This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

🔥 TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Cornyn & Paxton don’t stand for freedom, family, and faith… they stand for control, cruelty, and corruption.”

For those who want to block everyone who follows a certain account or likes or reposts a certain post, here's a powerful tool: Blockenheimer (newly reborn). Use it thoughtfully, because as with blocklists, it's all too easy to accidentally block friends! block.alxtratrstrl.xyz/index.html

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond. Pay attention and act!

"The Post’s motto is ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness,’ but it doesn’t do well in false equivalence either." @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and @rparloff.bsky.social respond to a recent Washington Post editorial that equates the prosecution of James Comey to Jack Smith's indictments of Donald Trump.

Democracy Dies in Both Sides-ism @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & I on the @washingtonpost.com 's pathetic editorial on the Comey indictment. In @lawfaremedia.org www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

If you read the precedents Abrego Garcia is citing in seeking release from detention, you begin to realize the unreported horrors Trump's DHS/ICE is quietly committing throughout the country. Take Zavvar v Scott, for instance. ... 1/7 law.justia.com/cases/federa...

Today’s “One First” looks at how #SCOTUS and its defenders have responded to criticisms of the Court’s behavior in Trump cases either by knocking down straw men or by attacking the critics—without meaningfully defending what the Court is actually *doing*: www.stevevladeck.com/p/183-the-mi...

All I ask is that you watch and listen for 2 mins. youtu.be/AxZDE8PBhFk

It says a lot that Trump can find $20 billion to bail out Argentina, but won't help the millions of Americans who are in real need at home. Thank you to former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra for explaining.

And still more great news in Black-owned media: blackstarnews.com/state-of-the...

“We often think about the rule of law in overly intellectualized terms…But its erosion has a very real human cost, measured in fallen ideals and thwarted principles and, ultimately, shattered lives.” A must-read from @michael-feinberg.bsky.social: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/maki...

LIVE PRESSER REQUIRED Democrats need to demand a meeting w/ Trump Vance & Mute Johnson be broadcast in public live. Dems must insist the meeting in front of cameras so no ambiguity about whats said. Even if Trump doesn't show, JD vowed he would. CALL THEIR BLUFF @democrats.senate.gov

July 1935 German generals were called to a surprise assembly in Berlin and informed that their previous oath to the Weimer constitution was void and that they would be required to swear a personal oath to the Fuhrer. Most took the new oath. Sounds familiar? # Pete Hegseth # Ted Cruz #Trump

The number of people that go bankrupt every year from medical bills: Canada - 0 Australia- 0 France - 0 Sweden - 0 Norway - 0 Spain - 0 Portugal - 0 UK - 0 Finland - 0 Iceland - 0 Germany - 0 United States - 326,000

Boosting! 📣

Stop the scapegoating and start dealing with America’s real gun crisis. HOMEGROWN‼️

aMerica: Where Comedians have more moral fortitude than Politicians demanding 🔟 Commandments in classrooms Where fiscal conservatism is lauded by those demanding all tighten their belts & embrace starvation as they slip into elastic waistbands to feast upon ballroom erections to fist pump shimmy in

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

When SCOTUS granted review yesterday in the case of the fired FTC com'r, it also asked parties to brief a 2d question: "Whether a federal court may prevent a person’s removal from public office, either through relief at equity or at law." That's incredibly broad. If the answer is no, God help us.

We must continue to boycott Sinclair. This decision is horrific.

DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."

For @atmosmag.bsky.social I wrote about Lighthiser v. Trump, which marked the first time that a federal court has ever heard live testimony in a constitutional climate change case.

Every screenplay for the next decade -- comedy, drama, horror, whatever genre -- will have as its villain a cowardly CEO named Bob Wyger, or Cobb Iger, or Rob Tiger, who leads an evil corporation called Dibney or Disley or something.

What would right-wingers say if a Dem FCC chairman said broadcasters could demand TV personalities donate to Planned Parenthood

Best of luck with that rebranding Disney.

“Involuntary lethal injection or something. Just kill them”. -Brian Kilmead, Fox News On the Unhoused “I’ll tell you something that is going to get me in trouble - I could care less.” - Donald J Trump On how to bring the country back together But do tell me how Colbert & Kimmel are the problem

…about that

Republicans w/ Democrat assist vote against DC sovereignty & for 14 year old children to be prosecuted as adults in DC with minimum max sentencing requirements. www.lawdork.com/p/house-gop-...

Hilarious response in the @telegraphnews.bsky.social to this video, riddled with inaccuracies (whoever said anything about death squads?!) I’ve submitted a complaint about falsehoods & requested an op-Ed for right of reply - which was, of course, not offered to me in advance of publication🤷‍♀️

“If you can’t honor a man by quoting him directly because his own words seem disparaging to his legacy, then perhaps you shouldn’t try to honor him at all.” Watch my latest here: www.youtube.com/live/2Mv50KZ...

Brian Kilmeade apologized for his comments about homeless people getting lethal injections this morning on Fox & Friends, saying "so many homeless people deserve our empathy and compassion." Here's the clip of his apology 👇

Valenti 8/30/25

Sorry, but the scariest places in America aren’t Black neighborhoods, it’s towns like Vidor, where historically, Blacks (and Asians, Jews & Italians) could be lynched w/o consequences. There’s literally no equivalent the other way. Thank God these young men weren’t harmed. youtu.be/Px_P0bRkbfU?...

America: Where Middle schoolers have more bravery than the GOP

🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time. When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”

Don't agonize — organize! Here are five steps you can take between now and the midterms to resist Trump's tyranny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W-l...

In July, Judge Xinis tried to get info about the government’s plans to deport Abrego after his release from criminal custody. DOJ insisted that nothing would be decided until he’s in ICE custody and assigned a desk officer. He’s not in ICE custody but suddenly they know exactly what the plan is.

The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social

Texas Republicans are redistricting early at the behest of Donald Trump. The response by Democrats in California to counter-balance is being triggered by a blatant GOP plot to steal the 2026 midterms. This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom.

Following in Arkansas' footsteps, Texas AG Ken Paxton sent his own threatening letter to the website Plan C, demanding that it cease publishing *INFORMATION* about where to obtain abortion pills. Letter cites Comstock Act h/t @marytuma.bsky.social www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/release...

NEW: The Bulwark has learned exclusively that a network of five thousand faith communities is now disseminating a blueprint for clergy and lay leaders who want to push back against Trump's immigration regime. The latest Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social:

Trump attacks mail-in/absentee voting. Reminding you the concept was started to support military serving far from home. Millions of Americans are unable to go to polls. Disenfranchising them is anti-American. I produced this ad in 2020 with @markhamillofficial.bsky.social at @lincolnproject.us.

Hope is what we do when the odds are long and the options limited. It is the stubborn act of trying when despair feels easier. Rather than a passive optimism, hope is the commitment of those who believe they can make a difference, however small. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

I’ll be on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social tonight at 7:15 ET to talk about this horror show, and other abortion news

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