Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris pleaded guilty to child sex crimes

Top brass (unnecessarily dragged away from posts around the world at the cost of $6M to taxpayers) illustrated loyalty to the Constitution. They remained stone-faced and refused to applaud during the most cringeworthy addresses ever delivered by a secdef and potus open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

John Roberts has led the Supreme Court for 20 years now. In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has transformed America, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself @pemalevy.bsky.social looks at the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it.

Chris Murphy just offered an extraordinary warning about Trump on our pod. "This isn’t a normal time. If you don’t mount a stand right now on behalf of democracy, there won’t be another opportunity. The world [is] watching to see what we stand for." Listen: newrepublic.com/article/2013...

if you respect the law and the constitution, the trump administration has no use for you

I cannot emphasize enough that this administration shouldn’t get 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 from the Dems until they start obeying the law. Not. One. Optics matter: if you want people to turn out next election despite troops in the streets, then show them it matters. Do your goddamn jobs and hold the line.

What scares me the most is not just that history is repeating itself, but how many Americans can't see that history is repeating itself. They know nothing about what Hitler did before the Holocaust. That's why they can't see that Trump is following Hitler's playbook step by step.

History has many painful lessons.

A Shroud of Thoughts: The 70th Anniversary of the Sitcom The Honeymooners mercurie.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Every head that hits pavement is slammed by the #GOP Every body jammed in a cell at a concentration camp is held there by the GOP Every person denied a vaccine is made sick by the GOP Every child deprived of parents by fascism is orphaned by the GOP By. Every. Single. Senator. And. Congressman.

BREAKING: The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #Trump #EpsteinFiles #POTUS

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"Every American should be alarmed that their President has decided he can wage secret wars against anyone he calls an enemy,” @reed.senate.gov told @theintercept.com

California and New York paying taxes to this federal government in 2025 is tantamount to England and France paying taxes to Germany in 1940. The money is going to be used *against* you.

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

2 October 1919 | A Dutch Jew, Jacob Vogel, was born in Amsterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 17 July 1942 in a transport of 2,000 Jews deported from #Westerbork. No. 48420 He perished in the camp on 18 August 1942. --- Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

Where are the House Republicans? NOT in D.C., that’s for sure. Speaker Johnson won’t even seat Rep. Grijalva because of the Epstein files.

And being here illegally is a MISDEMEANOR. You aren’t supposed to be tackled and beaten and kicked by ten masked hoodlums if you’re charged with this (or with any crime here in this country).

Move over, Freud. It will now forever be known as the Cruzian Slip.

Nearly seven million pregnant women and young children depend on WIC for healthy foods. Advocates say funding could run out in about two weeks, leaving states to close the gap if their budgets allow.

If Donald Trump really brought in $17 trillion from tariffs then all Americans can have free healthcare and those making under $100k can each get a “dividend check” of at least $50k. 🚨 DEMS Launch INVESTIGATION into Trump $17 TRILLION THEFT?!!! youtu.be/2qqd98OjYnk?...

Trump is a fascist who yearns to be a dictator. All who support him support fascism.

Using American cities as "training grounds for our military" isn’t just intrinsically un-American, it's unconstitutional. 
More like a tin-pot dictator than a President every day.

NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign. "If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."

This is what leadership looks like. This is what humanity looks like. Our belligerent defense department head is not even half the human of Jay Silveria. Do not comply to unethical demands. Be kind. #MomSky

For the price of a $400 million jet/bribe, you too can get your very own US security guarantee

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later. harpers.org/archive/1941...

Just naked and brazen corruption. All states represented by Democrats in the Senate. Time to stiffen our spines and demand that we only fund a government that obeys the law.

DOJ has sued 8 states for refusing to turn over their full, unreacted voter files. My team has now filed motions to defend voters in 7 of those cases in ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, OR and PA. I suggest that DOJ monitor the docket in the remaining one in CA.

How is this legal. It probably isn’t but we will need to wait for the courts. newrepublic.com/post/201223/...

G’mar Chatima Tovah. Wishing a meaningful fast to all during Yom Kippur. May this time of reflection be filled with peace, hope, and prayer.

We believe healthcare is a right for every American. But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies. Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.

Today marks the first day in the 55-year history of PBS and 54-year history of NPR that public media has broadcast to its audiences without federal funding. But even though lots of local outlets are at risk, PBS and NPR are still here, providing fair, accurate news coverage and will not be silenced.

If Harvard bows down to this lawless president, it will cover itself in shame and betray its motto “Veritas.” Don’t pretend to stand for truth if you’re going to surrender to this bully. Appeasement only feeds the beast and puts us all at greater risk.

2 October 1936 | Czech Jewish girl, Anita Brandeisová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- Gas chambers and crematoria of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

WTH is happening? Masked Feds are responding to robbery calls and abusing/abducting Black people now?

ICE agents strangled this man, who appears to be an American citizen, then spirited him away and no one knows who he is or if he is alive.

They didn’t drain the swamp. They sold VIP tickets to it.

I canceled my @washingtonpost.com subscription when Bezos intervened & stopped the endorsement of Harris. I took that money and subscribed to Marc Elias & other independent journalists.

Jane Goodall has passed, age 91. What a blessing to the planet she was... abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

This is a very bad ruling for all of us who value the First Amendment.

Republicans, who control Congress, are lying by calling this a #DemocratShutdown. Democrats are responding honestly with #RepublicanShutdown. But I suspect the most accurate description is #EpsteinShutdown.

No, it explains why you wouldn't compromise. You wanted to trash the country, you've been working hard at trashing the country for the last nine months, and you're going to gleefully continue to trash the country. You never needed an excuse, why pretend one now?

That's the definition of fascism from Robert Paxton, one of the preeminent historians of the subject, from his book ANATOMY OF FASCISM which came out more than two decades ago.

Just to note. January 23, 2019 there was a vote to reopen government (HJ RES 28, roll call vote 46) when the govt had been shut down for 30 days. Mike Johnson voted “no” on that. They didn’t seem to mind shutdowns then

NEW: Far-right sheriffs and election deniers are teaming up to police elections and sow doubt about their integrity. From seizing voting machines to patrolling ballot boxes, their tactics offer a glimpse into how Trump could use them to subvert elections.

My thoughts when hearing Hegseth live was that there are so many POC and women that serve. Including high ranking Generals and Admirals. How humiliating to sit through that and hear that you aren’t worthy or that you skipped the line because of your skin color. 1/3

Dear @apnews.com The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once. Fix your headline.