If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud. Just unspeakable assholery.

@radiofreetom.bsky.social ETA?

In case you needed even more motivation to vote in the Midterm elections... #AccountabilityIsComing

@radiofreetom.bsky.social I thought of you when I saw a segment on @ctvyourmorning.bsky.social today about this trend. I think you're more of a slippers guy though? www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

@radiofreetom.bsky.social We all know that today, politics are toxic, and so many in power are not there to serve the common good. So, I ask Isn't time for all of us to reflect and thank the things that make us happy? Like a simple photo of a contented Lily lounging in front of a warm fire?

For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

As Stuart Stevens said today on @velshi.com @velshimsnow.bsky.social this morning, the timing of Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation, Jan 5th, gives her a lifetime pension funded by the American taxpayer. Greene is no fool.

Credit goes to Team Hochul from the "other place".

Marjorie Taylor Greene has been hated by the left for years and never feared for her life. She’s been hated by the right for two days and had to hire security.

No one should have to face such threats. It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.

The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.

meanwhile, even more people will lose healthcare

"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The corruption never ends

What the hell are we doing?

Makes more sense now

Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man

@nicollewallace.bsky.social Finally. Putting "credit" to where "credit" is due. US Border Patrol has been the main law enforcement agency responsible for abuse. Do not ignore the influence of their "commander" Gregory Bovino and his lust for violence This is not new...look back to 2003.

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions "Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

Trump did on 60 Minutes what he does every time. He spews a blizzard of lies, exaggerations and assorted other falsehoods, and if (as usual) the reporter isn’t equipped or doesn’t bother to push back, he keeps going. Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/factchecki...

Much of ICE's national leadership was purged overnight, to be replaced with Border Patrol agents in the mold of its ultra-aggressive field commander Gregory Bovino. It might be the scariest development yet in the Trump admin's war on America. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/think-ice-...

American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.

The present GOP talking point is that Only “old” people showed up at No Kings! Yep, Damn right we showed up! We show up at the Ballot Box too! You are the First Administration that has pissed off the Grandpa’s and Grandma’s. You have no idea what you’ve awakened.

I will make it a personal goal to demand this monstrosity be demolished when our dalliance with fascism ends. We will not be Italy, with its statues and monuments to Mussolini still in public view.

Please join me @velshimsnbc.bsky.social 10a-1p w/ @michaelfanone.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Jason Stanley @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social @justinjpearson.bsky.social @repcasar.bsky.social M.T Anderson #Velshi

​Welcome to No Kings Eve. Trump is sounding and behaving kingly, and Republicans are at DEFCON 1 on the desperation meter. You can tell by their hallucinatory talking points, which are untethered from both reality and the Constitution. New from me at @msnbc.com: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

While Trump is being hailed as a peacekeeper, the situation in Gaza is far from settled. I sit down with @katiecouric.bsky.social to discuss the recent ceasefire and why Trump's relationship with Netanyahu is as corrupt as it gets. Watch here: youtu.be/hxwu1ED8qgc

I’ve been evicted from the Pentagon, a building I’ve covered for 18 years, Nancy A. Youssef writes. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.

Find your local event at nokings.org/#map. Bring your family and friends. Stand up with everyone you love, for the country you hold dear.

ICE tactics intensify despite disturbing videos surfacing across the U.S. Many of the videos are difficult to watch, but it is also important to bear witness to what is happening to human beings on the streets of America. www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

NEW: I took a long look at the Proud Boys and found some of their most extreme chapters are sharing ICE recruiting materials on encrypted apps and even suggesting members have joined up. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...

The NYT, Atlantic, WaPo, CNN, Guardian and others have all refused to sign Pete Hegseth new rules on reporting from the Pentagon. As far as I can tell only OAN has signed it. I guess this is Hegseth waving goodbye to their access to the Pentagon and other DOD facilities.

Make your plans to attend a #NoKings event on Saturday, October 18th. Millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people. Please join in! You'll see me at one of the events. www.nokings.org

The pope calls Trump’s immigration policy “inhuman” and “not pro-life” www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

What a petty little... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Only the military remains outside Trump’s grip. Despite the firing of several top officers—and his threat to fire more—the U.S. armed forces are still led by generals and admirals whose oath is to the Constitution, not the president. But for how long? www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

I’m sorry but the fact that this is not everywhere is kind of malpractice

This guy should sue. And this police state action needs to stop. Totally unAmerican.

Democrats: Read this. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

"This is part of this whole administration operating on this cable news theory that our law enforcement and the military...have been somehow wussified." "I think Kash Patel is legitimately a little weenie with a micro phallus." @radiofreetom.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:

A chill spreads www.youtube.com/watch?v=s85M...

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my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)

Hegseth has had a lot of bad ideas, but this one is disruptive and even somewhat dangerous. All of these men and women have real jobs they should be doing. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Jessica: The guy who drove up to the Mormon church… was a Trump supporter. He had a Trump-Vance flag in his backyard… When the shoe is on the other foot and you can't demonize the left for this one, they say nothing.

the maga constitution doesn’t allow any institution, public or private, to explicitly work to ameliorate racial inequality but allows the government to racially profile

Prominent far-right influencers have been attempting to rehabilitate Hitler's reputation. That's not an exaggeration; it's easily documented. I wrote about why they are doing this, what they hope to gain, and what it means for America.

About this Florida vaccine story: When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough. We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. “Oh, they’d have died.”

@radiofreetom.bsky.social Trump must be fuming Putin, Xi, and Kim Jong Un all in attendance. But not he. I wonder what he will do now?