This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
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This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
‼️ALERT‼️ Active checkpoint on Georgia Ave and Dahlia St. MPD and other unidentified officers seen stopping cars at 10:55 am August 30. 1/2
Little kids with brain cancer. That’s who Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are screwing over by cutting health care.
On why the media is suddenly covering Epstein: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/mafia-stat...
I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’ve heard from a couple of messaging strategists now that people shouldn’t post so much about COVID19 vaccines because it’s “divisive”. I am here to say that I do not give a damn what is popular. I will never ignore scientific evidence for the sake of expediency, and neither should anyone else.
💙Take attendance of democrats who are supporting Mamdani. Remember the ones who aren't & vote them OUT. They've moved to the right for their paychecks. The goal is more Mamdani POLICIES and more humane societies. Dems aren't divided in half, it's split in three. The establishment did that. 💙
When I first started seeing repubs use "Democrat" in place of "Democratic" I knew we were in for at least a decade of pain. That was about 20 years ago.
My senator, to my immense disgust, is Cancun Cruz. His office never answers and his voicemail is always full.
We need impeachment, removal, and prison.
This says it all. 🇨🇦
The same people who villainize Dr. Anthony Fauci, an actual doctor with a speciality in immunology and research in virology, are praising RFK Jr who has never seen the inside of a lab.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
When a president decides to disregard the will of the American people, you’re right, that’s the mark of authoritarian rule. The White House has notified Congress that it plans to cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid funding that lawmakers had already approved, doing so without their consent.
If Ashli Babbitt's parents really wanted to avenge her death they would, instead of pitifully whitewashing her legacy, be suing Fox News for filling their child's gullible head with dangerous nonsense that directly led to her death.
A masterclass in multitasking!
School just started, and we are already mourning two children killed and dozens more injured as they prayed during mass. It doesn’t have to be this way. Congress must act to keep our kids safe.
Dr. Demetre, in his resignation from the CDC, said this: “I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people”. It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.
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:
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury Keep reading, friends. 📚
Amen
Two children were killed and seventeen people were injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School. A Cracker Barrel logo change received far more scrutiny and attention than any fight against the epidemic of gun violence in this country. Our priorities remain idiotic.
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
Agreed, alliteration is always an acceptable alternative.
Schools Theaters Concerts Malls Churches Synagogues Mosques Parks Nightclubs Offices Festivals Stores Military Bases Bars Post Offices Yoga Studios Super Bowl parades Nowhere is safe from the scourge of gun violence in America. You can't tell me we must simply accept it.
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.
Does anyone know what happened between May and August this year?
Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
living as a process of composition. each self: a rough draft. via @aspenideas.bsky.social
My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
I will die on the hill that you should never have to pay to park at jails, hospitals, the school you attend, or courthouses.
All Folks Had To Do Was Vote For The Super Qualified Black Lady… With A Degree In Economics
Game on.
Here’s what was NOT released today: - the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ - the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed - communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison - the Epstein files
Thank you from Texas!
A federal judge may have ordered Alligator Alcatraz to shut down in the Everglades but remember it was a Sovereign Native Nation in the Miccosukee Tribe that laid the groundwork for this ruling. Their work should be amplified, not overlooked.
Has Arnold Schwarzenegger spoken out again the Texas gerrymander, since he’s so opposed to the idea in principle? I haven’t seen it, if he has…
You probably pay more in federal income taxes than some of America’s biggest, most profitable corporations. It’s not right — and we cannot afford to let it continue.
You know what’s not in John Bolton’s home? Tons of Epstein files, photos, and videos. That shit is hidden in Donald Trump’s Justice Department.
Here, fixed it.
The Supreme Court just greenlit Donald Trump gutting nearly $800 MILLION for medical treatments and cures. Congress approved this funding for a reason: it saves lives. This is disgraceful, and families will suffer.
We’ve posted about this before, but now it’s official a federal judge has made it clear: Alina Habba has been serving as New Jersey’s U.S. attorney without legal authority for over a month.
Democratic Governors, what more do you need to see? WAKE UP. FIGHT. www.axios.com/2025/08/20/n...
Need more of this! #texas #notofascism
A voice that weaponized scripture has gone quiet. Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, & Family Policy Alliance, has died today at the age of 89. May the thousands of children and those within the LGBTQ community that suffered find some sparks of peace today.
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The Nobel Committee should make a "change of policy" annoucement and state that they'll no longer award the Nobel Peace Prize to elected officials still in office due to not wanting to influence domestic politics of other countries. Hence, if Trump wants considered that bad, he'll have to resign.
