"If we are going to be this big, powerful force that throws our weight around the world, the world wants to know ... we're doing it for the right reasons & w/a sense of values to protect people, not to destroy entire civilizations." - HASC Ranking Member @adamsmith.house.gov to Secretary Hegseth

BREAKING: Republicans caved to Democrats, finally passing a bill to end the DHS shutdown without additional funding for ICE. Democrats have been clear since the start: No blank check for ICE. This bill now heads to Trump's desk.

More evasions from Secretary Hegseth.

It's a good day when the Senate rejects at least one junk science charlatan. Good riddance to Casey Means, RFK Jr. is doing enough damage on his own. I'll keep pushing for his removal to protect science and common sense in our government.

J. D. Vance appeared on Fox News and dismissed The Atlantic’s reporting on him—and then quickly confirmed that it was true, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.

Senator Gallego and Pete Hegseth both served in the Iraq War, but they learned two completely different lessons. Gallego learned what forever conflicts cost, while Pete Hegseth is still itching for the next one.

No real leader responds this way to concerns their rhetoric is deeply antisemitic. Hegseth defiantly unapologetic. Doubles down. [Some good background here by the Times of Israel: www.timesofisrael.com/hegseth-comp...

Now let’s do the Epstein cases…

Pete Hegseth is a blatant anti-semite. He's screaming it.

Ummmmm. This is the U.S. Dollar Index under Trump.

EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life.

SLOTKIN: If Trump asks you to seize voting machines during the 2026 election, will you stand up for the Constitution and say no? HEGSETH: It's yet another gotcha hypothetical, which is your speciality SLOTKIN: The guy you're performing for right now says he wishes he signed that EO in 2020!

Sen. Slotkin questions Hegseth on whether he would seize ballots in 2026 election if Trump asked www.ms.now/ms-now/watch...

Probably a female journalist who asked him a real question.

It won't happen this year either. Keep counting...

38 years since Maine Democrats have managed to elect a Democrat to the US Senate.

Don't agree with Fetterman often these days - but today I do. #Platner is a disgrace. He is a #Nazi and a mysogonistic wanna be. And Maine can keep him. Susan Collins is difficult to abide but she is nowhere near as flawed as Platner, and she will win her race.

This is a Justice Jackson, Kagan, and Sotomayor appreciation post. Thank you for your just and righteous voices and your fierce defense of our democracy. ❤️

Melania Takes Camilla On Fun Girls’ Day Of Staring Coldly Across Empty Room In Silence

You’re right—you’re not Letitia James. DOJ is 0-3 against James. Judge tossed the first case. Grand juries rejected the next two. She wins cases. You lose them.

Yikes

My team on the Banking Committee put together a report on Kevin Warsh’s financial disclosures. Let me tell you – they don’t look good.

Sad. I contributed because I believed in her. I also gave to Sara Gideon years ago - and she was also qualified. But I don't live in #Maine. I give up on them. I cannot believe that they would rather support a #Nazi with no legislative experience. The time we are living in is just absurd.

The #Ballroom is not bipartisan. This is the wasteful plan of a narcissist #grifter who must put his name everywhere because he is demented & dying. The worst people stick together. Not surprised that Kevin O'Leary supports the Felon President's wet dream. Probably got a tax break out of it.

After the king’s speech, the White House twitter account tried to cast Donald as a king: 🇨🇦🍁

100% I'm with Adam Smith. #StandWithUkraine

Hopefully voters will also recognize this when they're in the voting booth and take #ACTION. 1st: #VoteBlue in the #Midterms to stop this madness. 2nd: #VoteBlue to help us restore dignity to our country. Because the #Felon47 has damaged our #Economy and #Reputation through a multitude of sins.

🚨BREAKING: Newly obtained documents show a clear paper trail of Trump administration officials planning to share sensitive voter data with an outside political group trying to overturn elections, as part of a secret agreement. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Eric Swalwell was just run out of Congress, led by Dems which then garnered bi-partisan support. No objection by Speaker Johnson. Desperate to hold the majority - Johnson says nothing about Mill's transgressions. Equally as severe as Swalwell's. Yet the GOP lectures us on morality and ethics. FFS.

Good for her. She wants to be Governor of #SouthCarolina. That means doing the right thing and having a backbone. I agree she's a head case, but this and her support on Releasing the #EpsteinFiles are appreciated. She's better than 90% of her corrupt, do-nothing-but-grift GOP colleagues.

wow -- Nancy Mace enters a number of documents into the record highlighting GOP Rep. Cory Mills's lies and stolen valor

The US midterms are not about choosing a politician this year; they’re about choosing between people who want to serve the public and a criminal GOP that wants to continue to rob it blind & destroy what’s left of the United States for its external and billionaire backers.

Keating to Hegseth on the administration's rationale for its deadly boat strikes: "We were given classified information on the second strike. I can't discuss it. But it's the most convoluted bullshit I've ever heard in my life."

Trouble in Kegsbreath land. Hegseth: “Iran’s nuclear facilities have been obliterated.” Smith: “You said we had to start this war because the nuclear weapon was an imminent threat. Now you’re saying it was completely obliterated?” courtesy of @acyn.bsky.social

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He's worse than Roger Taney now. He's the worst Chief Justice in history, I'd say.

We have to (1) Overwhelmingly win the #Midterms in the House (2) Take back the Senate (3) Release the #EpsteinFiles (4) Impeach and Prosecute the #FelonTrump for Crimes in #3 (5) #ImpeachHegseth for WarCrimes (6) Disbar #Bondi (7) New Legislation: Term Limits for #SCOTUS

Pritzker: The decision by the Supreme Court today on the Voting Rights Act is an abomination. It is an attack on a crown jewel of our democracy. Illinois is the proud home to having sent more black congresspeople to Washington than any other state in the country. We're not going to stand for it.

Say it with me, "Pete Hegseth is a war criminal."

the Artemis II crew looks mortified as Trump turns to them while he's attacking NATO

JPM: “.. as buffer stocks dwindle and diplomacy stalls, oil prices have moved steadily higher, up to $111/bbl today, and related products — gasoline, jet fuel, and fertilizer — have risen in tandem. .. Concerns over jet fuel availability are rising .. with shortages likely to hit Asia first ..”

Polls shows that most Americans agree with Ted Cruz's statement today that "it's not the government's job to censor speech, and I do not believe the FCC should operate as the speech police."

California's ocean is not a sacrifice zone for Big Oil. With Donald Trump plotting to sell off our beaches to his fossil fuel industry donors, we're celebrating California Ocean Day by reaffirming our commitment to protect every inch of it.

standing ovation after King Charles sings the praises of NATO and says "that same unyielding resolve is needed for the defense of Ukraine"

You tell her, Jimmy!

After hearing oral argument in a GOP challenge to Democrats' redistricting plan, the Virginia Supreme Court could soon void the 10-1 map that voters approved just last week. But one attorney for the state stressed the will of the voters should not be invalidated on technical grounds.

On @cnbc.com moments ago:

AUCHINCLOSS: How do we get rid of PFAS in municipal water supplies with 90% fewer dollars? ZELDIN: Earmarks are a decision for you to make AUCHINCLOSS: So wait. Your EPA plan for clean water is to hope that members of Congress do it? Hope is not a strategy