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The United States is the only place on earth where poor people shun unions, free healthcare, and free education because the rich tell them to.
#BREAKING: Fifth Circuit (Southwick & Ramirez, JJ.) holds that President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act against Tren de Aragua is unlawful, and blocks AEA removals in the Northern District of Texas (over a lengthy dissent from Judge Oldham): www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
So I guess it’s the Federal Govt, not Texas, that’s deploying the TX Guard…?
I’m seeing a number of “why are we even bothering to talk about authorities, we know he doesn’t care about the law” takes, and while I am sympathetic, I’d like to push back a little. First of course bc if we don’t talk about these things then I’ve memorized them all for nothing 😂😂😂
"There is no middle ground between an arsonist and a firefighter." — Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social)
Anyone who participates in what appears in context to be a proposed military occupation of Chicago “because crime” will be doing something that is illegal and is obligated not to do that. That’s all I’ll say.
Epstein survivors speak out. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction for disputes between states (meaning they can actually file the lawsuit there, rather than have it go up on appeal). This would be a good time for Illinois to utilize it.
This is the most important news of the day. Sending Texas guardsmen to Illinois is an intentional, unprecedented provocation. It should be immediately challenged in court. Follow @democracydocket.com for breaking news and updates on this developing story. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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.
This guy gets it. This is the way.
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
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."
As Ghostbusters foretold…
I SAID GOOD NIGHT SIR…!
The Magnificent 007…
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Oh, Andy Borowitz. What a gem you are.
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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
I'm still waiting for the relentless onslaught of media demands for a press conference and calls to resign.
J.B. Pritzker is 100% right. Please listen to him, pay attention, and join us in speaking out against authoritarianism and to protect free and fair elections.
JB Pritzker uses the word "invasion" to describe what Trump has planned for my city, Chicago. And that's exactly what it would be – an autocratic government trying to crush our dissent because we oppose his corruption, cruelty and incompetence. It's what dictators do.
“It’s important that the American people know that their state leaders have their backs. It’s crucial for the American people to know that in many places at the local and state level, public health is alive and well.” Public health expert @gregggonsalves.bsky.social, to me, in this piece:
The thing about a lot of these never Trump Republicans is that, unlike a lot of institutionalist Dems who think the fever will break and we can all return to comity or whatever, these guys saw the rot up close and know the only appropriate response is to tear them out of government root and branch.
The U.S. is one of the world's biggest human rights violators under Trump. Well done, maga.
To be clear, when will the Republicans who control Congress start doing their jobs….
Mass shooters since 2018 who were transgender — 4. Mass shooters since 2018 who were not transgender — 4,193. Hope that helps.
The second best part is that it’s Meta heading for a well-deserved ass-kicking…
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
Unleash Hell Marc 🔥🔥🔥
Band I got: David Bowie (obviously) Best Song: The Man Who Sold the World Best album: Scary Monsters Worst album: Tonight Seen live: Sadly no Bought merch: multiple vintage vinyl LPs Band given to me by @Closetotheedge.BlueSky.social
The first Nazi book burnings were the biggest archive of trans research that existed at the time.
They are disappearing undesirables. They are deploying the military into cities. And now they are trying to commandeer railway stations. I can’t put my finger on it but this sounds familiar.
It’s almost as if appointing an anti-vax lunatic with zero qualifications to oversee America’s health was a numbskull idea and everybody with a functioning brain knew it.
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Was this a Godfathers Pizza spot?
R2 —TRY AND INCREASE THE POWER
Vaccines are scrupulously and rigorously researched, trialed, tested and continuously monitored. I get a little tired repeating this but it’s important. They are not the villain but the potentially fatal diseases they prevent are. I and my colleagues have seen them all.
More rapacious evil…
Veterans are oversold as a bloc. Some are extremely proud of what they did, others saw it as a job like any other, some would rather forget it. But the vast majority took the oath seriously, and not doing so offends them. I would hammer that Babbitt is getting a military funeral. Hammer it.
Restoring the Salmonella run…
BE ON GUARD CANADIANS
NEW: Judge Boasberg has GRANTED our preservation order for Musk's phone records in our FOIA case against DOGE. The request was made by the other plaintiff in the case - First Amendment Coalition - as they propounded the FOIA. You can read the ruling here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Outside the CDC, people are chanting “USA, not RFK.” They are fed up with having one unqualified person dictate the nation’s health. #USANotRFK
This is the way…
A federal judge issued a permanent injunction BARRING Trump loyalist Kari Lake from removing Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Meanwhile in U.S. sports we have Bobby Bonilla day… Cc @meninblazers.bsky.social
Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond. Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
Clear violation of Asimov’s laws-which in total seriousness are a useful if incomplete standard.
