I read the classified legal memo and disagree that military strikes on drug boats are legal (w/o congressional war authorization). But nothing in the memo would authorize strikes on boats not even headed for the U.S. That’s just straight up murder. DOJ must open investigation.

“Able-bodied” may sound like a medical determination, but, as disability activist @imanibarbarin.bsky.social says, it’s really just a vague way “to signal this idea that disability can be seen.”

-Bust up monopolies -Boost unions -$20/hr fed minimum wage -Ban Wall Street from buying homes -Pass M4A -Universal childcare -Get rid of Trump’s tariffs -Enact UBI -Tax the rich These are crucial steps to making America affordable again. Every Democrat must fight for this.

An American president is pressuring politicians of his own party on social media by name, even after some of them have received threats and been swatted in the wake of prior Trump postings. This is what experts on political violence call "stochastic terrorism." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

While American families are expected to pay more for goods this holiday season due to Donald Trump’s tariffs, small-business owners are facing an existential crisis, @annielowrey.bsky.social reports: theatln.tc/LgxsChD9

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Yup 😡 “Now, the Trump administration is busy killing drug smugglers on boats to “protect” Americans — but letting a convicted kingpin like Hernandez walk free.” By @justinglawe.bsky.social in PN; open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones! My guide:

“All the hatred, all the persecution, seems like the panic of racists pretending they can stop the future of this country no longer being majority white through sheer cruelty.” The always wise @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social calls out the lies of the GOP fantasy to make America white, when it never was…

BREAKING: Admiral Bradley told Lawmakers this about the Caribbean boat attacks. They did the unthinkable! krassencast.com/p/breaking-a...

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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.

As long as the Trump-Vance administration keeps threatening federal workers — we will keep winning in court.

We're using the Trump-Vance admin's manufactured crisis as a catalyst for change.

good reminder that ezra notwithstanding, charlie kirk was and turning point usa is a vicious proto-fascist organization devoted to harassing and silencing political enemies and glorifying violence.

Presidential Pardons for sale! And if you call now!

Republicans have long opposed government helping people get healthcare, but as @jilldlawrence.bsky.social explains, they're now doing it in ways that expose their hypocrisy on other issues, and damage their own political chances.

One thing about the Biden admin. is that, two or three levels down, there were tons of smart, focused, pro-social people doing great things that never rose to the level of a headline. Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.

A big deal (or it should be):

"What if Trumpism waned, MAGA cracked up, the public rediscovered its commitment to liberalism, and our institutions were already so corrupted that they were beyond repair?" @jvl.bsky.social gets dark — very dark — in today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...

Mark Warner: "I hope it would remind folks that J6 was an ugly, awful day, and this administration and president basically pardoned all the perpetrators. It's that kind of picking and choosing of facts from this crowd that makes me a little bit crazy."

Heritage Foundation and their ilk aiming to legalize sex discrimination in employment.

Chris Rufo—a prominent anti-DEI crusader—-says the “idea that private companies should be able to prioritize hiring married men w/ families is completely within the bounds of rzbl debate, &…it's absurd that individuals cannot hire whomever they want [ie, discriminate] in their own companies…” 1/

Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."

Pete Hegseth is a national security risk. He put servicemembers at risk to sound tough on a signal chat. It was as dangerous as it was absurd. He is unfit to serve and he must be fired.

I'm sorry but I doubt IG gave him exoneration, but he's trying to get a narrative that he can't control though.

The Trump Admin and all its hench people make a gross mockery of justice @ every turn

"He had no ties to drug trafficking, and his daily activity was fishing," Hernandez said. "Why did they just take his life like that?" she asked during the interview. "The fishermen have the right to live. Why didn't they just detain them?" PETE HEGSETH IS A MURDERER

Yes - MAGA have an "affirmative preference for illiberalism". Not just for illiberalism's sake either - they think they deserve illiberalism as their birthright. It's their right, their duty to overthrow democracy if that's what it takes to give control back to the Volk, to restore the natural order

We should treat Trump v US as a sham constitutional convention. John and his 5 friends lacked authority to amend the constitution. The opinion removes The P and his Official Acts from law's reach; the actual Constitution permits none of this & enables Art I & Art III power to reach the P/officact

... it's precisely the sort of once-laughable claim that the shockingly sloppy and very dangerous analysis in Part II-A of the Trump immunity decision has engendered. [2]

Just noticed that the SG, in his Slaughter reply brief, argues that the power to bring *civil* enforcement suits is a "preclusive" presidential authority that Congress can't regulate at all. This is, not to put too fine a point on it, nuts. In fairness, however, ... [1]

MORE Breaking on MS NOW: Pete Hegseth refused an interview request for the Pentagon Inspector General's investigation into Signalgate, according to two sources who read and were briefed on report. Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.

Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.

Yeah. This is so pathetic

Federal agents shouldn’t be chasing, arresting, or shooting crowd control munitions at journalists or anyone else for one simple act: recording them in public. It’s a First Amendment right, and often the only tool we have to hold powerful agencies accountable.

NEW: The Pentagon inspector general says Hegseth’s Signal use endangered U.S. troops and missions and the department still lacks a secure messaging platform.

A former DEA agent called the release “devastating”: “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless.”

Privatizing SocSec thru the side door. Sure, invest the $$ that should be your guaranteed pension in the stock market, then the market crashes, you're fucked, and the billionaires sail away on their yachts. Fuck these assholes.

Reports that DOJ is looking at re-indicting Comey & James are more proof of Trump admin abuses We @democracydefendersfund.org have been at the forefront as courts reject attempts to weaponize DOJ We & partners just had another HUGE win👇

#GVerse via @calltoactivism.bsky.social 🚨HOLY SHIT: #BullShitBarbie just officially tossed blame for the second Caribbean strike to Admiral Frank Bradley! She DID NOT deny the facts which means #Shit4Brains, Hegseth, & Bradley are implicated in murder & a WAR CRIME. This is a stunning admission!

If a man personally implicated in war crimes can remain atop the Pentagon, why would he stand by and risk his freedom should Vance (or Trump again) lose the 2028 election? And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.

Alina Habba’s parents emigrated to the US from Iraq citing persecution.

In a world of Pete Hegseths be a Mark Kelly.

Washington’s Putin-appeasing plan for peace in Ukraine has failed, but many heard death knell sounded for European reliance on US protection READ: belib.org/isthistheend

So I guess no one is actually going to hold her accountable for sending innocent people to a concentration camp?

criminal fascist