Amy Herren

Tapper: What do you make of Abbott’s argument that you’re fleeing like chickens…

Crockett: The only weakling is the Governor himself. It’s not Texans that asked him to do this—it is the criminal in the White House that begged for him to do this.

Crockett: We're talking about them going after Clyburn in South Carolina, Andre Carson in Indiana, Reverend Cleaver in Missouri. Emilia Sykes in Ohio, three of the four black representatives that we currently have in the state of Texas. 

So don't tell me this isn't about race…

Crockett: "They have already decided the only way they can win, b/c they have failed policies, is by making sure they can cheat their way, & while they're cheating, the only way they can do that is while they violate the Constitution as well as the Voting Rights Act & make sure it's people of color"

The president of the United States is an ignorant moron. He probably couldn't find Ukraine on a marked map.

Idiot. The Russians tried to establish an airhead outside Kyiv, and were defeated at the battle of Antonov Airport. Then they rolled tank columns down both sides of the Dnieper—using highways!—and were beaten back.

Reporter: I have lived in the DC area for almost 50 years now. The most violent moment in my life was January 6th, 2021, when Trump's supporters charged into the Capitol and beat cops. Trump's response to that was to pardon everyone who was involved

The Trump Party checks all 15 boxes without trying hard at all. As experts in fascism have said, the United States is way down the fascist path.

Don’t stop resisting. Never give up.

One perverse aspect of Trump calling up the D.C. National Guard while crime plummets to a 30-year-low: Trump REFUSED to call up the D.C. Guard on Jan. 6 to counter an insurrection that he himself incited.

If Congress won't give D.C. statehood, at least give us control over our National Guard.

The irony is not lost on many in Washington that Trump says spitting on a DC cop is justification for hitting/punching back "hard" when he pardoned hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters who assaulted those same cops — and said attacks on them that day were "minor."

I hate this man so much

Every news broadcast should run the facts split-screen in real time while Trump spews his lies.

Nice work, @msnbc.com — every network had time to prepare because they knew what was coming.

Kind of a weird thing to announce while you’re attempting a federal takeover of DC

Pritzker: "It's cheating. Donald Trump is a cheater. He cheats on his wives. He cheats at golf. And now he's trying to cheat the American people out of their votes."

Nice reporting by the Harvard Crimson, which cuts to the chase on the Trump Administration's objectives

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Pritzker: "Gov. Abbott is the joke ... at a time when all of us are concerned about the future of democracy, he's literally helping whittle it away and licking the boots of his leader Donald Trump."

Governors Can Not Remove Elected Legislators. Period. A democracy must have an independent legislature. Only voters elect and unelect representatives.

History and Article IV’s Guarantee Clause makes clear that a state’s governor cannot remove members of the legislature. No governor has ever claimed such power. It runs against the full history of Texas and American democracy as a whole.

open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Sure, but crime against guys called Big Balls is out of control.

Trump Rages at ‘Deranged Bum’ Nobel Laureate in Late-Night Meltdown The president went after economist Paul Krugman in an irate Truth Social post.

Well, this is flattering. I may add "Deranged BUM" to my profile

www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

Threats of the militarization of cities—, including DC which has been fighting for self determination for generations, isn’t a “distraction”.

It’s a massive, giant, red trial balloon

For what an American president can do YOUR city if you feel like it.

I need people to wake up.

Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.

How Did We Arrive at this Redistricting Mess? The Supreme Court, Of Course “Is This How American Democracy is Supposed to Work?”

Before folks start critiquing the possibility of Democrats redistricting in blue states in response the Republican/Trump gerrymandering-palooza, let’s remember that the Dems would only be playing the hand SCOTUS dealt.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

The passion, energy and determination of a new class of incoming students at @howardlawschool.bsky.social and the brilliant leadership of Dean Roger Fairfax keep me energized. @the14thcenter.bsky.social

Trump is turning the FBI into an East German-style Stasi. In front of our very eyes.

US to rewrite its past national climate reports US President Donald Trump's administration is revising past editions of the nation's premier climate report -- its latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.

The Trump administration has announced that the US will rewrite past climate reports, in a clear attempt to erase scientific history and undermine the consensus on human-caused climate change.

A genuinely good part of the old Republican aesthetic is how it sought to play down wealth, an impulse born from Protestant values. You can see this in how Bush dressed and decorated his living spaces

That aesthetic now replaced by gilt detailing designed to remind you that the occupant is wealthy.

the gold detailing above the Oval Office entrance. the details are not very crisp.

A post that says "yes id like the landlord special please." shows the window frame having been painted over so many times, drips of paint have formed like stalactites

rental aesthetic

Some gold detailing above the Oval Office entrance.

Some gold detailing at the Hôtel de la Marine

Some gold detailing at the Hôtel de la Marine

Some gold detailing at the Hôtel de la Marine

the lack of crispness in the detailing of this is so funny to me. truly Temu level shit

Pic 1: Oval Office
Pics 2, 3, and 4: Hôtel de la Marine