A warning from our past. "Don't Be a Sucker" produced in 1945 Worth the 22min 48 sec. (Apologies, I can not find who I originally found this through, it took me a few days to get to it.)

A video about the Nineteenth Amendment.

At $1.2M per mile—$500M total, requiring repainting every ~3 yrs, they’re painting only the north side (our side) of the border wall black to make it “too hot to climb.” Engineers say it makes no difference. To quote Dickens, “The most wasteful of times, the dumbest of times.”

Kharkiv right now ❤️‍🩹 I’m almost crying. We’re banned from organizing celebrations. Warned against crowds and gatherings due to constant russian bombings. But we’re alive, and we’ll keep living. That’s our collective "fuck you" to russia.

"Here legally, engaged in a sanctioned process to determine their eligibility for asylum, they have committed no crime. They are arrested anyway, and the lives they’ve risked to come to the United States are thrown into chaos."

Newsom: We got here because the President is struggling. We got here because the President is one of the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history. We got here because he recognizes that he will lose the election.

FYI: the fundraising ALL goes to the redistricting effort - not to a Newsom POTUS run. I checked.

An idea:

This is what oligarchy looks like: Today, 2 Trump judges ruled that the NLRB’s structure is unconstitutional giving Elon Musk, worth $410 billion, & other union busters the absolute power to exploit workers & violate labor law with impunity. This disastrous decision cannot stand.

I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.

Everyone should read this today. A story about how deep the corruption runs in the Trump Administration from a whistleblower at the Department of Justice. "Cases [at DOJ] are being resolved based on political connections, not the legal merits."

How is this even remotely legal? Representative Collier, you are strength and further empowering the minds and hearts of others. I wish you weren't in there alone…and I hope you are released from unlawful detainment and attempted coercion with legal representation and community support soon.

Holy cow! Thanks to the amazing @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social for mentioning my reporting on the Ghislaine Maxwell sex offender waiver and “out custody” status allowing her to have work assignments outside the minimum security facility.

It’s really wild that Fox is calling Newsom’s tweets immature and unbecoming of a leader when he’s literally just mocking the way Trump tweets. 🤣🤣🤣

Civil rights lawyers say many migrant detainees in Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" are being barred from meeting regularly with attorneys and are being held in dangerous conditions.

Never forget: Construction on Alligator Alcatraz halted because of native American and environmental groups. Please don't let this slip by. It's because of the Miccosukee Nation.

Alligator Alcatraz?

“A .. CNN review of Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein—backed by records, photos, videos, interviews & messages—shows a long, close relationship until at least the mid-2000s .. with Epstein saying Trump was his ‘closest friend for 10 years’ in 2019.” @kfile.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/p...

Any Dems who don’t have this attitude should exit politics now:

What’s your favorite page from Coloring Through (Even More) Chaos so far? 👀 I’ve shared 13 out of 30 new designs, and will be posting new previews every day until the whole coloring book is released later this week! 🇺🇸✨ Follow along, share, and join me in coloring through the chaos 🌈

“Just in case last week’s legislative sledgehammer didn’t do enough damage to our economy, our environment, and the pocketbooks of anybody who pays an electricity bill, the Trump administration is taking yet another swing."

“There is no clear precedent for what DeSantis and the president are doing." Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges.

Every blue victory in Kentucky started with someone who refused to give up. ⭐ This Saturday in Lexington, learn how to be that person in your community at our Growing the Blue Dot training. Sign up here: mobilize.us/s/04OsHd

“ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, Michael Meyer, the founder of anti-government extremist group Veterans on Patrol, posted a warning on his Telegram channel. “Due to the recent weather weapon deployed against Texas, which resulted in a high number of child murders, efforts to eliminate this military …”

Jon Stewart: The problem in our country isn't the sliver of able-bodied people who are somehow "coasting" on medical coverage, but the millions of people in this country who work full-time jobs and still need food and medical assistance. That's the system that's broken.

