What in the actual hell

bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it

This is totalitarianism. Not rule of law democracy. And everyone who excused thus is potentially signing this nation’s death warrant.

7. Liberals should recognize the stone-cold truth – that *liberal* democracy is dead. Really. We had a chance to save it. We lost. It’s gone.

🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"

It is surprising how many people don’t seem to get that the American Constitution is already dead.

Trump has completely lost it. We are in a dangerous place.

Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes. If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.

From the people who brought you the financial crisis, Theranos, and Juicero: say hello to data center financial engineering! I'm pretty nervous about this ending badly, but everyone's dug in because AI is the only pulse in the economy. prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...

You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution. That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk. Wow.

the Democratic Party should have 2 major goals for the next time it holds power: (1) completely rebuild the destroyed federal government capacity, and (2) crush the GOP, which enabled so much corruption and immiseration. destroy their funding, jail their leaders, make it so a new party has to emerge

JFC FFS

Scoop from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & me: new docs obtained by @weareoversight.bsky.social show DHS trying to obtain drivers license data from all 50 states to weaponize Trump’s false claims of voter fraud & possibly remove voters from rolls before midterms www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

1. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released three emails yesterday that were obtained from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. These emails are damning. I’ll get to their content another time. www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...

This is far worse than anyone expected. Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps. All as mass internment camps are being built.

At this point we have to assume that if the Epstein files are released they will - end the Trump Presidency - implicate many other prominent Republicans - destroy the careers of AG Bondi and his other defenders This is beginning to feel like the greatest scandal in American history.

Growing list of reasons Trump should step down: - Cover up of his involvement in notorious sex trafficking ring - Unprecedented corruption, self enrichment - Tariffs are historic, unprecedented abuse of power - Illegal desecration of most important global symbol of American democracy

More US-based academics exit the United States, including world famous astronomer Sara Seager 🔭🧪 www.utoronto.ca/news/new-con...

Our foreign policy, if that is still the right concept, has three pillars: alienate allies, encourage enemies, and take bribes.

Jeffrey Epstein in 2018: "i know how dirty donald is."

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2011 email that Donald Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein's house with a victim of sex trafficking and said in a separate message years later that Trump “knew about the girls,” according to communications released Wednesday. buff.ly/F7CiGGB

NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.

“In Texas, CDC funds to stem a measles outbreak weren’t available until after the crisis had subsided and two children had died. A project to protect Alabamans from raw sewage and hookworm was abandoned…Time-dependent surveys on HIV and maternal mortality were halted…”

Some thoughts on the CR/minibus. 1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins. Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.

I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

70 extrajudicial killings

AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…

This is going to get spun as a "thermostatic shift" chart, but it should be properly interpreted as a "information environment is broken" chart. In 2024, voters didn't know what Trump would do, and so they shifted towards him based on vibes. Now they are finding out, and they hate it.

This is pathetic - to give in over "a promised vote" - but this is what they were always going to do. "A handful of Democrats will supply some eight votes for a new short-term CR in exchange for a promised vote on the ACA tax credits." They are gonna trust the GOP.🤡 www.axios.com/newsletters/...

There were no lawyers in the briefings able to defend these practices as lawful...

My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.

They're bad people doing bad things. We don't have to meet them halfway.

And, yes, those who study civil-military relations are very freaked out, if the folks at the IUS conference this past weekend is any measure.

This looks like a concentration camp.

I cannot believe there are still people in my mentions arguing that boycotting an election because the candidates aren’t addressing your issue is a way to get them to pay attention.

“.. A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states .. to form ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in ‘riot control’, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive ..” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

When I give public talks now, I explain we are living through a series of de facto constitutional amendments, where the executive asks for radically more power, the judiciary largely agrees, and the GOP-led Congress is committing a form of institutional suicide. Very much this:

This morning federal agents arrested two hard working immigrants on my street because they didn’t have their papers on them, and tried to arrest my neighbor because his green card was in his house rather than on his person. We are now a “show me your papers” state, and it is outrageous. Get angry.

oh my god

if you’re making it easier for someone to get an AR-15 and measles and harder to get food and healthcare you’re on the wrong fucking side

SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon to cut 14,000 corporate jobs as it ramps up spending on artificial intelligence. @apnews.com $AMZN

No, man, Republicans are in charge of the government. Do you think Democrats are the ones who keep telling the House to stay on vacation week after week in order to prevent the release of the Epstein Files? Because I'm pretty positive that's *you* who's been doing that.

He was elected president, and as president, his highest duty is to ensure that the laws of the land be executed faithfully. His job is to uphold the constitutional order, not tear it down and remake it in his image.

“What are we doing here, folks?” @hcrichardson.bsky.social breaks down SNAP’s history. While it feeds low-income families it also boosts the economy. Yet Trump & the GOP refuse to fund it during the shutdown, though there are funds that would last a shutdown, all to starve Americans to score points.

Never underestimate people’s ability to do what is not in their best interest.

Dr. Joanne Freeman: “He tore down the fucking White House”. 10/10 notes not required.

The ballroom "won't interfere with the current building… It will be near it but not touching it. It pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of. It’s my favorite place. I love it." - Donald Trump, 7/31/2025 Some idiots actually believed him.🤷‍♂️