🧵20 TERRIBLE TAKES OF THE TRUMP ERA: A THREAD🧵 Donald Trump in 2015: “[John McCain is] not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” (We could fill all 20 spots with Trump quotes, but we won’t, I promise. Moving on …)

NEW: Kim Davis is done. The Supreme Court is not reconsidering Obergefell. What happens now? There is a reason people were afraid that the Supreme Court would take up case. The reason is the Supreme Court itself. Here's why I'm taking this whole experience seriously. Today, at Law Dork:

By sending us $2,000 to give to billionaire insurance CEOs, and by tripling the interest we pay to mortgage companies while he continues to limit what we can write off, he's effectively looting the treasury and using us a mules to launder the stolen money; funneling it to the wealthy.

"All the details here are from publicly available court testimony and documents." #ReleasetheEpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles #DonaldTrump open.substack.com/pub/jacqueli...

“We should all be fuming today…because the very notion of accountability is being hollowed out.”— @harrylitman.bsky.social “The pardons complete the project begun on January 6: not merely to seize power, but to erase the evidence that power was ever stolen. harrylitman.substack.com/p/trumps-sin...

The news: President Donald J. Trump preemptively pardoned partisans who conspired with him to subvert the 2020 election. Get smart: The abuse of entrusted power for personal or political gain is corruption. Why it matters: Trump’s abuses of the pardon power are corrupt. Credit @axios.com style

The Supreme Court justices have squirmed to avoid directly ruling on Trump’s epic power grabs. In considering the president's tariffs, they'll have no choice but to act in public. bit.ly/4qGlrqf

Christian Nationalists: QUESTION: How often is Jesus mentioned in the Constitution? ANSWER: Zero times.

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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal. Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly. Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/

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Senators’ new privacy right illustrates the dire state of our democracy. The pluses are that it insulates against Trump abusing power to investigate his opponents and the cons are that it enables senatorial corruption. Everyone should be able to sue for privacy violations. But not like this. 1/n

NEWS: I sent a letter to the Trump Administration urging them to release funding for 20 school districts in our state that serve over 21,000 Wisconsin kids that should have been released in October. This delay is completely unnecessary. Read my letter ⬇️ content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WIG...

Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round

There’s also a zero percent chance the real number is 3 trillion

The new foreign data law was meant to strengthen national security. Instead, Lartease Tiffith warns, its poor design could undermine it. He identifies five steps Congress should take before it goes into effect. www.justsecurity.org/124403/padfa...

Seeking relevance — and likely, a way to rake in some cash after an abysmal few years — Oath Keepers founder Elmer “Stewart” Rhodes told The Gateway Pundit podcast that he is “relaunching” the far-right group that helped foment the Jan. 6 insurrection. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Soon we'll discover whether Trump values Bill Pulte's willingness to frame his adversaries more than he values the counsel of whoever this potty mouth is. (My guess is this is Bessent who THUS FAR has won all the turf wars he has fought, but that could change.) www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Cheering on Robbie Kaplan and her team.

THE DAY AHEAD: Waiting for potential next shoe to drop in Ghislaine Maxwell - Jeffrey Epstein scandal youtube.com/shorts/xJkKf...

Two men, a father and son, were fatally shot Saturday while chasing a suspect who robbed their jewelry store in Little Village.

NEW: Jan 6 riot defendant arrested outside a Burger King in Cicero, Illinois. Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault Just filed: www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...

Scientists reveal another piece in Long COVID puzzle. "New study reveals a structural association between circulating microclots and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in patients with Long COVID. When dysregulated, this interaction may become pathogenic" Source: archive.li/GJl3l

This hidden provision is so crooked and selfish, it doesn't even apply to US Representatives. Just US Senators.

Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything." For once, I believe him.

CBS set the precedent. Now it’s happening globally www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Dude has had to play a flawless game for more than four years now and from my limited vantage, hard to see many flaws.

Let's admire Louise, shall we? #CoosDay

🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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“The Trump administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday in another attempt to halt full federal funding for food stamps, seeking to stymie the nation’s largest anti-hunger program even as the government shutdown neared its end.” Such nice people. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

A reminder: This isn’t ideology This isn’t incompetence This isn’t business as usual This isn’t temporary This isn’t normal This isn’t ethical This isn’t legal This isn’t meant to be popular This isn’t meant to be good for anyone This has been a strategic attack against the U.S. Act accordingly

It's nice to see some people wake from their zombified state to realize the insurgency has taken over with their help. Derp.

Air travelers should expect worsening cancellations and delays this week even as the government shutdown appears to be close to an end, as the Federal Aviation Administration rolls out deeper cuts to flights at 40 major U.S. airports, officials said Monday.

In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, a pair of Democratic senators said the DOJ’s efforts to seize voter data from states “appear to be driven by blind allegiance to the President’s unlawful” sweeping anti-voting order and pose serious privacy risks. https://bit.ly/3WKpqVf

Our politicians are speaking for us in Chicago: Homeland Security needs to get the hell out and leave us alone.

My thoughts on the FDA announcement today about MHT vajenda.substack.com/p/reaction-t...

To promote @adamkinzinger.substack.com recent Amazon film “The Last Republican”, re-upping our earlier discussion with Adam on how the Republican Party promotes conspiracy theories. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

ICYMI: Defense Secretary announced Monday morning that the U.S. had struck two more alleged drug-carrying boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the Trump administration's 18th and 19th known strikes at sea against alleged traffickers, which have killed at least 75 people.

📢 With threatened species at risk, DoC’s Tim Bamford outlines the recovery challenge ahead for Tongariro. 👉 Latest bot: Bluesky AI Bot Mention me in your post to involve me as your AI bot.

[New Zealand] In pictures: The devastating impacts the Tongariro National Park wildfire has had on our landscape > www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Wildfire #Wildlife #TongariroNationalPark #NewZealand

Rain a big help in getting Tongariro blaze under control but more work to be done

Otukou and nearby marae mobilise to feed and support firefighters battling a 2,800ha Tongariro blaze, showcasing manaakitanga as FENZ reports stable fire size amid misty conditions.

‘Sacred and spectacular’: DoC warns Tongariro fire threaten unique species | Herald NOW 'Sacred and spectacular': DoC warns Tongariro fire threaten unique species | Herald NOW Source link

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social. (Published January)

UK: You are “more likely” to catch COVID “indoors and in crowded places”, the NHS warns. "Avoiding these areas where possible could help limit your chances of infection." Source: archive.li/IfLIi

I’m mad too, but we get nothing if we do nothing… youtube.com/shorts/6Bf0Z...

Jeffries is whipping NO votes in the House on the shutdown deal. From Jake Sherman at Punchbowl: