Sen. Thune on the DOJ investigation of Jerome Powell: “I hope they have a smoking gun because I don't think you trifle with the Federal Reserve…It better be real, and it better be serious.”

Obama deported more people than Trump is right now, but without all the cruelty, terror, & violence. Obama quietly followed the law and focused on immigrants with criminal records. Trump doesn’t give a damn who’s being deported, and he’s focused only on the public spectacle, the fear, & the cruelty.

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New: DHS is lying to you. At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis. Shots clearly fired while vehicle already turning away from the officer. But DHS lied. Trump lied. Noem lied. Even judges have catalogued DHS' serial lying www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...

It’s Meningitis Monday! Meningitis for all! Do you see a pale house? And his name that sat on him was Death. Robert F Kennedy Jr has just decided that our children should not be immunized against several diseases, among them meningitis. Meningitis spreads FAST and kills 1 in 6.

Imagine, given what is happening right now, being "afraid" of getting closer to the only power-centre that has not abandoned reason, democracy, and the rule of law. ~AA

The United States has now given Russia, China, and anyone else who wants to give it a try an even clearer road map for invading countries that displease them. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The idea that the Trump administration would assist the foreign founders of an illegally funded media outlet aimed at reaching American audiences with Russian propaganda might seem outlandish. Truth is stranger than fiction. lnk.thebulwark.com/4pj2vMz

"1918 Flu was a lab leak" is an astonishingly stupid take.

Again, it is utterly shameful & demonstrates the total failure of all of our political institutions that threatening our closest NATO allies with territorial conquest has not immediately ended this presidency.

Happy #Caturday to our feline friends and their hoomans on #BlueSky! This sums up our plans for the day!

Louis Pasteur proved that microbes cause disease, changing the course of medical science. His breakthroughs in vaccination and pasteurization helped us fight back, and win, against harmful germs. #LouisPasteur #Vaccines #Germs #Milk #Science

Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.

My America is better than this. Good grief.

Mr Cuban, I just wanted to quickly thank you. My husband has XXXX cancer, a rare gastrointestinal cancer. We are between insurance right now and when we went to pick it up we were informed it was $29,000. We were able to get it from CostPlus for $990. Thank you for saving my husband's life.

And yet, they’re offended when we call them fascists.

The rich and powerful don’t get their wages garnished when they default on a loan. They declare bankruptcy and end up paying pennies on the dollar, if anything. Like Trump did many, many times.

"If 60 Minutes had 'explained this' as Weiss described they should, the segment would have included false or highly misleading information" Fact Checking Bari Weiss: Stated Reasons for Spiking 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” By Ryan Goodman & Tom Joscelyn @rgoodlaw.bsky.social @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social

@bucees.bsky.social Merry Christmas from Maine!

People often ask why Democrats don’t have something like TurningPoint USA — so before the year ends, let me introduce you to Voters of Tomorrow. We’re on campuses across the country, organizing over 10,000 Gen Z members to engage our generation. 🧵THREAD

CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.

This feels like it should already be illegal as libel. But if it isn’t, we need to find a way to shut it down #mepolitics

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.

Merry Almost Christmas #Caturday! 4 shopping days left for our treats and toys! Get moving!

Prominent MAGA Republicans and conservatives like Laura Loomer wrongly rushed to blame the Brown University shooting on a Palestinian student, Muslims or left-wing violence, despite there being no evidence. Zeteo tracks who said what, when. Read the full article: zeteo.com/p/maga-blame...

So, Congress passes a law requiring the release of ALL the Trumpstein files. Any redactions to protect ONLY the victims Trump DOJ releases a highly redacted and incomplete batch after working on them for months, citing various lame excuses for their non-compliance This is what a coverup looks like

Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.

The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died. New, @propublica.org

Our understanding of one another is too important for us to allow it to be defined by agenda driven politicians. And yes, Ahmed al Ahmed is a true hero.

True Breaking News (Washington Post): VA to cut 35,000 health care jobs across nation like nurses & doctors. VA already strained. Did our vets refuse to give back medals to melt into gold bars/coin/ballroom sconces for Trump? Truly the worst vets’ Christmas present ever.

What could go wrong?

"Troops in the Continental Army swore to defend the country against 'King George, his heirs and successors, and his and their abettors, assistants, and adherents.'” In 1789 the oath became allegiance to the Constitution. But I like the original too. #NoKings open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...

Happy #Caturday to all who celebrate! Sylvie & Mack enjoying the seasonal appearance of the holiday of "many boxes!"

"...all federal funding will be stripped..." #StandUp

The Trump administration is going to try very hard not to release the complete September 2 video or accompanying documents. They're going to try not to release the complete Epstein files. To which the response should be: No Kings. No Cover-ups.

James Garfield was murdered by a man who thought he deserved a government job. Chester Arthur—once a machine politician—responded by helping create civil service reform. Today’s GOP wants to undo that progress and return to patronage politics. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

The GOP courted Nazis, Christian Nationalists & conspiracy loons, turning them into foot soldiers for their culture wars. They courted billionaires to fund a divided America, vulnerable to fascism & minority rule. It was never about making America great again. It was always about a power grab.

“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.” The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida. It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID. Free link ⤵️ www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Attorney Siri just admitted that he can’t make a ton of money by taking cases to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. IMO, this is why he and his client RFK Jr. want to be able to sue vaccine manufacturers, and why RFK Jr. arranged for Siri to appear at ACIP. To me, this is corruption.

Hey everyone, how about becoming friends with our pal Jinx She has a pretty cool four legged family and a hooman who is a great friend and protectors of all of us. She's a rescue just like us AND her smile will brighten your day!

Reminder about Jan 6: it really happened It was a horror 140+ police were injured A range of violent weapons were used by attackers Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard There was a gallows and guns Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached

George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

116 days until Opening Day

Wow. Nice to see Makary regurgitating old lab leak conspiracy theories about HIV. This should serve as a reminder that *every* new pathogen that’s caused an epidemic or pandemic since the age of genetic engineering has spawned conspiracy theories that it was created in and/or leaked from a lab.

OMFG, we have conspiracy theorists and anti-vaccine activists and Great Barrington Declaration kooks running the US public health system and causing sickness, pain, distress, and death and we're going to need a massive community-based, bottom-up mobilization effort to try and stop them

Do you really think that "thing" you put around the bottom of the Christmas tree is going to keep me from climbing it? Challenge accepted.

Trump shared a QAnon slogan—“the military is the only way”—and imagery calling for “military tribunals.” Combined with calling for the execution of Members of Congress, this is an extraordinary authoritarian escalation and a grave threat to constitutional rule.