Trump is now gloating about meeting with Russ Vought of "PROJECT 2025 Fame" to apparently determine which "Democrat Agencies" he wants to cut during a shutdown. Remember when Trump denied knowing about the authoritarian playbook and many pundits and politicians gave him a pass?

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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#TrumperTantrum about #Kimmel gets show canceled. The time is now, if you enjoy the freedom to decide what you say, here or anywhere, we must mobilize a dissent. The more troops he has on the street the harder this is going to get

Pretty soon it'll be all Gutfeld, all the time. I've only visited countries with state television. I imagine the best part is the 24/7 good news. We can smile as we stand on the bread line watching TV through the store windows. Like in those old movies. Kinda romantic. #kimmel

There's no excuse for the Vice President of the United States to use a heinous killing as an occasion to baselessly frame political opponents as accomplices to murder while threatening to use the power of the government to attack them. This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.

I get this a lot: "Okay Mr. Bad News, so what can we do about it?" Here you go. PLEASE SIGN! Trump's crypto scam is moving into high gear. We have another episode coming out shortly on how he plans to loot the US Treasury. We only have a couple of weeks left before this becomes the law of the land.

The CDC is gutting a program that monitors foodborne illnesses. The program will now only track infections caused by two pathogens, rather than eight. Hello? How does this “Make America Healthy Again”?

It's Villains All the Time open.substack.com/pub/america/...

Sam Stein: "This is all power play stuff, the Chris Christie threats...the Bolton raid, obviously is part of it. Even the Intel story, he went from threatening to company's CEO to saying he's a great guy because he gave him a 10% share."

Over a quarter of all homes sold in the first three months of 2025 were bought by real estate investors. If we want to make housing affordable again, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?feature=shared

Penguin’s reaction when her favorite human comes to check up on her... 🥹 #bluesky

Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. has called off nearly $500 million in grants and contracts aimed at advancing mRNA vaccine development. This technology, first deployed during the Covid19 pandemic, allows vaccines to be produced rapidly and adapted as viruses evolve. His brain worms are getting worse!

It drives Jonathan Turley crazy when I remind everyone that he is just Mike Lindell with tenure. So, please make sure not to amplify this message.👇 Jonathan Turley is just Mike Lindell with tenure.

🚨TESTIMONY OF THE YEAR: A Texas voter just torched Donald Trump and Greg Abbott during a redistricting hearing - and it was BRUTAL: “He cheated on the golf course… He cheated on his taxes… He cheated on his wives… He cheated on democracy…” But then came the mic drop 👇

The animating belief of QAnon was that an elite pedophile ring was being protected by the deep state and Donald Trump was the hero who was going to expose it all. Which, ironically, is exactly what is happening right now. Only Trump’s not the hero, he’s the deep state.

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.  Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

The fact that Republicans are unfazed that Donald Trump is giving special treatment to a woman who ran this country’s most notorious pedophile ring on behalf of its most notorious serial pedophile is the latest sign of the GOP’s complete moral rot.

This was my feel-good bedtime read last night. 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

So everyone who points out they are blatantly violating the constitution (by their own admission), racially profiling and grabbing people without a warrant — is a “communist” and an “insurrectionist”? (Also: see if you can figure out why he posted her picture)

A few things are clear from this: 1. Trump has lost control of the narrative. 2. Trump is panicked about what is in the Epstein files. 3. When the files get released, Trump will say they are forgeries. 4. Trump is going to target Democrats with political prosecutions.

Ossoff: Did anyone really think the sexual predator president who used to party with Jeffrey Epstein was going to release the Epstein files?

Turns out a lot of people who actually believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ don't think getting thrown into a concentration camp, deported to a country they're not from, or eaten by gators is a fitting punishment for working under the table.

"Every time I hear them get up in front of a camera and say 'we're not cutting Medicaid,' I just think, what? How? What kind of world do they think we live in?....The whole legislation depends on cutting $1 trillion on Medicaid." @citizencohn.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social:

As Trump slashes NOAA and the National Weather Service, several of his appointees — including Howard Lutnick — have close financial ties to companies that would profit from privatizing weather forecasting. Everything is for sale.

Last year, a majority of voters in Missouri passed a ballot initiative enacting paid sick leave. Yesterday, Missouri's Republican governor signed legislation repealing it. Do Republicans ever listen to the will of their voters? https://www.commondreams.org/news/missouri-paid-sick-leave

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

If the Supreme Court agrees with the 8th Circuit’s ruling, it could end voters and private groups’ ability to file Section 2 lawsuits, leaving only the U.S. Department of Justice with power to enforce one of the most important protections in federal civil rights law.

In effect, the Supreme Court ruled that only it could decide issues on a national level. And then, with thousands and thousands of people waiting in limbo for resolution of many legally disputed Trump orders, the justices went on summer vacation, not to return until October.

Summary of Hegseth press conference: 1. Trump is the greatest military strategist & political leader in human history. 2. This was the most brilliant military operation ever. 3. Iran will ever bother anyone again thanks to Trump’s leadership. 4. The media is mean.

Mitch McConnell has a net worth of up to $52 million, and has had high quality government-financed healthcare for decades. Losing your healthcare, losing your loved ones, losing your life, isn’t something people should be told “get over it.”

HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces questioning about his overhaul of the CDC vaccine panel, saying he never agreed to keep it unchanged.

Shameful. I expect they will be sued.👇 "Nearly 100,000 North Carolina voters will be required to take an additional step to verify their identity or risk being disenfranchised under a plan approved by the GOP-controlled state board of elections Tuesday." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Jeff Bezos is worth $230 billion and is reportedly spending $20 million on a three-day wedding in Venice while sailing around on his $500 million yacht. If he can afford to do that, he can afford a wealth tax and to pay Amazon workers a living wage. Hello?

NEW: Strikes on Iran likely set back its nuclear program several months, sources familiar with the early assessment say, far from the devastating blow President Trump claims.

Spoke with Alejandro Barranco, Marine and son of Narciso, detained doing his landscaping job at an Orange County IHOP. Told me dad is "a kind person, hard working... a patriot. Loves this country. He always taught us the same thing. Just to love our country and always give back."

A fight over the fate of six migrants the Trump administration wants to deport to South Sudan flares up again as the Justice Department accused a federal judge of "unprecedented defiance" of a Supreme Court decision the previous day.

Taking $ meant to help the population and using it for mass incarceration is kind of the essence of authoritarian priorities and goals.

Emil Bove, a senior Department of Justice official, suggested the department should tell courts “f*** you” and ignore their orders to carry out President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportations, according to a whistleblower complaint by a former DOJ attorney. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump’s tariffs are causing real damage to small business owners like Miriam: “We’re getting half the work we were getting, say, this time last year.”

Spanberger: "The role of governor has never been more important. And we need a governor who will put Virginia — not a president, not a party — first."

Republican legislatures never stop enacting voter suppression laws. We must never stop exposing and fighting them. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/red...

In 2020, when I told people that I was building a pro-democracy media outlet, people thought I was kidding. When I told them that the fight for democracy was the fight of our time, they thought I was being overly dramatic. Well...here we are. Premium or free, subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

He's trying to kill us all. “Proponents of vaccines have feared Kennedy, who has been openly critical of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, might take such a step, but were still shocked.” apple.news/AvGqZ592LQQi...

Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off? Well, they may already be doing that thanks to a shady tactic called “surveillance pricing.” Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains what we can do about it. youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?...