This from the guy whose Citizens United decision did more to degrade democracy than any other. Please.

“We believe it’s our duty to sound the alarm about this administration’s degradation of DoJ’s vital work, and its assault on the public servants who do it,” according to an open letter signed by 282 former officials. It will take years to rebuild our Justice Dept. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/e...

this is terrifying:

If they're not in the middle of an operation, this kind action is the exact kind of thing that causes a federal agent to lose their immunity Or it was when we were still a nation of laws

Law enforcement are trained to never point your weapon unless you are prepared to use it. Many cops go an entire career never pulling their gun out on duty at all. These guys are pointing weapons in many pics and vids. Come to your own conclusions about that

This strikes me as pretty bad

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

He also gave her the job because she was AG in FL when Epstein got a sweetheart deal and Trump got her to get rid of a case against himself for the bargain price of $25K.

We will be lamenting the Trump shunning of green power for decades.

Coal Is Unreliable, Expensive and Dirty. Trump Is Going All In. https://www.europesays.com/2473801/ Coal Is Unreliable, Expensive and Dirty. Trump Is Going All In. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/opinion/coal-electricity-solar-batteries.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rk8.ujce.h6aG24qyhNRm by …

priorities wapo.st/4o3YbAr

All things considered, it’s clear the objective is to burn everything except the military and the military police. Don’t leave even a smoldering heap. Bannon has been saying this for many years and now they’re doing it. Gift link: wapo.st/47dbJEe

Six former Surgeons General can literally not find anything good to say about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, who has used his family’s fame to denigrate vaccines, drive health professionals out of government, and promote misinformation. [gift link] wapo.st/3VTALll

Madness.

Blumenthal to Bondi: "He has been transparent. In fact, 5 days before the indictment of Comey, he put this post up as instructions to you. He didn't mince words. He was very open & public that you should indict Comey and&others because they are 'guilty as hell, no more delay, now.' 5 days before"

Trump has turned the Department of Justice into his own personal vendetta machine. And Pam Bondi has been happy to go along for the ride. We're witnessing the most egregious politicization of the DOJ in recent memory — and I lived through the Nixon years.

“.. Lower population growth as the president presses ahead with mass deportations will knock between 0.5 and one percentage points off America’s GDP growth between mid-2025 and mid-2026, according to S&P Global Ratings.” @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

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Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act. I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan

📌I have HAD it with these damn farmers. They proudly voted for a racist, con artist, who is now screwing them. They will do it again after he gives them welfare checks they claim to hate so much. Biden and Democrats actually supported them, and now WE are paying for THEIR ignorance and racism.

Going through some old photos and screenshots and found this gem from when Shady Vance was running for Senate. And he wants Democrats to lower the temperature. 🙄 #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica

“This is delusional but you don’t have to read the whole thing. Boils down to: he’s shutting down the government because he thinks he’s a king.” Sen. Chris Murphy nailed it. It's #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown #DonaldTrumpsShutdown and he owns it now.

The toddlers in Trump's Cabinet all think of him as their daddy and they get very very cross if anyone says anything mean about their daddy and their daddy is going to beat up your daddy just you wait

“They said agents found $70,000 in cash, 48 loose diamonds and other jewelry, and a passport from a foreign country with a picture of Epstein under another name in the safe.” It’s like a spy novel.

The very next question should be, “So, you lied?”

DURBIN: Why did you publicly claim to have the Epstein client list waiting for your review and then produce nothing relevant to that claim? BONDI: There was no client list

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

Sen. Dick Durbin presses Pam Bondi on FBI personnel reportedly being asked to flag instances of Trump's name appearing in the Epstein files. Bondi says she's "not going to discuss anything about that with you." Durbin: "Eventually, you're going to have to answer for your conduct."

I’ve tried watching the hearing, but can’t get past the disdain Bondi so clearly exhibits toward any DEM who dares question her—it’s like FOX News on steroids. How do these MAGA leaders become so arrogant? It’s a trait they all share, and it’s clear they’ll never answer to anyone not of their party.

One trademark of the second Trump administration is the open and seething contempt that his Cabinet officials have for Congress. They don't see elected officials or their oversight function as legitimate. (see also RFK Jr, Kash Patel).

i mean there it is news.gallup.com/poll/692519/...

it's weird how several decades of organized assault on higher education has led to a cratering of American public opinion on higher education news.gallup.com/poll/695003/...

Donald Trump and Chris Wright want to spend millions of taxpayer dollars in a giveaway to the polluting and uneconomical coal industry. Higher bills, dirty air, and 19th century solutions to 21st century problems. I’m demanding answers on this back-alley bailout.

He’s the only Republican there. He sent all the rest of them home again to avoid a vote on the Epstein files. Since Johnson has become Speaker they have probably been in recess at least 3 out of every 4 days. And they’ve done NOTHING on health care for years. bsky.app/profile/atru...

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Project 2025 explained: The scheme, Republican operatives and what the scheme means for you thedemlabs.org/2025/10/07/p...

Chicago October 2025.......

It’s a snarky but accurate header: there’s good reason to believe Trump genuinely doesn’t know what’s going on because of his info sources, and his underlings are enjoying the power vacuum. Multiple levels of evil.

gotta say I don't think it's a great sign for society that the top editor of a major American news outlet thinks we're in a "fight for the West." (against WHOM, Bari?)

So pro-life they’ll kill women

"Precisely because they have been losing court cases over free speech and visas for foreign students, Trumpists now seek to entrap universities in a deal that effectively removes the protections of federal law and gives the administration arbitrary power over them."

Whatever is in the Epstein files must be so horrific that the top echelon of society who imbibed at Epstein‘s soirées will kill people and or bring down our government to prevent anyone from discovering the crimes they committed against children.

They really don't want to release the Epstein Files, huh.

For anyone who didn't see it, this is the opposite of what a well-planned exit to take a new exciting opportunity looks like. bsky.app/profile/wsua...

I've NEVER seen anyone hit the ejector seat button that fast -- he literally made the announcement on Fox News from the OKC Fox afffiliate and ran out of there with a reported pelting him with questions.

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time. Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense. 🧵

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