"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

John. Oliver. Staring down the barrel and not even the hint of a flinch.

Poem for the day

Warnock: A budget is not just a fiscal document. A budget is a moral document. Show me your budget and I'll show you who you think matters and who doesn't. And if this awful budget were an EKG, it would suggest that our nation has a heart problem and is in need of moral surgery

The Supreme Court is set to issue opinions tomorrow in some or all of the 10 remaining cases it heard this term, including: ⚖️Birthright Citizenship/Nationwide Injunctions. ⚖️Louisiana Redistricting. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to keep you informed. Sign-up now for free. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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I signed the final bills Melissa Hortman shepherded through the most narrowly divided legislature in the county. All of them bipartisan. We debated, we found common ground, and we compromised. That’s how democracy should function.

Fox News host Will Cain: "The 'No Secret Police Act' would ban local, state, and federal law enforcement from covering their faces when interacting with the public. Officers would also have to wear identifying information on them, like name tags. Hard to believe this is real!"

a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends

"Bluesky is dead." Meanwhile, on Bluesky...

The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered. Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again. Their inaction is deadly.

Spelled accordingly because when you’re experiencing it there’s an extra “F” in your sinuses and a buried “g” at the back of the throat. The English language is extraordinarily ridiculous but also delightfully theatrical.

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson

More lost American business; more lost American jobs.

Exclusive: Military contractors are pitching the White House on an unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants. Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to skirt immigration laws and transport detainees from the U.S. to El Salvador.

Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.

We deserved some good news!

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

This is the story that Karoline Leavitt said probably wasn’t accurate when it was first reported by Reuters because she said they aren’t reliable.

AOC: Alina Habba said, “What intellectual thought.. you were in a bar AOC. Not to have a drink but to serve one.” I don’t care what this woman says about me but I want you to understand that she isn’t just talking about me, she’s talking about all of us.

The farm economy impacts everyone—from grocery prices to global trade. I’m breaking it down into simple, no-nonsense updates so you know what’s happening and why it matters. open.substack.com/pub/farmherh...

It’s becoming more evident every day that “We the People” must preserve the history of all of our nation’s people by becoming the teachers our children and grandchildren deserve to have. There are more of us than there are of them! #Resist 💙✊💙💪💙👊

You might be interested in #technocracy. Note the land boundaries from Panama to Greenland. Note the dismantling of existing government. Note Musk's grandfather's involvement. Note that businessmen cannot be trusted (oops, sorry Trump). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technoc...

BREAKING: A federal judge in Maryland has just barred DOGE from accessing Social Security, saying the group is on a "fishing expedition" that jeopardizes people's personal data. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense. I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...

You know things aren’t going well when the country who bankrolled your independence wants their housewarming gift back.

The provision of the 14th amendment that the Supreme Court unanimously wrote out of the constitution existed for a reason. Its drafters knew what would happen if you allowed insurrectionists back into power.

President Zelenskyy, The vast majority of Americans are fully sickened to our core by the violence visited upon you every day, with help from our President and his party. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...

Zelenskyy warns Putin will manipulate Ukraine ceasefire plan to make ‘reasonable solutions impossible’ – Europe live

It is one thing to watch a dictator grab power. It is another to hand it to him. I’m headed to the Senate floor now. To cast an emphatic “no.”

These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP. Schumer Fetterman Cortez Masto Durbin King Shaheen Gillibrand Schatz Hassan Peters Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!

We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.

NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest “Stop resisting” “He’s not resisting” Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions

Indeed.

Oh, you’re sadly mistaken. Not only will we remember @schumer.senate.gov’s cowardice next year, we’ll remember it when we primary him in 2028. And beyond. History will not be kind to Chuck Schumer.

Remember that this is the beginning. This sends the cuts back to the committees, then they will have to vote on it again. THEN they have to reconcile it with the Senate bill. Then vote AGAIN. We may have lost this battle, but they haven't won the fucking war yet. LFG!

If you’re siding with Vladimir Putin, you’re wrong.

Over TEN THOUSAND Federal employees lost their jobs in one week. That’s 10K more folks in the unemployment line. Billionaire “efficiency” will kill our economy. Death by a thousand cuts. Or ten thousand.

Please share this fact sheet about Ukraine with anyone who needs it.

They learned something from their first term. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a grift is a good guy with principles. So this time they're firing all the good guys with principles.

Politicians do not belong in doctors' offices.

If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.

This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps. www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.