This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.
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This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.
Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions
If we're taking away things like free speech, I can take away my money. #hulu #abc #jimmykimmel #cancelhulu
TODAY: @dgcomedy.bsky.social & I react to the government pulling Kimmel off the air. Plus, the shooter's texts are bullshit, the pressure campaign to indict Tish James with no evidence, and the continued coverup of the Epstein Files. Free to listen and subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
WOW. Judge Kelly takes the Trump admin to task for their outrageous effort to deport children in the dead of the night. Not only does he say their justification "crumbled like a house of cards," he also says the admin was not engaging in "conduct ... that reflect[s] good faith."
The government’s explanation that it simply wanted to “reunite” parents and children “crumbled like a house of cards,” Kelly writes. “There is no evidence before the Court that the parents of these children sought their return.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
NEW: I will not be distracted! I've just filed a motion for partial summary judgment to expedite my request for the training videos instructing FBI personnel to tag and log mentions of Trump in the Epstein files. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ive-fi...
What’s at stake here is free speech. Across the board, we’ve seen the Trump administration use the power of government to go after anybody who’s criticized them — and in this case, Jimmy Kimmel. We need to all stand up and speak out.
If you’re going to cancel Kimmel for saying the shooter was MAGA, you should also cancel everyone who said the shooter was some kind of liberal activist. Politicization of a murder works both ways.
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RELEASE THE TRUMPSTEIN FILES.
it helps to explain everything that’s going on when we remind ourselves that the president is a convicted felon say it again: the president is a convicted felon that is why he is behaving like a criminal
An INTENDED result of going after free speech is it scares people into being silent in a moment where we need everyone to be the loudest.
This is Hollywood's McCarthy Moment. This is the litmus test. Learn from history. Who will step up and fight? Who will bend the knee and be complicit? History will remember.
The NCTC chief praised Trump’s plan to label ANTIFA a terrorist org and called for federal terrorism charges—neither of which exist in U.S. law. This shows why Kent is unfit for the role. The Steady State warned Congress in June. drive.google.com/file/d/1DX-u...
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A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
Exactly this
The thing with designating a group that doesn't actually exist as a terrorist organization is that they can then say anyone they want is a part of that group.
I’m a Christian. This is blasphemous. Jesus was infinite love and had extreme empathy. Spreading hate is the opposite of what disciples of Christ do.
Laura Loomer claimed credit when Tulsi Gabbard revoked my security clearance, unleashing her right-wing mob. Next came death threats. Today, I launched my campaign for U.S. Senate. She already called me a professional liar, a gaslighter, and a "traitor to his country," and the day isn't over yet.
Remembering all the discussions I had with @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social about there being no legal mechanism to declare a domestic group a terror organization when folks were asking why we hadn’t designated the Proud Boys a terror group.
Can’t California just detach and float out to sea? Flaming arrows at the remains like a reverse Viking funeral? See you in Valhalla, etc?
DonOld J. Trump is a PIG !!!
Even Grok is calling BS on the text exchange…time for Elon to tweak the code again.
Talking about Kash Patel ...
That “it simply won’t happen to me” is perhaps the most powerful delusion in our politics today.
It's just my opinion that the Republicans are the "spineless" Americans who are not standing up to Trump's wrong-doing against America ...
TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: He cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group. There is no org called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path or no membership. Also there is no terrorism law in America. Ask Luigi. He wants to call anyone a terrorist. That’s Fascism. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Hey D.J.T, see that my house is "PRIVATE PROPERTY" ??? You're way worse than Richard Nixon for invading my privacy on National Live Television, and you know it !!!
All I know is "danke schön" --- "Thank you very much." I'm a full blooded German (the name Hildebrand is a German name, and both sides of my family came from Germany), but I do NOT approve of what DonOld J. Trump is doing, even though he has a German background, too.
Talking about Charlie Kirk ...
Show me the memo where Biden said he wanted to build luxury hotels atop Palestinian graves.
This is only the beginning…the flashpoint they wanted to begin their full scale authoritarian march.
