This really happened, they didn't make it up for dramatization. Mussolini went to the parliament and dared even one of them to move for his impeachment. When none did, it cemented his claim to legitimacy for an absolute dictatorship.

An involuntary shiver went down my spine when I read the word "summer storage." Trying to figure out where to put your belongings for the summer was a constant struggle. Yale cut storage funding for low income students. The students fought back. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

I think the discussion over 25A and impeachment gets at a larger reality. You can argue both sides of either tactic, but the underlying problem is NO ONE is really holding the GOP accountable for letting Trump send his son-in-law on a diplomat's errand EVEN AFTER his incompetence led to war OR

babies shouldn't have babies, is this controversial omg

Can I have my money back?

JOE: That's is a matter of opinion. PETE: It's a matter of opinion that I share with most Americans and a large number of Republicans .... JOE: ... 75% Republican approval for the war. PETE: You don't start with the approval you have within your own party. I'm talking about Americans.

Melania 'ushering Trump to the exit' and trying 'not to go down with' his sinking ship www.alternet.org/melania-trum...

Sigh.... 'We screwed up': Trump's Navy secretary quitting after $800 million spending spree www.alternet.org/navy-submari...

How come? Why do you need your own hospital when you have Walter Reed? Trump wants a secret hospital under the East Wing: court docs www.alternet.org/white-house-...

I agree - why now? What's about to happen that we need to keep an eye on? Critics pounce on the timing of Melania's Epstein press conference www.alternet.org/melania-trum...

Minnesota farmers are saying the same thing. Meanwhile, I just ordered garden soil to fill the three new garden boxes I ordered for spring (to go with the three we already have). Let’s see if I can keep all of our tomatoes from blowing away like they did last year… 😱

I talked to Alex Witt MSNow @msnowreports.bsky.social about how Todd Blanche should be unconfirmable as Attorney General: www.ms.now/weekends-wit...

Ten years ago today, in April 2016, the Boston Globe printed a satirical front page imagining a future Trump administration. The page was called "alarmist," "hyperbolic," "dystopian." But we’ve put up with so much since then it now looks like . . . a slow Thursday?

Folks are gonna really need to start growing your own stuff this summer to save money.... Iowa farmers sound alarm as Trump economy leaves them 'on the brink of something bad' www.alternet.org/farming-cost/

if that’s the standard, I can find seven “prominent” law professors who think Ilan Wurman should shut the fuck up, and then that’s the law I guess

AWKWARD! Obama might meet Pope Leo before Trump does: report www.alternet.org/barack-obama...

It’s hard to overstate how much of this moment is driven by people who got a taste of accountability and were very, very mad about it.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admited that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from the Epstein files release. DEATH? The truth is probably far worse than anyone can imagine. Blanche needs to be proescuted as well.

“I agreed to take out Ms. Smith’s diseased right kidney. Apparently Ms. Smith thought that I would leave her healthy left kidney in place but I never promised that. This seems like a legitimate misunderstanding.”

this was a bad idea from people that are unbelievably high off their own supply

Karoline Leavitt says reports by all outlets that Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz are fake news. "It has been relayed to him privately that that is what's taking place in these reports publicly are false."

And there are 6 justices on the Supreme Court who would probably agree with him!

Just wanted to remind folks, especially the GOP and the FDD, that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal didn’t give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz or allow it to keep 60% enriched uranium. It sent $1.7 billion to Iran versus the tens of billions Iran will now make from tolls. 🤷🏽‍♂️

I’d like to humbly suggest these people shouldn’t be at the center of your political strategy.

Roosevelt and Truman were Democrats. And we literally created new laws in the aftermath of WWII because of the devastation from that conflict.

Gentle reminder that the Democrats can't call Congress back into session or push any legislation right now. They are in the minority.

They are also huge Tucker Carlson fans. Not coincidentally.

I don't think God wanted Iran to have a permanent chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, but who am I to argue with Pete Hegseth?

When you're listing your accomplishments for the year-end review but you run out and have to vamp

Current situation in the Strait of Hormuz is untenable. The Strait is not "open." The Iranian toll-collection regime, left in place by Trump-Hegseth deal, is "in flagrant violation of the law of the sea.” Read this learned piece by former Navy Commander @marknevitt.bsky.social

Happy REX MANNING DAY to all who celebrate.

There were no descriptions of Israel or UAE (much less the Saudis) being consulted on the negotiations, and China and JD Vance reportedly sealed the deal. One could imagine that the China-RU/JD-Iran axis learned from Venezuela what could make Trump sign a deal: A sense he personally would profit.

why is Pete Hegseth repeating "boots on the ground?"

I guess the new administration solution is to declare victory and back away slowly

The jokes write themselves

INFURSTRUCTURE WEEK NOT JOKE TO ME

😂😂😂😂 honestly that’s all you can really do

Dude.... stop using my tax dollars for your dumbass vanity projects Trump plans to tap $15 million in taxpayer dollars for his arch www.alternet.org/trump-arch/

You know I wonder if JD Vance lands to refuel in Greenland and the US is doing trump’s bombing if Greenland could stop him from taking off and nab him since they’re an ICC country. I mean the base isn’t the US’s. It’s NATO’s

'Face Leavenworth in 2029': Military experts warn soldiers of Trump's unlawful orders www.alternet.org/trump-iran-r...

Military chaplain tears apart Christian nationalist veteran defending Trump’s use of God www.alternet.org/trump-christ...

Retired general calls 'not competent' Trump’s latest post a 'war crime' threat www.alternet.org/trump-war-cr...

This is what you voted for. This is what you confirmed for the Secretary of Defense.

We’re doomed because Trump represents a sick, evil, but absolutely permanent and strong element of American culture. Killing civilizations is what these people voted for.

ABREGO 🧵 1/ Today, both Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the gov't submitted simultaneous briefs as to whether Abrego's criminal prosecution should be dismissed for "selective and vindictive prosecution." It's a heavy lift, but Abrego's case is pretty intuitive: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

It happened to Mike Pence. What'd he think was going to happen?! Vance 'debasing himself' for Trump as he kills his chances for the presidency: analysis www.alternet.org/jd-vance-267...

Vance 'debasing himself' for Trump as he kills his chances for the presidency: analysis www.alternet.org/jd-vance-267...