Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment. “Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.” wapo.st/3YL4T3D

Why would anyone risk themselves to go on 60 Minutes after this? How can viewers ever trust CBS News to report fairly on topics this White House is sensitive about?

Occam's razor. DOJ hasn't released key documents, including the original 60-count draft indictment of Epstein and the victim statements. Why? DOJ really doesn't want us to read them. Why does DOJ care so much about these? Because they directly or indirectly implicate Trump.

Khanna: "The problem here is there are rich and powerful people who either engaged in this abuse, covered it up, or we're on this island. What the American people want to know is who are these people? Instead of holding them accountable, Pam Bondi is breaking the law."

Congressman Henry Cuellar was indicted for money laundering, bribery, and conspiracy, allegedly taking about $600,000, mostly from Azerbaijan, to influence U.S. policy. President Donald Trump pardoned Cuellar, because Trump supports money laundering, bribery, and conspiracy.

Steve Witkoff has shown the world he will adopt Putin's talking points and concede the sovereignty of our Ukrainian allies if it means some of his billionaire buddies can get rich off Russia. It's un-American and a total betrayal of our values. Witkoff needs to be fired.

“I was 14… I was 16… this was me when I met Epstein… there are thousands of us… time to let the secrets out of the shadows” Powerful ad from survivors ahead of a vote to tell us where each House rep stands on protecting kids vs protecting pedophiles.

I will not only blame the Senate Democrats who are caving. I will blame them all. They needed to keep their ranks in order. If this happens, it's the most spineless political retreat imaginable and it will harm millions upon millions of Americans. Chickenshit, self-neutering nonsense. Cowards.

Dear Democratic Senators: if you vote for this selling out of the ACA it will be the end of your careers. Depend upon it. You are there to defend this country against Trump and the fascists, not collude with them. If you become Quislings, you will forever REMAIN Quislings

I stand with @sanders.senate.gov. This is not about politics, but about real people. It's not about securing a vote for show, but preventing premium hikes for Americans who are scared of what that will mean for them.

This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.

Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?

This shit is why people don’t trust the Democratic Party.

Listening to these pathetic rationalizations from King, Hassan, Shaheen, whoever else they have queued up. Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

A government run by the crooks for the crooks. The most corrupt President in American history.

I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.

Your periodic reminder that Jonathan Turley is Mike Lindell with tenure.

If Secretary Noem thinks the Coast Guard needs modernization, she should start with the vessels and rescue gear that save lives, not a flying five-star hotel to help herself travel in style. Because that’s not public service, it’s self-serving corruption.

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live. Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps: * Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled * Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

You know what day should be a national holiday in 2029? THE DAY OF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLDOZING OF THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BALLROOM.

Russia was caught, red handed, interfering in the 2020 election. Trump never did anything to punish them.

"What I need you to understand is that nobody is letting them go quietly. The Feds' every movement is announced by a chorus of whistles, by a parade of cars honking in their wake, neighbors rushing outside to yell to film to witness these kidnappings that are unfolding in front of us."

Chris Cillizza is one of the dumbest, most dishonest people on the planet

“.. The US now doles out nearly $200 billion in direct subsidies for favored businesses each year, and the president has imposed an expansive tariff regime, which will likely invite corruption, waste tax dollars, and sap ambition.” @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Donald Trump’s administration doesn’t respect the Constitution. But they’re learning that Illinois does not and will not bow under their tyranny.

i don't get it. omen sushi in nyc is cheaper than nobu in malibu, where you dined last year without your wife

I always knew that some portion of Americans were soulless fuckers. But I never could’ve imagined that a major American political party — the party of Lincoln — would be made up entirely of soulless fuckers.

DC J6: 1.500 arrests DC No Kings: zero Tell me again which side is violent?

Jessica Tarlov leaves her Fox News co-hosts speechless as she drops a list of issues Americans are protesting Trump for on No Kings

The opinions of Judge Young (a Reagan appointee) and Judge Immergut (a George W. Bush U.S. attorney) are a reminder of a Republican Party that believed in the rule of law. But the fact that so far as I know no current elected Republican has praised those opinions suggests that old GOP is long gone.

Immergut opinion cool-headed and understated but absolute bullseye on most important question, and I mean in multiple settings, of deference to his findings, which Ninth Circuit says must be given. Still must be w/in a "range of honest judgment," and this isn't. Delicate way of saying he's a liar.

They think this is their country. They think a majority shares their twisted views and wants the same kind of world they want. They are woefully wrong on both counts, and their overconfidence and overstepping will backfire. Keep your heads up.

On Orange Shirt Day my heart was with the survivors of St. Anne's residential school. The government suppressed thousands of pages of evidence and spent millions on lawyers to deny justice to people who suffered the worst crimes imaginable. There is no reconciliation without justice for St. Annes.

🕯️ Zelensky: Even during the war, we never forget the tragedy of Babyn Yar, the tragedy of the Holocaust. This tragedy was so immense because the world was too slow and silently watched as the fascists carried out their aggression.

Just FYI: Portland as a war zone is horseshit, and deploying federal troops is horseshit.

If politics is in some fundamental way a matter of sales, then anyone who actually valued real police reform and wanted to do it with that slogan was never going to close. Demilitarize police, yep. Change the mission? Sure. Spend less on the worst things. Great. "Defund The Police"? Dead on arrival.

No clerks. No building. No budget. No shadow docket. Ride the circuit. 25 justices, with 9 chosen by lottery. We will treat you like petulant children until you stop ignoring the law, Constitution, precedent, Article I, voters, & the plain meaning of words. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Bear chatter around the NVIDIA/OpenAI deal: a dangerous trend toward “vendor financing”: (via Vital Knowledge) $NVDA

@dinfontay.com ominous signs in Russian River AVA. Unharvested fruit and K/J pulling up vines

In the oral argument in the immunity case, Trump's lawyer's answer to the question, "What would be the check on the President just using his officers to break the law?" was, "People will not follow illegal orders." We're about to find out whether that's true.

As a member of the Oversight Committee, I just questioned Alex Acosta, the US Attorney who negotiated Epstein’s sweetheart plea deal. His answers were evasive and non-credible. What is clear is that there is A LOT they are hiding. I won’t stop until the full Epstein files are released.

At this point, my friend, democracy is like the dollar bill: You're going to have to believe in it if you want it to work.

Don’t do this

If the right *truly* believed Charlie Kirk was a defender of free speech and someone who was fine with dissenting opinions, they wouldn't be engaged in a massive campaign to punish anyone who didn't "mourn him properly." They clearly know all of that is bullshit. Only the media was conned.

“Mr. Van Hollen saw a different lesson [from his role in the Abrego Garcia case]. ‘This finger in the wind stuff has got to end. We also need to stop deluding ourselves that the problem is all about messaging, or about volume, or style. We don’t just need to fight. We need to fight for something.’”

GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan Weighs in on Search and Rescue Volunteering, the Eaton Fire, and the Human Urge to Help @gofundme.com www.directrelief.org/2025/09/gofu...