"This is going to surprise some people, but . . . ." Buddy, why on earth would I be surprised by a Democratic senator voting to confirm an unqualified, fascist Trump nominee?

Can't argue with that.

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What have we learned? We should support unions, they remind us we hold all the power We should vote on things that improve our lives, not things that hurt others, eventually they come for you too We should punish criminals We should Tax the Rich We should fight back, everyone who does, wins

And just imagine, Fox "news" doesn't even report the majority of the news!

Every single Republican voted no to fund TSA.

This is it. 100%. I've seen it time and time again. They don't care about anyone else. They only get it when it hits them.

Indonesia suspends its participation in Board of Peace “Indonesian FM Sugiono said the decision to suspend participation was taken because of the latest military escalation in the region, which has directly affected the foreign policy priorities of countries involved in the initiative”

Interesting hand signal from Pete Hegseth this morning

Americans are trapped abroad because of this administration’s failure to plan ahead. My office is hearing from New Jerseyans who are still stuck in the region and some who have made it home on commercial flights. In need of support? Get in touch with us at kim.senate.gov.

I once said more Episcopalians were the answer, but I got Neil Gorsuch.

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.

www.foxnews.com/politics/cal... Good morning AND THANK YOU CALIFORNIA FOR PASSING PROP 50! It's wonderful news to know this guy will be gone For over 20 years Issa and his money ruled over parts of north San Diego County Remember he was Oversight Chair with Benghazi and Healthcare GOOD

Why Markwayne Mullin will likely get confirmed and no it's not the reason the Democrat hating self appointed expert that didn't watch the video just posted in the comments. Here is your inside baseball.

This didn’t age well…

Trump's tacky White House ballroom expansion, delayed by 32,000 public comments calling it a "gold edifice to one man's ego," perfectly captures his presidency as experts note he's bombing Iran to distract from Epstein files, tanking economy, and voters finally noticing. 1/2

More specifically an agency linked to the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign @dispatch.com www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...

It's bad enough that ICE Barbie's 'punishment' so far has been reassignment to a cushy made-up job Her exit didn't make a dent in the lawlessness of the agency whose thuggish tactics she helped finesse These AHs remain out of ctrl; 📣ur MoCs- don't fall for Felon's con 202-224-3121 democracy.io/#!/

Remarkable: With support for the Iran war tanking, Trump is now throwing away the GOP's advantage on three core issues: Economy, immigration, national security. A year ago it looked like he might be popular on all three. He lit it all on fire. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2074...

Let’s talk about Graham Platner’s Big Lie, finally. In 2009, at the height of the Gulf War, the Marines barred him from active duty. Platner claims it was his forearm tattoos. But his one forbidden tattoo was the Nazi symbol on his chest. He knew - and he left the Marines rather than give it up. 1/

The cruelty that has always been the message draws sadists to it. And they have been flocking to the GOP for some time now. And they are lead by the bully in chief. Sadism has been how trump has always gotten his way. Beat people down with wealth and power until they submit.

The Trumpian GOP thinks callousness & brutality are the twins of logic & strength. They’re turning far right at the flashing red light of barbarism.

Again. This matters.

"Senior Republicans privately expect Trump's administration to request tens of billions of dollars for the Middle East conflict and other military needs from Congress in the coming days, with some GOP lawmakers hearing estimates that the Pentagon is spending as much as $2 billion a day on the war."

Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol

Congress, do your job.

Page One in UK: @telegraph.co.uk

Trump's psychotic, murderous post: "Iran is being beat to HELL … They said, 'Thank you President Trump.' I said, 'You’re welcome!' ... Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for destruction & certain death are groups of people not considered for targeting until this moment"

after talking about his war in Iran, Trump vows to "eradicate the criminal cartels plaguing our region. We're knocking the hell out of them when we can. And we're gonna go heavier. You saw what we were doing with the boats coming in."

My latest on the complicity of lawyers in dismantling democracy and the Justice Department's attempt to thwart the ability of state bars to hold them accountable open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

Oh yeah, that crowd.

Uh, because either you voted for a felon or didn't show up to vote at all?

Good morning and happy Saturday, Vic. Thank you so much for including me. I hope you have a really nice and relaxing weekend💙🦋👊🫶

We’ll soon be measuring the Pentagon by the number of countries it’s NOT striking. @lbc.co.uk www.lbc.co.uk/article/us-m...

I don’t think that 🍊💩 and HogsBreath are going to sweep this away as easily as they expected.

Great thread about the less obvious damage being done.

Every time some right wing fucker talks about migrants who commit crimes, I go ask them why they're not commenting on the crimes that Jan6ers have gone onto commit (two have been arrested this week). This guy features prominently.

Winning statewide in Texas has been a political goal of Democrats for decades. But this year’s turnout patterns, strong Latino participation, independent voter interest and the energy around James Talarico's Senate campaign are giving Democrats reason to think that goal may be within reach in 2026.

Moskowitz: "Let me congratulate the former Homeland Security Secretary on her appointment to be the Shield of Americas, which I'm pretty sure the president came up with when he watched the last Avengers movie"

Seems relevant to the upcoming war powers vote in the House.

The figurehead ( #Noem) is gone but the structure of the Dictators personal Gestapo and the “Deportation Industrial Complex” is still under construction. Don’t be fooled! Go to the roots of the evil and dig it out❗️ #StopTheCamps ‼️

Every single time he opens his mouth, he embarrasses all of us in OK. I loathed Infohe, but this dude is yet another idiot who claims "success" because he was born wealthy.

Wow this is terrible for Noem and the regime. Which means it’s great for America!

The stock market is tanking, gas prices are spiking, the DHS Secretary was just fired after lying under oath to Congress, prices keep going up, Trump refuses to refund tariffs despite a SCOTUS decision, and we are in another war in the Middle East. When does the winning start?

correct there is no reason for a single one of them to vote for Mullin (yes, Mr. Fetterman, that means you) and they should make this as embarrassing as possible - which, given Mullin’s extensive track record of putting his foot in his mouth, shouldn’t even be that hard

My meeting with Congressman Markwayne Mullin on 1-8-18. I ALWAYS take notes. SHARE EVERYWHERE! A Mullin appointment will be devastating to us ALL!