Once again, it’s essential to understand that these top media outlets are political actors with an agenda to delegitimate the left and prop up and protect the right.

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social "There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

Without offering an opinion on the quality of WSJ's sourcing, we would note that extreme dishonesty has been a longstanding problem with administration sources. Good journalism is served by reporters keeping that in mind in the course of their reporting on this administration.

"I think empathy is a made up New Age term that has done a lot of damage." - Charlie Kirk That's a thing he said.

THE REPUBLICANS ARE STEALING YOUR MONEY!

“We discern no clear congressional authorization by IEEPA for tariffs..Given these considerations, we conclude Congress..did not give the President wide-ranging authority to impose tariffs of the nature of the Trafficking and Reciprocal Tariffs simply by the use of the term 'regulate..importation.'"

This whole, damn thread. Read it. Absorb it into your bones. Stop trying to find reasons for why these fascist fucks are fascist fucks. Instead, accept that they are. The left didn’t do this to them. They embraced fascism because they are fucking fascists. Period.

Is there anyone less effective than Randi Weingarten and the teacher’s unions? I don’t dislike her personally-I don’t know her. But she functions mostly as a cheerleader, not a resistance leader. And resistance is what is needed now.

“Within a mere 90 days, hundreds of thousands of heads of households, parents, caregivers, and contributors to the local economy lost their livelihoods” madamenoire.com/1446523/a-37...

It shouldn’t escape your notice that ICE detention centers are being built on military bases. What does this mean? What are the consequences of this? These are questions we should consider. If we think the military won’t go along with fascism, well, perhaps we should think again.

One thing I’d like to share is that I eat a Whole Food, Plant-Based Oil Free Diet. I do this because, for years, I had unaddressed high cholesterol and I was 30lbs overweight. I didn’t want to take the statin my cardiologist recommended. So, I looked for another way. 1/

Ah friends, we are well and truly fucked.

The base will read this just the way these ghouls want them to. What are the implications of that? We’ll soon see.

A surprise to exactly no one who knows who this harpy is.

A U.S. surgeon trying to have a “peer to peer” consultation with a doctor at a health insurance company who is hiding his identity as her patient gets denied coverage. And it gets worse from there. You have to see it to believe it. (1/2)

For most of this year, trans and nonbinary Americans have been blocked from obtaining passports that match their gender identity, But now, at least for a limited time, trans people can obtain accurate passports again.

Focus, people.

This is a big donor to Ruben Gallego. This is why Gallego has voted for hateful border bills and why he stays mum about the fascist raids we see happening all around our country. Why he thinks he’s safe from it as a Latino, himself, is beyond me. Collaborators are never safe.

If you didn’t hear that Mark Andreesen’s company is in the running to acquire TikTok’s American enterprise, and if you didn’t know that he is one of Ruben Gallego’s big donors, I’m here to tell you now. I’ve called his office repeatedly to ask for an explanation of this relationship. No answers.

Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat. My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?

Texas officials didn’t heed the warnings of the NWS. Why? Because they don’t care if people die. They are actively working to end folks’ lives through these cuts and policies. In a zero sum game, everyone who isn’t you is competition. Compassion and mutual aid will have to be the antidote, for now.

Are we in a Constitutional crisis yet? Can we call Republicans fascists yet? When I think about how folks who should have known better, tap danced around these words FOR YEARS, I want to scream. The malicious cognitive dissonance is maddening.

Dear Lisa Murkowski, Fuck You. Most Sincerely, Americans Who See Right Through You

“It can’t happen here.”🙄

I hope that people can finally see what’s happening. People like Lisa Murkowski won’t buck their party, even as she talks about how “hard” it is to withstand threats from her Republican colleagues. All she needs is a little bribe here and there to ensure her constituents reelect her, and she’s a yes

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

I can't think of anyone currently running for office more dangerous than Andrew Cuomo. Not just for NYC but for the nation, because unfortunately NYC disproportionately affects the rest of the states. Bad politicians elsewhere don't have the same structural power. NYC: Do not vote for this man.

Years and years ago, I said if folks thought the military or the police would protect the public from authoritarian despotism, they should think again. And here we are. No one will save us but ourselves.

The American version of populism uses government to screw it’s supporters whenever there is a private dollar to be made

Social movements are more likely to have success when three factors are present: elite conflict, shifting public opinion, and elite blunders. Mass collective action can create the conditions for these factors to emerge and deepen.

I think it bears saying that Trump is a big WWE fan. Remember the falling out he had with Bannon during his first term? Remember that? And Musk has called at least one other guy he had beef with a pedophile, so that’s his go to. TSLA stock is back up, and Bill Ackman is brokering the peace. 🤔

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Take a moment from the feud and listen. youtube.com/shorts/w2rmB...

The irony of “death panel” hysteria amongst Republicans during the creation of the ACA is particularly stark in the context of Joni Ernst’ “Well, we all are going to die” comment. Because these ghouls really ARE determining, right now, who’s gonna live and who’s gonna die.

This is what Joni Ernst thinks about people other than herself. She doesn’t care if you die from horrific policies she helps to pass. As long as SHE’S ok, that’s all that matters. This is the calculation of her “party.” They’re not trying to hide it. This is one heartless bitch, right here.

These children have been dehumanized. There are no boundaries because these ghouls don’t see these children as people. We know where this leads. We’re watching it in real time. And just like so many other societies that fell to authoritarianism, we are letting it happen with very little resistance.

JFC. The men taking these women into custody are monsters. They are monsters. They have no compassion. They’ll do this to any of us. They don’t care. And these people are gone forever, now. Just disappeared right in front of our eyes.

Phoenix-this is happening right here, right now.

This is where we are. And we all know that not a damn thing will be done about it, because Republicans don’t care how many people die just as long as they get a little more money in their pickets, and Democrats are so stupid, they’re still “working across the aisle” to pass terrible bills.

IF YOU ARE READING THIS: House Republicans are set to take the next step toward passage of their sprawling reconciliation bill at a Wednesday hearing scheduled to begin while most Americans are fast asleep. via @commondreams.org

This is who we ally ourselves with, now, because this is who the folks at the top want to see here. They’ve been sitting rapt at the knees of these modern authoritarians, making plans. We must fight for and protect a free press.

Corporate media claims Wes Moore is anti-reparations, or worse, lied that he was pro-reparations to get elected. In reality Gov Moore vetoed the bill arguing that enough studies have been done, and it’s time to move forward on the actual process of reparations. Corporate media continues to fail us

Dear John Roberts, Fuck you. Sincerely, The Democracy You Trashed

Along with the Republicans that are allowing this.

To my U.K friends, American beef is absolute shite and you know it. We pump it full of chemicals, feed it corn and torture the animals. It’s an awful industry designed for fast food chains. It’s also a huge cause of global warming. Skip it.

Is Gavin Newsom a collaborator? I dunno. You tell me.

This is horrific and chilling. It also supports the idea that the GOP honestly believes they'll remain in power forever. Alternately, they know there'll be a Democratic President sooner or later but figure a Dem POTUS would never do Nazi shit to them in return since we're not psychotic Nazi scum.