I spoke with @joycewhitevance.bsky.social this week about the state of politics in the US. Video: snyder.substack.com/p/strongmen-...

Trump doesn’t care about affordability, housing, or YOU. All he cares about is enriching himself and cheating to stay in power! #SaveHousingFromTrump open.substack.com/pub/stevepie...

Trump says he’s nominating Lance Schroyer as permanent director for ICE, a man who appears to have no previous leadership or immigration experience. He is apparently a long-time Oklahoma State Trooper and former Marine. If confirmed, he would be the first Senate-confirmed ICE Director since 2017.

I don’t think it’s hype, I think he has it in him to become a 2028 frontrunner. I wish there were some polling on what is numbers are among people who know who he is I think that’s what convinced me Obama could pull it off, back when Hillary was “inevitable” in 2006/7, but the Obama people kept…

Less than 24 hours after RFK Jr. became health secretary, his press secretary delivered an order from him to the CDC: Take down your ad campaign promoting flu vaccines. That same day, the CDC reported flu-related ailments that season had killed 68 children — 11 that week alone — and 16,000 overall.

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Republicans have been using the same old scare tactics about "socialism" for decades. Don't take my word for it. Take Harry Truman's.

New York Post finally got him

"I think we need to move forcefully to guarantee healthcare to every American. I think we need to move forcefully to raising wages and taking on corporate corruption and profiteering." AOC

Breaking: March to the White House breaks out at the All of U.S. 250 Rally in Washington, D.C.! Find a demonstration near you at allofus250.org

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To every New Yorker with family in Venezuela: we are holding you close.   The devastating earthquakes this week have claimed hundreds of lives and left thousands more searching for loved ones. If you're able, here's how you can support relief efforts:

THIS. Exactly this. 👇🏽 #SheShed

Trump sued the BBC for $10B over Jan 6 coverage. BBC’s response? “Great…hand over your phone logs, calendars & diaries from Nov 2020 to Jan 20, 2021.” A trial date is set for February 2027! Be careful what you sue for…discovery works both ways. 🍿 #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/AP5PuAvk7TmW...

"She also laid out...the reasons why FOIA was not a sufficient remedy to her injuries, going through the items requested...one by one, to show they would be excluded under FOIA..laying out the differences between FOIA and ETA, then ultimately mocking DOJ’s claim FOIA and ETA were parallel statutes."

Ossoff: "The president was so humiliated in Hormuz he threw his toys out the stroller & refused to sign the affordable housing bill. That's after he gave some felon donor a no bid contract for the reflecting pool & it filled up with algae, which for some reason required the deployment of the Guard."

Ossoff: "While hundreds of thousands of Georgians lose their healthcare, Mike Collins builds Trump a ballroom. They worked harder burying the Epstein files than they ever worked to lower your grocery bill."

Ossoff: I never want to hear these two pretend they give a damn about working people again. Because while hundreds of thousands of Georgians lose their health care, Mike Collins builds Trump a ballroom. They worked harder burying the Epstein files than they ever did lowering your grocery bill.

When we talk about places contracting with ICE's notorious 287g contract, it's usually county sheriffs or even state-level agencies. But some cities are so zealous they contract with ICE directly. In Arizona, there's only one such city: Mesa. That's now an issue in the July elections:

Ossoff: "Illegal tariffs, failed war, healthcare cuts, and unmatched corruption. 34% approval and a presidential legacy cemented in disgrace."

“.. Mayor Mamdani kicked off NYC’s outdoor pool season today by jumping into the Thomas Jefferson Pool in East Harlem! “.. This year marks the 90th anniversary of New York City’s iconic WPA-era outdoor pools.” 💦 @newyorkcitykopp.bsky.social #NYC

"The Republican party's brand is fear – and they have to constantly churn what they want people to be afraid of." AOC

Ossoff: On Wednesday of this last week he said the war was "Done." And then on Thursday another ship was struck. On Friday the president was bombing again. This is what happens when you send your son-in-law, Jared, to cosplay as a diplomat

In Albania, the latest image of popular revolt against billionaire excess is the flamingo. For the past week, Albanians have protested Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner’s plan to pave a protected nature reserve and turn it into a luxury resort—a plan that could put the pink birds in jeopardy.

