Coming up on a year since I started this 🧵. I very much wanted to be proven wrong & shown to be exaggerating. Several hundred posts later, it's sadly clear that I was, if anything, underestimating just how quickly & markedly we would move down the road of democratic backsliding.

WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

Meet Minnesota Bathrobe Lady Sam Stroozas of MPR News | Minnesota Public Radio Earlier this week, an unexpected and fast-moving incident unfolded in St. Paul, Minnesota involving both federal and local law enforcement. As crowds gathered and questions mounted, one of our MPR New...

hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.

The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.

Ope! This is the most Minnesota thing that ever existed.

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

The most blatantly corrupt gangster government in American history. Where are congressional Republicans on this stuff? Nowhere to be found. Vote them ALL out.

WATCH — @balint.house.gov on the unredacted Epstein files: “There’s a bunch of sick fucks… so many people knew…. Trump never kicked Epstein out of Mar-A-Lago. That’s a lie.”

(From @dropsitenews.com )

Let’s raise our collective voices and demand an end to this injustice. Pledge to only vote for candidates who commit to Abolishing ICE.

Sign up here: www.sway.co/AbolishICE

House Dem identifies ‘wealthy, powerful men’ DOJ redacted in Epstein files

Good use of Speech or Debate Clause immunity by Khanna here.

How To Think About AI: Is It The Tool, Or Are You?

We live in a stupidly polarizing world where nuance is apparently not allowed. Everyone wants you to be for or against something—and nowhere is this more exhausting than with AI. There are those who insist that it’s all bad and there is nothing of…

Howard Lutnick faces bipartisan calls to resign over latest Epstein revelations Recently disclosed records suggest a closer relationship than the Commerce secretary previously indicated.

Secretary Howard Lutnick lied to the country about his ties to Epstein.

Now we learned that they were in business together.

He has no business being our Commerce Secretary.

He should resign.
www.politico.com/live-updates...

For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump A new organization blessed by the president is raising money for events and projects that will put a Trumpian spin on the nation’s semiquincentennial.

President Trump’s allies are offering access to him and other perks to donors who give at least $1 million to a new group supporting flashy initiatives he is planning around the U.S.’s 250th birthday, according to documents and interviews.

@Slotkin.senate.gov isn’t taking any bullshit. I’ve always like her…and now…I like her even more. # BravoZulu Senator.

Shout out to MPR "The Current"!!

To: Jeffrey Epstein[jeevacation@gmail.com] From: Sent: Wed 7/15/2009 1:56:13 AM Subject: Re: florida visit? good typing! oh well, looks like it's a long flight anyhow... edmonton is so far away from EVERYTHING. On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: i am tied up until aug On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:41 PM, wrote: You planted a seed with your invite today. I have next Wed thru Sunday off (July 22-26), my last vacation for months. I was going to take polo lessons in Calgary but I (DON'T) think my body can handle it! I pull a muscle every time, and I'm starting to realize my budding polo career might have to take a back seat to my actual job. think What are you doing next week?

The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring

YouTube video by Eliza Orlins The Diary in the Epstein Files: 32 Pages Written by a Trafficking Victim While It Was Happening

I've read tens of thousands of pages of the Epstein files.
This diary is one of the hardest documents I've encountered. 32 pages. Written by a girl while she was being trafficked.

CW: child trafficking, sexual abuse, child loss.

youtu.be/GAuu4-52E1Q

The CIA is up to something and Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who is the longest serving member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, doesn't like it but can't tell us about it.

And I would be remiss if I did not include one of my favorite videos to produce every year:

The wildest political moments of the year

You can watch a cutdown of 2025's moments below and you can watch each video I have done over the past 8 years here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has shifted its immigration enforcement rhetoric and tactics following the deaths of two U.S. citizens.

I examined these shifts in a video that I published yesterday.

WRONG. I-205 administrative warrants are not issued by immigration judges. They’re signed by ICE officers. And EVEN IF THEY WERE issued by an immigration judge - they are executive branch employees, NOT judicial branch. JUDICIAL warrants are needed to enter a home without consent.

In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage

Thread starting with 🚨 TWO SHOCKING FACTS: Epstein was in direct contact with Putin, boasting of personal invites to St Petersburg. He co-owned Thiel’s Valar Ventures w/ Ehud Barak, backing Israeli surveillance firm Carbyne. 1/12
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...

Voter Approved!!

YouTube video by Washington Post 'Democracy Dies in Darkness': Super Bowl commercial (2019)

Seven years ago yesterday, this ad ran during the Super Bowl.

The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...

DHS lies constantly. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

This man deserves every award ever.

I learned a new acronym today: DARVO. Normally used to describe the actions of abusers and sexual offenders, it describes Trump and everyone in his administration perfectly.

#DemVoice1