Ron Shaw

No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.

Polish PM Tusk says Kyiv must be involved in Ukraine peace talks Kyiv must be involved in any discussions about ending the war in Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday.

🇵🇱 Polish PM Tusk says 🇺🇦 Kyiv must be involved in Ukraine peace talks!
#Trump #Ignorant
#Ukraine #Russia
www.reuters.com/world/europe...

It’s time
It really is

“.. Small businesses especially are grappling with the ability to stay in business.”

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Charlie Kirk calls for ‘full military occupation’ of US cities ‘once we liberate DC’ ‘We got to go hard. We gotta go big league. We're talking National Guard, tanks — every street, you need military,’ Charlie Kirk exclaimed on Monday.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... This is fascist talk, folks! A president using the military to take over American cities is an unconstitutional power grab and an end to our constitutional republic. This is crazy talk and it must be stopped! Anything to divert attention from the Epstein files!

GOP's Texas map has Austin residents sharing district with rural Texans 300 miles away It would "suppress the votes of Black and brown Austinites," one Democrat said.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/gop... Gerrymandering is undemocratic. It disenfranchises voters by splitting up voters in urban areas to illegally block fair representation of racial, ethnic and religious minorities. It should be banned nationally. Until then we are in a cold civil war between the states.

Odd, how South Park is covering Kristi Noem and her ICE hooligans more accurately than The New York Times.

Jordy Meiselas: ICE didn't just lower the age requirement—they removed the age requirement. Now, at any age—you can go and join. They've riled up their base and have given them one lane to occupy: take out your anger, become an ICE agent, and chase down migrants. They are preying on people's hate.

It’s on!

Prices are climbing, and the big question is—how much worse will it get, and when does it stop?

Trump’s tariffs are the highest in nearly 100 years. And the promise of a manufacturing boom is just a hope and a prayer when profitability is tanking.

No one’s going to invest in uncertainty.

Hegseth Threatens Civil War to Defend Confederate History The defense secretary defended his decision to restore a Confederate monument in Arlington National Cemetery.

www.thedailybeast.com/hegseth-thre... Disgusting betrayal of the Union. The Confederacy was a defeated enemy nation. Other than history and graveyards, it deserves no mention, memorials, honor or praise. It belongs in the past. Not in the 21st Century.

NEWS: Annie Farmer, an Epstein survivor who testified against Ghislaine Maxwell, just revealed on CNN that she wrote a letter with her concerns to Deputy AG Blanche — and received no response.

She says neither she nor other survivors have heard a word from the DOJ.

Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader; 'We're beyond waiting and seeing now'

The American people, by a 28-point margin, overwhelmingly oppose Netanyahu’s barbaric war against the Palestinian people.

When will their members of Congress listen?

The top 1% now owns more than $54 trillion in wealth.

That’s 468 times more than the bottom 50%.

One man — Elon Musk — owns more than the bottom half COMBINED.

This is what I mean when I talk about oligarchy.

Q: Should New York's independent redistricting commission should be disbanded?

Gov. Kathy Hochul: "Yes. I'm tired of fighting this fight with my hand tied behind my back."

Abbott just issued arrest warrants for the Dems who fled the state.

Rep Jasmine Crockett: unbothered.

“You have a lot of intelligent attorneys that serve in the Texas House, and so they know there’s nothing he can do outside of the Texas jurisdiction.”

NY GOV. KATHY HOCHUL: “If we refuse to fight for our democracy, we’re doomed to lose it… bullies in Texas are not going to intimidate us.”

Casar: "This idea of fining legislators -- and now I'm starting to hear about the governor or the speaker of the house trying to expel lawmakers from office -- is deeply unconstitutional and it is part of a worrying trend ... it's the kind of authoritarian thing that we think about in other nations"

Hochul: "This is a war. We are at war. And that's why the gloves are off and I say, bring it on."

We’ve reached the point of a cold civil war in this country. The Insurrection succeeded. They’re exacting revenge against everyone they don’t like whether it’s legal or Constitutional. Trump ordering Texas to rig the 2026 elections by gerrymandering the districts is a fascist power grab.

Maybe we should...

US to allow federal workers to promote religion in workplaces Federal employees may discuss and promote their religious beliefs in the workplace, the Trump administration said on Monday, citing religious freedoms protected by the U.S. Constitution.

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga... Unconstitutional! Of course, if MAGA wants to drag us down this rabbit hole, prepare for not just Christian workers pushing their beliefs on others but also Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Pagans, Satanists, etc. I don’t think MAGA has really thought this through…

Trump is making thousands of rule-abiding immigrants undocumented Inside the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.

They fled violence, sexual assault, and death threats.

Now thousands of legal immigrants, many of whom developed deep roots in the US, are at risk of deportation, marking the single largest delegalization campaign in US history.

The people telling you that we must choose between rigged capitalism or authoritarian socialism are lying to you. Democracies with mixed economies and fair regulations flourish best for everyone. Say no to false choices!

Thank you Stephen Colbert for your willingness to speak truth to power.

Staying far from timid.

And never bending the knee to a wannabe king.

"You have a huge cast of incredibly influential power brokers who were really, really close to Epstein, and I don't think we have any good explanation for that."

@dwallacewells.bsky.social with Tim Miller on today's Bulwark Podcast:

Trump Once Gave Epstein A Racy Birthday Card With A Strange Note: Report "May every day be another wonderful secret," the 2003 note said.

www.huffpost.com/entry/donald... "May every day be another wonderful secret," the 2003 note said.