Let the Trump admin argue in court the legal technicalities on why people should starve. Great optics for them.

Senate Chaplain Dr. Barry Black on the floor today: "Lord, remind our lawmakers that no gold medals are given for breaking shutdown records."

TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME: The official Massachusetts SNAP website now warns that Trump is “choosing not to issue November SNAP benefits that help you and many families put food on the table.” It also warns of cuts due to “Congressional Republicans and President Trump” in the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

🚨BREAKING: A group of Staten Island voters filed a lawsuit in state court Monday arguing New York’s 2024 congressional map dilutes the voting power of Black and Latino residents in violation of state law. My law firm represents the plaintiffs. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

When authoritarians consolidate so much power that they become the central fulcrum of economic, political, and cultural life, it inflicts a psychic toll that I don't think we've taken full account of: True Liberty is not having to think about One Guy for a day.

🔥 @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “No one can confirm we’ve actually been taking out drug traffickers… the admiral in charge resigned… all these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime… the government’s story is not adding up.”

Listen to @bradleywhitford.bsky.social

“For every meal a food bank provides, SNAP provides nine. We can’t replace that,” said one director. “We were not built to do this.” Let that sink in. Cutting SNAP doesn’t just starve families, it breaks the last line of defense against hunger.

❗️🇪🇪Estonia is ready to shoot down 🇷🇺Russian targets that cross our airspace, - Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna "We will intercept and shoot them down. And the NATO protocol on this has been in place for 20 years.

everything else aside, the xbox did not start the console wars! sega was beefing with nintendo long before xbox was even an idea!

This is appalling and if Xbox doesn’t do something about it then they’re on the line for this marketing too

"we're in an economy right now where beef prices are soaring and American farmers have soybeans. The simple solution is, of course, more vegetarians." ...And this is one of those times when I can't tell if I'm giving serious economic advice, or having fun. Perhaps both.

Point is: Trump's tariff are illegal. Unconstitutional. No okay.

Rule of Law Alert: Trump’s authority for country-specific tariffs comes from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which doesn’t mention tariffs—but does require a national emergency. An ad showing that Reagan opposed tariffs surely is not a national emergency. (It may be a personal one)

The Fed’s job is like driving a car. Today: Normalize rates to neutral, then watch the data. Next? Tariffs could reignite inflation (brake!), but there are hints of a sharp slowdown (hit the gas!). Plot twist: With no dashboard data, you can’t tell if you’re heading downhill—or off a cliff.

Don’t Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House? Asking for a friend.

Any media person who blames "our divisive politics" for the current shutdown is doing a favor for the Republicans who refuse to negotiate with Democrats to end it.

Honestly at some point you have to start doing psyops with these people: Have Obama announce that he will seek a third term tomorrow. Then watch all the con law “scholars” and Fix News MELT DOWN trying to explain why he can’t but Trump can. (It’s like Newsom taking over his social media persona)

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families? Now you know.

It’s what he tried to extort Ukraine for. It’s one of the big reasons he’s in a bizarre tariff war with China. China has a dominant monopoly on these minerals. Our entire stockpile is less than 10% of theirs. The tech bros want their own supply and they’re using Trump to get after it. (2/2)

Trump’s recent obsession with Venezuela is increasingly looking like a shake down for oil & rare earth minerals. It has little to do with drug boats. The tech bros have him in a tizzy over rare earth minerals needed for next gen tech. It’s why he wanted Greenland. (1/2)

ICE needs to be stripped down to the studs. Democrats should start working on the project now, and they can look to the GOP's years-long campaign to destroy the IRS as a (partial) model. My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/abolish-ice

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Yeah, we know. bsky.app/profile/atru...

From what I’ve seen they are mostly spending their days trolling on twitter.

Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."

Walz: "They are paying contractors to pay down the East Wing but they're not putting money into the food bank. So if there's a sense of frustration in America, it's very real ... when the White House press secretary said their top priority is the ballroom, we could not disagree more."

complete batshit insanity

I feel like California’s only option is to hold its federal tax contributions…CA cannot be punished, while at the same time funding the U.S. economy.

Sean Duffy: "I'm about to pull $160 million from California, and as we pull more money we also have the option of pulling California's ability to issue commercial driver's licenses."

Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."

Dear CBS News personalities: The Canadians' ad did not portray Reagan's tariff policy fraudulently, and you do not have to repeat the president's false characterization of it. Or if your new boss insists that you do, you can at least point out that it's false. www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-b...

Rand Paul: "In the one instance you're killed on sight. On the other instance, if you're captured, we just say, 'Oh well, we're gonna send you back to your country.' It doesn't make any sense."

His plan to go after the midterms is clear

Trump claims that a mystery friend has donated $130 million to pay troops (it would cover a fraction) but we can’t know any details because he “doesn’t want recognition.” I appreciate anyone willing to give $130 million to our troops but I’d still like to know more about this.

It’s been over 2 weeks since AOC said Stephen Miller was weak and puny. Fox is still talking about it.

Of course this all comes immediately after Petro accused the US of murdering an innocent Colombian fisherman causing Trump to rage on Truth Social and issue threats.

This is how Trump does everything. Reporting from reliable sources says he’s going to do something outrageous/ridiculous. He immediately claims it’s fake news. Then a few days or weeks later he does exactly what was originally reported.

Of course, that’s not what he was saying. He was pointing out what was obviously true to anyone alive then - there was a big backlash against Muslim-Americans and anyone with an Arab-sounding name right after 9/11. But Vance has to be an asshole 24/7 for his MAGA troll fans.

Threatening to arrest governors for seditious conspiracy. Getting dark fast.

Wow! Very impressive for them to do all of this in 2020 while Trump was president and they weren't in the government! Very normal post from the President of the United States!

New in PN: @gelliottmorris.com on Trump's dire polling "Trump has the unique problem that he started off a lot lower than other presidents. So as he loses ground — and he has lost ground at about the normal clip — he just continues to be worse and worse than every other president before him."

Rand Paul should name names.

Good. Took too long, but I’ll take it.

every passing day, rightwingers are inventing new and unexpected ways to signal to the world they may be the dumbest iteration of humans so far

Americans still don't realize how bad it has gotten and how much worse it is going to get. Immense destruction, pain and suffering, and we're not even at the tip of it.

HAPPENING SOON: Attorney General Letitia James is slated to appear in a federal courtroom here in Norfolk, Va. for her arraignment on mortgage fraud charges. Courtroom is not full and atmosphere much more subdued than for Comey.