Merilee D. Karr

Nominee to be the Office of Special Counsel, ie., the guy federal employees must appeal to if they think they have been treated unfairly

Rule of law is not in effect if they can violate your rights and then just lie about it

And if Trump may tear down part of the White House without congressional approval, I don't see an argument against his authority to tear down the entire White House at his whim.

We Are Getting Under Their Skin. They know they are weakening in numbers and organizing. KEEP UP THE PRESSURE! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

The biggest renovation of the White House -- the so-called Truman Reconstruction of 1949-1952 -- came about only because the building was in such a state of disrepair that inspectors decided it was unsafe for occupancy.

Not because the president just decided he needed a big fancy ballroom.

People aren’t gonna get their SNAP benefits next month but the President is remodeling the White House what fresh hell

I haven’t seen a single Republican show any concern for workers going without pay, still scraping together money for childcare and transportation just to get to the office.

They just care about keeping Trump happy and blocking the Epstein files.

STAND STRONG, DEMOCRATS
( @rokhanna.bsky.social )

Taking care of Medicare like the Detroit mob took care of Jimmy Hoffa.

According to the 9th Circuit, the president can just make shit up and the courts have treat it as if it is factually relevant.

Ok we’re moving fast people! State of Oregon immediately requested En Banc hearing for reconsideration of the decision by judges across the 9th Circuit:

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71554...

Clearly Trump lied when he said his $250 million ballroom wouldn’t “interfere” with the White House.

So who’s watching this mess; the White House Historical Association or the Office of the Curator? Because someone needs to make sure he’s not bulldozing history for a dance floor.

Black lung keeps killing America's coal miners. Does Donald Trump even care? Miners and their advocates are begging the administration to enforce a Biden-era rule meant to protect them.

Miners and their advocates are begging the administration to enforce a Biden-era rule meant to protect them.

At the South Portland ICE facility, after pushing back the crowd to let some vehicles leave, agents gassed the street for approximately 10 minutes solid. S Bancroft was opaque with gas; agents also threw flash grenades and shot pepper bullets.

No Kings was a huge success. Just look at Trump's response. Turnout was enormous. There was no violence. And the wannabe king is triggered.

"Every tyrant tries to convince the public that support for them is all but universal and opposition is both dangerous and futile. Trump will keep saying that. But after No Kings, it will be even harder to believe than it was before." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

Enormous protests against a not-fully-entrenched fascist regime are good, actually.

Everyone has a strategic critique, but guess what, the world is your oyster. Go fucking organize people if you want collective action to be in your preferred flavor. Learn how to persuade people who are different.

❤️ this 🧵

Frogs aside, Portland has a history of contending with police
violence, fascist white supremacy, and plutocratic control that helps explain the right-wing fascination with the city.

BREAKING: A Ninth Circuit judge has sua sponte — on their own — already called for a vote on whether there should be an en banc rehearing (which means all active judges will vote on whether the matter should be reheard). Briefing is called for on that question, due by mid-week.

Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.

Bari Weiss and the Tyranny of False Balance When “Why does the country think you’re biased?” becomes surrender dressed as sophistication

While I deeply appreciate the many new voices writing about the media's Both Sides fetish, I can't help but feeling exhausted given I've been writing about this as the *key* glitch in American media/democracy that might doom us all ... for over 20 years.

www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/bari-weiss...

We currently have a president who is so childishly crude and grotesque that newspapers consider it indecent to accurately describe the video he recently posted, and TV shows think it is indecent to show it.

But many Americans are OK that the Oval Office is home to the nation's crassest toddler.

OMG! In Comey's motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution, he points to others who have lied to Congress that were NOT prosecuted. Number one is JEFF SESSIONS when he said "I have been called a surrogate at a time or two, but I did not have contact with the Russians." 1/

Yeah. So The White House
is designated a National Historic Landmark.

That means:

It’s formally recognized as having exceptional national historical significance.

Any substantial changes, demolitions, or new construction affecting it are tightly restricted.

It’s not his house! WTF.

FAFO!!

Idk gang, maybe continuing to allow the same 3 companies to control 174% of the world is a stupid idea.

Destruction of the White House East Wing began today. Here it is in better times with better residents.

He’s spending millions for a ballroom while American soldiers go without pay…

Bulldozing the East Wing cause you want a ballroom is Fascist King 101… spiteful bitch