My social circle is basically composed of 3 groups- former diplomats, both U.S. and foreign; journalists, both U.S. and foreign; former Federal Law Enforcement Officers. All 3 groups are overwhelmingly aghast and frightened about what’s going on in our country today. @steadystatevets.bsky.social

I’m all for putting together a progressive Democratic agenda-setting effort like that undertaken by Project 2029. That, of course, is a takeoff on the ultra right Project 2025. But therein lies a recurrent flaw. Too much Democratic response is defensive, reactive. Even the name in this case.

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

Hawk surveying the mesa above the Rio Grande. New Mexico

The president of the U.S. is cognitively declining, unstable, attacking American citizens and cities using the military, taking away our healthcare and our vote. And that not the craziest and most dangerous issue. That award goes to the GOP Congress who stands by and watches.

Six former US Surgeon Generals all came together to issue a joint statement about the tremendous harm RFK Jr poses to the health of Americans. Meanwhile who did RFK Jr pick as Surgeon General? Casey Means. A wellness influencer who isn’t even a practicing physician.

I wrote back in June that Trump is essentially attempting a Little Rock 1957 deployment only this time for white people, and he just tweeted it out smotus.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared. chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

In a speech yesterday, Pete Hegseth told service-members that “diversity is not your strength.” This is Thomas Begay, one of the two living Navajo Code Talkers from World War II, who Hegseth previously removed from DOD websites. RETWEET if you stand with Begay against Hegseth!

In 1999, Bill Clinton announced “the last, best unprotected wild lands anywhere in our nation” would be shielded by a new rule that banned roads, drilling and other disturbances. Today, these lands could soon see chainsaws and logging trucks amid a push by Trump to raze these ecosystems for timber.

This is NOT making Chicago safer. And this must NOT be what America is.👇

What began as a routine investigation became a propaganda gift...proof that caution without courage is a weapon aimed at yourself. Arctic Frost isn’t the scandal...it’s the mirror.👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

Opposing genocide in Gaza requires no opinion whatsoever on the innate character of the state of Israel or Zionism itself. It is a specific group of war criminals pursuing a criminal policy of collective punishment, not the Pure Spiritual Expression of the Israeli Will.

Despite strong objections from Governor Pritzker, Mayor Johnson, and the people of Chicago, the Trump regime is preparing to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago today. If you are in Chicago and need guidance on how to interact with the Guard, here’s a helpful guide: bit.ly/resistancetoolkit

Did Trump write the infamous Epstein birthday letter? You decide. @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social

Sickening.

tRump's administration say they're eliminating "waste, fraud, and abuse" in the federal government, but tRump is actually doing the opposite: clearing away key guardrails of accountability ... the Attorney General's office. ~Common Dreams

CA folks, I voted YES ON PROP 50. Gerrymandering is objectively anti-democratic, but if Red and Purple states are going to do it (and they are), then the only way to ultimately put a stop to it is for Blue states to respond in-kind. Having the moral high ground won’t save Democracy.

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

It's Wednesday friends! We've been through some dark times in this country. The current times are starting to become darker than a holler road at midnight in SE Kentucky. Let's have a giggle to start it all off today. #SheShed

America is barreling toward one of three outcomes before the midterm elections. Today’s Office Hours discussion question is which of the three do you think is the most probable? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-where-are-we-headed

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JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat. Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

Every single liberal/wannabe leftist who has the "fuck them kids" attitude towards the South and southerners needs to go sit and stare in their own eyes in the mirror for awhile Yeah there are voters there who screwed up but there are a lot of people who couldn't vote now suffering immensely

More Democrats need to follow JB Pritzker's lead and directly confront MAGA's ongoing campaign to crush our democracy. It's not a time for any Democratic politician to hide in their office making fundraising calls. Get your ass out there. Denounce the fascists. Be loud.

500 hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics are at risk of closing because of the Trump-Republican big, ugly bill. Many are in rural areas. Meanwhile, Republican-held US House districts and states Trump won in 2024 rely more on ACA coverage. They're selling out their own voters.

There's gonna be tons of lawsuits when this is done.

We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality. They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

Santa Fe voters will have a chance to consider two ballot questions that could change the balance of power between the next mayor and the City Council. sfnm.co/3IPk3AM

“Oh she might be coming around on healthcare” GOPniks’ favorite activity is pity-farming over health-related own goals Notice how none of this has been coupled with renunciation of bigotry or conspiracism because those things are still foundational to her beliefs and are still her guiding lights

Give ‘em hell. That’s what they deserve.

I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Yes, I watched the train wreck that was Pam Bondi b4 the Senate this morning. Nothing she did was unexpected, & here’s why. This Regime desperately needs u to bel they will be in power 4ever. (1/5)

CHATTANOOGA: several hundred @utchattanooga.bsky.social Students are marching to protest the removal of DEI and disbanding of several centers, as regressive new Republican laws take hold

While bad, worse is the fact that this sheriff is helping ICE arrest people through their 287g program. (Some of these southern raids are not getting much attention.) The video shows deputies beating up a man on the side of the road. www.al.com/news/2025/10...

Only a psychopath would appoint a drunk to risk a World War. If America is destroyes, who will the oligarchs extort for money?

He wants to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell as if this country doesn’t have enough right wing pedophiles running around already. The man is scum.

A small part of the legacy from the first Trump administration. Somehow, this one is even worse. #nurembergonthepotomac

So Trump thinks we should give a $20B bailout to the right wing government in Argentina, but we can’t afford to keep your healthcare from going up by $1000s of dollars a year? Bullshit.

The pro-infection advocates have now reached the stage that they are denying saying that kids can be used to boost adult immunity… by infecting them and spreading it into households… schools. Too late now. It’s on the record. The shame of it.