We have a very mentally unstable & deranged POTUS with a conspicuously deteriorating brain & body who is ordering endless investigations into people in power who speak the blunt truth about him or do things he doesn’t like. This used to only happen in 3rd world countries—its fucking insane.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." 1st Amdt US Constitution

It is shameful that we have to talk about the President of the United States this way. But it is who he is. He is behaving exactly the way you would expect a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist who was granted immunity by John Roberts to behave. Know your enemy.

Let's be clear. Donald Trump will indict the Fed Chair, kidnap foreign leaders and kill American citizens in MN if it distracts you from asking WTF is in the Epstein files because HIS BASE doesn't like pedophiles. None of this is normal. But everything he does is from weakness right now.

Important to watch. The move against Powell is a move against the dollar, the US economy, sound economics, the rule of law and America’s standing in the world. It is a disaster. As markets will show soon.

The sign on Kristi Noem's podium reads "One of ours, all of yours." The reader will recall that this was a fascist rallying cry in the Spanish Civil War. What it means is that one of "our" people is worth all of "your" people.

NOEM: “We can’t trust the government anymore.” BASH: “You are the government.” NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔 The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today

Is it possible that Machado is playing trump with the best interests of the Venezuelan people in mind? If she is truly worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, perhaps replacing authoritarianism with democracy in Venezuela brings higher value than one person holding an individual recognition. Time will tell

The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.

DOJ is still violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

I stand with AOC.

2025 ICE=1939 Gestapo.

This is not an administration. It is a crime spree.

If you haven't yet encountered The Drey Dossier, this person provides immeasurably valuable information on the parties working rapidly to expand their control of everything they can. By all means, view her content. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWUc...

Trump’s terror campaign has shuttered Minneapolis schools. apnews.com/article/immi...

This is true, and I wish more people understood it. Calling Trump a fascist makes him feel strong and powerful. Mocking and laughing at him will drive him insane. (More insane than he already is.)

It's not just that the new ICE agents are untrained and incompetent, it's that the people drawn to this job in this environment are people who get off on cruelty. It's a position tailor made for sadists. Kind, decent people are not applying.

This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.

To say what happened in Minneapolis today was inevitable understates the situation. Intentional seems like a more appropriate term. There are domestic terrorists at work. Unfortunately many of them work for the government.

Literally anything Noem, Tricia McLaughlin, or ICE says needs to be contextualized with the fact that they lie constantly and shamelessley

There is no legal justification, whatsoever, to use military force against a NATO ally like Greenland. If any military member participates in this without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.

We need to get it lodged more firmly in the discourse that Trump and Stephen Miller are prioritizing removing nonviolent immigrants over public safety. They are sinking so many resources into their ethnic purification project that they're putting us in more danger. newrepublic.com/article/2041...

If you wonder why ICE is killing people in Minneapolis and Chicago, remember that it's led by a woman who bragged about shooting her dog to death and who did a photo-op with prisoners in El Salvador. Kristi Noem is a sadistic monster.

TIM WALZ: I feel you anger. I'm angry. They want a show. Don't give it to them. If you protest, protest peacefully. Please stand with Minneapolis. Know that we will stop at nothing to seek justice. We do not need any further help from the federal government. You've done enough.

Tim Walz is mobilizing the MN National Guard, and reminds Minnesotans that the guard "is OURS - our teachers and our neighbors." He asks Minnesotans to respect them. "They're there to protect you and your constitutional rights. They don't wear masks."

Trump is lying his arse off regarding the murder of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis. Push back at every opportunity. Call a lie a lie.

Please spread the word and join us. Vigil scheduled for 5:00 today at E. 34th Street and Portland Ave S. in Minneapolis for woman murdered by ICE agents.

Everyone should watch Senator Mark Kelly's brutal video response to the corrupt Trump/Hegseth effort to punish him. As @leahlitman.bsky.social says on the pod: "They are saying it is illegal to encourage people to follow the law." Leah explains this all brilliantly: newrepublic.com/article/2049...

This is piracy under the law of nations. And under section 1651 of title 18 of the United States Code, piracy under the law of nations is punishable by life imprisonment.

I recommend reading all of this. I fear a new betrayal is coming soon.

"Iron laws of the world"? Some of America's most important national accomplishments are about leading humanity away from this kind of bullshit. If we let ideologues like Stephen Miller drag us back into a world where brute force is all that matters, all of us will be less safe.

Judd Legum on Trump-supporting billionaire Paul Singer, who recently got his hands on CITGO and stands to profit significantly from Trump’s Venezuela invasion, after donating to Trump’s campaign. Because of course.

Apparently we arrest kids now for peacefully exercising their 1st amendment rights.

Crucial context. Thread:

And this is why elected republicans will always put foreign oil wars ahead of their own constituents. As a side note, any democrat worth electing this year will cut off the oil lobby completely.

Trump justified his illegal war in Venezuela by saying that Venezuela was not producing enough oil. Venezuela was not producing enough oil because of sanctions and blockades Trump orchestrated. JFC—paging Orwell. We are so lost as a nation, as a people. We live under a madman.

The “peace” President has started a war.

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

You may think that sounds crazy. But when in human history has unchecked sociopathy coupled with limitless power gotten *less* audacious over time? Exactly the opposite is true: when the world’s worst criminals operate with impunity, their crimes broaden. It will be so here, too.

Much of the world is now in danger from America. Trump ordered illegal assassinations—e.g., Iran’s Soleimani—in his first term, and illegal kidnappings and deportations in his second. So who’s next? Another Iranian leader? The Mexican president? A Greenlander? A Panamanian? A Brazilian? Zelensky?

We have now achieved the full Putinization of US foreign policy. Bad as today was, it bodes worse for the future. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-illeg...

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions

NEW: A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US news cycle and what, if anything, survives it will be a lesson for our times. But it’s what the rest of the world does now that’s key. When someone tells you who they are, believe them. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...

This year, millions of Americans will see their health care premiums surge because of MAGA cruelty and indifference in Congress. Public health shouldn’t depend on private charity—everyone should be able to see a doctor when they need to.

Billionaires sure do hate the very idea of having to pay taxes.

I wrote about how the Trump administration won’t let Black people use MATH to prove racism exists. Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.

Sometimes, I just take a moment to look up, at the sky, the stars, and try to remember that others have made it through trying times before and so can we. @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social wrote this the other day and it hit me hard open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...

We can make big oil irrelevant as soon as we choose the safer, cheaper alternatives.