I did a quick dive into which is a better way to spend our tax dollars, based on what helps the economy more: SNAP or corporate welfare. Guess what won? youtube.com/shorts/DW5Tl...

“From attacks on academic freedom to the defunding of life-saving scientific research to arresting peaceful student protesters, Trump’s higher ed policies have been catastrophic for our democracy. We’re excited to build a coalition of workers & students fighting back." – AAUP president Todd Wolfson

In today's issue of Trump regime corruption... "Judge Reed O'Connor, of the U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, Texas, disagreed with the department...dismissing the case... ...he said in 2023 that "Boeing's crime may properly be considered the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history." ...

(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡 @zacheverson.com www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

In other messages, Exum wrote: “I’m up for another round of ‘fuck around and find out'” and “Sweet. My fifteen mins of fame. Lmao.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling

The human cost of Trumpism. Listen to this kid. Let’s assume, as is implied, that his parents came illegally but he was born here and is a citizen. Assume they committed a crime by illegally crossing a border. I ask: does this punishment fit the crime? Can anyone with a heart say it does??

Excessive force. PERIOD! They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor. 📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.

Goodnight 🌙 FUCK TRUMP FUCK TRUMP FUCK TRUMP FUCK TRUMP and… THE NAZI HE ROAD IN ON!

Who cares about tracking toxins in our food? Six Americans are dead of listeria poisoning in pasta months after Trump cut the program that tracks listeria and other food poisons. Does Trump have a poison taster in his meals? Looks like we all need one now.

VIRGINIA ROBERTS GIUFFRE, A FALLEN SHERO Trump told a reporter that he was upset with Epstein because "he 'stole' Virginia Roberts Giuffre from his Mar-a-Lago spa". SHE WAS ONLY 17 and became a sexual object for wealthy men. She fought, despite the threats and pressure that took her life away.

"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world: 'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..." chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

“There’s always hope if there’s action.” Former Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin I 🩵 Sanna Marin I 🩵 Finland I 🩵 Dance Scandal;) A great conversation about life, politics, and hope. Sanna Marin - Finland’s Former PM Shares Leadership Lessons in “Hope in Action” The Daily Show 🆒

As a retired SNAP unit supervisor I can attest to the fact that there are strict documentation requirements for American Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents with 5 years+ residence. This has never changed!

A federal judge determined that yet another Trump-appointed DOJ official has been serving unlawfully.The third such finding underscores the threat the administration poses to the erosion of the Senate’s oversight role. https://bit.ly/47CMRom

@allenanalysis.bsky.social ♨️ HOLY HELL; 🔥 JB #Pritzker just went nuclear on #Trump: “Donald Trump & his bootlickers have torn down the Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. And Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.” 1-2

Policy evaluation 101: Set the baseline. Trump took office Jan 20, so compare outcomes to Jan 19. "Less bad than last week" is not "good." Tariffs still higher, soybean sales lower, rare earth access tighter than on Jan 19.

One of the themes I’ve heard often during Trump’s presidencies is that this is “not who we are.” It’s a nice thing to believe, and depending on the “we” you mean, potentially true. But as a nation? Until we choose to be something else, this is, in fact, who we are. (Thread)

Every time you confront an ice agent remind them of this.

The Justice Department locked two federal prosecutors out of their devices and placed them on leave after they wrote in a court filing that on Jan. 6, 2021, “thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol.” https://bit.ly/3X6Q6iU

Which is it, Mike?

Exclusive: The White House fired all of the members on the independent federal agency that had expected to review some of President Trump’s construction projects, including his planned triumphal arch and White House ballroom.

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Check out the excerpt from my latest book, published online by @jodemocracy.bsky.social

I’m cautiously optimistic that our democratic institutions are stronger than Trump. But as I write in Autocrats vs. Democrats, this is the greatest test of American democracy in my lifetime — maybe since the Civil War. Out now: www.amazon.com/dp/0358677874

Four pillars of power helped the United States win the Cold War. The same pillars will almost certainly determine whether China or America wins today’s power competition—but instead of bolstering them, “Trump is bulldozing them,” @McFaul argues.

ERCOT demand is up 5% year-over-year & 23% since 2021 with nearly all of the demand growth being met by wind, solar & batteries, according to EIA. Solar has gone from a barely perceptible sliver to nearly 15% in only 4 years, with most of the growth in the last year. 1/2

BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.