Trump heads off for long Mar-a-Lago weekend as crises grow

WUSS Can Trump Take Greenland by Force Without Congress? Johnson Won’t Say, Walks Away via @davidbadash.bsky.social www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2026/01/can-...

!!! Johnson Set to Jet to UK as Shutdown Looms and Majority Shrinks www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2026/01/john...

House GOP Math Gets Brutal After Republican’s ‘Sudden’ Death and Another Hospitalized via @davidbadash.bsky.social www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2026/01/hous...

Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.

“California will miss billionaires when they’re gone.” The best part of this Washington Post editorial is the comments, which are exactly what you’d imagine. wapo.st/4pVbOmW

It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card). There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well. The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial www.usni.org/magazines/na...

There's a new word: affordability. Let's talk about affordability. Old word was groceries. Now it's affordability. Anyway, I still need money. Trump to Hold Million-Dollar-a-Plate Fundraisers Amid Affordability Push via @davidbadash.bsky.social www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2025/11/trum...

Uhhhhh, what the actual...??? The thing is, Jake has been a scoop machine since joining Wired a few months ago. Conde Nast just made Wired worse off with this action. It was just a few days ago that he broke the Nancy Mace police meltdown story.

When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”

Trump confirms he is weaponizing hunger

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Some experts believe the justices won’t take up Davis’s case at all, while others say they will, and see it as a vehicle to overturn marriage equality and toss it back to the states — which the Court did in Dobbs — removing the constitutional right to abortion.

The US is the purple line bottoming out. Our economy may still roar, but we’re killing ourselves. Hoarding wealth, refusing to even ensure our kids have enough to eat. That line is an indictment. It reflects our warped values.

"But, you know, from Trump's perspective, I'm sure, it means he thinks that, this is a real tough thing to do to really show the world that we're not afraid to test our weapons, maybe we're not afraid to use them," WaPo's Josh Rogin told CNN.

Decisions of the utmost gravity and consequence to life on this planet made by Trump unilaterally based on completely false understandings. But one thing's clear. He really admires Rocket Man.

what? There's no naval shipyard in Philadelphia at all, let alone one that can handle the specialized needs of submarines, or of building nuclear propulsion systems.

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

Oh look — my favorite Apple accessories maker, Woolnut, in Sweden, is currently not shipping to the U.S. Thanks, Donald Trump. #Tariff #Insanity

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.”

Bluesky, prepare yourself for hundreds of Minneapolis residents now sharing pictures of themselves in our wonderful, lovely parks. We have a LOT so, really, get ready.

It just hit me: This is the last summer we will live as a free people in a functioning democracy, for a long time. Now that Trump has signed his “Big Beautiful Bill” into law, this weekend feels like a demarcation point—the moment in time we’ll remember as the line where freedom fell.

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” shovels billions to the ultra-wealthy—and it’s about to pass. The Rockefellers, the Carnegies, the Vanderbilts built libraries, hospitals, and universities. They at least bought some redemption. 1/2

GOP 'voucher scheme for the wealthy' would hand $5 billion to religious, private schools

"Frankly, if we didn't do business, we would have been better off." (By @davidbadash.bsky.social)

This just fed my soul. How far we as a nation have sunk. How much of what America means we have lost. Hope you can hear this. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjAN1acp/

To hell with this.

Um www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The stock market lost $1.4 trillion in value today. Another day in Trump’s America.

Secretary Hegseth must be fired. Period. And to impart national and international confidence in the U.S. and the Pentagon, President Trump *must* nominate a Democratic or Independent previous Secretary of Defense to this critical position.

The Trump administration has quietly doubled down on its decision to stop sending emergency food to children starving in Bangladesh, Somalia, and other countries. Without urgent intervention, these children might die within months, @hana-kiros.bsky.social reports. https://theatln.tc/kQAZFJJw

Literally “if you ask us to prove he’s a terrorist, then maybe YOU are a terrorist!”

Pretty sure RFK jr just has no idea what either autism or vaccines actually are

“So if you clean that up and shore it up, you save a lot of money, and you return the dignity of work to young men who need to be out working instead of playing video games all day." (By @davidbadash.bsky.social)

“Noem is pointing the M4 muzzle at an agent with an open dust cover, indicating a chambered round. It’s the worst possible place to point it." (By @davidbadash.bsky.social)

"Donald Trump wants to slap tariffs on pharmaceuticals, most of which are made outside the States, including the raw ingredients that go into almost every pill we take? That’s not being tough on China—that’s playing politics with people’s lives." (By @davidbadash.bsky.social)

Critics blasted the President for having inflicted the week-long imposition of high tariffs that have caused a global trade war, and for appearing to have no actual plan. (By @davidbadash.bsky.social)

"Who's benefiting? What billionaire just got richer?" (By @davidbadash.bsky.social)

“We have a trade surplus with Australia,” Warner, shouting, said as he chastised Greer. “We have a free trade agreement. Why? They are incredibly important national security partner. Why were they hit with a tariff?” (By @davidbadash.bsky.social)

“I was in the car with my husband and my parents, who are sitting behind me today, when I got the news that the officers were on their way to my house, where my teenage child was home alone." (By @davidbadash.bsky.social)

1/ Just as a reminder, we WERE onshoring a bunch of manufacturing jobs, thanks to the CHIPS and IRA acts. Those jobs were spread around the country, many/most in red districts. Trump trying to kill them all. www.jackconness.com/ira-chips-in...

Donald Trump did this:

It took under 100 days for "I'll lower prices on day one" to become "who needs money or a 401k when your heart is full of love for Dear Leader Trump"

Former Solicitor General Don Verilli aligns 504 law firms, including several of the country’s top 100, as amici in support of Perkins Coie. The collective action problem is being tackled. www.mto.com/wp-content/u...

Economists and economic experts are stunned by Trump's massive tariffs, deemed "worse than the worst case scenario." (By @davidbadash.bsky.social)

Antarctica Tariffs Announced It's about time those deadbeat slackers started pulling their weight... 🐧 💰 🐧 💰 🐧 💰

UPDATE: Individuals attending the town hall yesterday hosted by Rep. Victoria Spartz in Westfield, Indiana had to prove they are constituents by showing proof of address. This was NOT a crowd of “paid protesters” as Republican lawmakers and commentators continue to insist. In fact,…