Ed Reed

3/ Repealing the 1929 Permanent Apportionment Act: Gerrymandering would be severely disrupted, representatives would actually have a small enough constituency to need to REPRESENT them, and the two party system sorting that has taken place would also be severely disrupted.

2/ Repealing the 1929 Permanent Apportionment Act would lift the cap of 435 representatives in the House, and following the 2020 census warrant AT LEAST 11,046 seats in the house.

The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives On this date, the House passed the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929, fixing the number of Representatives at 435. The U.S. Constitution called for at least one Representative per state and that no ...

1/ How to reset our representative democracy ... Repeal history.house.gov/Historical-H... so that we return to the constitutionally mandated "no more than 30,000" persons per district.

Yes, but what about 5 minutes ago?

Instability, unreliability, unpredictability - thy name is Trump.

🔥 PETE ON HEGSETH-GATE: “An epic fuck-up… these are not serious people… if there are no consequences, all the bluster from Trump about merit was bullshit… we deserve so much better…”

Absolutely brilliant!

In case anyone is looking for something to do

The October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal Bureaucracy Historians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them look ahead. That means we can sometimes be surprised by how prescient a story ...

NEW: In October, we published secret recordings of Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term.

It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.

BUT - Her emails!!!!!!!

Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching Judges Amid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon Musk gave the maximum to the campaigns of Republicans who back ousting judges who impede the administration.

I'm old enough to remember when we called this Bribery: the payment of money in exchange for an official government act

From a friend on the demonstration lines in Washington, DC

No lies detected.

How Donald Trump Bankrupted His Atlantic City Casinos, but Still Earned Millions (Gift Article) Mr. Trump boasts of his success at the Jersey Shore resort, but regulatory reviews, court records and security filings indicate otherwise. And others paid the price.

DJT has been a ponzi scheme for a long time - the past is prologue ... Gift article.

Town Hall with US Rep. Claudia Tenney Requested Meeting with constituents is a crucial part of every elected official's responsibilities. Face to face discussion is indispensable to real communication with our representatives.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...

#FAFO

It was all staged

And the media ate it up

A+++++++

Don’t comply in advance. Let that wisdom guide you.

Makes sense. Make our own news.

Clearly this is not about America First, but rather America Alone. The meeting today was a disgrace, and was likely a setup. Theatre of the macabre.

The #Felon47Recession gets under way ...

This is how we, as a nation, signal our unreliability and lack of honor to the world. It is the goal of @project2025.bsky.social and a feature, not a bug.

The cruelty is the point.

Vance Says ‘Judges Aren’t Allowed to Control’ Trump’s ‘Legitimate Power’ The declaration by the vice president came as court orders have temporarily blocked parts of the Trump administration’s agenda.

We all need to start using the word "coup." They're well past the point where Hitler starts dictates his Enabling Act. I talk to Very Serious People who actually believe courts telling Trump that they he is breaking the law will stop this. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...

Well, yeah ... it's sort of the very definition of an insider threat. It's a complete breakdown of operational security, allowing developer/administrative access to production systems and data by actors with malintent, no?

A facebook post from Lisa Murkowski: I want to thank Alaskans who have been reaching out to my offices in D.C. and across Alaska. The U.S. Senate phone system has been receiving around 1,600 calls each minute, compared to the 40 calls per minute we usually receive, which has disrupted our call systems. Thank you for your patience as my staff works to review your messages and share them with me. We’re all working to get this issue resolved as quickly as possible.

Murkowski says call volume to the Senate is now 40x higher than normal:

MAGATs seem to have drawn a line in the sand. Two can, and must, play that game. As a descendant of more than one American Revolutionary Soldier, and of slave-holding southerners - I cannot stand by and just watch the deconstruction of our more perfect union. Not perfect, yet, but better than before