See Amy Coney Barrett, No, I Did Not Cause the Constitutional Crisis (forthcoming 2045)
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See Amy Coney Barrett, No, I Did Not Cause the Constitutional Crisis (forthcoming 2045)
All this person does is shill for the Republican Party and Trump. Anything Trump does is lawful, and any judge who stops Trump is an activist or guilty of “anti-Trump bias”. Calvinball.
Where is the evidence that they were “narco-terrorists”? Or that they were headed to the U.S.? *follow-up with more specific questions
Excellent summary.
More than 1,000 HHS workers are condemning RFK Jr.’s political purge of the CDC for putting families’ health at risk. Ignoring proven science, firing experts, and stacking agencies with loyalists doesn’t keep anyone safe. Our communities are safer when science leads the way, not conspiracies.
Boston doesn’t back down to bullies. Boston is one of the safest major cities in America thanks to Mayor Wu’s leadership and the trust between residents and public safety officials.
Yesterday, I joined the @demwomencaucus to meet with brave survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse. Their stories were horrifying. Why is President Trump demanding Republicans suppress the truth? President Trump, this is not a “Democratic hoax.” Release ALL the Epstein files.
Boston is a safe, vibrant & welcoming city. We will not be intimidated by this Admin's illegal scare tactics & we will not back down as they continue terrorizing our communities. I'm glad we have a clear & steady Mayor at the helm. My full statement on Trump's baseless lawsuit against Boston:
Wasting money on warmongering won’t make America safe. The war Trump has been waging since his inauguration is on our constitution and democracy.
Why stop there? Let’s rename all Depts after what Trump is inflicting on America. Dept of HHS -> Dept of Hepatitis and Human Suffering Dept of VA -> Dept of Veteran Abandonment Dept of Education -> Dept of Erasure of History Dept of Commerce -> Dept of Corruption Just a start.
JUST IN — Trump is wanting to keep 300 National Guard members deployed in LA under the guise of protecting federal facilities. This stunt is estimated to cost taxpayers nearly $120 million.
NEWS — Roughly 24 hours after the launch of the “West Coast Health Alliance,” Hawaii is joining California, Oregon, and Washington in this shared commitment to safeguard public health. Together, these states will provide evidence-based immunization guidance rooted in safety,
WOW!! SEAN HANNITY JUST SAID TO HIS DOZENS OF VIEWERS: “HE’S TRYING SO HARD EVERYDAY. GOT TO GIVE HIM CREDIT.” THANK YOU SEAN!! SORRY YOU ARE IN A SLUMP! NDS IS SAD TO SEE. — GCN
Senator Warnock is on 🔥🔥🔥 We AGREE! RFK is a hazard to the health of the American people and needs to resign!
When asked about RFK Jr tonight, Trump did not offer a full-throated defense, instead we got ⤵️. This indicates, to me, that we should not relent. Now is the time to increase pressure... www.patreon.com/posts/ctas-c...
Elizbeth Warren goes for the jugular! RFK is putting babies health at risk, seniors health at risk and you should resign.
Going to sleep cuddling a sick kid. RFK Jr and anyone who supported his bid to supersize the suffering of little ones can burn in hell.
throwing a TDAP booster into the cart with my COVID and flu shots for this weekend like a free gift with purchase I literally pulled up my vaccine history going back to the 90s and googled "how often" for every fucking thing on the list just to make sure RFK Jr doesn't take me out without a fight
next Dem President should give ice the secondary title of “loser bitches”
I guess that would make Hegseth become Secretary of DeWars
Maybe Gorsuch can write another concurrence complaining that the lower courts "defied" SCOTUS (by following real precedent).
This is incredible work. In a just world it would win some major reporting awards. I’m saying that now bc I don’t think it will. There’s a particular kind of scoop you only get by being a really effing good beat reporter for a long time who sources trust. Investigative reporting doesn’t prize that.
At least 70 top civil servants across 13 agencies have resigned in protest since Trump took office. I salute the public officials who are resisting Trump's lawlessness and putting themselves and the well-being of their families on the line. They are America's unsung heroes.
We need an HHS Secretary who respects science and does not make policy based on conspiracy theories. Vaccines are safe and effective. Kennedy is threatening the health of our kids and all Americans. He must resign.
Dummies belong to ventriloquists. Not in government!
President Trump's new Fed nominee claims he is independent — but REFUSES to admit that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Doesn’t sound like independence to me. And Americans will pay the price.
🚨BREAKING: The District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump Thursday to end his deployment of thousands of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This is bad but not being sworn doesn't make it legal to lie to Congress, it's still a crime regardless.
Common sense public health measures go against their core values as human beings. And they CLEARLY don't know how to science! So, humanity standards are way below sea level w/ this lot. Always grateful for voices that speak up & shed a light on the apathy of our elected leaders that affects us all.
After Hassan challenges RFK Jr. on changes to Covid vaccine availability, RFK Jr. retorts: “You’re making things up to scare people and it’s a lie.” Hassan: “I’m not the one making things up.”
