Also as I understand it the Reagan ad was run by Ontario Province, not by Canada’s federal government or privy council or whatever. Imagine if countries cut off trade with us because of shit Alabama or Vermont did.

That’s no ballroom…

The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.

Today in Politics, Bulletin 235. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

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The company brought Junior in right after the election as part owner. They just won the largest drone motor contract awarded by the Pentagon.

Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics. It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history. It corrupts our political system every day.

A friend recently told me that they didn’t think ICE would deploy tear gas in well to do neighborhoods with a high density of white people. I understood their thinking, but disagreed. Today, they gassed Lakeview. Nothing is off limits to these people.

The least surprising news of the day.

It feels so weird to remember a time when sports betting was widely considered to be a scumbag activity

A judge ruled Thursday to weaken Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement law, holding that the state’s restrictive policy likely violates federal law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Not to be a corny doomer but what really weighs on me is that for all that red white and blue bullshit about freedom I heard bellowed out of everything my whole life, that's something you actually have to want and protect, and in the aggregate we just don't seem to

every passing day, rightwingers are inventing new and unexpected ways to signal to the world they may be the dumbest iteration of humans so far

The conditions at the Broadview ICE facility are getting worse. This is why we keep coming back. Our neighbors are not alone. You can join us in demanding transparency + accountability at 1930 Beach Street.

The White House thing is such a disaster for them. The most potent political emotions are mass anger, visceral disgust, sense of lost, and nostalgia, preferably supported by images, and somehow they’ve triggered all of it at once. And now it’s gone, can’t be stopped, and they have to build a palace.

A federal judge ORDERS senior Border Patrol officer Greg Bovino—the face of Chicago's Operation Midway Blitz — to attend in person at a hearing she just set on Tuesday. He's accused of violating her order by lobbing tear gas into a crowd. More on Bovino www.allrisenews.com/p/general-sc...

Women are being erased at the Pentagon. Women are being erased from history. And now a woman has been erased from the desecrated White House.

Never ever gets old.

I think one of the things that non-evangelicals find most annoying about evangelicals is when they claim that other people can’t lead happy and fulfilling lives unless they believe in the same things that they do.

This is fucked

This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it. They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.

If a temporary resident of the White House can totally demolish the East Wing to build a gaudy ballroom, without any authority, approval, or regulation, he can tear down the rest of the White House to build a Walmart. That this destruction is allowed underscores how off the rails our country is now.

Well right, because the "I had no idea" story never made any sense whatsoever

Very concerning, if true.

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

We should have never let them placate us with fear

When idiot Ron Schneider was born in 1963, the infant mortality rate was 29/1,000. It is now close to 5/1,000. So, no, children were NOT healthier when he was a kid. And he was, clearly, dropped on his head.

Americans still don't realize how bad it has gotten and how much worse it is going to get. Immense destruction, pain and suffering, and we're not even at the tip of it.

“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.” “SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.” ~Center for Budget and Policy

Hope people are realizing that rigging the 2026 and 2028 elections have always been the plan.

Maybe we should all apply and then wash out of the academy.

It wasn't fake. It was edited. But Reagan really did spend a five-minute speech – an April 25, 1987, national radio address that the Reagan Library has published on YouTube – to rail against tariffs. It was a full-throated expression of support for free and fair trade. https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv

An anonymous donor gave the Pentagon $130 million? Yeah, totally normal. Like the Tooth Fairy filing 1099s.

They were never going to stop at attacking trans rights, abortion rights, or gay rights. If you haven’t spoken up already because you thought it didn’t affect you, here’s a wake up call: they WILL come for your rights next, so unite to start fighting for everyone’s before it’s too late.

We’ve become a bad joke.

Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.

Why do I say it's not accurate? Because none of these teams will open their books except the Braves, who are required to because they are owned by a publicly traded company. The Braves pulled down $663M in revenue in 2024: www.bravesholdings.com/news/press-r... PLEASE STOP CAPING FOR BILLIONAIRES

Dear republican congressman: You just got another week off, you have absolutely no plans since you were going to be in dc. How about some town halls? If you do three, that’s a total of 6 hours of work the whole week. Easy peasy!

Also included thoughts on how awesome Blue Jays fans are for donating to Seattle Children's Hospital after they defeated the Mariners in the ALCS, and for donating to Dodgers charities now to rally around Vesia. Thinking I may belong in Canada.

The people in Arizona’s 7th congressional district have been without representation in Congress for over 7 months. Mike Johnson continues to deny them representation because their duly elected representative has pledged to sign the petition to release the Epstein files.

This is their playbook for the midterms. Intimidation and harassment - if we are lucky it will only be that. Because their full playbook is most likely much worse but this is the warmup act.

I like this on many levels

I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.

Q: On the pardon of Changpeng Zhao, Binance has significant business interests with World Liberty Financial, the president family's crypto company. How do you respond to criticisms that this is a corrupt act? LEAVITT: I would respond and say the president is exercising his constitutional authority

This is what Republicans voted for?