review article on this: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2... /4
RFK's idea that disease is good, actually, is not just eugenicist - it's literally on the extreme bad edge of eugenics. Many original eugenicists understood that preventable disease killed "fit" and "unfit" alike. They wanted to prevent disease and practice public health. /1
NEW: More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.
It’s like Tn!!!!!
🚨BREAKING: Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) reinforced GOP power grabs sweeping the country, calling a special legislative session Friday to redraw congressional districts and weaken the ability of voters to pass laws through ballot initiatives. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Peak!!!! 👍🏼👏🏼🔥
Yes, it’s our property.
Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
Interested to see how this turns out.
Psaki: Comer was a little slow to move forward with the subpoenas, at least in my view. Moskowitz: That’s actually his regular speed. He’s just a little slow in general.
ATLANTA: “The city is opening a grocery store to clear up a downtown food desert… City leaders say the market will help those in the area who have not previously had easy access to healthy food.” (cc: everyone acting like @ZohranKMamdani is crazy🤔) www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
What if we established a tax-exempt Church of Democracy and sued the government for infringing on our religious freedoms when it does authoritarian stuff?
I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.
BREAKING: New bill introduced to stop politicians from stock trading would require lawmakers to sell their stocks in 180 days. Those who don't face fines.
OPINION: "While dark tourism may imply voyeurism, many such visits are deeply reflective. These travelers seek to confront hard truths and process collective memory," Betsy Pudliner writes.
When your 11 year old, pregnant, unvaccinated child bride can't check "What to Expect When You're Expecting" out from the school library, but has a bulletproof backpack and a midnight shift at the unregulated meat-packing facility, you might be living in Republican utopia.
Chicago keeping art alive:
These two men have proven one thing without a doubt. If you are born wealthy in America no amount of stupidity, lies, or fraud will limit your opportunities. You can fail upwards to the very highest levels of power as long as you have no shame.
Is she pulling a Blackburn and running for Gov?
Sounds like she's going for Gov in '27. Many of the dropouts from Congress are looking at governorships. "States Rights" and all.
He needs to acclimate to The People.
please contact me if you control "dark money" and want to pay me to promote high rise trousers, walkable neighborhoods, and adopting shelter animals
I can’t tell if I’m burnt out or just having a reasonable reaction to the never ending clusterfuck chain reaction of batshit chaos that is working in American politics in 2025.
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ICE is actively hunting these cases down. Is like bounty hunting.
Appears that this might be due to a 2019 DUI arrest. www.abc4.com/news/ice-cus...
![“It looks like John back in 2019 was charged with a DUI, but ultimately resolved his case in 2020 with an impaired driver [charge],” Crayk said. “He has successfully completed all of his probation, completed treatment classes, everything he was ordered to do … everything was completed.” Shin had his driver’s license reinstated and was able to drive on Utah roads again with insurance.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:svawqo4jxobyyuqmixplvcux/bafkreid5jn773jkbf2tuife5y6z5twia64mu2o4znakvo6pry2ekvw3t6e@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Was ICE following him?
I’m guessing ICE was actively looking for him? How did he come to their attention? What info are they working from?
Fox News won't ask this, of course, but the next question for anyone else should be, "Ok, then I assume you support government-funded mental health programs with easy access for Americans all across the country to end this scourge of violence?"
If that's *really* Mike's argument, who's going to call him out on Rs gutting healthcare? Ask him about universal access to mental health services. Tie his claim to the budget they passed cutting access to care, the hospitals closing, etc. Ds have such an easy win here, and refuse to take it.
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Co-deputy director of the FBI? Andrew Bailey's appointment is deeply unusual. But Trump appears to be rewarding Bailey's willingness to back legally dubious, moonshot cases in support of MAGA politics. “If Bailey can do this much damage in Missouri, imagine what he’ll do with federal power.”
What's the word on the street, here?
Will and Holly Alpine used to work at Microsoft. They left because of Microsoft's work with the oil industry. They have now set up an organisation called Enabled Emissions which highlights the impact of Big Tech and AI's deals with fossil fuel companies. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/microsoft-...
More emblematic corruption, which is the hallmark of this administration.
Three of the officials who have resigned in protest, outside CDC HQ just now with their colleagues. In his resignation letter Dr Demetre C. Daskalakis (on the right) warned that the Trump administration “risks our personal well-being and the security of the United States.” (📸 Sam Stein)
BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout. They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base. (🎥 AP)
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.
Now, moving on to public comment. CM Joy Kimbrough has committed to withdraw agenda item #34 (BL2025-896), which a lot of people are here in opposition to. It's a proposed rezoning that was hotly debated on public hearing last meeting.
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Over and over does @anneapplebaum.bsky.social stress the kleptocracy mechanisms and motivations underlying thr present moment.
Surely @democrats.org can find two hundred thousand people to vote for his next opponent? They can just keep running this clip for the next 18 months.
Thierry Breton, former EU Commissioner for Digital Affairs: "If we don’t push back now, we will get humiliation and instability. Will this latest assault on our digital laws finally be enough to wake us up?" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I tried to wake Europe up in my April parl. testimony:
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Republicans have forced schools to stop teaching about slavery because it's too traumatizing for children. But watching their friends get shot to death at school is apparently the price of freedom. #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
1/2 Speaking of Taylor Swift ... (or not, lol)
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the Minnesota shooting: "The sad thing is we can't sit here and tell them that help is on the way. Because we're not going to do a damn thing about it."
Jeanine Pirro could not even secure an indictment against a sandwich.
This is very bad news. Louisiana won't even defend its own map in SCOTUS. It abandoned its own Black voters. Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Militarizing our cities is not the way that we create safety. We create safety by funding SNAP and Head Start, and building opportunities and mechanisms for success -- not pouring funds into militarizing the National Guard on our streets.
Happening now: Thousands march on Wall Street!
70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men. His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
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