Minneapolis police chief delivers a #TruthBomb in #TrumpsAmerica! @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social @meidastouch.com substack.com/@demwinsmedi...

The Minneapolis police chief said the tactics being used by ICE did jibe with Christian values.

Minneapolis’ police chief is criticizing federal immigration agents after a confrontation with protesters and an attempted arrest of a woman in which an officer kneeled on her back as she lay atop a snow bank and then tried to drag her to a car.

It’s sad that the Commander of the entire Washington National Guard & the Governor of WA had to put out statements so brown people drowning in floodwaters wouldn’t fear those coming to rescue them. What’s worse is there are actually people mad they aren’t checking papers when they rescue people.

Major General Ronald Burkett orders the national guards of all 50 US states, the District of Columbia and US territories to form “quick reaction forces” trained in “riot control”, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray

On Oct. 8, 2025, the AK National Guard got a memo from Major General Ronald Burkett, Director of NG Operations. It requires AK to prepare a Quick Reaction Force of 350 trained in batons, Tasers, & pepper spray to deploy for riot control. As Chair of AK’s Joint Armed Services Comm., I’m concerned.

A top U.S. military official, Major General Ronald Burkett, has ordered the National Guards of all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. territories to form “quick reaction forces” for riot control purposes.

Quick reaction forces for domestic policing by the federalized National Guard. Military state is here.

Federal judges keep ruling that Trump has exceeded his authority and provided false justifications for his urban deployments. Yet the Pentagon has now ordered the National Guard in every state to form “quick reaction forces” for “quelling civil disturbances.” wapo.st/4nEItvh

This is extraordinary, heartbreaking, and a red alert warning sign for our democracy. These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6. They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".

Posting this one too. My senior Senator did a masterful job in calmly and methodically exposing the cult-like commitment Trump judicial nominees have to lying through their teeth in order to please their beloved leader. Just a sad, embarrassing display.

The American people demand a healthcare vote now! 218 Members of Congress—including all 214 Democrats and 4 Republicans—have signed a discharge petition to force a vote on extending the ACA credits. We are calling on the Speaker to bring it to the floor now—before shutting down the House!

Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vole on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans. https://to.pbs.org/3KXC7JR

it really feels like the end is near for Mike Johnson's speakership after a critical mass of House Republicans this morning forced a vote on ACA subsidies over his resistance

While many Republicans running for Congress in swing districts are going to try to distance themselves from Trump, Miller, Kash, Hegseth, RFK Jr, et al, they enabled ALL of it. They all supported Mike Johnson for Speaker, who abdicated all oversight and congressional authority.

Squeaker Mike Johnson has no will of his own. Just Trump’s hand up his back, like he's a ventriloquist’s dummy.

Rep. Mike Lawler says House Speaker Mike Johnson is correct in saying the health care system isn't working, but allowing ACA subsidies to expire without a plan to address rising costs is "idiotic." n.pr/4p4Ojqr

REPORTER: “Have you lost control of the House?” SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON: “I have not lost control of the House.”

Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.

Remove Mike Johnson from the Speaker position.

Washington’s refusal to regulate AI is a corruption story. Just ask Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson.

It's the Basic Allowance for Housing. They're literally giving soldiers money they were already getting to pay for housing but giving it willy-nilly instead of being targeted to 0-6.

OK, so the warrior dividends come from a housing allowance supplement that was in the Big Beautiful Bill, it has nothing to do with tariffs. That housing allowance for off-base expenses has been seen as inadequate, which necessitated the increase. www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...

. 🚨CALL Congress ☎️(202) 224-3121 📣 If You Care About Our Public Land Speak Up Before It’s Too Late‼️ Senator Mike Lee (R) Utah Pushing A Bill That Could Sell Up To 3 Millon Acres Of Our Public Land Places Where Ranchers Run Cattle, Hunters Chase Elk & Families Hike, Fish & Camp! 👇 👇 👇

I feel immense schadenfreude at Bari Weiss falling flat on her face here and having to postpone her company-wide, self-congratulatory pat on the back.

“It’s pretty rich they’re calling this THINGS THAT MATTER... It should really be called, things Bari Weiss wants to lecture America about. And after the first so-called Town Hall, it’s pretty clear America doesn’t want to be lectured at by Bari Weiss.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

A Dem senator pressed Trump's FCC Chair, Brendan Carr, on the agency's independence at a hearing today, noting it says "independent" right on the FCC website. Minutes later, with the hearing still going on, the website updated. The word "independent" was gone. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Carr's Senate testimony made clear what critics have been saying for months: the FCC is now a tool of the Trump administration. www.readtpa.com/p/the-fcc-ju...

“The FCC is not an independent agency.” 😡😡😡😡

LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency? CARR: I think th--- L: Yes or no C: There's a test for this in the la--- L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question C: The FCC is not L: So is your website lying? C: Possibly

U.S. Senators DC Contact List Continued: Texas Senator John Cornyn 202-224-2934 Senator Ted Cruz 202-224-5922 Utah Senator Mike Lee 202-224-5444 Senator John Curtis 202-224-5251 Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders 202-224-5141 Senator Peter Welch 202-224-4242 16/18

Proposal to give 24 ac. of USFS land to a private ski resort sees movement thanks to Utah Senator Mike “Land Grab” Lee. “S. 1860 — 119th Congress: Brian Head Town Land Conveyance Act.” www.GovTrack.us. 2025. December 6, 2025 <https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/s1860> @wilderness.org

Senator Mike Lee is hellbent on decimating our Public Lands. He still doesn’t get that the majority of Americans on both sides of the aisle are against this.

Speaker Johnson slammed the gavel and ended a vote early on a discharge petition forcing action on extending ACA tax credits. Lawmakers were still trying to cast votes when Johnson cut it off, freezing the count, triggered boos, shouting, and chaos in the chamber. www.facebook.com/share/p/1GxN...

Speaker Johnson sending the House home a day early ensures there is no vote on the ACA meaning healthcare premiums will now double for hundreds of thousands of Coloradans. Congress is truly broken when it takes vacation early rather than help Americans with unendurable costs.

ICYMI: Speaker Johnson is REFUSING to let the House vote on a bill to extend the ACA tax credits this month. People are buying health coverage NOW—January is TOO LATE. Republican Leaders won't do a thing to help families keep their health care.

Speaker Johnson is using the precious little time that we have left to kick even more Americans off of their coverage, block the bipartisan effort to extend tax credits so that working families can afford health insurance, and shove through a backdoor ban on abortion.