🔥 Joy Reid: “Israel does not represent all Jewish people any more than Saudi Arabia represents all Muslims. Let’s stop pretending this foreign country equals Jewish people. My friends who are Jewish got nothing to do with no Bibi Netanyahu." @joyannreid.bsky.social @deanobeidallah.bsky.social

after detailing the Trump family's corruption, Ossoff says "if you're involved in any of this, next year you'll be raising your right hand and swearing to tell the truth, the whole truth, and so help you God before Congress."

Ossoff: "This is what happens when you send your son in law Jared to cosplay as a diplomat. Despite zero qualifications, Prince Jared was tapped to lead Middle East diplomacy. Now remember Jared's slush fund already got $2 billion from the Saudi Crown Prince ... "

TEXAS EVANGELICALS: "You MUST follow our religion!" THE REST OF US: "You first."

Ossoff: "Mike Collins is a bigot and antisemite under federal investigation for the illegal misuse of tax dollars, widely known as a man of poor character who lacks the judgment and integrity to serve in the Senate."

Ossoff: "Citizens United was the most destructive court decision in modern history. It's unleashed a flood of secret money, corporate money, billionaire money. Trump's rise is a symptom of this deeper disease. Our task is not just to contain his wickedness, but to cure the rot that gave rise to it."

Transparency may finally be catching up with those who fought to keep the Epstein Files hidden. The truth matters. Accountability matters. No one should be above the law! The American people deserve transparency. Not secrecy! #SheShed #Accountability #TruthMatters #ReleaseAllOfTheEpsteinFiles

the founders did not foresee every problem the nation would face, because they lived hundreds of years ago and also because many of them were awful slaveholders but they knew men like Donald Trump and they were extremely clear that such men should never be President

Trump is willing to go to extreme lengths to make sure the elections go his way in November; and his treatment of the SAVE America Act illustrates it perfectly.

friendly disagreement here, not a battle to the death, but congress can choose at any time to hem both the executive *and* the court in, and i think any durable restoration of the rule of law starts and ends with the legislative branch as first amongst equals

Saturday's Budapest Pride march came a little more than a year after Viktor Orbán's nationalist-populist government passed legislation and a constitutional amendment to outlaw the event. https://to.pbs.org/4ezPIDs

NYT: “.. The 18 major construction projects Mr. Trump has undertaken during his second term come with a potential cost of more than $1 billion.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Venezuela’s government said the number of people killed rose to 1,430 Saturday morning and families reported at least 68,900 people missing, three days after the one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that devastated the South American nation. apnews.com/article/eart...

Hey, Dems, let's do this: Instead of centrists freaking out about the success of progressives, maybe we could take Mamdani as a model and focus on listening to and delivering for the voters. What if we had big competition among candidates to see who could do most for voters? Just imagine.

Here's a great overview of Drump's 'Great American Fair'. lol! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_frP...

Yikes

AC Mayhem in France. 🥵

Dementia-Don is rage-tweeting from a bedroom floor covered in Doritos bags, Starbucks wrappers and ice cream cartons…and he’s mad WE found out about his filthy habits! 😂 So now he’s implemented a full media blackout! #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/A-PyG00cdRHy...

Maybe Vance doesn't know this part of history because it's in one of the books his administration has banned. The difference between the Watergate era and now is that back then, Republicans actually did something about a law-breaking president. Today, they only roll over for their cult leader.

People are missing the point. It is not that the phrase Trump insisted be on new passports confirms that he doesn't know what a passport is. It's that for a year not one person who works for him was willing to tell him so. They will remain cowards when he declares martial law.

Wait, is Donald telling us that he was still in reform school cosplaying the military with cute little costumes when he was 20 YEARS OLD? Daddy hadn't paid someone to to take the SAT for him yet so he could get in a college?

As my friend Lakota Man says, America in a nutshell!