'We are watching and taking names': Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to Trump's threats to Chicago Illinois Governor JB Pritzker holds press conference in response to recent threats made by President Trump to send the National Guard to Chicago.
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'We are watching and taking names': Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to Trump's threats to Chicago Illinois Governor JB Pritzker holds press conference in response to recent threats made by President Trump to send the National Guard to Chicago.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to Trump's threats to Chicago, press conference. www.youtube.com/live/8L2BDjl...
He's not a "former" heroin addict. He was using for well over a decade. Not only was the damage done to his brain but, given that this was not a short dabble, this guy is still an addict. And the behavior of an addict never goes away. Explains his incoherence and inability to answer questions.
They really are gunning for a civil war. Red state troops occupying blue states is a deliberate provocation and wrong in every possible fucking way.
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
Epstein Survivors - House Oversight Committee: a teary Rep. Nancy Mace left visibly affected after hearing the testimonies of the survivors.
Is it fascism yet?
Thank you Governor. Your speech is a ray of light in an otherwise dark time.
That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.
Excellent Speech. Call things what they are. Is that so hard Dem leadership?
BIG BREAKING NEWS... www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Anne Applebaum on the threat of authoritarianism in the United States. "The surprise has been the number of people, the Republicans in the Senate and the House, but also law firms, business...how many people gave up before fighting and they just kind of acquiesced." youtube.com/shorts/QpYrO...
Weird
"In my view, if the Democrats won control of Congress and Trump, through obedient members of Congress, somehow managed not to seat them, that would mean the federal government ceases to exist as a legitimate governmental power." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/gamin...
So much for “absolute free speech” that MAGA has been loudly demanding over the last decade as a way to sanitize their noxious neo-Nazism. Now that they are in power, the First Amendment apparently doesn’t protect protesting against their policies.
I generally despise Ray Dalio but he's correct that inequality is a breeding ground for corruption of our institutions by oligarchs. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Decorated US vet arrested for protesting ICE. This whole enterprise is screaming fascism. “I’m a military veteran. I’m an American citizen.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ben Meiselas has been outstanding in calling out the fascist tendencies of ICE. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMut...
Storm troopers doing baboon Hitler's work. Is it Fascism yet?
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
Fuck him.
What about the genocide in Gaza Cory?
No surprise here. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Democratic party leaders. This. is. how. you. DO IT. 'I’m going to do everything I can to stop him from taking away people’s rights and from using the military to invade states.' up.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“I don’t think political incarceration is the most important characteristic of authoritarianism...“What really sustains authoritarianism is that quiet knowledge that the prison door is always within reach … that shadow is what shapes behavior.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"Masters of the Universe," in Tom Wolf's phrase for the Wall Street guys who gave us the Great Recession and pretty much every other economic disaster.
The most clear analysis of our move from democracy to fascism, beside scholars on authoritarianism is being done by @thebulwark.com @meidastouch.com and most critically by @maddow.msnbc.com. I would encourage everyone to follow these folks and listen to Maddow's series #Ultra. Fascism has US roots.
Is he dead yet? I mean he's been vegetable brain dead for a while.
“Technically in political science terms, no, he’s not a dictator. The United States, I think, is collapsing into some form of authoritarianism. But it has not consolidated into an outright dictatorship,” Levitsky said. #Project2025 Architecture of Fascism. Fight! www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
This is the American firm financing #genocide #BostonCosultingGroup en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_...
Boston Consulting Group, Inc. (BCG) is an American global management consulting firm and it is funding #genocide in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
"TRIAL is one of fifteen groups that have previously warned that private contractors operating in Gaza in collaboration with the Israeli government risk “aiding and abetting or otherwise being complicit in crimes under international law, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide..."
"[T]he proposal was reportedly developed by some of the same Israelis who created and set in motion the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) with financial planning contributed by Boston Consulting Group." Hitler called it Lebensraum. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
"Trump has invoked to help authorize his mass deportations, which have junked due process and are being hastened by his tripling of the budget for [ICE] and his turning of ICE officers into his own paramilitary force." Otherwise known as fascism. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
"Kansas City, St. Louis and Springfield, Mo.; Birmingham, Ala.; Cleveland, Dayton and Toledo, Ohio; Tulsa, Okla.; Memphis and Nashville; Houston; Little Rock, Ark.; Salt Lake City; and Shreveport, La., all have crime rates comparable to Washington’s, according to F.B.I. statistics."
