The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
Per the ding dong ditch murder: “The man emerged GM the house and shot the 11 year old as he was running away. So far no charges have been filed” Texas is so fucked up and nothing encapsulates that more than this.
🚨BREAKING: Federal court STRIKES DOWN down new South Dakota law imposing a nine-month deadline to file ballot measures declaring it unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Congrats to Dakotans for Health and their legal team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-...
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.
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
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?"
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As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.
A federal judge ruled against breaking up Google but is barring it from making exclusive deals to make its search engine the default on phones and other devices.
Watching how Mayor Jacobs and Gov. Pritzker are having to explain why they oppose Trump’s military occupation is infuriating. Those of us who live in Baltimore, Chicago, and other cities cited by Trump are not a backdrop for a strongman’s show of power. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
So, Amy Copout Barren...what ya gotta say about this? Forced to give birth. She could've had a safe procedure called an abortion. She was a student trying to make a life for herself. She was denied that because of you, you dumb bitch. How do you sleep at night? www.huffpost.com/entry/laken-...
Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "I was elected as the Labor Secretary for all Americans" (She was not elected)
Platner: Our taxpayer dollars can build schools and hospitals in America, not bombs to destroy them in Gaza.
In Portland today, a roaring crowd welcomed Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, signaling real momentum in his challenge to Susan Collins.
Taking away or raising the cost of healthcare is not politically popular, and even some of the people doing it are realizing that
I know it’s a subtle distinction that most mainstream media publications will elide but technically Judge Breyer found that the Trump administration’s *use* of the military was illegal Trump’s legal authority to *deploy* the guard in CA is a separate question that’s pending before the 9th Cir.
A Democratic super PAC is launching a $700,000 digital ad blitz slamming Susan Collins for opposing a bipartisan bill that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks. This ad accuses Collins of “the worst kind of greed… using insider information to trade stocks.” Please WATCH and SHARE. 👀
That’s because former Fox host Jeanine Pirro was unable to get the grand jury to indict her, which is conveniently left out here.
#NateSilver after the lackluster job you did predicting election outcomes and missing that they were rigged (see Smart Elections lawsuit) how are you even still relevant ?
I am 76 & I have had most of these vaccinations at one time or another. Also vaccinations against Covid, Tetanus, plus Cholera & Yellow Fever when travelling in foreign countries. These prevented me catching horrible diseases & dying a gruesome death. They did not harm me, they protected me!
On Labor Day and every day, respect the hands that build the world. - G “Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man, which will give his political freedom reality.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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“Representative Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat who has been one of Congress’s leading liberal voices for three decades, will not seek re-election next year, heeding a call for generational change roiling his party”
Norway has agreed to buy five new British warships in a deal worth £10bn. Defence Secretary John Healey says the deal "deepens our strategic partnership" with Norway news.sky.com/story/norway...
The Trump administration has stepped up efforts to obtain personal information about tens of millions of voters across the country, including seeking sensitive data such as partial Social Security numbers. cnn.it/3I1ybq2
Platner: I believe that input from working people is far more important than input from someone who simply has money. I believe that we shouldn’t be settling for crumbs while billionaires eat the cookie we baked.
I love this guy
Thank you on this labor day!!
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.
Workers’ rights are human rights. From fair contracts to safe schools to immigrant justice — nobody is free until everybody is free. With Trump gutting unions & pitting workers against each other, I'm proud to stand in solidarity with our labor siblings in Boston & across the nation.
The real workers of "america".
Until there’s a reckoning with how easily society tossed vulnerable people away in 2020 and how quickly monetary powers consolidated to enshrine that, justice is not coming.
Trump is the biggest union-buster in American history. This Labor Day, recommit to fighting back. Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
What human even does this to a child? How could you live with yourself if you did this?
Just saw a clip on ABC news that showed a small Guatemalan child being led to a plane for deportation with her ankles shackled. This country has lost its soul.
Foreign-funded white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and affiliated criminal groups orchestrated a series of anti-immigration rallies across Australia under the banner “March for Australia.”
His administration is more authoritarian than ever, the red states are as aggressive as ever, the destruction of our health care system is worse than ever—and Trump doesn’t seem particularly engaged or even well. What’s up as we enter September? Tim and JVL discuss. youtu.be/N3XMfXXnD4I?...
🚨We🚨Must🚨Not🚨Allow🚨Brutalization🚨Of🚨Protesters🚨To🚨Be🚨Normalized!!!
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.
People that like easy answers in a time of complicated problems alway seem to have the loudest voice
Troops hanging out in the DC metro today, displaying assault rifles, doing absolutely nothing
As we begin a new month, my law firm is litigation 51 voting and election cases in 25 states. 6 in Arizona 6 in Georgia 4 in Florida 4 in North Carolina 8 involve redistricting
I have an idea, let’s LISTEN to the women
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's claim that CBS News edited her interview to hide a criminal's MS-13 gang affiliation is incorrect. The full transcript shows she made the claim. CBS added an editor's note that Kilmar Abrego Garcia has not been charged with gang-related crimes.
Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
Anyway, I’m glad to know the president is still technically alive so he can watch this tomorrow www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Solar power is the cheapest electricity in history and in 2024 delivered 2/3rds of new capacity and 40% of new global generation. Yet myths, often politically motivated, are holding back its progress. @carbonbrief.org debunks 16 of of the biggest ☀️ myths👇 interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...
