Powerful words from someone who knows better than most of us what it means to sacrifice for your country. Thank you for your words and your service, Mr. Wofford.

Strange that McCain & MTG might’ve allied in 2017 when McCain did his thumbs-down. Yes, MTG voted for the BBB that created this situation, but she understands now what McCain knew then: you can’t take away people’s health care w/o good replacement. Didn’t have one then, don‘t have one now.

The start of another great thread, this one on Russia disinformation campaign on Ukraine. Trump didn’t even need to pay a campaign staff. The Russians were doing it better than they were.

This whole thread worth a read. Terrifying. Just hope the smart people on our side can stop the incompetently malevolent people on theirs.

Great article & program. Hope NY can keep it going. Trump & co cut funding for violence prevention programs.

This needs to be Dems message on shutdown. Clear, concise & absolutely true. Trump & Repubs care about hiding whatever is in those files. Dems care about American people.

At this point, I presume everything this administration does is corrupt or illegal unless presumed otherwise.

HR1 cut payroll taxes, but Trump's IRS hasn't actually implemented that cut, so that people will instead get a big refund next year. Every working American is being taxed excessively, intentionally, so that Trump can send us all checks next year and call it a gift.

He was of his time and of our time at the same time.

1/38 Yesterday, I highlighted how Kash Patel's poor handling of the case could put it in jeopardy. But today the FBI's lead-podcaster, doubled-down on *STUPID*, in a public interview that is a defense attorneys dream! Let's breakdown the incompetence: x.com/adamscochra...

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h... Alt text: "President Trump is committed to protecting the lives of unborn children all around the world," the statement said. "The administration will no longer supply abortifacient birth control under the guise of foreign aid."

This is the ironic thing: people posting about how horrible Charlie Kirk was don’t seem to realize they are 1) drawing attention to his message & thus ensuring it lives on & 2) giving the right wing fodder for their narrative that lefties don’t care about violence; thus they are owning the libs. 1/x

It's way past time to impeach him.

This is so damn petty. Tom Hanks has done so much for vets. There is the well-known stuff like acting in Saving Private Ryan and less well-known like fundraising for WWII memorial & work for military caregivers. The announcement nominating him for award is still on website & shows how worthy he is:

This peace vigil has been running continuously since 1981. Now it’s being dismantled. That man wants to destroy everything with his grubby bruised hands. www.reddit.com/r/law/s/cfPD...

NEW: (Gift) Follow the Money: Miami Herald, NYT seek to unseal Jeffrey Epstein estate records www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...

This is the journalist whose 2018 Miami Herald reporting on Epstein, his victims, and his sweetheart prosecution deal is credited with the case being re-opened. She’s a hero, and she knows her stuff.

RELEASE THE FILES!!! (Trump’s FBI files, that is. Plus Epstein files. We want them all now.) Pretty sure all Mike Johnson has done has revealed Trump’s criminality was so deep that FBI offered him a deal: snitch or get convicted too. We’ve seen this movie, Mikey.

My rep Virginia Foxx isn’t fighting this? Wow, for once she is doing the right thing. Maybe today’s announcement will be about the snowballs Trump saw in Hell.

the one time I think dems should get on Fox news and demand to know why RFK Jr hates Trump's vaccine

This man has a compelling story. I wish he & so many others hadn’t voted for Trump when so many of us knew he would try & do exactly what happened to this man. But he’s owned up to making a mistake & is speaking out & fighting powerfully w/ACLU to help prevent others from being targeted as he was.

This is the whistleblower who exposed that all of our social security info was uploaded to an unsecured cloud server by DOGE. Please thank him and check out tips from @altssa.altgov.info on credit freezes and other ways to protect your data.

🚨🚨 Pre-Labor Day Massacre We don’t know the why but several of our (excellent) leaders are resigning, effective (we think) immediately. Is this an act of resistance or a purge by our anti-science government?

Like anything that truly matters in politics, this does not happen without organized labor.

Donald Trump’s and Pam Bondi’s corruption of the Rule of Law in America will continue apace until the American People stand up and cry out “No More. We’ve had enough. We are a nation of laws, not of men.”

NEW: Judge orders DOJ to give more info on subpoenas targeting trans minors' medical care. Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania staff warned of "traumatic" effects if forced to provide patient information to the Trump admin. DOJ called the claims "meritless." Tonight, at Law Dork:

Trump’s circus is the distraction. Rockbridge is plotting the next 20 years of right-wing power. JD Vance’s SECRET BILLIONAIRE CLUB is funding media, rigging courts, and stacking governments. Trump is just the puppet. Rockbridge is the machine.

For once, it feels like the fight isn’t one-sided. For once, it feels like someone on our side finally stopped polishing the participation trophy while the other side is busy smashing the trophy case with a sledgehammer. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

Todd Blanche: The sex trafficker said she didn't SEE Trump doing anything bad. Ghislaine's former cell mate: Um. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”

@marcelias.bsky.social: "I want everyone to pay attention... Trump is laying the groundwork to steal the 2026 election."

An important new analysis: we’re now seeing a strategy unfold to undermine the 2026 election. It’s unprecedented and often illegal. And it will be a big and growing story for the next year and a half. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! An index from an 8-year-old #FOIA lawsuit shows what's in FBI's Epstein files: bank and phone records, photographs, communications with foreign government agencies and other revealing material related to its 2006 investigation www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

"A review by multiple experts found several indications that may not be raw footage" New questions about the Epstein video released by Justice Dept this month =====>

On X, Masaki Nobushiro posts a recurring (and useful) drawing about how people wrongly think a 1m tsunami is a cresting wave when it's actually a wall of water filled with dangerous and deadly debris that's strong enough to sweep up a car. #tsunami

we're fucked

Here's a very partial list of what Dems have succeeded in getting excluded from the Big Ugly via Byrd Rule challenges. It makes the bill less-shitty and may create a delay Dems can use to exacerbate the unpopularity of the bill. www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/27/h...

BREAKING: A 21-year-old Norwegian tourist, Mads Mikkelsen, claims he was denied entry to the United States and harassed by ICE agents after they discovered a bald JD Vance meme on his phone. Don’t you dare share the meme that he was harassed over below:

Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.

In this video, we uncover how Harris-won and Trump-won states highlight two Americas—one resembling Europe in health and education, the other struggling like developing nations. What caused this divide, and what does it mean for the U.S. moving forward? www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZLC...

Best image of the day:

Just spoke with my CDC sources: They said a domestic cat in Idaho infected with H5N1 has developed mutations that could enable the virus to infect mammals, including humans. These mutations echo past jumps.