ZOHRAN: “TBH, I don’t think too much about how Republicans portray me. The power of an ideology is judged in the worth of its delivery— to be told a city-run grocery store is implausible but $500 MILLION/day to kill ppl in Iran & Lebanon is necessary speaks to a broken politics.”

EXCLUSIVE: Attorneys for Rep Jamie Raskin are asking appeals court to halt Trump Admin effort to vacate convictions of Jan 6 seditious conspiracy defendants Raskin is trying to serve as firewall as Justice Dept & defense join forces to vacate the cases

Trump: The Strait is fully open! Reality: We are now witnessing the first-ever complete shutdown of the Strait

Iran Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh: The U.S. is trying to sabotage the path of the diplomatic effort through this diplomatic circus that they are adopting…Trump talks too much. He says contradictory things within the same statement

“All we have to fear, is fear itself” “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” “What the hell is a corner store?” Great Presidential quotes of our time

The Art of Pretending there’s a Deal

“They’ll never close the Strait again” lasted a solid 10 hours. Masterful negotiation (read: market manipulation) from Trump

⚡️ Trump envoy faces 'sweeping' investigation over business ties, diplomatic role. "You cannot both be a diplomat and a financial pawn," the letter reads.

"Sam A.I." "Oh, Sam A.I. Terrific guy"

The rationed slop being served to troops by the U.S. navy … compared to what the French and Swedish navies serve their troops.

Mamdani: Democratic socialism viable anywhere. “...this is a politics that can flourish anywhere, because there is only one majority in this country – that’s the working class, and it’s time we have a politics that puts them at the heart of [public policy]..." www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani...

🧵/1 Now a lot of MAGAts are figuring out what a lot of people knew all along. When we hear about this staged ‘assassination’ attempt, tRump only recalls his magical ear. Everyone seems to forget the real victims of this hoax. #ProudBlue #Butler #SheWon www.alternet.org/trump-assass...

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David Ellison will host an exclusive dinner “honoring” Trump next week. It comes as he’s waiting for regulatory approval of Paramount’s proposal to buy Warner Bros., which would create a massive pro-Trump media monopoly. What is he going to promise Trump at this dinner? Hello???

Schiff: What more will happen? You know, really, the sky’s the limit. We have to anticipate they could create some provocation at a polling place to create a pretext to call on the military or to seize ballot boxes. And we’re going to be prepared for whatever they throw our way…

It sure sounds like what he nearly said.

I guess we should have paid our taxes directly to Trump! 🤬🤬🤬

Todd Lyons led a secret police force for Trump where masked agents attacked our own American streets, violated Constitutional rights, and shot our own citizens. We’ll hold you accountable too.

This is what happens when you have an incompetent fool with no experience in charge of the Pentagon. Pete likes to put on makeup and appear on camera, boasting about war and its warriors, while essential tasks, like making sure those warriors are fed, are not seen as flashy enough to bother with.

Every single day, Trump does something that would have ended any other presidency. Every. Single. Fucking. Day.

ICE agents are not all-powerful and immune from all consequences — no matter what Trump says. Kudos to these Minnesota officials for doing what they can to rein in this out-of-control agency. More states and cities should follow suit.

JUST IN: Judge McElroy, a Trump appointee, continues DOJ’s unbroken losing streak in efforts to obtain state voter rolls. She calls it a “fishing expedition.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Meanwhile, you still owe Illinoisans $8,679,261,600 from your last round of illegal tariffs. Cut the check, Donald.

Right out in the open, Donald Trump is suing his own IRS to try to steal $10 BILLION taxpayer dollars. I just introduced a bill that would make this theft ILLEGAL.

AP goes for the jugular! “Trump draws Marie Antoinette comparisons as he leans into the gilded trappings of the presidency” apnews.com/article/trum...

me and the boys on the USS Abraham Lincoln eating boiled boot leather and sharing stories about the most Realistic Pussy we've ever seen

DOJ demanded voter files from all 50 states. DOJ sued 31 states for refusing their demand. My law firm intervened to protect voters in those cases. DOJ is now 0-5. My firm is 5-0. Lesson: When we fight we win.

