America needed that! We love you Benito. The only thing more powerful than hate is LOVE! ❤️

ICE, do I have your attention yet?

This “Board of Peace” thing is shady as hell. Trump wants countries to cough up $1 billion for a permanent seat at the table. He also wants to personally oversee billions tied to Gaza reconstruction. That alone should end the conversation.

I always thought MLK’s ‘Mountaintop’ speech was his best, which was given the day before he was killed. It is especially relevant given what is happening now in MN and elsewhere. He was getting many serious threats, which he references in his line “I may not get there with you.”

The irony of ICE detaining and disappearing the original Americans should stop everyone cold. As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.

“That’s slavery.” Civil Rights lawyer @oliverma2026.bsky.social (running for CA Lt. Gov.) reminds us ICE detainees work in for-profit prisons for $1/day just to pay for phone calls to their families. Cruelty is big business. P.S. @CoreCivic’s new CEO’s last name is “Swindle” — beyond parody

Let’s get more Dems hyping each other like this. The best thing I’ve seen in ages… “Third, fourth, fifth” ☠️🤣 @kamlager-dove.house.gov @repmoskowitz.bsky.social

WATCH — @jonfavs.bsky.social : “Who the f*ck cares if she was an activist or not? That doesn’t mean you get SHOT… They don’t think we live in a country of laws anymore. They think power is the only thing that matters.”

Mayor Frey: "What makes absolutely no sense to me is to look at a video, see clearly with your own eyes what is happening and try to create a different narrative entirely. They are trying to say that the ICE agent was acting in self-defense and that the victim was a domestic terrorist."

I’d like to cancel my free trial of 2026. I’ve seen enough to know this isn’t working out. Please do not auto-renew.

Do you remember Betty Reid Soskin? She was the oldest serving National Park Ranger in the United States, we celebrated her retirement at the age of 100. Betty Reid Soskin (1921–2025) passed away on Sunday, but she lived an extraordinary life. “The answers are only temporary.” — Betty

Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email. It must be read:

My latest podcast episode already has nearly 200k views! I explain that as I prepared for my latest SCOTUS argument, I came across a conservative constitutional theory that I think can adapted to protect the right to vote. I hope you watch, enjoy and share. youtu.be/p-CcpDNgh0k?...

If your house of worship is silent about the cruelty and the attacks on your neighbors by ICE, you’re at the wrong church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or gurdwara. Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.

Speaker Mike Johnson says his entire worldview comes from the Bible. But he’s about to kick 2 million Texans off their healthcare right before Christmas. If you aren’t loving your neighbor, then keep Jesus’ name out of your mouth.

If Virginia Democrats follow through with a new 10-1 congressional map and a couple of other Dem states make small changes, Trump's gambit to rig the 2026 maps will be remembered as an epic blunder.

This epic takedown of Trump’s entire cabinet by Jen Psaki would be funny if millions of lives weren’t hanging in the balance because of his no good, incompetent, unqualified, reckless, corrupt, unserious, and flat out dangerous picks. 1/2

Sigh Listen. Vote for democrats.

California needs a fighter and protector. I’m running for Governor.

BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow. She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.

In the town of Wilton, NY, every town elected seat has been held by Republicans for twenty years. Last night the whole town council (in Stefanik's district) flipped blue.

Mess with the bear…

So proud of California!!!

Ben Meiselas calls on those with standing to act: seek an injunction to halt Trump’s White House ballroom. Argue fraud—Trump claimed he’d pay and not alter the structure—and use the damage to the East Wing as the emergency basis. Demand discovery now.

He was so butthurt by millions protesting his authoritarian regime, he posted an AI clip of him in a fighter jet dumping crap on people exercising their constitutional rights. It’s the kind of reaction you would expect from a mentally unhinged lunatic or a petulant child. Not a President.

Chicago No Kings

When the right loses both Joe Rogan and Marjorie Taylor Greene on the issues in the same week, you know it’s going to get rough for Republicans. Joe Rogan on ICE: “The way it looks is just horrific.” QAnon queen MTG on the economy: “I’m just living in reality from here on out.”

Donald Trump is a wartime president. War on women. War on voting rights. War on Latinos. War on California. War on institutions. War on history.

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This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

By all means, indict Jack Smith on bullshit allegations and give him the trial that SCOTUS denied him. Poke the bear, Donnie. See what happens.

NEW — I wrote about attending the US Open with Trump in attendance, and what the tepid reaction to a fascist at a sporting event says about this country.

Gov. Pritzker dropped straight facts. 🔥 We have another Democratic governor who’s a fighter. Keep it coming!

SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on fascism in 🇺🇸 : “There is not safety in keeping your head down… People who oppose public policy decisions but are too afraid of retribution from their government to speak their mind should send a chill down all of our spines.”

California didn't start the redistricting fight. But we're going to win it.

Mike Collins is an idiot. There are 55M people in the world with US Visas. They’re not all here at once. There are about 185 types of visas and in FY2019 there were 3.2M people here on temporary visas.

BREAKING: Texas House Republicans have voted to pass their gerrymandered congressional maps. This is how democracies collapse into autocracies. Texas Senate Dems should break quorum. And California, Illinois, and New York need to stop waiting & start fighting back ASAP.

Call this what it is: racist! Trump plans to rewrite history, scrubbing “woke exhibits” he claims focus too much on “how bad slavery was.” WOKE: Born in the Black community, meaning alert to racism, injustice & systemic oppression. Hijacked by the right to attack Black folks. Offensive as hell.

We are hope. Give this a read. It’s with your time.

Trump is literally telling you that he's willing to go full fascist and is open to implementing martial law to stay in power. The establishment is still suffering from cowardice and a failure of imagination.

Life comes at you fast

Jack White responds to Newsom’s IG post that used “Seven Nation Army”: "Fans of this song and also democracy, notice that I'm ok with this track being used in this manner. Not so much when trump and his gestapo try to use one of my songs. Keep hitting him back Gavin!"

SUPPORT THE CALIFORNIA REDRAW: secure.actblue.com/donate/erra-... Watch the full interview with @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and subscribe to support independent media: youtu.be/aRcYyARu16o

I just went on Fox News to tell the truth about the redistricting power grab in Texas. I asked a simple question: “If Republican policies are so popular, why do they need to redraw these maps; why not run on their policies?” He refused to answer — and cut the interview early.

More detail on this in my Substack… open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...

@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "We're here in IL, the land of Lincoln... When he was a state senator in 1840, broke quorum by jumping out of a window in the statehouse. I believe my colleagues and I are participating in a long tradition of standing up to bullies, civil disobedience, of good trouble."