Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

What Ceasefire? Israel Is Back to Its Genocidal Ways as Trump Demands a Peace Prize. Trump's alleged historic peace deal is about as real as a diploma from Trump University, yet that hasn't stopped Republicans from kissing up to their King and ignoring a genocide. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents. ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities. The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

Trump is stooping so low that he’s gutting the federal Office of Special Education. Attacking students with disabilities is wrong. Every child in America deserves a fair shot at success.

ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers. The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. @apnews.com

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

Bravo! Hopefully more billionaire-led anti-democracy corporations will soon suffer the same fate.

If Republicans are going to label you a terrorist for peacefully protesting Trump's failing presidency, abuses of power, and treatment of blue America as an enemy nation, let's turn out in even bigger numbers. On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this: newrepublic.com/article/2016...

Don’t forget.

Vaccines are safe and effective. Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support. When you want information, ask your doctor. It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood say they didn’t get any warning.

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Thinking this is wrong and untenable isn’t radical. Thinking it isn’t, is.

Not sure why it has taken until late 2025 to see this, but this is how you do it. Every time. For every one of these guests.

The reason Mike Johnson is able to keep the House closed and not pass bills to pay the military or fund the government is because Trump is going to circumvent congress and illegally steal that money from other government programs. All to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

Help me out here. When did Biden take office? Who was the FBI director on January 6th? Who appointed that FBI director?

Query: Has anyone ever heard one of these evangelical so-called Christians ever talk about any of Jesus' teachings? They boast about reading their Bibles, but somehow manage to avoid every single bit of what the founder of their claimed religion taught His followers. #Heresy

Dumbest gaslighting ever. Who was president on January 6?

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @jesseduquette.bsky.social )

Working for ICE is a choice. These thugs have willingly chosen to behave in the inhumane ways that they do. They should be ostracized by decent Americans. They are the sort of people America needs to be rid of, not the law-abiding people they are traumatizing.

The Qatari bribe of Trump paid off. The GOP is now letting foreign countries build military installations on US soil.

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child. She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck. This is not about immigration enforcement. It's about terrorizing Americans.

[B]oth my revenge and hate Loosing upon thee, in the name of justice, Without all terms of pity. - All's Well That Ends Well (A2, S3) #ShakespeareSunday

[T]hese words have turn'd my hate to love; And I forgive and quite forget old faults - Henry VI, Pt. 3 (A3, S3) #ShakespeareSunday

Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand, Blood and revenge are hammering in my head. - Titus Andronicus (A2, S3) #ShakespeareSunday

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode. Pedal to the floor.

This is the perfect encapsulation of Republican/MAGAt behavior. Spew lies all day, every day, and do the exact opposite of everything you say. What a joke!

The Antiphibian of Portland is gearing up to be an iconic symbol of resistance

This is awesome.

These too from yesterday.

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Hakeem Jeffries on Mike Johnson getting upset at a press event today, banging the lectern, trying to blame Dems for troops not being paid amid the shutdown: "I don't get why my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are getting emotional about their failed approach ... to governing."

We’re doing what?!

NOBEL rewards democracy over authoritarianism

Sister Jean was a role model in Illinois — inspiring us to embrace our neighbors. As a lover of life, she taught us to channel positivity to keep us hopeful in times of need and kept that attitude all the way to a life well-lived at 106 years old. May her memory be a blessing.

Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY

Donald Trump: Stop trying to incite Illinoisans into violence. Pack up and go home.

Brilliant!!

BREAKING: A judge blocks the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for two weeks.

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law. Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois. And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

Chicagoans won a temporary restraining order today that prevents federal agents from using tear gas, pepper spray and other weapons against journalists and peaceful protesters. We’re fighting back peacefully in Chicago because — unlike Trump — we believe in the rule of law.

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

26. She did the unforgivable: refused to accept the lies Stephen Miller tells himself, about himself, and she deepened that wound by daring to enjoy herself while doing it. She not only hurt him, emotionally and psychically, but she reminded him of the misery he endures daily.

“I’m begging you to pass this legislation. My kids could die. We don’t have the credit because of the medical bills that I have to pay," this woman told Johnson. Before being cut off, she added, "The audacity of someone who makes six figures a year to do this to military families is insane."