Jack Smith didn't "tap" anyone's phone. He got phone records of potential insurrection suspects via lawful grand jury subpoenas. Just so happens some of those suspected of participating in January 6th were republican members of congress. If you don't want you phone records subpoenaed...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just signed an order making city property off-limits to ICE. As federal troops deploy to Chicago, this is a bold stand for accountability and human rights. No city should ever be turned into a battleground for political power.

Happy Timothy Tuesday! What is Timothy Tuesday? Why it’s a holiday we just made up to promote our hay drive! donorbox.org/mmfs-2025-ha...

If just a fraction of my followers all chipped in a little, my friends at Merrymac could finish their hay drive today! Please pitch in if you can. ☺️

This is the Epstein files shutdown.

Was Tuberville counted at his residence in Florida or in Alabama where he serves in the Senate?

So glad to see Joshua Aaron on Maddow. You can watch our 20 minute interview here. No paywalls. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Oc...

Voters upheld the Climate Commitment Act by a landslide last year. Today, the Supreme Court shot down a legal challenge. As the federal government is abandoning critical climate protections, Washington's leadership is needed now more than ever. This is an important win.

New on MSNBC: Trump's new acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan has recruited prosecutors from outside her office to take James Comey to trial, after being unable to find any federal prosecutors in her own office willing to pursue the charges, according to two people familiar with the selections.

A new draft Trump memo argues that furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown.   Those who represent federal workers or advocate on their behalf say the White House is misreading the clear intent of the law.

Ask why Trump installed Ellis as CIA General Counsel and if that has anything you do with getting a favorable legal opinion on boat strikes.

Thanks, New Yorker

Broadview police are investigating.

A Republican Trump supporter pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges. Think it’s Epstein? Think again. MAGA is avoiding talking about it, but I'm covering the criminal case of TX megachurch pastor, Robert Morris, & why Republicans are the biggest hypocrites of them all. youtu.be/pVqRxNDtKFs?...

“Armed and masked federal officers are raiding private construction sites in Alabama, detaining whoever they think looks undocumented, and ignoring proof of citizenship,” said an attorney for Leo Garcia Venegas, a US citizen and construction worker who was unjustly detained not once, BUT TWICE👇🏽

Shameful.

Please share this with federal workers who reside in Maryland and working without pay.

We can only hope!

"Why shouldn't gay people be allowed to be able to marry? … Those against gay marriages say marriage should only be between a man and a woman. God, I of all people know that doesn't always work!"—Elizabeth Taylor, 2000 ✨

The Supreme Court isn't sure how serious the Constitution is about that whole Sixth Amendment right to counsel thing ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/villa...

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I have receipts that republicans can end the shutdown right now without a single democratic vote, and that the trump administration wants this shutdown and that's why they're not ending it. See the proof! www.youtube.com/live/PkEOK7J...

NEW: A federal prosecutor in the EDVA has found NO probable cause to indict NYAG Leticia James despite intense pressure from the Trump administration to do so. How long before she’s fired? www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

We covered this on today's @dailybeanspod.com. Extremely dangerous and these ICE agents should be charged with felonies.

JUST IN: DC Circuit denies Trump admin bid to carry out firing of Voice of America Director Michael Abramowitz. 3-0. Judges Millett (Obama), Pillard (Obama), Garcia (Biden). Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Per @jonseidel.bsky.social, the judge did not immediately rule on Illinois' request for an order barring deployment of federalized troops to Chicago. She set oral argument for Thursday, with a response from the government due Wednesday.

THUNE ADMITS IT: The democrats created affordable healthcare and the GOP wants to take it away. 💥

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New: DOJ has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers—justifying an open-ended war against suspected smugglers, now considered by the US to be enemy combatants. www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

Flashing red light: a top federal prosecutor REJECTED pressure to indict NY AG Letitia James Career DOJ lawyers aren’t giving to Trump’s revenge campaign Now what will Bondi & Halligan do? www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder: * There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress. Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Do it!

Guess how many times Republicans have tried to negotiate with Democrats to save health care? None. Zero. Not once. Republicans would rather shut down the government than lower health care costs.

BREAKING: Illinois has filed suit to block Trump's deployment of the military to Chicago. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The government said it was going to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda. Then it said Eswatini. But today, a DOJ attorney just told a federal judge that they haven't formalized a plan for removal yet. They apparently haven't even contacted Eswatini about the plan to remove Abrego there.

Whatever Speaker Johnson says: He sent the House home for YET ANOTHER WEEK because he cares more about protecting the Epstein files than he does about protecting the American people.

Mike Johnson: “Russ Vought takes no pleasure in this.” Mike Lee: “Russ Vought has been dreaming about this since puberty.” Watch the whole episode here: www.youtube.com/live/PkEOK7J...

Hmmm... weird.

After a federal judge barred Trump from using Oregon national guard in Portland, Trump orders California guard to Portland: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Trump and the GOP are gearing up for Martial Law. Suspending our rights, punting the elections, crushing critics, and elevating Trump into Supreme Leader. Every week, they're searching for their Reichstag Fire or trying to create one.

How can 78% of Americans want the ACA tax credits extended, but only 27% approve of Dems handling of the shutdown? Could it be the way pollsters ask questions? Is it propaganda? A corporate media issue? A messaging problem?

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

Referring to the abuse visited upon over a thousand girls as a “red herring” is nasty work, you asshole.

Judge Immergut is a woman.

Meanwhile in Russia: experts disagreed whether or not Trump is still theirs, and whether he will send Tomahawk missiles or other weapons to Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRzs...

FACT FOCUS: Republicans shut down the government to give him more time to hide the #EPSTEIN_Files.

🚨BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Sunday his state will sue after President Donald Trump sent 300 California National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, according to Newsom. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...