Why Trump’s attack on the Smithsonian matters | Kimberlé Crenshaw and Jason Stanley The president’s assault on US museums, education and memory is a critical dimension of his fascist aimsIn a letter sent to Smithsonian secretary, Lonnie G Bunch III, on 12 August, the Trump administration...
Elon Musk has been ordered to stand trial over allegations that he misled voters with a dubious “lottery” scheme orchestrated by his America PAC ahead of the 2024 election. At a rally in Pennsylvania last October, Musk promised a crowd, “We are going to be awarding $1 million randomly to people who.
As Americans have known for far too long, Trump sees truth as indeterminate, ripe for manipulation by his regime. Trump simply doesn’t want reliable, accurate AI. He wants MAGA agitprop. trib.al/b68G88l
I just saw a clip of Gov. Abbott...smiling and nodding in agreement as RFK Jr. justified his gutting of the CDC. I was reminded of just how glad I am he has to sit in that f*cking wheelchair all Goddamned day. (Don't tell me, "You're better than that, Jack." No...I am not. That's exactly who I am.)
Absolutely repulsive! Trump granted full military funeral honors to someone who violently stormed the Capitol J6 (Ashli Babbitt), while refusing such recognition to honorable service members is a grotesque disgrace and a betrayal of everything the uniform stands for.
When I reported for duty at Naval Station Great Lakes, I never imagined that some day a US President would seek to use it as a base for surveillance and enforcement activity on American soil. Our military was not set up to cater to the whims of a would-be American dictator.
Above: Peskov on the Russian attack on #Kyiv last night, which killed 17 people, including 4 children, the youngest of whom was only 2 and a half years old: "The strikes are successful, targets are being destroyed, and the 'special military operation' continues.
Whether it’s on MSNOW or @meidastouch.com - I know I speak for all those involved that we will do whatever we can to continue to fill the gap in basic health information, now more than ever. Thank you for the trust.
AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.” REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA: “It’s video games.” WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.” WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
BREAKING: Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appear to be conspiring to kill as many Americans as possible. The CDC Director has been ousted.
Gavin Newsom says, get registered here registertovote.ca.gov and then 👇🏾
Susan Monarez, the CDC director, was fired just shy of a month into her role. At least four other top CDC officials have also submitted their resignations, with one of them writing, “I am not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponizing of public health.”
BREAKING: Attorneys for Susan Monarez, the ousted CDC director, say she was targeted for "protecting the public over serving a political agenda."
Grateful for amazing lawyers like @markzaidesq.bsky.social and Abbe Lowell who are fighting for truth and transparency. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Donald Trump has only been in office for seven months and forced out nearly 10 percent of the federal workforce. That's more than 199,000 people. trib.al/fnm0xnd
“Crying”? We should all be shedding tears over this! Private equity owns 1/3 of New Mexico’s hospitals, the highest rate in the country. Studies show PE hospitals cut staff, worsen patient outcomes, and drive doctors away. The doctor shortage is bigger than the malpractice fund.
Did you know that the federal minimum wage has not been raised since 2009? That's 16 years and it's still sitting at $7.25 because of GOP obstruction. Meanwhile the cost of living has only increased and CEO pay has skyrocketed. Workers today need $25 an hour for a living wage. #SolidaritySummer
The National Park Service just celebrated its 109th birthday. How is Donald Trump marking the occasion? By taking an axe to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS7IJaB5NDc
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Think New Mexico isn’t fighting for patients, they’re fighting for private equity. There’s a doctor shortage because Wall Street buys up community hospitals, guts staff, and turns ERs into cash cows. Patients wait 16 hours for care while profits soar. Private equity is strip-mining hospitals.
“Soldiers wear camouflage to conceal themselves from the enemy they want to kill. Safety vests are what municipal workers put on so you can see them at work,” @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the “comically absurd” spectacle of Trump’s army of garbage collectors in DC.
Chancellor Merz: This war must end.Like you,we want the issues in Ukraine to finally be put to rest,ideally today&immediately.But not at any price We don't want Ukraine to capitulate.Such a capitulation would only buy Russia time.Putin would use this time to prepare for the next war
Trump just hung a giant portrait of himself over the Department of Labor building, claiming he puts "American Workers First." Take it from a former Secretary of Labor: Donald Trump doesn't give a shit about working people. https://youtu.be/ARL5VvYJUe8?feature=shared
"Yesterday featured a striking spectacle: A three-and-a-quarter-hour televised Politburo meeting, in which the highest-ranking government officials of the world’s oldest and once greatest democracy abased themselves ridiculously before their presidential idol." www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-pr...
Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr ordered 46 states, five territories, and the District of Columbia to remove gender identity content from their sex education materials, saying that "Federal funds will not be used to poison the minds of the next generation." belib.org/wVtbX30
Look at this headline- "Trump best approval ever in AP Poll." What was the approval #s? 45% approve while 53% disapprove. And Strongly approve was pathetic at 25% Yet media doing best to help Trump
"In any semi-normal time, the Justice Department would acknowledge that Maxwell’s denial of her own conduct proved at trial means she has zero credibility…But credibility and truth were clearly not the goals of this so-called proffer.” ✍️ @mimirocah1.bsky.social
US Justice Dept investigating California's environmental agency reut.rs/4oRk0ER
Trump’s losing battle to topple the democracy is on full display: Zelensky negotiates from strength, 21 AGs sue to protect victim funds, his DOJ admits “vindictive prosecutions,” AG Bondi faces new corruption claims & much more! Popok breaks it all down at The Intersection. LIVE @ 8 PM ET!
