In Haberman’s book on Trump and then recounted in an interview. Then there’s this article… www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/st...
In Haberman’s book on Trump and then recounted in an interview. Then there’s this article… www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/st...
Reported by Maggie Haberman.
Trump threw rocks over the fence at the toddler who lived next door. Also bragged about punching his music teacher in the face. Such a scamp.
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
Who voted for war with Venezuela?
Tom Nichols is an east coast elite. He is also a Republican pretending, for now, not to be one of them.
You damage your credibility with this.
Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.
A hallmark of MAGA isn't just lying, but an endless stream of obvious lies. It's not patently absurd to suggest a negotiated path to peace; plenty of conflicts ended that way. But WW2 ended with unconditional surrenders by Germany and Japan! This is a lazy lie for the sake of lying.
You have shown us who you are.
Words/phrases Democrats should never use: * bipartisan * my Republican friends * real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans) * yea (when voting on Republican bills) * distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did) * woke (in derogatory sense)
the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.
It's really something to read a convicted abuser and trafficker make sure in her DOJ interview to praise the President of the United States, who is trying to prove he wasn't one of her clients, in order to try and get a pardon from the President of the United States. Not at all disturbing.
i'll say it again, my loud and vigorous support for any democrat who calls for televised hearings and criminal charges for everyone involved in DOGE. this guy should never be able to live in peace again.
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
Absolutely disgraceful and despicable. If you are a partner at Paul Weiss or Kirkland & Ellis you should be ashamed of yourself -- that is, if you had any shame left.
The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people. (Published May)
The crazy thing is that despite this costing literally billions of dollars; they have the money for it! That’s right, Congress decided to cut funding for public broadcasting and benefits for Americans and instead give CBP billions for the border wall, which they’ll now use to paint the wall black.
Communism. State ownership and control of industry. Because this admin is doing so well at its day job, it might as well add a side hustle.
I want a presidential candidate who promises to construct Union memorials and statues all over the country. And yeah, North and South. Blanket Virginia with statues of Thomas, who actually chose the right side. Hell, put one of Sherman in the middle of Peachtree Park.
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
STOP conceding that Trump can legitimately expand grab by deploying baseless claims of “emergency.” There was NO EMERGENCY to justify tariffs. There was NO “INVASION” to justify this migrant crackdown. And there is NO “EMERGENCY” that justifies military takeover of local law enforcement in D.C.
Mamadani won NYC mayor Dem primary & Jeffries & Schumer won’t endorse him. Omar Fateh won the Minneapolis mayor Dem primary & Tim Walz won’t endorse him. Bowman & Bush were Dem incumbents & the Party let AIPAC primary them. "vote blue no matter who"🙄 Any wonder the party has 26% approval rating?
Trump appears to have achieved nothing from his bizarre & unprepared invitation of war criminal Putin. 1. Most important was that Trump received Putin subserviently. That says more about Trump than Putin. 2. Trump recognized Russia as the superpower it no longer is. /1
One of the running threads in my current manuscript is the insistence by J. Edgar Hoover and everyone else in the federal government that the FBI had absolutely no role to play in local law enforcement. "We have no national police force" was a universal point of pride accepted across the spectrum.
We do not "liberate" our own democratically governed streets like they are an occupied foreign nation.
A deranged convicted felon who wants to distract from his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein is lying about Washington, DC, which tallied a 30-year low in violent crime last year. It’s important to keep speaking the truth and not permit this pathological liar to control the narrative.
Seconded.
If he's somehow allowed to run again, there's only one suitable candidate to run against him: BARACK OBAMA. #PoeticJustice ⚖️
Texas is a war zone. GOP’s jamming through a mid‑decade map to grab 5 more U.S. House seats. Dems fled the state, Abbott’s threatening arrests. This isn’t politics...it’s raw power. The side that blinks first loses America’s future.
Finally, a united nation.
2009—Cory Booker endorses Michael Bloomberg for Mayor & Bloomberg wasn’t even then a Democrat 2021—Cory Booker endorses Eric Adams for mayor 2025—Cory Booker refuses to endorse Zohran Mamdani, claiming he stays out of NYC politics The hypocrisy from corporate Democrats is staggering & cowardly.
Canada's Parliament overwhelming voted to end weapons shipments to Israel. Prime Minister Carney must follow through on this promise. We cannot be complicit in the genocide of a people.
Crockett: My former colleagues from the Texas House—decided to get the hell out of Texas… breaking quorum is where they’re at right now. And they didn’t just do it by themselves—they went to Illinois, where there is a governor that gives a damn. This fight is going to take all of us.
