Liberal to the core

Donald Trump is Dick Cheney's Legacy Stating the obvious.

"The current iteration of the Republican Party is a direct consequence of a political environment that was already in decay because of what Dick Cheney forcefully and intentionally normalized."

🗳️🗳️🗳️VOTING DAY🗳️🗳️🗳️

CA Vote YES on ✅ Prop 50

PA Vote YES to Retain:
✅ Donohue
✅ Dougherty
✅ Wecht

NJ Vote ✅ Mikie Sherrill
NY Vote ✅ Zohran Mamdani
VA Vote ✅ Abigail Spanberger

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This reminds me of Rudy Giuliani describing the guy who patted him on the back once at Shop Rite years ago as a brutal attack that felt like he had been shot.

Reminder: In Virginia, you can register to vote on Election Day through same-day voter registration. This lets you register in person and cast a provisional ballot if you missed the regular registration deadline. Your vote will be counted once eligibility is confirmed, so don’t sit this one out!

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Today is only the beginning.

Today is only the beginning.

Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.

The hundreds of thousands of Black & Latino men who were subjected to stop-and-frisk did not have the option to “leave NYC.” They endured the reign of Bloomberg - the beloved choice of elite New Yorkers - who even supported changing the law to give Bloomberg a 3rd term.

“Partially fund” gives new meaning to the phrase “half starved”.

The White House says it’ll partially fund SNAP, but didn’t say how much or when after two judges ruled. Judges shouldn’t have to remind presidents to follow the law and to feed people.

Holder: The Supreme Court is a broken institution. And it’s something that has to be part of the national conversation in ’26 and in ’28.

If there is a Democratic trifecta in 2028—and I think the possibility of that is pretty good—Supreme Court reform has to be on the table.

NYC, tomorrow you have the chance to show the world that the future we’re building in America is not one led by the corrupted, sex pest politicians of the past like Andrew Cuomo—but rather a future determined by us, one that represents all of us, a multi-racial democracy of, by, and for the people.

...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site

Newsom: They did not expect California. They did not expect all of you. They thought we were going to write an op-ed, have a candlelight vigil, maybe do a rally. They poked the bear and the bear is poking back

In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.

Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.

Portland, Oregon Autumn

Trump again blocked from sending troops to Portland A federal judge on Sunday blocked President Trump from deploying the National Guard in Portland until the judge issues her final ruling later this week.  U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut expects to issue that ruling by Friday evening, after holding a trial  last week on whether the deployment was legal.  In the meantime, the judge ruled the deployment should again be blocked because Oregon and Portland’s legal challenge is likely to succeed.  “This Court heard the trial testimony and arguments of counsel and has been in the process of diligently reviewing all the evidence,” Immergut wrote. “The interest of justice requires that this Court complete a thorough review of the exhibits and trial transcripts before issuing a final decision on the merits.”  Trump called up hundreds of members of the Oregon National Guard in September, saying it was necessary to combat violent opposition to officers at an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland.  It’s one of several cities where the president has deployed the National Guard. His deployments to Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C., have also come under legal challenges.   In Portland, Trump points to a federal law enabling him to federalize the guard when there is an invasion, rebellion or an inability to execute the laws with “regular forces.” Trump contends the last two conditions have been met, saying ICE officers have been threatened, doxxed and even trapped in their cars.  But the judge, a Trump appointee, in her ruling Sunday wrote that the ICE facility protests were “generally uneventful” with only “occasional” interference to federal personnel.  “Although there were sporadic instances of unlawful behavior, federal law enforcement, along with local law enforcement, were able to manage the situation and arrest and prosecute those responsible for criminal conduct,” Immergut wrote.  Trump has asserted judges have no authority to second-guess his determinations. He has brought a similar argument to the Supreme Court in the Chicago case, and the justices are due to rule after receiving additional information later this month.  Sunday's ruling isn't the first time Immergut has halted Trump's Portland deployment. She temporarily blocked it early last month , though an appeals court later lifted that ruling . In the latest round of litigation, the president had told Immergut she had no authority to issue the new, temporary block in advance of her final ruling this week. Though the judge rejected that argument and blocked the deployment, she did allow Trump to keep the guard federalized. It means Trump will remain the troops’ commander-in-chief, but he still cannot send the troops out on the streets of Portland.

Trump again blocked from sending troops to Portland

It’s insane to me that not only did many people choose to send an evil vindictive tyrannical convicted felon back into office with full power of the govt, but they sent him knowing he would spend every day ensuring that all of us suffer and die instead of thrive and live.

DO WE KNOW WHERE THE QUEEN'S CORGIS ARE GOING TO LIVE THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

An easy way to explain to anyone (particularly those who vote for Trump) who's confused about who's to blame for SNAP benefits expiring, people furloughed from jobs, programs shut down, is this:

If Donald Trump weren't president, none of this would be happening

“This language from the Vice President betrays so much of the promise we have as a nation.”

"Hoarding that much is incompatible with KINDNESS, LOVE or basic HUMAN DECENCY."

--- Reddit commenter

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

WTF. Everyone, cameras out. Get it all on video.

He's building a gold-guilded ballroom to host the foreign officials who come to bribe him, while denying millions of hungry kids food. Just how thuddingly obvious, how over-the-top, how florid & theatrical does this story have to get before the media starts honestly telling it?

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

Usha, you in danger, girl.

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#DrPhil 🔥 #TrumpSux

Lost most of my respect for this guy.

I have no problem both sides crossing the aisle to partisan legislation that makes everyday content with the bill.

This guy has totally turned on the people who supported him thru a tough time in his life.

Now you just can’t trust him. Time to vote him out

PA primary voters fucked up when they chose this dope over Conor Lamb.

Notice that Fetterman’s wife and kids, once front and center, are never seen in photos or are featured interviews anymore. They know what the stroke did to him.

Powerful and moving interview with Virginia Giuffre's brother Sky and sister-in-law Amanda:

"He's just Andrew. He's no longer a prince... This normal girl, from a normal family, has taken down a prince. We are so proud of her."

"She was extraordinary. She did the extraordinary."