Barbara, we want a sequel of this book.

Given that Trump’s agenda is so unpopular, you have to seriously question what the Republicans in Congress are doing Because no amount of gerrymandering will overcome millions of people losing SNAP and healthcare insurance while they get fired as costs continue to rise

The parallel is almost too neat: a demolition of something sacred carried out under the auspices of improvement. In both cases, the act is cloaked in the language of renewal but animated by ego, sustained by spectacle, and shadowed by the pursuit of personal gain.

6/context from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social

Silence Is Complicity Straighten your spine Speak & live your truth

For some reason, I was just thinking about how Trump’s former chief of staff tried to warn us right before the election that Trump was a fascist who wanted to rule us like a dictator … and the New York Times put that story on page A12

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

The constitutional crisis is here. The President is disobeying lawful court orders. His advisors and allies are cheering him on. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains trapped in a jail in El Salvador. youtu.be/HGTIELDTHOo?...

“The chief justice is right. Trump’s attack on Judge Boasberg is juvenile, civically illiterate, and perilous to the rule of law.” It also jeopardizes the safety and even the survival of judges who apply the law without fear or favor. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Primary @schumer.senate.gov Primary @schumer.senate.gov Primary @schumer.senate.gov Primary @schumer.senate.gov Primary @schumer.senate.gov Primary @schumer.senate.gov Primary @schumer.senate.gov Primary @schumer.senate.gov Primary @schumer.senate.gov Primary @schumer.senate.gov

That silence is deafening. You can’t just assume that you will be able to make this right again in 4 years. 4 months might be too late. These power hungry people are not going to relinquish anything when completely entrenched.

“Any casual observer of the Supreme Court can see what many prestigious constitutional lawyers can’t, which is that the conservative justices are frequently accomplices to Trump’s assault on democracy,” writes Adam Serwer.

Democrats Can’t Just Play Dead: The public is frustrated with Trump and Elon’s DOGE-ification of government. It’s time for party leaders to stand up.

US intelligence indicates that Russia and China are attempting to recruit federal employees fired by the Trump administration, sources say

I’m glad this happened. Now the entire world knows once and for all that Trump & Vance stand with Putin.

“This move tears at the independence of a free press in the United States,” the president of the White House correspondents’ association wrote. “In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...

"What Senator Tillis said publicly is what almost every Republican senator is saying privately."

Trumpists will continue to be furious at any dissent no matter how much power they steal. That’s because the administration is premised on pathological insecurity. They’re shitty people, they know it, and they will never stop resenting being seen as shitty people.

Brazil shows that it can be done. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

Putin has something on Trump. He’s always had something on Trump.

The United States is joining an international fascist network before our very eyes.

Democrat: Vance used 'same language' as Hitler did to 'justify' Holocaust: Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) criticized Vice President Vance for the rhetoric he used during his address to European leaders last week during the Munich Security Conference.  “He was talking about the enemy within. This is…

New Column: Step by sickening step, the United States is joining a global fascist network. 😢 newrepublic.com/article/1916... via @newrepublic.com

The measles outbreak first reported in Gaines County, Texas, has doubled to 48 cases since a count released earlier this week, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday.

Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.

How Dems are playing into the racists' hands — and setting this country back 7 decades: The 2024 election that might end up finishing off the United States of America for good was fueled at its ugly core by racism, and dangerous, centuries-old white grievance. And if you are allowing yourself to…

“History reflects the Framers’ decision to give Congress, not the president, the authority to generate the executive-organization chart,” @petermshane.bsky.social writes:

Millions of Americans are caught in Trump’s ideological beartrap, and they need a political party that will fight with everything at its disposal to help people pry themselves loose.

Lord knows I’m not a constitutional scholar not even a lawyer (and I’ve yet to check in with @kateshaw.bsky.social) but a legal regime in which “you can do crimes if you’re buddies with the president or praise him publicly” is *on its face* a violation the equal protection of the laws.

Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.

I can’t believe this needs to be said, but cutting funding for cancer research is not how you make America great. thehill.com/policy/healt...

Absolutely. Grind it to a halt.

Clowns with no political future and few qualifications will be uniquely loyal to the man who gave them everything—and who can take it away.

"The overwhelming support for impeachment shows that the American public is not willing to accept King Trump."

Trump is committing impeachable acts in plain sight, while testing the limits of the Constitution, courts, Congress, American people, and the international community.

I think people are kinda missing the point of what Trump is talking about by dismantling FEMA. His vision is clearly that the federal government helps red states and lets blue states fend for themselves. Trump is not going to screw over red states, but he'll gladly punish blue ones.

As @premthakker.bsky.social just said to me on Slack, this Trump second speech, unscripted, to the overflow hall of supporters, ranting about Pelosi, Milley, and Cheney is the REAL speech. It's the REAL him. A petty, paranoid, insecure man, obsessed with grievances and his 'enemies.'

NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold. We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940. 2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

the only phrase dems need for the next 4 years is “how does this lower egg prices” and i havent seen it once

January 6 will forever be Trump’s legacy—a violent, unforgivable assault on our nation’s capitol. No amount of revisionism or whitewashing by the MAGA GOP will erase it. The entire world watched in horror & nothing will ever change the fact that Trump is a fraud.

Scientists knew global warming was an issue a hundred years ago… and the right wing still denies it’s existence.

The Secret Link Between Jazz and Physics: How Einstein & Coltrane Shared Improvisation and Intuition in Common www.openculture.com/2016/07/the-...

President-elect Donald Trump will go up against a familiar adversary as he prepares to fulfill campaign promises of a swift rollback of Biden-era policies and an aggressive execution of his own agenda: The grind of the U.S. legal system.

Rachel Maddow Just BLEW THE LID OFF A Massive New SCANDAL in North Carolina!