Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench A judge explains his reasons for resigning.

“What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly.” — recently retired federal judge

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Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."

Washington Post headline: A closer look at Trump's apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office subhed: A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that the president spent nearly 20 minutes apparently battling to keep his eyes open at a recent event. Apu raising his hand next to a sleeping Trump wearing glasses meant to look like his eyes are wide open

It looks even worse by video 😢

More Than 100 Cases of Measles Reported in Utah and Arizona In the hardest-hit counties, childhood vaccination rates steeply declined during the pandemic.

A measles outbreak along the border of Utah and Arizona has sickened more than 100 people. A majority of the cases are in unvaccinated people.

the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction

They have notably switched from the "antifa and hamas" narrative.

😕

We are all paying for this vanity project

Mike Johnson has given the house a very very very very very very very very very long vacation because he’s worried about the Epstein files

Donald Trump broke a promise and then ruined something?

Well, I never.

Al Gore at the Norges Bank climate conference just now: ”The fossil fuel industry is significantly more effective at capturing politicians than capturing emissions“

Washington Post: White House begins destroying East wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.

Once again, one reason Trump says & does whatever he wants is bc every societal institution, including the media, has totally normalized & internalized the idea that the laws, the Constitution, & the international treaties we have signed & ratified simply don’t apply to this one guy. It’s maddening.

Release the Epstein files.

Still appalled at how paltry and terrible the NYT coverage of the protests were and how nobody there feels any responsibility to address the criticism. This was not something that caught them off guard. This was many levels of decisions.

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

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If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

Troops. In an American city. Using full force.

Your now-regular reminder that Republican members of Congress are letting this happen.

They’re going to fire a US attorney because they couldn’t find evidence for a crime that was manufactured by the administration?

Banana republic shit

Fuck yeah. Way more is need but…

Part of our constitutional crisis is that Republicans are stopping Congress from playing its fundamental oversight role.

Stephen Colbert: “Tonight we’re all Jimmy Kimmel…. With an autocrat, you can’t give an inch. If ABC thinks that this is going to satisfy the regime, they are woefully naive, and clearly they've never read The Children's Book If You Give a Mouse A Kimmel.”

The people saying that “leftists” want them dead are the same people wildly applauding an administration that’s cutting cancer research and access to life-saving vaccines; gutting the Social Safety Net; and emptying poisons into our air, water, and food through deregulation. But sure.

Imagine weaponizing the Justice Department to chase phantom crimes against your political opponents… then punishing prosecutors for not making them up. That’s not America, that’s authoritarianism.

I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi.

This is *not* normal.

I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.

Indeed. Earlier this summer, the White House did this to me, as a scientific expert source in media, and issued a formal statement regarding my personal campaign contribution history in an attempt to discredit my commentary on wildfire, climate, and federal policy. Yet more alarm bells ringing...

Does JD realize that Trump continuously makes him look like a complete dope?

Groypers: A group of alt-right, white nationalist, and Christian nationalist activists led by Nick Fuentes. They try to introduce alt-right politics into mainstream conservatism in the US and participated in January 6 United States Capitol attack and the protests leading up to it (Wikipedia).