I feel like in the 1980’s/90’s this would be a major plot point in a Tom Clancy novel, and the operation would be carried out as an off-book, illegal black op, with various characters trying to cover it up lest they face congressional hearings. Now the President just announces it.

This Labor Day, I urge you to join a Workers Over Billionaires protest. We must continue standing together to show Trump that we, the people, have the power – not his billionaire buddies and corporate cronies. bit.ly/4lMgKaR

credit where it's due, Newsom finally said the thing in a way that got it covered the way we're trying to get it covered!

"The greatest tyrannies are those which are practiced in the shadow of the law, and under the color of justice." - Lysander Spooner Photo by Norbu GYACHUNG unsplash.com/@norbuw

If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to

"Once [mafia state leaders] entrench people into belief systems and communications echo-chambers, they often defraud them to help monetize their cause, they further radicalize them to fund and deploy fear and intimidation campaigns that degrade opposition power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3QK...

The war in Iran is illegal under the UN Charter, under War Powers Act, and didn't even comply with National Security Act.

Rubio on CBS: "This wasn't a regime change move." Vance on ABC: "Well, first of all, we don't want to achieve regime change." Vance on NBC: "our view has been very clear that we don't want a regime change." Trump, not waiting even 24 hours to undercut and humiliate them:

This is how it’s done! 👊🏿👊🏾👊🏽👊🏼👊🏻

"the fact that millions of people believe that in his heart he shares their objectives and supports their cause is part of his very successful con." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/o...

i stopped wearing red crosses more than a decade ago, because police *habitually* target medics. this isn’t a one-off, it’s a deliberate choice they make over and over again. it’s not “a few bad apples,” it’s widespread practice.

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work. You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules. Get your lies straight.

An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house." The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.

"What is really important in the world of doublespeak is the ability to lie, whether knowingly or unconsciously, and to get away with it; and the ability to use lies and choose and shape facts selectively, blocking out those that don’t fit an agenda or program." -- Edward S. Herman

Trump's move to deploy the Guard despite local opposition, his suggestion that Gov. Newsom should be arrested, and the subsequent deployment of 700 Marines are seen as dictatorial and un-American. It militarizes the situation , increasing tensions and putting communities at risk.

This. All day.

very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

Rick Wilson: "We have a whorehouse at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”

REFUGEE: "We'd like asylum in the United States." ASYLUM HOTLINE: "We're full. Not taking any more." REFUGEE: "We're white." ASYLUM HOTLINE: "How soon can you get here?"

"The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Even Putin would be embarrassed by this.

Support Ukraine. They have done the unthinkable, and they continue to do so.

This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.

"No, I take no responsibility for you losing your job, your retirement account shrinking, prices going up, government agencies being slowed to a crawl, airplanes flipping into the sea, not enough air traffic controllers, or your niece being kidnapped at the mall and trafficked to Libya."

Spoiler - its usually lie... serviceable, but still untrue.

Page One must have been crowded. So NYT puts it on Page 13. 🤡 @schooley.bsky.social

Un. Hinged.

Petty, spiteful little man

Pay attention - Liberal Derangement Syndrome is a real thing. These people think that anything that gets in the way of their agenda, no matter how reasonable, is "deranged" and "radical left". This is because there is no critical thinking going on. In other words, partisan attack button mashing.

GDP is officially shrinking - largely because of the *threats* of tariffs. Now that they are in place, it will likely get worse. #TrumpChaos

A well-oiled machine 🫠