I really wish I’d paid more attention during Lewandowki’s confirmation hearing…. Oh wait…

Just a pathetic, needy, egomaniacal cult leader

This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇

I’m an ER doc who has responded to hundreds of events like this in the hospital & on planes and other public spaces. The right side of this photo is like exhibit A of normal human behavior in these circumstances. People rush to help so instinctively that part of the skill of a code is crowd control.

#BREAKING: The Trump administration is asking #SCOTUS for an immediate “administrative” stay of a Rhode Island district judge’s order that is otherwise requiring it to resume the distribution of SNAP benefits from other funding sources no later than the end of today.

LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: DOJ DID ALL OF THIS TO TRY AND STOP PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE UNDER AN ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM.

DAG Blanche knows better than to use the language of “war” to describe these legal battles involving judges who disagree with the Administration’s lawlessness. Too many judges require security as it is. To say nothing of the preposterous premise of his remarks.

Wow: Trump is pardoning a convicted agent of the Chinese Communist Party

“There’s just no mistaking it’s a referendum on Trump. He has over-stepped. Costs are hurting folks. They think his immigration raids are inhumane. They are definitely worried about the level of corruption. Democracy was on the ballot."

BREAKING: SANDWICH GUY ACQUITTED. NOT GUILTY!

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.

I think Trump is getting nervous.

AP: California’s Proposition 50 has passed 👏👏👏 Fight fire with fire!

CONFIRMED: Georgia Democrats have won their first statewide elections for non-federal offices since *2006.* The two Dem challengers, Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard, have ousted two GOP Republican commissioners on the state's utility commission.

Good framing.

This is a classic form of voter intimidation—making people feel like it’s not safe to go to the polls. It moments like this where we need to summon our courage & vote anyhow. Vote in the tradition of the people who marched in Selma to secure the right to vote.

Breaking from NJ AG Platkin: "Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic Counties. Law enforcement … have worked swiftly to secure these polling locations."

Makes me want to sign up for third terms.

NYT: The White House omitted “the names of several individuals and companies that collectively have billions of dollars riding on the outcome of administration policy decisions.” 🤡 @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...

These motions are going to be part of the playbook for more cases to come. And they are exceptionally well done.

Prosecutors put on leave for telling the truth, replaced by prosecutors willing to heel.

Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.

I’m sure they worked very hard for it.

NEW: A federal judge slammed DHS Secretary Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi for publicly attacking Kilmar Abrego Garcia in “exaggerated” and “inaccurate” ways — violating rules meant to protect the integrity of criminal proceedings. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Ugh. I had it on "private." Here it is on public: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Feds play more games over where to dump Kilmar Abrego Garcia on the global map. Now: Liberia. Reminder: Abrego's lawyers agreed that he'd go to Costa Rica, but feds' insisted on sending him to Uganda, Eswatini & Ghana. A judge's patience is running thin. www.allrisenews.com/p/abrego-gha...

Update: One of Abrego Garcia's lawyers says they'll oppose the govt's latest plan to send him to Liberia - unless there are assurances Liberia won't just send him back to El Salvador, it's still "punitive" and "no less unlawful," Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg messages

Despite holding out Costa Rica as an option, DOJ has just publicly filed a notice in Abrego Garcia suggesting that it's identified the Republic of Liberia as the next country that's willing to accept Abrego Garcia (after it was rejected by/unable to make a deal with Ghana, Eswatini, & Uganda). FFS.

Trump's sadism continues: He's now threatening to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia. From his lawyer: "Unless Liberia guarantees that it will not redeport Mr. Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, then sending him to Liberia is no less unlawful than sending him directly to El Salvador a second time."

The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

"Having struck out with Uganda, Eswatini and Ghana, ICE now seeks to deport [Mr. Abrego] to Liberia -- a country with which he has no connection, thousands of miles from his family and home in Maryland… Costa Rica has agreed to accept him as a refugee, and remains a viable and lawful option."

🚨BREAKING: New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) escalated her defense against what she calls a politically driven prosecution, signaling plans to challenge both the conduct and the legitimacy of the federal prosecutor leading the case against her. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Reuters: NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES WILL ASK COURT TO DISMISS INDICTMENT AGAINST HER ON GROUNDS THAT U.S. ATTORNEY HALLIGAN WAS UNLAWFULLY APPOINTED-COURT FILING

BREAKING: Jack Smith is insisting upon a public hearing if Congress wants to talk to him Good. Why does the GOP want backroom secret questioning? What are Republicans afraid of? Let the American people see & hear for themselves!

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has subpoenaed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and other senior DOJ officials to testify at the hearing on his mostion to dismiss the indictment for vindictive prosecution. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

This little item by Luke Broadwater on the abrupt, wholly unannounced destruction of a major component of the White House complex is a microcosm of the dysfunctional relationship the press has with this mendacious administration. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social on Trump demolishing the East Wing of White House for his $250,000,000 ballroom: “It’s a powerful symbol of what Trump represents — destruction & desecration of some of our most cherished freedoms and rights.” Full interview: www.instagram.com/reel/DQFNjlL...

Absolutely outrageous!! 😡

Every word of this one is 100%, and rather obviously, correct.

I’m skeptical that a court can or will do this, but i think it has to be tried, because the GOP has descended to full lawlessness, and we don’t have any kind of government if the majority party can just refuse to recognize others.

It's wrong to call this "the Justice Department." He wants $230 million from the US taxpayer. Federal dollars. DOJ isn't some private company or NGO.

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

But he's not taking his presidential salary!

Unprecedented corruption. Watergate every day.

Sopranos bust out episode Literally looting the Treasury

Well timed demand for unpaid government workers to approve a few hundred million for a President with unfettered executive power. Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...