China's growing nuclear arsenal reut.rs/4oGLYTo
Meiselas: Trump spent the weekend trolling Zelenskyy, basically saying give up your land. Zelenskyy, however, came in with all of Europe — the coalition of the willing — to push back against Donald Trump and to lay down not just Ukraine’s position, but all of Europe’s position.
Mote details on the report… news.ucr.edu/articles/202...
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.
Being against mail-in ballots is being against our Troops’ right to vote. For generations, we have cast ballots by mail, dating back to the Civil War. Denying that right is a betrayal of service, and yet another way Trump disrespects those who serve. GET STICKER: shop.votevets.org/products/vot...
NEW VIDEO: I provide my weekly update on what’s happening to our democracy and the court cases you need to watch. This week: DC’s battle with Trump, SCOTUS’ hearings this fall, a very big voting rights win, and more. youtu.be/KkelJlaueWo
"Noem has also been particular about the service on the Coast Guard planes. In one incident, she and her staff grew irritated when a weighted blanket she often uses on trips was not provided to her, an issue that was “escalated” within the service..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Folks keep talking about the parallels between real life and The Handmaid’s Tale. Here’s another one: they seized Washington, DC, and the seat of American power collapsed overnight into authoritarian rule.
We can’t lose sight of the damage SCOTUS is doing to our democracy. With Republicans in control of Congress and the White House, we must continue to build support for expansion, term limits and an enforceable code of ethics, @rachelrossi.bsky.social writes.
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"Witnesses — including the Post reporter — asked the officers to identify themselves numerous times. All but one, who was wearing the ICE badge, refused. “Oh, are you guys the cops?” one agent, who was wearing a mask, responded. “Then shut the f--- up.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
As Trump unleashes his authoritarianism across the country, it’s important to know your rights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=metN4EiDtmQ
This is like when the Avengers assembled to go after Thanos
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning. The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
📌This is an AP photo of Ukrainian soldier Artem, aka “Lisnyk,” of the Da Vinci Wolves Battalion. He was wounded this week fighting against Russian forces on the front lines of HIS country in Ukraine. A day later, the odious Trump rolled out the red carpet for the murdering Putin. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES (sound ) DAY 17 AUGUST 2025 THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES Please listen and share Governor Gavin Newsom's Powerful New Ad "WAKE UP AMERICA " "WAKE UP TO WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS DOING" People of California, we salute you We will fight with you On November 4th YOU have the power !
Practically speaking, how do we bring down housing costs? Last month, the Senate Banking Committee unanimously passed a bill that will use the power of the federal government to help communities across the country build more housing.
Shout Out IOWA Shout to everyone who wants to take back the SENATE JONI ERNST is thoroughly disgusting Remember, "we're all gonna die" VOTE HER OUT Meet Josh Turek listen to him He's the DEMOCRAT WE NEED IN THE SENATE Please follow and support Him @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social
Look what Trump and Hegseth have already made our military look like. How long can we endure this shame?
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In authoritarian crackdowns, it’s important to randomly ensnare some people whom one would think would be safe, so that everyone is at least a little bit afraid that something could happen to them. The regime scales up its power of intimidation over a much larger group than those directly affected.
Trump accepted a $400M luxury jet from Qatar. But for Trump to use the plane, it has to be secure. What will it cost to modify and take the plane apart? At least $1 BILLION from taxpayers. Trump’s hiding that by using funds from one of our nuclear programs. I’m pushing back.
Leningrad has not existed since 1991
Prosecutors identify three collaborators linked to the 2022 forced deportation of 15 children from a Mykolaiv orphanage to Russia. www.occrp.org/en/news/ukra...
Texas is about to give more than $1 billion in public money to private schools. We found that they routinely engage in nepotism and enrich insiders in ways that would be illegal for public and charter schools. Just out @propublica.org @texastribune.org: www.texastribune.org/2025/08/13/t...
Trump’s “test run” for militarizing domestic policing has begun in D.C., built on lies about crime and aimed at Democratic cities with Black leadership. Jen Rubin warns: Time is running out on the American experiment.
Russian and Belarusian military exercises next month to involve Oreshnik hypersonic missile reut.rs/3H8qQVu
📌"Trump didn't invade our capital again because there is some invented crime problem. Just as he didn't invade it four years ago, because there was some invented election problem. He did it both times to throw red meat to his racist base who elected him across the country." IT'S THE RACISM, STUPID.
Someone's getting a good deal this Back To School season, and it's not you.
Deploying troops without police training, defying the courts, and threatening the media, Trump is importing dictator tactics in plain sight and daring Americans to stop him... hartmannreport.com/p/the-strong...
