quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality. I don't know how to yell any louder.

For those who think a military officer would refuse an order from Trump to start a nuclear war because it would be illegal, please consider that military officers have obeyed illegal orders from Trump to kill people in Venezuelan boats. Three times. That we know of.

Amid an ongoing wave of conspiracy theories and bogus claims about Jan 6, I’ll note this from our reporting: Rioters made all kinds of claims and defenses in court … and jurors convicted 100% of the defendants who went to trial 100%

Whatever comes *after* Orwellian is what this is

I know for a fact that Antifa is not an organization because I don't get emails from them asking for money.

as a christian, one thing i love about trump is that he explicitly rejects the teachings of jesus

Liberals are the one group in politics who look at the world and say “this is all messy and complicated, because people are messy and complicated, so progress will be slow and imperfect, but we have to try.” It defines us, and everyone hates us for it.

Well, if we’re going to prosecute people for lying to Congress…

While Stephen Miller claims that Democrats calling him a fascist constitutes incitement, there are hundreds of examples of Miller publicly calling Democrats fascists.

too late for the person for this is about, but complaints about paywalls—whether or not they’re on something I write—are an automatic block. I can’t make people support journalism but I won’t tolerate people complaining they have to pay others for their labor.

if you dont stop calling us nazis we will have the secret police disappear you to a slave labor camp

“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have. I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵

Hey, Sinclair... you forgot to shut down the internet in Seattle.

In a sane world, there’d be a family intervention and deployment of the 25th amendment.

DC/DMV folks: When Jimmy Kimmel fails to air at 11:35 tonight because Sinclair Broadcasting wants to punish him, light up the station’s switchboard and tell them you will be contacting and boycotting their advertisers.

Time spent scritching animals is not deducted from your lifespan

That was the worst presidential press conference on public health since the last time Trump did a press conference on public health.

Conservatives love to darkly say stuff like “you aren’t prepared for what’s next, we’re not going to be moderate anymore, you have no idea what you’ve unleashed” and then cry like babies when you call them fascists

We live in an era of no shame, but I think we're all tired of living in an era of no shame. (Re: Trump, Charlie Sheen, and Elizabeth Gilbert.)

Actually, when only 97% of the stories about a person who is 100% bad are bad, it means someone is the media isn’t doing their job.

So Trump gets DOJ to drop an obvious bribery case against Tom Homan, then fires the US Attorney who found insufficient evidence to prosecute Letitia James, then threatens to fire Pam Bondi and replace her with dunce Lindsey Halligan unless she immediately indicts his enemies.

That’s me in the video. And a Fox News host just celebrated me being assaulted by ICE. If ICE will do this to a congressional candidate with a big platform, just imagine what they’re doing to the people they’re kidnapping.

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

"There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn’t even an enemy you could put your finger on.” Margaret Atwood The Handmaid’s Tale

It's so ironic, all these beloved stories about fascism (Harry Potter, Star Wars, The Hunger Games, The Sound of Goddamn Music), and when it comes, it could not BE more obvious, and still half the country misses it.

lol

My latest article had five times as much traffic as usual. 🤔 open.substack.com/pub/brenthar...

I was reliably told celebrating political violence was cause for government reprisal and private sector termination.

I will as well.

The twentieth century suddenly makes so much more sense. 🤔😳😟

The knowledge that a prosecutor might well get sacked if they don’t find incriminating evidence in matters deemed politically important by Trump really makes you wonder about the incriminating evidence in ongoing matters deemed politically important by Trump

This is a 9-0 Supreme Court decision from just last year.

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.

the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok

Remembering how Jon Stewart spent all of last year telling me that he’d grown more nuanced and wise after his retirement and that Trump v Dems wasn’t as black and white as people claimed. What a ridiculous fuckwad he turned out to be.

This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy.

If you're still pretending that the Republican Party has the slightest interest in democracy, or the Constitution, you're either a complete imbecile or you're working with them.

They claim autocracy isn’t their plan, but they sure are governing like there is never going to be a Democratic president again.

The greatest book ever written may very well be The Great Brain at the Academy. 🤔😍

Accurate

Today: 🍦The New York Times publishes a front-page scoop about overlapping deals involving the Trump family and the national interest ⚖️ President Trump sues the paper and its journalists for $15 billion Same day

Where do we come down these days on whether or not these right wing pundits/influencers and GOP leaders believe what they're saying? Have they actually lost their minds and believe all the crazy stuff they're saying or is it just performance and opportunism? I confess that I can't tell anymore.

US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.