oh well, onward and upward

They really are fascist Remember when they pretended to care about free speech?

“We hate this shooting as much as conservatives do. The difference is we hate all the other shootings, too.” www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers

We hate this shooting as much as conservatives do. The difference is we hate all the other ones, too.

A new report by Civiqs examines public attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence as of mid-2025. The results are based on over 10,000 interviews nationwide, with insights on usage habits, trust & safety, and bringing AI more closely into alignment with social preferences. civiqs.com/reports/2025...

This is good shit-->

Massie: "The pressure is going to build over August recess. I don't think it's going to dissipate like the speaker hopes it will."

By a 6-3 vote, SCOTUS lets Trump fire the Dem members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who are protected against removal by statute. Dissenting, Kagan says the majority is undertaking a “permanent transfer of authority” from Congress to the president. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Politico & Punchbowl report House Republican leadership is shutting down the Rules Committee - which is essential for moving party-line bills on the floor - for the week rather than vote on Democratic amendments on the Epstein files. Dems have effectively halted Republican legislation in the House:

Ha ha ha AWESOME. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Great story--> This isn't the GOP slam dunk Trump thinks it is. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

NEW: Bishop Rojas of San Bernardino has dispensed his Diocese from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass due to ongoing ICE raids.

Press freedoms were nice when we had them

Everyone who voted for Harris had an idea.

BREAKING The Trevor Project confirms that the Trump administration is eliminating the LGBTQ+ option on the 988 suicide hotline. Right now, LGBTQ+ people who dial 988 can access specialized services.

A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend” Via Sam Stein on twitter

I could sure use some SLEEPY Joe right about now…

NEW: Here's a striking new amicus brief in support of California from 8 "former US Army and Navy secretaries and retired four-star admirals and generals" (inc. Michael Hayden, Thad Allen, Sean O'Keefe). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The good guys don’t cover their faces.

“Police cannot pick and choose when the First Amendment applies. Journalists in Los Angeles were not caught in the crossfire — they were targeted." - National Press Club President Mike Balsamo www.press.org/newsroom/nat...

this is your occasional reminder that every elite media outlet and editor that spent the last 5 years pretending Republicans were the free speech party is either a moron or a fascist and either way you should treat their every utterance with contempt

Thinking about how many times every single Republican has said “waste, fraud, and abuse” since January

The Trump Administration always had the power to bring Kilmar Abrego back. They were always lying about this, all of it was lies. abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenl... They chose to disobey court orders because they are authoritarians who regard the Constitution as an inconvenience.

It's like Trump is taking a surgical scalpel to his own base www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

The Trump DOJ has officially now pressed more charges against elected Democrats than the Biden DOJ under Garland did against Republicans. And Republicans did January 6. Think about this.

We live in the dumbest timeline

My statement on the charges filed against me:

Rep. Jason Smith: "And then you can look at Medicaid cuts -- Medicaid reforms, I should say." Oops.

I only need 5 minutes to complete my financial disclosures every year cause I own zero stocks. The same should be true for all members of Congress. We must ban Congressional stock trading.

Another Democratic over performance this year. The midterms can't get here soon enough. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Trump’s papal campaign ends in defeat.

He hasn’t read the Declaration if Independence, nor the Constitution

He’s never read it

She hugged the man who incited a plot to kidnap her.

Too useless to keep, too loyal to dump.

This is what “America First” actually looks like.

Trump caved.

His brain is fried.

Nothing landed—except the laughs.

Let them eat cake!

Trump’s love language is tariffs. No wonder everything he touches gets more expensive.

"This is a hostile and political act by Amazon... Amazon has recently partnered with a Chinese propaganda arm, so this is another reason why Americans should buy American." –Lying Karoline Leavitt, White House press liar

President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office have been an abject disaster. Thread below 🧵 👇 www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Who do YOU think will be the first fool to abandon ship? Vote in our @dailykos.com poll!

It feels like so many days. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

But Trump said “tariffs” was the most beautiful word in the English language! Why doesn’t he want to see it in more places?

Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…