I trust medical experts and scientists over a heroin addict. This should not be a controversial position.
The left was derided for promoting a cancel culture because they went after predators and those who abused their wealth and power. The right is canceling anyone who dares speak truth to power. Both sides are not remotely the same.
NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel says recent court orders — related to a few dozen pages of grand jury material — are preventing him from releasing the FBI's massive trove of Epstein files. That's not what the courts actually said. www.politico.com/live-updates...
Rep Eric Swalwell (D-CA) asks Kash Patel if Patel told Attorney General Pam Bondi that Trump's name was in the Epstein files This was what happened next =====>
Dr. Houry calls on RFK Jr. to resign: "After seeing his Senate Finance testimony and the number of misstatements, seeing what he has asked our scientists to do and to compromise our integrity, and the children that have died under his watch, I think he should resign."
NEW: The hanging deaths in Mississippi, the bizarre lawsuit filed by donald against the New York Times, trump takes over TikTok, and Kash Patel is full of shit. New, with swearing! Free to listen and subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
So I'm going to wait for solid evidence before I comment on their validity. But somethings is rotten in Denmark. END/
That narrative is what trump and miller need to declare "antifa" a domestic terror organization, subjecting people on the left to an annihilation of civil rights under authoritarian emergency powers. In that respect, the texts seem awfully convenient. 4/
What's certain is that no one trusts a damn thing Kash Patel's FBI puts out, and if these texts were given to local prosecutors by the FBI, then they're immediately sus. The news here is that no one trusts the FBI. I will say the texts certainly fit the narrative pushed by the white house. 3/
I'm not going to share the texts because I question their authenticity, but I've read a lot of analysis about them. Many say there's no way a 22 year old texts like that. I've also seen some right wingers like Bannon say the texts are fake because they don't implicate democrats enough. 2/
THREAD: THE TEXTS: I’m not ready to comment on the veracity of the alleged texts sent from the shooter to his roommate, but if the FBI fabricated them because they have marching orders to pin this on the LGBTQ community or "antifa", then the shooter is going to walk free. 1/
NEW: Harry Dunn and I discuss donald's fraud against Fed Board Governor Lisa Cook, and the BIZARRE three-ring circus that is Patrick Byrne. Free to listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Crockett: When you I say you are the least qualified in the history of the FBI, it’s real… Patel: That’s false Crockett: I didn’t ask you a question. I want to talk about why you're a failure and honestly we need to tell you, bye, bye
He knows.
Of course, Trump is the one who is GUILTY of committing crimes !!!
Mahmoud Khalil lost his bid for a waiver of removability, making him one step closer to deportation. He claims his immigration judge took Marco Rubio's "misrepresentations" about him as gospel, and is asking a NJ judge to step in. Here's some of the immigration judge's ruling:
On the issue of Board of Immigration Appeals purges, here is the current composition of the Board by what administration appointed them, counting temporary members: - Bush: 2 - Obama: 2 - Trump: 13
How did Dr. Monarez go from being “a public health expert with unimpeachable scientific credentials” who had the “full confidence” of Secretary Kennedy into being a “liar” and “untrustworthy” in less than a month? She refused to rubber stamp his anti-vaccine recommendations.
I pre-ordered the book.
I pre-ordered a copy. 😀
Obama: We have to recognize that on both sides there are people who are extremists But I will say that those extreme views were not in my White House. I wasn’t embracing them. I wasn’t empowering them. I wasn’t putting the weight of the government behind extremist views.
The Fed's independent decision, with Lisa Cook rightfully back in the room, was based on data and thoughtful consideration. Working people need an economy that works for all and today was a step in the right direction. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
For Christ's sake ... Trump needs to be removed from the White House ASAP !!!
Trump admin doesn’t want anyone to hear what Jimmy Kimmel said: “The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
Don’t let this make you quieter. Get louder.
FUTURE HEADLINE PROBABLY: SCOTUS lifts stay blocking removal of Jimmy Kimmel from ABC on 1st Amendment grounds using the shadow docket with scant explanation. Kavanaugh's concurrence briefly cites Article II powers.
