Citizens United. Presidential immunity.
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Citizens United. Presidential immunity.
An abject fraud and fascist. MSM needs to ask Miller and Kennedy to recite the scientific method. Hold them to a specific answer and recite it back to them, on camera, when they can’t answer.
You may already be aware of this. If so...it's good reinforcement: The President of Portugal branded Trump a RUSSIAN ASSET. Whether it’s true or not doesn’t even matter; what matters is this: world leaders see Trump as weak...compromised...and beneath respect.
"The President, on his own, can't tax the American people. That's what King George III tried to do – we had a revolution about that." Neal Katyal
Trump's tariffs are, quite literally, taxation without representation. Eff that.
It’s time for that George Clooney Op-Ed expressing concern about Trump’s health…
Wonder how sexual predator Brett Kavanaugh and sexual predator Clarence Thomas will vote on the fate of sexual predator Ghislaine Maxwell.
Here is affirmative damage you conspiracy theorists do. THE REASON why Trump was elected even after being charged was bc whiners outsourced political work to Garland. They wanted to sit on their asses & have someone else do their job. You HAVE to do the political work. The whiners whined instead.
I really hope it’s true that FIFA is now considering moving the 2026 World Cup games from the U.S. to Canada, that would be beautiful. 💙🇨🇦
We can only hope that, among the 1000 FBI Agents combing through the data for Trump's name, there is AT LEAST 1 Real U.S. Patriot who blows the cover off of this massive cover up. They could be Heroes.
ICE just got a 265% detention funding boost. Palantir software is being used to create the federal government’s first national citizenship data bank. The Trump regime is attacking naturalized citizens and birthright citizenship. Be warned — Trump’s police state is here.
Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
The same crowd who cheered as Trump cozied up to Putin now wants Obama-era patriots in handcuffs? Based on what...Tulsi’s conspiracy cosplay? This isn’t oversight. It’s a witch trial. And history won’t be kind to the arsonists posing as firefighters.
This is right: many ICE agents will need to be prosecuted. Who will say that, other than Mr. Jarvis? We need a chorus of D officials to say “Prosecute ICE.”
Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.
Throughout history, tyrants have understood that their major enemy is an educated public. Trump is no different. That’s why he’s trying to control not just what we do – but what we think. Watch: https://youtu.be/rEH7sF6pA4s?si=zC1tb0MqvpyTQNKC
Records obtained by ProPublica show the Trump administration is preparing to shut down seven major investigations of alleged housing discrimination and segregation, including some where HUD already found civil rights violations had occurred. By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
We are ready to say it: Hakeem Jeffries must go. We need a new leader, one who will reject status quo politics, forge links from left to center to the grassroots, and FIGHT. @indivisible.org will get there too; they must eventually. The only question is if soon enough to save the republic.
Huge. Who will be able to harness this power??
Taking a pedophile off the street is good, but putting him in the White House isn’t.
Or believed our eyes or the words that have come out of Trump’s mouth over the years…
ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days. They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention. Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode deficits 3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat.
BREAKING!!!! MORE BLOOD ON TRUMP’S HANDS!!!! California farmworker dies after chaotic federal immigration raid.
ICE detained a disabled vet and won’t tell his family where he is. Let that sink in…
He's Scar in the Lion King. Who will be our Simba?
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut. If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
Trump is so "economically sophisticated" that he went bankrupt with casinos.
How do we fix this? We need fighters to lead. Who will fight? The most important fight now is probably criminal prosecutions. We must commit to putting all the criminals in jail. The DOGE people, Russell Vought, Stephen Miller, Trump donors who broke the law: Prosecute. Imprison.
"In many ways, this bill is truly revolutionary. There has never been this kind of assault on the safety net, and the damage will be so great that it will take [us] years or even decades to undo the damage—if we can manage it at all." We must commit to that now. 1/ @paulwaldman.bsky.social:
America's concentration camps will be the envy of the Aryan world.
Did you know the “Big Beautiful Bill” will expand ICE to TWENTY TIMES more agents? Now you do.
Just for those who may be a little confused: Hakeem Jeffries protesting Trump’s brutal bill by delivering the longest House floor speech in U.S. history isn’t performative. Wearing an overnight maxi pad on your ear after an alleged “assassination attempt” is performative.
