Anatomy of a Wave Hispanic voters abandoned Republicans and the “Trump 2028” wars are next.

"There can be no lasting victory over illiberalism until the Republican party chooses to abandon its illiberal project. On this score, I am somewhat less optimistic. But that’s a conversation for another day." www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...

The election analyst has entered the chat.

This is very good

We Will Tear Down the Trump Palace Ballroom and Casino Thinking like a dissident movement.

"In opposition politics, the loyal opposition does not need to carry around whistles to draw attention to people being disappeared off the street by masked agents of the state." We are not opposition; we are *dissidents*. www.thebulwark.com/p/we-will-te...

@joshtpm.bsky.social @emptywheel.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @timmiller.bsky.social yes I realized later that I misspelled narcissistic

#NoKings Edmonds

#NoKings Edmonds

No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Too funny

Our cities aren’t war ravaged. They’re ICE ravaged.

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Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.

Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

To recap, Trump signed a proclamation saying that after midnight tonight, no one with an H-1B visa may enter the US unless they have paid $100,000. However, anonymous White House officials are saying it doesn't apply to people with current H-1B visas — yet there is NO official guidance! None!

Emergency Triad: First, They Came for Jimmy Kimmel What happens when comedians are held to stricter standards than vice presidents?

The same people who bragged about "creating" the Haitian dog-eating story now demand that comedians have their facts exactly accurate at all times, or else the power of the federal government will be unleashed on them.
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Emergency Triad: First, They Came for Jimmy Kimmel What happens when comedians are held to stricter standards than vice presidents?

Shorter JVL: The courts realize that regular order has broken down. The media and private enterprise ought to realize it, too. www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

We Remain Adrift in an Ocean of Lies – 30 Hours After the Charlie Kirk Shooting Fire poured out of my eyes when I sat down at my...

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It should not matter who anyone voted for when it comes to disaster relief.

It is plain as day that Donald Trump is abusing DHS and FEMA to pick and choose which suffering Americans get help.

I am demanding accountability, transparency, and answers.

The CDC. The Fed. The FBI. The National Guard. Do you get it now? Trump is waging war against the American government. When he’s done, he’ll use his government to wage war against Americans.

"Donald Trump is not governing—he is waging war on the American government itself...This is all the same project: attacking the government and re-engineering it to serve as a weapon against the American people."

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Trump Fires Fed Governor Lisa Cook, Opening New Front In Fight For Control Over Central Bank Trump says he is firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, a significant escalation in his continued attack on the central bank.

“President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign," Lisa Cook said tonight in response to Trump

Bolton’s home raided, Gen. Kruse fired, Epstein coverup proceeds, seizure of 10% of Intel another step towards state capitalism. Just one day in the somewhat chaotic but directionally purposeful march towards…despotism.

Does anyone think they’re doing all this so they can hand over power in 2028?

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Exclusive video from Texas Rep. Nicole Collier on the House floor.

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What Price Would Trump Demand to Sell Out Ukraine? - emptywheel And all we're waiting to see on Trump's Friday meeting with Putin is what kind of deceit Trump adopts to pretend that his coming betrayal of not just Ukraine -- but the US itself -- is instead the pea...

What Price Would Trump Demand to Sell Out Ukraine?

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Some Thoughts on the Consent of the Governed President Trump’s decision today to federalize the DC police and deploy National...

In light of today’s events

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This is why Hegseth was brought in. A real secretary of defense would’ve objected to this.

This is what we now face

Trump: “Then I will look at New York in a little while …If we need to, we’ll do the same thing in Chicago.” Trump also mentioned Baltimore and Oakland this morning.

So: Trump laying the predicate for trying to seize control of the police, in months and years to come, in blue cities in blue states.

Let's be clear, this is the situation we face:

"Aspiring authoritarian federal government takes control of police force in nation's capital."

Martial law over homeless people or black teens is cool, but "if they're great patriots who are trying to overthrow the United States government, well, hold on now." You can call it fascism.

@jvl.bsky.social, @samsteindc.bsky.social, and @samsteindc.bsky.social talk Trump's D.C. press conference: