When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US. When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.

2/ Rachel Maddow’s interview with Eric Holder should be required viewing. He and Cory Booker aren’t mincing words: this is a moral moment. The threat is real. The time is now. We fight back in unison—or we risk losing everything we’ve built.

Signed up!

Massive die-in in front of the New York Stock Exchange to protest the illegal cuts by DOGE and the Trump administration.

Mike has been a friend of mine since we were young reporters at the @washingtonpost.com in the 1980s. He brims with talent, integrity and commitment to the truth. This is exactly what I expected and he had hoped he could stave off, which is a trash move by trash people. Throw them out.

Warm reception for @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social @london.gov.uk at #SouthwarkLabour conference today. Including amusing intro by Councillor @jamesmcash.bsky.social & quick jibe at #ElonMusk. Great mayor for our great city! #LondonLabour Sadiq, can you get Labour HQ on BlueSky too pls?

We've hit 10,000 signatures on this petition -- at least ten thousand people refusing to donate to Senate Democrats until Mr. Schumer is replaced as leader. Let's keep it going. Share widely and make your anger known. Let's demand action.

Trump can call me names but the truth remains. He is an unhinged wanna be dictator who is angry that I beat him in court and won't cower in fear. Now he is weaponizing the federal government against his political opponents. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

Fact: Democratic Presidents always do it better.

Yes!

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Trump is a poor person's idea of a rich man, a weak person's idea of a strong man, and a stupid person's idea of a smart man.

Thank you, Lin-Manuel! 👏

One by one Democrats should walk out during Trump’s joint address tonight. That way they can’t fill the empty seats.

Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) delivered this week’s “Weekly Dem Address” and if this doesn’t go viral, something is seriously wrong. She talks about what the Republican budget proposal will do to families across America while holding her one month old Sam. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hanY... 1/2

Joined many other Londoners out on the streets again today in support of Ukraine, the UK and Europe. And against Putin and the Russian terrorist state. You are always welcome in London, President Zelensky. And well done, Keir Starmer. #StandWithUkraine #coalitionofthewilling

My diary reminder it was a year ago today the Supreme Court decided to hear Trump’s appeal on presidential immunity for Jan 6th. And now the world sees clearly a US president who considers himself a king. If only GOP had had the courage to impeach the first time Trump tried to blackmail Zelensky.

Period.

Obama and Biden may think they are honoring the office of the presidency by keeping quiet at a moment like this — if so that’s just preening vanity — they owe it to the office and to the Republic that until last month it served to speak up loudly and clearly and without relent.

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Three years on from the full-scale invasion, we still stand with Ukraine. It was my honour to join thousands of other Londoners on Saturday for this Solidarity with Ukraine march from Holland Park to the steps of the Russian embassy. #standwithukraine #istandwithukraine

The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.

JB Pritzer tells it like it is. "We don't have kings in America, and I don't intend to bend the knee to one."

Extraordinary story the Wall Street Journal. X is threatening advertisers that if they don’t spend more, Elon Musk will use his influence in government to block company mergers. That’s extortion.

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

Garcia: The fact that the Trump DOJ now wants to silence members of Congress because we’re actually willing to take on Elon Musk is quite dangerous. It’s incredibly disturbing. But we’re not going to be silenced. We’ve got to push back.

It’s a coup. It’s a strategic alliance with Putin. It’s the end of the post-war international order. It’s the triumph of lies over truth and in Putin’s case, evil over good. We are through the looking glass & we all now have to decide who we are & what we stand for

Kazan v Miller, fact v fiction, coded metaphors, modern resonances, HUAC history repeating itself + alternative stage names. Watch & share this full @hintoflimeprod.bsky.social Q&A on YouTube too! #TheValueOfNames is at the White Bear Theatre til 1 Mar. #LondonTheatre youtu.be/z-Zil5SbqWE?...

How much do you know about the House Un-American Activities Committe (HUAC), the art it inspired - inc Arthur Miller's The Crucible + Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront - & the careers it destroyed? So much to discuss at @hintoflimeprod.bsky.social's #TheValueOfNames. terripaddock.com/the-value-of...

After last year's Kunstler, I knew a Q&A with writer Jeffrey Sweet would be a fascinating lesson in 20th-century US politics & culture. I was NOT disappointed. Thanks to him + #TheValueOfNames cast for a top night at the White Bear with @hintoflimeprod.bsky.social. terripaddock.com/the-value-of...

We need to be clear that Trump and Musk are not reducing the size of the US government, or making it more efficient. They are destroying it.

Dems should propose a law that immediately requires every fed agency to post on @bsky.app account, every outlay with a detailed description, $, and a link to existing gov sites with in depth details Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.

Elon Musk's government rampage is also a massive bailout happening in plain sight: For X, for Tesla, for xAI, for the man himself nymag.com/intelligence...

Thanks @maddow.msnbc.com & @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com. The more people we can get on @bsky.app, the greater chance we stand. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

This is an amazing summation of everything wrong about the past three weeks. An incredible rallying cry. #ruleoflaw

This is not just a musing from a dude with some various ideas. The next step is to hollow out the judiciary and also not follow their rulings, which have been against Musk’s efforts. This is a very obvious coup, for those not paying attention.

Democrats like Obama should be leading HUGE amphitheater events denouncing fascism and this corrupt administration. People are FIRED UP. Use the power of rallies for good and not just campaign funds. Let’s get to it!

Very important thread.

I see more criticism here of Democrats in Congress than I do condemnation of Republicans. And yet it is the GOP who are enabling Trump. It tells me a lot when I see you regularly bash our side but say nothing, ever, about the other. Reflect on your choices. You may be helping the fascists.

No cooperation. No collaboration. No compromise. Maximum resistance. Maximum disruption. Start there and get tougher.

This is a must read for this dangerous moment right now.

This is a national emergency:

The ordinary questions you might ask: Is Elon Musk a government employee? Are his lieutenants? Does he personally hold a security clearance and do his “lieutenants”? Have they all undergone a background check? Are they subject to foreign influence? Have they ever done a sieg heil on stage?

The Trump fascist plan: Change the Constitution by executive fiat Have Elon pillage the treasury Fire anyone who might investigate you Take over all media Create an “enemy” like DEI to unify MAGA And attack your opponents to quell dissent “Now I realize he’s a total fascist” General Milley

Dude. I'm Pissed. youtube.com/shorts/zBYoY...

There's nothing 'nuanced' about what Trump is doing. I got frustrated an hour into a @chathamhouse.bsky.social talk on his reordering foreign policy (eg bullying the rest of the world). Thanks to @leslievinjamuri.bsky.social for responding to my Q with grace... & focus 🙏. #CHevents #NotNormal