It’s no longer shocking that Trump uses his power to target an outspoken opponent—that’s the hallmark of authoritarianism. What’s remarkable is that he did it less than 24 hours after signing a bill letting 8 GOP senators embezzle $500k–$1M from taxpayers.

OH NO!

Great framework from @leahgreenberg.bsky.social in today's "What's the Plan" - I heard it as a 2x2 assessment of how much of a fighter a Dem is (or not) - on one axis is how progressive they are, but on the other axis is how much they see today's situation as an emergency - super insightful

I don't follow much celeb goss because it mostly involves people I haven't heard of or don't care about, but Ozzy-fam vs. Roger Waters is the sweet spot for me of people saying mean things to people who are assholes. Lots of fun details! (though objectively awful of course)

GOP Tired: sex with 8-year olds GOP Wired: sex with 15-year olds (or something like that, bad taste skeet, I know, but the GOP minions trying to make the pedophile ring okay for reasons like this is in extremely bad taste already)

Okay so there's 1. The 3 emails the NYT just published (bad bad) 2. The shit-ton of emails the R's just released to try and drown us (really f'n bad) 3. The "files" which they are going to vote on next week (we have no idea) #shakesHead

BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.

This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.

UPDATE — Here are the at least 11 congressional Democrats, 15 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 8 Democratic candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:

I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me. I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.

Adelita Grijalva is FINALLY sworn in and is now officially a member of Congress

BREAKING: Federal judge in Mass. issues a new TRO in the SNAP benefits challenges, this one in the multistate challenge, ordering that — at least — contingency fund payments be released by noon Thursday. She also continues blocking the 11/8 directive that states "undo" full SNAP benefit payments.

It's now called The Sitch Room

So the Epstein news today is *not* the release of the files being held up by the not-swearing-in of Grijalva?

OMG I updated my Microsoft apps and there's an annoying brightly colored icon (on my black and white document, so I can't visually ignore it) for Copilot that can't be dismissed or disabled. Really awful.

‘We Ain’t Buying It’ is a nationwide economic pressure campaign taking action against corporations that have colluded with this administration. Read our full release: blackvotersmatterfund.org/black-voters...

This holiday season, we’re saying it loud and clear: We Ain’t Buying It. For too long, corporations have profited off of us. From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we’re taking action with our wallets to demand accountability. Visit weaintbuyingit.com for more information. #weaintbuyingit

The sheep on Alien Earth is totally the penguin from Wallace and Grommit

Ruin an OS: Fleetwood MacOS

A group of Senate Democrats — led by Elizabeth Warren — is pushing for an investigation into the Trump admin's use of federal agency websites and emails to post partisan messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Repost with an iconic fictional band.

cops defund communities

Gov. Pritzker: “All I can say is that whether it was the loss in the elections a week ago that's led to Donald Trump deciding to pull CBP out or the fact that Greg Bovino is a snowflake…Whatever it is, the people of Chicago have deserved better than having CBP and Greg Bovino in this city.”

Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE

What about anyone else? And how do we reply to this?

Our visitor center is designed so we can rotate panels and soldier stories, bringing more of the stories of our fallen service members to our visitors. Thank you for understanding (2/2)

I got a not-credible response Thank you for your message. The panels were not removed. They are here with us in storage with the other panels that are awaiting rotation in our visitor center. (1/2)

Spotify is running ads to help ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. We’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops streaming fascism: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...

Dems calling for Schumer to be replaced: - Ro Khanna - Mike Levin - Seth Moulton - Marc Pocan - Delia Ramirez - Rashida Tlaib

You can call, or sign my Resistbot petition: TELL DEM REPRESENTATIVES TO REJECT SENATE DEMS’ BAD BILL

Good ol' President Your Name Here

You can call, but you can also use my Resistbot petition to tell your D senator that It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside

California AG Rob Bonta:

Our calls & outrage are working! Sen Kaine, Rosen, Shaneen & Hassan said if they hear from more of their constituents, they could change their votes from a yes to a no. Rs may not be voting for this bill also, so call your R senators too. Keep the phone calls coming bc it’s working! 202-224-3121

Supreme Court won't overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage https://cnn.it/4nGnEiN

It’s really depressing that the proposed actions for channeling our rage seem to be not donating and primarying them which seems like we ourselves are treating this as politics as usual. Where is the general strike talk (as an example) in response to this outrageous betrayal? We need more actions.

Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?

I refuse to support a funding bill that fails to address the Republican health care crisis. And make health insurance affordable. The American people clearly understand the stakes and the urgency. We must too. I'm voting no.

Never forget who sold us out: Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen

Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

My red line has always been lowering health costs for Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans don’t want an agreement that meets that bar. I’m a no.

This “deal” is a surrender that all congressional Democrats should reject out of hand. It’s bad policy that will raise healthcare prices and bad politics that gives the regime more power to do more harm. Make no mistake: As some Senate Democrats consider surrender, Republicans are losing this fight.

I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis. I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO. Full statement:

Not seen a single House D or potential 2028 D support this. They must be the D's who want a future.

I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable. We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina. A vote for this bill is a mistake.

WAY.TO. GO