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@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”

Watch this.

If they win, Democrats will have to use their newfound authority to rethink, even dismantle, agencies like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. They may need to walk back the Bush-era decision to consolidate those agencies and others under a single department, given the wild abuses perpetrated under this administration and its predecessors. It will need to give serious thought to major political and social reform, including D.C. statehood, a federal ban on partisan gerrymandering, a new voting rights act and federal protections for reproductive rights and bodily autonomy, including the rights of gender and sexual minorities. Democrats will also need to embrace the legislature’s constitutional authority to structure the executive branch and the judiciary, up to and including Supreme Court reform. If they win next year, Democrats will need to treat the next Congress not as a return to the status quo ante but as the beginning of a new era in which the principal task is to roll back the president’s effort to create and consolidate a personalist dictatorship. They’ll need to fortify the American political system against future attempts to play dictator and lay out a project of genuine democratic renewal. None of this is possible without a willingness to use power rather than just hold it. What we’ve seen this week is that there are still too many Democrats whose instinct is to retreat to normalcy rather than face the conflict at hand.

Jamelle was cooking.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...

This is why I cancelled my @nytimes.com subscription years ago. I miss the science coverage, but I'm not working to support this kind of malpractice

The only one telling us not to talk about it now is Donald J. Trump.

In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation

NEW: The girl Matt Gaetz allegedly raped was an unhoused junior in high school, and was trying to save up money for braces. According to reports, he allegedly raped her twice - once on an air hockey table at republican Chris Dorwoth's party. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

Everyone who posts this should note that Megyn Kelly has a 14-year-old daughter. Do not let her off the hook on this.

Not sure where Taza lands in your hierarchy, but it is glorious. I love the grainy texture, but not everyone shares my enthusiasm

NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:

- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.

Merrick Garland could’ve released all of Epstein’s private emails with Trump mentioned in there repeatedly. Everything else too. But the supposed “weaponized Biden DOJ” did nothing with it.

Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders. After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...

After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.

We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.

If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇

Democratic leaders failed us again. Time to get some new leaders. Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action

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Sarah Kendzior • 4m I've been suspended from BlueSky. I don't know why. I wasn't online much today, and the last things I posted were excerpts from my substack newsletter articles. The suspension followed without explanation. It seems there's a crackdown. If you enjoy my work and want to make sure you can access it, subscribe! It's free - I would never paywall in times of peril — and voluntary paying subscribers keep it going. It would be great to have your support at this time. Thanks!

In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

Hello @support.bsky.team why has
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social been suspended without explanation?????

What the hell @support.bsky.team? @Sarahkendzior.bsky.social is one of our most important writers and thinkers. What is the deal? Why is she suspended?

@sarahkendzior.bsky.social is an expert on extremism and a widely read author. @suppersky.team , are you trying to tank BlueSky, or are you just incredibly lucky in that regard?

Also, bring back Łink.

I check Mastodon daily. It would be nothing to use it exclusively.

What kind of horseshit is this @support.bsky.team - did you suspend @sarahkendzior.bsky.social ?

Please @support.bsky.team can you reinstate @sarahkendzior.bsky.social - she’s an important voice right now
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Get Schumer out of leadership. He's an incompetent buffoon who betrayed the party.

If the rest don’t oust Schumer immediately, then the entire U.S. Senate sold us out. They think we’re stupid. It’s insulting.

A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.

I have absolutely no idea

Yes

It's like she's on autopilot, and no one has touched the settings since 2014. Tone deaf and ineffectual. Washington deserves better and I can't wait for the primary.

A lot of people get into law enforcement because they are emotionally incontinent and it’s a great opportunity to piss over everyone, violence-and-threatswise

The GOP’s top think tank just defended an open Nazi Reasonable people can disagree about whether Hitler was good, says the Heritage Foundation.

Kevin Roberts' defense of Nick Fuentes is a watershed moment: the right has officially declared open, unabashed Hitlerism to be an acceptable position in their coalition

www.vox.com/politics/466...

This is the country we’ve become under the Trump administration.

Multiple accounts on ICE Watch Facebook pages are reporting that agents pulled a couple out of their vehicle in Aurora, Illinois, arrested them, and then abandoned the couple’s toddler in the backseat.