Both Jeffries and Schumer have created an embarrassingly massive leadership void exactly when we most need it. They should be primaried -- they would probably win, but it will be closer that they would like and it will send a message.

We have to stop dehumanizing ICE agents while they are doing their important job of dehumanizing us

How did this non-academic reach the conclusion that the lowest-quality academic work is left-leaning? In which disciplines? All? Some? Examples? How is he defining "quality" or "left-leaning"? Seems more likely that he is either biased or too unintelligent to grasp scientific literature.

I am originally from Greece too. And my father was at the Polytexneio during the student uprising. Just my two cents: 1) fascism is not a discrete state. The range is continuous, fuzzy, and contextual. Tom seems to think there is a cutoff, after which "we are there." Where is that exactly? 1/

Even if Democrats were insisting that they wouldn’t fund the government unless Trump personally underwent gender reassignment surgery on live TV, that doesn’t change the fact that Republicans run the entire goddamn government. This is 100% on them.

If ever there was a time not to normalize Trump’s authoritarian fever dreams, this is it. This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.

This. When you present bigotry and authoritarianism as legitimate political positions, the public responds accordingly. These views need to be stomped out, not mainstreamed.

This is what fascism looks like.

It is a common tactic of pathological liars to invoke fantastical hyperbole whenever the facts don't support their claims.

If we're finally going to crack down about lying to Congress under oath, I think there are several Cabinet members and a few Supreme Court justices whose testimonies might need revisiting.

Trump's plans for the WH ballroom instinctively remind me of the Fuhrermuseum. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/don...

If anything, Democrats' demands are milquetoast.

"some experts"

Trump's medical advice so far: Stop taking Tylenol. Just take daily ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, and -- when sick -- inject yourselves with bleach.

Masked thugs with a badge.

I don't think we will survive (literally) the next 3.5 years.

Remember that the Trump Administration demands you idolize these agents and not condemn them. But they’re Gestapo trash.

There is no "building bridges" or "reaching across the aisle" with these people, they're too far gone.

The way to stop being treated like a Nazi is to stop acting like a Nazi.

Trump imposed asinine tariffs. Other nations responded in kind. (We are paying for that.) No one is buying US soybeans. Trump wants to bail out farmers. (We are also paying for that.) China buys soybeans from ARG instead. Now Trump plans bailing out ARG. (We will pay for that too.)

Those six states should tell the DoJ to go pound sand.

Abolish ICE.

DOGE destroyed many federal agencies and upended the lives of thousands of federal employees. The damage is profound and unlikely to be undone. More so because it obliterated trust in institutions and their perceived neutrality. www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

I wish we could go back to a time where society valued science and listened to the experts.

Is this supposed to be a threat? They did this exact thing while the government was open

My uncle Nikos gave a similar answer when we asked him if he was ok after falling down 3 flights of stairs.

I see Trump's speech at the UN went well... www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

This is an absolutely terrific piece from @texastribune.org and reinforces my belief that the best coverage of right-wing cancelations occur at the local level, after years of the national media focusing on threats from the left. www.texastribune.org/2025/09/19/t...

Yeah, all these Russian oligarchs definitely exhibit exceptional business acumen and it's not that they are rich because they are corrupt to the bone.

Only a seasoned bribing enthusiast would accept $50,000 cash in a Cava bag. First-timers go mostly for the $500 envelope-under-the-table attempt.

We have become an international disgrace.

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

Aside from the easy lols, why do they think they will get raptured and their pets won't?

Libertarian until you need the government to bail you out

The way this administration is discussing autism -- as if it is a disease or a defect -- speaks volumes about the moral depravity of Trump and his cronies.

ICE held a 5yo outside her house to make her father come out, so that they could "arrest" him. Literal kidnaping. www.nbcboston.com/news/local/i...

Why do we have to live in President Camacho's timeline?

Of all the institutions that need urgent major reform, the SCOTUS should be at the top of the list.

Ah yes, the president who complained that we didn't need a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery surely would consider a holiday honoring a man who insisted the Civil Rights Act was "a huge mistake," MLK was "awful," and black people "committed less [sic] crimes" under Jim Crow.

But I was assured the Argentinian president (and amateur Elvis impersonator) Javier Millei would turn Argentina into Switzerland in 6 months with all his Trumpian policies.

America’s current stance is the US should hurt Brazil’s economy and prop up Argentina’s economy. The entire reason is that the US president and his fans like the leader of Argentina—or a successful version of him they made up—and dislike that Brazil upheld its laws against a coup plotter they like.

Twitter and Facebook are not the federal government. They had long been biased in Trump’s favor, not against him, letting many previous TOS violations slide. And Trump was president at the time, not Biden. But it’s still the “look what you made me do” for this wave of state-driven censorship.

A fourth boat bombed in international waters. Total death toll now 19 What I dont get is, if these boats are "carrying fentanyl" as Trump says (they absolutely arent. Even the DEA says VZ doesnt produce fentanyl), then why not seize one and show us? www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

When we were in MS, I had a crazy neighbor (shooting-his-AR16-at-tornadoes crazy) who was convinced that H1-Bs are a democrat ploy to "eradicate white Americans." When I told him the H1-B program was introduced by the Bush Sr. admin, he laughed, called me a liar, and left.

Reason number 5728 to build up the European military industrial base www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Cancelling Disney+ is a blessing in disguise. Knowing all Moana songs by heart (and randomly humming their tunes) is perfectly fine for my 5yo, but cannot be healthy for a 45yo adult.

Even if cocaine had withstood a missile strike (lol) and was then collected from the ocean (2×lol), it still doesn't justify extrajudicial assassinations in international waters.

There is another reason, imo: corporations (and billionaires) know that there will be no consequences. Even if the Dems come back to power, all one has to do is a 180 and the slate is clean. Until the Dems start dangling substantial potential penalties, there is no motivation to stand up to Trump.

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...