Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

🧵*9/29/2025 noncooperation thread* A daily-ish thread of acts of noncooperation, noncompliance, & defiance by individuals, communities, &/or institutions. * "The Hawaii Constitution’s due process clause 'offers safety to HI's ppl that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections'."

Today, in "First They Came For"

YouTube can afford it, but: extortion.

“They can’t even seem to settle on which conspiracy theory they want to advance. Was it Antifa? Did it not happen at all? Did Donald Trump really win the election? They can’t figure out what it is they want to say, and it’s because it’s just a tissue of lies and conspiracy theories,”

Oh, I forgot to mention demented! Just what you want in a world leader, a mind struggling to grasp reality

Who ever would have thought that a narcissistic TV game show host turned politician, with multiple failed businesses and bankruptcies, no military or government experience (besides the last failed term) and a criminal record, would suck at the one real job he’s ever had?

New Yorker cartoons don’t miss.

Yes. apple.news/ARqzh63DuSIi...

The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on.

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

Stop the scapegoating and start dealing with America’s real gun crisis. HOMEGROWN‼️

The fact that Biden’s fitness was constantly questioned while Trump’s obvious problems are never mentioned tells you everything you need to know about the actual inherent bias of media in this country.

I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.

Bookmark this, America

Fucking fire from Portland Mayor Keith Wilson!! "President Trump has directed 'all necessary Troops' to Portland, Oregon. The number of necessary troops is zero, in Portland and any other American city. The president will not find lawlessness or violence here unless he plans to perpetrate it.” 🔥🔥

Colombian President Gustavo Petro gave one of the most chilling speeches in recent history before the United Nations, and it has been totally ignored by US news media.

A celebration of a great editor. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

After enacting the largest SNAP cuts in history, Trump is now scrapping the federal government's annual report on hunger in America. The utter cruelty of this regime knows no bounds.

I’m no fancy politics guy, but i’d say any country where you can’t put a man in prison for accepting a literal bag full of cash in exchange for favors from the government is not, in fact, a functioning state.

Finished the Twain bio, and plowing through LeCarré!

Like a three card monte game where the dealer tells you upfront that the cards are all blank and he's just going to take your cash, and you hand him even more cash to prove he's wrong.

Private Meeting: "What will make everyone stop bringing up Epstein in connection with the President?" Mike Johnson walks down the hallway- "no problem, I'll wing it"

That famous Trump business touch.

Folks, they said it couldn’t be done, they said we couldn’t destroy our relationships with both Koreas at the same time, but look at us now

it is 1970 and neil young is releasing a song protesting a president known for crimes it is 2025 and neil young (now an American citizen) is releasing a song protesting a president known for crimes

I know people are overwhelmed by too much news from every angle, and maybe people are distracted by the "terrorist" language, or just plain exhausted. But this is the President of the United States saying he is going to go around killing people because he thinks they're criminals. And already did.

You betcha.

Secretary Kennedy has wrongly accused my fellow Democrats of being shills for Big Pharma. After his hearing today, I went down to the Senate Floor to offer a bill that would allow Medicare to negotiate lower prices on prescription drugs. Republicans blocked it. Talk is cheap.

This message applies to everyone in this country.

That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.

Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment: "To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."

If you are a creator or a supporter of them, read this thread. Prepare to support more and more creators directly. It's going to be be very very worth it.

From 9 (yes, 9!) former CDC directors who collectively spent > 100 years working at the CDC under both Republican & Democratic admins: “Kennedy is endangering every Americans health.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Under Dr. Oz, Medicare is launching a pilot program that will use AI to determine whether patients would be covered for certain procedures. Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims. Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.

Don't forget, the "tough on crime/ eliminate Medicare/Medicaid watse, fraud, and abuse" president commuted the sentence of the grifter who stole $87 million from Medicare. Every action, including the National Guard deployments, are performative and self-serving.

jesus christ

Donald Trump has only been in office for seven months and forced out nearly 10 percent of the federal workforce. That's more than 199,000 people. trib.al/fnm0xnd

We don’t need to accept this life for our kids. It’s our choice to subject children to this horror. Talking with @chrislhayes on @MSNBC and then with @andersoncooper on @CNN later on the path forward.

We’re being governed by monsters. Just absolute monsters.

If something happened to be daughter and in response I was told that she is now "with the person who loved her the most," you could not hold me legally liable for what I would do next.