They have no fear of deadly diseases because vaccines work. Now that they’re preventing vaccines from working, they will soon remember to fear.
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They have no fear of deadly diseases because vaccines work. Now that they’re preventing vaccines from working, they will soon remember to fear.
"I thought they were going to make me board the plane like they did with the other kids from the shelter, but they asked me for my name and told me I was not on the list." A terrifying declaration from an unaccompanied child nearly removed to Guatemala straight out of Schindler's List.
Raskin: "When private comments made by federal employees are scrutinized for anti-Trump bias and they can lose their jobs because of it, then we've entered the realm not just of Vladimir Putin but Joseph Stalin."
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
Epstein survivors say they’re compiling their own client list. “We know who abused us. We saw who came and went. This list will be survivor-led—for survivors”
Trump spends oodles of $$ for an absurd military flyover to silence victims of Epstein’s and Maxwell’s awful crimes as he protects the perpetrators of those crimes.
Epstein Survivor Lisa Phillips: “Together as survivors, we will confidentially compile the names we all know who were regularly in the Epstein world.”
It’s worth noting WHY Epstein survivors are speaking out: Because the Trump Administration is making corrupt deals with their predator and hiding evidence of his accomplice’s crimes.
McGovern: "You guys think you work for Trump ... Let me repeat -- every single Republican on the Rules Committee voted against releasing the Epstein files. Every single one. We heard last night that all Republicans want full transparency. But that's just not true."
At least **six** no-true-bills by grand juries, per this reporting
Lethal force against a civilian vessel in international waters is a war crime if not in self-defense. If not in self-defense, only non-lethal actions, such as warning shots or disabling fire, are allowed. "Not yielding to pursuers" or "suspected of carrying drugs" doesn't carry a death sentence.
I feel like in the 1980’s/90’s this would be a major plot point in a Tom Clancy novel, and the operation would be carried out as an off-book, illegal black op, with various characters trying to cover it up lest they face congressional hearings. Now the President just announces it.
If Tapper and Thompson really believed what they said about a massive cover up of Biden’s infirmities, you would expect reporters to never make that mistake again. ... But here we are in the middle of the near-total absence of *any* serious & sustained reporting on Trump’s visible infirmities.
Awful: Kristi Noem just accused CBS of editing out her comments about Abrego Garcia. But the "suppressed" comments were largely lies! This comes after CBS handed Trump $16 million over the same bogus "editing" claim. There's no placating authoritarians. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.
"Columbia University Suspended Me for My Pro-Palestinian Activism" Shocking stuff in here from a Columbia PhD student:
Pollster: The opposition to tariffs is up like a rocket. 60% oppose new tariffs compared to just 40% who favor. It all comes down to money out of the pocketbook. 77% of Americans now agree they raised prices in the short term. 50% of Americans say that prices will increase over the long term
NEW: Massie tells CNN that there is significant pressure from the White House to BLOCK the release of the Epstein files.
WATCH: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social addresses the fearmongering and lies about his policy proposals Full @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social episode with @mizzwelch.bsky.social & @pumpspumpspumps.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?si=I6V...
Everything I've seen about Democrats' version of Project 2029 is far too modest and weak-kneed. Democrats need to look at the precedents Trump is setting (and shattering) and figure out how a progressive can maximally wield the power that this administration is concentrating in the executive branch.
NONE of these plans are any more extreme than what Trump is currently doing with the help of the Supreme Court. If Trump can shut down the Department of Education and CFPB, President AOC can shut down ICE. If Trump can kill green energy projects, President Newsom can kill the fossil fuel industry.
Other things the next Democratic president should claim a prerogative to do unilaterally: •establish Medicare for All •forgive all student loans •legalize weed •mandate nationwide non-partisan redistricting It's an emergency! And he's the duly elected commander-in-chief! That's how this works now.
I am serious when I say that none of those actions would be more radical than what Trump is currently using his executive power to do—almost always with permission from the Supreme Court. And if the judiciary stands in the way, why not follow Judge Emil Bove's maxim and "tell courts 'fuck you'"?
The next Democratic president should declare that the National Emergencies Act and Article II of the Constitution allow him to: •admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states •abolish ICE •grant citizenship to any immigrant •disband the 5th Circuit •expand the Supreme Court Seriously: Why the hell not?
WATCH: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @mizzwelch.bsky.social & Pumps on Cuomo defending Netanyahu’s war crimes at the ICC after resigning in disgrace — showing an “affection for authoritarian right-wing strongmen” Full @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social episode: youtu.be/PM88cTxx0hw?...
