This was a fascinating book!

He is the worst of the Texas GOP (saying a LOT). Here’s to hoping this racist gets shamed and sent home.

Let’s do this, Horns.

Brilliant

Timeline cleanse…..

A hearty congratulations to the Texas Democrats for finding a very nice printable version of “go fuck yourself.”

I not only fully support Talia’s work, but I choose to channel my paid subscriptions to journalists who kick Substack to the curb.

YouTube video by Axios Axios’ Sara Fischer in conversation with Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince

I will be brief. If you care about the quality of news we get, this clip is the most disturbing and important 20 minutes I have for you. If you have only 5 minutes to watch then do that. Via @michaelsocolow.bsky.social

Did you watch the clip? Now go to this link. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/01/c...

Tariffs.
Stock market down.
Medicaid slashed
Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans.
National guard and marines deployed in LA.
No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine
Bombing Iran

This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.

"If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived."

Cornell Law School LII " Legal Information • Institute Search Cornell Q Menu 18 U.S. Code § 1385 - Use of Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force as posse comitatus U.S. Code Notes prev | next Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, or the Space Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (Added Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, $ 18(a), 70A Stat. 626; amended Pub. L. 86-70, § 17(d), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 144; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIlI, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 117-81, div. A, title X, § 1045(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1904.)

Let's all take a moment to read the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. It's only one sentence.

According to Reps Jayapal and Swallwell, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee, including WI’s Tom Tiffany, Scott Fitzgerald, and Glenn Grothman, voted today to allow the Trump Admin to deport U.S. Citizens.

I never want to hear any of those 3 talk about the Constitution ever again.

Just so everybody understands, Booker has been speaking cogently about the issues the entire time and Strom Thurmond famously spent hours reading from the encyclopedia, because segregationists were and are dumbshits

Bernie Sanders: "If you do nothing, you sit back and say, 'it's gonna be terrible.' And that's right. A shutdown will be terrible. But our job is to put the onus on the Republican president, the Republican House, the Republican Senate, the people who control the govt"

Perfect ending to Christmas Day

I’m so glad you are here, JVL!!!

While everyone is focused on the racism at Trump's Nazi rally, Elon Musk's PAC is doubling down on misogyny.

Now this is a good ad……

Feeling your pain in Texas

Flew back home too late to make the live show tonight, but hoping it’s a big success! Would love y’all to come back (to Fort Worth!)

I think JD Vance - and the GOP more generally - underestimate the energy and disposable income of childless aunties.

I can spend my evenings shopping online, organizing my shoes, or crushing you.

4 years ago when Trump wouldn't commit to accepting the election results, it was a big scandal that dominated headlines. Now, Republicans are saying "we'll see" about accepting the results on a daily basis and are met with shrugs. This is how authoritarianism becomes normalized.