JUST IN: DC attorney general sues the Trump administration to rescind Trump's troop deployment, calling it an infringement on civil liberties and a violation of Posse Comitatus. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Dr. Susan Monarez, recently removed as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that the Trump administration is deliberately weakening the country’s public health and vaccine protections. This is a danger that should concern us all.
The challengers aren't opposing this, so the Court will likely agree. That said, it's striking that the government is only *now* claiming an emergency, given that it lost in the Court of International Trade back on *May 28,* and that the Federal Circuit ruling isn't going into immediate effect...
I have basically become Ben’s barometer for this website. And no, I’m not happy about Bari Weiss possibly running CBS News. Because I care about standards in journalism. I care about reality. And I don’t want someone who frequently misrepresents reality heading up an institution like CBS.
Thinking Trump has empathy is like thinking Marco has a soul or Ted Cruz has a spine or Tim Scott has a girlfriend or Stephen Miller eats garlic or Pete Kegsbreath is sober or RFK jr stopped doing heroin or Jeanine Pirro is competent or Pam Bondi knows the law What you see is what you get
"Fuck Ted Cruz" -Green Day and pretty much everyone else
Ted Cruz attacks Pritzker's waistline but won’t defend democracy. Meanwhile Trump—the most obese president since Taft—trashes Cruz’s alma mater Harvard, wrecks democracy, and hides the Epstein files to protect pedophiles. And Cruz is fine with it. The GOP’s cowardice knows no bounds.
It is hard to overstate what a loser Ted Cruz is.
"Funny how doughy misshapen Ted Cruz and doughy misshapen Donald Trump are body-shaming Pritzker," podcaster Bob Cesca posted on Bluesky. "He who is without D-cup manboobs cast the first fat joke." www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-267...
Once again, I think the better analysis of this is that it isn’t capitulation to Trump so much as it is using Trump as cover to do the very kind of thing that the people in charge of CBS want.
Some of what Trump is doing is truly unprecedented. But a lot of it is a half or full step further than shit we smiled and tolerated when other presidents did it (even as civil libertarians were correctly sounding the alarms).
Democrats are so unfathomably bad at confronting the most dangerous authoritarian in the history of the republic that they end up begging him to intervene in their states – as though sending armed men who report to the Fuhrer might actually help them address their real concerns.
BREAKING: In the foreign aid funding case, Judge Amir Ali finds that Trump’s “pocket rescission” does not change the executive branch’s obligation to spend appropriated funds unless Congress acts on his rescission request. Along with other findings, Ali then grants a new preliminary injunction.
I keep saying this: Republicans want a blood letting.. That is where this is heading. They may succeed or they may not, but they are egging themselves and each other on – to gin up the courage for mass death.
This is, in my opinion, something that should be taken very seriously — but that is very much in flux. Reporting, transparency, and advocacy are key to what comes — and happens — next.
Deploying our own military to our own cities? Donald Trump is pushing a serious constitutional crisis. It’s well-within our jurisdiction to consider this matter. Senate Judiciary Republicans should not tolerate this federal power grab and must schedule a hearing immediately.
The Supreme Court will soon face a choice: Stand up for the Constitution or lie down for Trump.
Parents are seeing increased prices for back-to-school essentials due to Trump’s tariffs. We should not make it harder for parents to buy school supplies for their kids with tariff taxes.
Written by fossil-fuel flunkies for fossil-fuel flunkies, in the fossil-fuel-funded Republican ecosystem — no wonder real scientists say it’s a joke.
The President is begging me to call him to bring in the National Guard. I’m not going to beg him for something we don’t want.
Was the “working families pay more plan” already taken?
The bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act is a necessary step to ban Members of Congress and their families from engaging in insider trading. It is time to pass this bill and make it clear to the American people that their elected officials put them first.
The Trump Admin. is stripping TPS for Venezuelans in the U.S. and is claiming that conditions in Venezuela are not that bad. Meanwhile Venezuelans are going hungry and without food and medicine under the Maduro regime. But apparently that's good enough for Donald Trump.
My Statement with Senator Van Hollen, and Congresswoman Meng Slamming the FCC Proposal to Rip Internet Access Away from Students.
Laura Loomer is basically a cabinet member at this point. Trump and his entire administration are caving to whatever she wants. Watch me explain the latest updates from this week and how dangerous this is for our national security. youtu.be/cB76b1RytAk
How and why did Loony Loomer even learn about this meeting? I don’t remember the American people electing this 🤡 to office.
Lots of Trump’s most dangerous statements taken as “jokes” are now reality. It’s time to take his threats seriously. @amandacarpenter.bsky.social discusses how Trump’s absurdity is an intentional part of his autocratic plan. https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/hes-just-joking-his-way-to-autocracy
Today I asked a Trump judicial nominee if she believed the President could get away with murder and be immune from prosecution. Her answer was not no.
Florida's Surgeon General is dead wrong. Requiring children to get vaccinated to prevent measles, mumps & polio is not akin to "slavery." Over the past 50 years, vaccines have saved millions of lives & reduced the infant mortality rate by 40%. Vaccines save lives — period.
