I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party. This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.

We are doing the Saturday show! 10 AM ET on the Mayday Network.

Trump’s message to the American people about this war of choice boils down to this: Good luck out there. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

We should all feel safer now that Trump has annointed a guy who doesn't know the difference between Khomeni and Khomenei to be in charge of protecting the homeland.

There's one person benefitting more than anyone else from the United States spilling blood and treasure in Iran and (hint) he can't stand us. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

All of this is reprehensible. We had a trial run of this last June, when my family was stranded in Tel Aviv as the Iranian ballistic started falling. The embassy told us we were on our own. We had to drive ourselves to the Egyptian border and walk across. Don't say they didn't see this coming.

Some good news, for a change. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

Pete Hegseth and his band of Christian nationalists have been cosplaying Crusaders for years. Now that they’ve been given the keys to the military, the rest of us are paying for their weird fetish. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

This is actually really frightening and impacts us all. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

WTF is 60 Minutes doing? No evidence that Iranians want Reza Pahlavii to lead them but 60 Minutes is giving him an opportunity to make his case directly to Trump by lending him prime television real estate to call Trump the greatest president in history, so he could get Trump to install him as Shah.

Pay attention to why Trump went to war against Iran now. The primary reason has nothing to do with nuclear weapons or foreign policy. He inadvertently told us why at 3 AM on Saturday and legacy media missed it. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

Let's bear in mind that there is a five year statute of limitations for most federal crimes. An ambitious Democrat thinking about running for president would put a marker down and say so right now.

We are at war helmed by a commander in chief whose history of lying makes whatever rationale he gives for military action now completely untrustworthy. We are at war led a Pentagon more concerned with “woke” culture than with understanding the region we are attacking.

How the Ellison takeover of CNN confirms what we already knew — the network Is done, because it has already lost the trust of its viewers by platforming liars and then equating facts with propaganda. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

Friends, the worst case scenario appears to be happening. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

Can we leave Hillary Clinton the fuck alone? Today, once again, she will be doing what she has spent her entire adult life doing: answering for her husband’s behavior. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

Congress needs to get Barr and Wray under oath immediately to find out what the government knew about the president of the United States in 2019 — and what it chose to do with that knowledge. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

That guy died when MarkWayne Mullin was 12 years old.

Old enough to remember when Fetterman swore he would not be a Manchin/Sinema and that if were elected, Dems wouldn't have to worry about having a one-vote margin. Pretty obvious that if Dems pick up just enough seats to get control of the senate, he will switch parties.

Breaking down the State of the Union with Tom Llamas on NBC at 7:15 pm.

Of course it's plausible that Trump raped a 13-year-old girl, as court cases and the limited Epstein files release allege. Look at his history to see why the circumstantial evidence all points to it being true. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

three hours of listening to him prattle and preen and screech should serve as proper punishment for the men’s hockey players who thought this would be fun

One year. That’s all it took. Trump has weakened democratic guardrails, strained alliances, and dragged America’s standing into dangerous territory. If you’re watching, don’t watch alone. Join @julieroginsky.bsky.social and @michellekinney.com live at 8:30 PM ET. www.youtube.com/live/l_4GTv5...

Friends, the state of the union is gravely weak, indeed — made all the weaker by a president whose goal is to tear whatever still unifies us asunder. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

What an Auschwitz nurse can teach us today open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

If a monarchy can sacrifice a prince to preserve its legitimacy, a republic should be able to demand at least as much from its president. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

Did you shop at The Limitedx Express and Victoria's Secret in the 80s and 90s? Lex Wexner and Jeffrey Epstein corrupted you. Here's how open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

The Roberts court signed its own death warrant long ago. Now the bill is coming due. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol... open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

This is the most disgusting thing that got scant media attention this week. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

Thanks so much for having us, @katiephang.bsky.social!

Our Democratic leaders are not meeting the moment. This is what Democrats need to do to win and -- more importantly -- rebuild a broad-based coalition that doesn't rely just on being anti-Trump. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

Thanks for the shoutout, @thetnholler.bsky.social!

Wake up, Democrats. Trump is about to effectively control TikTok, Twitter, CBS, Comedy Central and most likely CNN, HBO and two major movie studios. Where is our leadership to warn these media companies about consequences once we regain the WH? open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

A "yellow star?" I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Yup, they took it down. That's how much Paramount doesn't want to cross Trump.

Joining MSNOW at 1:45 pm

The question is not whether Bush sees what Trump is. Of course he does. Bush may have misjudged Vladimir Putin’s soul, but he is not blind to the fact that Trump has no respect for our constitution, its norms, or our closest allies. The question is why Bush won’t say it out loud.

Epstein's little black book was seized in a sting operation in 2009, when his butler tried to sell it to an undercover FBI agent. Where is it?

I miss when you could post Brave Norman Rockwell Townsperson and the caption could be, like, “R.E.M was wrong to leave ‘Fretless’ off of Out of Time” instead of “The secret police should stop murdering people.”

The American people watched administrations change while the gravitational pull of protecting a child sex trafficking ring remained constant. Yet no one is asking four living presidents the fundamental question: why? open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

Exposed: Trump's new gulags are not really about immigration open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

Walz: "We've got children that a core memory for them will be their classmate being taken away. That will stick with them the rest of their lives. My hope is what sticks with them is human decency wins out, rule of law matters ... "

We sat down with the amazing Tom Malinowski today to talk about his race, AIPAC and the role of dark money. This country will be lucky to have him in whichever capacity he decides to serve it next. www.youtube.com/live/3mY6d5f...

Tulsi Gabbard is covering up a massive scandal. Her own history makes this a five-alarm fire. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

These clowns.

Mark my words: an iron curtain is descending upon the United States. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

Republicans thought cheating was a birthright. Then the leopard ate their faces. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

So many lessons for the national Dem party in the results in NJ-11. A good day for progressive candidates, a bad day for party bosses and a terrible day for AIPAC, whose decision to go all-in against a pro-Israel candidate for reasons that make no sense backfired spectacularly.