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Trump murdered 11 civilians, whether they were involved in organized crime or not, doesn't take away their human rights. Trump murdered those people and released the video to boast about it. It's not law enforcement or legal military action, it is simply premeditated murder.
So we don't stop the boat and sieze the drugs? We just blow it up and kill everyone? WTF? Watch: Video shows moment US strikes alleged ādrug vesselā tied to Venezuelan cartel | CNN Politics share.google/cu5ytJMkl7EP...
The Pentagon authorizes military judges for immigration cases, the National Guard occupies DC, and Federal forces prepare to deploy to Chicago. Theyāre attacking democracy, terrorizing Black & Brown communities, and quelling dissent. We need to be preparedālearn how here: bit.ly/resistancetoolkit.
How are so many Americans okay with this? cmarmitage.substack.com/p/is-benjami...
Black person -- probably non-binary
Tell Congress: Stop Trump's Plan to Let AI Deny Medicare Coverage act.indivisible.org/sign/trump-o...
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends weāve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
Then the House will have to impeach the entire administration.
Just a reminder that Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, John Eastman, and numerous other Trump associates are still under indictment in various state election cases.
Not saying I think RFK Jr. should stay, but what would be the grounds for impeachment? Being an idiotic sociopath isn't considered a high crime or misdemeanor, sadly.
Brutal -- and she absolutely deserves every word of it.
These folks really need to learn how to pronounce Nobel.
He said the capital -- Washington, DC -- not just the capitol building.
This has the be fixed. Itās a violation of the second amendment Donald Trump Can Seize Your Stateās National Guard - Hereās Why It Matters youtu.be/AHNPxMSj6qA
The Second Amendment wasnāt written for executive orders and barbed wire around the Capitolāit was written to ensure a well-regulated militia that answers to the people and their states. Today, that balance is being pulled apart. My latest: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/who-really...
Putting the military on the street will lower crime. It does in North Korea, did in Nazi Germany, and in the book 1984. The question isnāt will it lower crime. The question is do we want to be a nation governed like this. Until 6 minutes ago the GOP believed in LOCAL control.
Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
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Harris mopped the floor with Trump and here we are. Besides, he'd better not be running against Trump!
Except she's clearly not.
I'm pretty sure a constitutional convention can only be called when 34 states call for one. So that would be state legislatures, not the House of Representatives.
This is so importantā¦ Sharon has been tracking license plates on cars driven by ICE agents, and sheās finding they donāt match the vehicles. In other words, ICE is using secret, illegal tacticsājust like we suspected. REMINDER: the DMV is not a federal agency. @governor.ca.gov š§µ
Iāve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded. HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
The Bolton raid should chill you: my emergency video (full video linked) adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
Hereās what was NOT released today: - the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ - the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed - communications showing who waived Maxwellās sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison - the Epstein files
Right. People generally don't pay attention until much later.
I live in Mesa County, CO, where Tina Peters committed her crimes. It's a red county that has gone solidly for Trump three times. You won't find many people here arguing for her innocence. She is an entitled menace who got caught red-handed.
Right. As I said, I agree with the main point, which is that it's too soon to predict anything. I'm disagreeing with one detail.
I agree with your main point, but I'd argue that, based on the last two presidential elections, the presidential election season will start in January or February 2027, less than 1 1/2 years from now.
"Brilliant. Exhilarating. The boldest documentary anyone could make right now." Official trailer for Academy Award-nominee Raoul Peck's ORWELL: 2+2=5. In select theaters 10.3. youtu.be/acKIDBKyx9c
I think you have it backwards. I think Trump told Putin to say that. Probably gave him some top secret intel to get him to do it. But either way, they're in cahoots.
Tw: fatphobia Hi! Unfriendly reminder not to be fatphobic when dragging bad people. Drag them for their shitty behavior not their body shape āļø You think youāre being funny but I promise you are not, all youāre doing is hurting your fat friends who absolutely notice how you treat other fat people.
Perfect. It's the truth.
āToday, there arenāt any bills on the floor for flood relief, no bills for tax reform, no bills to lighten the burden for Texas families. Thereās only one item." "A radical, discriminatory, mid-decade redistricting that strips away minority representation in Congress.ā - Rep. Chris Turner. #txlege
The United States could have great things like this. But we like to spend our money on kidnapping people and trafficking them to concentration camps instead. #Priorities
The person being mocked never thinks it's funny.
Why would we not put solar panels anywhere we can?
Again: this is not about what this country can or canāt afford. Itās about priorities.
I don't see it on X. Maybe he deleted it.
When did he post this?
A daunting reality. Who is going to make them leave?
Hey, he's a comedian.
A new UC Riverside report sounds the alarm: brutal immigration enforcement is fueling a public health crisis for kids in mixed-status families. Detention, deportation & raids are leaving children, immigrant and US-born, traumatized w/anxiety, disrupted development, and fear of losing their parents.
