Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)

MAGA Inches Closer to a Ghislaine Maxwell Alliance Is perpetrating heinous crimes against children too big a hurdle for a political alliance of convenience? Maybe not.

"Not even a month ago, the idea of Trump supporters openly embracing a convicted child sex trafficker would have been unimaginable." Well, Trump sure grows some folks' imaginations.

How nice! Thank you!

Governor Pritzker receives the Champion for Families Award from One Family Illinois.

Honored tonight to be receiving the Champion for Families Award from One Family Illinois.

I’ll hold it close to my heart, but I will not rest on my laurels.

There's still work to be done to ensure that every Illinois child grows up in a healthy, supportive environment.

@ourshallowstate.bsky.social: you have persuaded Grok

Talarico and Texas Dems break quorum to Halt Gerrymandering Vote.

A massive regressive national sales tax imposed upon every American by a president with no constitutional authority to impose a national sales tax. The reason why the founders gave this power to Congress is because this would never pass any Congress- even this one.

Texas Democrats are standing up for democracy.

The maps are rigged. The process is compromised.

www.texastribune.org/2025/08/03/t...

More of this, please.

Crockett: My former colleagues from the Texas House—decided to get the hell out of Texas… breaking quorum is where they’re at right now. And they didn’t just do it by themselves—they went to Illinois, where there is a governor that gives a damn. This fight is going to take all of us.

Imagine if, instead of war memorials, in every town and village, there was a memorial to all the victims of domestic violence from that place.

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Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

"The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election" #ELB Brennan Center expert brief: In 2020, 2022, and 2024, our nation held federal elections. Despite the pandemic, threats of violence, denial of results, and extraordinary pressure, these were secure and...

“The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election” electionlawblog.org?p=151336

I’m sorry but I really have to stand up for myself and independent media here. Everyone is crediting Ken Delanian for the Maxwell sex offender waiver story, but I was hours ahead of him. Hours. Independent media is important.

White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge President Donald Trump has said he wants a “baby boom,” but critics say his administration has yet to make significant family policy changes — and that Medicaid cuts will hurt.

All those Trump surrogates who touted this, and news orgs that reported it credulously, owe Americans a big fat apology www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

one of the most obvious lies imaginable (that wasn’t reported as such by our political press corps)

Colorado deputies disciplined for helping federal immigration agents Two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests.

Two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests, and their sheriff says officers from other agencies have done the same.

The Trump regime is blocking release of the Epstein files after promising their release.
It's giving preferential treatment to child molester Ghislaine Maxwell in hopes she won't reveal Trump's connection to the scandal.
Keep reminding people about this. It matters.

you can hear a massive protest in DC during the Fox News Sunday broadcast

If you’re an immigrant with legal status who’s committed 0 crimes you can be sent to a torture prison where you’ll be raped and dehumanized.

If you’re old pals with Trump and ran a pedophile ring you get sent to a cushy minimum security prison despite being ineligible because you’re a sex offender.

Senator & former Florida governor Rick “I don’t want to be poor and am offended the law wants to keep me from getting even richer” Scott oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in US history and walked away from his company that defrauded America with $300 Million.

Their NIH Grants Are Back. But Nothing Is Back to Normal. Researchers say that picking up where they left off is complicated — scientifically, financially, and logistically.

The 900 grant reinstatements from @apha.org v NIH and Mass v Kennedy ruling are a huge win.

But it’s not a simple or complete fix.

Not surprisingly, turning research on, then off, then on again creates major complications, chaos and inefficiency. www.chronicle.com/article/thei...

A travesty and a tragedy.

It’s 1984 Friday, Donald Trump did what every good (bad?) dictator does: He shot the messenger.

"He just wants to look good, whether he’s doing good or not. So McEntarfer had to go." JWV

“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past" Orwell

"Let’s be loud. There are no alternative facts when it comes to American history." JWV

Under the current regime, America is running — full reverse — into the 19th century.

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So many reasons to hate him, but consistently portraying America as a shithole is a big one. Tariffs needed cuz "we're getting taken advantage of." What kind of loser says that?