Please boop those adorable snoots for me. When they wake up and are agreeable, of course.
They are threatening you with violence.
Private prison and surveillance companies like Geo Group, CoreCivic, and Palantir just reported massive profits last quarter thanks to lucrative government contracts for Trump's mass deportation machine. All of course donated to Trump's inauguration. They're getting rich off cruelty.
Do people realise she's still being held captive? I feel the headline is a bit misleading... she's still in there...
This is disgusting… stop abusing her human rights!
Yes. Last I heard she'd been given "permission" to go to her office and the bathroom but is "escorted" ie followed when she does so.
Actually, slavery WAS that bad.
atlantablackstar.com/2025/08/18/b... One of the reasons I don't think the death penalty in the US is viable is because the number of stories like this...where you can get jailed for 67 days because your name is similar to someone else.
They're eventually going to demand the government shoot all the asylum seekers. What part of this are we not getting yet
Am I understanding this correctly? Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend wants to eliminate mail-in voting because an enemy of the United States and a violent dictator who is on his own fifth Presidential term is for some reason very invested in American elections
Vaccines don’t prevent infection. Vaccines are meant to produce immunological memory and antibody production, so that when you get infected, your immune system can rapidly respond to eliminate the pathogen and prevent serious complications, including death. Vaccines don’t cause autism!
They’ve tried to erase us for centuries. Didn’t work then, won’t work now. Black history IS American history.
WE STILL WON'T GO BACK!! Signed, a non-practicing yt woman in Dallas.
If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
I just love it when women.
Some Texas Democratic women have torn up their permission slips and will now be hosting a “slumber party for Democracy” on the House floor.
An idea:
You have my vote
cosigned, from deep in the heart of Texas.
The authoritarian shit is bad on its own, but let's not lose sight of the fact that this Texas law enforcement officer couldn't keep up with a 61-year-old out for her morning walk. Like the Nazis, these people are evil and pathetic at the same time. Don't miss any chance to mock them as losers.
In case anyone's confused, yes, slavery was bad.
Last week, ICE arrested a six-year-old Queens public school student at her family's scheduled check-in. This morning, she was deported along with her mother. One of her siblings remains in detention. The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
Nailed it.
Putin tells trump that mail in voting is no good. Trump immediately moves to ban mail in voting. Putin doesnt want any concessions. Marco Rubio goes on all talk shows to do damage control while spreading Russian talking points and propaganda. Putin says jump, Trump and Co yell how high
After Texas actually does it, every Dem-controlled state should redistrict for maximum possible +D gerrymander.
Me too! I'm proud of my state reps for taking the stand they took, and I understand why they had to come back. But why tf did they sign such a ludicrous agreement after all that??
Department of Public Safety.
oh we're way past that point with these absolute fools.
And Dallas, we're overwhelmingly blue here as well
Elected representative in Texas left locked in the House chamber because she refused a DPS escort. I know there's a lot going on, but if this isn't a front page story in every US newspaper tomorrow, our press is massively failing us. And yes, I know that they already are.
There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.
James Madison was elected in 1812 during the War of 1812. Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1864 during the Civil War. FDR was elected in 1944 during WWII. JBJ & Nixon were elected in 1964 & 1972 during the Vietnam War. George W. Bush was elected in 2004 during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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.
Whether or not Ukraine is willing to give up land, is up to the Ukrainians. Whatever they say is the position the US Gov should support, without question. Trump doesn't get to blame the war on "Biden"; and help Russia steal land at the same time. If it's Biden's fault, then Trump needs to fix.
#warning: CPSC is issuing an urgent warning to consumers about fake #Labubu plush dolls, sometimes referred to as “Lafufu,” that pose a serious risk of choking and death to young children. Details: www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
We’re not distracted and it’s not going away.
A shooting in Crown Heights early this morning has stolen the lives of three New Yorkers and injured eight more. I’m grateful for the first responders who rushed towards the danger and worked to save lives. We cannot accept gun violence in our city.
Maybe one of those novelty tux T-shirts I loved as a kid😂
RELEASE THE TRUMPSTEIN FILES.
A message for the most “transparent Administration” in history: Release the Epstein files.
She looks so much better and happier now that she can be herself! Beautiful❤
And nary a single suit among them, preferably.
Sounds like the Hill Country of TX is still struggling to recover. I bet some additional equipment and manpower would help. Oh, well. This nonsense is more important, I guess. I hope those people in TX understand how unimportant they are.
Life comes at you fast