Let me just say a simple thing. Democrats have no obligation to provide the votes to fund the destruction of our democracy. If you want my vote for a bipartisan budget, there need to be protections to stop Trump's brazen lawlessness.

Honoring Charlie Kirk's memory by ruining the lives of anyone who accurately quotes Charlie Kirk

King George: "I cannot for the life of me understand how my loyal subjects in the American colonies think this is some kind of winning political message. Yield man! Let my troops come into your city and show how crime can be reduced"

Dems chased Silicon Valley for years and all we got for it was a couple thousand eugenicists with the money of Lex Luthor and the brains of rabid ferrets. Dems should do what the GOP did: threaten Big Tech relentlessly until the little shits give us money and do our bidding.

the one thing about Trump that I do enjoy is seeing how he eventually makes all of his supporters look like pathetic servile little idiots

The current Tesla P/E ratio is 208. The current P/E ratio of the S&P500 is 29. This only makes sense if you believe Tesla earnings are going up and fast. But, Tesla earnings are DOWN 60% from their peak early last year. #tesla #memestock #musk #confused #defyinggravity

The powerful men in Jeffrey Epstein’s circle who raped little girls still walk free, while child rape victims like these women are forced to relive their trauma publicly to receive justice. End the cover-up. Release the files.

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

Holy smokes!

Even if he didn’t have heroin pumping in his veins, or drink contaminated raw milk, or have a suicidal worm in his brain, or feed on road kill, I wouldn’t take health advice from a guy who regularly basks under a toaster-broiler for skin care.

Fight for wind. Fight for what’s right. Fight for Rhode Islanders. 🎥 AG Neronha with @climateactionri.org

Am I understanding this correctly? Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend wants to eliminate mail-in voting because an enemy of the United States and a violent dictator who is on his own fifth Presidential term is for some reason very invested in American elections

Today In Newport History: August 17, 1790 – George Washington Arrives In Newport

Newsom: If California, one of the most un-Trumped states in America, is not successful, it’s at our peril. We may not get this back. I’m telling you, we may not. He is rigging this next midterm election before one vote is cast. He tried to wreck our democracy after the last vote was cast last time.

Starbase Named Best City To Start Family With Boss

A white terrorist, by the name of Patrick Joseph White, 30, of Kennesaw, GA, fired over 180 rounds at the CDC over COVID-19 vaccine paranoia, killing Officer David Rose, 33—a former U.S. Marine and recent police academy graduate. At the same time, he responded to the active shooter.

DC statehood is now an imperative. No more dicking around. Next Dem majority, get it done immediately.

So, where are the Epstein Files?

I was very moved by my conversation with @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social...

The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed. Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.

Newsome @governor.ca.gov and Hochul @governor.ny.gov have bent over backward (too far, in my opinion) to be bipartisan. They have woken up to the fact that there is no compromising with Trump, only victory or defeat. And they are starting to use their considerable political abilities to that end.

I know this will get me in trouble. I usually try not to curse but my military is showing… These stupid motherfuckers want to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Boondoggle and a straight money enema to our oligarchs. Epstein files must be very, very bad.

@dimartinoboothjdjd.bsky.social (or at least the intern who runs her Bluesky account) just liked a bunch of my comments!?!? A new peak of my social media existence.

Trump's numbers are creeping back down from bad to disastrous. This is despite the fact that the economy is weathering his policies surprisingly well, at least for now.

I’m not a Newsom fan at all, but I gotta give him props for understanding the current situation and throwing away unilateral disarmament. If they’re gonna further gerrymander Texas mid-cycle, let’s gerrymander the fuck out of every blue state. You don’t beat fascism with niceties.

Yes that's right, that's how fucked this timeline is, Rupert Murdoch is the good guy now.

With further developments likely on the Trump-Epstein front, Trump will ramp up efforts at distraction, demagoguery, counter-attacks against enemies (e.g. Gabbard’s fake revelation yesterday), and authoritarianism. Now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of their country.

From a time when childhood vaccines were just a figment of imagination. Row after row of baby headstones.

If you’re not white, or you have friends or loved ones who aren’t white, or you’re not a total sociopath and therefore care about fellow humans who aren’t white, you need to understand this regime thinks not being white is inherently suspect, and lots of your fellow Americans are fine with that.

Life hack: when you have a minor disagreement with one person in another country, raise tariffs so high that no one in your country can afford to live. Now that's just good business.

Lula reply:

NEW: Federal judge grants the first class certification based on birthright citizenship AND enters a nationwide injunction! [This is the kind of amazing work we are doing at @democracydefendersfund.org w/ partners at the @aclu.org, LULAC, and others! Proud to be working w/ @normeisen.bsky.social!]

This is getting lost. When Stephen Miller shrieks orders for 3000 daily arrests, they HAVE TO go after noncriminals. It's the only way to juice the numbers. So Miller is shifting resources away from serious crimes toward that. @vermontgmg.bsky.social and me on this: newrepublic.com/article/1976...

Strongly suspect that Sean Duffy appears to soil himself at the thought of riding the subway for the same reason that it’s a great small-d democratic institution: it’s one of the few places where you routinely find yourself in close proximity to people of all races and income levels.

Don’t trust this woke propaganda. Do your own research.

Chuckling at this video with its upbeat style describing how to make Disneyworld and Disneyland more car-friendly which, of course, makes them profoundly miserable and unsafe for everyone not in a car. And yet we gladly do this for urban and suburban design.

The stuff in the GOP bill is some of the clearest ever examples of "if you explain what Republicans are doing in straightforward factual terms an otherwise under-informed normie will think you have entirely lost your mind and can't be trusted"

It’s probably not great to wake up this pissed off. Then I think of how pissed off Justice Jackson must be.

The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it. - Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders. - Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.

From Justice Jackson's dissent in Trump v. CASA: "this Court’s complicity in the creation of a culture of disdain for lower courts, their rulings, and the law (as they interpret it) will surely hasten the downfall of our governing institutions."

In a 6-3 ruling today, the Supreme Court held that President Trump can have the Supreme Court summarily executed if he really wants to.

Buckle up. The recession has started, and our government is doing everything possible to make it worse for the average American. US economy shrank 0.5% between January and March | AP News share.google/p0pcIc1IGYuy...

Holy Crap. Just straight up looting at this point. Or like was already looting. But just bringing in a semi to haul out the loot faster.

1. As I was editing the following interview with healthcare policy expert @charlesgaba.com, I was reminded of something @whstancil.bsky.social told me during my chat with him. Will said, “I think people are used to living in a relatively stable era and have come to believe that stability is normal.”

This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.

If you think Netanyahu is going to honor a ceasefire with Iran you’re a fool. War keeps him in power and out of prison.

The question is whether the war in the middle east is bad for the economy or disastrous. Yet, stock futures are slightly up. Who is buying in this environment? Are we in a post reality world?

Even though they’re in the minority, Congressional Democrats have a lot of tools they can use here. In addition to showing up at detention centers etc, Dems can grind the Senate to a halt, push impeachment articles against Noem in the House, and more. Flood the zone.

Yea!

He never tells us what the plan is on anything because there is no plan. But two things we know for sure: 1. Whatever happens that is good news will always be a result of the master plan we were not told about. 2. Whatever happens that is bad news will be Biden’s fault.