This likely won’t be the last intelligence sharing suspension we see over this - based on the publicly available evidence, these strikes don’t come close to meeting the threshold for deadly force.

People understand that the Democrats can’t stop every bad thing from happening. But they’re also scared and angry and want leaders who will stand up and fight with everything they’ve got. That’s the bare minimum we deserve.

Trump just insulted many military families, working families who need help, children and disabled who need this program so they don’t starve.

Yup. I said this earlier today, but it was only a guess. Thanks for confirming it. It is no coincidence that of the 8 who came forward to do this, none of them are running in 2026. But they ran cover for some who are.

Language buried in this shutdown “deal” allows 8 GOP Senators who tried to throw a coup, sue to get millions in taxpayer money—because Jack Smith got their phone records. THEY TRIED TO THROW A COUP. There is no excuse for any Dem supporting this. This is absolutely wrong. Full stop—Period.

New in PN: Marjorie Taylor Greene flees Trump's sinking ship "Whatever her motivation, it's clear MTG believes it's to her advantage to defy Trump in ways it was not before. Trump once seemed invincible; now being associated with him seems like a one-way ticket to electoral Siberia."

Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

I know this is an obvious and old point, but it still shocks me how quickly the culture of the GOP has come to defined by the absurd personality type of the "toad-licking, ass kissing alpha." Amazing that they've built an audience that finds such deportment appealing, rather than disqualifying.

There's one example of a successful hostile takeover of a major party - Donald Trump - and it didn't happen by playing nice with the party bigwigs. Trump went to war with them, humiliated them. And now "Little Marco" works for him.

As always, the simplest answer is usually the correct answer. And if Trump commutes her sentence, it’s because it’s most likely that Trump is a pedophile.

This is BRUTAL. Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game. America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.

This is a travesty. A real F you to those that fight for our country 🤬

Fantastic piece from @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social.

“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”: https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I

A promised vote on the ACA? See, they can’t include the ACA without having to bring the House back into session - and they’d have to swear in Grijalva. That’s what this is all about. Protecting the Epstein files.

The dumbest president in history strikes again

Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.

They weren't terrorists. They weren't cartel members. They had no fentanyl. And they weren't coming here. They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad. Most importantly, they were human beings. And they were murdered. By the government of the United States of America.

Trump and his cronies are now pushing 50-year mortgages. Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.

Tonight, the evil, terrorist nation of Russia is launching ballistic missiles and drones at civilians again, like they do every night. Putin will rot

Alex Karp and Peter Thiel are two of the worst people on this planet running one of the most evil companies to ever exist—we should do whatever we can to make Palantir go bankrupt.

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Community note for the win

Fox: 70% of Americans say groceries cost more than they did a year ago, and about 60% blame Trump.

A reminder that every candidate who President Obama endorsed won their elections on Tuesday whilst the orange felon’s atrocious candidates all lost. 💙👊

I’m just saying, but if I had just gotten completely shellacked on Tuesday, I wouldn’t be asking SCOTUS to let me starve millions of people 3 days later.

Very good article explaining why Justice Jackson ordered the temporary stay. From @stevevladeck.bsky.social’s Substack 190. SNAP WTF? www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-w...

Conservative radio host Erick Erickson “There’s something mentally very wrong with Nancy Mace…And I don’t know if she’s got friends in Congress, or friends in South Carolina who can actually help her…she needs an intervention.”

Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’

Today I wrote about how the message from Tuesday's election can be summed up in two words: No Kings. Become a premium member to support Democracy Docket and always get my insights sent straight to your inbox. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

We’re less than a year into his presidency and we’re seeing recession-like layoffs, MTG is calling Trump a liar on CNN, Megyn Kelly and Ben Shapiro are beefing, and GOP influencer accounts are accusing Trump of gaslighting. Well-oiled machine!

If you were looking at a newspaper (or its website) this morning and didn't see this iconic photo, it was an intentional choice to pander.

This is a great deal for Republicans, since it would push the ACA cost hikes until after the midterms. On a purely political calculus, would be malpractice not to take this.

FYI, he’s not ‘sleeping’ he’s high. Benzo’s will do that to you after a long night of snorting Adderall.

This is what the right does. I know bcuz I used to do some of it as well back in my divisive right wing asshole days. It’s all about spreading fear among the MAGA base. Fear of brown people, black people, and Muslims. It’s all about scaring them. It’s just so damn wrong.

He is not a good human being in any way that such things are objectively measured. And good people don't align with this, no matter what story they tell themselves. Only bad people still support him. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-good-pe...

Srsly

When the horses were in the starting gate, all the way back in February, Zohran Mamdani was polling at 1% and didn’t even rate a mention in the pollster’s write up. What a remarkable race he ran. emersoncollegepolling.com/new-york-cit...

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Okay, so I did it. In honor of Sandwich Guy, on what should be the last day of his trial, I figured out the chords. And so, with apologies to the late and great Bob Marley, I banged out this quick and (very) rough rendition of "I Threw the Sandwich." 🤣

OUR TIMELINE HAS GONE AWRY ONCE AGAIN

A guy collapses down on the floor right next to him, the guy could be dying, and Trump doesn’t move a muscle, doesn’t give a damn, and looks super pissed off that his photo op this afternoon has been interrupted. Donald Trump, in a perfect nutshell.👇

When he was shot (or "shot"), he knew to milk it for the cameras, but here has no clue that just PRETENDING to be concerned & heroic benefits him. He supposedly understands TV, but the idea of feigning empathy during another human's crisis is just too much for his feeble sociopathic brain.

Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con. Please.

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