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This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

Nothing says America First like bailing out Argentina while making healthcare unaffordable for 20+ million Americans.

Or signing an Article 5 protection treaty with Qatar coz they bribed you with a plane, while screwing over longstanding NATO allies.

Folks, I think America First might be a scam.

Why We Don't Politicize the Military When I started working on this piece, it was in the context of Trump‘s announced decision to bring the National Guard and the Marines into Los Angeles to quell protests against ICE.

This is one of the most important pieces I've written and I hope you'll read it. Politicizing the military is dangerously destabilizing for democracy-learn more from the vantage point of people who have served. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

This is an insurrection.

YouTube video by CTFORUM An Evening with President Barack Obama

Last night in Connecticut. Former President Barack Obama and historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social .
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIBC...

Iran is bad actor, no question. During my time in Iraq I saw that firsthand. But the real problem moving forward isn’t what a successful strike looks like, it’s what happens next. The real problem is getting into another forever war.

YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin MSNBC: Slotkin talks Hegseth Hearing

Watch my full interview with @msnbc.com: youtu.be/x7Wy21VTO7E?...

Walz: We don’t need to run government like a business, because we’re not in the profit-making business. We’re in the business of improving lives and looking toward the future.

And second, this guy has a proven track record of being an absolute failure.

May 7, 2025 Alarm appears to be rising about how the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) is consolidating data about Americans.

May 7, 2025

We're in this mess not just because of Trump. We're in this mess because of a delinquent Republican-controlled Congress that has abdicated its constitutional duties and has allowed--indeed applauded--a malignant president to ignore separation of powers.

The issue is not whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a gang member or undocumented or “a criminal,” though he has no criminal history. The issue is due process. I’ll discuss with Ari Melber at 6 pm ET on @MSNBC.

The Pardon-to-Prison Pipeline Trump granted clemency to people who keep ending up back in trouble with the law.

People to whom President Donald Trump has granted clemency keep ending up back in trouble with the law, @dgraham.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily. So much for his promise to bring “law and order” back to America.

I stand behind Harvard’s decision to fight against this unprecedented tyranny.

Power to the people. ✊🏼

Donald Trump is deporting legal US residents to a foreign gulag, and he has stated publicly that he is moving on to citizens next. This is a Constitutional crisis. Will a single Republican stand up for our Constitution?

Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them. To avoid retribution, big firms agreed to provide free legal services for uncontroversial causes. To the White House, that could mean negotiating trade deals — or even defending the president and his ...

Once you capitulate, it’s never enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...

China orders its airlines to stop accepting deliveries of Boeing jets, report says As its trade war with the U.S. widens, China has ordered its airlines to stop accepting Boeing jet deliveries, Bloomberg reports.

Everyone should ask Rep. Nancy Mace if she supports Trump's destructive tariffs... or if she supports the thousands of Boeing employees based in her district hanging in the balance?

They deserve to know, their livelihoods are on the line. Does she care? Call her to ask for yourself: (202) 225-3176

China orders its airlines to stop accepting deliveries of Boeing jets, report says As its trade war with the U.S. widens, China has ordered its airlines to stop accepting Boeing jet deliveries, Bloomberg reports.

China just halted orders of all Boeing planes.

This is a major strategic failure for Trump.

#GVerse #Food4Thought 😉

I wasn’t even allowed to sleep over a friend’s house on school nights.

The Trump regime is working to deter dissent.

Anyone who goes against Trump could end up on a target list.

This is having a chilling effect on five major pillars of society — universities, science, the media, the law, and the arts.

It's straight out of the fascist playbook.

The Reformers We support Dems in The Fight Join Us! Wisconsin Judge Susan Crawford Graphics by @RogueCitizenOne.bsky.so- cial

The Reformers support Susan Crawford for WI Supreme Court!

@thereformers.bsky.social

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Hands Off! Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...

Now is the time to fight back against MAGA tyranny. Show up on April 5 for the "Hands Off!" protests. Check this link to find a protest near you. If you can get to Washington to help build a huge crowd there, do it.

When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.

Fox News Has Benched Its Chief National Security Correspondent for 30 Hours and Counting After Massive National Security Leak Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has been with the network for over 25 years, providing frontline reporting from locations around the globe, including Jerusalem and Mosc...

Wow. Fox refused to put their longtime Chief National Security Correspondent on air since the Signal story broke because she has been honest on social media about it. www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-...

In case you’ve forgotten how we used to treat this sort of thing…

There would be bipartisan calls for investigations

Impeachment would be a foregone conclusion

Several people would’ve resigned or been fired by end of day

Back when responsible adults were in charge, not this insane clown posse

This questioning by @ossoff.bsky.social is the kind of energy we need to see from every single Democrat.

When the stakes are this high, incompetence is not an option.

Pete Hegseth should resign.

Mike Waltz should resign.

I see tomorrow is Friday.

Is Friday going a tariff day, or a some-tariffs day, or a no-tariffs day?

Or will it be some other kind of day, like an annex-Greenland day, or a Hannibal-Lecter-wants-to-have-you-for-dinner day, or an Arnold-Palmer-size day, or something else?

I just can’t keep track.

arguing about what sort of reaction Ds had to speech is stupid, irrelevant and counterproductive. the message is clear: Ds are only ones against Mr. Crazy Pants. Now get out and organize, demand town halls (even if Rs don't show), keep on Rs case (espec Collins, Tillis in Sen)