I am reminded of Lincoln's famous letter to Joshua Speed in 1855 quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/li...

People are waking up to reality: it’s working folks vs billionaires.

Notice the pattern: help a narrow group loudly, hurt everyone else quietly. Tariffs help a few steel workers but raise prices for every firm using steel. Tax cuts favor the rich while squeezing social programs. Politically noisy wins, economically costly losses.

Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.

25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.

The administration genuinely seems to believe it can pull back from the world stage yet somehow still tell the rest of the world what to do. And it has a very firm idea of what it wants Europe to do, which is “be as racist and xenophobic as Trump.” open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

If the US can seize a Venezuelan tanker carrying sanctioned oil, then can other tankers in other places, say the Baltic or the Black Sea, also be seized?

Representative green filed impeachment papers against Trump, Hegseth and RFK today. It would be wonderful if people would support those!!

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” -Orwell

He is not well. If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.

A government that has no problem gleefully ordering its military to commit war crimes has no problem committing crimes against its own people. A military that gleefully commits crimes to please their Hesperidium Master would have no problem committing crimes against its own people. ~ History 101

Since Chief Justice's John Roberts Christo-Fascist Supreme Court has overturned multiple previous Supreme Court decisions, I propose a competition. A pool to pick the date that the SC rules that the Constitution is unconstitutional. I'm going with 6/26/26.

The shooting of two National Guard soldiers. Trump: “Monstrous” The murder of American journalist Jamāl Khāshqujī. Trump: “Things happen”

We know it's tough to keep up with all the cons coming out of Trump's mouth, but the latest one involves him promising checks to every American below some yet-to-be-determined income level who will get paid as a result of his asinine tariff policy. Don't hold your breath, MAGA. #DonTheCon

Odd that the DoJ is opening an investigation into the Epstein files since they said in July that there was no client list and nothing to release.

MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems. My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.

BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

This is truly one of the sickest, most unAmerican things the Trump administration has done to date. And that’s saying a lot.

If Trump wants to talk affordability, maybe don’t send out a guy worth $500 million who looks like he just laid off your dad.

BREAKING: Andrew Cuomo flees New York.

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works. I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

If it is proven that the person detained is undocumented, then DJT should be prosecuted for hiring him.

I didn't do this one, but I can't stop laughing. Look at it! 😅🤣😂🤣

Adelita Grijalva now holds the record for longest delay between winng a special Congressional election and being sworn into office. Why the delay from Mike Johnson? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

Sen. Durbin isn’t taking Kristi Noem’s crap. Nor should he!

Amen.

For…

Is he dead yet?

Republicans will always claim victimhood no matter how far you bend over backwards for them. They can have all 3 branches of government, the most powerful office on earth and be sending masked secret police to terrorize American cities, but they will always remain whining, bitter “victims”

What the hell is Trump planning in Venezuela that he is requiring Military officials to sign an NDA?

It seems that Community notes are the only thing standing between truth and fiction on X.

We need a list of all of the corporations/companies that are donating money for Trump's demolition of the East Wing. Once we get that, we need to boycott them.

The GOP is calling all of the participants in today's No Kings rallies, pro Hamas and anti American. The flags flown there today are American flags. The participants in Trump's rallies fly Trump flags, Nazi flags and Confederate flags. Now, who's anti-American?

So, the Pentagon "found" $8 Billion to pay the Military. There must be a lot of couches and a lot of loose change down in the cushions. Or realistically, maybe the Pentagon's budget needs to be reexamined.

Democracy isn't a spectator sport. We all need to participate to keep it going.

The guy who literally incited an insurrection is now threatening to use the Insurrection Act to torment Americans who do not support him. (…because he literally incited an insurrection)