@ezralevin.bsky.social @leahgreenberg.bsky.social Suggestion. Before the midterms let’s turn Washington into Budapest. Please. It’s time.

You will never convince me that zip-tying the hands of well-dressed, well-behaved children in a courtroom has anything to do with law and order. This is pure authoritarian spectacle, engineered by Stephen Miller and Tom Homan, executed by ICE, and enthusiastically approved by Donald Trump and MAGA.

Trueism: Presidents don't have a lot of impact on the economy. Fine Print: Because most don't do totally insane things.

Spelling and grammar are woke.

I saw the work by Olga Lautman and he findings were disturbing: Steven Witkoff was in Russia when he was added to the signal chat. Russia has infiltrated Signal and used against Ukrainians. Very possible they have the classified signal info:

🚨 CBS News has received an internal NSA bulletin from Feb 2025 warning staff NOT to use Signal app for sensitive info, citing vulnerabilities to Russian hackers. These docs were sent pre-Houthi chat scandal with Jeffrey Goldberg.

If the media is as unbiased as they claim to be, then why am I seeing so many headlines about Trump violating the Constitution and none about him winning the club championship at his Florida golf club? by Hugh Hewitt

This is our country now. www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

I’d like to announce my forthcoming US history book, covering a decisive but tumultuous era in that country’s history, titled “The trade policies of the United States: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025” It will be 400 pages.

Dear Speaker Jeffries, please look at AOC. Dear Leader Schumer, please look at Chris Murphy. They are showing you what all of us want you to be doing every single day.

“Well, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.”

Alexander Dugin, the Russian ultra-nationalist and Neo-fascist, tweets at Tulsi Gabbard after her confirmation and says “you are simply awesome.” Dugin, a close Putin ally, is often referred to as “Putin’s brain.”

All you need to know.

Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

The way an executive branch that respects the rule of law objects to a district court ruling it doesn’t like is to *appeal* it, not to imply that the ruling just shouldn’t be followed.

Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks: "We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."

No mystery what we're seeing here: -Illegally withholding spending/nullifying contracts -Purges of law enforcement and prosecutors -Taking bribes for lenient treatment while threatening enemies with persecution -Pardoning violent/paramilitary allies -Granting vast powers to an unelected billionaire

An answer from Trump OMB nominee Russell Vought's Q&A as submitted to the Senate Budget Committee:

Everything you need to know about why the FBI-did-January-6th conspiracy theory is baseless, and, therefore, why Kash Patel is unfit to lead the FBI:

It remains amazing that there are more anti-Trump people who became pro-Trump *after* January 6, than pro-Trump people who abandoned him following the insurrection.

But if he must, then let’s call him Cuckius Minimus in 2025

ICE just deported an (undocumented) woman & her newborn (U.S. citizen) twins She had missed a court hearing due to emergency C-section; when she called court to reschedule, was told to show up at another meeting site. When she did, she and her kids were arrested. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

A ton of voters only get their news about Democrats… from Republicans. To fight back, we should build up independent progressive media, reach out to voters who don’t watch political news—AND go on offense on conservative outlets. That’s why I went on Fox News. Break the bubble.

If a donor buys $100 million of ads that lie about a candidate, that's free speech. If a newspaper publishes a poll, with crosstabs, that ends up being wrong, that is election interference.

I’ve admired Sarah Longwell for a while, but I think I just fell in love with her.

ICYMI: In my OUR LAND newsletter, I report on how Kash Patel created a false narrative of the Trump-Russia scandal to cover up Trump's treasonous actions & became a useful idiot for Putin. link.motherjones.com/public/37759... You can subscribe to OUR LAND at motherjones.com/ourlandnewsletter

Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead

The world’s richest man unleashed a wave of online harassment at a US government employee who works to make agriculture more climate-resilient for the sole reason that she had the word “diversification” in her job title, which he assumed meant “diversity”.

“McMahon, a billionaire and wrestling executive who graduated from East Carolina University in 1969, actually has a bachelor’s degree in French, the school confirmed to USA TODAY Wednesday…McMahon does not have a degree in education.”

Trump’s election means he won’t face trial in Georgia until 2029, if ever. But I think people are sleeping on the fact that during his presidency there could be televised trials of his co-defendants, with prosecutors presenting much of the same evidence they would have presented against Trump.

I know an illegal immigrant who has given aid and comfort to a convicted felon. Her name is Melania.

Trump says he is prepared to declare a national emergency and use military assets to carry out his mass deportation program

Of the multiple tattoos on Pete Hegseth’s arm, one of them says “Deus Vult” (“God Wills It”), a phrase used by Christian crusaders in the Middle Ages and now used by white supremacists. I question whether he’s the right guy to lead the most diverse military in the world.

I take some comfort in knowing that Trump got less than 50%. Not much comfort mind you, but a little bit anyway.