Cc @alasdairgold.bsky.social
It’s almost like there’s a common thread…
Chicagoans will rally and march on Labor Day starting at 11 a.m. at the Haymarket Memorial to protest Trump's threat of a military occupation of the city. It's time to speak out. Join us.
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"'People don’t want to reach this conclusion: This is authoritarianism."
Don't get it twisted. Trump is having the National Guard pick up trash to debase them. He hates the military. He is incapable of understanding anyone who would make sacrifices for the greater good. He thinks they are suckers and losers, and he's treating them as such.
It’ll be right next to the Home Despot…
NEW QUINNIPIAC POLL: Trump approval rating: 37% Trump's handling of: Crime: - 12 Russia/Ukraine: -12 Foreign Policy: -16 Economy: -18 Trade: -18 Israel/Hamas/Gaza: -19 Sending weapons to Israel: -28 National Guard to DC: -15 Epstein files: -48 Smithsonian: -27 poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
Did the prosecutors emphasize that it was a SUBWAY sandwich…?
Well there you have it: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
#USpol #EconSky
In point but they misspelled “ruins”…
“Pain at the ‘plug’.” That’s a new one. ⚡️ @bloomberg.com @bobburgess.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Iowa Democrats win massive upset to break GOP supermajority www.the-downballot.com/p/iowa-democ...
Trump Says Cracker Barrel Should Go Back to Old Logo politicalwire.com/2025/08/26/t...
He’s so close to getting it…
The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on.
I wrote about the manifestly illegal attempt to fire Lisa Cook 1/ paulkrugman.substack.com/p/in-the-mat...
Rep. Veronica Escobar: "We need more people marching in the streets."
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.
Watch what Dem politicians saw about this. This is a purported firing. It’s illegal. Treating it as real signals weakness.
This is one of the rare times I’ll disagree. They definitely imagined Trump. Half the Federalist Papers are about Trump.
The prolonged public torturing of a single man because the state cannot admit to its errors is not something that occurs in a free country
Gov JB Pritzker (D-IL) “This isn’t a time to pretend there are two sides to this story. This is not a time to fall back into the reflexive crouch that I so often see, where the authoritarian creep by this administration is ignored in favor of some horse race piece on who will be helped politically”
If any previous President tried to fire a member of the Fed he would have been impeached and removed from office in 72 hours.
UPDATE: Comer has subpoenaed Epstein’s estate. After I requested the birthday book with @oversightdemocrats.house.gov, the estate indicated it would comply with a subpoena with redactions to protect victims. The pressure is working. Let’s keep pushing for transparency & justice for survivors.
Judge Xinis: Your clients are *absolutely forbidden* from removing Mr. Abrego from the continental United States. You understand this? DOJ: Yes.
What I'm looking for in the 2028 primary is someone who will put Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem in jail, and so far, that's Pritzker
The nihilism that threatens to overcome so many of us (including me) is that so much criminality in the executive and by the GOP more broadly is going on with impunity. We need Democrats to tell us, directly and clearly, that if in the majority they will prosecute.
The Man Who Sold The World youtu.be/ogUJ7JwkLNs?...
In case it is not crystal clear: THIS IS AUTHORITARIANISM.
The day will come when the guilty face the judgment they thought would never arrive.
CO-SIGN:
NOW WE’RE TALKING!!!
THE PRESIDENT HAS GREYSCALE!!!
10/10, no notes
Change becomes a lot more possible when you reframe it as "How do I get specific people to take a specific action?" instead of "How do I get people to change a belief?"
Any collective action project benefits from a simple yet sufficiently detailed model everyone can point to as part of the communication of who needs to do what and how all the pieces fit together.
Tim Walz: "I always get in trouble for it and I'll continue to say it, I don't think we do any favors when we don't name it -- these are fascist policies."
Plain spoken Tim Walz. Love it.
Aside from anything else, it is a national emergency that the president of the United States has lost his mind.
DEFCON 1
Still plenty of time to almost but not quite close multiple deals, as usual… #LevyOut
