Agree. Agree. Agree.

SEN. PEARSON:Your audience of one may find this disrespectful and unethical behavior entertaining but you are here under oath, and an officer of the court; either wipe that smug attitude out of your mouth or the Bar will do it for you. I see an 8.4 in your future. Answer me or I refer you. NOW.

I don’t believe Speaker Mike Johnson is a straight male. For that matter, I’ve never believed Trump is, either. That is all.

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in. Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators. The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

This is laughable! Kash Patel is hiding corruption when he fires all the FBI agents investigating corruption. He and Pam Bondi will see prison cells one day.

A must read. This is beyond appalling.

This is a generous gift, and a very smart thing to do. “An informed citizenry is essential to our democracy. As we continue to grow The Atlantic, and the resource-intensive reporting and writing we publish, we want to ensure it’s available to new generations of readers.”

The generals and admirals at Quantico today should be forgiven if they walked out of the auditorium and wondered: What on earth is wrong with the commander in chief? www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

I think Greta Thunberg deserves a @NobelPrize and more. But what she really wants is an end to the starvation, maiming and killing of Gaza’s entrapped and helpless civilians, - and of course the respect and care our Earth requires

While this is not the Civil War, or race war, that has been promised by far-right white nationalist groups from the Ku Klux Klan to more modern neo-nazi groups like Atomwaffen, it’s impossible to ignore that this is a fantasy started by Trump’s White House. open.substack.com/pub/extremea...

“Any university leader who signs on to this compact would betray everything good and solid about the university and would do deep and permanent harm to the United States and the world,” writes @sivav.bsky.social in this brilliantly belittling essay. newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Meantime, the Senate Judiciary Committee is proceeding with its hearing with AG Bondi today. So we’ll have more time to prepare.

This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.

“The Court finds Abrego has sufficiently presented some evidence that the Government had a stake in retaliating against him for exercising his rights in the Maryland suit and deterring him from continuing to exercise those rights.” #FreeKilmar

CNN: 3 out of 4 Americans — including most Republicans — want ACA subsidies extended. But GOP leaders shut down the government instead. They’re not listening to voters — they’re raising your premiums.

Durbin to Bondi: "Although you've been a registered foreign agent for Qatar, you didn't recuse yourself from signing off on Trump's solicitation of a free jet from the royal family, even though this gift was clearly illegal. Connections to Bondi seem to yield more favorable outcomes for defendants."

Should've used this photo

Trump has been saying-for years-that left wing protesters were burning down Portland This week, he had the chance to prove it to a federal judge-one he himself appointed Not only did he fail Miserably But the judge ruled that he was essentially delusional

I'm not a conservative commentator. Billionaires won't pay me $150m. No major network is making me the editor in chief. But I am a lawyer who fights for democracy. I did build Democracy Docket from scratch. And, for $10 a month you can help it do its vital work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

👀 Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with Republicans on Obamacare funding, saying she’s not a fan of the law but demands action to prevent a premium hike. “I’m absolutely disgusted that health insurance premiums will DOUBLE if the tax credits expire this year.” She says GOP leaders don’t have a plan.

COLLINS: Which local officials in Portland have said that the National Guard is needed there? LEAVITT: The judge's opinion is untethered in reality and the law

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

There’s just not enough attention being paid to how unqualified, psychologically unfit, and dangerous so many of these new ICE hires potentially are. If we had a Congress, there’d be investigations & oversight into this.

There are lots of cultists who actually believe Trump’s lie that he’s deploying the military because he wants to stop crime.

#KYsen @politico.com www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Same. #AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

BREAKING: Donald Trump has announced that Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano will also serve as CEO of the IRS. Bisignano isn’t even qualified for the job he has, but Trump is giving him another one.

"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop

As you read this puff piece about how brave and steadfast Amy Coney Barrett is, keep in mind that the house of South Carolina circuit court judge Diane Goodstein exploded over the weekend and some of her family members barely escaped with their lives. She had recently ruled against the admin.

25 people could stop this. Twenty GOP senators and five GOP representatives could summon the courage of their lives: vote to impeach, and then convict. And then do it again if Vance doesn't learn the intended lesson. It doesn't even have to mean a Democratic president. Just an end to lawlessness.

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

its truly remarkable, you have to really take the measure of it and it's almost hard to comprehend it, but the president of the united states is having texas invade illinois and oregon just to make twitter content

If and when America finds a way out of authoritarianism, not only will ICE have to be abolished: All these people will need to be held accountable in a court of law for the monstrosities they are committing - those who are ordering them as well as those who are carrying them out. Every single one.

I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon

Speaking truth to power and calling out tyranny. Another report re opinion of Judge Wm. Young. The freedoms of "the First Amendment do not vanish at the borders." open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/...

They are weaker than they look. @aoc.bsky.social

Yet Trump and the GOP are trying to pin the blame on Democrats for this shutdown. Which reeks of even more gaslighting than Putin and his axis of autocracies seeking to corner Westerners on Ukraine genocide...

Jesus Christ

By now you have likely heard that the Israeli military captured the activists trying to bring aid like milk powder and baby formula to Gaza. Two of those released report that Israeli soldiers dragged Greta Thunberg by the hair, beat her, tied her up, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag.

Trump’s unprecedented assault on Chicago and other American cities is the inevitable result of the MAGA Supreme Court’s acquiescence to the Trump regime’s violent assault on individuals who look Latino, speak Spanish, and/or work or live among undocumented migrants open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Must be surreal to represent your state asking the court to stop a military invasion by the federal government.

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@kenwhite.bsky.social is it good or bad when the judge follows up repeatedly reminding you that you are an officer of the court with reminding you that "You're a lawyer!" ?

Every newspaper in the country should be blanketing Portland with reporters and videographers to document that it is not a war zone. And every front page should be blaring about the president lying as a pretext to send troops to an American city.

"Finding Your Roots" Nazi Edition