🔥MEMPHIS Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social takes Lydia Moynihan to church on how Trump is stuffing the pockets of billionaires and leaving the working class behind

f you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity (Commander John Crichton)

Netherlands and Spain taking a stand after Israel allowed to compete in Eurovision.

Dear press: Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up? Thanks

“Shane Trucking confirmed they are no longer working here with the Boring Company” WSMV on the NASHVILLE worker walkout on Elon & @GovBillLee’s Teslas only tunnel project over nonpayment and safety concerns (The tennessean has still not covered this 🤔 for some reason)

Violence has no place in America. Michelle and I are praying for the servicemembers shot in Washington, DC today, and send our love to their families as they enter this holiday season under the most tragic of circumstances.

They always blame democrats no matter what, and they get away with it

Also, in his last term, Trump mused about shooting protestors in the legs. The man is a convicted felon who issued illegal orders regularly to his top company officers.

If you’re wondering why there’s a lull in the Epstein files discussion, it’s because the law that just passed gave Pamela Jo 30 days to release the files. So we’re all waiting to see how she tries to sabotage it. The discussion will pick back up in earnest on December 20th.

Like so many members of our military, serving this country changed my life. The Navy gave me opportunities I wouldn't dream of and taught me lessons I'll never forget. I'm grateful for everything our nation has given me, and I'll always do everything I can to give back to it.

Let me sum it up for non-military folks: Senator Mark Kelly didn’t violate any military laws. None. Hegseth’s little bitch ass has been ordered by Trump to retaliate against Sen. Kelly for speaking out, and Hegseth does what Daddy tells him to do. That’s all this is.

If you are currently serving in our armed forces, remember your oath is to the Constitution. Obey lawful orders, but you must show personal courage if given an unlawful order, or see those acting unlawfully. #DefendTheConstitution #RuleOfLaw. @democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social

In retrospect, Bob Woodward should have been exiled the second he started holding back information that was urgently relevant to politics of the day in order to sell books a little bit later. That culture of insider “journalism” mixed with personal glory is completely destructive

If a reasonable person would know the order is illegal, you MUST refuse. Obedience is not absolute, duty to the Constitution is. Oath is to defend the Constitution not a person Yes. U.S. service members have a legal and moral obligation to disobey an illegal order. Not just the right. The DUTY.

Trump will FAIL. It is an OBLIGATION AND DUTY to NOT follow and ILLEGAL ORDER. It is codified into: *The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) *The Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) *The Nuremberg Principles *Command responsibility doctrine THIS...is the time that every one of us MUST stand strong.

I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution. Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.

Hot take but the president openly calling for the murder of his political opposition should be grounds for immediate impeachment and removal for office.

US Border Patrol has been secretly using a nationwide network of license-plate readers and predictive algorithms to track millions of American drivers, even far from the border, ABC reports. Anyone the system throws up for “suspicious travel patterns” are questioned, searched or arrested by police.

This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.

I just wrapped up two projects with students working on automated license plate reader tech in the context of abortion and this is still more dystopian and horrific than anything we uncovered. The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo. apnews.com/article/immi...

CBS is the network that paid Trump $16m. CBS is the network owned by the Ellisons. CBS is the network that failed to push back in its 60 Minutes interview of Trump. Of course, CBS is asking questions like this to House Democrats.

The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.

Oscar Isaac says he is open to returning to STAR WARS but is doubtful about Disney after they suspended Jimmy Kimmel. “I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great”

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office. No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.

BERNIE: “This senate is about to make a horrific situation even worse… health insurance premiums will double/triple/quadruple… some will pay 50% of their income… 15 million will lose insurance… 50,000 will die unnecessarily…” #MedicareForAllNOW

I'm so pissed. King, Shaheen, and Hassan put this together behind our backs. And Kaine, Cortez-Masto, Fetterman, Rosen, and Durbin went along with it.

I've looked at all the details of this deal to end the shutdown reached by a small group of Senate Democrats. I've talked to a number of friends on the Hill to see if there's anything I'm missing. Sadly, I am not. This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.

House Dem Rep Ro Khanna tonight: "Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?"

I turned off Redzone and I'm not sure I want to watch the NFL ever again for giving him a platform during a game.

Sanders: if you vote yes, 15M Americans lose healthcare and 50K will die. Do you think it’s funny? Senate will not approve ACA and President would never sign it.

I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable. We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina. A vote for this bill is a mistake.

Circulating on Threads as to who’s in favor (for what it is worth) @senjackyrosen - NV @senatorbaldwin -WI @senfettermanpa - PA @senatorhassan - NH @senossoff - GA @anguskingmaine -ME @sengarypeters - MI @senatordurbin - IL @senatorshaheen - NH @senmarkkelly - AZ @senslotkin - MI

@rosen.senate.gov @baldwin.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov @hassan.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @senangusking.bsky.social @peters.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov DON’T CAVE! Hold the line!!

BREAKING: As the Trump Administration continues its attacks on public health and science, I've directed DHS take every action to ensure Wisconsinites can access safe, effective vaccines to help keep themselves and their families safe. More here ⬇️ content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WIGOV…

Wow. Not even 24 hours after I posted this would. It was always the plan. ALWAYS.

A Project 2025 author with a Nazi ship on the wall behind him. This ain’t subtle, folks.

The White House directive for the Smithsonian to "align messaging" with a political task force is a sanitized term for creating a ministry of truth. This is how democratic erosion accelerates. We must not be silent.

Having served on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, I can tell you that state control of historical narrative is a bright red line.

#MiddayMagic from tevin.m.davis (IG). “It’s the people who didnt even vote for Kamala saying “SHE NEEDS TO DO MORE” for me. Kamala is unburdened by what has been….Yall gonna have to get comfortable now. Find out is HERE. Let me be CLEAR!” 💖

This story relied on brave people making the docs available and has been live for just 134 minutes and was published in an outlet run by an oligarch currying favor to Trump. Literally, someone DID speak up.

The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.

Does he know where he is?? Paging @jaketapper.bsky.social

I'm not trying to be pessimistic or a doomer. I'm just describing reality as I see it compared to similar countries that have gone through this process. We missed our window to get out of this and democracy is gone and won't be back under the current system.

I know it's unpopular to say but Trump's authoritarian consolidation is succeeding, mostly because of cowardly institutions. We're effectively past the point of no return and life will increasingly become dictated by Trump and the federal government. Democracy is lost for at least a generation.

I think it has something to do with wanting the MPD under his control so he can direct which crimes get investigated and which don’t, or maybe so he can manipulate crimes and crime reporting to justify arresting political enemies.

Live Updates: Trump Orders National Guard to Washington, D.C., and Takeover of City’s Police Authoritarian take over. He needs to be taken out. Him and his entire cabinet. He’s standing up there lying with every breath and no one says a damn word! www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

Next will be Martial Law if it looks like Republicans and Trump will lose the election. It's all happening in front of our eyes.