"Memphis, after all, has long been one of the most dangerous cities in the country, with a murder rate about twice as high as the nation’s capital, according to F.B.I. statistics." Red states where everything sucks. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
"Born out of wedlock in Charlestown, Nevis, Hamilton was orphaned as a child and taken in by a prosperous merchant. Hamilton was a "genius one of the Founding Fathers and he had the elusive, indefinable characteristics of genius."[" Immigrants they get the job done. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
An upcoming news conference with victims of Jeffrey Epstein could be “explosive,” one of the congressmen pushing for full release of the files on Epstein predicts. Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna said the victims’ accounts will force lawmakers to vote on a bill requiring DOJ to release its files.
'“Despite their apprehensions over China’s conduct, some of those countries increasingly regard the United States as a greater, if not the principal, destabilizing force in the international order,” said Ali Wyne, an expert on U.S.-China relations at the International Crisis Group.'
Trump gave away the order that was built post-WWII by the US. "Mr. Xi now appears vindicated for standing by Mr. Putin, and analysts say the leaders will use the summit in Tianjin to promote a vision of a world less dominated by the United States." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/w...
Good luck with finding North Americans who will do this work. #ICE
This is never going away, is it?
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ICYMI — JUDGE: “This case represents the consequences of a decades long drumbeat of anti-immigrant sentiment and misinformation being broadcast & broadcast & broadcast…” 2 immigrants shot in Washington, gunman sentenced in June. Barely even a story. 🤷🏻♂️ www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/g...
I'm sure Dems will write a strongly, worded letter to correct this situation as they seem to do with every outrage by this despotic administration.
Why are they imprisoning a man who has been living and working here for decades and was a contributing worker and has a family. It costs more to imprison than to have him work and support his family. Spectacular brutality is essential to fascism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
When institutions buckle to despots democracy crumbles.
"The more poll-tested a candidate is, inherently the less worthy. We are living in the aftermath of the public insisting that it's better to vote for people you can trust to be who they claim to be and act accordingly than to just have no idea and let the insiders have at."
"Why do voters so distrust Democratic politicians? What is the Democratic Party "brand", ever since Bill Clinton overthrew the settled commitments of the party, hired Dick Morris, and triangulated?" Exactly. Important read. drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/08/20/t...
I think the military occupation of Washington... represents the world as Trump wants it to be. You could say it is a reality, but it is not yet our reality. We still have the capacity — and more important, we still have the time — to turn ourselves away from this particular vision of the real.
Is it fascism yet?
Totally agree. Trump is a senile baboon, mostly there for spectacle, while Vance, Miller, Russ Vought, and Susie Wiles work to institute a fascist state.
“It would probably be better for the party as a whole if [the Democratic National Committee] just turned the lights off and padlocked the building for the next two years.” My only quarrel with this comment by a Dem strategist is the use of the word "probably." www.thebulwark.com/p/rakes-dems...
Countries are telling the Trump regime to fuck off. They aren't taking calls. They aren't returning calls. They are cancelling scheduled meetings. No one respects Trump and the clowns he employs. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/j...
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
Welch: Everybody's missing the point here. The point is, he's doing this on purpose. He's priming the public to get accustomed to having the military in the streets
Yeah, if only Dem leadership wasn't stuck in reverse.
Yeah, you creep just wait until your kids turn out to be socialists.
Why weren't any Dem leaders there? Could it be that they are feckless and clueless.
yes, yes and yes Do not cede your power Congress.
“When I call Kennedy a ‘dangerous crank,’ I'm not saying that as an insult or as hyperbole, but honestly as the most economical way of describing the man's views,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on RFK Jr.
You Are The Problem. A healthy party accepts constructive criticism which is why MAGA cultists allow Trump to "piss all over themselves." Get a clue. Start by listening to DA Larry Krasner on why you don't get it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE_0...
Democrats Predict Shutdown After Trump Tries to Snatch Congress’ Most Important Power "The move also strips the minority of what little power it usually has to demand concessions in exchange for votes during the appropriations process. " talkingpointsmemo.com/news/democra...
"If this were happening somewhere else...Having secured his grip on the capital, the president is now set to send troops to several rebel-held cities, claiming he is wanted there to restore order. The move follows raids on the homes of leading dissidents…" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Guards at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail deployed teargas and engaged in a mass beating of detainees to quell a mini-uprising, it was reported on Friday." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
More or less universally a country seeking to limit foreigners studying in that country is a sign of a society, culture, great power in severe decline.
