They said it was just Bluesky panic: fears the GOP would try to cancel the 2026 midterms. Really? Across the South, FOUR elections have been halted or nullified so far in May "Southern change gonna come at last. Now your robes aren't white, but black" My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Democrats, and many non-MAGA folks, still don't realize that Republicans are playing for all the marbles. They're all in. If they can't get power, they will burn it all down. Trump is not leaving peacefully or legally. We have to prepare.

Watch the pattern, not the headlines. The next six months could bring distraction campaigns, fear narratives, media spectacles, investigations, and procedural warfare. None of this will be random. www.jackhopkinsnow.com

Reminder... Any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message — they can't win on their ideas alone.

Ben Fisher is a MAGA running for State Rep in the Hubbard area. He got a perfect score from the segregationist, anti-LGBTQ+ group Parents' Rights in Education. Mike Nearman endorses Ben. Nearman pleaded guilt to helping militant far-right storm the Oregon Capitol.

We really need to normalize loudly saying that these people want to bring back chattel slavery and very specifically the slavery of Black people. Which will sound weird and extreme to the vast majority of less clued-in people but it’s just plainly true at this point

It’s a coup. Say it.

So before Trump’s war, Iran did NOT control the Strait of Hormuz. And now because of Trump’s war, Iran DOES control the Strait. And will continue to. What a fucking disaster this illegal war has been. What a fucking idiot Trump is.

The time to do something is now, and we must act.

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Reposting this for obvious reasons. I have much more in common with any Iranian than I do with the American and Israeli pieces of shit trying to annihilate them. Any single Iranian life lost is an entire universe gone; more, a tragedy at a level I cannot personally fathom. This is all I can do.

We all know it’s true. Reputable statisticians agree it happened. There are lawsuits in Nevada & New York that continue to assert massive voter fraud. It’s just difficult for the story to get any traction on traitorous Lecacy media...

1/ The push to eliminate property taxes is being sold as a populist victory for the average person. But it is actually a coordinated strategy to bankrupt local communities, collapse public services, and force privatization through a manufactured crisis. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

After the White House complained about an unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt, it was removed from AFP and Getty’s systems. This is the photo in question. Please do not repost it. 👇

Oh. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is big mad about this picture? Would be a shame if people saw it. 🍿

What's the difference between Iran and Vietnam? Trump had a plan to get out of Vietnam.

With Senate Dems voting for the DHS funding deal and House Dems prepared to vote for it today until it was killed by House Republicans, there is no longer even the slightest debate about who owns this shutdown. Republicans are blocking funding. They own it 1,000%.

Not sure whether you should show up on Saturday? @timothysnyder.bsky.social (an expert on authoritarianism) explains why historic protests like No Kings Day really matter.

There is not a single Blue State where Republicans should not be gerrymandered into dust. Total obliteration. The Democrat suggesting otherwise is a Republican cosplaying as a Democrat. No debate.

The GOP is in charge of everything - all three branches and the media infrastructure. "This is how things go when you put Republicans in charge" seems like a simple message to share across all platforms if you were an opposition party.

Germany had the snarkiest response so far: “What does Donald Trump expect a handful…of European frigates to do in the Strait of Hormuz that the powerful U.S. navy cannot do?” They read Trump’s boastful crap on truth social and now they’re trolling him for it.

fucking russians www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

HOLY SHIT. A dark money group, hidden behind a bunch of shell companies, is paying influencers thousands of dollars PER POST to attack @katmabu.bsky.social on social media a month before her election. Thank you to the people who declined the money and went forward with this. So who's behind this?

If you don't trust doctors why are you going to the hospital when you get measles... Go on the internet and do your own research. That's how you came to the conclusion not to vaccinate. Stick with that

Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone] Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.

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These motherfuckers

You only have a short time to comment. They are trying to destroy our forests to enrich a few logging company executives and the politicians they’ve paid off. Leave your comment here: eplanning.blm.gov/Participate-... morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ...

"Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions." Primo Levi

Oligarchs (individuals who combine massive private wealth with close ties to political leaders) often turn the machinery of a corrupted state into a weapon for further enrichment and influence. Their strategies typically include:

🚨BREAKING: Democracy Docket has obtained a draft of the executive order being circulated with the White House that would allow Trump to take unprecedented control over voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Just assuming the epic fury at Biden for the tragic American deaths withdrawing from a war will not be matched for starting one.

Let's review points brought out by the Group and others. 1. The GOP lead by Trump is violating the Constitution to install a Neo-fascist govt 2. He will violate the sanctity of Midterm US elections either through violence or coercion. 3. He will not leave the office of President in 2029.

Do the New York Times’ editors have any awareness of how badly they’re failing this country? They write a whole story about how Trump is trying to rig the midterms and then they call the Democrats’ fears that he’s trying to rig the midterms “downright alarmist.” What the hell are they doing? 1/4🧵

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

Thursday Thoughts From Jack Handy 🇺🇸🫵🚨 Happy water is Crushed ice For Good 🙏

If Trump and the GOP had truth on their side and had faith in their convictions, they wouldn't keep resorting to personal attacks, lies, bigotry, crime, and conspiracy theories. They've got nothing and they know it.

1/ If you wanted to engineer corruption without a single bribe, you’d do it through policy volatility - let’s call them tariffs.You’d create a gov’t rule that extracts huge 💰 now,then wait for courts to decide whether those payments must be refunded later #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

People aren’t nearly freaked out enough about the Trump regime’s plan to build giant concentration camps all over the damn country. Why do they need them if they’re supposed to be deporting people who are here illegally? Why aren’t the media asking these questions?

Ben Wallace is right. But note how Trump is doing in the US precisely what Putin did in Russia.

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) says he'll skip Trump State of the Union: "This administration continues to disregard the rule of law & Constitution while failing to lower costs for American families. I have more productive ways to spend 2 hours than listening to more lies. I’ll pass.”

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Skydance, parent co of Paramount & CBS, complied in advance. FCC chair, Brendan Carr is flexing so CBS barred Colbert from airing his interview with TX Senate candidate, Rep. James Talarico Therefore, don't share this link of the Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social It'll make Carr mad