I disagree with Republican state legislators in my state on almost everything, but IN Republicans have stood up to Trump on redistricting, and I hope that holds. I really think Trump and his supporters overstepped here, and I'm looking forward to congratulating those who stay firm on their courage.

Because I’m in Spain, I posted this in the middle of the night, U.S.-time, so … ICYMI, a 🧵 on Congress.

I know we’ve been talking about the 25th Amendment being invoked for years now, but we should probably be talking about it a lot more and a lot more seriously right now.

DHS ordering a church to take down a nativity scene!? Wait, so is Trump waging a WAR ON CHRISTMAS!? I’ve been warned about this for years by Fox News!

Roosters outside the Gerstein Courthouse in Miami because Santeria. #becausemiami

Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away

In my bought-it-for-air-travel tuxedo? Is Duffy nuts?

Every legal story now is either Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach or In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport

Crucially, by upholding their constitution and the rule of law, Brazil discovered that support for Bolsonaro evaporated save for a dwindling minority of die-hards and dead-enders. Because Brazilians see Bolsonaro as a criminal and a loser, they've largely moved on from him. Could've been us...

Also because most of the gains from the U.S. economy go to the top 1%, and because college debt delays the accumulation of savings for a down payment. These are policy choices worth mentioning, @washingtonpost.com

Oof that eagle.

On the boats and on the planes They're coming to America Never looking back again They're coming to America

There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.

They line up perfectly.

Strangling the world-beating export industry which cross-subsidizes higher education for Americans. The White House says that's good news!

When your best strategy is to grab the coattails of a POTUS with a -16 net approval, 2026 may not be your year. (data: @fiftyplusone.news)

I'm not saying that Clay Higgins is consistently pro-child trafficking, but in March 2024 he was one of nine Representatives who voted against a resolution to condemn Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children.

So, like…my own personal Jesus? Someone to hear my prayers? Someone who cares?

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

Marriage Couseling By Zeus

On passage of the CR in the House: All Republicans "aye" except (voting nay): Thomas Massie (KY) Gregory Steube (FL) All Democrats "nay" except (voting aye) Henry Cuellar (TX) Donald Davis (NC) Jared Golden (ME) Adam Gray (CA) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) Thomas Suozzi (NY)

“In the Situation Room”?! Highly restricted access and no cell phones allowed. White House officials needed to meet with Lauren Boebert in the room where highly sensitive National Security issues are handled? To talk about the Epstein Files?!

So the meeting reported by CNN took place in the most secure site in the White House and not, say, the Oval Office? I would love to know why. www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...

What kind of anti-American fool would embrace Nordic paganism?

Following up from my September post on shutdown politics - what I got wrong and (I think) right. My latest @misofact.bsky.social. open.substack.com/pub/misofact...

Your occasional reminder that the current president is certain that he is not going to heaven.

Communism was clearly not a topic on the dementia exam.

I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.

Remember, we learned in 2021 that a win by the out party in a Virginia gubernatorial election fully nullifies any presidential mandate. I don’t make the rules

Literally Trump and his DOJ set free January 6 defendants who beat policemen and tried to overturn the election, while this case is being adjudicated

We've got you 👍

Turns out the sweetheart deal that Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta gave Epstein back in 2008 was even worse than we thought. Epstein's emails show Acosta tanked an investigation that had Epstein dead to rights on money laundering, and other financial crimes.

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess...”

Federal Judges have ruled a) that the President does have the authority to release emergency SNAP funds during the shutdown & b) that Trump *Must* do so. That means if payments don't go out, it's because Trump & the republicans defied the Judiciary to refuse to use their authority to send them out.

Nothing says "I am very serious about this issue" like a POTUS asking members of a different branch--from a chamber that hasn't met since Sept--to head this effort. Rep. Moore is a freshman member and not even on the subcommittee of jurisdiction.

Let the campaigning begin.

Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.

When @gregorykoger.bsky.social writes about the filibuster, you should read it. @misofact.bsky.social misofact.substack.com/p/you-love-m...

Pike was prosecuted by the CSA for insubordination and treason. He was a traitors' traitor.

Well there you have it. www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

Just for the record, in 2020: - Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey - Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes - Garland was an appeals court judge - Monaco was in private practice in LA There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise. He crazy.

Read a free sample! It's enough for a citation for sure :)

100% of the people in this video are convicted criminals.

It was great chatting with @gorenlj.bsky.social from the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about The Color of Civics. In the episode, we discuss key findings from the book, my experiences as a public school teacher that sparked my interest in civic education, and the story behind the book’s cover.

I’m not sure when the Epstein Ballroom got its name but it is definitely the Epstein Ballroom.

"The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them."

The White House is a public building and a National Park, maintained by the National Park Service. The President is a tenant. He has zero authority to tear up this building.

Antifa is SO well-organized that they apparently sneak into Republican offices and hang swastikas to create the impression that they are Nazis. “Taylor believes it is the result of ‘foul play or vandalism,‘ the spokesperson said.“