Rep. Jim Himes: "Having the Defense Department kill alleged drug runners in the Caribbean is illegal...These folks are committing murder — murder defined as killing without a legal basis. I am mystified over why the rest of the chain of command is quite comfortable with it."

Himes: ABC took Jimmy Kimmel off the air because Brendan Carr, the chairman of the FCC, didn’t like some things Kimmel said.. I’m talking to you now because I’m just getting so damn sick of people who claim to be for free speech but turn out to only support free speech for people they agree with.

This is a lie. And if he's confused, the President should ask Secretary Rubio, who helped lead the bipartisan Senate investigation that unanimously concluded that there was no evidence of politicization in the intelligence community's behavior around the 2016 election.

77 degrees, 0 humidity, cloudless skies. Paradise.

Best way to the airport in DC

You know what people are forgetting about this whole Epstein mess? Trump and his acolytes are taking away healthcare from 17 million Americans.

Proud to be on the Floor standing with Leader Jeffries as he does all he can to explain this horrendous bill to the American people. He started talking in the dark of night when the GOP was hoping to pass it.

If this is such a Beautiful bill, why did Republicans in the House ranging from the most moderate (Fitzpatrick) to the cringiest conservative (Massie) just spend 14 hours straight trying to kill it?

The House is totally frozen right now. Even Republicans know that adding $4 trillion to the national debt while kicking 17 million people off health insurance just to give tax breaks to rich people is A BAD IDEA.

According to the Constitution we are both sworn to defend, my attention to this matter comes BEFORE bombs fall. Full stop.

The Marine Corps is the most lethal fighting force on the planet. They are trained in killing and destruction, not law enforcement. Their presence in LA is unnecessary and escalatory. Trump is looking for a bloody fight and seems determined to fan the flames til he gets it.

Disgusting. What a profound misunderstanding of what our country and this institution stands for.

At the core of MAGA is a deep insecurity about one’s own manhood and sexuality. That’s why all the muscle displays, military cosplaying and school yard bullying. Imagine any icon of manliness from Marcus Aurelius to Gary Cooper doing this BS. You can’t. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Thank you #Trumbull for a wonderful Memorial Day ceremony and parade! Seems like the whole town turned out to remember our fallen.

The Republican budget bill will throw millions of Americans off Medicaid and take food from about 40 million Americans, all so that the Top 1% can get HUGE tax benefits. And it adds $3 trillion to our debt. Voting no is a no-brainer.

Hung out with the Eastern Middle School 8th graders this morning. The selfie game is strong with these ones.

"What the president, the administration, and the director of national intelligence were saying...is the exact opposite of what the intelligence community, which purportedly the director of national intelligence runs, was actually saying." @jahimes.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:

I’m talking with Congressman @jahimes.bsky.social at 2:30 pm ET on Substack Live about the latest breaking news on DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s misrepresentations about the Maduro regime’s ties to Tren de Aragua (TDA). Subscribe to watch!

This report, now declassified so you can read it for yourself, says that the intelligence community DOES NOT believe that Venezuela directs Tren de Aragua. The President said otherwise. Tulsi Gabbard, who runs the IC, said otherwise.

Himes: We’re negotiating with the Russians apparently right now over Ukraine, right? Is it possible that our negotiating position is on that Signal chat? Yes, it is. So anyway, it’s Christmas morning in Beijing, Moscow… because of the lack of operational security that these guys are showing.

I don’t remember this pitch during the campaign.

Mark Carney and I were in school together. If I had said to him, “Mark, someday Donald Trump will be President of the United States, and he is single-handedly going to make you Prime Minister of Canada”, he would have called campus security to take me home.

In a Democracy, the FBI Director doesn’t tweet about arresting judges and the AG doesn’t brag on TV that she will “come after” the judiciary. Judge Dugan’s arrest is a blatant publicity stunt and an obvious attempt by Donald Trump to intimidate judges who disagree with him.

Sixty seconds of thoughts on the importance of people power if Trump decides to ignore the courts.

Fantastic rally in Norwalk today. Over a thousand folks standing up against authoritarianism.

