Dan Lauer

Kudos to the state of Oregon for immediately fighting back against Trump’s authoritarianism. Tyranny is only possible when we submit to it. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/oregon-sues-trump-administration-deployment-national-guard-troops-port-rcna234307

One of the biggest lies ever told is that Republicans are good for business.

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All those Trump votes justified as votes for a better economy…

I need Steven Miller put in prison

slightly diminish a band: They Might Be Tall

Update: I offered the amendment. Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with him when he leaves office - after the taxpayers spend $1 billion to retrofit it. Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.

This administration genuinely doesn’t care if queer kids live or die.

I’m heartbroken at the SCOTUS ruling. I can’t think of a group more deserving of “equality protection” than transgender youth. This is a disaster that will force many families to uproot and move to protected spaces, maybe leave the US. My heart goes out to all of you. I am so sorry.

"I'm happy to report I'm just fine. I lost a button. But I'm gonna sleep in my bed tonight, safe, with my family... At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo... Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight."

A Democratic politician was murdered three days ago by a Trump supporter & their response is to violently arrest NYC Comptroller and Democratic Mayoral candidate, Brad Lander. MAGA is leaning into the bad stuff. Trump LIVES for the tough guy act. So do the cowards who vote GOP.

Remembering this trans man for Pride. Mexican Revolutionary Amelio Robles Ávila, who threatened to shoot anyone who misgendered him and said "he did not want to die without being known as a man,” lived his life as a man after transitioning. One of Zapata’s top commanders. We have always been here.

Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible. We have always been here.

Today, we remember Uvalde. We remember the 19 children and 2 teachers who were mercilessly gunned down. The kids who hid underneath their dead classmates to survive. The parents who had to submit DNA to identify their own babies. We need an assault weapons ban. Now.

MURPHY: The president has offered access to him at a dinner Thursday to the 200 top purchasers of his memecoin. Half or more of those who will be meeting w/ him are foreigners. Do you have a list? RUBIO: I didn't even know there was a dinner Thursday night, so I don't know what you're referring to.

When this administration is relegated to history, Stephen Miller will stand out as an architect of evil.

When he’s right out there, boldly accepting a $400M jet as a personal gift, how much more do you think he’s bagging on the sly in his crypto coin scam?

The incompetence at every turn is overwhelming. Relying on Russian translators while negotiating with the Russians is just mind-blowingly dumb.

Nobody embodies empire more purely than Stephen Miller.

An Article V convention driven by the right is a terrifying prospect.

Can’t think of a better example of the Peter Principle than Dear Leader.

Cruelty is the most dangerous trait of the Trump administration. Leaders who consistently embrace cruelty and eschew empathy go down in history as despots, criminals, and symbols of evil. Trump’s penchant for cruelty predicted his actions to date, and, worse still, predicts what is to come.

Remember when American Dream meant something good?

Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?

Saturday erupted into a second day of protest to denounce the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan. Protesters gathered in support of Judge Dugan, demanding that prosecutors drop the charges being brought against her. Marching through the streets of St. Francis, Wisconsin, the protesters converged…

I keep seeing headlines that reference US allies. We still have allies?

@jasmineforus.bsky.social: Abrego Garcia "a lot less criminal than the person that's sitting in the White House because last time I checked, he didn't have any criminal convictions."

This Hegseth thing is funny and all — but the unprecedented incompetence, frivolity, and treachery of the entire cabinet puts us all at very real risk.

Leaking military strike plans via a private Signal chat isn’t just reckless. It is a staggering admission of incompetence. That such a failure occurred at the top of the Pentagon is both alarming and indefensible. Once is outrageous. Twice or more is a breakdown of command.

People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative. A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.

Pope Francis’s "Urbi et Orbi" Easter speech: “How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”

While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.

Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me

If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.

Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.

Impeach. Convict. Remove.

I’m so happy I had parents who got me and my siblings vaccinated.

Let’s keep saying it: IMPEACH… CONVICT… REMOVE.

I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period

None of us are safe or free in Trump’s America