Republicans used to say they believed in free markets & free trade. Now they believe in Trump. Republicans used to say they believed in the rule of law. Now they believe in Trump. Republicans used to say they believed in states’ rights. Now they believe in Trump.

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Many people and institutions that fight back are winning. This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.

Here are the first vaccine recommendations issued by the West Coast Health Alliance, which includes California, Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii:

The instinct to fact check White House claims that the signature on the letter is not Donald's is how they win. It's how they move this into the realm of two competing truths. Just mock them when they make those claims.

What Epstein records have not been made public?

Headlines make a difference

They didn't attempt a violent coup because of the left. They aren't destroying US science & academia because of the left. They're not embracing open racism & nazi ideology because of the left. They are adults, making choices, doing things of their own volition, and they bear the responsibility.

For context, it's worth noting that Maxwell has also claimed under oath that she never heard Epstein say or do anything like that either

Anyone who has experience in an abusive household, or who has worked with people in them, or has read a lot about them, will be familiar with a particular dynamic: Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...

Facility fees are bullshit.

NEW: Seattle has a rare Republican in office, its city attorney. She championed a policy rolled out last year — when you’re so much as charged (not convicted) of a drug offense, a judge can ban you from setting foot in select areas, like downtown. She’s also up for reelection in a few weeks:

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

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We invest in humanitarian relief because it’s the smart thing to do for America, but it’s worth saying it’s also the right thing to do. I wish Republicans would stop lying about what this kind of lifesaving aid means. I hope you’ll spend a minute with this important story.

So much this. It's the vibes.

If you are not paying attention to this, you are doing exactly what Trump and the GOP want. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

BREAKING: At 2 AM, Republicans just passed a bill to defund public broadcasting and lifesaving aid because Trump told them to—they wouldn’t even protect rural radio or emergency alerts. Congress should decide what we spend and what we cut—not Trump and not Russ Vought. I voted NO.

So. I've been on field manual labor crews where most of my coworkers were convicts. I've also worked with a lot of tech companies on automating farms. And this press conference is incredible. Rollins hasn't the foggiest clue what she's on about.

“Congress” didn’t pass this murder budget. Republicans did it. Republicans did it without a single Democratic vote in the House, without a single Democratic vote in the Senate. Be precise and give, uh, credit where credit is due

Journalists asking Trump if he's going to do something blatantly illegal, immoral, or corrupt to get a sharp soundbite is very much a part of normalizing those things.

Republicans are racing to pass perhaps the most expensive bill in history, adding TRILLIONS to the debt, by trashing Senate rules.   Don’t EVER tell me we can’t afford to invest child care after we set trillions on fire to give tax breaks to billionaires who don’t need them.

@ziplyfiber.bsky.social Your customer service is terrible. We have four houses without internet for 10 days because your locator didn't mark fiber correctly for the water main crew. Every time we call Ziply we get "it's with our construction crew, no ETA". No updates from Ziply in all that time!!!

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

MUST WATCH: Rep. Kim Schrier calls out RFK Jr.’s lies

WASHINGTON STATE: Over 400,000 Washingtonians will lose health insurance if #MAGAMurderBill passes acasignups.net/25/06/23/was...

Just a reminder going forward... (cartoon from 2003)

Don't forget that @45thdemocrats.bsky.social's Ice Cream Social + Local Candidate Meet and Greet is this Thursday the 19th from 7-9pm in Kirkland. Address and RSVP at bit.ly/45-icecream-...

This Louisiana public official gets to decide whether to grant evictions. That role allows him to pad his earnings with eviction fees; that's how he collected most of his $255,000 take-home salary in 2023. boltsmag.org/louisia...

The 45th's own State Senator. Manka Dhingra finishing up speaking at Kirkland's Marina Park. Or State Rep Roger Goodman is up next. #NoKings #PeacefulProtest

The overwhelming lesson of history is that elites, thanks to their deep investment in & attachment to the status quo, *wait too long*. By the time something happens that's stark enough, bad enough, it's too late. You stand up at one of these early line crossings ... or you watch your country go.

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

Trump doesn't want you to know this, but he's currently trying to ram through a Big, Ugly Betrayal of a bill that will kick 16 million Americans off their health care. All just to cut taxes for billionaires and giant corporations who don't need it. Every Senator should vote NO.

An outspoken vaccine conspiracy theorist just fired every last member of CDC's vaccine advisory committee. RFK Jr. is paving the way to reshape vaccine policy based not on decades of science, but on his own unhinged fanaticism. This is unprecedented, and unthinkably dangerous.

@45thdemocrats.bsky.social Hey 45th District Democrats, lots of events this summer. (Details further in the thread) - Sign making June 5th - Duvall Daze parade June 7th - No Kings on June 14th - 45th Ice Cream Social June 19th - Kirkland 4th of July parade - Redmond Derby Days on July 12th