"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."

The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.

Still bears repeating that Trump sounds like a Nazi leader with this language: “Trump said he would ‘denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility’ … and deport any foreign national who is a ‘public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.’” Never forget.

R-QAnon isn’t done in politics, unfortunately. That she is some kind of hero because she deigns to challenge Trump is an indictment of the GOP, and indirectly all of us, for our collective neglect of our democracy that got us to this point.

Marjorie Taylor Greene (QAnon-GA) to resign from Congress. I guess I’d take her over the sycophants, but that’s a low bar. She can now spread conspiracy and anti-Semitism more easily. And will be quickly replaced with a Trumper. And run for another office. Meh.

Because it’s a real concern.

Trump doesn’t realize that saying “Hussein” to the Saudis isn’t the put-down that it is to his base. Sad.

I’ve been served the ICE recruitment ads on LinkedIn. I’m not a fan of false advertising, so I’ve corrected it for those who might want to apply. Original for those who want the primary source.

Under Trump, we are an unstable democracy.

Not surprising of course. The corruption is open and flagrant now. Thx again to @propublica.org for their consistently heroic journalism.

More Military personnel are calling legal military non-profit agencies seeking advice for orders they received. The DOJ has issues a order that all orders are legal & the personnel are immune from prosecution. Right there is the red flag, the prosecution immunity. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Paul Ingrassia said he had a “Nazi streak.” Trump should have immediately condemned Ingrassia’s rhetoric and fired him from the White House. Instead, Trump offered Ingrassia a new job. For Trump, extremism is a positive – not a disqualifier.

A total tragedy. He developed a treatment that has proven life saving for so many patients with previously intractable depression, then himself succumbed to the same disease. Nolan Williams, Who Stimulated the Brain to Treat Depression, Dies at 43 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/h...

If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.

Why is Trump trying so hard to stop the Epstein files from coming out? It must be because he cares so much about due process.

On Dec. 8, 2015, Jeffrey Epstein offers a NY Times reporter photos of Donald Trump and "girls in bikinis in my kitchen." Epstein tells the reporter that he "gave" Trump his "20 year old girlfriend...after two years." When people looked into these type of rumors the Times smugly criticized them.

If Trump can publicly ask his personal lawyer, AG Bondi, to set up a $230 million payment to himself, why shouldn’t his Senate enablers try “self-serving, self-dealing kind of stuff” themselves? The Trump Party’s open corruption is staggering. What’s happening behind the scenes? And this passed.

Since 2020, I have been fighting for mail-in voting and the GOP has been fighting against it. A critical court case is now going before the U.S. Supreme Court. I can assure you that I will be there fighting hard to ensure every lawful ballot counts.

This is a big deal. "The UN’s human rights chief, Volker Türk, said last month that the strikes violate international law and amount to 'extrajudicial killing.' The UK agrees with that assessment ..." Call your GOP Senators.

As usual, our POTUS just says nonsense and we are left guessing what it means. The greatest country in the world ... TL;DR: Its nonsense. Imagine the good we could be doing here and throughout the world if we'd not re-elected this man. Then call your GOP Senators.

Tens of thousands killed in the past month. If our country had any sense of the responsibility of world leadership, or even interest in the human condition, we’d be on the ground. Having gutted USAID and having far right nationalists at the helm, we just watch; and by our absence, encourage.

Today’s GOP.

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.

Breaking on MSNBC: Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.

With just a week until Election Day, Scott and Jessica break down the races shaping the final stretch — from Andrew Cuomo’s last-minute unlikely comeback bid in New York City to Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill testing whether moderation still wins in purple America. Watch here 👇🏽

May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.

Sen. Paul is right. These are murders.

I could not be prouder that my law firm is currently litigating 60 voting, election and redistricting cases in 30 states. Even as large law firms bow down, we continue to fight for democracy every single day.

I’m only posting this as a reminder that public corruption must now be run through the states, since the pardon power does not apply to state courts.

I didn’t plan to break news. I just looked out the window. I was flying out of DCA and saw the East Wing being demolished. I took a photo, posted it, and by the time I landed, it was on CNN. It's wild how fast one moment can move — and how something so ordinary can make the world pay attention.

ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today. abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...

Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

Because the customers want their products/services more than they want the White House or dislike Trump, and paying off Trump is good business in a country that increasingly tolerates, and even encourages, corruption. Next question?

Trump demanding $230 million from the DOJ, that he controls, is a shakedown of the American taxpayers so that Trump can line his own pockets. “There’s a government shutdown happening right now across the street, and on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, they’re tearing down the East Wing.”

This is insane. And corruption. And what happens in declining countries and those that are already unstable. Call your GOP Senators tomorrow and demand for them to do their jobs. For once.

In this northern Idaho bar, three portraits sit above the mantle: KKK grand wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest, Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce, and Charlie Kirk. But this week, they’re adding a fourth: Qatari emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

The media needs to move on from College Republicans repeatedly praising Hitler and genocide in their private messages. Here's why no one should vote for Democrats on account of leftists saying "defund the police" five years ago. by J.D. Vance

Do your thing and have fun, No Kings people. Just show a little civility to the rest of us who will be on our way to yoga, pilates, or brunch. by Megan McArdle

Liberals say that Trump has turned our democracy into a fascist dictatorship. They're wrong—he's turned our republic into a fascist dictatorship.

So no terrorism then?

Good reminder that democracy is supposed to be messy and noisy, not simple and violent.

Right now, Greensboro, NC. Stand for the rule of law while we can, and while we can reverse course.

‘Naked Corruption’: The Internet Explodes Over Trump’s Santos Commutation

There is absolutely no reason for this. Trump is doing this only b/c Santos sucked up to him. The case against Santos was solid. He was a total fraud and violated assorted campaign finance laws. Noah Lanard and I broke a major piece of the Santos story in 2023: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Shocked. Typo: Not shocked. “Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders.”

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Here’s what should happen: “Greetings Knesset: The hostages are home and the war is over. Thank you.” But that would be selfless and professional; instead we get shtick. Trump’s ability to bang heads worked here (as did Israel weakening enemies but overplaying its hand in Qatar). Credit where due.