THIS ACTION WOULD VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT 👇

"In light of yesterday's horrific assassination of a leading political figure, I want to underscore that foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country,"

- Christopher Landau, deputy Secretary of State

The tragic death of Charlie Kirk was not an attack on conservatism.

It was an attack on free speech.

He was killed for openly speaking and expressing his beliefs and values.

No matter your political, religious, or cultural beliefs, you should be able to speak freely with little fear of reprisal.

We don’t know the exact reasons YET but all political violence is an attack on free speech

What rule of law actually looks like:

Russia attacked Poland, a member of NATO.

Article 5 of NATO states the following:

An attack against one NATO member is considered an attack against all members.

The United States is also a member of NATO.

Therefore, Russia not only attacked Poland, but also America.

The Trump administration said Friday that it had taken a 10% stake in Intel, the president's latest extraordinary move to exert federal government control over private business.

Republicans, where is your small government and free market???

Everything old is new again. This poster first appeared in 1930 in the English-language Ukrainian magazine Tryzub.

MAGAs keep saying that Ukrainians are Nazis, which is weird, because all the white supremacists in the United States support Russia. I have not been able to identify a single American white supremacist who supports Ukraine. Can anyone explain this to me?

Oh, snap! I just had an idea. Can we crowdfund the purchase of Ukraine's rare earth minerals? Our money will help Ukraine defend herself, and those of us who donate will get a future profit in mineral royalties. Let's cut Trump and Elon out of the deal entirely.

Trump will sign close to 100 executive orders today.
Republicans, where is your small government?

In a world filled with Elon Musks, Mark Zuckerbergs, and Jeff Bezos, be a Mark Cuban.

FIRE to defend veteran pollster J. Ann Selzer in Trump lawsuit over outlier election poll FIRE will defend veteran Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer against a lawsuit from President-elect Donald Trump that threatens Americans’ First Amendment right to speak on core political issues.

Proud to say that we'll be defending Selzer from Trump's latest SLAPP.

www.thefire.org/news/fire-de...

x
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.

Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?

If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.

we're cooked

Thanks for the info @danahoule.bsky.social

Biden: "I also learned something from Donald Trump. He signed checks for people ... I didn't -- stupid."

…filibuster going rather than 60 Senators to end a filibuster.
There are several more too

How Joe Manchin can make the filibuster “more painful” for the GOP without eliminating it Filibuster reforms are normal, and they happen all the time.

I know they refused to get rid of it entirely but I didn’t read anything about Schumer trying to reform it.
This article describes some interesting reforms they could’ve done like (ex) requiring 40 Senators to KEEP a www.vox.com/22260164/fil...

Perhaps he could have pushed for some filibuster reforms even if he was against out right getting rid of it.
I read a great article on this that I can link to

Communists are the anti-vaxxers of economics.

Once Elon Musk becomes part of cabinet under Trump, Twitter will be more under government control. This is the biggest reason to join a social media platform that is least influenced or controlled by the state. 🦋

It is NOT over.
No one should give up in despair. That's what they want.

AND the election was the big inflection point. The system has changed, if not de jure, de facto. First ever White House to operate without fear of impeachment, criminal prosecution, or losing reelection.

It's not either/or.

It’s going to be bad
But one thing gives me comfort:
Things can change on a dime
It looks dark now but you never know what may happen
Stay woke (in the literal sense 😂) and have faith

Memo to the Media: You Are Not Obligated to Cover a Crackpot Like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Washington Monthly Despite what Mark Halperin and Andrew Sullivan say, the conspiracist isn't a serious protest candidate.

One thing that was entirely avoidable and I can’t forgive the media for doing was platforming RFK Jr. throughout the campaign washingtonmonthly.com/2023/05/04/m...

I think Gaetz gets in too
It all depends on what Trump wants
If he wants him I think he gets in
And I doubt he will need a recess appointment

Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick for UN ambassador, declines to stand by previous support for Ukraine joining NATO | CNN Politics New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for US ambassador to the United Nations, is now refusing to stand by her previous push for Ukraine’s NATO membership — a stance she on...

NEW: Elise Stefanik, Trump’s UN ambassador pick is now refusing to stand by her past push for Ukraine’s NATO membership — which she said was critical to regional stability.

Her office also declined to say whether she still believes Russia committed genocide in Ukraine.

www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/p...

Congrats to @bluesky for all the new users

My 2 cents. Find every news source the has an RSS feed or equivalent and create accounts that that show their public deeds on here under @johndoetimesfeed

That way we all get access to news without having to wait for them to create accounts first.

Loyalty pledges are almost certain to happen
I don’t think they will explicitly say “Trump over the Constitution” but it’s implied

Frankly I’m a bit shocked
What do you think this means (if anything) about Tulsi at DNI?