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Republicans say one of these individuals is the "most divisive president in history"

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“In his book On Strategy, U.S. Army Col. Harry Summers Jr. recounts a statement he made to North Vietnamese Col. Tu in 1975. “You know,” Summers said, “you never defeated us on the battlefield.” Tu replied, “That may be so, but it is also irrelevant.” @markhertling.bsky.social

Before the start of Trump's war, the president knew he was risking the shutdown of the world's most vital shipping lane—which would throw the world into chaos. But the 79 yo real estate developer assured White House advisers that Iran would surrender first. www.wsj.com/politics/nat... (gift link)

Noem handed mega deal to firm accused of smuggling migrants and arming them for shootouts

Brendan Carr is threatening the media to cover the war the way the Trump regime wants. It’s one of the most anti-American messages ever posted by a government official. 1/

There's a hauntingly beautiful irony in these morons thinking that carefully crafted American hegemony was actually weak and woke, and they would be the ones who would do Power and Dominance properly, and immediately bringing everything crashing down

If anyone wasn't of the belief that he's trying to create a state-run media, the fact that he shared this should take care of any hesitation on that front.

It’s crazy that he is negotiating on behalf of the U.S. at all. He has no government appointment and no one elected him and he has no business being in those meetings even without the grift

Sounds like a great candidate.

Sen. Murray: "I'm just sickened by this. To go into this war unprepared, to use outdated data, and to have this horrific thing happen where children were killed in a school sends a horrible message to those that are in a war with us and to our own constituents about what America's values are."

It's just impossible to keep up with the stupidity of our government

Stand Up For Science Founder & CEO Colette Delawalla states three demands: 1. Remove RFK Jr. 2. Reinstate the American Dream of Science. 3. Science should be driven by scientists not political appointees. Join the fight! standupforscience.net/march7

Wow: under the radar special election in Arkansas tonight for House District 70, a GOP-held seat in suburban Little Rock. Democrat Alex Holladay with a huge 27-point win over Republican Bryan Renshaw. Another red to blue flip for Democrats.

Less than a third feel confidant Trump will lower everyday prices after watching his State of the Union, poll finds

🇺🇦🤝🇳🇴Svyrydenko: Norway is providing Ukraine with $9 billion in funding this year. This is another package of military and civilian assistance to Ukraine under the Nansen Program. Norway has made the largest contributions under PURL, and this is already significantly strengthening our air defense.

Of course, this puts more of a burden, not less of one, on TSA and CBP personnel. abcnews.com/US/dhs-suspe...

I wonder how uninsured Americans feel about the US sending a hospital ship to a country with free healthcare and 5 hospitals. 5 hospitals may not sound like much, but their entire population is 56,740. www.cnn.com/2026/02/21/p...

US judge orders Trump administration to restore Philadelphia slavery exhibit - The Guardian Yay. The judiciary stands up!

“🇺🇸 agriculture is on the verge of widespread collapse… they’re asking for a rollback of virtually every policy Trump has introduced.” As Republicans try to distance Trump policies from🧑‍🌾 farmer struggles, the truth is clear: www.facebook.com/share/v/17Up...

My point—the singular theme of my campaign for Congress—is this: Whatever your specific policy priorities and preferences may be, wherever you think the public interest should take us, we can’t and won’t get there unless and until we … (1/7)

Whoa! Didn’t expect to wake up to this news. “A year into Trump’s term, voters say Biden was better.” Trump’s net approval on the economy is now -18. That’s 26 points worse than this point in his first term and a brutal 53 points lower among independents. 1/2

🚨In December 2016, Epstein invited Bill Gates to his island and informed him that “new administration people” were visiting. This was sent exactly one month before Trump was inaugurated for his first term.

NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note: Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”

Bondi and Blanche should not be practicing law, let alone serving in highest ranks of govt. Those unwilling to pursue justice for Epstein’s survivors and boot out predators, those who facilitated or normalized his crimes, and those who lied or covered up for them, do not deserve to hold power — ever

So, Jack Smith working with a subpoena to acquire general phone logs is a breech of privacy but the DOJ can just randomly spy on the congress people and their computer searches for no apparent reason? The cognitive dissonance of these people never ceases to astonish me.

Well, in a sense he is. We can see right through him.

A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump dismissed the DOJ’s efforts to obtain Michigan’s unredacted voter rolls, a bruising setback for the department’s sweeping national effort to force states to disclose sensitive voter data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is not to convince the regime they're wrong. The goal of #NonviolentCivilResistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself. We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.

Deputy AG Blanche says the Justice Department is producing more than 3 million pages of material related to Epstein and describes the document production as now “complete,” despite this not being all of the files.

Over the last year, the Trump 2.0 has bombed: Yemen Syria Iraq Iran Somalia Nigeria Venezuela Boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific

Why anyone would need confirmation, when it is already so obvious, is puzzling to me. But, okay….

We would tend to lean Tim’s way on this one

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

The date for the next No Kings Day is set. But this is a save the date, not a “sit back and wait.” 🧵

Extortion on top of cruelty.

“Trump is making deals in broad daylight, openly entwining his presidency with private profit…” And it’s highly unlikely that he’ll do anything once his dealings affect taxpayers and the market.

Here's some information on the National Shutdown on Friday. Not everyone can do this, and that's okay, but if you can these types of actions have a lot of impact. nationalshutdown.org?emci=c52ba88...

Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody. She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care. We need to reform immigration detention.

Not a Dime for ICE Lawlessness... Sen. Chris Van Hollen is one of the best open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

"This is the most interventionist government of my lifetime," Justin Wolfers, an economist at the University of Michigan, told MeidasTouch in an interview released Sunday. "It’s the least conservative government of my lifetime."

"This is not policing and it is not military service. It is something dangerously undefined." Another must-read from @markhertling.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/i/185791165/...

Damn proud of Minnesota.

“The notion that these masked enforcers are legitimate law enforcement is a fiction. They are paramilitary operatives. They are thugs in the service of a regime.” open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...

Ice agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds

AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE. We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.

In the early 1930s the SA was roughing people up, creating chaos in neighborhoods, seeking to terrorize with the occasional killing. By the late 1930s it had been supplanted by the SS, which was much better trained.