Really good thread. Kt the only paradox in the world order today.

In short, any grant application that wasn't a project glorifying white males was labeled DEI and rejected. He knew the assignment.

Got to keep bringing this up: imagine the reaction of the media (and Republicans) if a Democratic president casually talked about a Russian leader helping an American adversary targeting American troops as if he were subservient to Russia.

Relatives of the man who rammed his vehicle into a synagogue outside Detroit were recently killed in Lebanon by an Israeli attack, a local mayor said.

He has a gift--many gifts in fact! I dare you to listen to this w/o getting choked up.

These ERAMs should help Ukraine a lot

At the rate we're going, these may become ubiquitous in places other than Ukraine.

Completely predictable! The dry drunk running DOD got rid of all the leaders and personnel who had watched and learned from Ukraine's success with drones and Russia's use of Iranian Shaheds against Ukraine. This is what happens when you steike a bee's or hornet's nest.

Representative Frost was fabulous in this interview.

Explains a great deal! Interesting and an odd feeling to know that this happened within the arc of my lifetime. A new shift is already underway in Texas, and both Texas and Florida (as well as other states) are likely to lose population as parts become unlivable due to climate change.

Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...

I read the 302's on her FBI interviews. Her story is quite credible. I'm inclined to believe her. The incidents in her allegations took place in the 80's--early days in the building of Epstein's pedophilia empire.

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BREAKING: VoteVets is reminding the American people by highlighting Trump’s own quotes on the RNC tonight. Spread this everywhere so all Americans see it.

Spain's leader with a message that should be adopted by every top Democrat

Pretry much!

News and movement in the Maine Senate race. After the Fetterman debacle (and before that Sinema), I'm disinclined to jump on any "maverick" candidate bandwagons. I will note, however, that recruiting a candidate (no matter how effective) in their late 70's is absolutely not a stellar idea.

Rep. Garcia: The Trump administration is trying to strip Fourth Amendment rights. ICE wants to write its own “permission slip” to break down doors without a judge. Those spreading violence and chaos are the same ones ignoring the Constitution.

Gen Z, Alysa Liu, wins gold 🏅 for USA with a happy-go-lucky performance. Somehow she tunes out the world burning. Isn't bothered by being on the most competitive stage in the world. Simply loses herself in her love 🤍 of skating. FLOW. ⛸️

They silence Voice of America and produce this abomination!!

In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.

This is so far down the rabbit hole... This slimy, nutbag being escorted around the Pentagon by the Secretary of Defense is shocking.

Are you kidding me? Is the "money honey" really this ignorant? No, no, it's absolutely not a good question. And, the answer is plainly, NO, the President (any President) cannot get a bill "across the finish line" (passed) in Congress by executive order.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

This is an excellent interview! Watching it, you will see clearly why Trump's CBS tanked it. Talarico has a gift! I learned the same lessons he describes from my grandfather, who was also a pastor, albeit German and not Baptist--SDA so there are similarities. SHARE widely. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally. I wrote about the conflict over national identity, the need to reclaim patriotism from the Right, and the struggle between two traditions that are both authentically American: White male supremacy vs. the egalitarian promise of democratic pluralism.

30 countries use mail voting

One of our least intelligent Senators--an avatar of white male mediocrity failing up--blaming the victims of ICE's aggressions and delivering an inauthentic "I'm pissed off because you encouraged assertion of constitutional rights and did not capitulate to your GOP overlords."

Of the 52 million jobs created in America since 1989, 51 million, 97%, have been created under Dem Presidents. Essentially all of them. 4/

Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell

Great analysis and context on the jobs report. Very clear and easy to understand. Be sure to watch both clips.

Same old, same old corporate Democrats in sheep's clothing. Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), Third Way, Main Street Democrats, etc., etc., and now the tech version in Next American Era. How do they come up with these super-blah names?

"Militarize Ukraine to its teeth." 🇺🇦 Alexander Stubb Finnish President #Taurus

Ossoff is very, very good at this!. When we hear "roving gangs of masked men," "couldn't pass Army physical," pretend Delta Force operators," it crystallizes and connects vivid negative images to the thuggery we are seeing. We instinctively think--no matter the purpose, what you are doing is wrong.

True! I would submit the effort began even earlier with all the PC (politically correct) whining. They want to be as ugly as they want w/ impunity, i.e., no criticism or ostracism. Success will elude them on that score. Most folks just don't want to be around nasty, negative, vulgar individuals.

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Oh, look, a confident, joyful leader! How refreshing!

Breaking: The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.

Weak, disingenuous, milk toast, toadies are the worst! She is long, long, past her sell-by date. Come on, Mainers, please fix this problem in November.

This is great!!

More of this from other leaders, please. The distortion of the right to freedom of expression by the right and tech bros is one more example of their deliberate practice of turning democratic principles and rights into weapons against everyone else, particularly against those meant to be protected.

I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.

Three weeks ago, but worth a listen to one of the clearest statements I've heard recently about the sole intent of ALL legislation and hearings on procreation--controlling women by denying women control over their own bodies. (That includes birth control if you haven't been paying attention).

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

Spanish PM Sánchez: The owner of X, himself a migrant, used his personal account to amplify disinformation about the sovereign decision of my government to regularize 500,000 migrants who live, work, and contribute to the success of our country.

It never, ever stops with the first "out group" fascists target! Never!! We must STOP them from building a GULAG of massive warehouse concentration camps. They're building a gulag of concentration camps. Call it what it is! It will not stop w/ undocumented immigrants. It's already past that.

Welfare fraud should always be taken seriously, but the right’s characterization of it as an immigrant problem is completely off-base — US citizens account for 95% of fraud losses. cc: @cato.org

He clearly misunderstood. Telling a BIG lie over and over doesn't actually change reality. It just changes what some susceptible people think reality is--in this case, a confused old gramps.

This is an exceptional piece providing context for this moment, which feels like an inflection point in our battle to block fascist authoritarianism and preseve our republic and democracy. We are winning but have a very long fight ahead. Reading this, I felt hope. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...