The surprising part of this is that the litany of terrible things, according to Trump, includes Russia invading Ukraine. If Trump admits that was terrible, then let's get Russia out of Ukraine.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO! This is awful.

BREAKING: WELL, WELL, WELL! Newly unearthed footage shows Pete Hegseth saying EXACTLY what the six Democrats said in their video that prompted Trump and Hegseth to hysterically smear them as traitors! You must refuse illegal orders.

This is Nazi rhetoric. I've read the history and talked to the survivors and visited the museums. I don't use the term lightly. It echoes genocidal language used against Jews for centuries. It represents an assault on Jewish values. Every Jewish org should condemn this. Loudly. Forcefully.

I guess Hegseth is too lazy to find different fall guys to take the blame for his own war crimes, so now he's pinning all 20 mass murders on this one admiral.

Two stories; two sentences. US Department of Defense Law of War Manual apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/A...

Unreal. Hegseth is convinced he won't be fired in the middle of a war. He's going to bomb Venezuela and possibly send US troops to invade Venezuela just so he can keep his job.

Black Friday sales Ah, Black Friday, that most American of customs: wasting a vacation day being horrible to retail workers in pursuit of a perceived deal on shitty merchandise. If you'd rather peruse lower-key deals that don't require you to move from the couch, check out the Black Friday BIG…

The Trump regime views itself as being at war with the American people. So they use military and paramilitary forces to occupy American cities and terrorize civilians, capture people and hold them without trial, and describe Americans as enemies. I did not vote for this. And I will not surrender.

I served as our Ambassador in Ukraine for 3 years under Putin’s missiles and drones but resigned when Trump kept appeasing Putin. America does not bow to dictators. It’s not who we are. Here's why this Trump-Putin so-called "peace plan" is a disaster:

Stop the slop.

Close your eyes for a moment and picture hearing the news that this regime of terror and hate is over, that Trump has resigned or died or fled the country. Do you feel hope? Joy? Hold onto that feeling to help carry you through, because that day is coming. You will hear that news. May it be soon.

Most tenants get evicted if they do a tiny fraction of the damage that Trump has done to his temporary residence.

Trump lost his trade war in every possible sense. It hurt the economy; it made us look ludicrous and lawless; and it gave Beijing a chance to reach for world power. And there is nothing Trump can do about any of this except back down and blame others. (1/2)

Bob Dylan's Girl From The North Country was based on the version of Scarborough Fair that he learned in England from Martin Carthy. Paul Simon also learned the song from him. Music That Doesn't Suck #MutualMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCjU...

The Epstein files don't raise questions about Trump. They provide answers. Trump raped children. Trump was close friends with Epstein & Maxwell who sold children to be raped BECAUSE they sold children to be raped. Why are Republicans still protecting Trump instead of his victims?

Pause a moment, and read... • Brendan Kennelly •

This will be my thread for thoughts while reading Disabling Intelligences by @fractalecho.bsky.social this week. I'm all wrapped up in a fleece blanket, I have my highlighter and page flags, and on page 2 I'm already love their writing style. 🧵

north of Boston this evening

Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life: www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

Trump hasn't publicly expressed grief fast enough about the death of a prominent Republican. I demand Trump be fired immediately. We may no longer have a Constitution, but we do still have the Charlie Kirk rule, right?

This is awful. Teen Vogue was one of the only mainstream publications with a clear anti-Nazi stance.

it is not remarked upon enough that these guys just genuinely and sincerely hate america and hate americans

Farmer's markets near us get around this rule by using market tokens purchased using an EBT card and providing a match up to a certain amount. Makes food at the market more affordable for those on SNAP while still charging the same price.

I have a weird suggestion: what if we tried having the executive branch (headed by the president) follow the law? Maybe not do things that are illegal? I understand that nobody knows what would happen, but maybe try it for a couple of years and see?

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Honestly the full-body disgust and horror I felt the first time I saw a post from that man, went to block who I had assumed was a random racist asshole of no consequence, and saw he was a former Gorsuch clerk and Grassley's Chief Counsel for nominations and now advises Trump on judicial nominations

Love Trumps Hate Love Hates Trump Hate Trumps Love Hate Loves Trump Trump Loves Hate Trump Hates Love

I don't think replacing the East Wing with the Pedophiles Ballroom was a good idea. I don't think replacing our Constitution with Mein Trumpf was a good idea. Replacing Trump is a good idea.

Not the communities I am currently in, but I have seen this dynamic.

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness) As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

1/8 of our country's population is about to lose the money they spend on food, while the White House says let them eat ballroom and steals another trillion dollars for Trump and his cronies. How is this ok with anyone?

25 days is long enough. I'm calling it. Remove the president, House speaker, and Senate majority leader from office. Let's try a new president, new House speaker, and new Senate majority leader. They get 5 days to negotiate and pass a CR to reopen the government. If they fail, rinse and repeat.

Well, at least now we know the real inflation rate under Trump.

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

last Wednesday, the Republican president said "we took the freedom of speech away" ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

If you have contacted the SSA or plan to, read this thread and make sure you keep your own records of your contact dates.

👉DID YOU KNOW? The Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 was voted UNANIMOUSLY BIPARTISAN out of committee (unheard of these days) in December 2024 (& previous votes were also UNANIMOUSLY BIPARTISAN). BUT IT NEVER MADE IT TO THE FLOOR. Speaker Johnson wanted it to be held FOREVER tethered to the CR!

CFPB was created by law. The president swears an oath to faithfully execute the laws. Vought is admitting they have broken that oath, by saying that CFPB under his and Trump's control has not been doing what the law says it must do. It is illegal to close it, and illegal to run it the way they have.

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world. I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

This whole thread is important.

We continue losing civil society for the foreseeable future.

How many rights need to be taken before you say enough is enough? #GeneralStrike

"Dems will get blamed for a shutdown" as opposed to what, all the friendly coverage and positive credit they'd get for caving yet again? This whole premise is built on a delusion about what the alternative is. There's no cowering in the corner and being so inoffensive they won't still attack you.

“We are under invasion from within, no different than a foreign enemy, but worse—they don’t wear a uniform.” This is the President of the United States, who ordered the entire leadership of our military to sit and listen to him, speaking a few minutes ago.

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.