Barrett Crispen Brown

If you’re a Democrat thinking about running for president in 2028 and you don’t believe calling to abolish ICE is a line in the sand for Democratic voters, you’re done before you even begin. This isn’t something that can be fixed. It’s broken and it needs to be torn down to the ground.

Republicans declare themselves patriots, then turn around and block the paychecks of the men and women who defend America.

And what’s really wild, some of those same troops keep voting red while getting screwed over again and again.

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES

DAY 10 AUGUST 2025

THANK YOU @elizaorlins.bsky.social

The fascist leader without DUE PROCESS will round up homeless people in DC
arrest & jail those he "deems criminal"

Washington DC's MAYOR Bowser will not be able to stop trump from bringing in Natl Guard
FASCISM

🚨 Sources close to the DC mayor and police say, Trump will deploy 1,000 National Guard troops into D.C. tomorrow/Monday.

• For context, Los Angeles is 502.7 square miles, and he deployed 4,000 troops there.

• Washington, D.C. is only 68.3 square miles.

This is what cities under siege look like.

If you work at the Washington Post, now is the time to resign. You’re a part of this now.

How is Trump hoping to improve air safety?!

I am finding myself with absolutely nothing positive to say and to add to my despair, our Democratic leadership is failing us.

A tweet from Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) stating: "The White House is aware of the Medicaid website portal outage. We have confirmed no payments have been affected — they are still being processed and sent. We expect the portal will be back online shortly."

No. The Medicaid portals were shut down because the OMB demanded they be. They’re only back up because of the outcry. I’d tell you to stop lying but we know that’s a feature of this administration.

What infuriates me about this moment in the US is how the last administration came in on the heels of a violent attempted coup, and in the name of bipartisanship & propriety refused to remove any of the firmly entrenched loyalists

At this point, to be complacent is to be complicit

"It depresses the hell out of me that people I grew up with or l am related to have turned into people that I wouldn't tell where Anne Frank was hiding."

Good morning!

Man watching a butterfly asking “Is this patriotism?” Above the butterfly is a sentence “slashing veterans healthcare funding.

GOP claims to LOVE the military!! Yet, the Republicans' reckless attacks on the VA & their healthcare undermine everything our military families have given. It’s time to defend their healthcare and honor their service. To do anything else would be dishonorable in every way.

#SaveVeteransHealthCare

I’ll be honest, this week there was more to destroy the rule of law than in trumps first term,

And i have no idea what the Democrats are doing to fight back. Or even saying. Crickets

Times like this reveal everyone's character.

Never forget the people who giddily collaborated with fascists.

Also, never forget the people who would rather die than bend the knee.

Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.

do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?

it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.

i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“DO YOU KNOW WHO MY DADDY IS?!”

I don’t know who needs to hear this but Mother demands balance and She will not be ignored. You can feel it in the air. The energy is undeniable.

And @teenvogue.bsky.social ran that fabulous op-ed about how to set up a neighborhood ICE watch program in your community we referenced on @dailybeanspod.bsky.social! Give them a follow!

Bezos deletes 'LGBTQ+ rights' and 'equity for Black people' from Amazon policies Amazon's modifications mirror similar actions taken by other major companies after Trump’s election victory, including Meta, McDonald’s, and Walmart

Well of course he did. Another thing to cancel.
#AndJusticeForAll

www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

Oklahoma baptist pastor, James McMillan, has been arrested for a third time for child sex crimes.

McMillan sent nude images of himself to a 14 year old girl in Kansas via Snapchat.

“Republicans can't subpoena Cassidy Hutchinson about Liz Cheney talking to her because so many of them sent her sexually explicit texts An aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson advised Republican colleagues against subpoenaing former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson as part of their investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent her, according to written correspondence reviewed by The Post and a person familiar with the effort. The aide intervened last June, citing concerns that a subpoena could expose the texts, according to the correspondence and the person, who requested anonymity to speak candidly about private conversations. Johnson revived the investigation this week as part of an effort by President Donald Trump and his allies to seek retribution against perceived political enemies, including those who investigated his role in the Capitol attack.”

UPDATE # 31,289: It’s a real doozy!

“Republicans can't subpoena Cassidy Hutchinson about Liz Cheney talking to her because so many of them sent her sexually explicit texts”

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.

“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”

AOC 🔥🎯

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde

Hero.

It was exactly what it looked like and what you think is happening has actually happened. I’m going to need everyone to realize what many of us have been saying for years. This is goddamn ridiculous. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER. The nazis are here.

Well, it’s snowing in the Florida panhandle. Huge flakes. Guess we are about to find how Florida does a snow day.

Brave yourselves for more of the like.

In fairness the resulting fire and explosion might have set off the sprinklers.

Every historian and expert on fascism: “It was a Nazi salute.”

The organization responsible for protecting us from Nazis: