“If the Democrats continue to gain ground with these constituencies, shutting down the government to force a change in policy might work for the first time.”

Grab the popcorn.

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

Guy who is zip-tying American children and shooting pastors on the head with pepper balls wants Peace Prize.

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast. But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

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California is the first state to define ultra-processed foods and phase them out of school meals. DC politicians can talk all day about "Making America Healthy Again," but we've been walking the walk on boosting nutrition and removing toxic additives and dyes for decades.

Pritzker also responded on social media, saying: “I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California. I urge anyone in the state to vote yes. This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red

Who’s up for the Bad Bunny Challenge to learn Spanish in 4 months? I signed up for Pimsleur and will report my painfully slow progress as I go. (All I caught was “trabajado para abrir puertas.” Demasiado rapido.) ☹️

Thou shalt put all these war criminals on trial at the Hague.

Will be flying in 4 weeks. Or, I should say, MAYBE I’ll be flying.

Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away

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Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement? The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy. At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

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Seems like very voter fraud report is about a Republican committing the crime, with a few being elected officials. 🤔

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We cannot let the myth of American exceptionalism numb us into imagining we are above devolving into inhumanity. We have every ingredient in place to become something historically monstrous. It will happen here unless we refuse to allow it. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/now-that-f...

"I am a member of no organized party; I am a Democrat." A classic saying and a reminder that our Party is NOT PERFECT! But they align with my values, and they represent our best shot to fight Trump. Continuing to hamstring them is NOT A SMART PLAY. And I will fight you if you try.

Some times in America we have the exact right President in office to lead in crucial moments (i.e. Lincoln). But at other times we have the exact wrong President in office (i.e. Andrew Johnson). Today we have the worst President in our history in office at a most crucial moment.

Never give up hope.

This is so indefensibly insane: Speaker Johnson is refusing to seat Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva because she'll be the 218th vote to release the Epstein files. Johnson swore in Rep Walkinshaw (VA) w/in 24 hours. Johnson is abandoning his job to instead protect a convicted child sex predator

Welcome to Heaven, Dr. Jane Goodall. You made the world a better place.

Sometimes the truth hurts.

“But the generals and admirals should be forgiven if they walked out of the auditorium and wondered: What on earth is wrong with the commander in chief?”

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.

As the government shutdown begins, remember that one of the biggest deficit drivers of the past 20 years are Republican tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations. The issue isn't programs that help millions of Americans, it's giveaways to the rich.

Jayapal: It is a strange and bizarre time when we literally have a president thinking about plating the ballroom in gold—while he’s thrown 15 million Americans off healthcare, fired over 150,000 federal workers, and is threatening to fire even more if we go into a shutdown.

Wondering what my 4th great-grandfather, LTC Edward Warner Heston, would have thought about our current state of affairs. He was wounded and taken prisoner by the British in the Revolutionary War. He survived to serve as a PA State Senator and a judge. A Quaker, he was also an abolitionist. Sigh

Watch this space

What they actually had to say is worth hearing

We haven’t forgotten.

Effect of tariffs I've seen — Higher clothing prices overall — Overseas sellers covering tariff costs, but passing cost to the consumer — US stores dropping brands. Example: No Man Walks Alone won't be carrying Norbit this fall bc tariff uncertainty — Fewer deals. Ebay shuts down overseas sellers

Vote in 2026 to finally put a check on Trump and the GOP. Our nation’s future depends on it.

“As long as we retain our capacity to feel shock at what is being done, there is some hope.” From @davidfrum.bsky.social’s excellent podcast from last Tuesday. For more hope, listen to the intro for what Trump’s screwed up in the dictator’s playbook. Hint: he didn’t consolidate power first. Oops!

This is not common sense

One person having the power to upend entire industries and economic sectors on a whim every day that puts companies out of business and workers out of jobs with no legislative input is an autocracy, regardless of whether that person initially acquired power through an election.

Occam's Razor always rules. Always.

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