It's now official - and continues to trend - that more Americans blame Trump for the shutdown, than Dems. What's more - more Americans also blame Trump for consistently embarrassing America on the global stage. In addition, more Americans blame Trump for protecting pedophiles. (more)

Don’t stop rubbing their noses in the teachings of Christ.

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Everyone hates the Gestapo, even their families. They were garroted in alleys, poisoned, smothered in their sleep - by people they knew. And that was before the war ended and the hunting began. Same with Stazi. Fleeing like the cockroaches they were. The dregs of humanity - not patriots. Sadists.

At the risk of hyperbole these really may be the most horrible people to ever live.

The truth about what the GOP wants and is lying about for the holdup on the government shutdown. Dems do not want, nor are they asking for, undocumented immigrants to get Medicaid and Medicare. They do want EMTALA to be followed, as it is the law. Please share.

"To my colleagues in mainstream media: your silence is complicity. Your 'boths-sides-ism' is complicty. Your euphemisms for genocide is complicity." From my speech accepting the 'Path of Truth' award from Palestinian diaspora group KTH. Full speech: zeteo.com/p/palestine-...

Trump and Republicans spread lies and scapegoat immigrants to distract you from how they are picking your pockets. Do not be fooled.

And a violation of privacy

This is insane.

These obvious restrictions haven’t stopped Gov. Bill Lee from sending troops to Texas, DC and now Memphis. This is not normal, folks! Does Gov. Lee need Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris to read him TN Constitution and court rulings?

GUARD IN MEMPHIS: The TN Supreme Court & a federal court have both ruled it is unconstitutional for TN’s governor to deploy the National Guard for law enforcement. In 2021, TN’s GOP Attorney General wrote an advisory saying the same. It was so damning, the new AG secretly erased it from record!

Sen. Coons: “You can only benefit from the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid if you have legal status in this country. We are not fighting for health care for people here illegally. That’s not true. We are fighting for health care for Americans.”

Via @stateline.org: Louisiana has issued an arrest warrant for a California doctor for allegedly mailing abortion pills to a Louisiana woman, the latest legal volley in an ongoing fight between states with abortion bans and those that have enacted protections for abortion providers.

Bessent blames Biden for China's decision to purchase soybeans from Argentina from May 2025 on. Yes, that's exactly how this sounds. youtu.be/te-YU4VUuz4

Arsonist puts out fire he started with fire extinguisher he stole.

With ACA tax credits, a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 pays ~$7,000 for their annual premium. Without ACA tax credits, the same couple could be forced to pay nearly $30,000. I know Republicans only speak "billionaire"—but middle-class families can't afford this.

Some statistics about the 16 blue states Russ Vought wants to target: - 39% of the country lives in those states. - They contribute 44% of GDP. - They are also home to almost a third of 2024 Trump voters, some 24 million of them. www.pbump.net/o/sorry-abou...

Trump and MAGA are morons. All that stuff he said he will pay for with tariff taxes on consumers and importers … Monopoly money. Meaning the loan to his pal in Argentina is also straight out of the Treasury.

It's worth asking how differently things might look on the ground right now if #SCOTUS hadn't eviscerated Bivens—and made it all-but impossible to bring damages suits against federal officers (like ICE agents) who violate our constitutional rights. This is from my rebuttal in Hernández v. Mesa:

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory. They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth. But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi. RIP, Jamal. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Suspicious behavior by Durov

Russell Vought's sadistic threat to kill projects in blue states will blow back on GOP. One getting defunded is reportedly a huge hydrogen project in the northwest that would also serve Montana. Its GOP governor has hailed it as a big job creator. Oops. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2012...

How you end up with $50K in a shopping bag.

"at least half a dozen companies vying for a slice of the $45 billion Congress has allocated for immigration detention work had hired Sowell because he had led them to believe his connections to Homan would help their chances of winning government work."

UPDATE: Bessent asked on CNBC if he could justify the $20 billion bailout for Argentina, which benefits "wealthy Americans" with "interests down there" Bessent says it is "false" that he is helping wealthy Americans. FACT: The bailout benefits Bessent's friend, hedge fund billionaire Rob Citrone.

How government stupidity or dishonesty is becoming pervasive

Trump's CEA is circulating its estimate of the economic cost of the government shutdown. But, BREAKING: It's wrong. It makes a simple arithmetic error. And it's dishonest. Surprising, I know. 🧵

This is an astounding leap in just three years, and it's great news for American society in general that these guys are starting to see just how destructive the proliferation of sports betting is. Convincing every sports league and TV network of the same thing is going to be much more difficult.

One of my many, many questions about America in 2025 is how long it will take for people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history

Mississippi pediatrician Dr. Anita Henderson pointed out that most people with autism inherited it from relatives—a claim that, unlike Trump's and Kennedy's, is backed up by medical science.

“.. ‘You didn’t congratulate us on the peace deal that President Trump made between Albania and Azerbaijan,” Rama told Macron, leading Aliyev to burst out laughing.” 🤡 @politico.com www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Exactly. Their energy policies designed to curb declines for fossil fuel mega donors (MAGA donors) are the exact opposite of what needs to be done to support their desire to “lead the world in AI”. Of course, so are their immigration policies…

This was not leadership. It was totalitarian theater. A grotesque parody of command staged by cowards who would not survive five minutes in the world of the people they dared to lecture. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

“.. no modern American president has positioned his family to make so much money while in the White House. Already, since the early days of his reelection campaign, he’s more than doubled his net worth to about $5.4 billion.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

To hear it from the Pope—the first US-born pope, and yet, still see no shame nor sense the capacity exists for it should amplify the terror these individuals are bringing upon America, Americans, and the world. The Pope is sounding the loudest warning the world has. Everyone should be listening.

"If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes accepted as truth." ~ Joseph Goebbels Nazi is as nazi does.

Trying to blame the failures of rural healthcare on the undocumented is peak shameless for Republicans. And this guy is just the worst.

Eight months into President Trump’s second term, the administration has sought emergency intervention 28 times with the Supreme Court after losing preliminary decisions in the lower courts.

It is also unfortunate that White House leadership has decided to use American consumers as a hostage or pawn in the trade negotiations. American consumers also voted for President Trump (not sure why that's relevant). Why aren't we expecting news on Tuesday of substantial support for our consumers?

foreign countries must ban X. It is run by one particular person who has well known and openly voiced intentions to overthrow their governments

Maybe stop building concentration camps or (just yesterday) violating the civil rights of hordes of people with your Gestapo…

Much like Jesus, but in a very different way: "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in."

“.. He said that while the EU continues to believe in an international order where trade is possible, ‘we will not be the only ones to impose on ourselves the principles that others no longer apply’ ..” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops"). Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.

We are being taxed via Trump’s tariffs to give money to farmers hurt by Trump’s tariffs…because they voted for Trump

"So far in 2025 companies have announced 946,426 job cuts, the highest YTD since the pandemic year of 2020... Not a good sign... Add in the huge reversal in both ADP numbers yesterday and some are starting to smell recession... Not us, not here, but we can see it in the yield curve." - NatAlliance

The three Trump shutdowns have involved Democrats offering money to keep the whole existing government open and Republicans refusing because they want to shut down the government either in-part or all at once.

American Christians deciding the Pope doesn't know the Bible because he said immigrants are human is the perfect summary of the evangelist movement

Yeah, man, be sure to announce you’re cutting “Democrat agencies” so when voters face the consequences they know who brought them the things they liked and who’s to blame for their loss, great plan