Rob Rioux

Absolutely true. I’ve been saying since 2017 that we need to show up en masse in DC in numbers so large that city comes to a halt. We need to stay there, taking shifts if necessary, with relentless determination.

Dear Murkowski, Thune, Collins, Tillis, Ernst, Cassidy, Capito,

When the ICEStapo shatters glass on a baby in a car seat… and pulls a zip-tie tight on a child’s hands… and throws a woman to the ground…

Those are your hands doing the harm EVERY time in EVERY place.

You have failed as humans.

I did look into it - urinating on a grave in Kentucky is a 2nd class misdemeanor. Definitely worth the risk in my opinion and I can’t wait to soil the ground he’s under.

Letter from George Bush to Bill Clinton.

Bush’s letter feels like it came from another planet - one where political rivals were still countrymen, not enemies. The ink is only 32 years old, but the sentiment might as well be from a century ago.

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

YouTube video by Farron Balanced Trump ORDERS Government Workers To Blame Democrats For Shutdown

Please share this excellent explanation of the Trump government shutdown with anyone who asks you what it is all about. Trust me, it will save you a lot of time explaining what it is all about. This commentator went out of his way to dummy proof his explanation.

Chris Murphy’s Extraordinary New Takedown of Trump Should Wake Up Dems The Democratic Senator has taken the lead in drawing attention to Trump’s authoritarianism. In an interview, he offers a stark new warning that should galvanize his fellow Democrats before it’s too la...

You can listen to the full interview with Chris Murphy in this link:
newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Everyone should listen to Chris Murphy's extraordinary warning about Trump on our pod. First, he says the logic must be that the more lawless he gets, the stiffer the resistance.

"If I give in and consent to these kinds of tactics then it just normalizes it all." 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Republicans control every branch in Washington.

Now, Trump is openly giddy about using the shutdown to slash and burn federal resources that working Americans count on.

His shutdown, and firings, will hurt people in every part of this country.

Millions of people don’t have the privilege of keeping their heads down when their rights and futures are under attack.

Cultural leaders have a choice: Stand up against authoritarianism or be remembered as enablers of it.

Cowardice isn’t funny. Silence helps Trump. Take action. 👇

Can a Maine Oyster Farmer Defeat a Five-Term Republican Senator? Graham Platner, a local veteran, is angling to take on Susan Collins, who may be vulnerable in her 2026 reëlection bid—and is drawing support from both sides of the aisle.

Interesting New Yorker profile of oyster farmer and combat veteran Graham Platner in Maine's Senate race.
Some context: DC Dems have a terrible batting average of picking Senate winners. They haven't defeated an incumbent Republican since 1/5/21. www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...

What does our government do for the active duty soldiers n veterans? The Vietnam War shed light on how terrible military were treated, but why was it ignored by the majority? Military n veterans should get more benefits. #arresttrump

The woman who complained and the officers who arrested him should be held accountable. What bullsh*t.

www.blackenterprise.com/alex-okeefe-...

James Talarico leaves Fox News host speechless

School is open…

"In those wretched Countries where a Man cannot call his Tongue his own, he can scarce call any Thing else his own. Whoever would overthrow the Liberty of a Nation, must begin by subduing the Freeness of Speech; a Thing terrible to Publick Traytors." - Benjamin Franklin

#1stAmendment

Damn right!!

This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.

This is extrajudicial execution, without any clear threat to the US, no authorization from Congress, and far beyond even Article II. The military is not the president's personal hit squad.
Or wasn't, until now.

JD Vance: “Charlie Kirk never said Black women do not have brain processing power to be taken seriously. He never uttered those words.”

Charlie Kirk: “Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Ketanji Brown Jackson — you do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken seriously.”

Let me be clear: I do not support the assassination of Charlie Kirk or anyone else

We can hate a man’s words, reject his cruelty, and fight against his ideas, but cheering his death corrupts our own humanity

We do not rise by becoming what we despise. We rise by holding the line of dignity

Something is happening in South Carolina.

image of Kysten Sinema on CNN

of all of the cable segments I am not going to watch, this is the one I am not going to watch the most

The Trump administration is canceling the DOT’s rule to get passengers compensation for extreme airline delays - just the latest example of them siding with corporations and against customers.

Well, I was going to watch, but now I am not - I've got better things to do.