I just got a VERY interesting email that allies in congress were upset that so many of my readers were calling about the anti-trans provisions. I'm here to say: good. I won't let them throw our rights under the bus by cover of night. All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.

I’m super emotional seeing all the coverage of Fleury today. A reminder when the world wasn’t complete crap and finding joy in simple things. May we all learn to smile like Flower and bring joy to others. #LetsGoPens

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See people quote famous fascist hater Indiana Jones on this makes me...

mainstream media: we dont understand why "the left" keeps saying trump is a racist

Yep, she gets it.

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

Important to understand that Sinclair, Nexstar, and Tenga are the local TV Oligarchy. They are increasingly looking to buy each other up until all US local TV is controlled by one company. They need a compliant FCC for this. Jon Oliver did an excellent episode back in 2018 featuring Sinclair.

A country that is ok with children being born into poverty is sick and broken. We need universal basic income.

I read 1984. And Fahrenheit 451. And A Brave New World. And The Handmaid‘s Tale. And The Giver. And The Road. And The Lottery. And The Parable of the Sower. And The Hunger Games. I know what I’m seeing.

Yeah. Fascists are at point of controlling late-night comics. That is 5-alarm fire level of fascism. Listen to best song ever. Take deep breath. Know we are not done. We will fight. But for moment, take deep breath, listen to best song ever. Then we move.

A reprieve from the craziness of the world. Welcome back hockey!

He says it low, but he says it

They’re coming for the first amendment and they’re coming for it quick.

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A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.

From me, a list of Trump supporters who killed, or tried to kill, Democrats and opponents of Trump in recent years (since the right are now claiming all the political violence is from the left!) Receipts: zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki...

EXCLUSIVE/BOMBSHELL: @bloomberg.com has obtained **18K** previously unreported emails from Jeffery Epstein's personal Yahoo account. The emails are disturbing & revelatory & reveal new details about Ghilaine Maxwell's role FREE to read www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Donald Trump and Netanyahu coordinated their messaging and posts to match during the Charlie Kirk assassination. Both "leaders" have ties to individuals in the Jeffrey Epstein files, and would benefit from the case being buried away. Both had invested heavily into Kirk and his influence network.

My parents took me out of a country where this was the norm and where it led to the execution and imprisonment of millions of innocent people. They brought me here, to America, believing that it would not happen here. And yet here we are.

The Nazis did this with material written by and discussing Jews. www.erininthemorning.com/p/positive-d...

Well, here it is: the state of Texas is assuming control over the contents of university classes. This account called it early: the key goal for part of Trump's coalition is control over curricula, from K-12 to university. To control what your kids learn. They're copying Viktor Orban in Hungary. 1/

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Today marks our 20th anniversary on the radio airwaves. open.substack.com/pub/ricksmit...

Happy Jimmy Buffett day to all who celebrate. What’s your favorite Buffett song? Hard to pick one, but I’ve always been partial to this one. youtu.be/yoyWAOuQWHw?... #KeepThePartyGoing #FinsUp

Living in the USA

Democrats should redesign their party to present a new platform to implement after the US fascist regime is overthrown. The platform: -Gun control -Eliminate campaign finance -Abolish electoral college -Universal healthcare -Free university -UBI -Wealth tax #Trump #fascism #Democrats #cdnpoli

I’m old enough to remember when we didn’t do anything after a church full of black people were murdered while praying too.

There’s always next year. (Every year.) #LetsGoBucs #NuttingMustSell

Trump is keeping his right hand below the table so the camera can't see it

Let’s GOOOOOO!

"we can either have the government than won world war 2 and built the postwar boom or we can have the government that gave us the great depression and the great recession."

For folks not in DC: - There are full-on police checkpoints most nights - Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC - National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter - Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl - Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE

This is how it all happened in Germany, just with a different accent

This is a pattern.

A man, near the White House, who describes himself as a "retired disabled combat veteran," after burning an American flag tells bystanders "I am being detained because I expressed my First Amendment rights."

Don’t ever hire the consultants who silenced and benched Tim Walz in 2024.

Tim Walz out there just being awesome. Just like every other Monday.

Words/phrases Democrats should never use: * bipartisan * my Republican friends * real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans) * yea (when voting on Republican bills) * distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did) * woke (in derogatory sense)

Quiet part loud: They want an onscreen lynching.

The maddest someone has ever gotten at me was when I talked about the child sized manacles Jefferson had at Monticello for 9 year old children. They could not cope with the idea that a child the same age as their child had been enslaved. And it made them angry that I made them know facts

Fox News only exists because Democrats legitimize it. If you provide content for Fox, no matter how savvy you are or how much you "own" conservatives in your segment or column, you are doing the job they need you to do. You are helping to legitimize Fox News. This should be a fireable offense.

Sing it, Phil! youtu.be/KrrOY0vwuPE?...

When you’ve lost journalism, you’ve lost accountability. When you lose accountability, you lose everything.

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.

New in PN: The slide toward "competitive authoritarianism" "Orbán subverted Hungary’s democracy with gerrymandering and by creating a nationwide right-wing media network. He put loyalists in the public prosecutor’s office, ensuring the judicial system would go after his enemies. Sound familiar?"

The US Steel plant where two workers were killed and ten injured in an explosion had a history of chemical accidents — but the Trump EPA, scrubbed a tracking tool listing dangerous facilities from its website are lobbying from the chemical industry. jacobin.com/2025/08/us-s...

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