For those of us warning about democracy's potential disintegration, the decision by CBS to pull an exhaustively researched 60 Minutes piece, critical of Trump, is another red alert moment. When truth disappears as the media gets coopted by the regime, there's little left.

Agents illegally detained dozens of US citizens and demanded that they prove their citizenship. We need to defend our private property rights against trespassing government agents.

Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.

For Jesus’ birthday this year, he’s asking for affordable housing, universal healthcare, and for people to stop using his name to explain why they’re being cruel to strangers.

“.. We are aware of at least 30 deaths at ICE detention centers this year, making 2025 the deadliest year for immigrants in ICE custody," Ramirez said in an online statement.

Today I joined patriots at the Kennedy Center to make clear that Trump’s desecration of the Center will not stand. It’s not a matter of whether, but of when, his name will come down. We will not allow him to despoil what belongs to the American people.

Gangster state - the Republicans want to issue letters of marque for American pirates to board and seize ships. When MAGA gets its foreign policy ideas from Somalian gunboats you know the empire id done. As Stan Rogers would say, God damn them all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwz...

Chris Van Hollen speaks to protesters outside the Kennedy Center: "We are here to say that this desecration of the Kennedy Center will not stand. Mark my words, whether it's a matter of weeks or months, Donald Trump's name will come down off of the Kennedy Center.

This is what the actual "War on Christmas" looks like.

one of four in a week www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

So... National Socialist States of America to USSA to International War Crimes to Terrorist State. And Drumpf isn't even a full year into his 'presidency'. Full scale quarantine, embargo, sanctions, asset freeze, and severing of all diplomatic and corporate ties please.

"Americans have responded: No. These are my neighbors. These are my friends. We go to church together. She carpools my kids to school. Our children play soccer together." @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on the Americans who stood up, in the latest Huddled Masses: lnk.thebulwark.com/4s6Zdi4

I obviously can't know who's telling the truth here, but this is exactly why DUE PROCESS matters.

Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US

I think Asha Rangappa is right — they are lining up the external and internal enemies. Or trying to. This is very risky and will almost certainly blow up in their faces.

FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years. It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.

Trump's escalation in Latin America will likely serve as a pretext to further suppress dissent at home. We must resist his efforts to launch more international wars and stifle freedom of speech, make warrantless searches and arrests of Americans, and put more military onto our streets.

Nazi shit right here.

This would be an excellent time for politicians to stop demonizing universities.

Anecdotal evidence that the indefinite "pause" on adjudication of immigration benefits for countries on the travel ban has been expanded to include the 20 countries added yesterday. On reddit, a user posted that their naturalization oath ceremony — the final step to becoming a citizen — was halted.

I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along

DC statehood now.

MAGA’s refusal to extend ACA tax subsidies hurts people like my constituent Rebecca, a cancer survivor who recently lost her job. For Rebecca, giant premium hikes mean she risks missing treatments and losing health insurance altogether.

House Dems have the votes to pass a 3yr extension of ACA tax credits. Now Senate Republicans are the only thing standing in the way of getting this bill to the President & preventing huge spikes in costs for millions. Leader Thune: commit to bringing this bill to a vote, now.

Federal goons and demonstrators clashed during a tense ICE operation that drew a large crowd of protesters. Minneapolis, MN

I say this as a Md resident and one of your constituents- what are you, @alsobrooks.senate.gov and other Senators going to do to try and stop this plainly illegal and unconstitutional military action, and to hold Trump, Rubio, Hegseth and others to account. The Senate has leverage. Use it!

As I've said, Trump's warmongering with Venezuela is not about stopping drug traffickers. The real goal: regime change to grab Venezuelan oil & gas reserves for his billionaire buddies. Putting Americans in harm’s way for the thing Trump cares about most — profits.

The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.

Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:

Behold the power of the people! When the Bulgarian version of the B B Bill was up for a vote, the people surrounded the parliament in a powerful peaceful protest, demanding that the bill be withdrawn and redone entirely. Their demand was met. What did we do here when Congress debated the BBB?

Bulgaria had the largest anti-impunity protest in 30 years and after a couple of days the government resigned. #3E

Get Him. He's Mexican.

The White House continues to make our work harder. They’ve: ✂️ Cut funding for transportation and education 👎 Effectively told families in poverty “you’re on your own” ❌ Presided over the longest government shutdown in history 🚨 Failed to act after Western Maryland was hit by a devastating storm.

This is a campaign of ethnic cleansing of this country. That's what this is all about.

ICE goon brutally assaulted a woman in Washington, D.C., for filming an abduction incident on December 9, 2025.

ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”

This is what is going to happen. There will be a thin top layer of non-digital universities — and all the tech billionaires will send their kids to those places.

At this hearing, @padilla.senate.gov asked me whether mass deportation is making us more safe. Here was my response.

BREAKING: The U.S. has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in a major escalation between the two countries (Bloomberg)

America is working overtime today and it’s just 12:30pm ET

The mass deportation of undocumented people was one of Hitler’s largest coercive policies before the war. This set off a chain of events which can give us a useful perspective on where we are now. snyder.substack.com/p/self-terro...

You don’t need to be a Democrat to know this is wrong — you just need a conscience. If you can hear what these people survived in ICE custody and feel no outrage, then we are not standing on the same side of right and wrong.

Link to the full hearing is here! Guess it did end up on YouTube. Really humbled and grateful for the opportunity. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Urg4...

A U.S. citizen who in October was dragged from her SUV by masked federal immigration agents in West Town testified before a congressional public forum in Washington Tuesday that she has experienced panic attacks and daily nightmares after being held in federal custody.

In case you missed today’s hearing. There were some incredibly powerful stories told by the five main witnesses. You’ve seen many of the videos of what happened to them, now hear from them in their own words. Also grateful for how many members of the House and Senate showed up to uplift the issue.

Okay, I've been informed that this is only going to be streaming on Facebook Live from Senator Blumenthal's Facebook page. So there will be a link on here at some point around 3:00 Eastern. www.facebook.com/SenBlumenthal

Yes. We have to worry about AI and robotics. Some questions:

BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration to demand they release the secret memo they claim justifies their illegal strikes on civilians at sea. Transparency must come immediately — while there’s still an opportunity to stop this cruel and unconstitutional bombing campaign.