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👉🏽They broke the doors down in the middle of the freaking night! Those kids will never forget this! 👀☠️ And they wonder why we don’t trust cops! 🤷🏽‍♂️

Senator Durbin ate her ssa up; and I’m here for it! 🤔

#SenatorDurbin #PamBondi #Chicago #ICE

#ReeseWaters

Fluffy cat with beautiful eyes in the window of a cat café

Fluffy cat with beautiful eyes in the window of a cat café

Writing a screenplay about spotting an alluring stranger in a Paris café and falling passionately, hopelessly in love. It’s based on a true story but this is the stranger and the place was called Café Miaou.

Never before in American history has one state's military force been deployed in another state over its objection.

I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.

YouTube video by The Daily Show Jill Lepore - “We the People” & Understanding How the Constitution Is Meant to Work | The Daily Show

@pmskinner.bsky.social Because you don't have enough on your plate - Jill Lepore's We The People - A History of the US Constitution - will provide solace that the irritating people of MA - led the way in creating this creaking, but alive, document.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LkX...

YouTube video by The Daily Show Jill Lepore - “We the People” & Understanding How the Constitution Is Meant to Work | The Daily Show

Read Jill Lepore's new book, We The People - A History of the US Constitution. It anchors the amendment process and amendments as central to the success of and problems we have with it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LkX...
#Amend

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

Tomorrow the Epstein survivors will storm Capitol Hill to demand release of the files. I hope new Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is sworn in at their press conference by another judge or official who is authorized to do so (doesn’t have to be the Speaker).

Remember, it was the Washington Post who gave Bondi a thumbs up to be confirmed. Democracy Docket made clear from day one that she was an election denying sycophant.

No surprise at their coverage of today. Support independent, pro-democracy media today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

The gall of Bondi interrupting Schiff to ask if he has a law degree.

Schiff graduated from Harvard Law School at a time when it was the 2nd best in the US.

Bondi graduated from Stetson Law School. It did not make the national rankings at the time and ABA was threatening its accreditation.

LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE DESPERATELY RUNNING 26 MILES, 385 YARDS TO ESCAPE A WAR ZONE

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

WATCH — @whitehouse.senate.gov : “What became of the $50,000 in cash in that Cava bag? Did the FBI get it back from Homan?”

AG PAM BONDI: *LASHES OUT aggressively, avoids answering entirely* 🤷🏼‍♀️

Update on Boomertifa from the war zone.

One trademark of the second Trump administration is the open and seething contempt that his Cabinet officials have for Congress. They don't see elected officials or their oversight function as legitimate.
(see also RFK Jr, Kash Patel).

Retired US supreme court justice fears ‘democracy is not guaranteed to survive’ Anthony Kennedy told NPR ‘partisanship is becoming ... more prevalent and more bitter’ in the high court’s opinions

This from the guy whose Citizens United decision did more to degrade democracy than any other. Please.

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

Jill Lepore's new book, We The People - A History of the US Constitution, is a dense, exciting and brilliant read. The notes themselves are worth a separate publication.

She spoke last evening, captivating us. Always fun when the convo turns to neighbors such as @lessig.bsky.social 📚

#Amend

The entire country is walking on eggshells because a madman is hallucinating about crime sprees and burning cities.

Time to support @propublica.org!

Welcome, Prime Minister. Know that the majority of Americans consider Canada our very good friend and neighbour to the north!

“Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: The Orangeys aren’t concerned about your healthcare. That’s not a talking point. I wish you ill.”

I'm glad Greta Thunberg is out of that Israeli prison. I think with pain and rage of all the Palestinians who remain in that prison because Israel wants to erase them from their own land.

Totally understand but I can’t help but feel disappointed. What will save American democracy is not elites’ smarts but your courage. SPEAK ON THE RECORD, folks. Yes, you have a lot to lose, but you also have a lot. You will be fine. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...

US District Judge Sara Ellis in a hearing over ICE protests in Chicago:

"I can't tell you how many judges have been doxxed. I can't tell you how many judges have received death threats. … It's unfortunately part of the cost of doing business as a public servant in government."

Federal employees are not bargaining chips. They are veterans, caregivers, and neighbors who serve their country and fellow Americans every day.

They deserve stability and respect, not pink slips and political games.

Things to consider:

Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter

Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed

You are a witness.
Expose it.

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.