Judge Wilkinson (Reagan appointee) writing for the 4th Circuit, turns back the lawless Trump administration like a Greek hero. Absolute poetry: 1/5

3 steps to economic depression: 1) Launch nonsensical tariff plan with maximum uncertainty. 2) Attack the Fed, shaking global confidence. 3) Launch or acquiesce to another war in the Persian Gulf, spiraling energy prices. Check, check, and standby.

Proud of this university. When too many of the top law firms, corporations and media outlets have bent the knee to corrupt, unconstitutional authoritarianism, some have had the courage to say no. History will remember them well.

Bravo. There is a sorting.

I and my 401(k) are getting tired of so much winning

Chris Krebs is a hugely capable, honorable, patriotic guy. The White House and DOJ should be ashamed of themselves. They’re turning us into a banana republic.

It appears that Trump’s Liz Truss lasted exactly 0.7 Scaramuccis

Unbelievable turnout protesting the unconstitutional #MAGA clown show. Retirements: gone Kids college savings: gone American soft power: gone Competent government: gone Free expression: gone Free markets: gone

Huge Hands Off rallies in Greenwich, Stamford and Westport. The people of this country will abide no kings.

Care to guess whether the people who obliterated your retirement accounts this week are being competent about protecting our national security? Maybe check with Jeff Goldberg or Laura Loomer?

Things we have been liberated from: Planned retirements Contributions to our kids’ education Stable pensions Markets for our farm goods Reasonably priced automobiles Full employment What else?

So just so I’m clear, does every new president from now on get to rearrange major law firms going forward? Is that in the constitution? I have some thoughts for the next president.

Himes: This is his life now. He’s nowhere near qualified for the position he holds, so when he gets on a Signal chat with his buddies and says, ‘We’re a go. Centcom says all in. F-18s,’ it just makes him feel really, really good. Sadly, of course, it puts our people at risk.

Himes: "As far as I can tell, we're now on team Kremlin ... the president's chief Russia negotiator, Steve Witkoff, is repeating Russian talking points and participating in a mad cap Signal chat about an attack on Yemen while inside Russia."

Himes: "Apparently all this mayhem is cheered by the president of the United States and by 20-somethings with laptops and names like Big Balls. But I've been doing this for a long time, and I know that Moscow and Beijing and Tehran and Pyongyang cannot believe their luck."

When I was growing up, we were taught that when you make a mistake you apologize and try to do better. These days the most powerful people on the planet are teaching our children to not apologize and attack the reporter.

Wow- Himes during a heated exchange w/Will Cain on Fox: "I'm not gonna listen to to you tell me that this about a partisan advantage...it is by the grace of God that we don't have dead pilots right now...it makes me want to throw up to hear you turn this into a partisan issue. You just need to stop"

Last week, Tulsi Gabbard said “any unauthorized release of classified information is a violation of law and will be treated as such.” By the Trump admin’s own “standards”everyone on this chain would lose their access to classified info and be subject to criminal investigation.

Jim Himes: "This administration acts with an unbelievable cocktail of incompetence and illegality."

In the last three days, Trump appears to have violated court orders in Boston and DC. The GOP won’t make a peep in Congress. The courts need to push back hard with contempt findings or we truly have a constitutional crisis.

Not much noticed amidst the daily bonfire of vandalism, but these were the very smartest people in the Pentagon. Working overtime to keep Americans safe. So of course Hegseth couldn’t tolerate them. Up there with firing the people who maintain our nuclear weapons.

What the President fails to understand is that Putin lies all the time, and he should ask the Intelligence Community if he wants to know what's happening in Kursk (or anywhere else). Putin thinks Trump is an easy mark; stop proving him right.

After refusing to work with Democrats for months, Republicans now need our support to push through their dangerous, partisan funding bill. Why should we help them hand more power to Trump and Elon? Senators should join House Dems in voting NO.

Rep. Jim Himes: Zelenskyy is watching 70,000 dead Ukrainians. Missiles are slamming into hospitals. This is what he’s seeing, and he comes to the Oval Office, and a reporter asks him why he’s not wearing a suit. And the effing VP wants him to say thank you…