we should just characterize “unitary executive” theory what it really is: anti-liberal democracy anti-constitutional anti-American.

"ICE is arresting the worst of the worst." Everything this administration tells us is a lie.

"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."

As a veteran who served in intelligence, I want to introduce you to EXORDS: the execute order from the President to SecDef. This allows 60 days operations under the War Powers Act. The President must advise Congress and gain approval to continue. No EXORD was sent to Congress. This is illegal

Hard disagree. The official BLS jobs numbers are still the most reliable data we have, and it's not close. And there's no way the Administration has (yet) fiddled with its data. I promise to let you know at the first whiff of interference.

Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders. What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

“THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman…”

just spitballing here…but i’m guessing that the Afghani who shot the WV NG soldiers and who worked for the CIA in his own country against the Taliban…may have been lashing out because he was being threatened by the Trump junta with deportation back to Afghanistan and a certain retaliatory death.

the fact that we are in the fight of our lives battling the multifaceted authoritarians and our government is hijacked by then now is proof that We The People have let our education slip to dangerous levels. democracy demands we be well educated and engaged. we now must prove we deserve democracy.

west virginia governor confirms that two west virginia guardsmen have been killed. not only is the shooter directly responsible but i hold the west virginia governor and president trump directly responsible for these needless deaths. the guardsmen were being used as political pawns by trump. a waste

🚨Imagine ICE conducting a raid on your PRIVATE PROPERTY.🚨 Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2

i’m old enough to remember that the ACA/Obamacare really Romneycare implemented in Massachusetts to wild success and conceived of by conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation…but since a black man signed it into law, they hate it. this is why they can’t come up with a replace after repeal

i’m old enough to remember that the ACA/Obamacare really Romneycare implemented in Massachusetts to wild success and conceived of by conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation…but since a black man signed it into law, they hate it. this is why they can’t come up with a replace after repeal

Trump has found a terrifyingly effective way to eliminate bad news: delete the data. From hunger and poverty stats to foreign investment numbers, federal agencies are being gutted—making it harder to measure the impact of his policies. @crampell.bsky.social reports:

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

donald fucking trump is so abhorrently awful, he even made darth cheney great (again?)

it makes no difference if 100% of Congress approves the release of the Epstein files and pedoprez signs it. he and his sickophants in the DOJ will never release the unmodified files. whatever they release will be heavily modified to both minimize Trumps name and embellish it with his enemies names.

the entire world will celebrate his death

gerrymanders can be beaten with turnout as close to 100% as possible. as long as there are more eligible voters not voting than vote for either party, gerrymanders and regressive policies win the day. there’s a reason why we’ve never gotten over 67% since Reconstruction: conspiratorial suppression

Far-right pastor Joel Webbon declares that Christian nationalists are allowed to impose their values on everyone "because we're right": "Christians don't have to tolerate degeneracy, and degenerates absolutely must tolerate righteousness or they need to go to jail."

This explanation, by @stevevladeck.bsky.social is SUPER helpful!! open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...

November SNAP benefits are beginning to flow to Washington households. Thanks to multiple lawsuits, and repeated court orders, hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians across our state finally have the SNAP benefits they need to put food on the table.

Good grief. This administration is so soft on crime.

“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”

EUROPE The AI dip may not be done reut.rs/491dm9r

America, from its inception, has always and necessarily had a strong socialist streak in it. the Declaration, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution codify a socially democratic spirit. USPS, public libraries, public education, public transportation, roads, fire & police, social security…etc

Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.

SNAP is taxpayer subsidized corporate welfare

This is nowhere close to being true. Two @ij.org clients are citizens who were arrested & @propublica.org found 168 more. Plus, we have witness statements from others who--like most of the citizens caught up by Noem's tactics--didn't have their arrests recorded so they didn't make the news.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

serving yourself doesn’t count as service.

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1. Before the No Kings demonstrations two weekends ago, I suggested that the shutdown of the government would look different afterward.

Happening now: ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard who targeted criminals is out...replaced by Border Patrol loyalists and Bovino’s “Midway Blitz” crew. This isn’t reform. It’s a power grab. Shit just got more real.

Gallego: "How can I negotiate? The president is in Asia for 5 days. Johnson is basically keeping the House out until January to protect pedophiles. So who am I negotiating with right now?"

BREAKING🚨: The strongest wind gust EVER recorded in a hurricane has been recorded by specialist aircraft in Hurricane Melissa: 241mph. Climate Change FAFO

America, from its inception, has always and necessarily had a strong socialist streak in it. the Declaration, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution codify a socially democratic spirit. USPS, public libraries, public education, public transportation, roads, fire & police, social security…etc

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...

Holy shit. Midnight massacre at ICE.

While we’re on the subject of Ronald Reagan.

The old rulebook is gone. It's not coming back and we all need to accept that. The DOJ is weaponized. the GOP is rigging elections. Trump is literally bulldozing the White House. Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.

Don’t laugh at this. Don’t dismiss it. They’re serious. Prepare for it. And get ready to fight against it.

I’m torn: while I look forward to trump’s descent to Hell, I would also find deep satisfaction in seeing him convicted of the treason and child sex trafficking crimes he’s committed and having him live long enough to watch as we tear down the ballroom and expunge his name from our records.

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NEW: Amid purge at Justice Dept, two ousted corruption prosecutors (who were part of Jack Smith team), start their own firm to help local authorities stop corruption Just filed ====> www.cbsnews.com/news/ousted-...

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.