After the White House complained about an unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt, it was removed from AFP and Getty’s systems. This is the photo in question. Please do not repost it. 👇

A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.

Election security expert David Becker says Trump new “mail-in voting” executive order is pretty much dead on arrival Becker says if you or I colored on a cocktail napkin with a crayon … we’d have as much of a chance of impacting state mail-in voting laws

Remembering how when Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear agreement in 2018 (against the advice of his military and diplomatic advisers, who were sane back then), he said they'd come crawling back and give us everything we want in a new deal, because he's such a great dealmaker. And here we are.

They’d rather the country be poorer and whiter than rich and diverse. Of course when the pie shrinks, the rich will demand the same amount and will tell you the crumbs you’re left with are because of immigrants or trans people or DEI. bsky.app/profile/apne...

Supreme Court overtuned a Colorado law banning conversion therapy. It's 8-1 with Ketanji Brown Jackson as the lone dissent. Surprised by the vote, but not the outcome. MAGA is on a march to erradicate the LGBTQ community and the Supreme Court will help them.

Don't understand why anyone is surprised abt low approval of national Democratic Party. >GOP/MAGA/Conservatives hate Dems: Its Tribal >Far-Left hate Dems: Are Sell-outs >Rank & File Dems hate Dems: Are Weak & Ineffective If Dems want to be more popular, simply stand up for America, you pussies!

We must all fight this fights! Any failure to stand up for our core values, long-term goals & positive vision for the future, leaves a void too often filled by the worst among us. If not now, when?

“Don’t ever mistake our kindness for weakness”

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. #NoKings

"With a brain that’s permanently set to read-only, it’s easy for me to pick strong candidates who don’t waste time planning ahead because 'ahead' is an illusion."

The Top 1% of U.S. earners now have more wealth than the entire middle class

For my entire life the gop has been fighting a war and the dnc has been playing model un

Not surprising - & while some would say: "Who cares? Telling time is telling time," I would say that understanding an analog clock, especially for young children, understanding an analog clock can be used to help kids understand math, especially fractions.

Whatever happened to the GOP's: >"constitutional conservatives?" >"defict hawks?" >"law & order caucus?" >"liberty & freedom zealots?" In the end, these were nothing more than political talking points designed to con voters who identify as "conservatives." Sadly, IT WAS ALL A LIE!!!

Stable genius.

The finest tree lined streets in this country are in Brooklyn, population density 40,000 people per square mile.

The next time a career politician says Universal Healthcare isn’t a right because it would “bankrupt” America, I hope all of us will remember these past few weeks and the $200 billion PeteHegseth and @POTUS want for their Iran misadventure

So if Russia phones in fake threats, as they did last time, our institutions will leap into action to do what Russia wants…. This is very transparent.

It took four years of hate-filled propaganda for Slobodon Milosevic to convince people of committing atrocities. It took less time in Rwanda. Steady messaging that designates internal enemies should never be taken lightly.

In a plea deal in 2024, Smirnov admitted that he had not only completely fabricated the Biden-Burisma connection but that it was conjured with the assistance of at least four Russian officials. trib.al/UX93pzi

US Marines are shock troops, not garrison units. Their role is to take islands and coastal territory or march on heavily defended targets. They cannon fodder a win with bodies and brute force. They are a bright warning light of what is to come.

Trump is little more than a morally bankrupt avatar for American decline. The thoughtless pandering by those blindly pursuing power & wealth is America's true Achilles' heel.

Rand Paul: “I just wonder if someone who applauds violence against their political opponents is the right person to lead an agency that has struggled to accept limits to the proper use of force.” The entire confirmation hearing in one sentence.

The Amazing World of Tomorrow

@hawaiidelilah.bsky.social Are you ok? Our aunt in South Kihei just got her power restored. Good Luck & Please stay safe!

Bicycles deliver freedom and joy. E-bikes deliver freedom and joy to even more people.

Pendulum periods (1840-60, 1880-1896, maybe 1968-1980) end with realignments. We have a realignment coming, question is what does it look like.

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

RECKLESS & EXCESSIVE SPEED IS ALWAYS A FACTOR!

Sen. Martin Heinrich: “Remember when Republicans said we couldn't afford those tax credits for your healthcare? Now they’re burning through almost a billion dollars a day on their Iran War”

Just a reminder that Muslims have been on this continent since the first arrival of non-Indigenous people. They were among the first generation of Americans, and have been here ever since.

As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy

MEMBERS OF THE EPSTEIN CLASS

The DHS shutdown ends the minute Republicans agree to reasonable ICE reforms that the majority of Americans agree with. But they refuse any changes because masked, poorly-trained paramilitary agents terrorizing communities is what they want.

THREAD!!! The ongoing "othering" of trans children is a moral abomination.

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

Why does the GOP always have money for: >forever wars >lawless secret police (ICE) & >subsidies for billionaires ... yet always oppose investments in: >healthcare >education >childcare? How any American worth < a BILLION dollars votes for Republicans is simply beyond me.

Americans are addicted to cars. In many places, there are no viable alternatives for transit. Just like everything else in America, this "transit monopoly" will be exploited. The "freedumb"of private car ownership. enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/art... - Cost to insure autos is going up

Successful psychopaths are very good at imitating normal emotional responses, which they learn over decades of observing normal people. But when facing a novel situation, they have no such learning to rely on, and their jarringly cold responses reveal their hollow interiors.

Eisenhower

Remember: Donald Trump created this crisis. He walked away from the Iran nuclear deal that was working, promising a "better deal." He didn't deliver. He escalated, abandoned real diplomacy, and has now led us into a conflict that puts us all at risk.

Operation Epstein Fury

Seems to be a lot of confusion on social media lately. Y’all are out there doing a great job commenting and debating with 🚗 🧠. Thanks and keep it up!

Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. . . . Is Trump still skawking?