And that is precisely why I found myself thinking about Canada. While Colorado battles devastating fires and ordinary Americans reach into their own pockets to help neighbors they may never meet, Ontario and other parts of Canada continue to endure catastrophic wildfires of their own.

MLK helps explain Tim Scott, Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller and Peter Thiel.

Not dealing with the effects of climate change is the real culprit when it comes to wildfires. It must be horrible for Canadians and Mexicans knowing they live next door to a country whose government refuses to acknowledge the effects of climate change!

The majority of Americans realize that Canada has been one of our best neighbors and they have been there everytime we needed them. We should be sending them help to combat their wildfires as they have done many times for us instead of talking about punishing them for factors beyond their control.

This is our moment to step up for our friends around the world. We carry the torch ourselves. Because the government has abandoned its role as a good neighbor, and that means the responsibility falls to us. As something each

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From the cartoonist Donnie Purcell: Project 2025 is well underway. Billionaires are controlling the majority of our media and dishing up MAGA propaganda. ICE is basically Trump’s private SS and military officers are being

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When Lying Becomes Governing By Murry Evans Donald Trump made this statement on July 15, 2026, during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The two-day

It’s Time to Hold Them Accountable Good Americans on both sides of the aisle need to say the same thing out loud, and they need to say it now. Enough. Truth belongs to no party.

Is this who we really are or is this who we have let ourselves become? A nation of abject cruelty!

The Federalist Society spent forty years building a captured federal judiciary, and the country now lives inside the result. The doctrine at the center of the project has a name, unitary executive theory, and the doctrine has a method: read every

It is not possible for Blanche or Schwartz or Clayton or anyone else in Trump’s orbit — nor was it possible for Lindsey Graham — to be loyal to Trump and simultaneously maintain their own integrity. It must be one or the other.

For a moment today, I felt hopeful. When I felt it, I immediately thought — grab it, hold it, share it. Even if it turns out to be fleeting and ultimately meaningless, the mere occurrence of a moment of hope felt newsworthy.

In the dark at Fort Wagner, the Massachusetts 54th proved that Black men were equal to any white men in the field. They fought with the determination that caused African American regiments during the Civil War to sustain losses higher than those of white regiments.

I did not know about this speech! After watching the @250to250.bsky.social video, you might want to read the whole transcript - there's SO much in it: tinyurl.com/LBJ-Great-So...

Former MT Governor & AG, Steve Bullock, led the efforts challenging the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United v. FEC decision. ATP v Bullock is the only case to reach the S.C., directly challenging Citizens United, in this 250 minute from @hcrichardson.bsky.social& team. youtu.be/oZnbhWrMtkE?...

A bit of good news in the field of public health. The Republican state of South Carolina is increasing its immunization requirements this year. @klunztrujillo.bsky.social @mattmotta.bsky.social

"Before he can vote for himself in the primary, Mike Lindell needs to register to vote in the state he wants to lead as gov The Secretary of State’s office said Lindell, Trump’s preferred candidate, 'does not have an active record' A review shows Lindell has an active voter registration in TX"

Money is King in our society Citizens united was and is a huge red flag on humanities forward momentum We can and must overcome our need for having $$ central

Not allowing oversight on taxpayer money is an invitation for waste, fraud, and abuse.

Three congressional Democrats say that as much as $21.5 million paid by ABC, Meta, Paramount and X to settle lawsuits brought by Trump is now missing or has been spent without explanation and requested a full accounting from the foundation building his presidential library.

Here's a reminder that Trump threatened 102 days ago to commit genocide against a nation of 93 million people. The story lasted a day or two and the news media moved on. The madman stayed in office to make new threats and kill more people in an illegal war.

Kuwait said a water desalination and power generation plant was struck by Iran. It was the second time in two days. About 90% of Kuwait’s drinking water comes from desalination.

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I was honored to be asked by @hcrichardson.bsky.social to join her 250 to 250, a public history initiative featuring a series of 250 one-minute videos highlighting the everyday Americans, events, and movements that shaped the country's democracy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_KG...

The American right is not conservative. It is a revolutionary coalition trying to liquidate the Constitution. Conserving the republic will require taxing wealth, breaking monopolies, restoring law, and constitutional repair.

An elite that welcomes Thiel in their polite company and argues for status quo centrism that doesn’t understand why the DSA is winning elections is an elite that can’t see the tidal wave coming for it.

My Latest: Donald Trump didn't reveal evidence of voter fraud on Thursday night. Instead, his speech was the culmination of a crisis he and Republicans manufactured as an excuse to take over elections. newsletters.democracydocket.com/trump-didnt-...

NEW: If there were any Republican hopes that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) might change her mind to vote for the SAVE America Act, she made it clear in no uncertain terms that she will never. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Today is the perfect day to preorder Brian Tyler Cohen's new book -- The Day After. I've read it and liked it so much I wrote the foreword! Order now! www.harpercollins.com/pages/theday...

Republicans have dismissed another lawsuit challenging the lawfulness of counting mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterwards. This has been a major battle line in the fight for free and fair elections and one we are winning in state after state -- MS, CA, KS, IL.

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. 🗽Heather Cox Richardson In response to Trump’s address last night, the chair of the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State, Cisco Aguilar of Nevada, released a statement saying: “That was some bullshit.” More: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-17-20...

#TrumpTrainWreck Requiring broadcasters to air certain programming, and pulling one's license at will, is not a feature of American government; in fact, it's part of authoritarian regimes, like Belarus or Venezuela.🗽

#ForeverWar #Greenland #GazaGenocide‌ #ICEshootings #ElectionDenier #EpsteinTrumpCoverUp #TarriffInflation #PoliceState #ClimateChageDenier #BlatantRacism #TheCompulsiveLies

In Trump's world someone reaching into the reflecting pool should get 10yrs with no chance of time off for good behavior, but J6 hoodlums that crapped in our nations capital building get his pardon. That tells us all we need to know about Trump and the puppets that work for him.

In Trump's America, the government creates a Department of War and abolishes a Department of Education. Where he promises no more wars, yet unnecessarily starts a forever war. Where he is reducing American student's ability to afford higher education so the rich become richer.

He keeps whinging on about election fraud, so here he is committing election fraud.

🗽Robert Reich A 10-Point Plan To Make America Affordable - Every candidate should pledge their support. READ: robertreich.substack.com/p/a-10-point...