Scott Fields

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

It’s going to be a busy night on TV for Philly sports fans It’s the 19th time there will be a Phillies playoff game and an Eagles game on the same day. Six have been Philly sweeps.

Tonight will be a busy one for Philly sports fans, with the Phillies, Eagles, and Flyers all in action.

As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

Anyone who lived in NY in the ‘90s knew Trump was a con artist & a two-bit hustler who bankrupted businesses over and over. There’s a reason 9 out of 10 people in Manhattan didn’t vote for him. But Mark Burnett convinced millions of reality TV-watching Americans he was a successful businessman.

Trump-Epstein statue returns to National Mall The Park Service had removed the installation, saying that it was out of compliance with its previous permit.

A 10-foot-tall statue of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein — holding hands and each with a foot raised behind him — has returned to the National Mall, a week after the National Park Service removed it for not being compliant with an issued permit. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Raid of church leader’s Florida mansion reveals 57 forced laborers, feds say — Miami Herald An FBI raid on a Florida mansion connected to leaders of Kingdom of God Global Church revealed 57 victims living on site in forced labor scheme, feds say.

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I wonder how long it'll be before he gets angry at being criticized for being such a scummy hypocrite.

Mike Johnson: "Schumer led the Democrats in the Senate to hand that pen to Russ Vought. And I think there could be some good that comes out of it if we limit the size and scope of government, but it is not a job he relishes. He's being forced in that position."

In speeches, Vought spoke of “demoralizing federal workers to the point that they don’t want to do their jobs.”

“.. we want them to not want to go .. because they are.. viewed as the villains,” he said. “We want to put them in trauma.”

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If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

No Dollars for Dictatorship Americans must stand against Trump’s shutdown agenda.

"Trump wanted this shutdown. This isn’t speculation — it’s strategy... Russ Vought, has openly embraced using a shutdown to permanently fire tens if not hundreds of thousands of public servants". Read @joetrippi.bsky.social on why this shutdown is different: www.lincolnsquare.media/p/no-dollars...

if you respect the law and the constitution, the trump administration has no use for you

As with Charlie Kirk, Republicans are fiercely loyal to the general idea of Donald Trump but will furiously refuse to grapple with anything specific that he actually says or does.

Duncan: But I’m proud to say I’m a Democrat. I’m proud that I can show up to work every day with a better toolkit to love my neighbor—instead of villainizing everyone or putting an asterisk next to someone just because they don’t look like me, talk like me, love like me, or worship like me.

Hertling: His comments about putting hands back on recruits… We moved away from that 30 years ago because it’s ineffective…

You know where it didn’t go away? The Russian army.

Graphic featuring the following text: Header: 2026 health care premiums would more than double under GOP budget Subhead: If ACA enhanced premium tax credits expire, your health care payments could double. Below is a graph with a bar set at $888 2025 and another bar set at $1,904 2026. Source: KFF

Republicans want to price you out of your health care

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

The Silence of the Generals And the searing words of a veteran on the bench.

"What Trump and Hegseth want, in a way, is to turn the US military into an institution more like ICE: an internal police force, unconstrained by many laws or norms, bullying and intimidating people here at home on behalf of the current administration in Washington."
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Overnight, Trump and Republicans in Congress shut down the federal government.

They shut it down because they’re determined to strip healthcare from millions of Americans, to enrich the billionaires they serve, to continue the assault on our rights.

We must fight back.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?

JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.

S: Those are quotes

We’re headed for the first shutdown since the last time Trump was in office.

The framing of trying to give Medicaid to illegals is absolute nonsense.

The average family of four is paying up to *$1500* a month on the insurance marketplace.

Dems wanted to help. GOP refused.

Lawrence: One of the examples you've put out is in Speaker Mike Johnson's Louisiana district, a 60 year old couple earning 82,000 a year. Their health care premiums will rise by almost $20,000 by 300% because of what their congressman is doing.

Saw this one a couple weeks ago.

COLLINS: So you're telling me you're willing to vote no every time?

BERNIE SANDERS: Damn right

"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"

That's it. That's the whole story.

what a vile piece of shit he turned out to be. enjoy that money, Pete.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Jessica: The guy who drove up to the Mormon church… was a Trump supporter. He had a Trump-Vance flag in his backyard…

When the shoe is on the other foot and you can't demonize the left for this one, they say nothing.