TheOptimisticCynic

Sorry about that, lawyers. All that stuff you learned in law school doesn't matter anymore.

Unlike doctors. All the stuff we learned in med school and thought we'd never have to actually know about is now becoming very critical again (measles, diphtheria, pertussis)

'I'm Terrified I'll Die': Bernie Sanders Unveils Report on Healthcare Devastation Looming for American Families | Common Dreams Sen. Bernie Sanders' report reveals Americans' fears over GOP healthcare policies, detailing personal stories of struggles with rising insurance costs.

'I'm Terrified I'll Die': Bernie Sanders Unveils Report on Healthcare Devastation Looming for American Families www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

Fuck Gavin Newsom. No I'm not voting for him.

Why didn't Democratic Senators ask Pam Bondi why she didn't prosecute Jeffrey Epstein when she was Florida's Attorney General from 2011 to 2019 at the very time he was running his child sex ring in Florida?!!

California College Student Dies After Cybertruck Doors Refused To Open After Crash: Report A female college student from California died inside a Cybertruck after the electric vehicle locked her and her friends inside the burning vehicle,

This says it all!!!

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it’s odd that the rightwing has been able to monopolize “being fit” as an aesthetic online, even the whitehouse social media has in recent weeks dunked on “fat libs” because the average rightwinger in the united states is usually guys like this

By all means, indict Jack Smith on bullshit allegations and give him the trial that SCOTUS denied him.

Poke the bear, Donnie. See what happens.

This strikes me as pretty bad

Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

Remember, it was the Washington Post who gave Bondi a thumbs up to be confirmed. Democracy Docket made clear from day one that she was an election denying sycophant.

No surprise at their coverage of today. Support independent, pro-democracy media today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Stephen Miller, on CNN, said, "...the president has plenary authority --" then froze. He leaked his own legal strategy.

It means absolute authority; no limitations. The Constitution grants this to the federal government in specific circumstances - but Trump believes *he* is the government.

Starmer is right it is unbritish - the British thing to do is colonise a region, divide and rule, sponsor genocide, then barge in at the last hour to declare “fair play” and provide a solution that secures economic interests

Like the British empire did after “abolishing“ 300 years of slavery.

A purported leader reacting angrily to a country song seems weak, not strong.

What are in the Epstein files that is worth keeping the government shutdown?

#CapitalismIsTheProblem
#OligarchsAreTheEnemy

Act accordingly.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Benjamin Netanyahu called for the extermination of all Palestinians on American television, under the name "Ben Netay" - in the 1970s.

Netanyahu called for the extermination of all Palestinians at massive racist rallies

Never before in American history has one state's military force been deployed in another state over its objection.

I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.

ICE plans to boost its surveillance on social media using contractors in Vermont U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to use a hub in Vermont to bolster its digital surveillance capabilities as the agency ramps up operations across the country at the direction of leaders...

George Orwell predicted it....

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ICE plans to boost its surveillance on social media using contractors in Vermont

Sen. WHITEHOUSE to Bondi: Responding with completely irrelevant far-right internet talking points is not helpful here. These are pretty simple questions.

Split image. On the left is a block of text quoting Muhammad Ali in 1978 about his experiences in the Soviet Union. The quotes include: Ali saying he never saw a beggar in the USSR and felt safe without fear of being robbed; that contrary to propaganda, Muslims, Christians, and Jews could pray freely; that he experienced no suspicion running through neighbourhoods as a Black man — unlike in the US, where running in white neighborhoods made people assume he was stealing. Ali describes Russian people as not questioning why a Black man was present or running through their cities. At the bottom, the quote is attributed to Muhammad Ali, 1978. On the right is a colour photo of Muhammad Ali in a blue tracksuit with yellow-striped cuffs, arms crossed, standing confidently in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow’s Red Square.

The US told its citizens the Soviet Union was a land of poverty, oppression, and “no freedom.” Yet Ali saw no beggars, no homelessness, no racial profiling, and no harassment while running through Moscow.

Meanwhile in the US, Ali couldn’t run in white neighborhoods without being racially abused.

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

Phang: How are these Epstein victims supposed to feel about closure when you see Blanche meeting with Maxwell and then giving her a minimum-security camp move?

And now, conversations allegedly that Trump is going to have with the DOJ about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell. It is an abomination

How can Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers contend she's innocent, when a jury heard the evidence and found her guilty? Same goes for Trump & his business fraud conviction, when evidence proves otherwise! These people have no respect for any laws they don't like & think they can do whatever they want.