If you treat the First Amendment like it only applies to you, the Second Amendment like it’s a personality, and the Fourteenth like it’s a typo, I don’t want to hear about how you’re a “constitutionalist.”

As GOP leadership scrambled to secure votes just to bring the bill to the floor, Trump met with moderate Republicans to build support. But according to reporting from NOTUS, the president appeared confused about what the bill actually does.

NEW: Read Mr Abrego's account of unthinkable torture inside CECOT prison in El Salvador. My latest: content warning: www.muellershewrote.com/p/mr-abregos...

The house reps should make a print out for anyone willing to vote for this bill and place it on their chairs or deliver before the vote. It lists, how many of their constituent will… • lose healthcare • lose food assistance • lose jobs • be subjected to higher energy costs (p.s. most of them) • etc…

🚨🚨 US TRADE DEFICIT SURGES The Commerce Department's Census Bureau on Thursday reported that the international trade in goods increased by about 11 percent in May as exports decreased while imports remained relatively unchanged — a sign that Trump's tariff strategy has been a colossal failure.

MUST WATCH: Oceanside CA: Militarized DHS (HSI) smashed windows, assault rifles drawn, tossed flashbangs and sent drones into the apartment which had 2 kids inside. They then told neighbors they were going to use tear gas, and they’d probably be exposed. Please share widely. WTF

Don't forget: Stephen Miller makes money off deportation.

Preach! @replsimon.bsky.social

Brilliant. 10/10. No notes.

Something that people don't say enough. YES Billionaires should pay their fair share. BUT - when they don't pay their OWN fair share - MILLIONS of poor people have to make up that difference it isn't just that the rich are not paying their share - it's that WE ARE PAYING THEIR SHARE

A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated

He knew the court would order the planes turned around, and told his DoJ lawyers to tell the court to fuck off. This letter has already shown up in the South Sudan DVD case in a motion filed by the Plaintiffs at SCOTUS today.

Congratulations to Rep. Robert Garcia for being elected Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee. The work of this committee has never been more critical. Let’s get the American people the accountability they deserve.

It’s been three years since the Supreme Court ruled to roll back reproductive rights with their devastating Dobbs decision. As a member of the @reprocaucus.bsky.social, I’m fighting every day to restore the protections of Roe and ensure reproductive freedom for all.

Three years without the protections of Roe v. Wade. Three years of cruelty. Three years of women denied care, criminalized for miscarriages, and forced to cross state lines in crisis. Three years of the GOP screaming “freedom” while snatching away our bodily autonomy. (1/2)

BREAKING: Emil Bove - whose judicial confirmation hearing is tomorrow - told lawyers to tell the courts to “fuck off” if they ordered the planes to El Salvador to turn around - per whistleblower Erez Reuveni. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...

Can someone in immigration law explain to me how this is legal?

Trump quit the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 despite verified Iranian compliance. The result? Iran ramped enrichment to near weapons-grade. Now, in June ‘25, we’re evacuating embassies. Decisions have consequences. We’re still living Trump’s first-term fallout. Escalation is on him.

Investigations are now underway into officers and ICE agents who fired crowd-control munitions at dangerously close range. In case after case, the situation only escalated when force was used against peaceful protesters.

This is dictator shit right here. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

My latest at Joy’s House: on lies, fear and media complicity in Trump and Stephen Miller’s ethnic terror game open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...

There’s obviously a lot going on right now, but the Speaker of the House calling for the Governor of California to be tortured seems like it should be a pretty big story.

This isn’t about protests. It’s about power. ICE is terrorizing communities. Prices are crushing families. The system’s cracking and Trump knows it. That’s why he’s sending in Marines. Not to stop violence, but to stop visibility. Stay strong, LA.

CNN’s Jason Carroll was zip-tied and escorted away—for reporting the news. But they claimed he wasn’t under arrest? Why are they shooting rubber bullets at and silencing journalists? We still have a First Amendment.

There’s brutal irony in the fact that the man who gamed due process to escape justice for dozens of crimes is now using military force to silence protests about due process being denied while calling innocent people the criminals.