Marjory

I hope so too. And it wouldn’t be surprising.

This is what oligarchy looks like:

If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.

If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.

Obscene.

Turns out all those No Kings protestors are real people .... and they vote.

Those MAGA tears taste delicious!

Sounds like self defense to me.

If you don’t know Lina Khan, now is a great time to know about her. She’s now on Zohran Mamdani’s transition team. She’s also the former FTC Chair, only 36, & committed to leveling the playing field for everyday Americans. She is an absolute star. This is what hope feels like.

This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected 43 days ago.

Republicans still refuse to swear her in because she is the final vote needed to release the Epstein Files.

The Feds deceived them by conducting a green card interview, subsequently arresting his wife, and mocking them while taking selfies.

LA: “They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.”

What are we doing?

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
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And this is what I heard @mikiesherrill.bsky.social say:
We have "to try to address the things that are scaring people, to try to make your life a little bit better, to try to just bring some rationality and sanity to a world that right now isn’t making a lot of sense.”

The Trump regime regards all aspects of our gov't as personal prerogatives for his gang. The ages-long wall between gov't & personal property has been jettisoned by this corrupt gang.
#ProudBlue

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Speaker Mike Johnson vs Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes -- who knows less about what's going on?

Today is Day 34 of the Republican shutdown. Your regular reminders:

1. Republicans control the White House, Senate and House.

2. GOP making deep cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and ACA.

3. Democrats are fighting to lower costs, cancel the cuts and save healthcare for Americans.

Trump still has not followed a court order to release SNAP funds for millions of people.

Meanwhile, he hosted a "Great Gatsby" themed party at Mar-a-Lago this weekend.

And he posted seven times about renovating a White House bathroom with marble and gold.

Priorities.

A SSRS/CNN poll showing 61% people think Trump has gone too far using the power of the presidency and 57% think he's gone too far deporting immigrants.

People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.

UPDATE: Trump’s FBI Director Kash Patel just fired a guy he blames for outing him for taking a jet to see his girlfriend sing the national anthem at a wrestling match.

‘Veep’ had nothing on this crew. 🎪
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Govenor Josh Stein (D)
of North Carolina announces $18 million to food banks to assist families during government shutdown.

#SheShed
#DefendersOfDemocracy

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Obama, campaigning for Abigail Spanberger— prosecutes the case against Trump and MAGA.

“The Republicans…they’re not even pretending to solve the problem. They have not even been showing up to work.”

“As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the Rose Garden…”

“…so people don’t get mud on their shoes, and gold-plating the Oval Office, and building a $300 million ballroom. So, Virginia, here’s the good news: if you can’t visit a doctor, don’t worry, he’ll save you a dance.“

Barack Obama.

Obama is better than caffeine…any day. I had almost forgotten what it sounds like when a fine orator is at the podium.

Five Questions with Jon Favreau Our guest for Five Questions tonight is Jon Favreau, President Obama’s chief speechwriter from 2005-2013, cofounder of Crooked Media (newly on Substack, find them here), cohost, along with fellow Obam...

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I thought this was really good.

Republicans own this shutdown. Democrats are ready to reopen the government and lower health care costs.

Sure does

Why Are the Feds Criminalizing a Clarinetist? This mom got roughed up at a protest — and has since been charged with assault

My latest for @contrariannews.org, on the dark effort to criminalize dissent in the age of mass-deportation:

All the dems need to use the same language. That was masterful.

He's really good at this.

“Power wants your body softening in your chair and your emotions dissipating on the screen. Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places, with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them.” Timothy Snyder

Neguse: "Does anyone here not believe that with one phone call from Speaker Johnson -- one phone call to the president or the secretary of ag -- that those funds would be released tomorrow? And that families wouldn't go starving by the weekend?"

Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.