reality check 🤔😕

💯 So beautifully stated. Greta is an international hero.

The National Guard(eners) are indeed "strong tough guys".

Leaves don't stand a chance.

We blew up all the fishing boats, calling them "drug boats" without evidence.

No more fishing boats!

So strange.

Such a complete embarrassment.

A generational debasement of the United States on the world stage.

We already know the Supreme Court has no respect for the Constitution or the rule of law.

But do they even have any personal views or ideals?

Or do they just always side with the rightwing Christian, regardless of the issue at hand?

🤷‍♂️

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

"The practice uses a range of techniques in an attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. It surged in popularity among evangelical Christian communities in the 1980s and 1990s."

I'm so confused.

So evangelical Christian support = automatically good?

Sounds really "woke".

If MAGA's supposed multiracial solidarity and Project 2025's energy and ambition are the best examples of the "grand experiments" that will restore American democracy... We're really screwed.

Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

"American democracy needs ... grand experiments like those of a century ago"

"MAGA’s America First ethic bids, fitfully, to establish a cross-ethnicity and cross-race nationalist solidarity"

Project 2025 "matches in scale and insurgent energy the ambitions of its left-wing predecessors"

Huh?

Pritzker is a model of resistance that more Dem leaders must follow, if we're to have anything left of our democracy to rebuild.

ISP keeping streets open, unmasked, ID numbers on display, wielding little sticks, are a far different beast from masked federal stormtroopers wielding chemical weapons.

This graphic too.

Wild swing from political predictions to sports betting ... oops, I mean sports "predictions".

"ICE agents are not allowed to enter private spaces without a judicial warrant or consent from someone in the space. Agents also aren’t allowed to use excessive force."

So all of these arrests where ICE smashes car windows are illegal, unless they have a judicial warrant.

We the people, in order to form a more perfect union, vest one unelected man with the awesome power of retroactive line-item veto in all legislation regarding government spending.

"It’s against US law to display the image of a sitting president or living former president. A president may be featured on a coin no sooner than two years following the president's death."

But this sacred law, this is the one he'll respect. Right?

Best indication yet that incompetence and dementia may be what save us.

Now who among the sane, compassionate majority will come up with Project 2029?

Project 2025 identified the holes in our Constitution. They're not going to be fixed anytime soon.

But they could be used for good, not evil.

Thank you @warren.senate.gov!

We need more of this!

Every piece of pushback against the MAGAfied media makes a difference.

Thank you!!

Yes:

Yes, it's all for social media.

Watch my 🧵 of something like 20 Charlie Kirk clips, spewing vile hatred and bigotry. And you can find much worse on Twitter from less-prominent people.

Nothing like this is permitted on Bluesky.

Your supposed "Elonization" of Bluesky really seems like a false equivalence to me.

"We also have Kristi Noem here. She's up on that roof, doing her little photo op and talking about how, I guess, these ICE agents are the last bastion of safety for humanity. When in reality, ICE is terrorizing Chicago."

So good! Thank you Kat!

This is what a police state looks like.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov, where are you?

You should be on the scene, at this protest.

Either calling off your ISP and Cook County cops, or explaining to your citizens and the world why what they're doing is lawful and somehow pro-democracy.

Rolling Stone was telling us loud and clear last November:

I love Bernie and he's absolutely right, but this clip misses the forest for the trees.

Our country is on the brink. If the authoritarian takeover continues, all is lost: not just healthcare, but affordable housing, a living wage, every other broadly popular priority.

Chris Murphy gets it:

on the basic principle: In the country with the most billionaires and the absolute richest billionaires, *everyone* has a right to

healthcare
housing
a living wage

But to make that happen, we need to elect new leadership.

If we lose our democracy, we lose everything. 4/4

That's why we need to do everything in our power to resist Trump's authoritarian takeover of our country.

It's not some "democracy vs. fascism" abstraction that the average low-information voter ignores.

It's also not partisan, Democrat or Republican.

The people of this country broadly agree 3/

Donald Trump has proven that he has no interest in ensuring that the average American has access to these basics of life.

So we need to elect leaders who do.

But to do that, we need free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028. And we're near the tipping point where that will no longer be possible. 2/

Chris Murphy nails it right here: "we’ll never be able to raise the minimum wage by $10 if our democracy disappears"

Voters care about the basics of a decent life: healthcare, housing, a job with a living wage.

In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, we should all have these things. 1/

Without democracy, we can't accomplish any other Dem priorities.

Chris Murphy knows the stakes and is rising to the moment.

Schumer proved his worthlessness when he supported the CR in March.

If Murphy had replaced him then, we'd be in a better place now.

I don't know what business they have supporting ICE. I guess they'd say they're keeping a public road open.

But note: ID numbers prominently displayed on helmets. No masks obscuring faces.

ISP are unafraid of accountability.

We should expect basic accountability from federal officers as well.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov:

What is happening?

Illinois State Police collaborating with ICE to quash a peaceful protest?

Illinois, and you in particular, were a shining beacon for the rest of us around the country, showing how we can resist tyranny.

Please explain this action against protestors.

White House Senses Political Risk on Healthcare Despite Shutdown Bravado Aides to President Trump are discussing proposals to extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies on which millions of Americans rely.

WSJ's top story:

Regime concerned about fallout from doubling millions' of Americans' premiums.

Preparing to negotiate.

Dems winning shutdown.

Look at that! When you stand up to a paper tyrant, you often win!

When you appease, you always lose.