Karoline Leavitt refused to give a straightforward answer to a key question about the monthly jobs reports. “We need to look at the means and the methods of how the United States is acquiring this very important data,” Leavitt said. trib.al/mSoEzsw
🧵After the Nazis came to power in 1933, they implemented policies to align cultural institutions, including museums, with their ideology. Back then it was known as *Gleichschaltung*, involved purging museums of art & artifacts deemed "degenerate" while promoting works aligned with Nazi ideals.
“If we want to have a serious conversation about violent crime then we can talk about violent crime…and the multitude of things we are doing in the State of MD…” Wes Moore has implemented successful policies that has reduced crime in Baltimore & it didn’t involve deploying the National Guard.
This is who they are. It’s out in the open. And they don’t think there will be accountability for it.
LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member. RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million preapproved dollars intended to help hurricane-battered North Carolina clean up storm damage and fix infrastructure, according to documents obtained by The Post.
Makes you wonder, huh?
Cashing in on human suffering is obscene! In New Mexico, more than 30 people got pacemakers they didn’t even need—so a hospital, a doctor, and a manufacturer could line their pockets. Predatory doesn’t even begin to cover it. Biotronik kept the scam alive with kickbacks to the provider. 🧵
Donald Trump’s “art of the peace deal”: ✔️ A red carpet summit in the U.S., but without Ukraine ✔️A massive potential giveaway of Ukrainian territory ✔️No new sanctions on Russia as promised Don’t sell out our ally.
Cartoon by Dave Granlund. #TrumpTariffs
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Carl Bildt is the Co-Chair European Council on Foreign Relations & Former Prime Minister of Sweden. Appeasement didn’t prevent war - it guaranteed it. Trading away Ukraine’s land would tell every aggressor that borders are negotiable at gunpoint. That’s not peace, it’s a countdown to the next war.
Not sure who made this meme, but they are spot on.
Earlier, from @drdrbrockman.bsky.social: The ban on churches endorsing candidates is overwhelmingly supported. 77% of Americans surveyed oppose houses of worship endorsing political candidates and 67% say houses of worship should keep out of political matters altogether.
Trump has requested wounded veterans be kept out of military parades; refused to visit a World War II graveyard; called deceased soldiers “suckers” and “losers”; and claimed the Medal of Freedom is “much better” than the nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor. trib.al/jPTsWKO
"This is not normal. This is not legal. This is not American." A leaked DHS memo confirms our worst fear: the military isn’t a last resort anymore, it’s a first tool, a political weapon, just like in Russia. Thank you @hartmannreport.com for this great article: www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
These countries Trump slammed with increased tariffs are just going to end up cutting trade deals with each other instead of dealing with his nonsense. America alone.
The Treasury Department wants you to Venmo it to help with the $36.65 trillion national debt. It has run this program for years, and people have donated $67.3 million since 1996—a minuscule amount of the total debt. But the options to use Venmo or PayPal are new. https://trib.al/iXC5oXb
🇺🇲 I don't think the Supreme Court Justices should have a lifetime term!
Never let them claim a monopoly on loving this country - they are frauds. #ResistTrump
The U.S. DOGE Service has sent staff to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with the goal of revising or eliminating dozens of rules and gun restrictions by July 4 crooksandliars.com/2025/06/doge...
open.substack.com/pub/deanobei... THE DEAN'S REPORT by: @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
Trump's 2017 tax cuts were a huge giveaway to corporations and the ultra-wealthy — and a bust for working families. Here's another reminder that extending them is a terrible idea. https://youtu.be/XdzzvRJM4eY?si=C0nr2w74rZS6Y-ga
ICYMI: Montana cut same-day voter registration hours on Election Day, and Native voters are fighting back. The ACLU just joined a lawsuit challenging the law, saying it targets Indigenous communities that rely on same-day registration to cast their ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Don’t let anyone say otherwise —> the Senate bill that’s being advanced this weekend very clearly will result in significant cuts to Medicaid. Over 70 million Americans rely on this program. Hospitals will close and ERs will serve as desperate last measures. This is the true #MAHA agenda.
What Donald Trump is doing in Los Angeles and across California isn’t just cruel — it’s un-American. He’s not concerned about our safety, he’s instilling fear.
Trump's asinine tariff policy is making our trade deficits worse, not better. It's just the last con from this moron destroying the economy that was rebuilt by Biden. Read more here: bit.ly/4lyGQyz #DonTheCon
DEMOCRATS—hell yes, do it‼️ Force the full bill reading on the floor. No more Senators pretending they didn’t know what was in it when they voted. 📌 Senate Dems may make clerks read the entire budget bill out loud. Good. People want fight—this is one way to show it. @democrats.senate.gov
I’ll bet you ten bucks Susan Collins will say she’s “very concerned” but will nonetheless vote to advance Trump’s budget bill. Total hypocrite.
The new bill text goes way beyond eliminating @wyden.senate.gov's tax credits for wind and solar. It actually **TAXES CLEAN ENERGY** Needless to say, this is an awful idea. It's an immediate rate hike for consumers, and hundreds of thousands of clean energy workers are about to lose their jobs.