10/10
Wow. Had not realized that Columbia’s settlement with Trump admin included a commitment to decrease international student enrollment. In what way does this help “combat antisemitism,” which is supposedly the administration’s objective? www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
A few weeks ago we might have speculated that this is probably the work of Project 2025, Stephen Miller, and Mango Mussolini. After the GOP Congress lined up behind the recision bill though, it’s now clear that this is indeed what our government did, and what MAGA voted for.
the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
The Israeli government has told so many lies since Oct. 7. In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza. Subscribe to Zeteo to support our journalism. Tap the link in bio.
At this point, the only reason left to support a man like this is that he reflects your hateful heart: he shares your contempt of people of color, your hostility toward outsiders, your toxic misogyny, your ignorant bigotry, and your feelings of supremacy. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-good-pe...
This is how minority rule happens.
Without question the thing Trump benefits from more than anything else is being able to do stuff that would've triggered Watergate-level media outrage and turn it into a nothing burger you barely hear about
NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming. We obtained the memo: newrepublic.com/article/1987...
I don't want a ballroom in The White House. I want healthcare.
Elegant resignation letter from @jonathancapehart.bsky.social. Lots of departures, but his is one of the biggest blows to the Washington Post. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Update: I offered the amendment. Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with him when he leaves office - after the taxpayers spend $1 billion to retrofit it. Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.
Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
Shout out to the WSJ journalists who reported on Vought’s impoundment by footnote, causing the White House to walk it back. Impact journalism!!
"This is a nail in the coffin." Fmr. FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissman describes what Emil Bove's confirmation to the Third Circuit says about the United States' system of checks and balances. "The amount of proof as to why he is unfit is sort of overwhelming."
NEW: We now know what Bove lied to Congress about according to the 3rd whistleblower. He lied when he said he didn’t offer promotions for DoJ lawyers who helped him dismiss the Eric Adams case and consequences for those who didn’t. There is audio evidence. Gift link: wapo.st/4fdVVmX
When Republicans tell Democrats or progressives, they are being "too extreme," you can tell them to Bove it Up Their Ass.
the republican party is a criminal conspiracy against the american republic
Want to hear the speech that Isaiah Martin gave that shook republicans enough to arrest him? Texas Republicans are pushing to redraw the state’s maps after pressure from the Trump administration. Speaking the truth is powerful!! Republicans can’t handle the TRUTH!!
I think @keithedwards.bsky.social nails it here, with the next step being Republicans like MTG and Burchett rallying around Trump for "exposing the Democrats."
I am no constitutional scholar, but I can't help but feel that "the President gets to dictate what every university can teach and what every television station should broadcast" is closer to what the founding fathers were worried about when it comes to free speech than trigger warnings on syllabi.
Gaza is Starving by @marisakabas.bsky.social
forward.com/opinion/7575...
The latest from John Fetterman’s former primary opponent Conor Lamb.
Wow! BREAKING NEWS! Democratic Rep Summer Lee of PA forces a House Oversight subcommittee vote of 8-2 to subpoena the DOJ for the full and un-redacted Epstein Files. •All 5 Dems voted Yes. •3 GOP Yes votes were Jack (GA), Mace (SC), & Perry (PA). •2 Nay votes were MAGAS Higgins (LA) and Biggs (AZ).
The Trump administration possesses large amounts of information about Epstein’s corrupt and depraved dealings with unidentified members of the global elite, and Trump and his top advisers—with active GOP acquiescence—are now all in on the elite cover up. https://trib.al/y6cDSix
This is who Trump shipped to a Salvadoran dungeon: An event planner A coal miner An Uber driver Tortilla maker Barber DoorDashers Soccer coaches Furniture-maker Car washers Taxi drivers HVAC techs Auto parts worker Tire plant worker and 240 more... projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
People need to go to prison for these stories.
Started/going
MAGAs are upset that the villains in Superman resemble Trump, Musk, & Netanyahu. Actually the villains are genocidal maniacs hell bent on imperialism & autocratic rule. MAGAs who feel attacked are hilariously telling on themselves. My review of Superman: www.qasimrashid.com/p/superman-m...
People who feel bad for JD Vance’s kids as family gets booed at Disneyland. I get it, but better those kids know now what their father is about. Other kids are watching their parents get shipped off to gulags.
You can read every one of today's NYT online headlines and have no idea the government is kidnapping people off the streets and putting them in cages.
