Common Sense Good Government

We are already an authoritarian country. We’re not working to prevent it; we’re now working…to get out of it.

weird how the guy born into obscene wealth, bailed out repeatedly, allowed to fail upwards forever until he fell ass-backwards into the presidency, and then was declared by the Supreme Court to be a Very Special Boy Who Can Crime Forever never stops whining about how everything is rigged against him

“Epstein preyed on girls he thought no one would believe. And he was right.”

@jkbjournalist.bsky.social to @therickwilson.bsky.social on the @lincolnproject.us podcast. #TrumpEpsteinCoverup

Full: youtu.be/KPLD1c27GZo

Greg Abbott: "The Texas Department of Public Safety is also working with officials in other states to find ways in which we can try to arrest the Texas Democrat members of other states and bring them back to the state of Texas."

F.B.I. Is Asked to Arrest Texas Democrats in Battle Over House Seats

Secret police? The FBI has zero authority to arrest state legislators on civil warrants with no crime charged: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...

There Is an Information Blackout at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Migrant Detention Camp Public records related to Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention camp have...

A spokesperson for one of the top officials involved in the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention camp told me they had “no responsive records” when I asked for correspondence in a six month period that included the name of the facility or the site where it is located. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...

Republicans play Calvinball

every Republican is a hardcore schmittian friend enemy guy until it’s time to actually live in that world, then it’s “ahhh geez folks, can’t we all just get along?”

This woman is metal AF

Government programs are their to help citizens, not judge the morality of their lifestyles

It seems we used to have a system where people were forced to work in fields for food benefits. I can't remember the name of it exactly, but I don't think it was called "dignity." 🫣

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Shove it in their faces

Hell yea

Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?

This woman is bravery incarnate!

We can all learn something from her. And – as a friend posted earlier – these questions need to be asked of every ‘representative’ at every town hall.

Stuart Hall's discussion of authoritarian populism seems relevant to this political era.

What is the best angle to lick Trump’s boots from?

Imagine sitting around a table dreaming about bootlicking

YouTube video by emptywheel John Durham's Crime

Reup: My 20-minute explainer on the evidence that John Durham framed Hillary Clinton.

youtu.be/F3MzRTszw2I

the price of coffee at my nearby coffee shop has gone up in price by about $1.50 since trump became president he is destroying the fabric of this country

A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.

Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.

“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”

Pam Bondi orders grand jury probe of Obama administration review of 2016 election Past probes, including two conducted by Republicans, found no such crimes. Democrats have accused Bondi of trying to distract attention from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

Bondi’s order to open grand jury investigation of Obama is absurd. Besides statute of limitations and presidential immunity problems, it will be a stretch to show a then-confidential investigation interfered with the 2016 election. THIS is lawfare.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

The President is a gutter racist

The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined.

The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.

These people are criminals who need to be arrested & prosecuted for committing unprecented constitutional crimes & violating every single privacy & security clearance law that applies to actual federal employees. We simply cannot let them just walk away & pretend they were just following orders.

How much American time, money, and effort did Elon Musk waste?

Hire back 75% of the RIF billets just a couple of months later? What in God's name was the point then?

epstein and trump

oh he's losing it, losing it