Um. Did he forget what happened? The dementia is really, really bad.

NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court. Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution

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Trump's corrupt scheme to rig 2026 is suddenly falling apart: *Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander *Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map *Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next: newrepublic.com/article/2033...

I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.

Keith Boykin solves the Trump Problem in under 2 minutes.

Does anyone have a list of the reporters that were in that gaggle where he said, "Quiet, Piggy"? You know, the ones who refused to support their colleague? I'd like to know who they are because they should be named and shamed.

There have been a lot of disgusting and surreal moments in the Oval Office over the last 10 months that disgrace the United States, but Trump publicly dismissing the brutal assassination of a Washington Post journalist as insignificant and blowing smoke up the ass of a despotic butcher is up there

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

The moment when 30 million American's received healthcare (2010) The moment when insurance companies had to start covering preexisting conditions, young adults could stay on their family's policy and I could trust that the small print couldn't screw me if I needed serious medical assistance. 🇺🇸

Every outlet worth a damn should be calling this out. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk? But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession. But that's just me

Just a reminder: there was a Biden administration investigation into Epstein and Maxwell's co-conspirators. Trump killed it in January, fired the prosecutors, stole the files, & ordered Bondi to open a new sham investigation, led by a handpicked prosecutor, so DOJ wouldn't have to release the files.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for 6 years for. I gave him my loyalty for free. I've never owed him anything. Let me tell you what a traitor is -- a traitor is an American that serves foreign countries."

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In a world full of Charlie Kirks, always be a Tina Certain! open.substack.com/pub/1nadines... #MomSky #Pinks #ProudBlue

Behn: My biggest pet peeve in politics is when people who don’t live in the South say, “You get what you voted for.” I didn’t vote for the highest maternal mortality rate in the country. I didn’t vote for the highest inflationary cost of groceries in the country.

Trump's entire gambit is to bully and harass and intimidate people into silence. But the elections last Tuesday, the huge No Kings turnout, and the packed rooms I saw in New Hampshire this week are proof that his plan is not working.

The truth will have its day. That day is now. Release all the Epstein files.

“I was 14… I was 16… this was me when I met Epstein… there are thousands of us… time to let the secrets out of the shadows” Powerful ad from survivors ahead of a vote to tell us where each House rep stands on protecting kids vs protecting pedophiles.

There’s so much shit that I forgot where I left off, so I’m sorry if I repeat myself. MAGA, the movement itself, was created by Steve Bannon. This is common knowledge and not in dispute. Except apparently he had a little help from Jeffrey Epstein. Y’all! It’s so much worse!

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I am spending Saturday night writing about all the people Trump is targeting with politically motivated criminal investigations and prosecutions. Legacy media has largely whitewashed these stories with both sides coverage. Subscribe to Democracy Docket now, because I never will. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

“FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staff members, exempting them from passing polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information…” www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

Interesting. We all know people inside the MAGA fortress.

(🧵) This thread from a retired journalism professor who helped usher in the era of metajournalism in the 2010s—and has written a book on the relationship between Trump and Epstein as part of his NYT-bestselling Proof Series—explains how to report properly on the Trump-Epstein Scandal. Here we go.

Mafia governance in action "the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."

Thought is non-verbal for many people. Some have basically no "inner monologue." This is an important cognitive science fact that isn't nearly as well-known as it should be journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Human cognition largely takes places in two modes, a somatic/intuitive reasoning which grounds all meaning & sensation and an abstract reasoning which is symbolic & recursive. RW authoritarianism is hacking of somatic reasoning. I'm writing a book on this, here's a pretty good topic introduction:

Trump's MAGA base turns on him online as he wants Republicans to move on from Epstein, Johnson fast tracks Epstein vote as more Republicans break from Trump, and much more. While the media may turn away from the Epstein files as the cycle moves on, I will never. Spread the word.

This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.

Trump is melting down on Truth Social this morning over Epstein.

Senate Republicans don’t want to bring in Jack Smith to testify before the American people to ask him why he subpoenaed limited phone data on 8 co-conspirators to overturn the election, they just want a quick $1 million check from the taxpayers instead.

What an easy governing philosophy Republicans have. Just blame every problem on Biden, Democrats, and migrants. Then you never have to solve anything and can blame all your failures on other people. This is especially useful when you are grossly unqualified for your position.

A good reminder

NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign. We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.

Omg they funded this crazy. Leopard meet the face of financial donors.

The Daily Blast podcast from The New Republic with Greg Sargent deep dives on the top political news story of the day in about 24 minutes. It’s a must listen! @newrepublic.com

MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.

My daughter is 15, a child with a baby face whom I won’t even put in an Uber by herself. Just utterly disgusting from the same people who have spent years demonizing trans people as predators for daring even to exist. What are we even doing right now?

NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find: - NONE of the arrested were criminally charged - NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists." - ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.

Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”: wapo.st/448fDw6

Until the media, judicial system, and Democratic Party understand this, we're headed for hellfire Your reelection doesn't matter, your approval rating doesn't matter, your sense of being a bigwig in your professional circle doesn't matter, what matters is saving the fucking United States of America

An important side note about today's Epstein/Trump revelations. They show that Todd Blanche's questioning of Maxwell was either (a) completely incompetent; or (b) intentionally crafted not to elicit facts incriminating Trump. Either way, he is not fit to serve as Deputy Attorney General.

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My commitment this Veterans Day is to continue the fight to preserve the honor and benefits of trans/LGBTQ+ service members whose sacrifice and commitment to country have been relentlessly villainized and disrespected by this administration.