Orion's belt through hazy clouds. It was cold tonight but this was the closest to clear sky we've seen here in weeks, so dammit I went out. 🔭

The Roberts Court has a clear set of guidelines: the president can do anything he pleases, so long as it does not violate the rights of the owning class.

Jesus, Dems are always a mile behind the public. What we need to see: 1.) No masks. 2.) No cosplaying as an army in a warzone. 3.) No warrantless searches. 4.) No assaulting protesters. 5.) No random stops or racial profiling. 6.) Get the hell out of Minneapolis. and of course Abolish ICE.

"This is the part that’s going to be painful for both of us, but we have to praise Brett Kavanaugh." Once again, you absolutely never, never, never, "Have to give it to 'Em".

Just a reminder that we knew about all this corruption in real-time. Cybersecurity officials were being fired across the government by DOGE when they tried to prevent access to sensitive data.

The spirit of Rev. Martin Luther King is still alive in the Trump era.

I'm not convinced this isn't just literal piracy.

Sometimes it's worth repeating, "You do not under any circumstances have to hand it to him". knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-do...

Boats (2019)

The US military is not supposed to take it on themselves to remove political leaders, and we wouldn't like the result if they started. It's the members of the Supreme Court and Congress who are standing by and allowing him to go rogue.

INSANE. This is why I’m taking action. Congress MUST act so I’m introducing my War Powers Resolution to stop this Dumbroe Doctrine. https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-advisers-discussing-options-acquiring-greenland-us-military-is-always-an-2026-01-06/

"The United States with this action has signed on to the project of destroying the rules based international order." Putin is probably very happy today. Greenland, Taiwan Ukraine and those who care about American democracy should be on high alert.

"[Keir Starmer] insisted his Labour administration will “shed no tears” over the end of Nicolas Maduro’s regime" Such a stupid response. Does Starmer realize Trump's "because I want their stuff" argument applies doubly so for Greenland, Panama and Canada?

The last time we tried something like this, it ended up costing us several trillion dollars, thousands of lives and triggered a mass refugee exodus, so in all seriousness I wish our mob-boss of a president better luck this time around. www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3708757

A guy who thought the 2020 election was stolen planted bombs on January 5th and they're pretending his crime wasn't tied to the man who pardoned 1500 like-minded rioters. Are we sure this guy /can/ be tried for the crime? Maybe he was pardoned before he was caught.

"If True"? We know it's true. Trump started publicly declaring that, "the President can't have conflicts of interest" just weeks after he was elected in November of 2016. He spent the entirety of that term soliciting bribes and he's doubled down since his re-election.

"Oil, Land, and other Assets they previously stole from us" I think there's a real story in the name of the last oil baron who was in the room with Trump. Because he's clearly not talking about offenses against the US. He's carrying out a vendetta for one of his billionaire buddies.

He only does this because media moguls keep paying him extortion money. And he only looked like he directed the rioters to storm the Capitol because he waited hours after they began their assault to tell them to stop.

First sentence of the 14th Amendment. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Seems pretty clear to me. www.archives.gov/milestone-do...

Demanding reform of the Supreme Court is a long game, but it doesn't begin until people start playing. Right now Democratic leadership is obsessed about norms and "respecting the court". We have to make clear that there are two sides to that bargain. And to get leaders willing to say it out loud.

"Strong floor no ceiling" would have worked better before the richest man in the world got the keys to the federal government and began tearing up the planks of the social safety net. We're solidly in the "billionaires should be illegal" era now.

I just want to lay down this marker now, but years from now, when beltway journalists inevitably start writing nostalgic nonsense about how Trump was actually kinda okay in comparison to politicians of the day, the proper response will still be "F*** that, you Nazi-loving bootlicker."

The message of the last few days is that Trump would really just like to get the illegal drug trade out of the hands of left-wing Venezuelan drug cartels and into the hands of the right-wing nationalist drug cartels of Honduras. #Venezuela #Honduras

I know the phrase is an oversimplification, but how is that when people say "Crows are as smart as a 7 year old child" they don't immediately wonder what the average age of a crow in the wild is. #crows #intelligence

Sean Duffy, now complaining that too many air traffic controllers are retiring, is literally the guy who told them all to retire.

George needs to sit the "f" down. This attitude that Democrats would have won if they'd thrown the whole nomination process into chaos, on the hope that "someone" would have united the party... If you can't name the candidate and the agenda they would have won on, you're just writing fan fiction.

Don't mistake this as an exclusively American problem. The Harper government in Canada was shuttering agencies and destroying libraries just 11 years ago. It's the mark of 21st Century rightwing parties, encouraged and subsidized by the richest men in the world.

The guy who put the entire House of Representatives on recess for the last 3 months is complaining about able bodied men not working.

The White House is supposed to be the people’s house. Under Trump, it’s become the billionaires’ house — and they’re bankrolling its desecration.

"Destruction of federal property is a federal crime-18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines it as willfully injuring or committing any depredation of U.S. gov't property-Damage exceeding $1k is a felony w/ a fine-up to 10 yrs in prison or both" Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.

It should be obvious that most of the Republican leadership knew the type of language that was used by the "Young Republicans" in their chat group and yet they were all comfortable saying it on there, anyway.

"What if I subvert expectations and pardon a notorious Republican fraudster?" - DJT (probably)

I don't think Trump has much hope of winning the Nobel Peace prize as long as he continues threatening to use military force against Venezuela, and Brazil, and Panama, and Afghanistan and Denmark and Canada and Chicago and Portand and Los Angeles....

"She said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., encouraged her to run" I have no problem with Janet Mills, but she's 77 years old, and it's absurd that the Democratic Senate leadership hasn't been cultivating a new generation of candidates in a very winnable New England state.

5/ But here's the even darker kicker. The House Republicans aren't even in town. Speaker Johnson told them to stay away from DC. They haven't been here in nearly a month. Refusing to show up for work. An unprecedented, unplanned 4 week recess. And why?

Jared, last heard in March, fantasizing about building a Mediteranean resort in a conquered Gaza strip, cleansed of the local population. "I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up" apnews.com/article/jare...

See something, say something. It's worth calling your local rental company if you see a band of masked men using their vehicles to abduct people off our streets.

22 year old science fiction author, Isaac Asimov, figured out the need for "Laws of Robotics" in 1942. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Personally I think, "We will not fund the Republican budget while the President is declaring war on American cities" would be the best soundbite to get out there.

It’s decision time. If we are going to fund the government, it should only be a government that respects our democracy, that isn’t corrupt, that doesn’t treat people and places that oppose President Trump as enemies, deserving of indictment or military deployment.

This is not about a "college student". This is about a deliberate and openly stated political campaign to target college professors, organized by right wing groups with the protection of Republican politicians. Actual students are being suspended, expelled and deported for "wrongthink".

Last time this happened it was Trump who gave in. We need to remember that he and his party need to get a budget bill signed. Otherwise he's going to be catering the grand opening of his ballroom with 800 orders of McDonalds takeout hamburgers. www.motherjones.com/politics/201...

When our outrage translates into withholding our consumer dollars, a big corporation like Disney is forced to listen – and respond. Next time you’re feeling powerless, remember this.

Evangelical Christians have convinced me that the Rapture is god's way of giving the rest of us a breather from his most rabid fans.

How is Trump's Khrushchev impression playing overseas?

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.