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"It's just wrong to require grown people to get a permission slip to roam about freely. So, I resisted, I objected, the only way I knew how." TX State Rep. Nicole Collier on why she will remain locked inside the Austin statehouse chamber until the House reconvenes. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

With his proposed plan in California, @governor.ca.gov is bringing a bazooka to the knife fight with Trump & his illegal gerrymandering scheme. But there’s opposition in CA to Newsom’s plan & you’d be surprised to hear who it is & why. youtu.be/YKrZqoXBDbo?...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s statement: "Having American soldiers and airmen patrolling American streets against American citizens isn’t patriotism — it’s a betrayal. It’s not who we are. It’s Un-American."

WOW. @marcelias.bsky.social goes off on the failures of legacy media: "We have an absolute collapse and failure by the institutions that have promised us that democracy would not die in darkness, that in fact, they stand for the proposition that democracy will die in plain sight of daylight."

Brett Meiselas: Newsom is giving Trump and MAGA a taste of their own medicine. And Fox, Republicans, and MAGA propagandists — they simply do not know what to do. They don’t know how to handle it. Newsom’s strategy here is working brilliantly.

NEW: “I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.” Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.

#OceanCounty #NJ #VisibilityBrigade

"Witnesses — including the Post reporter — asked the officers to identify themselves numerous times. All but one, who was wearing the ICE badge, refused. “Oh, are you guys the cops?” one agent, who was wearing a mask, responded. “Then shut the f--- up.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE’s breakneck expansion, a chaotic effort that has already triggered lawsuits and accusations of cruelty. wapo.st/41FWkck

We are from former Czechoslovakia and we know the history. Strongholds given to dictators today = wars tomorrow. #Munich2025 #StandWithUkraine #Sloviansk #Kramatorsk

Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2014, when the world refused even to recognize russian aggression. Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2022, when the world expected us to fall in 72h. Ukrainians won't surrender in 2025, either. For us, freedom and sovereignty are not empty words.

Sporadic protests have sprouted up across D.C. this weekend, as GOP-led states announced they would send their own National Guard troops to augment President Trump’s federal takeover in the nation’s capital. Here’s what we know:

When they talk about "land swaps" to end the Ukraine war, what is being swapped? Is Putin actually giving any Russian territory in exchange for the Ukrainian territory he has seized by force? Wouldn't a more accurate phrase be territorial concessions?

RADDATZ: The president went in to that meeting saying he wanted a ceasefire and there would be consequences if they didn't agree on a ceasefire in that meeting, and they didn't agree to a ceasefire. Where are the consequences? RUBIO: That's not the aim RADDATZ: The president said that was the aim

As Americans struggle with higher prices due to Trump’s tariffs, his administration is telling them their concerns aren’t “material.” As former White House Deputy Press Sec @andrewbatesnc.bsky.social writes, “Trump is not a populist at all. He’s just an a**hole.”

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This guy is trying to get a Nobel Peace Prize? When he's bringing war to the American people? He sent the United States Marines into the United States of America."

Every Democratic member of Congress should be in the streets of DC saying this dangerous authoritarian escalation must stop. Do they not grasp what’s going on here?

Most Americans recognize Putin as a dictator, says Putin foe @billbrowder.bsky.social. And that used to include Marco Rubio. Now, Browder says Rubio and the GOP are "scared of crossing Donald Trump." @vkaramurza.bsky.social calls Trump's "shameful" Alaska summit "a major victory for Putin." #Velshi

Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning. The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc

⛔ "ATESH" Agent successfully disabled a relay cabinet on one of the sections of the railway used by Russian troops. 🔥 This route connects the Rostov region with Luhansk region and is actively used to transfer equipment, ammunition, personnel and fuel.

The Alaska summit was more than a failed negotiation; it was a public abdication of American leadership. By rolling out a red-carpet welcome for Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump offered legitimacy to an indicted war criminal and shattered the international consensus of his diplomatic isolation.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "Wake the fuck up to what's going on in this country... We're going to put everything on the damn line... People haven't given up yet. We're going to do this. We can win this November. We can win next November, and then we can get this country back on track."

🙏🇺🇦 The situation in Dobropillya direction is stabilizing, — General Staff AFU are taking all necessary measures to detect and destroy groups of Russian invaders. To strengthen the defense in Dobropillya and Pokrovsk directions, Syrskyi has allocated additional forces.

