We have to purge the country of these men

In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.

Amen.

Ukraine gave up the nuclear weapons in its territory as the Soviet Union went away. We in the US live in a safer world because of this. Now we risk many nations deciding wether or not to acquire nuclear weapons as a hedge against this kind of situation. We will regret our actions for a long time.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends. We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over. We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.

god I hope Olivia Nuzzi never gets paid even one more cent by a single publication for the rest of her life

the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

GOP, party of death and destruction.

This will kill a lot of people. Thanks, GOP, the party of starvation and death by pollution. I think you have your new campaign slogan.

This is exactly the sort of thing that is going to require people to go to jail for a very long time if we are to avoid this ever happening again. We're going to be told we need to move on. We've been told that every time since ~1865. Which is why the crises keep happening. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

What kind of country do we live in when such a clear attempt to change the results of an election fails to be prosecuted? The GOP of Georgia must be proud to join the Vichy ranks in normalizing Trump and his electoral crimes.

As NASHVILLE crews sound the 🚨 about tunnel safety concerns and walk out, worth remembering just last week it was reported the NV governor got fines against Boring dropped when firefighters & workers “suffered chemical burns” in Vegas Are they counting on that from @GovBillLee?

All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID. I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail

"At the end of the day, Milei’s policies are unsustainable and will lead to economic collapse." Another great investment by Trump! For the MAGA crowd and spineless GOP politicians, sending money out of the country to save a charlatan like the Argentine president is par for the course.

The casual disregard of poverty and hunger in the U.S. by the GOP, as well as the attendant need to support this population as an obligation of a civilized society, never fails to shock me.

The GOP has spent the last half-century working from the premise that Watergate produced the wrong outcome Now they’re turning their attention to the Nuremberg trials

We really do have two different kinds of law now: District Court law (aka the law), and Supreme Court "law" (aka the U.S. House of Lords upholding Trump's personalist regime)

The latest evaluation of bike lane projects in Boston continues to show that if you build bike infrastructure, people will use it. Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...

Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

A depraved and decadent Trump WH dinner for MBS was a stunning low for an American ruling class that's stopped pretending to carry a moral compass It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...

"The poor’s share of the US economic pie is shrinking to developing-world levels... These days, Americans in the poorest 10th of the population draw about 1.8% of the nation’s income, about the same as poor Bolivians. In Nigeria, they reap 3%, in China 3.1%, in Bangladesh 3.7%."

Russia is not winning its war in Ukraine But Steve Witkoff has agreed to treat them as a victor It’s a long Russian con to make America complicit — and it makes America weak, and corrupt

Jail or prison time served by high-ranking Nixon officials as a result of Watergate: Attorney General: 19 months. Chief of Staff: 18 months. White House Counsel #1: 18 months. White House Counsel #2: 4 months. Secretary to the President: 8 months. Special Counsel: 7 months.

1/2. “The COP of Truth cannot ignore science. 75% of carbon emissions come from fossil fuels. Today we are not even allowed to discuss pathways for a just and equitable transition away from fossil fuels.” Colombia at the close of #COP30.

👇🎯💯 It will take aggressive policy responses, fundamental institutional reforms, a sh*tton of public $$, & a lot of people being prosecuted & jailed for their lawless authoritarian crimes. If it takes generations, it will be the failure of government & imagination & elite accountability. Again.

The system that allows this level of anonymous giving is fundamentally anti-democratic, corrupt, and unworkable. www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/11/21/d...

Highest unemployment rate since Oct 2021.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.

Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."

Even if we have free elections in 2028 & Trump leaves office, he'll die a free man in his bed one day, & his WH/Cabinet officials will go on to lucrative media, academic, & business sinecures after his presidency. We all know this. It's grotesque. But it's the central feature of 🇺🇸 politics forever.

It is comical that Putin would refer to the inappropriately-named "peace" proposal presented to Ukraine as a "U.S. plan." It is a Kremlin plan that might as well have been written in the original Russian.

Other, more serious countries don't do this. Senior politicians who commit crimes go to jail <all the time>. We could be like those countries, too. But since we've never been that sort of country, it's going to require wholesale reform of our deeply broken societal & political institutions.

Jamal Khashoggi's widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi: "Try as much as you can to save democracy and freedom of the press and speech in America. Do not be a copy of a Middle East dictatorship. We look to you as a role model of Western civilization—please maintain it."

Don't forget, he's from Chicago!!

VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM, YOU FLAMING SHITBIRDS. WE HAVE, IN FACT, NOT IGNORED YOUR NOW-DEFUNCT HYPOTHESIS. WE INVESTIGATED IT TO THE TUNE OF STUDIES WITH DATA FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS.

Ignore the performative, disingenuous cries of "antisemitism" Trump & GOP have so cynically used as a political shield. Look instead at what they're actually doing: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

ICYMI — NBC: “The senior military lawyer for the combatant command overseeing lethal strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela disagreed with Trump that the operations are lawful — and his views were sidelined…” www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Really important article about how the White House's anti-DEI crusade is cutting off data for new potential breakthroughs for African-Americans who disproportionately suffer from end-stage kidney disease. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...

Statement from Rep. Crockett on Threat at D.C. Office

Listened to this @volts.wtf banger this last night and it's wild just how incredible the rate of return is for improving indoor air quality in schools. Where is California at with this? Do we have policy levers we can pull at the state level?

Reminding people in the military and law enforcement of their oath and duty to the Constitution is only a bad thing to someone who wants to rip up the Constitution.

remember this "case" began with DHS press person claiming that multiple vehicles had ambushed and cornered CBP agents in a scene reminiscent of Baghdad 2007

I should add that the current metanarrative taking shape there is shaped by tons of items about people getting in trouble for using their guns against evildoers of various sorts. The narrative ratchets more authoritarian week by week: "we'll need our guns soon."

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This entire thread is worth a read, as is the underlying article.