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Thank you @judgeluttig.bsky.social Friends, Call the Supreme Court and leave a message for Chief Justice John Roberts, that he must speak up against Trump’s attacks on judges. Call the general information phone 202-479-3000, or public information office 202-479-3211 (press 1 when calling)

Kerr County has a history of devastating floods along the Guadalupe. One of the worst was in July 1987. Like Friday's flood, it hit a summer camp.

County Judge Rob Kelly confirmed at least six deaths. “We can confirm but we are afraid there may be more,” he said. “They are still looking.” bit.ly/44g5lL5

Food for thought: Today in history - 1934 -Adolf Hitler launched his "blood purge" of political and military rivals in Germany in what came to be known as the "Night of the Long Knives.

“ICE in just a few weeks has transformed itself into the closest thing that the US has ever had to a ‘secret police,’ with more seemingly culturally in common with the Klan nightriders of Reconstruction than their federal agency brethren like the FBI or ATF.” @garrettgraff.bsky.social

Starting something new today. It's called the Spotlight on 💩 award and everyday it's going to call out all the people who put us where we're at. Today's obvious choice goes to Mitch McConnell. He worked so hard building the monster that's now burning down the country, not to mention stacking the SC

fortune.com/2025/06/18/c... trump’s tax cuts package would increase deficits by $2.8 trillion over the next decade after including other economic effects, according to a fuller analysis of the House-passed measure released Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office…

As the Streisand Effect teaches, I am obligated to repost the post that led to ABC News' dismissal of Terry Moran: "Trump is a world-class hater. But his hatred is only a means to an end, and that end is his own glorification. That's his spiritual nourishment." #TerryMoran #ABCNews #StephenMiller

#GVerse #Attention:

This intolerable attack on Harvard’s independence and academic freedom is plainly government retaliation for Harvard’s speech standing up for itself and the rule of law. America must rally to the side of Harvard and its students in court, in Congress and in our communities.

Most foreigners at Harvard grasp American principles better than most senior officials in the Trump administration.

Cases of measles, salmonella, listeria, and hepatitis A and C have spread throughout the country. But since Trump's inauguration, CDC newsletters, health alerts about disease outbreaks, and other communications have largely stopped. "Make American Healthy Again."

Democrats on the House Rules Committee, led by Jim McGovern, have been battling since 1:00 AM to expose as many shady things as possible that were crammed into the Big Bloated Budget Busting Disaster in the dead of night and have been fantastic.

He's been through a lot worse, he was crucified by his own country for being a decent old man who actually gave a damn about the people he governed.

I have endured his scurrilous attacks for years. He has sued me for racketeering — and lost. He has unleashed his right-wing army of online trolls. Since his reelection, he has threatened me, defamed me and singled me out by name in two executive orders. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-t...

I post this a lot because I think it’s very important and so true! Props to Bruce Springsteen for standing up! 💙💙🔥🔥🔥💙💙

Wow. Listen to Bruce Springsteen kick off his European tour, talking about what is happening here.

Sunday Follow Party! 💙🥳💙 If you are a Blue/Dem account that follows me, I want you to meet each other! 🌊💙🌊 I'll boost those who comment here tomorrow night at 7:30pm CT! Say Hi 👋, Vet 🧐 & Follow 👣 others who have commented here too! Repost so we can all find new Resisters to connect with! 🔄

WATCH: Trump pretends to be clueless about his crypto scheme and says “I’m not profiting from anything” 🤔🤥

Really good to see a federal judge just declared Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act for renditions *unlawful.* This part says, in effect, that Trump can't just say the president gets to make shit up with abandon and then use it to justify illegal kidnappings. Bad faith matters:

Farmers: you are going bankrupt bc of Trump Truckers: trucks will be empty bc of Trump Diabetics: insulin is more expensive bc of Trump Rural America: your schools, govt benefits & poverty are worse bc of Trump Billionaires like Musk are wealthier bc of Trump I wonder what caused this? 🤔

When he says “we”, he’s speaking about himself and his brain worm

Billionaire Musk gave more than $144,000 to more than two dozen Congress members who support impeaching judges or restricting their power.

California showed up! Sen Adam Schiff stood, okay sat 😉, with Sen Booker, Rep Jeffries, and a rising crowd on the Capitol Steps to say it loud: we’re mad as hell and we’re fighting back. They wanted silence. Their getting a revolution. This is the spirit they can’t break.💪🏼🇺🇸

39% approval after 97 days.

#Zelenskyy has responded to #Trump's latest mean tweet by posting America's own 2018 #Crimea Declaration. This document was issued during Trump's first presidency and committed the US to rejecting Russian claims to Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.

Here's the lamb recipe. JUST FOLLOW IT.

bsky.app/profile/word... @schiff.senate.gov 👇🏽

Elon Musk has cut somewhere between 0% and 3% of what he promised—and most of what was cut was not waste or fraud or abuse, but simply expenditures Mr. Musk did not personally favor for partisan reasons. DOGE is the biggest program failure in the history of American government.

His whole presidency (both the past and present) has been about ripping off the American people for as much as he possibly could get away with…👇 And now, there’s this BULLSHIT!

🕯️🇻🇦🇺🇦 Zelensky: Millions of people around the world are mourning the tragic news of Pope Francis’s passing. He knew how to give hope, ease suffering through prayer, and foster unity. He prayed for peace in Ukraine and for Ukrainians. Eternal memory!

Autism isn’t an epidemic. It's not a disease. It’s a natural variation in how people think…which, frankly, is a relief in a world where most people don't think at all.

It’s not the video games. Not the social media. It’s not the pot or the porn. It’s not that there are too many doors or too few police. It’s the gun the shooter was able to get. And it’s the gun the shooter was able to fire. It’s the gun. It’s the gun. It’s the motherfucking gun.

When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US. When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.

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