Smoking weed under a rainbow, never kill yourself

Federal officers entered Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides. The confrontation happened shortly after the aide observed federal agents detaining migrants in a public hallway outside an immigration courtroom.

I don’t know how many times we have to say this, but the U.S. government is not a business and shouldn’t be run like one. It’s a service—for the people.

The definition of authoritarianism and the opposite of free speech: The government will now control science reporting and silence anyone who opposes RFK Jr's opinions. "RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals" wapo.st/43sc0Bz

A mutual aid approach that candidates and office holders could try is to set up hyper-local banks of volunteers to help people navigate SNAP/medicaid/Section 8 etc procedures. Which could also lead to data helpful to future reforms.

Just days before the 5th anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, the DOJ is backing away from police reform agreements in Minneapolis & Louisville. Consent decrees are a vital path to accountability. We've seen what happens without oversight — this is a terrible step backward.

if a UNITED STATES CONGRESSWOMAN can be prosecuted for literally doing her job, what does that say for you and me??? any person of power who thinks this is okay should lose their job.

The international immune system is activating. Democracy, flawed and fragile, is developing antibodies against a very specific kind of viral politics. The backlash is electoral, cultural, and institutional. And it is spreading. www.theindex.media/rebuke/

[guy who smashed a window at the capitol] “he made a mistake and was doing what he thought was right, let’s pardon him and give him back the fine he paid” [guy who stood outside home depot] “why would we bother with a hearing before sending him to the el salvador terror prison”

Guy who said he was right about covid and the 2020 election says he’s right about tariffs in part because so many people agreed that he was right because they were idiots or opportunists.

Many/most manufacturing “jobs” that could be onshored will go to robots/AI. As 25% of factory jobs in China are expected to be in next few years. Our entire discussion on this is fighting the last war.

Uh, I believe the point is to be better than the criminals.

Bernie Sanders: "I think this is a prelude not only to cutting benefits, but to privatizing Social Security ... why do you lie so much about Social Security? Why do you make it look like it's a broken system? The reason is to get people to lose faith in the system so you can give it over to Wall St"

New in PN: MAGA's Big Lie budget "Trump has said he wants to do three things: 1. Balance the budget 2. Extend tax cuts 3. Keep Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid fully funded But doing all these simply isn’t possible. And Republicans know it."

America waking up to the fact that the biggest recipients of “DEI” are white women. And veterans are right up there.

remember tonight to set your clock ahead an hour. but if canada and mexico set their clocks ahead an hour, then set your clocks back an hour. except for clocks in the automotive industry and clocks made with parts already covered under the USMCA, in which case

Oh wait, Howard Lutnik is trying to hand Elon Musk billions in government contracts? You don’t say… www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

The cowardice of the GOP has been astounding 👇 #TraitorTrump

People seem to have forgotten what the Ukrainians have gone through, was Putin’s invasion has done. Here’s a photo essay of Ukranians in their bombed out homes www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

NEWS The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines. This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines. 86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season. About 430,000 people were hospitalized.

The Index will keep publishing op-eds telling Bezos, his doomsday cult markets and his self-serving liberties to go fuck themselves. And you can support that right here: www.theindex.media/

The Medicaid cuts the GOP is about to try and shove through would have horrific results. Imagine millions of poor and disabled people—a huge number of them children—having to literally beg for help. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This would be more worrisome if Trump had booted a Secretary of Defense because he was reticent to deploy troops against peaceful protesters oh wait

Ah yes, the "environmental warrior" is killing climate change programs. Read @davidcorn.bsky.social's latest www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

What the actual fuck?! America, it’s time to rise. When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty!

So far in the last 24 hours, Russia's gotten: - a sympathetic ear/voice installed as DNI - the release of a crime boss - Hegseth ceding Crimea to them - Trump offering a WH visit - The US acting as middleman rather than Ukraine ally

So, Google Calendar has removed Indigenous Peoples Month. Who here still supports the Native community? 🖐🏾

it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit

We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

In 2016, it took Twitter’s algorithms less than a day to turn the Microsoft chatbot, Tay, into a horrific bigot.

I remember when right-wing media said that I wasn’t qualified to be a member of Congress because of my credit card debt. My debt was nowhere near $1.2 million. Do they think the same of RFK Jr? Or does that standard only apply to young people? We know the answer.

Putinist celebrates Musk’s war on USAID. It’s kind of all you need to know.

Government of South Africa takes Trump to school:

Ooo this is a good one ☺️

Hey @washingtonpost.com you say your new Kash Patel story has "not previously been reported." Wrong, we at @motherjones.com scooped you and had this out earlier today. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Feel free to correct.

“I don’t think the United States Senate should vote for a single nominee until this is over!” - @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

A fundamental question that every person running for Congress should be able to answer is: when push comes to shove, will I risk this job to save the country. One party is failing this test entirely. The other need not follow.

Are the next 4 years really going to be logging on everyday to sentences like "a 19 year old doge intern called Big Balls has your social security number" because I'm already at capacity for this sort of thing

This whole thing speaks for itself. This guy is unprepared and untrustworthy. I'm voting no.

RFK Jr even getting a hearing for this job is failed state shit

Morning. Illustration by William Joyce from The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore.

This is a great question for all of congress to think about. Hypothetically,If FEMA goes away, what happens to home owners and other insurance rates ? Climate change looks like it will make rates so high, home insurers will want equity in your house as a way of holding down rates

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

Mike Luckovich gets it right as he always does

I must admit I didn't anticipate the silly b.s. about taking Greenland and Panama and even Canada, or renaming the Gulf of Mexico. This is how much the right hates diversity! Now it wants everything to be called "America." Trump will run out of places to deport people to if he takes everything.