Yeah, his mental health. Get a brain you Trump toadie.
Well, all you left-hating centrists in the Dem Party, where is your moral outrage. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @jaimeharrison.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
What I think we are seeing right now is Trump is attempting to build his own paramilitary force. They want people whose first and ultimate loyalty in this job is going to be to the president. Trump's take on Nazi storm troopers. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
Neither I nor anyone on the left is sitting at home. It's the lame leadership that is sitting on their hands playing it safe. Get a clue.
Is it Fascism yet?
For immigrants detained and released, what comes next? Free, but with the cloud of future deportation following them around wherever they go? Ximena Arias Cristobal is one such immigrant. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social tells her story in the latest Huddled Masses www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happe...
Poor baby got his feelings hurt cause the mean leftists are calling out your bullshit. Grow up these are dangerous times and they demand courage.
They are mostly in safe districts and don't want to ruffle feathers. Lame
Consultant speak will not win elections. Get a clue. The leadership is bankrupt.
Why? Leadership sucks and your comments demonstrate why people are angry with you. Get a fucking clue.
So you're going to build up a flaccid, ineffectual, scared-of-their-own-shadow Democratic party by... tearing down Dems who want actual progress? Sounds like stepping on one's own dick. Typs.
Good luck with that. Centrists shit on the left constantly. And your rabid - purge asshats - tone is a perfect example of why everyone hates you.
Elevating Minneapolis Mayor Frey (techboy) instead of the VOTER CHOSEN winner of the Dems primary: Omar Fetah. jumped through hoops & official procedures to REVOKE endorsement of the voter's candidate. Elevating abuser Cuomo instead of voter chosen Mamdani. Dems leadership sucks. stop being awful.
I dunno have you seen that guy from Maine lately? He's getting people pretty excited and happy. Oh and have you seen people's reactions to Pritzker? Absolutely shining. The problem is 100% the party leadership of losers.
Maybe if Dems acted like an opposition party we wouldn't have to call them out. Oppose and resist instead of giving us talking points.
NEW VIDEO: Trump is attacking the Constitution and Rep. Jamie Raskin is calling him out. He joined me to discuss restoring American democracy, the administration’s overreach into elections, and Trump’s desire to be a dictator. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDLI...
Don’t look away
Suanne Laquer has no degrees in anything except art schools. Understands nothing. But, she is typical of the Third Way centrists who are currently advising Dems to betray trans people, lgbtq people, DEI and basically appeal to the racists who back Trump and the repugnant Republicans. Loser.
Proud to be blocked by this horrible troll. @suannelqr.bsky.social should come with a "WARNING This person is insane and will troll you endlessly for no apparent reason than her demented hatred of leftists." This woman, who fashions herself a Dem, is the most blocked person I've seen.
District Attorney Larry Krasner lays out exactly what's wrong with Dem leadership. "They spend more time fighting AOC than they do Trump." Sharp mind gives Dems the talk they need. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE_0...
Correct he is totally full of himself. He literally thinks he's the smartest guy in any room he enters. Smug asshole.
Is it Fascism yet.
Resistance works.
ICE is now arresting people who are literally fighting wildfires.
Resistance works. Dem leadership take note.
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Genocide supported by Dems like Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries. Disgraceful
Here's some good news: Catelin Drey won a special election this week to flip a seat blue in the Iowa Senate and break Republicans' supermajority.
@davidfrum.bsky.social argues that fascism, once thought to have been buried by the Second World War, has reemerged in modern forms, thriving on the endless hunt for enemies, stoking culture wars, and exploiting new technologies. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
The algorithms on all these streaming platforms are the worst they drastically narrow you viewing and listening content by feeding you non-challenging crap that is all highly derivative. It's like AM radio all the time. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
'The White House has requested that a US military base on the outskirts of Chicago assist with immigration operations as the Trump administration plans a broader takeover of Democratic-run “sanctuary cities”. 'https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/28/trump-administration-military-base-chicago
“As bad as things have been...what we saw yesterday was another level entirely — an extraordinary and systematic dismantling of the very top of our nation’s public health system,” said Dr. Richard Besser, a former acting director of the agency. RFKJr is killing us. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
Mob rule by fascists.