My representative, Emanuel Cleaver, is 3 years OLDER than Jerry Nadler 👀 “Watching the Biden thing really said something about the necessity for generational change in the party, and I think I want to respect that…[a younger successor] “can maybe do better, can maybe help us more.”

Not a drill 😠

I know this is a hot take for a Kansas Citian, but…Taylor could do so much better than that guy

Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no longer be available as of Monday, June 30. By @rhersher.bsky.social

I wrote this four days ago. Today, they arrested the NYC Comptroller.

can't say I care for the NKJV translation

Way to go, Canada! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

on Jan 20, 2025 the Conservatives were *23 points* ahead in the polls

Literally speedrunning the path to authoritarianism. Straight out of the textbooks.

Trump is also saying that the once the US has rounded up individuals, with minimal or zero due process, on whatever pretext they choose, they can send them out of the US to face torture, death, life imprisonment, slave labor or other fates that are unconstitutional or illegal in the US.

Republicans in Congress can join Democrats right now to turn off the bogus emergency Trump has declared to impose worldwide tariffs. Or they can continue to bend the knee to Trump.

NEWS: More than 500 law firms sign on to an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie amid the firm’s legal battle against Trump’s executive order targeting its business. Read the list of firms that signed the brief authored by former SG Don Verrilli: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I'm no good with patterns. Can someone help me out here?

@booker.senate.gov and @coons.senate.gov are speaking the language of Christian voters better than any Democrat since Jimmy Carter. I hope the @democrats.org are paying attention!

Who could have guessed

The government’s statement is a flex, not a confession of error. The important elements of the flex are these: 1. We send enemies to brutal foreign labor camps. 2. We decide who enemies are. 3. We may decide you are an enemy based on a secret informant, or our view of your tattoos. /1

As bad as I expected it to be, it’s actually worse than I thought in many ways

The “methods for doing so” are (1) getting two thirds of Congress and three fourths of the states to repeal the 22nd Amendment and (2) declaring himself king. That’s it. Stop treating this despotic bullshit as if it’s some worthwhile thought experiment we have to consider as legitimate.

Just another Sunday. 🇺🇸

Empathy is killing western civilization. It is a sign of cultural rot. Unless it is empathy for me, the richest man in the world, losing money

This is very, very bad

By this reasoning, the instant someone is accused of murder, we can do what we want to them because the murder victim didn't have due process. Or if someone is accused of theft, because the victim didn't get due process. This is beyond just wrong. It's evil.

I hope people realize that Trump is trying to make it illegal to criticize his regime. They are trying to give themselves the ability to spy on, target, and arrest anyone who criticizes them. They want to end freedom of speech in America. Let’s be clear about what they’re doing.

Do you get it yet, law firms? What’s happening isn’t an isolated threat to Paul Weiss or Covington or Perkins Coie. It’s an existential threat to the independence of the legal profession. You’re a fool if you think you won’t be next. Say something. Do something.

A reminder…

WTF America

Rubio’s position seems to be: - We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can’t be challenged. Just trust us. - Once we decide you are a terrorist, we can immediately deport you. No judges. - After we deport you, we can make you rot in a foreign prison. No criminal charges needed.

In recent years, Judge Boasberg has: - ordered the release of Hillary’s emails - ensured Trump’s tax returns never became public - restricted disclosure from the Mueller investigation - limited disclosure of grand jury material in the Trump classified docs case. The resistance, he ain’t.

It may be a typo, but it’s not wrong

Almost every major Trump action is intentionally illegal. Trump is gambling that the US democratic system is too broken to stop him. He assumes, to adapt a phrase: "All we've got to do is kick the door in and the whole edifice will come crumbling down." The testing hour is here.

Honestly I think part of it is due to Trump’s unusual longevity in presidential politics. It’s been a long 10 years since he came down the golden escalator, and even a 30-year-old might not remember much about pre-Trump politics. They’re working with a different Overton window.

It’s time to replace Chuck Schumer. Senate Dems have a strong bench of options for bolder leadership that would have broader appeal. Chris Murphy, Tammy Duckworth, Chris Coons, Mark Kelly, Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker…heck, I’d even take Liz Warren.

Scott Bessent is worth $521M.

I think Mayhem is my favorite Lady Gaga album since The Fame Monster. Honestly just bop after bop, and even though some of it’s derivative, I’m still enjoying it

This is the damning chart. Sheesh.

The laws of human gravity make it impossible for two sociopathic megalomaniacs to occupy the same space, so strain is inevitable. And, lo, Politico is reporting that Trump has begun to clip Musk’s wings. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending security clearances for employees of law firm Perkins Coie, targeting the firm's business with federal contractors, citing its diversity practices and political activities reut.rs/3DmstNa

Using the law to target enemies. To prevent enemies from getting lawyers. All out in the open. Important for courts and bar associations to respond. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

“The philosophical underpinning of the [Trump administration’s] approach is about treating people badly because they’re different.” - a friend on Facebook this morning

No words for the cruelty that continues to pour out from this administration. God help these pour souls. 🇺🇦

I wish we had a leader the caliber of Trudeau. Sending my deepest regrets to our northern neighbors for the actions of my government 🇨🇦

If you didn’t find today to be an absolute disgrace to the United States, I don’t recognize the country you want us to be.

Zelenskyy is out here doing everything he possibly can to help his country and his people survive a ruthless dictator’s invasion, regardless of his own mistreatment or personal dignity. It just goes to show that he is 1000 times more of a man than Donald Trump or JD Vance. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

Vance to Zelenskyy: you don’t say thank you. Truth:

Seems timely to mention that Barry Goldwater aka Mr. Conservative himself once said, “You don’t need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.” The same principle applies here.

We are having the worst flu season in 15+ yrs & staring down an avian flu threat that has already spread unchecked in other mammals and taken American life Our government response is to cancel planning for the next flu shot, cancel funding for bird flu vaccines & treatments, & cut Medicaid coverage

This is what the Democratic Party needs to be right now - a big-tent pro-democracy coalition @democrats.org @missouridemocrats.bsky.social

“…our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.” - Daniel 3:17-18 Let the reader understand.

The expression of personal liberty no longer includes criticizing free market ideology