We're in a health care emergency: 15 MILLION people are going to lose their health care. Millions are about to see their premiums skyrocket. Republicans are in power. They need to roll back their massive health care cuts and fund the government.

So, Hegseth called all the flag officers to Quantico so he could peacock on stage and film it for his clips and Trump just big footed him and is showing up. It’s so on brand for this perpetual clown show of narcissists.

The press is often referred to as the 4th Estate and an additional check on protecting American democratic values. Limitations on the media's ability to report is a direct violation of the 1st Amendment. Limiting what the media can report is a fundamental element of authoritarianism.

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JUST NOW AT THE UN…

Secret Service uncovered a plot that could dismantle cell service and EMS responses in NYC and the story just goes away?

This was first reported by NBC two days ago and I’m hearing nothing now. This seems like a really big story. What’s happening?? apple.news/A0qd2cF-MRge...

Is it just me? When a man who doesn’t seem to know what he’s doing calls together 1000 of our top military officers without explanation or precedent, it makes me worry. apple.news/AfOEnx8RaRHy...

A 79-year-old Van Nuys car wash owner — who is a U.S. citizen — has filed a federal civil rights claim seeking $50 million after he says he was violently body slammed and pinned by federal agents during an ICE immigration raid at his business on September 9.

Is it just me? When a man who doesn’t seem to know what he’s doing calls together 1000 of our top military officers without explanation or precedent, it makes me worry. apple.news/AfOEnx8RaRHy...

Hard to believe any American voted to bail out Argentina with $20 billion while slashing services here at home. #MakeArgentinaGreatAgain

It bear repeating every day, the man lies continuously.

He stood in front of the world at the UN today, and every other word out of his mouth was a lie. I’ll say it again, we’ve not been here before. An American President who lies as he breathes. It’s a terrible place to be. Shame on the media & everyone who’s normalized his lying and/or doesn’t care.

Kimmel: "This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this."

Why aren’t we getting more info on this? This is huge. “In five locations within 35 miles of New York, Secret Service agents discovered more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards, officials said.” apple.news/A6qvfNjCkTea...

This speech is such an extraordinary combination of lies, delusions, narcissism, hatefulness, ignorance and lunacy that it could have been given by no other person than the president of the United States. It could well be the low point of US public diplomacy in our history.

I’ll sum it up for you. Trump says he has personally ended 7 wars & informs us that everyone says he should get the Nobel prize. Trump insults every country there except Israel & Russia. Trump for the 47th time says he’s ready to impose really big sanctions on Russia. apple.news/A1IjovvFJTJO...

NEW: "A few months ago, it was reasonable to wonder whether Trump might see Kennedy’s crank-science crusade as a political liability and cut him loose, à la Elon Musk. Yesterday felt like the death knell for that theory." www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-not-a-...

Holy crap. This is serious. This is also the first productive use of our federal tax $$ I’ve heard of since Trump took office. A national security agency actually working to secure us. apple.news/A6qvfNjCkTea...

This is unconscionable. Once again the 6-3 SCOTUS majority shows it’s in the tank for Trump and the rich and powerful. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

Things are happening folks.

The tariffs are the least popular thing Trump is doing. It's a unilateral trillion-dollar tax hike on Americans that raises prices on items they buy every day.

🚨 BREAKING: In a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS allows Trump to dismiss the last Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, signaling a potential overturn of a 90-year-old ruling protecting independent agencies from executive control.

As always, @marisakabas.bsky.social has nailed it. Somewhat inexplicably, I've spared you all my idiotic take on Jimmy Kimmel, but here it is: can you believe the President of the United States, even this pudding-brain, is this fucking *afraid* of Jimmy Kimmel?

A man very recently called for “involuntary lethal injection” for the mentally ill and the unhoused. Literally talking about murdering other humans—and he still kept his job. Brian Killmeade, Fox & Friends.

Pritzker: What's at stake here is free speech. It's our constitution and our way of life. Do we really want the president intimidating people, organizations to get others fired? People ought to be standing up and speaking out.

First Colbert, now Kimmel. Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval. Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.

I recommend everyone watches this

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I’m guessing that no one on the far right will ever learn of this study. apple.news/Ay5bct96xSaK...

Sigh.

I’ve noticed that when people talk really loud and really fast with no breaks , they’re usually lying. Kash went through this whole unhinged monologue in order to avoid responding to questions about Ghislaine Maxwell’s talk with Trump lawyer & move to a cushy prison be

NEW: Republican furor has produced executive branch investigations, new bills, bizarre threats about hate speech from the attorney general, and a cultural push to punish ordinary people for speaking ill of Charlie Kirk. www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...

All that stands between voters and Trump’s effort to rig the 2026 elections in Missouri? 107,000 signatures by the end of this year. Missourians are laying the groundwork to give voters the power to stop the GOP’s proposed gerrymander from taking effect. Here's what you need to know👇

A president using the power of the state to punish critics — or to condition basic government services on political fealty — is not merely rough politics. It is aimed at crushing dissent and free and fair elections. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

“The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. “

“In her Substack post, Attiah noted that she “was the last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist” on the paper and blasted that Washington DC, “one of the nation’s most diverse regions, … no longer has a paper that reflects the people it serves”. apple.news/AAJ4NZHXxQfK...

Trump is an example of what my dad always told me: tell me the five people you spend the most time hanging out with, and I predict...accurately...what you'll be doing (or not) five years from now. Like you, I have long lasting friendships. Some, 50+ years and going. Donald has no friends. Period.

Other governments that have used "terror" as a pretext for shutting down civil society not aligned with their political leaders: Hungary, Turkey and Russia.

Europe is warming faster than any continent. That's speeding up glacial melt, which is already threatening Europe's largest rivers.

I wish o could watch this. “Trump v The Truth will air on September 17 and, according to a statement provided to The Hollywood Reporter, the special will likely be “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television.”

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I’ve been full targeted by fascist trolls twice. 1st, local PD started doing drive-bys, cuz *they* were freaked out by the threats. 2nd, Jesus the 2nd, as I sat by my dad’s deathbed fascists posted my kids’ name & school & described in detail how they planned to murder them. Fucking “party of life.”

“But this is the added tragedy of the Trump presidency: in the moments when America most needs a voice of unity, it receives only the echo of its own divisions, amplified and distorted by the man charged with healing them.”

WIN: The Utah Supreme Court has refused to bail out and revive the GOP legislatures’ gerrymandered congressional map. The 2021 map stays blocked and lawmakers must present a new, fairer map by Sept. 25. www.democracydocket.com/cases/utah-c...

Maurene Comey, the lead prosecutor in the Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffery Epstein saga, is now suing Pam Bondi, the DOJ and the Office of the President for her unlawful firing. Maurene has all the receipts.

“According to the former chancellor, Trump did not believe in cooperation. “He was convinced that all countries were competitors of each other, where the success of one meant the failure of the other. He did not believe that the prosperity of all countries could be increased through cooperation.”