The Trump administration is slowly dismantling the federal disaster management system that protects the nation from chemical catastrophes, such as fires and explosions at high-risk facilities. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump reported making $1.6 BILLION during his first term by shamelessly monetizing the presidency at every turn. His net worth jumped by $3 BILLION just last year. So, yeah, we're not impressed that he donated his $400,000 presidential salary.

The best thing to have is enough.

This week’s MD-08 Local Hero is Mike Stein. Along with family & neighbors, Mike volunteers with the City of Rockville’s excellent Snow Shovel program. After this week’s huge storm, they helped seniors & people with disabilities in Twinbrook dig out from the snow, sleet & ice.

"Caterpillar Inc, which imports raw materials and parts for construction equipment, said it expects the president’s levies to cost about $2.6 billion this year." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A one-day slowdown is irritating. A one-month slump is terrifying. With support for abolishing ICE growing and a bipartisan backlash prompting Trump to at least feign a more conciliatory approach in Minnesota, this is the moment to exert pressure. bit.ly/4aoo0an

Don Lemon has been arrested, and the federal agents who killed people in MN walk free. What's wrong with this picture.

Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...

A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it... Arizona, November 2020

Here’s something positive for your Thursday morning as we close out the 12th week of January. 332 cold-stunned sea turtles were rescued this week, thanks to tireless work of multiple organizations and agencies. Feel free to share some positive news that isn’t behind a pay wall. #TimelineCleanse

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Of the biggest scandals in US history just this week, I think I’d rank them: 1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens 2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar 3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia

Worth knowing. popular.info/p/the-corpor...

Remember, the Holocaust didn’t start with gas chambers in Auschwitz. It started with politicians dividing the people with “us vs. them”. It started with intolerance and hate speech. It started when people stopped caring, became desensitized, and turned a blind eye. Remember.

The government can't be allowed to kill people without cause and say it was, um, terrorism later. It happened to the Venezuelan fisherman. It happened to Renee Good. It happened to Alex Pretti. It is a lie. www.axios.com/2026/01/25/t...

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

Never forget how all of this happened: Last summer, Trump and Republicans in Congress cut health care by $900 billion so they could TRIPLE the ICE budget. Now thousands of ICE agents are on the streets of Minnesota. And you lose your health care.

I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say "The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the fuck they want and make shit up as they go along."

More details about how DHS agents attempts to obstruct a homicide investigation and began destroying evidence after a judicial determination was made of probable cause for a homicide investigation.

“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”

Lord have mercy.

"Slavery was real" Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington. Presidents House, Philadelphia.

Last year a whistleblower said DOGE had illegally accessed a Social Security database. SSA now acknowledges it's true—& that DOGE employees had secret agreement w/ unidentified political advocacy group to use SocSec data to help overturn election results. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The 15 richest people in America saw their collective wealth jump nearly $1 trillion during Trump's year back in office. Many of them were standing alongside Trump at his inauguration one year ago today. How are you doing?

We honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. That message is not just for the history books. In this perilous political moment, as democracy and hard won rights are under assault, it is a call to action for right now. The arc of the moral universe only bends when we do the work.

Breaking news: An employee of El Paso County’s Office of the Medical Examiner said it is likely to classify the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at an ICE detention center as a homicide. A detainee says he witnessed Campos being choked to death by guards.

Huge! Please read and share the thread below. Pass the UCRA to make ICE agents accountable for their actions! Read 👇

WATCH — @drakefromtx.bsky.social : "Which part of the murder in Minneapolis is worst for you?"

Very good and fair analysis youtube.com/watch?v=t3YC...

The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. Govt controls the story & the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear. snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...

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This was murder. Trump is defending a murder, a murder committed on his behalf. America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.

We’re hosting a national rapid response call tomorrow night to go over concrete next steps. Please circulate - we need a national response. More details to come. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

I just penned this piece with Tom Joscelyn Fact Checking Bari Weiss: The Stated Reasons for Spiking 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” "If 60 Minutes had 'explained this' as Weiss described they should, the segment would have included false or highly misleading information."

12 Artists Who Showed Some Spine in 2025... just wonderful and read to the byline/description at the end! open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Just a reminder: there was a Biden administration investigation into Epstein and Maxwell's co-conspirators. Trump killed it in January, fired the prosecutors, stole the files, & ordered Bondi to open a new sham investigation, led by a handpicked prosecutor, so DOJ wouldn't have to release the files.

A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.

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Seems a bit hubristic to suggest God needs saving.

Until we confront this we cannot hope to build a healthy democracy.

Another pardoned January 6 attacker arrested and charged with other, new felonies (in this case, kidnapping and sexual assault). And don’t miss the part where he got caught firing off a gun on Jan. 6. You may recall the argument that it couldn’t have been an insurrection because it wasn’t armed.

Astonishing how hard this administration is working to keep people hungry. It's clear they are trying maximize public suffering, in hopes of getting people to blame Dems for that suffering. But it's transparently the White House working overtime to keep the suffering going! bsky.app/profile/cram...

OPINION by Jack Criss, air traffic controller: “After my shift, I don’t go home to rest. I clock into DoorDash, trying to make ends meet for my daughter and me.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Remember: the most they’re supposed to do, and only if they have particularized suspicion, is to ask a few questions to determine if there’s a crime afoot. Harangues, profanity, insults from protesters- that’s all first amendment protected and agents have to have thick skin.

ICE violently detain father & son walking to school—teenage boy had to be rushed to hospital. "I was just going to school," kid cries out. "I'm underage!" The 16-year-old star athlete is a U.S. citizen—agents sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back & neck. Houston, Texas.

One factory was contaminated with pigeon feces. At another, pathogens got into purified water used to produce drugs. But when the FDA cites an errant factory, it conceals an important piece of information: the names of drugs made there.