Jordy: We’re seeing who the players are and who the pretenders are. Newsom’s showing what this country needs — not lip service, but urgency before 2026, 2028, and beyond. Gone are the days of “when they go low, we go high.” When they go low, you take them out by their knees — metaphorically.

"Straight out of the Twilight Zone." Rep. Jimmy Gomez explains why the conditions he witnessed at an ICE facility in downtown Los Angeles felt staged after months of being denied entry to conduct an oversight visit. "That's what we knew would happen if we gave them notice."

Rep. Ro Khanna says there will be at least a dozen Jeffrey Epstein survivors who will have the floor at his September 3 joint press conference with Rep. Thomas Massie.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."

"Blatant lie and a cover up." Rep. Jimmy Gomez calls out ICE for cleaning up their facility before his oversight visit.

"Why would we turn the US military against American cities when we have police officers and law enforcement officials whose job it is? I understand that crime is a major issue, but it's not the military's job to be able to do that. We have law enforcement whose job it is to counteract crime."

A late night message from Gavin Newsom

Jenkins: Trump strips medical care from millions of Americans, realizes he can’t actually hold onto power because the American people are furious. So instead of trying to convince the public to let his party keep control of the House—they come up with this scheme

Fmr. CIA Director John Brennan responds to NYT reporting that Russia was involved in a hack of the computer system that manages federal court documents, which may include sensitive information about sources and people changed with national security crimes.

Breaking news: The White House will launch an aggressive review of Smithsonian exhibitions, collections and operations ahead of America’s 250th birthday celebrations next year.

Today would be a great day to release the Epstein files.

Thinking back to the genocide that Reagan supported in Guatemala during my childhood makes me wonder how many more genocides my country is going to facilitate in my lifetime

"We should not be creating a two-tier education system in America. One in which we have private schools for the rich and well-connected, and then we have severely underfunded public schools for low-income, working-class, and disabled kids." — @sanders.senate.gov

NEW: We're filing a brief in federal court to hold local Texas officials accountable for arresting and prosecuting Lizelle Gonzalez for murder for having a medication abortion. Prosecutors and sheriffs are not above the law.

"I will not authorize the usage of the Maryland National Guard for any mission that I do not deem mission critical or mission aligned." Gov. Wes Moore throws cold water on Trump's notion of deploying the National Guard to Baltimore.

Murders in DC "the highest rate probably ever"? "No. 1 that we can find anywhere in the world"? No. Linda Qiu debunks the false and misleading claims that Trump made to justify his takeover of the Washington police and deployment of the military forces. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...

Psaki: "Whether the 79-year-old president was experiencing a cognitive slip up or maybe making a Freudian slip, or in a few days time he may suggest handing the 49th state back to Russia, it's really anyone's guess."

It is interesting that GOP is so worried about losing the House they are willing to go nuclear on mid-decade gerrymandering but aren't willing to consider the alternative of maybe shifting away from policies that are deeply unpopular.

Texas Dems join California allies in Sacramento.

While the future of warfare is being invented in places like Ukraine, U.S. officials have looked on with urgency. A growing consensus of defense experts holds that the United States is dangerously unprepared for the conflicts it might face.

The White House is exploring a new way to increase pressure on Harvard University, saying on Friday that the administration is reviewing the Ivy League school’s patents, which are worth millions of dollars.

"Our camera was rolling when a white, odd-looking Avelo plane without any branding landed at Tweed Airport in East Haven in July. Using a hex code unique to each plane, tracking software showed us it’s one of 3 aircraft operated by Avelo for deportations..." www.nbcconnecticut.com/investigatio...

Ron DeSantis tells Abbott: “Hold my beer!” as he hops on the mid-decade gerrymandering train & calls for a new census. My latest on the recent Fla. Supreme Ct. decision that empowers DeSantis & why you should pay attention to your state court judges. youtu.be/pkkpgxJM_AU?...

NEWS: Sarcone’s investigation against one of Trump’s longtime targets, NYAG Letitia James, went public on Friday, but Sarcone may not have his own house in order, according to a recent bar complaint accusing him of “potentially illegal conduct.”

The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million preapproved dollars intended to help hurricane-battered North Carolina clean up storm damage and fix infrastructure, according to documents obtained by The Post.