#CollectiveCourage: Amber Phillips published a round up of wins by democracy advocates who have challenged Trump’s power grabs in court across the U.S. ⬇️
Survivors everywhere deserve accountability — from those who shared their truths of Epstein's abuse, to those who joined in solidarity today. I see you & I'm proud to stand with you. Together, we'll keep pushing for a Congressional hearing & the release of the full Epstein files.
According to a Republican pollster: 83% of voters—including 73% of Trump voters—want to extend the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced Premium Tax Credits. If Republicans in Congress fail to protect these health care credits, it will raise costs for over 20 million Americans.
REMINDER: Trump and Republicans’ “no tax on tips” is a giant SCAM. It locks out countless tipped workers and expires in just two years. But the tax breaks they passed for their billionaire buddies? Those are permanent. www.newsweek.com/rep-pramila-...
BLOCKED: Trump’s illegal witch hunt into Harvard University. Groundbreaking research into the cures for cancer and Alzheimer’s cannot be collateral damage in Trump’s “targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities.”
RFK Jr. must resign.
Writing for the majority, Judge Leslie H. Southwick explained: “A country’s encouraging its residents and citizens to enter this country illegally is not the modern-day equivalent of sending an armed, organized force to occupy, to disrupt or to otherwise harm the United States.”
A federal appeals court has blocked the Trump administration from invoking wartime powers under the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants. In a 2-1 decision, the court rejected the claim that immigration (even on a large scale) constitutes a military breach of U.S. borders.
“To be clear, the only motive for opposing this bill would be to conceal wrongdoing.” - Anouska De Georgiou
Trump says he is now considering targeting New Orleans for a takeover in two weeks.
Wow, Florida at it again… planning to become the first state to end all vaccine mandates, even for schoolkids. Don’t let the facts of decades of preventing outbreaks and protecting public health get in the way.
That people in the administration and **in the military** as he said are whistleblowing / leaking to a governor about a deployment, and for him to publicly sound the alarm on that basis, is... just an utter breakdown going on within the security apparatus and armed forces. That part alone is huge.
To have federal military forces on the streets in a state without its consent is extraordinary, deeply worrying, a dire situation. But it is something which, under some narrower legitimate circumstances, can be done lawfully. To have *Texas* troops in Illinois without its consent is an invasion.
So despite no Authorization for Use of Military Force and no possible invocation of the War Powers Act, the U.S. military is now going to be drone striking people alleged to be committing a crime? Again, on what legal authority?
My Republican colleagues are willingly handing over Congress's power of the purse to the president. Why? They're scared of the MAGA cult. If just a few GOP members put country over party, we could stop Trump's illegal claw back of Congressionally approved funds to advance democracy and US values.
A quarter of House Republicans' 219-member caucus have spent money at Trump properties already this term. This overwhelming number is a chilling testament to their embrace of Trump’s conflicts of interest.
to this point, i can definitely trace my ancestry in this country to at least the very early 19th century.
stop calling everything a distraction youtube.com/shorts/yyFjN...
Happy FriYAY, Marcia! 💖 🤣🤣🤣 #GoGavinGo!!! 💥 And here is Stephen Miller 😂😂😂
Newsom press office is on fire today, just like every other day.
“.. The Oval Office photos don’t resolve those questions. They raise them. And until the press decides to treat Trump’s health the way it treated Biden’s, makeup and memos will remain the White House’s first—and last—line of defense.” @passantino.bsky.social www.status.news/p/trump-heal...
A Labor Day message by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Press Office — They didn’t hold back with this one lol
Governor Newsom Press Office 🎶 Laughing • The Guess Who
Gavin Newsom’s Press Office doesn’t miss lol
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
You think one state suing another, in a court, under provisions of the Constitution is “civil war”?
Hmmm, this Republican Senator's speech at the National Conservatism Conference sure has a lot of similarities to the antisemitic "great replacement theory." And by similarities, I mean it is word-for-word identical. www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/02/s...
BREAKING: On a 2-1 vote, D.C. Circuit denies the Trump administration's request to let Trump fire a Federal Trade commissioner during appeals. Citing Humphrey's Executor, about the FTC: "To grant a stay would be to defy the Supreme Court's decisions that bind our judgments. That we will not do."
“Sitting US senator gives Nazi speech” should be the headline of at least one story about this. Except most outlets won’t even note it, let alone derogatorily.
Sure he’s a weird white nationalist. But when you see Eric Schmitt I want you to remember this: theappeal.org/missouri-att...
We are overdue for a “ Have you no decency” kind of moment.
He's not serious about following through with actions that'd actually earn him one. He just thinks he should be handed it, like everything else he's ever "accomplished" in his life.
I wouldn't hold it against the crew. But the officers and CMC... they need to be hauled in if this is what this appears to be.
UNCLOS generally allows for the interdiction of vessels engaged in piracy, terrorism, or trafficking—but still REQUIRES minimal force and usually boarding, not destruction. If this US Navy vessel was ordered to destroy the civilian vessel without being engaged, that's just murder. It's illegal.
Let's break this down. I'm a merchant Captain for former USAF officer. The US Navy destroyed a civilian vessel in international waters without attempting to seize/board the vessel and without being engaged in combat. This is "manifestly unlawful". The US Navy has a DUTY to refuse illegal orders.