So happy for @heatherbooth.bsky.social May she live to be 100!

Proving once again why his critics are always right and he is always crazy.

This has been confirmed. Rob Reiner has died.

Police have confirmed the death of Rob Reiner. I can't help but think that this had something to do with his activism against Trump. I am beyonnd sad about this.

Two People Found Dead at Rob Reiner’s House in Los Angeles www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general... via @thr

ICYMI: This includes a great speech by Sen. Mark Kelly, D-AZ. Take a look!

From #DemPartners' #MikeLux: The Double Dilemma for Democrats substack.com/@mikelux1/no...

ICYMI: This includes a great speech by Sen. Mark Kelly, D-AZ. Take a look!

Pelosi always made sure he had DCCC support at election time, so he voted with her when it counted.

Trump pardons Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of TX. What's next? Cuellar switches parties to help Trump avoid impeachment when Dems retake the House?

Excellent read on the criminal state of affairs. open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

Sen. Gallego goes after #Hegseth for investigating Sen. Mark Kelly of AZ, a retired Navy Captain & former astronaut who flew 39 combat missions & has flown over 5,000 flight hours in more than 50 different aircraft. That's more hours than Trump spent on Epstein's plane. Watch! x.com/gebemartinez...

This week is already look a lot like last week's disastrous week for the WH. Here's a recap from #DemPartners in case you missed it. substack.com/@democracypa...

On a day when a judge throws out 2 "retribution" cases -- against Comey and Letitia James -- it decides to go after a popular Democratic senator and former astronaut. Pentagon to review ‘allegations of misconduct’ against Kelly for telling the truth. rollcall.com/2025/11/24/p...

HERE's THE ORDER!

BREAKING NEWS: COMEY CASE DISMISSED

His bad week is my good news. Enjoy #DemocracyWeekender open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Rep. Adelita Grijalva's smile and strength make me so hopeful for our near and long-term future. Anyone who can negatively influence Trump's mood is A+ on my list.

Posted last night ICYMI: open.substack.com/pub/gebemart...

This is not going to e d the shutdown because republica s are not in favor of extending aca tax credits. A vote on MTP is not the same as approval of a deal that Rs in S ate and House do not want.

What happened today in the Senate:

JUSTICE! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek re-election. She was the best Speaker of the House I ever knew, and she will certainly be honored as the best House Speaker in modern history, perhaps only surpassed by Sam Rayburn of Texas. As Speaker, she was effective, strategic, charming, and tough.+

Latino voters are running away from Trump! gebemartinez.substack.com/p/for-latino...

Check out #DemocracyWeekender! Lots to talk about: SNAP, New ACA insurance premiums mean those tax credits Dems are holding out for better be extended before the end of the year, or the avg. cost increase will be 114%!!! Also ElectionDay on Tues & what we'll learn! open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Meet #JohnLira, Dem candidate in #TX CD35, one of 5 new districts ordered by Trump. Lira, an MC Vet, grew up in the district along the eastern edges of San Antonio. "This is the district in TX where we can make the (Trump) gerrymandering plan backfire,” Lira said in DC. substack.com/@gebemartine...

Lamenting the continuing losses of local newspapers that inform us, hold local governments accountable, and chronicle our local histories.

Great read from #SteveSchmidt: "Donald Trump has destroyed the White House to demonstrate to the whole world that he can do what he wants, whenever he wants, to whatever, or whomever he wants." Trump's answer to No Kings Day open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

Trump's demolition of the East Wing of the White House, a historic structure that is NOT HIS, is a metaphor for how he has ruined our nation. He ruins everything he touches.

I suspect that he would say he pardoned because they shared the same political views (as he did with Santos.) Views on which subject? corruption? lying? grifting? pedophilia? serving as beauty pageant judges for free?

Please remember to wear YELLOW tomorrow. Even if you can't make it to a rally, show your support by wearing something yellow, even if it is just a ribbon or a cap. #NoKings because our democracy was built on the principle of "We, the people."

Authoritarian watch! and a reminder to wear YELLOW in support of the #NoKings historic day of action. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Extra! Extra! 10/12 open.substack.com/pub/chopwood... Jess, thanks for the reminder of how, when we organize with love at the center, we win! (as the great #HeatherBooth of #DemocracyPartners reminds us.)

Oh, this is so sad. #RIPDianeKeaton, who was a real kick to watch in film or on interviews. She had a great range of abilities as an actor, and surprisingly, her vocals too. She probably is telling the angels, "La la. La ti da."

Quite a week. Gaza, Trump autocracy on fast speed from Chicago to a VA courtroom for the indictment of the NY A.G. and more. Ck it out in the #DemocracyWeekender

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize! apnews.com/article/nobe...  P.S. Machado's pro-democracy work is beyond courageous. Before VZ's 2024 so-called presidential election, the Women's Foreign Policy Group held a "fireside chat" with Machado, who spoke of +

One of the most disgusting tactics by #AGBondi arrived at #SJC oversight hearing armed with a negative accusation about each Dem senator to throw mud at them when they press her on issues she doesn't want to discuss. #SnarkyImmatureShow

Whenever Bondi refuses to comment, that means "Yes."

Sen. Dick Durbin presses Pam Bondi on FBI personnel reportedly being asked to flag instances of Trump's name appearing in the Epstein files. Bondi says she's "not going to discuss anything about that with you." Durbin: "Eventually, you're going to have to answer for your conduct."

instead of answering Durbin's questions, Bondi is attacking him

Durbin just wrote Bondi’s tombstone: “Here lies Pam Bondi - she made Nixon look decent.”

ICE agents arrest Alderperson Jessie L. Fuentes (26th Ward of Chicago city council) after she questions them on whether they have a signed judicial warrant to arrest a person at Humboldt Park Hospital. “He has Constitutional rights.” “No.” ICE’s exact mindset: no one is allowed any rights now.

Four U.S. citizen children were detained in an ICE raid—zip-tied, separated, held for hours. Imagine if these were your precious little ones! Can you close your eyes to this depravity? Please don't. Remember If this could happen to these little kids, it can happen to yours. Speak out now!

DemocracyWeekender recaps start of govt shutdown, Trump's BIG LIE re immigrants, an op-ed decrying Mark Zuckerberg’s zeal to bend Meta’s policies to serve Trumpism, & GOP not eager to swear in newly-elected Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-AZ. And why is this dummy here? open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Does this mean Rs no longer care about the Latino vote? substack.com/@gebemartine...

Politicians must be held accountable. www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...