Mike Johnson just said if you are for reducing the deficit, this bill is for you. The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit. They just lie.
Congratulations to the GOP for just losing the midterms.
He mocked people on Medicaid earlier this week. He has zero concept of how working class people live, but loads of scorn for his. GOP are the party of the billionaires. Why do so many working class folks support them and thus their own oppression?
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
Speaker Mike Johnson wants you to know, "I'm grateful to God for being able to get this Bill done. Our rights did not come from the government; they came from God himself." On behalf of Democracy loving Americans, I say this to Speaker Mike Johnson: Go F*ck Yourself.
So we've got concentration camps and legislation that leaves the weak among us to die? How is this any different from Germany 1942?
Normally, I’m critical of Murkowski getting more hate than her male colleagues when she votes for bad legislation. Not in this case. She flat out said this bill sucks and she still voted for it. I know she’s hoping the House bails her out, but this is unconscionable.
Abolish ICE
They want you angry—but not at them. They want you seething, desperate to find someone to blame. “They.” “Them.” “Those people.” Immigrants. Trans kids. Black voters. Journalists. Protesters. Anyone and everyone but the billionaires robbing you blind. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode deficits 3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat.
FACT: If Trump's budget Bill passes, 1 out 4 nursing homes will close. We already have a severe shortage of nursing homes. Where will these people go? Dwell on this.
The Trump administration has released a three-time felon and five-time deported immigrant because he's going to testify against zero-time felon Abrego - all to cover their tracks for mistakenly and illegally sending Abrego to El Salvador and then lying about it to the court to cover it up.
Sen. Thom Tillis and Rep. Don Bacon, two Republicans who are less MAGA than the rest, have decided not to run for re-election. The GOP is an authoritarian gang that acts in unison on the orders of a mob boss. No discussion or dissent is allowed. It's submit or quit.
In a world of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, be like Zohran Mamdani and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The enemy is from within and it's called MAGA.
Democrats cannot defeat authoritarian fascism without an agenda that stands squarely on the side of working people. We need a pro-worker, pro-democracy, anti-establishment movement that will take on oligarchy like never before.
They told us it couldn’t happen here. But it did. ICE became Trump’s secret police—warrantless abductions, unmarked vans…and citizens disappeared. This is how authoritarian regimes begin…quietly, and in plain sight. I break it down here.👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Trump‘s big beautiful bill is essentially a fire sale right before America’s economy goes under. But don’t worry, the billionaires will be just fine.
Can we please be real about this? When John Roberts urges "leaders to tone down rhetoric," what he's really saying is: "Shut up, so Republicans can quietly create a Trump fascist dictatorship." Please. Begging you, Dem leaders: don't take Roberts' bait! 1/
Vote yes on impeachment. Vote no on every single Trump nominee. Object to unanimous consent every time it comes up.
Fuck Trump’s Big DEADLY Bill Pass it on….
Something’s going to break. The backlash will come, and the economy will feel it. 📌 NBC News: 120,000 out of 185,000 immigrants arrested since October committed no serious crimes.
This is what I was afraid of. Think of the impact of removing the court’s ability to issue nationwide injunctions. The oligarchs on the Supreme Court just gutted the balance of powers.
Once again, the United States no longer has a legitimate functioning Supreme Court, it has Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson remaining whilst 6 MAGA political terrorists who serve the orange felon are in full control of it.
Two out-and-out fascists (Alito, Thomas). Three right-wing extremists chosen by a criminal (Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Coney Barrett). A chief justice who enables authoritarianism (Roberts). This court does not represent the American people. It's helping Republicans who are stealing our freedom.
lol WaPo blocked me last week for this:
The Trump regime is using legal maneuvers to destroy the rule of law. It's as simple and sad as that.
More and more I understand this moment as reverse Reconstruction.
MUST WATCH: Oceanside CA: Militarized DHS (HSI) smashed windows, assault rifles drawn, tossed flashbangs and sent drones into the apartment which had 2 kids inside. They then told neighbors they were going to use tear gas, and they’d probably be exposed. Please share widely. WTF
4 obviously true facts that mainstream media refuse to say in a direct manner: / MAGA is a fascist movement assaulting democracy. / RFK Jr.’s downgrading of public health will cause people to die. / Trump is a white supremacist. / Trump lies every day. He’s not deluded or mistaken – he’s lying.
