JUST IN: Brazil’s top court sentences former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and 3 months in prison over his attempted coup

No one is safe from gun violence in America. We do not have to keep living like this. Instead of inciting more violence, our political leaders should use this moment to unite us around common sense gun reforms that a majority of Americans support.

Amazing how we couldn’t do what Brazil did: Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...

Brazil's Supreme Court held its country's former president accountable for committing crimes. Meanwhile, our country's Supreme Court gave our former president immunity from prosecution for committing even more crimes. So guess which country is more broken and shamelessly corrupt.

Who knew Brazil would have a more stable democracy than the U.S.A. In 2025? Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...

If not for Chicago, we might not have Labor Day. Keep your eyes peeled on Monday for a much longer video where I dive into the history of unionization, violent strike suppression, and workers’ victories in Chicago, and how they impacted workers across the country.

My kids are so loud. They are fighting. They are laughing. They are playing. They are screaming. Did I mention it’s loud? But I just keep thinking, “they came home safe from school every day” and somehow, that’s remarkable enough in this country for me to be glad for the noise today.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

If Stephen Miller's involved, then it's about keeping Black and Brown people away from what he imagines to be a White man's paradise. U.S. builds up forces in Caribbean, officials and experts ask why - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

I still remember when there was a crisis, and we couldn't find the supplies that were needed. Are we just throwing caution to the wind now?

We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.

A reminder for future generations….please don’t let this kind of music die out.

American corporations are on pace to spend $1.1 trillion on stock buybacks in 2025, an all-time high. Buybacks don't create more jobs, increase wages, or grow the economy — but they do help juice CEO pay that's often tied to stock performance. Nothing trickles down to workers.

Protect the reporters. How can we have democracy without their words and pictures being witnesses for us and bringing back the stories of what is? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

A little hoax here, a little witch hunt there, some nasty people saying not nice things "about Trump," as the Emperor sometimes refers to himself in regal 3rd person. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

"When political leaders meddle in government data, it rarely ends well." "Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/b...

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.  Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

Who will the Emperor blame when things keep getting worse? "Until Trump Fired Her, She Was an Economist With Bipartisan Support" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...

And we're officially at the end of being able to trust the jobs numbers in this country ever again.

‘Revenge Is Not a Policy’: Israelis Voice Dissent Against the War in Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...

Carl Sagan's prediction of America, made 30 years ago.

This all seems to lead to a kind of caste system: "Trump and Vance envision a world of tiered citizenship, each in his own way, where entry depends on heritage and status rests on obedience." "JD Vance Claims One of Our Worst Traditions as His Own" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

NEW: Minnesota just ranked in the top 5 states for quality of life. No matter what happens in Washington, we’re still focused on making Minnesota the best place to live, work, and raise a family.

For too long, our government stopped vigorously enforcing laws that keep Corporate America in check. Corporations got more powerful while our basic economic freedoms went unprotected. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.

Probably there are stories like this all over the country about people who have been here for years seeking asylum, who are getting gathered up. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The headline says, "Mommy's coming..." Causing trauma to small children is not a good look for any public official. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

In that weird way in which he always accuses others of what he, himself, has been doing. "Trump accuses Obama of treason in escalating attacks over 2016 Russia probe" - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

"In a backsliding democracy like the US, people are more disoriented – institutions that recently worked begin to fail but people put a lot of faith in elections. “It’s like organizing on quicksand,” [Hardy Merriman] said. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"This was the first confirmed federal immigration arrest at an Oregon school, according to local news. Local and state leaders, including Beaverton’s mayor, Lacey Beaty; the Oregon governor, Tina Kotek; and Congresswoman Andrea Salinas, condemned the arrest." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

They have apparently decided that science - and caring about life and well-being on the planet - get in the way of grotesque profits. The Emperor thinks all that matters is winning at the accumulation game. E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...

"Maurene Comey, who was an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan, was not provided an explanation for her firing and was given a memo that cited the president's powers to terminate employees under Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution, the two sources said..."

I tend to think of a "cut" and a "diminishment" as a kind of "reduction" - providing "less." "First of all, there's no cuts on Medicaid. There is a — there's a diminishment of the growth rate of Medicaid..." Kennedy told Fox Business Network’s Larry Kudlow on his show. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

"Guthrie’s landlord at Beach Haven was Fred Trump, the president’s father. Guthrie wrote a song, 'Old Man Trump,' denouncing him for segregation." "More Woody Guthrie Songs? Yes, From a Trove of Homemade Recordings." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/a...

"The issue of government has always been whether individual men and women will have to serve some system of government and economics, or whether a system of government and economics exists to serve individual men and women."  —FDR, 1932

Under Reagan's tax cuts, the average tax cut for the top 1% was 68x larger than the average cut for middle-class households. Under Bush's tax cuts, it was 16x larger. And under Trump, 36x larger.  The GOP has always governed for the privileged few.

Sometimes the bear eats you and sometimes you eat the bear ... we're eating the bear. youtu.be/F9M2rXKC5jY www.bbc.com/news/article...

Move over DEADPOOL/BATMAN, this will be a wicked crossover. #comicsky

First Photo of Dominic McLaughlin in Costume as Harry Potter Revealed as HBO Confirms Start of Production

Ms. Arizmendi: "It is the age-old trick of the politician to find one reason that can make people stop logic. It’s ‘Everything that is wrong in your life is the fault of this issue, this person, & I’ll take care of it.’ That’s the mechanics.” Living ‘A Day Without a Mexican’ in L.A., 21 Years Later

"Many of these people came to work at Federal Programs to defend aspects of our constitutional system," said one lawyer who left the unit during Trump's second term. "How could they participate in the project of tearing it down?" 2/3 of the DOJ unit defending Trump policies in court have quit

Hal Hartley: "...I had to wait for a lot of licenses to expire, or in certain cases just negotiate with people who had licenses for some of these titles but had no intention of doing anything with the titles for years." www.newcityfilm.com/2019/06/05/r...

The Emperor's critique of modernity is strangely like how religious zealots attack "Western Civilization." "At times, it seems as if he is trying to repeal much of the 20th century." "From Science to Diversity, Trump Hits the Reverse Button on Decades of Change" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/u...

‘Egregious.’ Brazen.’ ‘Lawless.’ How 48 Judges Describe Trump’s Actions, in Their Own Words www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

DEVELOPING: Mayor Michael Vargas just told Perris, CA residents to shelter in place and ignore door knocks—ICE is sweeping the streets. This country’s war on immigrants is a war on all of us. Don’t look away.

We hear that immigrants are "freeloaders," yet they're being arrested at their workplaces and LA's economy is floundering without them. Hello?

The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, CA. Other workers, including US citizens, remain unaccounted for. UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families. Our full statement below. ⬇️ 1/

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1960: Harper Lee publishes her first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Noted for its treatment of a child’s awakening to racism in the South, the book won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It was an immediate success, eventually selling more than 40 million copies.

"more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist." Uhhh... this is catastrophic for democracy. www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-...

REPORTER: The president is revamping the Rose Garden for a second time, he's spending billions of dollars to overhaul a 747 that will be used for Air Force 1 for possibly a year. Are you concerned about that spending too? RUSS VOUGHT: We have a lot of priorities. We need to spend in areas.