FOX BUSINESS: “My goodness. $5 BILLION. Eye-popping numbers… crypto-friendly legislation coming from the president who is in turn cashing in on crypto. A conflict of interest.” Even Fox sees how insanely corrupt Trump’s crypto grift is. (H/T @ab21.bsky.social )
I talked to Wired for A LONG time about how The Onion works now and also alluded to some very stupid, very fun things coming very soon. www.wired.com/story/uncann...
Do I trust the economic statistics?
Teens calling Idaho's suicide hotline are being told they can't proceed with the conversation without parental consent. Many of the callers are then hanging up. Idaho approved a strict parental consent law last year. idahocapitalsun.com/2025/08/29/i...
The case filed to protect unaccompanied Guatemalan children appears to have been reassigned from Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Sooknanan to Trump-appointed Judge Timothy Kelly, for reasons not currently specified on the docket. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71240...
New in PN: RFK Jr gives Republicans a chance to defy Trump on easy mode "What’s really notable is the extent to which GOP leaders have remained supine even in the face of a radical assault on their grandchildren by a transparent death-dealing fraud who wasn’t even a member of the party a year ago."
I just wanted to quickly note that this piece was an all-women effort, start to finish. From the reporters to the witnesses and even the lawyer who reviewed it, seven women working in different capacities were able to bring this story of gross malfeasance to life. Proud The Handbasket can do this.
Judge Charles Breyer rules that the Trump administration brazenly violated the Posse Comitatus Act when it deployed soldiers to enforce domestic laws in LA. Breyer says Trump may not create "a national police force with the president as its chief." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The argument is: We're all meant to sacrifice a bit, so that tariffs can help rebuild American manufacturing. Let's ask American manufacturers whether they're helping.
CARTOON OF THE DAY
The United States had one of the worst COVID outcomes in the entire world from a body count standpoint. Anyone who argues with a straight face we were TOO cautious is an unserious imbecile.
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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s use of National Guard troops and Marines in Los Angeles earlier this year violated a federal law that prohibits using the military as a domestic police force. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
BREAKING: Federal judge in California rules that Trump admin. violated a 19th-century law by sending National Guard troops and Marines to L.A.
Guess what USMC and National Guard? You followed illegal orders. It’s almost like we all stood in the streets and yelled it in your faces. apple.news/AI2Kh-eP0R-y...
Finally, we’ve been waiting on this ruling! Yet another illegal action by Trump. Now get them out of D.C. and keep them out of Chicago! A federal judge in California found that Trump crossed the line when he sent about 5,000 Marines and National Guard troops into Los Angeles during
This is the type of person Trump pardoned. He proudly asserts that they should have injured a US Capitol Police Officer worse than they did on January 6th (@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social) had to medically retire). But MAGA supports law enforcement? Seriously? Then show me by condemning this guy.
. THIS is one of the biggest problems of our time . . . ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ .
It’s appalling how much journalists prefer piles of lies from the WH to factual information meted out. Personally I’d rather get 10 questions a week answered honestly than 100 questions answered with vicious lying. But they don’t! They actually prefer the latter.
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
“Travel to 🇺🇸 down… Trump’s tariffs, immigration crackdown etc. alienated travelers… 🇺🇸 the only country among 184 studied where foreign visitor spending would fall in 2025...” The Trump effect. World Cup & Olympics are disasters waiting to happen. apnews.com/article/inte...
Good news about the cutting-edge AI tools from the $3-trillion-dollar company.
“In 2017, O’Hanlon was captured at Trump’s first inauguration festivities in DC decked out in his full Eagle Scouts uniform. The photographer who took the photo wrote on his personal website of ‘the Boy Scout kid that looked like a Brownshirt.’”
when they stop being funded by billionaires
journalists are being threatened and jailed. media outlets are paying settlements to THE PRESIDENT. but gosh golly gee, is democracy under threat? who can really say!
Wasn’t Trump supposed to get rid of waste? It seems like a mighty waste to have our “warriors” cleaning up trash in national parks when PARK RANGERS could’ve been doing it if they hadn’t be FIRED! Just sayin…
Is this the *emergency* you had in mind when you took these National Guard troops from their families @GovBillLee?
Anyone should be ashamed of this word salad, let alone a supposed JOURNALIST. But just as bad is that the word salad non-answer was allowed to stand— highlighting that a lot of journalists are really cowards afraid of the consequences if they actually ask the hard questions & demand real answers!
"The jarring photos published in recent weeks should have been a turning point. Instead, they’ve underscored the gap between what the public can see and what the press is willing to report."
if your answer isn’t an unequivocal “yes” then you’re a shit journalist
Yeah he's not beating the allegations
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.