EPA Fires ‘Dissent’ Statement Signers The EPA fired agency employees who signed a June declaration decrying moves that contradict science and undermine public health www.scientificamerican.com/article/epa-... as Labor Day weekend started.
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It’s still early, but pretty good turnout so far for Bernie Sanders and Graham Platner’s (running against Susan Collins) rally here in Maine today.
"The CDC saga was seen as a component of a larger story that [Democrats] could tell about Donald Trump dismantling the health care system...Another part, likely more politically potent, would be health care becoming less affordable and less accessible." www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
Private institutions are profiting from ICE detention centers just like they do prisons. States that align their police departments with ICE benefit from financial kickbacks; it’s a business model built to generate revenue. 👇🏾
Outrageous. FEMA staff warned that disaster response has been gutted—and instead of fixing it, they were suspended. Retaliating against civil servants for telling the truth puts Americans at risk.
Today's a good day to learn Colbert found a new job. Hope it's a good one for everybody! #HappyLaborDay
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POPE LEO: “Let us plead God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world.” He prays for the victims in Minneapolis, and “the countless children killed and injured every day around the world”
Robert Mueller was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2021. We’re just learning about it now because he was asked to testify in the Epstein matter and won’t be able to. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
That’s a great idea!
Last night, at the final show of her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, Cyndi Lauper brought out Joni Mitchell (for “Carey”), Cher (“Girls Just Want To Have Fun”), SZA (“True Colors”), John Legend (“Time After Time”), and more. www.stereogum.com/2321337/cynd...
“Jobs disappear and the markets cheer.” On Labor Day 30 years ago, I issued a warning the growing divide between workers and the super-rich. Watch. youtu.be/8rW1kkAV-gw
"Nobody wants to be a cop [in DC]. They were abused. They were spit on." "When you when you say they were abused and spit on, I'm assuming you're talking about January 6th, correct?" "All you guys want to do was bring up J6 about the answer to everything."
Why is the Draft Dodger-in-Chief trying to drag us into a war with Venezuela? The claim is that drug cartels are so out of control they’ve been designated an international terrorist organization, so we need to send warships. But we’re denying Venezuelan’s asylum claims who fled for their lives. 🤔
Can the media STOP referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a “financier”? The money he made came from SEX TRAFFICKING MINORS, RAPING CHILDREN, and BLACKMAIL. He was NOT a financier. I’ve seen at least five stories from three outlets refer to him this way in the past week. This is the latest from the Times:
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
A federal judge halted the Trump administration’s plans to deport hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children following a pre-dawn emergency appeal. More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
California Highway Patrol stepped up to protect our President. ✊🏼 Y’All know Kamala WON! #california #kamalaharris
Pritzker on Trump sending troops into cities: "He has other aims other than fighting crime... he would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."
I see some people on this site saying "good, let them suffer" when rural hospitals in red areas close. All that's going to happen is sick people will be transported to hospitals in bigger towns and they'll fill up. The lack of easy access to COVID vaccines will make it worse.
#DebunkHisLies
Women with little heart damage after heart attacks treated with beta-blockers were much more likely to have another heart attack or be hospitalized for heart failure + ~3x more likely to die compared with women not given them. Research on the heart only focused on men 😒 www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
REP. BUDDY CARTER: What eroded confidence in the CDC was the covid vaccine BEDINGFIELD: Who was president in 2020?
After six GOP governors volunteered to send their National Guard troops to D.C., Democracy Docket reporter @jimsaksa.com reached out to ask how they would feel about troops being deployed in their own states. Here’s what they had to say ⤵️
Hahaha
Raddatz: "One of the things that they're trying to do in D.C. with the National Guard is have them back up federal law enforcement." Gov. Wes Moore: "They're picking up trash."
Sourdough bread has been baked for at least 2500 years. The fluffy bread made with bleached white flour (like Wonderbread) was first introduced in 1921. So which is traditional and "normal." It's a bit hard to justify labeling a product first developed by the ancient Egyptians as "woke."
Science is real
I’m unimpressed by the “thought leaders” who are just coming around to raising a red flag on the state of emergency. In all industries. In all ways. The absence of your voice (because the cost of using it was too expensive) won’t be forgotten.
Thou shalt not end vaccines. God will not save you from plague. The Middle Ages should’ve made that very clear.
Pritzker: "We don't want troops on the streets of American cities. That's un-American and frankly the president ought to know better. This one doesn't seem to. He hasn't read any books. He doesn't seem to understand the Constitution or the laws."
This is a real danger but to jamelle's point in this thread, folks often don't appreciate the scale of American elections: how many polling places, election workers, and decentralized redundancies, and how little of it is under any federal control. It far outstrips federal manpower in its vastness.
Heroes without capes 💪 “There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids” www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
Stay ahead of the heat this Labor Day: 💧 Drink plenty of water ☀️ Limit outdoor activity during peak hours ✅ Check on neighbors, kids, and at-risk elders 🐶 Never leave children or pets in cars Let’s take care of each other, California.
Trump’s plan to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War shows (once again) that his self-characterization as the “pro-peace” candidate was complete bullshit. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
AI researchers are already leaving Meta’s new superintelligence lab, just two months after CEO Mark Zuckerberg first announced the initiative.