"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

I know it's tiresome to play the "imagine if the parties were reversed" game, but thinking about how Republicans (and right-wing media) would be reacting if a Democratic-controlled House was refusing to swear in a newly elected *Republican* member may be the apotheosis of this particular meme.

I’m. So. Tired. I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

Every damn “moderate” “independent” person who voted for this (and yes, they voted for this) needs to really sit down with themselves before the next election and figure out what their actual values are and vote those, not the damn price of eggs.

If you ever wondered what Republican “governance” looks like, this is it. A government shutdown. Federal workers who don’t get paid. A President who golfs during a shutdown. National guards and ICE deployed to attack and arrest Americans. Millions of Americans losing their healthcare.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN

This from @govpritzker.illinois.gov on @cnn.com

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

🚨 “They put black people in one van and immigrants an another… Trucks and military style vans were used to separate children from their parents.” THIS. IS. HAPPENING. People need to see this. We all need to see it. Nobody gets a pass here. Please share with your networks. 1/2

Today, I'm signing legislation to safeguard our elections and the voice of every voter. It's now illegal to use contests or payments to get people to register to vote. And in the 2026 election, voters have the chance to repeal our state's ban on the public financing of elections.

Release the Epstein files! www.c-span.org/clip/senate-...

@drdemetre.bsky.social, former director of the CDC Nat'l Cen. for Immunization and Respiratory Disease for @sciam.bsky.social. ALL our agencies are facing death by a thousand funding and staff cuts. It costs us expertise and manpower. In an emergency, we will feel this loss — from CDC to FEMA.

Hegseth and Trump brought all our generals to DC, risking our national security and costing taxpayers millions, all so they could urge them to violate international law and betray the Constitution. These are not patriots, they are un-American thugs. And we must stand up to them.

When Hegseth says that even generals and admirals will be subject to PT tests twice a year, know that he plans to purge intellect, which is critical in those roles. I’d take a fat, smart general any day over a buff moron. Intelligence in the military leadership is more important. Seems obvious.

I cannot express just how painful it is to see Kamala Harris continue talking about how she cares about and admires Gen Z. We could’ve had someone who truly cared about lifting up our generation — instead we’re stuck with a guy shutting down the government to rip away our healthcare.

We are approaching a situation where working or enrolling in public higher ed means that the state wields inordinate power to control your speech and impose partisan rules on your conduct. What do we do when higher ed is a special site of state oppression?

Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.” Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-isnt-the-media-reporting-on-trumps-d1e

The Deputy Chief of Staff... is in charge of military strikes? Do we even have a president?

📌I am going to put this nicely: Democrats continuing to foist Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries on us as "leaders" during these terrifying times that demand strength, bravery, and resolve is really, really fucking insulting.

Abolishing ICE isn’t enough I need to hear them do popcorn reading

Weird how the trial for the pro-Trump, white nationalist mass shooter who is accused of murdering two students at Florida State University (FSU) is about to start and hardly any news is talking about it. www.msn.com/en-us/crime/...

El Señor Mencho's empire is thriving. America loves cocaine again, and Trump's fentanyl crackdown is killing off his rivals. on.wsj.com/4pXcJUu

ICE has erected a gate to keep protesters out. They are blocking a public street, despite the Broadview Fire Department ordering ICE to tear it down. Join us at 1930 Beach Street. 7-9 AM. Tell Broadview to tear this fence down.

People use fascism loosely to speak of that which they dislike, but the term has a meaning. Most reductively: cult of personality; nationalism; eroticized violence, internal enemies, purity myths, politicized gender.

But kimmel’s back, so…

Russian bots

These are smart young people. Do not talk to law enforcement. Do 👏 NOT👏 talk👏

Megyn kelly saying the quiet part out loud again

NEW: Hours before a new entry ban is supposed to go into effect, the federal government officially acknowledges for the first time that the restrictions do NOT apply to people who currently have H-1B visas. Link: www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul...

To me, this reads like “Marco Rubio can decide if someone who already has an approved visa will have to retroactively pay 100k to keep it”

Microsoft gave guidance on H1Bs to its employees last night

Jon Stewart should run for president. I’m not kidding.

Holy fuck!

This is an excellent summation of the problem and the remedy. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

After Trump’s FCC chair, demanded ABC take action against against Kimmel for his comments on Kirk, Nexstar, the largest operator of ABC affiliates announced it would pull Kimmel from its stations Then ABC said it was taking Kimmel off the air Nexstar is seeking FCC approval for a $6.2B merger

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

one question id like all the dem '28 contenders to start considering is how theyll use all these now powers granted to the office by scotus to get us the fuck out of this mess and ensure it doesnt happen again

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: He cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group. There is no org called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path or no membership. Also there is no terrorism law in America. Ask Luigi. He wants to call anyone a terrorist. That’s Fascism. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Don't buy the canard that this is about Charlie Kirk. Abusing state power to lean on corporate leaders and get Jimmy Kimmel off the air because he told jokes about the president and made him feel bad was always the plan.

Jimmy Kimmel basically just lost his job for saying Charlie Kirk’s killer was MAGA. Just a few days ago, here’s Brian Kilmeade of Fox News saying homeless people should be killed: He still has his job: #BlueCrew #Resist #AntiMaga

Love my state

So, ordinary folks know who Dylan Roof is but not the head of the FBI.

I hope we get to see the day where Stephen Killer is put in prison for the rest of his life.

Schumer and Jeffries are not leaders. They are accomplices to the destruction of our democracy. Dems need to not give an inch. Shut down the government or republicans agree to have RFK, Hegseth and Patel removed, Epstein files released, and masked, unidentified ICE raids ended.

Why is the right so angry? They control the entire government and they’re still miserable f*cks. Joy Reid nailed it.