No Kings warns of "increasing political tensions and military presence" ahead of the next peaceful protest — of no kings. Hmm. youtu.be/Ex-ibI2MWIg?...

UPDATE 3: Portland police officer threatens ICE goons with arrest let’s see MORE of THAT please. www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...

And so it begins

Fascists always start by turning soldiers against citizens. Always. If a sitting president tells the military to “handle” his political enemies he’s not talking about democracy — he’s talking as a traitor. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

A coordinated effort to silence critics and free speech. Must be a coincidence.

California is rejecting RFK Jr.'s baseless vaccine restrictions and issuing our own recommendations as part of the West Coast Health Alliance — rooted in evidence, safety, and shared by doctors across the nation. We won't let the Trump Administration jeopardize our health.

David Letterman to @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social: “The institution of the president of the United States ought to be bigger than a guy doing a talk show.” #TAF25

Former President Barack Obama criticized President Trump on Tuesday for attacking political rivals after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. While speaking at an educational summit, Obama said that Trump’s threats to stifle his opposition after the killing had exacerbated tensions in the country.

The Federal Reserve must be relieved of its duties regulating the nation’s banks, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote in an essay published Friday.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Friday defended the Trump administration’s decision to block a nearly completed $6.2 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island by saying offshore wind increases electricity prices and by downplaying the jobs at stake.

It’s corruption, plain and simple.

(Just how RFK likes it.) This goes hand in hand with Trump’s EPA so there’s that

“So, it’s clear that in secret they’re planning this — well, it’s an invasion with US troops, if they in fact do that.” - Gov. Pritzker www.axios.com/local/chicag...

Trump is piece of shit who has no shame

And that’s how it’s done www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/30/m...

JD Vance is a fraud — a butcher of history who dresses-up conspiracy as scripture. But his smallness doesn’t make him harmless, it makes him dangerous. From the sidelines, he amplifies Trump’s hatred in ways Trump doesn’t have to answer for it. bsky.app/profile/mill...

What’s missing in recent reporting is the how. How does Trump know about Fed Gov Cook’s mortgages? Meanwhile, AG Letitia James is under investigation for trumped-up mortgage fraud, too? Trump is using the office to hunt down political rivals — just as fascists do. www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

Don’t look away

Do tell “The supreme leader of the world's largest superpower is objectively a Soviet or Russian asset.” — President of Portugal

Welcome to pure unadulterated fascism — never speak truth to the strongman — or else bsky.app/profile/wash...

Trump steps up his war on wind, canceling a Rhode Island wind farm that was 80% complete and would have provided electricity to 350,000 homes—potentially wasting billions of dollars. From @ryanlcooper.com: trib.al/qxAZQ82

For anyone criticizing Pres Zelensky for not giving up sovereign land, try these apples — Russia invades and occupies Alaska for its rich resources, strategic geography, military value and historic relevance. And then what?

Cutting off mRNA research because the first mRNA vaccines weren't good enough - *even if that were true, which it really isn't* - is like if we banned personal computers in 1981 because the IBM PC was too expensive

It’s a good day. Thanks to tutelage by our allies at the roundtable, Trump’s vocab has increased by one term — security guarantees. They know the only way to train a meat taco is through repetition and muscle memory. Bless your European hearts.

I don't blame Trump. I blame the voters. I also remember when all the MAGA podcasters came out and joked about how they can admit Project 2025 was always the agenda.

Oh right there’s that part about Putin kidnapping over 30,000 Ukrainian children — prior to Trump dining with him on brandied filet mignon and buttery halibut. Of course, Trump shut down the team counting kidnapped children. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/...

A personal favorite of the day

Newsom releases new ad 🔥

Is this kind of like asking DOJ to release the secretly recorded rapey Epstein videos FBI catalogued years ago?

So this is a genuinely vertiginous moment. The President of the United States was once the leader of the free world. But now the free world is rallying to protect itself against an America that seems ready to switch sides in the great historical struggle. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

Clearly straight from The Art of the Deal — peppered nicely with fascism. Trump says there will be "no going into NATO by Ukraine" as part of a peace deal? What the actual fuck. There’s more inherent strategy to a 3rd grade sandwich trade.

THIS. IS. THE. WAY.

> @governor.ca.gov

The Republican Party is the party of fascism — a president who idolizes war criminals, threatens CEOs of publicly traded companies, takes ideologic control over private schools, and orders masked police to intimidate citizens at political events by governors. www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom...

Sounds about right. Now Judicial, it’s time get your fuckin’ shit together. DC’s AG Schwalb about the Administration, “By declaring a hostile takeover of MPD…This is the gravest threat to Home Rule that the District has ever faced, and we are fighting to stop it.” www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Hey #JoeScarborough I lost count on the number of times this AM you rudely interrupted a sitting U.S. senator who was articulating important Ukraine political strategies. Fresh off your support of the militarization of DC. With your sudden re-upping of conservatism, a curious fan would wonder — Hm.

Because “cult of personality” isn’t a defining characteristic of fascism? www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Data is why fascists falsify data. Like DC now — when murders drop by 40% in Philly, it will be tough to send in military to “combat gun violence.” And when data show your economic policy is a joke, fire the head of BLS and replace her with a fascist from Heritage Foundation. #FoxtrotDeltaTango

This is not about crime. It’s about power. (+ distracting from the Epstein file cover-up)

The fight is on — Smithsonian to align with Trump's “interpretation” of American history vs. number of applications Smithsonian receives in response to their ‘28 job posting “Volunteers needed to restore exhibits to their historical state” #Smithsonian #FoxtrotDeltaTango #Restoration2028

What the actual fuck? And as the military descends on DC in a hostile power grab (yes because they’re armed for war not policing). Don’t believe a word of Antoni he’s a fascist piece of shit — This move is to cook the books and hide catastrophic data from world economy. Enough of it yet?

As Trump spoke about his taking over DC as a military state. Best thing a free press can do to fight for democracy at this moment is what happened — let the fascist talk and decide for yourself if this is the world you want. #FoxtrotDeltaTango

Not enough people are talking about the chilling subtext and imagery in the messages being sent by the official DHS accounts

Another brilliant one in Rolling Stone — they’ve been butter on roll with their reporting bsky.app/profile/timd...

We can’t lose focus on what matters – right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy.