And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook) Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... I’m just glad it went to someone standing up for democracy instead of tearing it apart!

Premium increases notices will soon arrive in the mailboxes of Americans all over the US. The average increase? 114%. For some, the numbers are even higher: A couple making $129,000 with two adult children at home in Savannah, GA, will pay $3,150 more per month for insurance.

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles. You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

This Reuters headline. Oof. Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean. If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

Meltdown on "Truth" Social in 5... 4... 3... 2...

Republicans just voted to confirm Emil Bove, a guy who said "f**k" the courts, to a lifetime on the federal bench. I voted NO. I happen to believe Senate-confirmed judges should have some semblance of respect for the rule of law. I guess Republicans vote however Trump says.

RiP to mathematician & satirist Tom Lehrer "Even before the public had fully engaged on environmental damage, he wrote this: "Pollution, pollution, they got smog and sewage and mud. Turn on your tap and get hot and cold running crud."" From the Vatican to the nuclear arms race, Lehrer wrote...

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office. 2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor. 3) Donors make a huge profit. 4) Repeat. For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.

Jerome #Powell Calls BS to Trump’s Face as He Spouts Made-Up Numbers. The Federal Reserve chair fact-checked Donald Trump in real time as the president tries to come up with a reason to fire him. newrepublic.com/post/198414/...

BREAKING NEWS: Trump's government just approved Paramount's merger with Skydance. Sure looks like they paid Donald Trump $36 MILLION for this merger. Bribery is illegal no matter who is president.

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

spot on, Lorax 🥺

The official numbers just dropped on Trump's Big Beautiful Bill. Trump officially made the biggest cuts to health care in US history. Trump made the biggest cuts to food stamps in US history. Trump added $4.1T to the debt to give tax cuts to the ultra-rich and corporations.

The people who want to keep their identities secret so they can terrorize people think they should be allowed to keep their identities secret. We are a serious news organization.

My only hope is that one day Trump and his officials will face a tribunal on crimes against humanity.

If you refuse to see what is happening, the cancellation of the Colbert show should open your eyes. I want to explain to you what a censorship state looks like - where a corrupt government gives favors to media that suppresses criticism of the regime.

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.

A judge in DC has ruled that the Trump administration has to stop violating public disclosure laws. This is about the administration's efforts to take over Congress' power of the purse & altho the opinion is 60 pages, what the judge has to say is worth your time. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Who else thinks we should ban members of Congress from trading stocks?

This is what fear looks like.

The Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse. The president's job is to "faithfully execute" the decisions we've made and he has signed into law. He may not impound, redirect or confiscate money outside federal law.

A primer for the civically ill-informed.

@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow

NEW: Here are all the states that DOJ has contacted, and what we know about each demand. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social, Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism. Looking forward to following you wherever you land, Your fan, Mar🐫

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought confirms more spending cut proposals are headed to Capitol Hill and that he has no interest in bi-partisan appeasement. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Wow. @404media.co uncovered the names of additional dozens of people who were disappeared by the Trump administration on the March flights to El Salvador. www.404media.co/flight-manif...

I'm sorry, nine HUNDRED former DOJ lawyers all signed this letter opposing Emil Bove's nomination to be an appellate federal judge? 900?!

👇👇

If the President does not change course, the one-two-three punch of his tariff chaos, deficit-busting tax giveaways for billionaires, and financial deregulation could eventually blow up our economy. And, once again, the pain will fall mostly on America’s working families.

74% of teens use AI for friendship. Half talk to their AI friend EVERY DAY. One-third report the AI has said something that makes them uncomfortable. AI friendship bots are a freight train headed for our kids. It's malpractice not to protect them.

This is an excellent question.

I just voted NO to advance Trump's DOGE cuts to PBS, rural radio, and lifesaving aid. Republicans need to decide: Does Congress decide how to spend taxpayer dollars, or do they just take orders from Russ Vought?

There are hungry people all over America. There are hungry people all over the globe. What the actual frack? www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Never before in U.S. history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next. This is dictatorship.

Dozens of studies in recent years have linked ultra-processed fare to health problems such as high blood pressure and heart attacks, and also to some problems that one might not expect: cancer, anxiety, dementia, and early death.

Sign that Bus — Span Virginia Bus Tour

NPR had a quick, upbeat mention about how farmwork could function as healthcare with people "prescribed" to do it and it feels maddening that a significant swath of elite opinion seems to be trying to soft relaunch serfdom.

We’re working hard to clear out trolls and bot accounts. If you see them, don’t engage(just report and move on). Lately, we’ve seen MAGA circles flooding comment sections with vile rhetoric toward immigrants. That kind of language has no place here, and we won’t tolerate it.

Gawd...

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"

Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com