Alex Berger

American parents, please ignore Trump’s recent reiteration of nonsense about Tylenol and vaccines, as well as anything the man ever says about the health of your children. Please talk with your medical professionals.

$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings

But no money to lower your healthcare costs.

There are many good science fiction novels. Not a single one that I have read delivers a happy vision of the future in which aged right-wing billionaires control the media.

Trump admin then: “Nothing will be torn down”

Trump admin now:

What the fuck is wrong with you or your communications staff?! While the impact of tariffs and if they are even legal is important, we have Trump deploying state and national guard troops, starting a war with Venezuela, and carrying out extrajudicial killings, and you’re talking about TARIFFS?!!!

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

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Seattle’s current mayor days ago said he wants large screens downtown with an AI Martin Luther King Jr.

“Well, Dr. Martin Luther King, I've always wanted to meet you. What was your day like today? What did you have for breakfast?” — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell

Arizona AG threatens lawsuit as Johnson delays Grijalva swearing-in It's been three weeks since Grijalva's landslide win in the special election for southern Arizona's 7th Congressional District.

Today her election was certified. No more excuses.

North Carolina Is Latest Gop-Controlled State To Announce a Gerrymander Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This is a big deal.

This needs to become a huge story

From performative Mr. Free Speech to tiresome unctuous toady

A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid

George is a U.S. citizen and veteran — and he was still kidnapped by ICE and denied due process.

ICE cannot arrest, detain, or deport U.S. citizens — full stop. We must pass my Stop ICE from Kidnapping US Citizens Act immediately to stop these illegal actions.

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Missouri House Sends GOP Gerrymander to the Senate Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The Missouri House in a 90-65 vote approved a Republican congressional gerrymander, advancing the map to the Senate as part of a national plan to try to rig the 2026 election by eliminating Democratic seats in Congress. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Missouri House Gives Preliminary Approval to GOP Gerrymander, Ballot Initiative Attack Read more here.

The Missouri House gave preliminary approval to the GOP’s mid-decade congressional gerrymander Monday, taking another step toward passing a map designed to rig the 2026 election at the expense of Black voters in Kansas City. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Look on my works, ye Mighty Labors of Destruction and Creation

Labor Day. I thought of the lines from Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias”, as I contemplated the poster of Donald Trump that now decorate the Department of Labor in Washington, DC. I thought of labors of creation, and of destruction.
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BREAKING: The Pentagon has authorized up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges.

This is a blatant expansion of military power into a civilian judicial process, a dangerous erosion of the separation between the two.

Every day, we inch closer to fascism.

The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans.

And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich.

Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Senate hopeful, claimed 3 homes as his primary residence Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million home in a Dallas suburb. In 2015, they snapped up a second house in Austin.

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What are you going to do about this? Honestly. What concrete things are you going to do to stop this madness?

Please do everything in your power to remove RFK Jr. from office. This means you do more than just post on social media.

BREAKING: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey after Annunciation Catholic School shooting:

“Don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying!”

Stop paying for a f-cking minute and demand action by people and not just God.

Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers pr...

There is lots of hope to be had in this old world, even during the darkest of times. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots but limits access for some kids and adults The Food and Drug Administration has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for the upcoming fall and winter season.

NEW: Yesterday, I posted that I was unable to get the COVID vaccine at my VA clinic, and many of you assured me that the new one would be available soon and that I was overreacting. I was not overreacting. I am no longer eligible for the vaccine. apnews.com/article/vacc...

Judge Decides Fate of Commissioners Who Refused GOP Nominees “I think I have the right … to vote my conscience,” Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. said regarding the county Board of Elections.

BREAKING: In Atlanta, GOP operatives are trying to strong-arm Fulton County into installing two far-right activists on Georgia’s LARGEST elections board

Both have ties to the national voter suppression machine & a record of undermining confidence in our elections

This can't fly under the radar

SPD Chiefs Received $50,000 Bonuses Meant to Address Police Hiring Shortage - PubliCola By Erica C. Barnett PubliCola has exclusively confirmed that two of the top-level staff hired by new Police Chief Shon…

PubliCola exclusive: SPD Chiefs Received $50,000 Bonuses Meant to Address Police Hiring Shortage

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Nike Co-Founder Phil Knight Gifts $2 Billion To Oregon Cancer Institute—The Largest University Donation Ever Knight is one of America’s most generous philanthropists, according to Forbes data, donating billions of dollars to educational institutions throughout his life.

Knight is one of America’s most generous philanthropists, according to Forbes data, donating billions of dollars to educational institutions throughout his life.