Chad Lehman

JUST NOW: At news conference, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) about Kristi Noem:

"Let me just say about Kristi Noem. She is a disgraceful, despicable and deplorable human being. Why is she still around??"

It's infuriating and frankly disrespectful to call our modern-day Gestapo, aka ICE, "law enforcement officers." They're nothing of the sort. Real law enforcement protects (or should protect) people. ICE terrorizes them.

Promises made. Promises broken. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

You don’t bring about democracy and human rights by bombing from 35,000 feet.

Tom Tillis has been DESTROYING Noem for the last five minutes.

very useful to return to the methodological fights of old for historical context. this is Gabriel Almond writing in 1988, for example. insisting that without using LLMs you'll be "left behind" is not a new argument, or a true one.

Today in Iran…

Don’t forget the Epstein files. He wants you to stop talking about them, which is why he invades random countries and acts irrational.

This is smartly framed by @rokhanna.bsky.social…and true.

The brutal, despicable, and grim side of war. The burial of the 150 elementary school girls killed in American-Israeli strikes on #Iran was today.

Tillis: "In about a week and half, we're gonna get a plaque on the wall in the Capitol thank the Capitol police officers and all the agencies that responded on January 6. All those thugs have been pardoned, and yet we haven't thanked the Capitol police officers for their work."

big, strong admirals, with tears in their eyes, they come to me and say, “mister president, what in the fuck are you talking about?”

From Fletch. Fletch asks, "Did you steal this car?" Kid says, "I sure did!"

I sure did!

Politicians Sanders and Khanna have proposed a 5% wealth tax on billionaires, raising $4.4 trillion in 10 years, with $3,000 checks in year one for Americans earning $150,000 or less.

Sen. Durbin: “You and your agency rushed to brand these victims as domestic terrorists…Do you retract these statements identifying these individuals as domestic terrorists?”

Noem: *does not retract her statement*

Excellent advice right here.

I need to stress something here:

The US destroying Iran’s navy is about as impressive as prime Michael Jordan dunking on a toddler.

I know the administration needs something to brag about, but this outcome was literally never in question.

Kristi Noem refuses to retract her statements that Renee Good and Alex Pretti were domestic terrorists.

Raise your hand if you agree Kristi Noem must RESIGN. ✋

Frost: Asking questions about UFOs… it has nothing to do with the investigation. Don't waste our time. Don't waste the time of survivors who have been waiting and waiting for justice.

Y’all.

@katmabu.bsky.social is an amazing candidate in Illinois! Follow her, support her and donate if you can 🔥

She’s exactly the type of progressive that we need…annnnd, she comes complete with an attack cat! #winning

#SheShed

Gregory Kent Bovino is now under criminal investigation by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office for his conduct during Operation Metro Surge.

No way. History started in 2016.

BREAKING: The UN's nuclear watchdog chief, Rafael Grossi, says inspectors have not found evidence of a coordinated Iranian program to build nuclear weapons, despite Israeli and US claims.
LIVE updates: aje.news/dp8prb

Mike Johnson's strategy to allow the Trump admin to do whatever it wants with zero oversight or congressional authority or input is just to keep the House out of session repeatedly for extended periods of time.

It's almost like they really didn't think this through, and it never occurred to them that they were supposed to.

Judge rejects Trump admin's bid to shield detention centers: 'Transparency not negotiable' WASHINGTON — A federal judge Monday temporarily blocked a Department of Homeland Security policy that instituted a seven-day notice requirement for members of Congress to conduct oversight visits at f...

Good! Hold them accountable for the abysmal conditions and then shut their ass down!

#Pinks
#ProudBlue

www.rawstory.com/judge-blocks...

To your point, it's probably time (if not well past time) to acknowledge that the USA has never particularly been great in the sense that we've had these deep divides buried under the surface about civil rights and who counts as being a "real American." Trump unearthed the time bomb and armed it.