Musk really should not be operating heavy machinery. Revoke his contracts.
Why aren’t Dems on everything talking about the Joni Ernst “you can die” bill?
Republicans up to the time of Eisenhower seemed to be trying to prove that capitalism promoted human dignity and well-being. Republicans from Reagan to the present seem to be trying to prove the opposite.
This is the way.
This is completely false and not From Liz or me.
While many Americans were still asleep, Republicans in the House of Representatives passed Trump’s huge, horrible mega-bill. It might be the worst, most damaging piece of legislation I’ve seen in my nearly 60 years in politics.
So: 1) Takes food from children 2) Gives the richest man in the world a tax cut 3) Makes the deficit worse
Republicans don’t cut deficits. They add to them. They complain about “runaway government spending” and stick it to the poor while slipping millions of $$ to their super-rich donors.
When you’re surprised that a convicted felon continues to commit crimes, it’s time to face the truth. You’re an idiot.
Pregnant Missouri women are not allowed to finalize a divorce…until they deliver. Ask me how I know.
DEMOCRATS! Throwing Joe Biden under the bus won’t help you. •It won’t win over the base. •It won’t boost your approval. •It won’t bring back voters who sat out 2024. •It won’t fix 2026. It makes you look petty while Trump is burning it all down. REPAIR AND BUILD THE PARTY!
In Georgia, women’s bodies are merely human incubators. Just ask Adriana Smith’s family. My latest piece on Substack katiephang.substack.com/p/just-a-ves...
President Biden is a man of deep faith and extraordinary resilience. Chasten and I are keeping him, and the entire Biden family, in our prayers for strength and healing.
"This entire debate has been one attempt after another by Republicans to present Medicaid cuts as something other than Medicaid cuts." On the pod, @citizencohn.bsky.social is so illuminating on how bad the GOP bill's Medicaid cuts truly are: newrepublic.com/article/1952...
@paulwaldman.bsky.social is right, and the Dem strategist class with poll brainworms is wrong. Just say “Republicans Hate You.” Impugn the R brand. If @schumer.senate.gov and D Senators had done that 4 years ago Tester and Brown might still be in the Senate. paulwaldman.substack...
Trump's lies and hate speech are toxic to Americans' mental health. He makes us sick – literally.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court's most junior justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, just became its loudest voice pushing back against Trump & his allies' attacks on federal judges who've blocked many of his policy moves www.politico.com/news/2025/05... #SCOTUS
Jamie Dimon says the *best case* scenario for the US is now a recession. Cool, cool. From the best economy in the world to a self-inflicted recession in 4 months. Gotta be some kind of record.
This this this!! They are bullies trying to scare us into giving up our rights. We cannot be coerced and scared into complying. This is OUR country, these are OUR Constitutional Rights!
Developing: The White House has confirmed they are planning a military parade for the world’s most famous draft dodger.
“First they came for…”
Trump's budget calls for a 22% cut that would hit the CDC, NIH, FEMA, EPA loan programs aimed at protecting drinking water, and much more. All to finance giant tax cuts for the rich. Oh and Trump is proposing a record $1 trillion military budget. "Fiscal responsibility."
When Republicans cut the IRS budget, it's not to save money. Every dollar spent on IRS agents yields far more in revenue. When Republicans cut the IRS budget, it's to make it easier for rich people to cheat on their taxes.
Trump and DOGE are making devastating cuts to agencies and programs that serve the public — all in the name of rooting out "fraud and waste." Meanwhile, the regime is reportedly planning a military parade for Trump's birthday that could cost an estimated $92 million. Hello?
Barbie dolls are made in China. So a Barbie costs around $20 now, but when the tariff tax hits, that Barbie will cost $50.00
Trump’s proposed budget slashes billions for essential programs that millions of Americans rely on—just to hand over $1 trillion for military spending overseen by Pete Hegseth and help give massive tax breaks to the wealthy.
This isn't hypothetical. The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
There was a flurry of news about tariffs. It passed. The real consequences will hit US consumers around Memorial Day. Important then to remind everyone of cause and effect.
Paramount, the owner of CBS, has been accused of meddling in reporting being done by 60 Minutes. Why? It needs approval from Trump's FCC to be acquired by Skydance — a media company founded by the son of billionaire Trump-backer Larry Ellison. Always follow the money.