Mark Kelly: We would have to fight a ground war to "totally obliterate" Iran's nuclear capability - we're in this war because one person, Trump, ripped up the Nuclear Deal.

A Golf club firm owned by Trump’s sons is merging with a drone manufacturer. But nothing to see here, right? Cause a golf club manufacturing company and drone manufacturer with Israeli ties merger is perfectly fucking normal. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Carl withdrew from the nomination process today.

The anniversary of #bloodysunday in Selma is about honoring the courage and power of the foot soldiers from that day in 1965, and recommitting to the fight for voting rights. On Sunday, I was honored to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with those brave foot soldiers…

We need your drone interceptors for our war, but we won’t thank you and our propaganda will claim that we made them.

It’s fine for Russia to use drones to freeze out your population — by the way, can you give us your drone defenses? This is the actual US position.

Reporter seeking freedom of speech in the US arrested for exercising freedom of speech in the US

“We’re not starting a war, we’re ending one” was a Russian talking point on Ukraine — four years ago.

Don't worry everybody, there's a 22 yo in charge of counter terrorism and Kash Patel fired most of the experts in Iranian militant groups.

Patel fires FBI Iran experts just in time for war. Counter-terror generally has already been taken apart. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

Adam Zyglis, Buffalo News

Trump administration says cost of Iran war's first two days was $5.6 billion, source says reut.rs/4bBAQmf

A formerly incarcerated man credits a novel workforce development program in Oregon for helping him find stability after his release from prison. “This program has been my light at the end of the tunnel.”

Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

Murphy: "Literally in my other ear I'm listening to Ted Cruz on another network explain why this mission is so essential to destroy the nuclear program. I may have to walk over there and tell him the admin is now briefing that getting rid of the nuclear program has nothing to do with this mission."

Everyone should watch @maxwellfrost.bsky.social Frost interview with @hcrichardson.bsky.social. The trump files are surveilled by trump/bondi & everything remains redlined. There is no transparency from the #Kashpatel or #Bondi But the rest of the world is now investigating. Tick ... tock ⌚

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.

A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

This amazing scientific advance may one day lead to either more effective treatments or dare I say perhaps a cure. This is why it is vitally important to fund basic scientific research. Scientists Discover Way To Reverse Chemical Process Linked With Alzheimer’s Disease share.google/Vm0hfSMfkGIc...

Congrats to the graduates of our CEJA Workforce Training Hubs! Here in Illinois, we’re building a future where everyone can thrive. As my administration moves us toward a greener and more equitable state, our skilled grads will help power our economic growth and future.

EISEN: How do you see this war ending? WITKOFF: I don't know

"Do you want to want for the party that wants to return to transgender mutilation surgery for children? These are the choices" -- with the economy reeling, Mike Johnson is leaning hard back into culture war issues

This reminds me of Ted Cruz on January 6 saying that “the voters” have lots of concerns about the election results and so he’s just doing his job by responding to those concerns. Hm, where did Republican voters ever get that cockamamie idea from?

The average American senior’s Medicare premiums last year were about 10% higher, or more than $200 annually, because of alleged overpayments to private Medicare Advantage plans, congressional investigators found. 🔗 on.wsj.com/3PcusZX

A privilege and an honor to be your governor, Illinois.

As Sen Joni Ernst (R-IA) observes, "no boots on the ground in Iran" actually means plenty of boots on the ground.

RON JOHNSON: 650k people that are at large in America have committed crimes. Mr Bier, you're shaking your head BIER: They're not at large. They're in prison. They're in prison where they should be JOHNSON: They're not detained! BIER: They're detained by the states. They're not detained by ICE

Leaders of both parties should be calling for Witkoff's immediate resignation after these remarks. He is a Russian patsy, a traitor, and this has just gone for too long. It is has to end.

So when are Republican lawmakers going to admit this president is endangering not just the U.S. but the entire globe and stop him before he does even more damage?

Ohio’s small business owners have worked hard to create millions of jobs in this state. 

These community leaders deserve a Senator who sees that hard work and fights to protect it.

I will keep reposting this every time Trump or one of his lackeys repeats this bullshit: this post from June was on the White House website YESTERDAY

We're spending $1 billion per day on war as millions of working people struggle to get by. Meanwhile, America's ultra-rich have never been richer.

Warren: "It is still the case that the Trump admin cannot explain the reasons we entered this war, the goals we're trying to accomplish. The only part that seems clear is that while there is no money for 15m Americans who lost their healthcare, there's a billion a day to spent on bombing Iran."

Today’s justification for the Iran war: “get rid of some evil”

⚡️🇺🇦 Ukraine sent three groups of military personnel to Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia to help shoot down the "Shaheds": in exchange, we want to receive Patriot missiles, — Zelensky

“Don’t ever be the first to stop applauding.” -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, writing about the unfortunate director of the local paper factory mannerofspeaking.org/2010/05/12/s...

Do not look away from the Epstein files! Excellent informative interview. Rep. Frost is a smart, tech savvy representative who saw the redacted files at the DOJ. Allowed 2 hours to see them. Listen to what he found out on his visit & what he is uncovering. Impeach Bondi & Patel!

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Speaker Johnson could call the House back and vote to fund TSA today. Let’s be clear: long lines at the airports are a direct result of Republicans insisting ICE be able to defy court orders, kidnap and murder people and face zero consequences.

Blumenthal after getting briefed on Iran: "We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of the potential objectives here. There's also the specter of active Russian aid to Iran putting in danger American lives ... China also may be assisting Iran"

Visitors are flocking to Death Valley National Park in California and Nevada to take in a rare phenomenon known as a superbloom.

This morning's outstanding display of sycophantic stupidity... bsky.app/profile/atru...

Trump at his Miami golf club yesterday entertaining the Republican members of Congress with tales of his exciting super-fun war on Iran. Failing to mention that in the first 40 minutes of his "little excursion," a U.S. Tomahawk missile fired at a school killed 170 girls aged 7 to 12.

While the world is distracted ... "Russia continues to add new military units near NATO’s eastern flank, according to a new threat assessment that warns against easing Western sanctions on the Kremlin." www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...

I know our expectations for this administration are in the basement but it is INSANE they started a war without a plan for the Strait of Hormuz.

Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press

Whatever you say, boss.

Shocking to learn at 13.00 that the files DOJ got from Kash Patel's FBI (for release to Congress) were already redacted by the FBI!

goddamn is this a breath of fresh air after Allred 2024

everyone is extraordinarily desperate to pretend that Donald Trump is a coherent individual with a real plan who understands what is happening in the world and none of that is true