Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."

Obligatory reposting from @jefftiedrich.bsky.social substack:

“I’d have no problem releasing the video” “I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.” 5 days apart 😬 (From @therecount.com )

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Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?

There are flyers circulating and even mailers showing up in people’s mailboxes in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District that list the wrong date for the upcoming special election. Voters are being told to vote on the incorrect day.

"As ICE officers continue to arrest the most violent criminals nationwide" Any news article, that uses these words isn't a serious news source. They are arresting innocent people left and right to meet quotas, and they are getting violent ones by accident. Re-read that last line twice.

"Assaults against ICE up 1,153% in 11 months" news article today Missing, the percentage of Assaults citizens take from ICE, and how much they increased by. When I see reporting like this, all I can think of is This is a damn Hometown Referee calling things.

The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker. Just to level set

EVERY FUCKING MANAGER OF EVERY COMPLICIT ORGANIZATION DESERVES TO HAVE THEIR CAREERS AND BENEFITS TERMINATED. This country was built on courage and grit. Those who have failed us in the moment of truth deserve no harbor. May their cowardice and shame be their legacy

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You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.

The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words: “Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.” That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition

The FBI has officially opened inquiry into Sen. Elissa Slotkin, as confirmed by Sen. Slotkin. This is not a corrupt "administration," as it is not an administration. It is a gaggle of corrupt losers...enabling the most corrupt human being in the history of our country. #HOLDFAST

Today, the president of the United States said that multiple US senators should be put to death for treason and articles of impeachment have not been filed yet. This country is cooked. Done. Finished.

Meiselas: This guy's a con artist. He's a fraud. He's quite literally a criminal. A felon. He lies. He destroys people's lives. He's a rug puller. 'Look, $23 trillion! Dividend checks are right around the corner! I'm gonna make you so rich!' It is demented and it is manipulative and it is abusive.

Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."

The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD

ICE is not acting as a law enforcement agency. To do that, you must follow the law. It’s been clear for a long time…they’re not.

The Jewish Space Lasers lady is currently the voice of reason.

Great! Now, we can tell who they are 🤭 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

@patriottakes.bsky.social can someone please find out if the "replica" resolute desk is a copy or he stole the actual desk???

Then how is he going to give a stimulus of $2000 to everybody? Where's THAT money going to come from? (Not that I'm holding my breath for it)

Cruelty really is the point. Who else would go to court begging for permission to starve their own citizens? Meanwhile, they send $40 billion to Argentina, buying two private jets for ICE “Barbie,” and Trump has already burned through $1 trillion in less than two months.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was a Republican sponsored bill that Obama helped pushed through as a bipartisan show of faith. Republicans have spend the last decade and a half bitching about "OBAMACARE" but it's Republican Care, and always was. This isn't an opinion, it's documented fact.

Test? Breach! apnews.com/article/isra...

No Kings NJ

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond. Pay attention and act!

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days. Epstein Shutdown.

Be the one.

Tock-tick.

- Rep. Hortman was killed - Gov. Whitmer had to live under FBI protection for a year - Speaker Pelosi’s home was invaded - Judge Goodstein’s house burned to the ground as she watched her family jump from 2 floors to safety - Rep. McIver was arrested - AG James is being indicted It’s a war on women

James is an excellent role model. We all must be fearless

At Moreno’s and Husted’s today @indivisible.org @indivcentraloh.bsky.social @mia34.bsky.social @ann5252.bsky.social

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it? MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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"President Trump will sign an Executive Order this week ordering the world to buy our great beautiful soybeans. If they don't, there will be hell to pay."

I'm attending NJ Victory 2025's event, “30 Days to Victory Weekend Phone Bank for New Jersey Democrats” - sign up now to join me! #NJVictory2025 www.mobilize.us/njvictory202...

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote. zohranfornyc.com/register

The shutdown is part of the Trump/GOP plot to slash Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act & Medicare. Under their funding bill, millions lose health coverage, millions more see costs leap. Below is what happens in Rep Tom Kean Jr's district - #NJ07. Source: democrats-budget.house.gov/legislation/...

Today, I took my mother to Urgent Care in NJ for medical attention and the normal paper work now included an additional sheet to be completed that asked for her gender. Repeated emphasis on the question of gender. Why does that need to be completed? What does gender matter for seeing a doctor?

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Not enough people understand that video games are social media. It's how an extraordinary proportion of young people learn and communicate about the world, about right and wrong, about reality.

Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens. Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.