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A Summer Afternoon in Washington D.C. How it looks when a terrorizing government scares people away.

A Summer Afternoon in Washington D.C.
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Remember when Republicans acted like Lincoln.
No …
Me neither, before I was born the Dixiecrats took over and ran the Party into the ground! Now everything they do is for power and control. This is NOT my grandfather’s GOP.

Republicans are now this👇

Trump just got a third Air Force 1.

He's building a $200m ballroom at the White House.

His personal economy is doing great.

But for average Americans? Sadly, not so much.

Mark and Melissa saw the humanity in everyone. Let’s honor them by doing the same.

Thank you to everyone who stood with us today, in person and around the world online. Together, we sent a powerful message: America is not okay with this happening on U.S. soil.

Remember the rebellion won’t be televised. But oppression breeds rebellion. We just want to say thank you again. Every time we need you, you show up.

Booker: "We have a president who did nothing as people stormed our Capitol, & then when those people who viciously beat police & led to some of their deaths - therefore cop killers - were convicted, he pardoned them. So for him to be talking about responsive law enforcement is hypocritical at best"

A symphony of bright orange, white, purple, and yellow spring blooms greet the still waters of a Lake Kawaguchi, as Mount Fuji watches from afar, cloaked in snow beneath a boundless blue sky.

People often stop me in the street (never happened) and ask: “What do people like on Bluesky?”

“Mountains and flowers,” comes my reply.

Mt. Fuji with a sprinkle of flowers for #stunday.

❤️ ✌🏽

#photography #nature #art #eastcoastkin #stormhour #photohour #fuji #japan #flowers #bloomscrolling #scape

I remember the good old days when Secretaries of Defense didn’t insert themselves unsolicited into domestic politics on a daily basis. Not what the job is supposed to be about.

Warning: ICE is planning 30 days of immigration raids across Los Angeles County. If you or someone you know may be impacted, now is the time to set up a support system, identify a safe place, and stay alert.

Silence

Is

Complicity

Straighten your spine
Speak & live your truth

In other words, he promised repeatedly during the campaign he had a secret plan to end the war in 24 hours and he was just bullshitting everyone because he doesn’t have the first clue what to do, he gave away all negotiating leverage months ago, and his special envoy is a dope.

The Survival of Democracy Depends on Our Willingness to Fight Justice Riggs is right. We should not have to fight for democracy. But the reality is that we must.

We will not win the battle for democracy if those in the pro-democracy movement prize caution over taking risks. We cannot permit ourselves to be deterred by the defeats and public criticism that are inevitable along the long path of restoring democracy. Now is the time for fearless leadership.

Yesterday we saw new pro-democracy lawsuits in Florida, Indiana and Kansas and a big court win in North Carolina.

I expect several NEW cases will be filed today.

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India/Pakistan reinforces why the most important qualities in a U.S. president are character and calm, reasoned leadership.
A president may face a crisis at any time.Given the U.S. position in the world, U.S. leadership is essential. The entire world is at greater risk because we elected a sociopath

My Time on 60 Minutes and Why I Refuse To Stay Silent From Marc | From the opening words of Judge Beryl Howell’s opinion to the 60 Minutes closing credits, this has been an emotional weekend for me personally.

Thank you to everyone who wrote to me to offer support about my appearance on 60 Minutes.🙏

I will never back down or go silent. I hope that what I write might help others, especially lawyers, speak out as well. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-t...

Hmm. “Let them eat cake!”

Another one for @senschumer and his fellow brave letter writers

'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …

I’ve watched too many of these raids to count. This one is one of the most infuriating in recent memory.

Appropriate that we learn about it on the same day SCOTUS hears oral arguments for a case that may remove the last remaining way to hold federal agents accountable for this kind of terror.

A Message To All of You This week I’ve been asked by alot of people, in desperation, what to do and if we will be ok.

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If you're a billionaire, then you'll barely notice a few thousand dollars a year in higher prices at the store from these Trump tariffs - plus you can count on him to get you another big tax break for the wealthy.

But for everyone else, this is a big deal, and a bad one.

THE song of 2025, courtesy of Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com, @indivisible515.bsky.social, Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke!

ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship.

Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

"The implication...is that not only noncitizens but also U.S. citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal. History is no stranger to such lawless regimes..."

We wouldn’t be here if SCOTUS had allowed the January 6th trial to go forward as scheduled.

We often look back on the seminal moments in our history and wonder "What would I have done?"

This is our moment. This is our time.

We must stand up. We must speak out. We must do everything we can to stop a President who has every intention of destroying our democracy.