Pope Leo has reportedly escalated his growing feud with Trump, instructing U.S. bishops to take a stronger public stand against the president’s hardline immigration policies.

Jeffries to Lawler: "You're a complete and total embarrassment. You're embarrassing yourself and your district right now. And you're going down to defeat next year."

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

Real attorney, Elizabeth Oyer, reviews corrupt AG Pam Bondi's performance on Capitol Hill. Some interesting news I hadn't heard elsewhere. 2mins www.youtube.com/shorts/WMNsC...

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: "I agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene!"

TONIGHT: House Democratic Leader Jeffries joins @jenpsaki.msnbc.com to discuss day 7 of the government shutdown, where negotiations stand, and the Democrats’ fight to protect Americans’ health care. Tune in to @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social at 9pm ET on @msnbc.com.

Flagging Trump this afternoon: "We took the freedom of speech away. Because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech — but what has happened is, when they burn a flag it, agitates and irritates crowds."

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared. chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

Pelosi: "Democrats who created Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, all of that, are now being asked to reject that so we can give a tax cut to the rich. We're not doing it. It isn't a question of, 'let's come back together so we can discuss it.' That isn't going to happen."

Today in Politics Chat, I talked about how power sloshes around when a president is checked out, and noted that right now unelected officials like Stephen Miller are trying to grab it. But instead, We the People can take it back and create a better nation.

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Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

One of the (many) legal gaps that needs to be filled after this nightmare is over is to prohibit federal law enforcement agencies from using federal funds to create propaganda videos with anyone in custody. This is all about spectacle and content creation, remove the incentive and the means

In a few days, you may be notified that your health insurance premiums will double, because of Republican cuts to health care. Democrats are fighting to change that before it's too late.

Lawrence O’Donnell is right: the fight for Virginia’s future is the fight for America’s future. The most important election this year is Abigail Spanberger for Governor. Power, rights, and democracy itself are on the line—let’s raise hell and win. 🔥 #VoteVA

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

Republicans are fighting to ensure that Americans in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and a raft of other red states pay DOUBLE what they paid before for healthcare.

Foreclosures are rising in the US year-over-year. The higher cost of living is driving some families to default on their mortgages. A slight unexpected decline in income pushes them over the edge. Trumponomics. www.cbsnews.com/news/housing...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

This from @jessicatarlov.bsky.social may be the most efficient use of 76 seconds of Fox News airtime I've ever seen.

Jessica Tarlov: I'm stunned that Republicans want to draw attention to this because... the senators who were part of this investigation are not just random names that he picked off a list, but people who were named in Jack Smith's charging documents for trying to turn over a free and fair election.

@schiff.senate.gov: Trump AG Bondi wanted to 'please the angry old man down the street' during Senate hearing www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Trump reveals he’s considering pardoning convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell youtu.be/B6DTRVn4Gg0?...

Blumenthal to Bondi: "He has been transparent. In fact, 5 days before the indictment of Comey, he put this post up as instructions to you. He didn't mince words. He was very open & public that you should indict Comey and&others because they are 'guilty as hell, no more delay, now.' 5 days before"

This is so dark

"It's hard to come up with someone else who's done more damage to the Department of Justice, to the rule of law and the constitutional order in such a short time," says Chris Hayes on Trump Attorney General Pam Bondi.

She is not doing well

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent. Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

I'm on the record saying that Russ Vought will do things during the shutdown that will make his illegal rescissions visible in the way they otherwise weren't. And boy howdy, threatening to ignore the law on backpay is a great example. [corrected]

This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files. She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

Broadview police are investigating.

other98 Laurie Eckman, 84, said she and her husband Richard Eckman, also 84, were rushed by federal officers. She said her husband was leaning on his walker and wearing his Vietnam veterans cap as he was pushed to the ground. "With no warning the feds charged us, knocked us down, and sprayed us."

Jack Smith didn't "tap" anyone's phone. He got phone records of potential insurrection suspects via lawful grand jury subpoenas. Just so happens some of those suspected of participating in January 6th were republican members of congress. If you don't want you phone records subpoenaed...

This is an organization with a $200M/year that has been behind the most consequential issues of our time - they bragged that it was their scheme that got Roe v Wade overturned. And yet they escape scrutiny, over and over again.

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Members of the GOP openly calling for a "cleansing."

#MusicChallenge #20SongsByYear 1️⃣9️⃣6️⃣7️⃣ # 7 Buffalo Springfield - “For What It’s Worth” youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY?...

Durbin: "What has taken place since January 20, 2025, would make even President Nixon recoil. This is your legacy, AG Bondi."

Two 17 year old girls were brutally murdered in New Jersey when a truck ran them over going 70mph. 17 year old Vincent Battiloro is charged with first degree murder. The suspected motive? One of the girls declined his advances. He couldn’t handle hearing the word “no” 🧵

In addition to whatever Durham told the 2nd most recent prosecutors, all the exculpatory evidence Durham gathered on this subject will have to be turned over to Comey in discovery abcnews.go.com/US/special-c...

Schumer: I want to say to Donald Trump, to Johnson, and to Thune: come to the Capitol, sit down in public, and debate us on the health care crisis that’s afflicting Americans. The public needs to see this.

Texas proudly invading Illinois. It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

Schumer: There are no negotiations going on. Trump said there were, and we contradicted him. And actually, just a couple of hours ago, even his own press secretary had to refute what he said. And you know why he’s saying this? He’s feeling the heat.

No corruption here, folks! Totally normal stuff the deputy director of the CIA(Michael Ellis) just demoted the acting general counsel and decided to make himself the top lawyer while still being the No. 2 in charge.