Speaker Mike Johnson is delaying the swearing in of newly elected Adelita Grijalva to stop the vote to release the Epstein Files www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Either The American People Care About His Lawlessness & Corruption, Or They Don’t. It’s That Simple: Trump made very clear during the 2024 election that if elected, he was going to go after his political opponents. Retribution was going to be his focus. And that’s what he’s doing. And he’s taken…

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

ICE Abduction in Iowa. In Trump’s America, no identification is needed and no due process is deserved.

Every complaint is a confession! You’re correct, Don Jr. The Department of Justice should be going after the people in the Epstein Files and not after the President’s political enemies.

Protecting us from an Ottoman invasion

People are ready for change! They're tired of the super-rich making the rules and reaping all of the benefits. They're tired of Democratic leadership that's living in the past. They're tired of Senator Collins who expresses concern while consistently supporting the radical right.

Video below: “I am American. I am American.” A man pleads, “Ayúdame, ayúdame. Help me!” Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now. What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse. Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away. Thread 👇

2/ I stayed by Monica Moreta-Galarza, who was seeking asylum with her family, until she was discharged from the hospital. “Over [in Ecuador], they beat us there too. I didn’t think I’d come here to the United States and the same thing would happen to me,” she said in Spanish.

The Trump admin is threatening to fire federal workers en masse if there is a government shutdown. PEER will continue to stand with govt employees and provide the support they need to fight back against this unlawful plan. Read our statement: peer.org/statement-t... #GovernmentShutdown

They're about to shut down the government to protect the Epstein Files from disclosure. Whatever is in the files must be so unhinged as to be beyond imagination.

I'm appalled but unfortunately unsurprised to hear that ICE is targeting my neighbors in Rogers Park today. Unidentifiable and unaccountable agents are roaming the streets with their faces covered targeting schools and community centers. It needs to end. Abolish ICE.

Such a good piece here by @djrothkopf.bsky.social.👇

"Every serious foreign policy discussion today misses the fundamental reality—Trump's strategic corruption has become America's primary vulnerability. China doesn't need to steal our technology when they can simply buy Trump."

The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Kash Patel https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-kash-patel/

Let me let you in on a secret, most federal judges don't believe that other federal judges higher up the food chain are one bit smarter, or any more faithful to the law, than they are. And yet, by and large, they fully accept the legitimacy of review and potential reversal of their decisions. Why?

🚨 Some of the best trolling of the FCC I could have imagined — being released. Adam Kinzinger is speaking truth to power. A MUST watch.

Fuck you Donald Trump. We will never allow America to end up a “closed country.” America is a free, open, democratic country. The insurrection that will rise up against you as you continue down this fascist road you’re on will utterly dwarf the Jan 6th insurrection you led.

Charlie Kirk Sept 27 2024: "Just so we're clear, the Haitians that are in Huntsville that are raping your women and hunting you down at night - it's only gonna get worse - unless Donald Trump wins There will be hundreds of thousands of Haitians brought into Alabama and they will become your masters"

AI bots are flooding the zone with propaganda. Even the ones that are lifelong Democrats.

🧵This is a serious use of force violation. The violent attack of this woman must be prosecuted by Chicago/Illinois for violation of state’s rights. I’m going to break this down. You see her blocking the ICE van. Agents violently push her to the ground. Then you see 1 guy target her & choke her.

Thank you Mayor Biss! It's good to see elected leaders who are willing to take a stand.

DAILY MEMO: First Confirmed Death in NY Under ICE Custody Brings New Death Toll to 19 ~ @eltragon.bsky.social If you appreciate reporting like this, please consider becoming a member of L.A. TACO or donating to our fundraiser so we can continue to bring you this vital information.

Dutch late night TV has its take

Sadly, the CDC social media accounts are posting misinformation - #ObGyn + #MedSky + #IDSky. I will try and make this brief - we have five years worth data but I think I can summarize in a few posts.

It just struck me that if the Kent State Massacre had happened in 2025, the GOP would cheer and use the footage in ICE recruiting videos. If the My Lai Massacre happened today, Hegseth would be praising the 'war fighters' If Watergate happened today, it wouldn't make the front page.

This is an agent of the US federal government, armed for live-fire combat against a modern army, slamming a passive and nonviolent female candidate for the US Congress into asphalt. Then walking away without checking if she has injuries, with his identity concealed behind a black facemask.

Let me just say a simple thing. Democrats have no obligation to provide the votes to fund the destruction of our democracy. If you want my vote for a bipartisan budget, there need to be protections to stop Trump's brazen lawlessness.

Right-wing Sinclair Broadcasting owns all these local media stations and many others all across America. This is not journalism, it is scripted propaganda.

CBS parent company Paramount canceled Colbert to win approval from Trump's FCC to merge with Skydance. Now ABC parent company Disney suspends Kimmel as it seeks DOJ approval to buy Fubo — and its affiliate Nexstar seeks FCC approval to buy Tegna. See how this works?

I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.

Antifa Professor, member of a Major Terrorist Organization

We’d be in a much stronger position right now if mainstream Democrats had taken a common sense stand for First Amendment principles instead of piling on undergraduate standing up for Palestine.

In any event, independent journalism is tough. Independent legal journalism in 2025 is well, whatever is beyond that. And, running the business part of all of this is mind-bending if it's not your thing. (It is not mine!) Support me if you can: www.lawdork.com

Relevant that this photo's a staple of my class slides to illustrate how expanding media in early America allowed postcards with images like this to be circulated, taking slavery from an abstract phenomenon to a concrete horror show that inflamed public opinion and helped build abolitionism

Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties

Everything Ruffalo says here is accurate. It all started with Citizens United.

Desperate Kash Patel Asks Shooter’s Family If They Can Solve Any Other Cases

Brian Kilmeade's statement today was NOT an apology. No where close. He's a psychopath-sociopath (ASPD). Fire him. Now.

A really important thread from my Senator, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

If you don’t want to be called a Nazi, stop acting like one.

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Nothing at Fox is fireable

Charlie Kirk treated gratitude like it’s a hate crime.

Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile. It is unfathomable Senator Susan Collins voted in lockstep with her Republican colleagues to block the release of the Epstein files. Not one Mainer—regardless of their party—has told me they want the files to remain sealed.

And the coup de gras: Cook “never requested a tax exemption for the Georgia home as a primary residence, according to property records and a Fulton County tax official”

He went to college for one semester years ago. Dixie Technical College must have some powerful radicalization program there.

You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others? David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC. apnews.com/article/deka...

This was just last month and we have already memoryholed it. A cop killed by an antivaxxer.