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Did the WH actually ask him to? Or is that just a reference to the one reporter who questioned his attire last time?
š¤® #Hoosiersky -- Vote. Them. Out. Call. Them. Out. This is NOT okay.
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The one on the left seems like it is just begging for a cat to come and knock it off. š
What is even the difference between Ukraine being in NATO versus supported by a "coalition of the willing." It seems like such a stupid hill for Trump and Putin to die on.
So basically Rubio is saying exactly what Zelenskyy said in the Oval Office and was publicly abused by Trump for saying.
That's why Harris beat Trump in 2024 by 9 points, I guess -- gerrymandering. š¤£ š¤¦āāļø
This is why I drive a 2004 Honda Element. Very basic vehicle by today's standards, and easy to work on. There are also several online communities that provide help to other owners with keeping them going. There are people who have well over 500,000 miles on their Elements. Plus they are cool. š
If pundits would like to talk about violence, a terrorist recently shot up the CDC and another assassinated Democratic officials in Minnesota but they sort of let both stories disappear Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?
WTF is she even talking about?
This is very satisfying to watch.
Chicago (and most American cities) are subsidizing the devastating, unsustainable symptoms of car culture to the tune of billions every year. The biggest welfare queen of them all is the auto industry.
Any time now you worthless shitbags.. #politics #fascism
I have a fond memory of skipping stones there.
Maybe instead of "democracy," which seems to have no value to Trump supporters, we should start talking about losing "freedom." Because that is the reason we want democracy, not so much for its own sake.
Maybe we all should be wearing tin foil hatsš¤·.
šŗš¦ Re-upping this one in the name of decency and democracy. Slava Ukraini!
It was one of the greatest moments in presidential debate history. š
It wasn't really news.
Compare the way Trump treated President Zelensky vs. how he is treating Putin. Putin owns Trump and Trump is his greatest military asset and victory. Is this what our Soldiers fought and died for over the years? SAD, SAD day for the US!
Well, there's still going to be some form of vehicle, isn't there?
EVERYTHING about the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump...was SECRET. EVERYTHING. You know NOTHING more than you did yesterday. Think about what just happened.
Sean Hannity pretended she was sincere in saying she'd nominate him. The absolute gall.
That wouldn't have worked for Putin's propaganda back home.
OMFG Sean Hannity just pretended Hillary Clinton was serious when she said she would nominate Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize rather than making a statement about Trump's incompetence. And Trump said he appreciated her support. š¤¦
There would be an immediate cease fire if Russia immediately ceases firing.
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Just sayin'. youtu.be/tcECXr9gpDo?...
So did Kamala Harris. youtu.be/tcECXr9gpDo?...
Someone in her ear made her backpedal. "The president wouldn't allow anything that would make him look weak." š¤£
I'm back In the U.S.S.R You don't know how lucky you are, boy Back in the U.S.S.R
Melania didn't belong to anyone, though they may have thought so. But none of us should be phrasing it that way, imho.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin in 2023 for war crimes. Shouldnāt the US facilitate his arrest and transportation to the Hague instead of giving him a joyride in the presidential limo? What kind of idiot is Trump?
Very informative and interesting episode. youtu.be/r3knpPbgMzA?...
dummymandering?
Newsom: If California, one of the most un-Trumped states in America, is not successful, itās at our peril. We may not get this back. Iām telling you, we may not. He is rigging this next midterm election before one vote is cast. He tried to wreck our democracy after the last vote was cast last time.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."
Because Democrats believe in fair elections.
The moment he named his platform āTruth Socialā we were headed this way.
Mother teaching her babies how to climb a tree... š #bluesky
We need better solutions than having legislators flee their states and state governors mock the president on social media. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
Timothy Snyder frames the Alaska meeting as the end of the road for Trump's fantasy of ending the war. snyder.substack.com/p/ultima-thule
Holy shit. I'm speechless.
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Did anyone ever get an answer for why the crimebusters in this administration let a triple murderer back in to the U.S. and walk free?
Repealing the Endangerment Finding is like tossing out the Ten Commandments. Mr. Zeldin's EPA is not only denying what's fundamentally true about the world, but is tearing out the foundation of our countryās climate regulatory framework. @commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/opinion/epa-...
You make it sound like it's weird that people care more about the content of their spouse's character than the color of their skin.
Please read this. This is one of the most valuable things I've read this year.
"Your nervous systemās job is to keep you aliveā¦not to preserve a republic."
Oh yeah, love me a good research rabbit hole as a procrastination tool.
Thank you for researching that. May there one day be such a letter written to Marco Rubio. š
I missed the part where blowing hundreds of millions in taxpayer money on gaudy, unnecessary White House upgrades counts as ācutting waste, fraud, and abuse.ā Or did we just drop that whole narrative?
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