Tesla. Disney. CVS Health. United Airlines. PayPal. Billions in profits. $0 in federal corporate income taxes. That money should be funding schools, healthcare, and public services. This is why people are mad as hell.

Fighting with the Pope is stupid enough as a simple political matter. Fighting with the Pope when you are demonstrably wrong is something beyond stupid. And lying about what the Pope said in a world where everyone knows what the Pope said & didn't say is another Trumpian act of pure public insanity.

"There's only one majority in this country and that's the working class." —Zohran Mamdani

Zohran Mamdani: "A democratic socialist politics … can flourish anywhere because, frankly, there is only one majority in this country — that's the working class. It’s time we have a politics that puts them at the heart of what it is that we're pursuing and not as part of the appendix."

Iran is rejecting Trump’s claim that Tehran agreed to hand over its enriched uranium stockpile. A source close to Iran’s Parliament Speaker said “no form of nuclear material transfer to America has been negotiated,” directly contradicting Trump. 1/

❗White men have these violent fantasies of killing anyone who touches their daughter. Then a RAPIST comes along, and they vote for him and put his flag on their truck. 🔥Weird, to say the least.

the president of the united states is personally looting the treasury to the tune of literally billions of dollars and that he is not being immediately removed from office and tried for high crimes against this country is a devastating indictment of every part of our political system

The EU will consider the issue of unlocking a €90 billion credit for Ukraine in the coming days.

Attorney General Todd Blanche admited that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from the Epstein files release. DEATH? The truth is probably far worse than anyone can imagine. Blanche needs to be proescuted as well.

Like Trump's loyalty is a 1-way street to him Every move in #TrumpRegime is a grift to enrich himself & the #TrumpCrimeFamily but even The Mob did not fight The Pope Of course, he never pays his bills 'Trump stiffs lawyers as legal money machine wallows in red ink' www.rawstory.com/trump-legal-...

Trump approves disaster aid for red states 89% of the time. For blue states? 23%. When your community is underwater or burning, whether you get federal help shouldn't depend on how your state voted. This is the most partisan abuse of disaster relief funding in the 47-year history of FEMA.

I’m so mad. My mom is 80. She can’t see very well. One of the few joys she has in her life is watching basketball. But now, the playoffs are only available on Amazon Prime. She’s a state away, and I can’t explain to her how to watch. Nor does she have Amazon Prime. 1/

Four Democrats voted with the GOP on reauthorizing a little-known law that lets the government sidestep the Constitution and spy on US citizens. If you’re represented by Gluesenkamp Perez, Golden, Gottheimer, or Suozzi, ask them why they’re siding with the Trump regime on government surveillance.

BREAKING: RM @RepRaskin opens sweeping investigation into “U.S. Special Envoy for Peace” Jared Kushner’s financial conflicts of interest and foreign entanglements, demanding documents and communications related to his foreign-funded private investment firm and his simultaneous government service.

The President of the United States is a liar.

Congrats on “opening” a strait that was open six weeks ago, and all it cost was at least 13 dead service members, thousands of dead Iranian civilians, tens of billions in taxpayer dollars, our loss in global standing, and the Iranian regime’s increase in power. Phenomenal work.

Stevens to RFK Jr: "To top it off, Mr Secretary, I got a copy of HR-944. You know what it is? It's your impeachment articles, sir. You have abused your office, you have gutted America's public health! You should be ashamed."

Republican leaders rushed a 2 AM vote to let the government spy on Americans without a warrant. It’s good they failed. Americans are rightfully afraid of government overreach. We need to prioritize protecting their personal data & not force bills through in the dark of night.

"Trump and the people surrounding him have long pushed for a theocracy, an explicitly Christian nation. These folks are completely fine and happy when religious leaders weigh in … as long as they agree with what Trump is doing. But that’s not religion. It’s a cult."

Bout three seconds away from muting the word "vibe" here. Or "vibecession".

Pope Leo today: "Blessed are the peacemakers." "Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth."