1️⃣ 🚨 Texas Democrats just made history. James Talarico and his colleagues walked out to block a Trump-led power grab. They didn’t just break quorum—they shattered the authoritarian playbook. Trump ordered 5 new GOP seats. Talarico said: Not on our watch. @jamestalarico.bsky.social

Typical move here by SCOTUS defenders to try to deflect from its direct culpability and to make it someone else’s fault… The classic “but YOU made me do it”

Gerrymandering: the art of mathematically disproving majority rule.

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Holy shit wait for it

Mike Johnson just said if you are for reducing the deficit, this bill is for you. The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit. They just lie.

This has got to be AI This can't be real... We literally are in the process of suing to get you all to honor US LAW ENFORCEMENT !!!

Do you see a mandate or landslide?

Russ gets it.

Murray: Those funds were appropriated by congress and your department was to allocate them and it looks like the department is illegally impounding funding…

BREAKING: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has sued Alina Habba for malicious prosecution and false arrest.

"Ukraine is not a victim state anymore. It’s a 21st-century arsenal of democracy. And it's showing us what it looks like when courage, creativity, and technology meet a brutal invader. Now it’s up to us: Do we finish what Russia started—or leave? adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/ukraines-c...

Well this is fucking hilarious. Apparently Wall Street traders have a new term for appraising Trump — TACO. It stands for Trump Always Chickens Out. Ouch. More:

Casar: "The only way to push back on this is for Democrats to be really clear that if we win back a majority, we aren't just going to let bygones be bygones. We have to go and investigate who paid Trump, who paid Musk, who made money off of these pardons because that is really serious."

The reason Apple manufactures in China is b/c of YEARS of investment in vocational training there. Any effort to bring these industries onshore STARTS WITH INVESTING IN OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. And it will take YEARS. It’s not about tiny hands (so stupid). Here’s Apple CEO Tim Cook

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Phang: Putting aside the big bullshit bill that just got passed in the House in the dark hours of the night, DOGE has single-handedly destroyed so much of our federal government. We, as Americans, deserve to know why they have done it, how they have done it, and what they are continuing to do.

Any Democrat who doesn't support this needs to be fired out of a cannon

Even Republican Representative Thomas Massie from Kentucky believes this Big Gift To Billionaires Bill is bad. He says he believes it will actually increase the debt by $30 Trillion!!!

Did you know that $100M in food aid is rotting in warehouses that could feed the entire population of Gaza for a month and half, but a 28-year-old at DOGE is holding it hostage? www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was busted for lying about habeas corpus. We should all care about habeas relief, what it is, and how Stephen Miller wants to lock you up with no ability to challenge it. youtu.be/Aw58MC4OZ2w

Kristi Noem incorrectly defined habeas corpus as the president’s right to deport people. Huh? That’s… not even close.

ASAP! Millions will be affected. Never know when you or yours may need it. @oldmanhippy.com @sistergf.bsky.social @travisriot.bsky.social @luful.bsky.social @ratlantica.bsky.social @tammjo.bsky.social @caprico21.bsky.social @jfeva.bsky.social

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In case you didn't know

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

The Boss: telling it like it is Springsteen shining a light on the chaos, threats & injustices of the moment with hope and love in his heart for America 🇺🇸

There's no Universe wherein a near-illiterate, book-banning, education-destroying, rapist needs a 747 for his 'library'.

They always do this shit in the middle of the night

Rock Creek now testing positive for RFK Jr. particles. CDC advising residents to boil the entire watershed.

“In my country, we are fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted... Art is the crucible that brings people together. Art looks for truth. Art embraces diversity. That’s why art is a threat. That’s why we are a threat to autocrats & fascists.” Robert De Niro • Cannes 🎬 1/3🧵

If the post hates you, you’re doing something right

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this would be the kind of scandal that demands resignation if these people had any commitment to public service!

Here is a list I recently sent to premium members of what each of us can do to stand up for democracy and defend our elections. Democracy Docket is dropping the paywall and publishing it because we must all feel the power we have to stand up to Trump and protect our democracy.

Another brazenly impeachable offense

One angle I'm always thinking about is how much free stuff Trump promised. There are people currently expecting 1) no income tax under $200k, 2) free IVF, 3) a baby bonus, 4) a $5000 "DOGE dividend." And there is no plan to do that stuff! Just campaign rhetoric.

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Trump is now whining about the "rigged election" during the White House National Day of Prayer event

when you think about it rfk jr. is the pinnacle of the american dream because in what other country can an ex-heroin addict who didn’t go to medical school and gets his science from 4chan become the authority on public health

Russian dictator Putin says the world should remember the lessons of World War II. He's absolutely right. The only way to to end Russia's war is to defeat the Russian invaders and force their unconditional surrender.

Trump’s first 100 days answered a crucial question: “How fast can a country go from superpower to circus?”

Mark Carney after winning: “President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us. That will never, ever happen.”

The Canadian election result shows that the 2024 US election might have gone very differently if American voters could somehow have known in advance what it would be like to have Donald Trump as president

No surprises

When Pete Buttigieg speaks this clearly about authoritarian behavior, it’s a reminder: this is not normal, and it’s not acceptable. Thanks to Jon Stewart and Pete for calling it out. Every American—left, right, and center—should be alarmed. Every American should protest.

I like angry Al