Every member of congress must demand full transparency of ICE actions against constituents. @schumer.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov These are clear violations of the constitution.

Furloughed federal employees assigned to work in New Jersey are eligible to apply for unemployment benefits during the government shutdown. #socialsafetynet

Why didn't Democratic Senators ask Pam Bondi why she didn't prosecute Jeffrey Epstein when she was Florida's Attorney General from 2011 to 2019 at the very time he was running his child sex ring in Florida?!!

New York City, I can see a future with you. And it’s one we can afford. Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.

I will never, ever forgive a single "moderate" or "establishment" Republican who voted to give Trump billions of dollars to to create his own private paramilitary force.

The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money. Let that sink in

Special elections are the back door We The People need to exploit. @ariberman.bsky.social @marcelias.bsky.social apple.news/AMezuCp1gRcO...

@helenkennedy.bsky.social @theguardian.com This needs to be amplified. As usual @ronanfarrow.bsky.social nails it.

Release the files turns out to be winning message: apple.news/AMezuCp1gRcO...

Can call it cowardice, and it is, but regardless of how they react to it, a Congress operating under and influenced by the coercive threat of violence, as they now have been for several years, is fundamentally lacking in democratic legitimacy, it is something less than a representative legislature.

@economist.com your “Trump targets progressive non-profits after Charlie Kirk’s killing” article states ‘Kirk’s killer may have been left-wing’ justifying Trump’s attack on left leaning orgs, however all evidence to date points to Tyler Robinson having right wing ideals. Hello??

Idea for an amicus brief: We list the powers in a chart let's say Louis XIV claimed for himself, and maybe the courts can just indicate with a checkmark which ones of those Trump doesn't have. Seems more efficient.

"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."

I am very glad to see that Monarez will get a chance to share what actually happened. This promises to be much more enlightening than anything RFKJ had to say.

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

MIKE JOHNSON DOESN'T HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT ? POLITICIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO DISCLOSE ASSETS AND FINANCES ! “One of the reasons we have these financial disclosures is to know whether politicians are having financial difficulties—which could make them ripe for influence buying.” STOP LYING TELL THE TRUTH

The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents. In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.

I really resent my tax dollars being spent on this

WELKER: Trump said tariffs were gonna spark a manufacturing renaissance but since he announced them the US has lost 42k manufacturing jobs. Is that proof tariffs are failing? BESSENT: We can't snap our fingers & have factories built W: The economy added nearly 500k manufacturing jobs under Biden

This @washingtonpost.com editorial doesn’t make it past the second paragraph without a glaring (and telling) factual error. President Washington didn’t create the War Department in 1789; *Congress* did: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.

The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social

🚨 PLEASE SHARE 🚨 If you’re in Austin, there is a current call to show up at the Capitol building 1100 Congress Ave. - tonight 08/17 at 7:00pm. The Texas GOP is holding Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier hostage. She refused to sign a “permission slip” that would require a police escort!

Newsom releases new ad 🔥

Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts for falsifying business records in the first degree. This seems on brand.

Question for every Republican in Congress: “What is your red line for Trump?”

imagining "Big Balls Beatdown" in a middle-school social studies textbook

But I was told by everyone on the right that the only person who could deploy the National Guard (or prevent the deployment of the National Guard) was Nancy Pelosi.

Marc Elias alone deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for all his efforts to save our democracy.

JUST IN: New FOIA lawsuit for documents related to the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files goes to ... Judge Chutkan. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71059...

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“How do you expect to pay back all this debt?” Nebraska Republican Rep. Mike Flood: *Drowned out by “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!” chants*

Such an important point: “Progressive policies…are very popular in this country…but you have a segment of the Democratic Party that keeps trying to convince progressives we’re losing elections because their policies need to be more moderate.” Matt Dowd I wish more understood this. A confession… 🧵

Dems should fight on every front. If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts. We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File. Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.

The Clintons should honor the Epstein subpoenas and prepare to dominate the time each Republican representative is allotted by using every question to mention Trump: “Did you go to Epstein Island?” “What I can say is Trump and Epstein liked to party all the time, and they were great friends, and…”

It drives Jonathan Turley crazy when I remind everyone that he is just Mike Lindell with tenure. So, please make sure not to amplify this message.👇 Jonathan Turley is just Mike Lindell with tenure.

Unfortunately, this is where we are headed... shameful...🥺

After avoiding it during the primary, Andrew Cuomo finally went on the Brian Lehrer Show last week — and lied about his record. The truth is that universal pre-K was won despite the disgraced ex-Governor, not because of him.

lmaooooo this dumb shit just doesn’t fly anymore

The CBO’s final dynamic score: “.. Because the bill’s red ink is not offset by more spending cuts or new revenue, CBO found, the legislation will drive up interest rates.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Senator Mike Gianaris (‪@sengianaris.bsky.social) and I worked together to deliver for our public transit system, including historic new funding for better service and a groundbreaking fare free bus pilot. That's why I didn't mind lending him our video team to deliver this important message:

Trump taking on the deep state is like OJ hunting for the real killer.

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Any Dems who don’t have this attitude should exit politics now:

Sure, keep trying to convince me there’s no place in our great nation for people like this:

Trump is going to fire the people who put bar codes and price tags on groceries

“Both of them.”