The old rulebook is gone. It's not coming back and we all need to accept that. The DOJ is weaponized. the GOP is rigging elections. Trump is literally bulldozing the White House. Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.

The Constitution is not self-enforcing. The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms. And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People. No one is coming to save us. It's entirely up to us.

Red Flag!!!!

There are no mainstream Republicans or media elites or corporate leaders riding to our rescue. The only people who are going to save our democracy is us. Regular, everyday Americans. Like the record setting 7 million who turned out this weekend.

Got buried in the news this weekend, but President Jesus said the F word on CNN at like 2pm in the afternoon. The next day he posted a poop-filled scat video, but tell Me more about the dignity of the office of the presidency.

That is very, very bad—and also illegal.

Democracy in action, Illinois. Proud of our state for peacefully showing up and speaking out together in one voice to fight back against Donald Trump’s takeover of our democracy.

#resist this is just the beginning.

Imagine being the largest newspaper in Washington, DC with the motto "Democracy Dies in Darkness" and thinking to publish this today. You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.

Release the unredacted Epstein files.

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

UPDATE — MEMPHIS: “Elected officials claim deployment of the National Guard violates the TN Constitution… Councilman JB Smiley Jr., Commissioners Erika Sugarmon & Brooks, Mayor Lee Harris, Reps. Hardaway & Salinas, Sen. Yarbro plaintiffs in the suit…” www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/l...

Donald Trump will keep trying to invade Illinois with troops — and we will keep defending the sovereignty of our state. Militarizing our communities against their will is not only un-American but also leads us down a dangerous path for our democracy. What will come next?

"Technologies purchased by ICE in recent weeks include spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely and cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phone’s movements without a court warrant..." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

The government doesn't track how often immigration agents hold Americans. So @propublica.org created its own count. After reviewing every case they could find of agents holding citizens against their will, they found more than 170 incidents during the first nine months of Trump’s administration.

Today's Cartoon- Peace Prize

now do jan 6th

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

Release the Epstein Files.

This dystopian video is previewing a violent takeover, not a targeted law enforcement action. It's insane. Trump is militarizing our cities to STOKE violence. Not to reduce it. These are the tried and true tactics of authoritarians - plain and simple.

California is the 4th largest economy in the world. It’s time it and other blue states used their economic clout to fight Trump’s agenda. The latest from @clarajeffery.bsky.social:

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TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

Border Patrol agents shoot armed woman in Chicago as protesters confront immigration personnel www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

Priorities

This is so indefensibly insane: Speaker Johnson is refusing to seat Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva because she'll be the 218th vote to release the Epstein files. Johnson swore in Rep Walkinshaw (VA) w/in 24 hours. Johnson is abandoning his job to instead protect a convicted child sex predator

The President gets no special new powers during a shutdown. He can't eliminate agencies. He can't use federal funds to punish his political opponents. As Trump's illegality grows during the shutdown, Democrats' spines should stiffen to oppose his corruption.

Literally last week every MAGA idiot around was insisting, loudly, how terrible it was that the Biden admin pressured YouTube to remove COVID misinfo, even as YouTube said it ignored the pressure. Those same folks will either be silent or cheer this on:

The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money. Let that sink in

He hates America!

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It’s decision time. If we are going to fund the government, it should only be a government that respects our democracy, that isn’t corrupt, that doesn’t treat people and places that oppose President Trump as enemies, deserving of indictment or military deployment.

Despite being in the United States legally, according to Santiago’s attorneys, the Trump administration is arguing that it can hold Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago indefinitely in a not-so-subtle attempt to run out the clock until her status expires and deport her.

Why is MAGA Mike so afraid to swear in Congresswoman-elect Grijalva? Worried about that Epstein discharge petition, Mike?

Pfffft

Banana republic?

Abolish ICE

my mom took tylenol when she was pregnant, which made me super focused on menswear and now i have a million followers on twitter

As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended. It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

Here’s another way Disney is discouraging people from canceling their subscriptions