Trump is a darkly comical disaster. Lawless. Ignorant. A huge danger to our freedoms. Annex Canada by economic pressure or possible force? Seize Greenland with force? The Panama Canal? Turn Gaza into an American Club Med? Strip Americans of their citizenship? Congress must impeach.
Also, it’s worth reminding: Epstein died during the LAST Trump administration. If there was a cover-up … it was done by Trump’s own team!? The two great retcon conspiracy mysteries to me are how we’ve forgotten that Trump was president during the Epstein case AND during Covid.
“Superman is too woke!” Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
Fugly.
*civilization
Such a lovely human being.
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.
I truly hope this puts a definitive end to the perpetual insistence by Democrats that they can compromise with Republicans. You can't. These people are extreme, depraved, and shameless. They just stripped healthcare from 17 million people to give themselves a tax cut.
Schumer and Jeffries should condemn this and demand an apology from the President - or they should resign, or be primaried.
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
The reverse Robin Hood: take from the poor to give to the rich.
The establishment doesn't realize this talking point will make him far more popular with the people www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/n...
One of our earliest civil rights statutes was designed to protect us against masked gangs who violate our constitutional rights. This particular history makes the masked ICE gangs uniquely repugnant. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Wtf are you doing? Delete this crap and get to work.
I don't know about you...but I'm disturbed by the amount of hell NOT being raised by leadership about masked individuals jumping out of unmarked vans, refusing to identify themselves...and just shoving people into a Goddamn vehicle and whisking them away.
If you live in the US, you are in greater jeopardy today than you were 6 months ago. So is your family. So are your friends & neighbors. Virtually all the important parts of the U.S. gov't created to protect us are being shut down, gutted, or marginalized. My latest. newrepublic.com/article/1968...
So, exactly who is running the show here? Trump made the important point over the weekend that we are losing essential employees, people who've been here 20 years & aren't criminals, & reined in immigration raids. But it sounds like someone countermanded him. Who's in charge? Trump or someone else?
“US Regime Deploys Troops, Arrests Citizens, and Detains Opposition Amid Mass Pro-Democracy Protests” What if we wrote about events in Trump’s America in the way that Western media describe African and Middle Eastern countries? Brilliant stuff, from @premthakker.bsky.social
But I was told that DOGE was going to dramatically slash the budget deficit by eliminating DEI grants and Politico subscriptions, firing staff at VA hospitals, and taking away life-saving HIV meds from impoverished African children.
i’m so fucking fed up with this shit. when journalism outlets can’t even accurately and honestly say what’s happening to journalists—that they’re being attacked by cops and federal jackboots—then we are really and truly cooked. under scrutiny!!!!! i can’t. i can’t.
This is how you normalize authoritarianism.
I am sounding the alarm as loudly as I can that Donald Trump has turned the Department of Justice into a cog in his authoritarian machine to prosecute his political opponents.
In moments like these, I go to Frederick Douglass. Here are his words in a letter written after visiting Robert E. Lee’s abandoned plantation in 1863:
Why is ICE arresting employees but not employers? DOJ policy is to charge the most culpable people. The employers would seem to qualify.
A pop-up shop that sells pro-Trump and other conservative-coded memorabilia, was set up on-site with campaign-style merchandise on Army property. Soldiers were seen purchasing "Make America Great Again" chain necklaces and faux credit cards labeled "White Privilege Card: Trumps Everything."
Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.
Senior officers of the United States military have an obligation to speak up and be leaders. Where is the Army chief of staff? Will he or others speak truth to the commander in chief and put a stop to the assault on the integrity of his troops? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Terry Moran worked at ABC for 28 years. Now, for calling Stephen Miller “hateful,” (which he 💯 is per his own family), ABC fired him to appease an authoritarian hypocrite who ran on “free speech.” This will have a chilling effect on all journalists. Fourth Estate fails. Authoritarianism advances.
We need to pass my bill to permanently protect the Boundary Waters from sulfide mining. Minnesotans who love the Boundary Waters and want it to be there for our children and grandchildren need to continue to organize and use their voices.
Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill was a provision that gave a foreign mining company permission to build a copper-nickel sulfide mine on the doorstep of the Boundary Waters. I’m relieved to announce that we were successful in forcing Republicans to drop this language from the bill.
This is what it looks like without a United States Congress.
How very ironic that GOP Governors aren’t standing up for states’ rights here. I guess that only matters if you’re denying women or transgender people access to medical care. democraticgovernors.org/updates/stat...