The irony of state officials decrying the negative environmental impacts expected from federal funding cuts and policy changes, while Newsom and the state Legislature gut CA's signature environmental laws. #climatechange #ceqa www.latimes.com/environment/...

So trump will mobilize the National Guard to hunt down migrant children, but not to find American children swept away in a flood they should have been warned about?

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.

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

For those unconditionally cheering the attacks on Iran, remember that our early strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq were “successful”. But we ended up getting dragged into costly wars that created more terrorists than we killed. The American people haven’t forgotten that.

Trump looking absolutely inconsolable at his fascist-themed 79th birthday party which no one turned up to other than those who had to because he's their boss.

Raskin: You are not our king, and we are not your subjects. We will never be your subjects. All of us born here on this land are citizens and your executive order is nothing but bad graffiti on the Constitution, and we're going to wash it off today

Boebert: What we’re seeing in LA is an insurrection Pritzker: You don’t know understand what insurrection is. It is outrageous that you are asking that when you are the one condoning the pardoning of people that attacked police.

This all comes down to policy choices. Do we want a nation with policies rooted in cruelty and punishment? Or do we want a nation with policies rooted in kindness and compassion? This is the choice before us.

Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.

Hypocrisy. Leave it to Leavitt.

LA produces all of your Made In The USA apparel and fabric. LA is the port for most of your goods and produce. LA makes and the USA takes, baby.

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A 30-day strike and consumer boycott would stop this pretty quickly...

1 in 12 Americans live in California. 1 in 35 Americans live in LA County. LA is America

Rep. Gomez: LA County alone is 34% foreign born, 34%. So when he says they're going to liberate us, who is he going to liberate us from? Ourselves?

Booker: "We have a president who did nothing as people stormed our Capitol, & then when those people who viciously beat police & led to some of their deaths - therefore cop killers - were convicted, he pardoned them. So for him to be talking about responsive law enforcement is hypocritical at best"

Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

And women are too emotional to lead?!

Not to mention the demand for water that can equal the usage of a medium city - just for a single facility!

"You read books, eh?" A 1949 red scare Herblock cartoon about pressures on teachers that hits hard once again.

Another historic transfer of wealth from the bottom to the top

"If Donald Trump were a country, he’d be Qatar." @davidmastio.bsky.social totally nails this: They're both morally flexible, they both stiff workers, they both hired Pam Bondi as a lobbyist, and tons more biting parallels that are a joy to read. 😂 www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/arti...

The Constitution disagrees. The Emoluments Clause, part of Article I, Section 9, Clause 8, bans office holders from taking ANY gifts from foreign countries. There is no mention of quid pro quo. That is because the Founding Fathers knew that even the *appearance* of corruption promotes corruption.

Eveyone & their brother is using ChatGPT to avoid doing the reading/homework & we’re all going to suffer bc of it.

Shouldn’t this be a bigger story?!? Senator Mark Warner calls for probe into report that WH is pressuring countries to use Musk’s Starlink company in exchange for tariff relief. Watch: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

Oh. The Washington Post is reporting that the US is pushing nations facing Donald Trump's tariffs to approve Elon Musk’s Starlink. Several countries facing tariffs have expedited approvals for Starlink satellite internet service, possibly to gain favor in trade negotiations. Endless corruption.

Imagine if Biden had said people would have to tighten their belts, do without, suffer through an austere Christmas while he golfed, hawked meme coins and bragged about lavishing the Oval Office in gaudy gold. They’d all be shitting wild kittens.

Louder for the voters in the back!

Exactly!👇

Crockett: He wants there to be a portion of the budget that goes up to $1 trillion on the defense side. They have failed the very last seven audits. So why would they continue to get raises, which they always do. Yet we're going to hurt the most vulnerable amongst us.

Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992. Was there a breast cancer epidemic?! NO. Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976. PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something. This is also about autism.

Seems like we are getting a LOT less for our federal tax dollars. States will need to raise taxes if they want to fill gaps in water infrastructure and other areas the federal government is offloading responsibility. This will continue to squeeze the middle class while worsening outcomes overall 🤦🏼‍♀️

Socialism is what they called public power.  Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Republicans voted FOR cancer. They’re giving greedy corporate polluters a loophole to evade the Clean Air Act and emit tens of thousands of tons of toxic air pollutants like arsenic, lead, and mercury that can make you sick. It’s the Make America Sick Agenda. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, three years in we only took a sliver of the country at the cost of 800,000 men. Would the conventional wisdom be that we are winning? No? Then why do some think Russia is?

A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.

History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.

Donald Trump's first 100 days have been characterized by the most flagrant corruption imaginable. Today, I want to talk about 10 of the absolute worst examples. (Thread 🧵)

Just incredible

"Trump is engaged in a really well-planned out coordinated attempt to destroy our democracy...we might not have a free and fair election in 2026. Now, I think that that is still up to us." Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social on the state of democracy 100 days into Trump: youtu.be/Jw9uUbMnA6E

If he cannot carry out his agenda without breaking our laws, violating our Constitution, ignoring the judiciary, alienating our allies and crashing the economy… It’s a criminal agenda.

Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

Major power move. Trump wants to be a bully to our allies and a “friend” to our enemies…western democracies should ice him out. 🧊

I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.

Internet trolls control the official white house account…it’s absolutely crazy how in just 3 months we went from one of the most professional, expert driven administrations to those dredged up from the darkest corners of the internet.