Terror and retribution are a core part of how the Trump administration has governed. DOGE whistleblower had threatening note taped to his door and his brakes cut after Elon Musk accused him of lying. www.wired.com/story/he-ble...

@maddow.bsky.social @maddowblog.bsky.social @mollyjongfast.bsky.social

New leaked documents suggest the Trump admin has quietly co-opted tools — some w/ military capabilities — that were once justified in the name of protecting Americans from foreign influence, and turned them inward to target U.S. political dissidents. weaponizedspaces.substack.com/p/leaked-doc...

* He won all 7 swing states. * Democrats outperformed down-ballot in most of those states. * EM knew the results 4 hours prior. * Analysts like election truth alliance have identified anomalies. * Ashley St Clair has texts suggesting possible manipulation. Seems like a lot of coincidences…

The Trump administration is moving to roll back limits on some PFAS, the toxic “forever chemicals” found in the drinking water of millions of Americans. https://to.pbs.org/4dXNaxt

@isaiahrmartin.bsky.social has a message for his fellow Gen-Zers: “You’ve got to get off the sideline. You need to go vote to remove the people that are making your life a lot harder.” Outside w/ April Ryan at the All Roads rally in Montgomery, AL

Mark Zuckerberg built a massive data center in Georgia just hundreds of yards from people’s homes. Now the water pressure is gone. Sinks don’t run. Toilets won’t refill. Homes shake nonstop. Power outages are routine.

The mood on the ground in Tennessee today.

The Trump administration is moving to evict nearly 1,000 bison from federal grasslands in Montana. Handing the land over to cattle ranchers at heavily subsidized grazing rates.

Donald Trump has nearly tripled his net worth since being elected president a second time. The Trump family is also taking in billions from foreign governments and profiting off of the presidency itself, violating the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause. trib.al/JqJhbWz

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Trump expelled three more people -- two Cameroonian women and one Egyptian man -- to Equatorial Guinea via an Omni ICE flight yesterday. Third-country removals to Ghana and Cameroon on the same plane also possible. First reported here: gillianbrockell.com/exclusive-ic...

NEW: From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key takeaways from our recent investigation.

I think I'm done being played. youtu.be/vuZS_StV1EM

Supreme Court: Using race as a criteria to implement equitable solutions is racist! Supreme Court: ICE, go ahead and use racial profiling in California. Also, we see reverse racism and religious discrimination against white Christians everywhere!

This week a Farm Bill appears in the House with language trying to shield Monsanto (Bayer) from legal liability from Roundup pesticides causing cancer—shielding the company from billions in liability. Same company that Trump’s White House Chief of Staff and former AG lobbied for. We’re a HELL NO!

You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

Why are we seeing so much early-onset colorectal cancer? The correlation with pesticide exposure and its epigenetic signature, adjusted for all known risk factors. (doesn't establish cause and effect) nature.com/articles/s41...

"To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago." If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.

Democrats, we have a problem. California is deep blue, but it is not safe blue. ⚠️ Jungle primary + crowded field = no guarantees a Democrat makes the general for governor. Not this time. This is the most populous state with the biggest economy in the country. What happens here hits everywhere.

Story 2: Border wall to run through Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge and National Butterfly Center, removing and altering important habitat. Alternative technologies would likely be more effective at regulating illegal crossings… but this regime is focused on symbolism.

More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods. Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how. (Published Dec. 2024)

Still scrubbing and stabilizing footage, but I thought I'd share a clip I filmed from yesterday's protest outside the MDC in LA, after the feds gassed the entire block...three times. This is after they left the gates and ran down a protestor for arrest. These guys look absolutely terrified

He makes a persuasive case.

We are starkly underestimating the impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. This is a much graver situation than people realise iandunt.substack.com/p/the-mad-em...

So are the headlines saying the Democrats won this round, or nah? Cause they did. Funding for TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, no funding for ICE. That’s the deal Dems have been offering over & over. Republicans caved.

#StopTrumpsTSAShutdown this is on him!

A recent study links pesticide use to increased cancer risks — at a level on par with smoking. The evidence can be seen in several Midwestern states, which grow the majority of U.S. corn and soybeans and have elevated cancer rates, according to @foodandwater.bsky.social.

Trump says he will send his ICE goons into airports starting Monday, turning travel into another stage for his authoritarian theater. Let’s be clear why this is even happening: Democrats introduced 7 bills to fund TSA. Every single one was blocked by Republicans.

Donald Trump increases the defense budget last year from $874 billion to $1 trillion. He says he wants $1.5 trillion this year. Now he wants $50 billion more for his Iran War. Every Democrat should be screaming about the military budget, not cutting deals to keep raising it.

They literally spent the past 4-plus years blasting Biden over the withdrawal from Afghanistan and how "rushed" it was.

Uh-oh

@nytimes.com What was the point of today’s episode of The Daily if your reporters and hosts are just going to whitewash the whole Epstein thing? The way you portrayed it, he didn’t do anything criminal, so where is the story? P.S. There is no such thing as an “underage woman.” Those are GIRLS.

“We are rapidly approaching multiple Earth system tipping points." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.

Reminder. Here are the House Democrats who crossed party lines and voted to fund ICE. House Democrats who voted to fund ICE: - Tom Suozzi (D-NY) - Henry Cuellar (D-TX) - Don Davis (D-NC) - Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) - Laura Gillen (D-NY) - Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) - Jared Golden (D-ME)

It’s striking that we’ve treated political leaders on right as principled opposition with just a different view of how things ought to be. When what these people really are—and have always been—is a gang of power-hungry fascists who care nothing about anything except power.

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Minnesota's state FBI-like bureau is suing Noem. It says before pre-emptively declaring the killing righteous and abandoning the crime scene, feds took exclusive custody of evidence, including "apparently seized cellphones." MN asserts a sovereign right to investigate crimes within its borders.

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

I am seeing quite a few nurses calling for a nationwide strike over the killing of Alex Pretti. I think we are seeing one of the largest workforces being radicalized before our very eyes.

This is important to us because what’s happening right now in Congress could permanently change protections for a beloved wilderness area. With everything else going on, this quietly moved forward while most people weren’t paying attention and it should concern all of us.

ICE abducts an entire family with children in Minnesota How is this being allowed to happen!?!

Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."

Hey, NATO/EU: He’s a liar. He’s a fraud. He doesn’t have a mandate. 80% of us can’t stand him. We want you to do what our Congress won’t do, which is stand up to him and tell him to go fuck himself.

The author of a controversial memo from centrist think tank Searchlight telling Democrats to abandon the slogan “Abolish ICE” is a senior advisor for WestExec, a D.C. shadow lobbyist for corporations in the defense, surveillance, and immigration enforcement industries. prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...

If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵

Minnesotans having fun in the snow. Fuck ICE!