Drama of Tues SOTU includes these factors:

*will CJ Roberts attend and risk likely in-person denunciation from #47?
*will Dems' "alternative" SOTU attract many Members + attention?
*will Dem responder Guv Spanberger really sit in room looking small after raucus event or speak at the Alter one?

British Monarch undertand Rule-of-Law better than American President:

*King Charles - given no advance news of brother's arrest for Epstein ties - said "the law must take its course."

*King Donald orders his lawyers to cover up his involvment.

Now PedoProtector to run 250th of 1776?

Perverse.

In future generations, perhaps the biggest con in the cartoon #47 regime will be their analysis that word "Regulation" = Bad & word "Deregulation" = Good.

The evidence? They said so.

FYI, deaths per mile driven fell by 75% over 50 years due to federal auto safety & local highway rules.

Lee is venal but I hadn't thought stupid: why would lawful immigrants fear ICE? Mike, why don't you ask Renee Good and Alex Pretti?

Oh.

Donald Trump is so focused on putting his name on everything, so let's grant him his wish by calling them the Trump-Epstein files.

This is a massive cover-up by Trump and his cronies, and I won’t stop until we hold them accountable.

Raskin & Bondi enter 'The Inflection Zone' Watch now |

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Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress

It's the citizens on this grand jury & the people blowing whistles in Minneapolis & across America that are standing up to Trump's lawless, authoritarian takeover.
 
We, the People are protecting our democracy as spineless Republicans in Congress roll over for Trump every time.

DEFEATING THE NEW AXIS-OF-EVIL DEFEATING THE NEW AXIS-OF-EVIL

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Here is today's new Substack: CAN DEMS GO BIG OR GO HOME TO DEFEAT THE NEW-AXIS-OF-EVIL?

This is like something out of a horror movie, my god

Are there apes and monkeys in the lion king ? I think not.

Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio? Nazi Lies in Vance's America

“After a Springfield pogrom, JD Vance will have his first namesake policy. “JD Genocide,” or perhaps “Genocide Vance” -- if all this happens, the sobriquets will write themselves.” This prophecy must be prevented from becoming a reality. If it isn’t, God help us.
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Donald Trump said today that "Republicans should say, we want to take over. We should take over the voting."

My life's work is to prevent that from happening. I built a law firm to stop it. I started Democracy Docket as another tool in the fight for democracy. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

It should be crystal clear to anyone with eyes and ears that Trump is DETERMINED to subvert free and fair elections in America.

But in America, state and local governments run elections. So Trump can kick rocks.

Still, ALL of Congress must be VIGILANT.

Their favorite M.O. is hiding failure w/Scandal Fatigue:

TeamTrump a) raids election ofdfice after going 0-for-60 in claims of 2020 fraud & POTUS sends the fleet toward Iran to back up threats of war.

Nice. Except religious mullahs don't blink much.

The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.

Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.

“I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say ‘The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the f*ck they want and make sh*t up as they go along.’” — George Conway

H. L. Mencken, 1920: "The President represents the inner soul of the people. Some day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and a complete narcissistic moron."

Amazing & prescient Mencken quote .

Brown shirts

Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.

Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.

Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see.

Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him.

It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...

Video: Opinion | Is This Who Trump Meant by the ‘Worst of the Worst’? The columnist Jamelle Bouie argues that the Trump administration’s immigration policy has more in common with ethnic cleansing than actual immigration enforcement.

This is excellent from @jamellebouie.net and video team and you should watch it and send to everyone you know www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

On several occasions

omg it’s so embarrassing

Dragging this grandpa out in his bathrobe

Talk about a performative presidency!

The Supreme Court is about to conclude that Trump's tariffs are unconstitutional since only the House under Article 1 can initiate tax schemes.

This will deprive him of a key lever allowing him to try to be the boss of the world.

Just before Renee Good's murder, her spouse observed that "we have whistles, they have guns."

So Minn.-St. Paul have 1200 police officers for everything yet ICE already has 2000 there and intend to send more.

Overkill much?