Kimmel’s refusal to capitulate stands out because so many other well-situated people—those with the resources, platform, and power to stand up to the president, including, initially, the leaders of ABC—have surrendered, withdrawn, or become Trump sycophants themselves. One by one, American leaders supposedly committed to principles of free speech, due process, democracy, and equality have abandoned those ideals when menaced by the Trump administration. These cascading acts of cowardice from the people best positioned to resist Trump’s authoritarian power grabs have made Trump seem exponentially more powerful than he actually is, sapping strength from others who might have discovered the courage to stand up. Defending democracy requires a collective refusal to acquiesce to lawless behavior from many different sectors of society. All of these powerful people trying to save their own skin have effectively multiplied Trump’s attacks on constitutional government, by enhancing a false sense of inevitability and invincibility.

Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Who did this?

Trump is desperately looking for a scapegoat to cover for his own failure to lower costs for Americans and firing Lisa Cook is his latest move.

It’s an authoritarian power grab that blatantly violates the Federal Reserve Act, and any court that follows the law will overturn it.

Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.

EPSTEIN LATEST: In light of what we released last week from my staff's investigation, I'm handing Trump's DOJ a ready-made case with seven different lines of investigation for them to follow the money on Jeffrey Epstein.

Personally I think they want people to no longer be able to tell the difference between the truth and made up garbage.

If you include "-ai" in your search query you won't get that AI garbage.

Congresswoman tracks down U.S. citizen children detained at Ferndale facility The kids and their mother have been held at the facility for nearly two weeks without any contact with legal representation or charges being filed, their lawyer says.

Jesus Christ...

www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politic...

Isaiah Hodgson, who arrested 2 U.S. citizens, including 20-year-old Adrian Martinez at Walmart and Job Garcia at Home Depot, is accused of entering the women’s restroom and approaching a female while intoxicated and armed with a handgun. lataco.com/border-patro...

by @shoton35mm.bsky.social

AOC: Are you aware that President Trump's DOJ is investigating United Health Care for criminal insurance fraud?

RFK JR: I am not aware of that investigation

AOC: You are not aware that the Trump DOJ is investigating the largest insurance company in America for fraud in Medicare Advantage?

Video captures ICE agents allegedly urinating on Pico Rivera school grounds in broad daylight The El Rancho Unified School District is calling for a federal investigation after video shows ICE agents as they appear to pee on school grounds in public view.

Video captures ICE agents allegedly urinating on Pico Rivera school grounds in broad daylight

Of course that is why they are doing it.

DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually us...

DOJ plan to prioritize revoking citizenship includes

Cases a US Attorney refers "or in connection with pending criminal charges if those charges do not fit within one of the other priorities"

"Any other cases referred to the Civil Division that the Division determines to be sufficiently important"

The cult like devotion to the leader even when he says the stupidest sh*t. Even when his policies are obviously counter productive.

Will we get our own great famine too? But in our case it would be due to disappearing the farmworkers, ignoring climate change, etc.

The dream of the 1970s Posse Comitatus is alive in Texas! The next step is the abolition of the Federal Reserve and the federal income tax.

🚨🚨🚨 KEEP CALLING TODAY!!

The “Vote-a-Rama” is scheduled to start at 9am & will last for hours.

Call REGARDLESS of how sure you are about how your Senators will vote & demand they vote NO on H.R. 1!!

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The cultural revolution is an apt comparison. It's quite frightening, actually.

That's appropriate since everything feels like we are on the cusp of our own Cultural Revolution. It's all quite frightening actually.

But even white skin won't save you if they decide you are their enemy for whatever reason.

Officially at the “Papers, please” phase now 😢😡

More fake ICE agents doing horrible things.

Everyone should be speaking up about this. Masks and no ID required is a ridiculous recipe for horrors. @MarshaBlackburn & @SenJohnson & Sexton should be banning it, not protecting it.

Ah. Good point. Does someone have a version of that turnout chart with percent turnout by age group rather than just the number?

Ok I just remembered it was something crazy.

Pretty sure it was just Bill Clinton. I don't think Hillary endorsed anyone.

Weren't there some crazy right wing conspiracy theories during fire season last year?

Senate Dems Force EVERY WORD in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill to be Read on the Floor Before Vote YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

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A bar graph. On the left side is a bar showing that Republicans are cutting $930 billion from Medicaid. On the right side is a bar showing that Republicans are giving $910 billion in tax breaks to corporations under their budget bill, paid for by gutting Medicaid.

Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.

Republican lawmakers know their rich donors will remember in the midterms that they give them a huge tax cut. They're counting on their non-rich voters to forget that they got screwed.