July memo: "The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have conducted an exhaustive review of investigative holdings relating to Jeffrey Epstein... We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties." Today:

Back when the Constitution actually was operable, these "oath keepers" were hostile to the government. Now that the Constitution is in tatters, they're happy as clams.

NEW: Following Pope Leo XIV's lead, the U.S. bishops release a video condemning the Trump-Vance White House’s “inhumane” deportation raids.

i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”

15 does not qualify for the age of consent in any US state. Perhaps she meant "barely illegal"?

Also most voters have just never thought remotely seriously about policy. “Should we get rid of illegal immigrants? Well, of course; they’re illegal!” There’s nothing deeper than that going on until they start seeing what that actually entails.

MAGA: God sent us Trump so we could help him get away with sexually abusing children. ✝️

This is a great summary of the rubble the GOP has been reduced to in the Trump era. People who take GOP arguments at face value are marks falling into a trap. The GOP truly doesn't care about anything but dominating people they hate. Literally everything else is just detail work getting there.

This is the EXACT recipe for a bad person who likes to be praised acting like a puppy dog to dictators willing to strategically flatter him while acting like a junkyard dog to principled democratic leaders who tell him the truth.

Democratic elites are biased against controversial leadership. And this is why they retreat. Liberal elites think that persuasion and power are dirty--not realizing that people's lives depend on them being strong. Only strength will defeat fascism. Not compromise.

Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will

It's a shame this guy has a seat, but he's in it until 2030 and is an independent anyway. In spite of how it votes in presidentials, Maine has serious problems putting Democrats in the Senate. Focus your anger on where it matters and use the upcoming primaries to fill House tickets with fighters.

He's got a point, @heinrich.senate.gov

If you're not calling for Schumer's removal as leader, your constituents can only conclude you support this betrayal of their interests & values.

Schumer and centrist Senate Democrats suck, but we're still facing real fascists on the other side of the aisle. Eyes on the prize, people.

It was the wrong fight to begin with. They chose it because they're not comfortable taking a stand on anything else. It would be nice if they could win the battle they chose (currently in doubt), but fighting for health care signals that democratic collapse is less important than the economy, which/

I sometimes think about what it really would have been like if Harris had won a close election. Trump certainly would have claimed fraud. He would have been even more desperate with the Smith cases hanging over his future. He could have inspired a Republican Senate to refuse to certify the vote./

This is how social media is frying all of your brains. You have very clear sense of what you’re “supposed” to say, because every statement has a bunch of metrics underneath it indicating whether it’s popular. And then many of you decide what you are going to believe based on how it’ll be received.

Because they don't want to upset the Nazis and may even support them.

Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.

1. Inflation was a big problem for incumbents. 2. The definition of inflation that voters were operating from in public opinion polls and electoral behavior was warped by discourse. Guys like Elliott and @whstancil.bsky.social are both perceiving true things here. The problem was *perception* of/

He thinks everything he wants to do is great and a majority could only disagree if evildoers trick the public into it. When people hate what he does, he disbelieves it or discounts it. The filibuster is saving him from an approval rating in the 20s and he believes it's keeping him from the 60s.

This is how you weaken the regime. You clarify to the public that the regime is acting immorally and you will not warp your morals to accommodate them. Nothing clarifies these dynamics like unthreatening acts of nonviolent demonstration. Boost these antifascist models and their tactics.

800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel. Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire. Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year. Glad everything worked out for them. How about you?

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Steve Bannon pled guilty to stealing a million dollars from his donors. The Trump regime is a criminal enterprise. It's that simple. They are in politics to commit crimes and get away with them.

I hope Mamdani does well, but it is weird that so many people seem to think the Democratic Party should reorganize itself around him when he hasn't even taken office yet. Maybe see how he governs first?

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:

I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not

so where are the op-eds about republican overreach today? where’s the commentary about donald trumps war against american citizens or his terror campaign targeting brown people? where’s the pearl clutching over the conservative social media bubble reliant on nazi propagandists?

Where do I go to pitch my establishment media op-ed urging Republicans to pivot to the middle if they want to win? cc @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit

Would love to know what these are.

Regardless of how one feels about Mamdani, I think it's hilarious that anyone could regard him as an apocalyptic outcome. The city has a rich tradition of electing lousy pieces of shit to the office and we already know Cuomo would be another.

Charge the people allegedly responsible or shut the fuck up.

We should enthusiastically encourage this trend. The goal is not to form an enduring political alliance with these people. It's to form a temporary pro-democracy one. We can sort out our differences through the political process later once democracy is reestablished. That's what democracy is for.

What's happening is that these commentators adopt Republican talking points about the Democratic agenda. That's it, that's the whole story. Their source of information about Democrats and Democratic priorities is Republicans and Republican-aligned media

These terrorist assaults of ICE officers with delectable aromas needs to fucking stop! 😡

And once they figure out how to make your presence illegal, they're coming after you, too.

Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.

Jeffries: "The Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program. That's what they've been doing. And that's the reason they refuse to swear in Representative Elect Adelita Grijalva."

Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo! I know how hard you worked for this.

Serial liars claiming the power to kill anyone they say is “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist” groups are asserting that they have a right to kill anyone they feel like, since they have repeatedly been caught lying about exactly that (such as false accusations against Kilmar Abrego Garcia).

I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here. And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.

Florida lawyer arrested and charged for posting on bluesky

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.