WATCH — @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social’s daughter: “This goes against her first amendment rights as a journalist… this doesn’t just affect me, it affects my little sisters. My father woke up today without his wife. I’m demanding my mom gets released.” (H/T @mercadomedia.bsky.social )

So has anyone figured out how they knew he had a weapon? (If he even did. You can’t believe a damn word they say.) From all the videos and still shots I’ve seen, he didn’t have anything visible.

Basically, “I grieve for them, but he asked for it.” 🤬 And you know who is “showing up with guns and no ID”? The very agents who shot him! They always refuse to ID themselves, which is part of the reason no one trusts them. At least Alex was courageous enough to show his face.

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Shining a light for Minnesota and for Alex 🕯️

"The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a 'drug boat,' killing 11 ... the laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then killing them. That is a war crime."

I would love to know what it is we were supposed to have learned. To keep our mouths shut? To give up our constitutional rights? To obey or be shot in the face?

"If ICE had never come to our city, Renee Nicole Good would be waking up today. Her child would be able to play with the stuffed animals from the glovebox. But because Trump sent ICE to Minneapolis, none of that is going to happen." open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...

She also said the agents were stuck in the snow and surrounded 🙄🤬

My GOD this is embarrassing. RIP CBS News.

He’s not even trying to hide it. 😡

It’s a happy day in Indiana!

This is NOT making Chicago safer. And this must NOT be what America is.👇

Kimmel: "The President of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs. Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he cannot take a joke."

Here’s my write up on the most racist decision to come out of the Supreme Court in a while. The court approved of Trump’s racial profiling of Latinos with Brett Kavanaugh saying being harassed based on the color of your skin is “common sense.” My latest in @thenation

Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.

Far too much sane-washing going on in the media. He didn’t threaten a certain style of action. He threatened WAR. And the fact that Congress isn’t banding together to impeach and remove him from office immediately is alarming.

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

Messmer wrote, "Redistricting in Indiana will accurately reflect the will of Hoosier voices." So they’re redrawing to be sure Democrats — currently underrepresented in Indiana — have another seat, right?

Oh yes, who better to get your election advice from than a dictator. 😑

The Secretary of Defense’s pastor believes America should be a Christian theocracy. He also believes women shouldn’t be allowed to vote. And the Sec of Defense publicly promotes his pastor’s views. The Sec of Defense has violated his oath of office. He should resign. www.mediaite.com/politics/pet...

Republicans get <60% of the vote in Indiana but control 100% of US Senate seats, 78% of US House seats, 80% of state Senate seats and 70% of state House seats. How much more can they gerrymander?

I love that he inadvertently admits how atrocious the job numbers are by saying they are an unprecedented, historically important outlier. That doesn’t mean they are wrong; it means your dear leader is tanking the economy.

The memes are just a stark visual reminder of the delusion, ineptitude and cruelty of FOTUS’ administration.

So much to unpack, but does he really expect U.S. businesses AND every other country to manufacture products in the United States? Exactly how much room (and how many workers) does he think we have?

My god he is such a colossal embarrassment. A colossally racist, idiotic embarrassment.

Why do they all seem to overlook the fact that they could very well cut taxes for lower and middle income folks without also cutting taxes exponentially more for the exceedingly wealthy and gutting vital programs? 

Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.

😂

Oof. “What does a human slowly going insane look like to a corporation?” Mr. Yudkowsky asked in an interview. “It looks like an additional monthly user.”

Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

"I'm so sick of the politics, Martha." -- Secretary Dog Killer, who dresses up in costume for every sick photo op she stages to please her TV-obsessed Dear Leader

Senators are ELECTED to be a VOICE for their constituents. What happens when that voice is stifled, thrown to the ground, and handcuffed like Senator Padilla was? We have a democracy, but we can lose that democracy. I took to the Senate floor to speak out—I hope you'll join me.

Mother of 2 (including 9-wk-old baby) + wife of US Marine had USCIS interview related to permanent residence status. She'd entered US from Mexico and was legally processed w/ her family about a decade ago. ICE arrested her over 2018 paperwork issue she didn't know about www.wbrz.com/news/ice-age...

Speaker of the House: Using active duty Marines on the streets of an American city is just “peace through strength.” ‼️ So we can’t count on the Speaker to defend the rule of law, or to defend the military against misuse.

Ruptured fallopian tube? Septic miscarriage? "We're all going to die," I guess. 🤬

Psst…those 1950s manufacturing jobs Trump loves so much? They were good jobs because they were UNION jobs. Oh...and taxes on corporations and the rich were much higher. Trump’s agenda won’t bring back the “Golden Age.” It’ll make the rich richer at everyone else's expense.

The Republican Party platform in a nutshell:

Finally some good news!

Someone in the media, please ask this question.👇

How has this administration managed to find the most depraved, soulless ghouls to put in charge?

The lanternS are shining

Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.

The economy is in free fall. The markets are collapsing. Our soldiers are dying. Our sensitive information is being leaked over text message and gmail. Random people are being kidnapped and sent to foreign torture prisons. And Trump is fucking golfing.

EXCLUSIVE: Tonight at the Kennedy Center, Guster brought on cast members from Finn, an LGBTQ+ kids musical that was recently canceled when Trump took over the center. They performed the band’s song “Hard Times” to a standing ovation. Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:

Walter Cronkite: “We can be certain that the first target of the demagogues is to destroy the effectiveness of the free press that prevents them from doing their dirty deeds in the dark corners that they would prefer.”

So if you complain about not getting something you’re due and you rely on, you’re a fraudster. Got it.

I really hope the next question was, “Are you ****ing kidding me?! That is not how this works!”