Obama: I believe in an America where we don't fear each other. But look out for each other. And if we want that story to continue. If we believe in that better story. We need leaders who believe in it too.

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

Could this guy be any more delusional?

There are many good science fiction novels. Not a single one that I have read delivers a happy vision of the future in which aged right-wing billionaires control the media.

Sunday thought: We're winning These are terrible times, to be sure. But we will triumph

Sunday thought: We’re winning
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Sadly, we no longer live in a functioning democracy.

Epstein Survivor Lisa Phillips: Everyone makes it about Trump and Epstein, but it’s about this whole ring of men. That’s what makes me upset, because we know they were there. We saw them. We know there were royalty, princes, very powerful people in academia and tech, and we saw them at parties.

Today, Mike Johnson will have the House adjourned for 77 out of the last 89 days.

House Republicans have worked 12 days in 3 months.

All to prevent a vote on releasing the Epstein files.

The House Republican Epstein Shutdown continues.

Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

The 3 shutdown strategies of Mike Johnson:

1. Label many millions of peaceful protesters domestic terrorists who hate America.

2. Keep Republican Reps home.

3. Refuse to seat a swing-state, latino-American member, which also highlights his Epstein obstruction.

Pure genius.

Stansbury: These guys are trying to create a pretext for the deployment of the military against American citizens. And part of how they're trying to do that is by labeling them terrorists…

I am proud of MIT for standing up.

Mike Johnson just may be the most pathetic toadie ever to serve in Congress.

Except maybe for Lindsey Graham. And Mitch McConnell. And Matt Gaetz. And Lauren Boebert. And Marjorie Taylor Greene. And JD Vance. And Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Jim Jordan, Paulina Luna, Andy Biggs, Bob Good, Ralph Norman, etc.

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable."
President John F Kennedy

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Even Grok knows the truth and is shouting it in ALL CAPS.

Walz: This is North Korea style stuff. And it's being done because this is a weak, thin skinned man who's failing as a president. All of the things he promised are not happening.

It's a it's our most cherished freedom to point out very clearly, this is a terrible president

Pritzker: What's at stake here is free speech. It's our constitution and our way of life. Do we really want the president intimidating people, organizations to get others fired? People ought to be standing up and speaking out.

It was never about “freedom.” It was always about who was in control.

Just saying!

Obama: We have to recognize that on both sides there are people who are extremists 

But I will say that those extreme views were not in my White House. I wasn’t embracing them. I wasn’t empowering them. I wasn’t putting the weight of the government behind extremist views.

Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.

You're welcome