Talarico: We have a government of, by, and for the billionaires. Those billionaires buy politicians like Ken Paxton. And then those puppets turn around and rig the rules of the economy in favor of those billionaires at our expense.

BARTIROMO: What are you going to do about your perception? The Wall Street Journal describes you as 'scandal plagued' PAXTON: The reality is they could say the same thing about Donald Trump

If anyone still trusts corporate media, I ask them to please consider the media's breathless reporting the Trump regime's fake announcements of a peace deal day after day while the media never bothers to check with ask Iran if there is actually a deal.

What's happening at Delaney Hall should be major news with 24/7 coverage. People have been linking arms and protesting for 6 days straight. Don't let the regime bury this story. ALL EYES ON DELANEY.

Former Governor of Texas Rick Perry (R): “Ken Paxton initially offered a plea deal to a MAN WHO ADMITTED TO MOLESTING a child to serve only ONE DAY IN JAIL.”

Q: What do you make of Ken Paxton calling you a vegan? James Talarico: I’m an eighth-generation Texan. I’ve been eating barbecue since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment. If all they have on me is lying about me being a vegan, I feel pretty good about our chances this November.

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

I realize this is obvious to most but allow me to rant: At the core of Trump's base love for him is a simmering resentment over their mediocrity and gratitude for him making it permissible to be arrogant whilst mediocre. Everything in this cult can be traced back to that. (thread)

What if we invested the entire economy in technology almost no one wants?

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

This dropped around the same time as this interview - Neil Gorsuch on Megyn Kelly’s show. He was talking about how “young conservatives must have courage to stand by their beliefs.” Sounds apolitical to me!

Guaranteed paid leave. Ending algorithmic price-gouging by big grocery chains. Abolishing Super PACs. It's not enough for Democrats to simply oppose Trump. They must offer working people something to vote FOR. The Congressional Progressive Caucus' Affordability Agenda is an excellent start.

The Two Trumps

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

This is happening in the middle of Tel Aviv 👏🏼👏🏼👇🏼💙

German Chancellor Merz: It is quite obvious that the Americans have absolutely no coherent strategy whatsoever. There is a sense that a whole nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, particularly the Revolutionary Guards.

No. One position. 1. We unequivocally reject unlawful violence. Illegal suppression of speech is unlawful state violence. We must reject it.

In the dead of night, Senate Republicans passed a $70 billion blank check for ICE while voting down proposals to bring down the cost of health care, housing, food, and energy. We must fight this tooth and nail in the House.

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

Disagree. The issue is not poor education. The issue is rejection of the concept of education.

He appeared to ascend, ah So we all stood there in awe Now we have to pretend, ah We didn’t see what we saw When the curtain unveiled, ah To the sound of applause That the king that we hailed, ah Was the Wizard of Oz Ghost - Respite on the Spitalfields

Trump is on TV now talking about perhaps resuming the bombing of Iran. Almost two months since he started the war. And the position of GOP members of Congress is that the people's representatives in Congress should have no say on this. They really do think Trump should have the power of a king.

Abolish ICE.

Hard agree with rimidar on this. In fact, nothing has discredited wistful conservativism more to me than seeing people start to do it about times I lived through. Yeah the n64 was pretty dope when I was 10 years old, I guess; don't really think that should drive our immigration policy tho you loser.

Screw this. If anyone’s looking to see the dynamic that’s broken the Democratic Party in just a few paragraphs, you can look here. AI could kill millions of jobs. Democrats absolutely should not roll over and play dead.

Not long after the end of the Vietnam War, Army Col. Harry Summers, to his counterpart, Col. Don Tu, who fought for the North Vietnam. “You know,” Summers remarked, “you never beat us on the battlefield.” Col. Tu replied, “That may be so, but it is also irrelevant." slate.com/news-and-pol...

Trump admits to a war crime.

Not once in this story does @politico.com mention that US factories employ ~89,000 fewer employees than a year ago. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

how much money does the marine corps lose

Cease ALL funding and military support for Israel. They are using American taxpayer dollars to kill civilians in Palestine and Lebanon, breaking the ceasefire agreement. bsky.app/profile/thet...

25th amendment. Impeachment. I will support any avenue to remove Donald Trump from office. We cannot leave this man in charge of America’s nuclear weapons as he threatens to end an entire civilization. And Congress must not fund this reckless administration.

Trump is completely unhinged. He's lashing out with no plan, threatening horrific war crimes after already bombing a girl's school. It's making the entire world, including the United States, less safe. Every Republican enabling him is responsible. Congress must act.

I will not stay silent while our President threatens to commit war crimes in our name. There comes a time when basic humanity transcends partisan politics. To my Republican colleagues: Now is the time to stand up and speak out.

Everyone should hate the current Israeli government. Not because they should hate Jews. But because they should love everyone.

Trump wants billions more for war. I want it for Americans. $400B a year gets us: free college, $10/day childcare, 1,000 new trade schools, $60k starting teacher pay, $3,000 checks, & $50k down payment help. Trump’s America Last vs. my Economic Patriotism. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

The really fucked up thing about Kristi Noem's husband is that he married Kristi Noem.

NEW ANGLE Watch and decide, but I was never fully convinced he was shot in the first place. Never mind that his ear should’ve been blown off—now completely healed. Or that the Secret Service took their time getting him offstage. But from this angle: you see the photographers guided into place…

They are to be celebrated for their dedication to the constitution and to the values they swore to uphold.....

“I'm an American, and most of the time proud of it. Even when I am displeased with what my country is doing, I am still an American who is displeased. And fortunately, being an American, I don't have to whimper, I don't have to whine, I have the right to protest...” - Maya Angelou #RFA

Reuters: Pope Leo said on ‌Sunday that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have "hands full of blood", in unusually forceful remarks as the Iran war entered its second month. www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...

YOU!! Yes YOU!!! YOU RED HAT WEARING IDIOTS!! ————————- Trillions of dollars later and dozens of military men and women killed and injured!! Billions of dollars of military equipment destroyed!! Embarrassed and shamed in front of the entire planet. ALL FOR the same exact deal that Obama made!!

It’s disgusting to think the signature from Epstein’s birthday card would be on our currency.

Every true Scotsman fallacy.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

The question that broke America fundamentally was ‘do all people deserve basic rights?’ This question was too hard for us. Too hard for our leadership. It still is. So now all of our rights are in jeopardy.

The President of the United States said I insulted Jesus. You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their healthcare. Bombing schoolchildren in Iran. Deporting moms and babies. Covering up the Epstein files.

The battle for Iwo Jima resulted in over 26,000 US casualties, making it one of the bloodiest Marine actions in history.

As a Marine platoon leader in Vietnam, Mueller was shot and later returned to lead his platoon after his recovery. He received a Bronze Star for valor, a Purple Heart, 2 Navy/Marine Commendation medals, Republican of Vietnam Cross of Valor, and numerous other medals.