‘The Work of Democracy is The Work of Our Time’

I knew this kid would turn out no good.

Rep. McIver: “Secretary Noem, you have treated Congressional oversight as an inconvenience…Republicans on this committee may be willing to hand over their constitutional duty in order to kiss this administration’s butt cheeks, but I am not.”

Sean Hecker, Kilmar's attorney, once hailed how much courage it took Kilmar to challenge what DOJ/DHS is doing to him. That stuck with me. Kilmar Abrego is just some guy, vulnerable in a way most of us are not.

But he has taken on Trump and ... thus far at least, prevailed.

Crowds form outside the Bank of United States' Southern Boulevard branch in the Bronx on Dec. 10, 1930. The bank closed the next day, triggering other bank failures.

#ResistanceRoots

Today in history, 1930: The Bank of the United States closes its doors, triggering other bank failures. It was the biggest bank failure in U.S. history to date, shocking the financial world. Some historians say this event transformed a recession into the Great Depression. /1

Yes, indeed. Europe is compelled to lead now. Yet, they cannot be impulsive- they are up against this axis of autocrats - an international crime syndicate. Europe is building their own army and alliances ie. Canada. UK, too, needs to get off the fence and rejoin the EU asap. bsky.app/profile/ronf...

Hugo Black - Wikipedia

I believe he’s talking about Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Bl...

My full statement on the long-overdue release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia⬇️

Welp.

Fuck Liam Neeson.

Support for #Wormbrain is a dealbreaker.

Democrats who voted against the NDAA, which bans trans athletes in women's sports at US military academies.
-Bennet
-Booker
-Cantwell
-Duckworth
-Kim
-Markey
-Merkley
-Murphy
-Murray
-Padilla
-Sanders
-Schatz
-Schiff
-Smith
-Van Hollen
-Warren
-Welch
-Wyden www.senate.gov/legislative/...

I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.

#breaking 1 killed, 4 wounded in Kyiv in terrorist attack, Kyiv prosecutor’s office says

The Trump Admin is FAILING where failure is not an option. Last week, a federally managed seismic sensor system sent a false ShakeAlert to millions — incorrectly signaling a major earthquake and exposing serious technical and oversight failures in a critical federal early-warning network. Trump's attacks on NOAA and cuts to the National Tsunami Warning System are undermining hurricane forecasting, flood prediction, and the science communities rely on as climate change fuels more extreme storms — leaving responders with less information as water levels rise. California is doing its part: investing in earthquake early warning, upgrading flood defenses, expanding coastal monitoring, and building one of the most advanced disaster-readiness networks in the world. But disasters don't stop at state lines — and we need a federal partner, not a federal failure.

The Trump Admin is FAILING where failure is not an option.

Still incandescent over the Republicans thinking they can toss $1500 HSAs at people and call it health care. I honestly can’t stop thinking about how utterly cynical and craven it is.

We're a co-op of working class trans reporters in a city that remains, despite the marketing, still a disaster zone in so many ways.

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In addition to having incredible holdings, the Boston Public Library Special Collection has some of the most generous and helpful archivist around. Plus, the view on walking out after a great of research can’t be beat! 🗃️

Trump plans to break up EU by ‘pulling four MAGA allies’ out of bloc, report claims The White House pushed back on claims that Washington was seeking to take nations including Italy and Hungary out of the EU

The Trump admin made plans to pull 4 countries out of the EU & into the orbit of the US in an effort to “Make Europe Great Again”. The plan envisions Austria, Hungary, Italy & Poland out of the EU & into alignment w. the US, while backing interference movements.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Just imagine being the kind of person who does this.

Quite the day for Trump: The defeat below, the defeat in Indiana, the defeat on the latest Letitia James case, the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, really bad poll numbers (his handling of the economy numbers threatening to fall into the 20s) He's losing it politically as fast as he is mentally.

The Architects of AI Are TIME's 2025 Person of the Year The Architects of AI drove the economy, shaped geopolitics, and changed the way we interact with the world

And who stands to gain from pushing AI?

The owner of Time, billionaire Marc Benioff.

When billionaires take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.

time.com/7339685/pers...

Thanks for putting your fucking mafia extortion tactics in full view, guys.

#Indiana #Trump

If they didn’t have these dirty, underhanded methods, as well as having case tampering down to a science,

We wouldn’t be here.

Human lives are theoretical to them, too.

Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.

They are openly saying this.

Who would want to live in a country that works like that?

"An anti-vaccine organization founded by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants the FDA to yank the most widely used COVID vaccines from the market, Axios' Caitlin Owens reports. That's despite RFK's promises that he won't take vaccines away from anyone — and part of a growing call from vaccine skeptics to pull the shots. Children's Health Defense this week filed a petition asking FDA commissioner Marty Makary to deem Moderna's and Pfizer's COVID vaccines "misbranded" and revoke their licenses due to a lack of "compliance with FDA regulations." 🚑 Its argument is based on the vaccines' conversion from emergency use early in the pandemic to full approval later on. In other administrations, the move would be an extreme long shot. 👨‍💼 But Kennedy's personal ties to Children's Health Defense may improve its prospects."

This is just monstrous ...

www.axios.com/newsletters/...

“Your options are limited. You either resign, Trump fires you, or you will be impeached.” ramirez.house.gov/media/press-...

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ICYMI
Here is the video of Rep. Seth Magaziner *D..RI calling out ICE BARBIE NOEM on her lies

And to
Se Jun Park our Country cries out for the atrocity HHS has done to you
We thank you and honor your service...Purple Heart recipient

This the core problem with the White House Press Corps encapsulated: Karoline Leavitt just lied right to your face, you know she's incorrect, and you just move on to your next topic.

It matters that she's wrong and/or lying about it! Stay there!

I’m not debating anything with antivaxxers. Predecessors in my field eradicated smallpox in the Americas. Eradicated wild polio during my mother’s childhood. Eliminated measles when I was in elementary school.

COVID denial killed my 31 y/o science-denying brother.

Goodluck and God speed.