NEW: Trump is designating "Antifa" a terrorist organization (though there's no legal mechanism to do - but the law doesn't matter anymore.) He's using the Kirk murder to justify going after democrats. Those of us who read Project 2025 knew this was coming - but that provides little comfort.
The United States, the Topsy Turvy Era.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel, too.
Xp Lee wins 34B special election filling Melissa Hortman’s seat. The MN House is once again tied.
They are literally canceling culture
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
I can’t think of another instance when a sitting president sued anyone for libel, slander or defamation. Pretty sure not even Nixon, who was chronically at war with the media, went there. Am I forgetting something?
ABC should reverse their decision."
Sad to say ...
“My mommy made me King.” “You lucky dog. I had to make myself King.”
It’s pretty crazy that this administration wants to charge minors as adults, but not adults for abusing minors.
BREAKING: Democrat Xp Lee wins the Minnesota House special election to fill the seat of Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated in June.
Basically, ya gotta have the proper mindset to do your job, D.J.T. !!!
Headline: President Manbaby orders servile deputy AG to prosecute those who boo’d him at dinner.
Just F.Y.I. ---
Please do your part to SAVE DEMOCRACY !!! youtube.com/shorts/yDISb...
This is a fair point.
Tim Walz: "I've been telling people since January it's going to get worse before it gets better, but it is going to come to an end. History is not going to be kind to these people. History is going to remember them for what they're trying to do. It's not what they're going to get done."
according to an immigration attorney representing several arrested workers, ICE agents chose to arrest the Korean workers to fulfill the quota of 3,000 daily immigrant arrests set by Stephen Miller www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Rep. Ro Khanna just pulled the pin on the grenade: Democrats now have the votes to FORCE a vote on the Epstein list. Mark it down...Sept. 23 the discharge petition hits the record. Seven days later…the vote for the files. This didn’t happen by accident.
Rest in peace, Sundance Kid.
Kroger will lay off ~1,000 employees. In December, it announced $7.5B in stock buybacks – which juice stock prices, enriching shareholders and boosting CEO pay. Just so happens that Kroger's last CEO was paid 457x its typical employee in 2024. Textbook corporate greed.
Happy Mexican Independence Day, Illinois.
I wouldn't trust Ghislaine Maxwell with a 10-foot pole.
NEW: Judge Kelly further extends temporary restraining order barring summary removal of unaccompanied Guatemalan children. The order is extended for two more days as Kelly mulls whether to grant longer-term relief
Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.
The dangerous thing about Kash Patel is that he does nothing to hide his disdain. He is not loyal to the Constitution, our laws, or career officers in the FBI. He doesn’t feel accountable to the people or any other branch of government. He is loyal to Trump. That’s it. And that is dangerous.
Kash Patel is asked about why Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to a lower security prison shortly after meeting w. Deputy Atty Gen. Todd Blanche His response included calling Sen Adam Schiff (D-CA) a "fraud" & a "baffoon" I've never seen that before in a Congressional hearing
Just as long as Trump doesn't have anything to do with Tik-Tok anymore.
NEW: Whistleblowers allege that a senior government official, Angie Salazar, made inaccurate statements in a sworn declaration filed in a lawsuit challenging the summary removal of migrant children. Salazar "knew or should have known of the inaccuracies," per letter to Congressional leaders.
NEWS NBC News LOSES its effort to unseal the identities of two people Epstein wired six-figure transfers of money to after the Herald's exposé. The government and two lawyers for victims opposed the effort. Quick thread storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Do we understand what the difference is between a king and president?" Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked at an event in Manhattan today.
Yep. Less than 15 years!
“In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder, Trump’s DOJ deleted a study from its site stating right-wing violence ‘continues to outpace all other types of terrorism & domestic violent extremism’ in 🇺🇸 — The study was available online until Friday.” newrepublic.com/post/200537/...
Wow, first time I've seen him underwater in this poll with white people. He has negative disapproval across every possible cohort.