Even with Mississippi IP addresses blocked on BlueSky, we STILL get more engagement here than we do on Threads or Facebook and more than we did on X before we left it.
"Blueskyism" helped the Mississippi Free Press overcome algorithmic suppression on other platforms (Facebook, Threads) and ride out plummeting engagement on Twitter following Musk's X takeover. Thank God we took our eggs out of the X basket when we did.
My hated followers are suffering from blueskyism
NEWS: Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler, 78, will not seek re-election
As Trump attacks unions and occupies our city, we’re called to remember how we got here. Labor Day would not exist without the workers who fought and died at the Haymarket Massacre and the Pullman Strike in Chicago. It’s not a coincidence he’s targeting Chicago:
Arlington National Cemetery, where my father's ashes are interred, was placed on the site of Robert E Lee's plantation as a PUNISHMENT for his traitorous actions When the reckoning comes, this portrait of Lee and his slave, should not only be removed again, it should be destroyed.
[CUE MUSIC: “IN THE ARMS OF AN ANGEL” PLAYING SOFTLY] [FADE IN BACKGROUND SOUND: A solemn voice reads names] Nate Silver. Matthew Yglesias. Megan McArdle. Mark Cuban. [FADE IN: SALLY STRUTHERS sits on a stool in a pool of light on a minimalist set. She looks SAD.] /1
Deleted this post because some people misread it. We’re awaiting a status report *from the attorneys for the children*—not DOJ. The plaintiffs were also supposed to file a report last night but haven’t yet. Judge Sooknanan wants them to explain the reason for the holdup.
"Even in a long line of anti-labor GOP presidents, Trump stands out. And while he may not succeed in completely destroying collective bargaining in America, he’s poised to strike terrible blows against organized labor." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
NYT: “When Tennessee’s Republican governor @GovBillLee dispatched troops to support Trump’s crackdown on crime, critics wondered why he didn’t keep them within state lines. Memphis has a murder rate twice DC’s, Nashville’s is higher as well.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Trump announces he will severely devalue the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Jack White is a badass.
"Blueskyism" helped make The Onion one of the largest newspapers in the world in less than a year. If we had spent all of our time on Twitter, we'd be poorer, dumber and terminally ill with internet poisoning. He's just angry he's wasting away over there in a nazi agnostic lane that doesn't exist.
Ditto.
If you needed any more reasons to hate Kyrsten Sinema:
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...
To be clear: Trump’s tariffs + Trump’s trillions transfer amount to the biggest tax INCREASE on regular folks ever… yet @MarshaBlackburn calls it “the biggest tax CUT ever” — because for rich people it is, and they are all she cares about. She hopes we don’t understand this.
Literally.
I'm just gonna flip on some corporate media really quick... ABC: ads CNN: ads Back to CNN: Trump's Chicago "immigration enforcement" MSNBC: Protests in Chicago Back to ABC: A "federal judge getting in the way of Trump's immigration crackdown" Back to CNN: Weekend travel Nothing about Trump MIA
Trump looks like this, whenever he talks, he rambles on incoherently, makes up absurd stories, & acts like a child, yet you never hear the media questioning if he’s fit to do the job. When President Biden stuttered, which was a known affliction of his, they made out to be he was gonna die any day!
Today's a good day to learn Colbert found a new job. Hope it's a good one for everybody! #HappyLaborDay
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”
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
Rudy Giuliani suffered severe injuries in a car accident last night, according to his spokesperson
They loaded up those planes with children - some as young as 10. I don’t believe they had a safe place to go in Guatemala. And the government did not care. This admin is the least compassionate of any in my lifetime.
MORE: Sparkle Sooknanan is still awake -- and she wants a fourth status report from DOJ. The judge orders the government to update her when all putative class members have been returned to ORR custody.
By the time DOJ files this status report, Judge Sooknanan will have been awake for nearly 20 hours.
This is what happens when you obliterate the presumption of regularity. Endless homework assignments because the court can't trust the government to follow orders in good faith.
What in the ever loving fuck is going on here
Big turnout for the first day of Econ 101. #GoBlue
The nearly unheard-of event happened again for a third time in rapid succession.
If Trump keeps avoiding the public like this somebody's gonna have to write a book about Biden's health.
As @SpeakerJohnson @RepTimBurchett and others make it clear Republicans are going to attack trans people (to distract from common sense gun laws) — GROK tells @philinvestigates.com the data shows there is “no substantial link”
this is not enough.