From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.

it's so funny that Greenblatt bent over backwards to these people and annihilated his organization's credibility with anyone left of center to get absolutely nothing from the right

Deeply disappointed to hear that the Israeli Navy illegally stopped the Global Sumud Flotilla 75 miles off the coast of Gaza. This was a non-violent mission to break the IDF’s horrifying siege and deliver food and medicine to those who need it most.

Just naked and brazen corruption. All states represented by Democrats in the Senate. Time to stiffen our spines and demand that we only fund a government that obeys the law.

Continued disgusting (and sophomoric) behavior from a government entity.

Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?

Right now I'm very much "Fuck you, I'm gonna write some really cool shit just to spite you fascist motherfuckers" mode

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.

Whoah!! Check out Republican lies about “illegals.” But: Medicaid—must be lawfully in U.S. Medicare—must be lawfully in U.S. ACA benefits—must be lawfully in U.S. So why the lie? To change the topic from what they’ve done to health care.

Let’s open our eyes. This isn’t a functioning democracy any longer when - in the middle of a high stakes funding fight - the President illegally suspends federal projects in states run by Democrats as a way to punish the political opposition.

Don't let the government continue to lie to you.

Good morning. The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you. Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

This current American presidential administration is run by people who are quite obviously mentally ill, and we need to start talking about that.

Trump wraps up a speech to military leaders that represented a major escalation of his effort to weaponize the armed forces into a tool he can use to violently quash domestic dissent. Hard to imagine how anyone with a shred of dignity can keep serving after this, which of course is the point.

Today's speech by Donald Trump was not among the most dangerous ever given by a US public official. It was the most dangerous. And it's not even close.

Trump just called us "the enemy within" Those are LITERALLY the words Adolf Hitler used to describe Jews in Nazi Germany. Literally the same words.

I am sure JD Vance will take this gentleman to task for his incendiary political rhetoric. Right after he condemns the MAGA who killed four people and burned down a church.

To Donald Trump: Stop using military troops and ICE to invade and disrupt American cities. Stop calling your political opponents “enemies” of the US. Stop attacking the 1st Amendment. Our troops and our nation deserve better than you acting as a petty tyrant.

I sincerely hope that people are paying attention and that the import of the President's words are clear to the American people. He is declaring war on American citizens.

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

The fact that every Democrat isn't amplifying this lunacy tells you all you need to know about why they continue to lose to these morons.

An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.

If you missed the National Security Memo that was release Friday, you should read it. Then read my thoughts about it. paralysis.substack.com/p/come-and-g...

Update from Portland: supplies running low. Please send fig jam and artisanal cheeses. For the jam, prefer GF, vegan, small batch, processed by a guy named River, who only stirs it during Mercury retrograde.

Glorious

Never mind that this is a clear First Amendment violation, or that Trump doesn't have the statutory authority to implement this program, because neither Congress nor the Supreme Court care about little things like that.

Music added. Hosted on YouTube as BSky video uploads always fail for me. youtu.be/2x5-JtDhTns

Tonight, all eyes are on Portland as Trump tries out strongman tactics in another American city. It’s one more step in an attack on democracy, read here to see how all of the pieces fit together. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Using tear gas, pepper spray and more against Americans exercising their First Amendment rights is deeply disturbing. I’m in contact with local officials and I urge Illinoisans stay calm, stay safe and document what you can. We will hold the Trump Administration accountable.

Fucking Genius

So Eric Adams has dropped out of the New York City mayoral race. While most people probably correctly assume that we will next see him in the Trump administration, I wouldn't be surprised if we next see him indicted by the Trump administration. After all, he's no longer of use to them.

hundreds of engineers, teachers, or outreach workers sounds good. I'd like a "full force" helping of that, please

Really important to internalize that the president of the United States is ordering troops into major population centers precisely to create violent confrontations, for the sole purpose of intimidating, criminalizing and disabling opposition

When will legacy media (and even many in the New Media space) recognize this? Call their actions what they are.

Hegseth fires general officers and JAGs, cracks down on dissenting views in military, orders killing civilians at sea without legal rationale, calls generals to Quantico to demand loyalty. Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities. "What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

Thank you Mr. Mamdani.

🚨 This scene comes to us from Iowa. The man recording this atrocious attack on an innocent man makes it clear that he is a combat veteran, and explains that he is going to video their crimes and he is not to be touched: “I will knock you the fuck out.” 1/2

We aren't on a slippery slope to a constitutional crisis. We are IN the crisis. Time for leaders - political leaders, business leaders, civic leaders - to pick a side: democracy or autocracy?

In a harrowing moment, a portrait of courage from Dear Leader and his wife.

Ded

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Mike Johnson said this kind of rhetoric is highly inflammatory and incites people.

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash. Pam Bondi knew. Kash Patel knew. Emil Bove knew. And they made the investigation go away. A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.

If this were discovered in a leaked email and published in the New York Times, it might get more attention. But Trump just tweets it out, and most people move on with their day. This is blatant corruption. Blatant weaponization. It is undeniably an impeachable offense.

It would be a shame if people went to join.ice.gov and flooded it with applications. Would suck if they were swamped with so many applications that they couldn't process all of them. A crying shame.

Because of course. It was (recently seated Federal Judge) Emil Bove who killed the investigation. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...