Every single time Trump has a meeting with Zelensky, Putin calls Trump the day before and Trump’s position in the Zelensky meeting then mirrors the Russian position. The talking points are the same, with all the same lies. It’s a simple playbook for Putin and it works every time.

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few. Democrats must remember this — and act on it.

Why have Americans become so mean, sad, and alienated? The answer is simple, @nytdavidbrooks argues. People no longer grow up learning how to be decent to one another: bit.ly/4qskLny

How does one stumble upon a million more documents?

America is an idea. That idea is freedom. And it doesn’t matter what color you are. It doesn’t matter what religion you are. It doesn’t matter where you come from. It doesn’t matter when you come here. If you come here & embrace the idea of America, you’re American. 💯 American.

"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand—and melting like a snowflake." ~ Francis Bacon Rays of Light in the Forest 🎨 Igor Sakharov

This is Seth at his best youtu.be/CUW2GmKtqO0?...

If you lose Fox News on basic human decency, you’re not leading. You’re rotting.

2/2 If you don’t consciously push back...question...stay alert...stay human… the desensitization creeps in anyway. No one is naturally immune to it. Not me. Not you. Not anyone.

You can be the most loving, compassionate person in the world... but... if you’re not actively guarding your mind...you will become desensitized to human suffering...in ways that are far beyond what you would ever consider acceptable.

3/3 Without active resistance...the mind will adapt...and the flinch reflex will dull. That’s why your refusal...to let it become normal...has to be a daily...intentional stance. Hold fast to that. It’s how the psyche stays alive in times like these.

I think he's onto something.

Trump demanded Texas and other red states redraw their congressional districts to rig the midterms in Republicans' favor. California fought back by redrawing its map to balance out this power grab. Now, Trump’s DOJ is suing California. The hypocrisy is endless.

Long Time Republican Staffer Who Publicly Left Trump’s GOP opens up. open.substack.com/live-stream/... I sat down with Miles Bruner, a long time GOP fundraiser and strategist, who, finally after a ten year struggle, publicly walked away from his livelihood and publicly left the Republican Party.

It’s All a Grift open.substack.com/pub/steadyst... Trump’s presidency is a con job in plain sight, an ... enterprise dressed...as patriotism. He’s not serving America. He’s selling it. And the rest of us are paying the price.”

Details: bsky.app/profile/fred...

Since Congressional Republicans failed to extend ACA premium tax credits, half a million Pennsylvanians are going to be paying an average of 102% more for healthcare premiums. This isn’t just a talking point: this is the reality for folks across the Commonwealth.

The thing about Johnson not swearing in Grijalva is that’s it a test for 2026. If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it. So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.” Because that IS what they are going to say.

Are We the Baddies? -- Funny but it hurts.... open.substack.com/pub/steadyst... For those of us who have spent our careers inside the national security community, that question is... one we must keep asking—of ourselves, our institutions, and our leaders. The health of our democracy depends on it.

Gwynne Dyer: We are at a point where Trump’s America and Netanyahu’s Israel have established complete domination over the Middle East. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

The Steady State’s Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline Autocratic Indicators www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DhgbGo/

Americans: This is Happening in Your Name "We need to ask ourselves whether we want battle-dressed, armed, and masked government agents ignoring civil liberties, constitutional restrictions on arbitrary power, and even common decency, cruelly treating fellow human beings."

Since President Trump took office, Colombia’s leader Gustavo Petro has cast himself as a defiant voice from the developing world challenging what he considers Washington’s imperialism and power.

Authoritarianism doesn't happen in a vacuum. It requires enablers. When a leader posts fantasies of monarchical rule, and his entire party looks the other way, they become complicit. The issue isn't just Trump's posts; it's the institutional decay of a party that refuses to be a check on his power.

Many young Ukrainians are too isolated and anxious to imagine a future after three years of war, Robert F. Worth writes. That's why a movement has sprung up to create new forms of social life, many of them literally underground.

We showed out y'all. Source unknown but its an aerial shot of the Missoula No Kings rally.

Republicans veterans in Congress, Joint Chiefs Chair Dan Caine, and senior military officers continue to remain silent while Trump, Vance and Hegseth, week after week, give partisan political speeches to active duty troops. It is a betrayal of their oath to the Constitution.

not much to argue about on this one, I guess

This is potentially a massive story. Did DOJ plan for survivors? Do they have sufficient evidence to prosecute? What is US jurisdiction to prosecute? Where will they go next? When is their court date? Will they be indicted? Held at Gitmo? Returned to Venezuela? Be Epsteined?

With Trump warming up to Ukraine, there are hopes that the meeting – his sixth with Zelensky since taking office – could lead to the deliveries of the much-coveted Tomahawks.

Imagine lying as easily as @RepTimBurchett does. Nobody is paying the millions of people who will be out there. Wanting better for your country isn’t hating it, Tim. Quite the opposite. It’s real patriotism. 🇺🇸 Throwing out the constitution to cling to power is the real hating your country.

How could this congressman Nazi a swastika so prominently displayed in his own office?

Thune: "If I were a woman I'd be talking to my doctor and not taking advice from RFK"

Oriana Korol, a clarinetist with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was arrested after a man and federal agents barreled into band members who were standing across the street from the ICE office and playing the theme from “Ghostbusters.” Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

We didn't do anything extraordinary here. Sure, I wrote a nice script, and my friend @barubin.bsky.social did a fantastic job overlaying visuals. But what we're saying is pretty obvious. What I wonder is why *we* have to say these things as opposed to, I don't know, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social?

Jesse Watters tried to make a protester he dubbed "Antifa Kermit" look menacing. I added the words of Secretary of Homeland Security describing Antifa along with some footage of Antifa protesters from an ABC affiliate Local 10 News. The music is royalty free.🎶🪩💃🕺

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🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2

You can find a #NoKingsDay event near you at nokings.org/#map. Join your neighbors and friends. Stand up for what actually makes America great. This Saturday. Everywhere.

"Most Americans probably don’t have a detailed grasp of what’s happening with ACA subsidies right now, but once people start getting letters notifying them of how much their premiums are going up, it will become a much bigger issue."

While Trump blusters about "law & order," his regime has dropped or halted nearly 165 investigations into corporate wrongdoing. And Trump himself has pardoned dozens of his supporters, including Jan 6 rioters and others convicted of crimes like money laundering and bribery.

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm. The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now! Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows. FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Well, think we’re gonna be 3D printing a bunch more Aztec death whistles