Speaker Johnson, your stalling tactics are suppressing the voices of Arizonans who elected Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva in September. The American people deserve representation and the final vote to release the Epstein files. (1/2)

"I voluntarily gave up my rank as the president suggested...I have no regrets about my decision. I have given up the service I loved for the freedom to do the right thing, the freedom to speak my mind and the freedom to speak in defense of our country." wapo.st/4ofqqfy

To play politics with that is unconscionable. It would be one thing if these were cases of underperformance, but many of those being laid off have stellar reviews and decades of service. This isn’t reform; it’s retribution. And it’s wrong.

Federal employees across the government are now receiving layoff notices, a devastating outcome of Trump’s political games. It’s outrageous that he would use people’s livelihoods as pawns to “score political points”.

Trump’s rhetoric has crossed a line — from “Deep State” conspiracy to open fascist playbook. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

Murray: I talked to a family that’s paying about $300 a month for their health insurance. It’s going to jump to over $1,800 per month. Many people will turn away and not pay for it—obviously, they’ll lose their health insurance. The fewer people who have insurance, the more everybody pays.

You know what was weird last week? I didn’t see anyone fired for quoting words actually spoken by Jane Goodall.

"The history of these attacks is instructive. It shows that no matter what lawmakers do to exclude illegal immigrants from a program, the GOP will find a way to claim that some of the money will go to these immigrants." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

“The crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and those who participated in them is a decades long abdication of institutional and personal responsibility, brought to light by a handful of dedicated journalists and the breathtaking bravery of once isolated, ignored vulnerable women.” slate.com/news-and-pol...

Pam Bondi's shameless stonewalling of the Senate Judiciary Committee today is of course a total negation of Congressional oversight. "Oversight" is impossible if they won't let you see anything.

"But what is an illegal order? A legal body tells you it’s illegal. Maybe it’s a more senior officer. Maybe it’s someone from the JAG corps. Which is why the Trump administration’s moves to push out senior officers and dismantle the JAG corps are so troubling." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

“I wish I could be the guy who says, ‘everyone calm down; things have been just as bad before, and we got through it.’ But I can’t be that reasonable-sounding moderate floating above it all. Things are very bad. People should be far more alarmed than they are.” open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...

Update from the war zone in Portland.

Declaring that unless state governments *do the job of the federal government* it is "insurrection" is a wild take inasmuch as it's the diametrical opposite of everything Republicans said over the last 100+ years As I've said before, if you want to know what MAGAs believe in, it's literally nothing

Black people in Chicago had their apartment building raided in the middle of the night, were detained for hours, and had their Fourth Amendment rights violated during an ICE operation that had nothing to do with them. Nah, they are not thrilled.

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Vadym meets his son for the first time -the boy who was born during a massive Russian attack that killed his mom&badly injured dad On September 7,during a Russian strike on #Kyiv, Vadym&Tetiana Sakiian were injured.Tetiana was pregnant,doctors had to perform an emergency delivery of her son, Nazar.

Share this far and wide. It will only get worse.

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As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway

"Free speech is not about whether someone else agrees or disagrees; it's about whether you are able to do it." --Jasmine Crockett, just now to Chris Hayes.

Republicans are on the wrong side of the shutdown. They control the White House, the House and the Senate, but they still need Democrats to keep the government open. All we’re asking for is their help to save healthcare for millions of families about to lose coverage. 👀

Joyce Vance explains what’s going at the Department of Justice, why it matters, and the dangers before us and ahead. www.thebulwark.com/p/chaos-at-doj

Ukraine Is Beating Russia: What Putin Doesn't Want You to Know youtu.be/JThTysIZfFc

Because this administration thinks everyone believes the rules only matter when it helps “your side” (like they do), they are counting on Comey’s unpopularity to normalize this. Don’t let it. Whatever you think of him or his actions in the past, etc. this indictment is dangerous and an outrage.

Swalwell: It's an awful day for what's supposed to be a free country. This is a mad king picking off each of his political enemies.

I honestly don’t care about James Comey. But I want to live in a democratic republic. His indictment proves we live in a banana republic, where the autocrat personally orders indictments of his political enemies, and when his own officials refuse he finds new ones that will.

James Comey handed the 2016 election to Donald Trump by announcing a sham investigation against his opponent, causing people to forget the "Access Hollywood" tape & doubt Clinton's honesty. Today, Trump thanked Comey by corruptly indicting him. To Donald, loyalty & gratitude are one-way streets.

My tik tok account was set to private and didn’t have app on my phone but had to log in to deactivate my account permanently, saw my last post (as had always been the case w/me) was restricted. Word to the wise, it was always pro-MAGA, will be worse now that Trump toadies own it.

Our craven Attorney General will really do anything Trump says.   The DOJ doesn't exist to punish Trump's enemies, it's meant to work for the American people. This is an egregious abuse of power by the most corrupt President in history.

This is what you all need to read. Nothing is normal about this. This could be it. Read and watch for the signs. Stay safe. 💙 #Corruption

The Epstein files aren’t sealed to protect survivors — they’re sealed to protect the powerful.

What “fascism” means Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DO6EvDz...

None of this is normal. All of it is impeachable.