Marla E. Warren

"Unlike January 2021 — when the Big Lie scheme failed — by 2029 Trump and his cohorts will have new tools to carry out a coup, including a massive federal police force with a proven willingness to engage in systemic illegality at Trump's behest."

"The tariffs imposed to date also have had some presumably unintended effects. The U.S., for example, is now more dependent upon Russia for urea, a common fertilizer used to grow crops such as wheat, corn and rice." 😔 www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Brazilian president: "I'd like to say something to the American people; If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil for violating the Constitution. He would be arrested if he had done that." (ht: @ronxyz.bsky.social)

Howard Lutnick: "The president is absolutely going to renegotiate USMCA." Trump negotiated the USMCA in his first term...

It’s bigger than Trump. And that’s why making constant good trouble must always be our duty. Today’s Substack.👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...

My eight-year-old fell asleep on the subway today despite the incessant murders and assaults that Sean Duffy experiences.

Krissy on the balcony of the church. I have such a crush on her.

Yiiiiiikes

"If this can happen to Colbert and a storied franchise, this can happen to anyone": www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It’s so transparent and desperate

Yeah, this is really not great

BRENNAN: I was asking you about consumer prices & what people will pay when they go to the store LUTNICK: They'll be shockingly low BRENNAN: But The CPI doesn't currently reflect that. The trend is to higher prices LUTNICK: What did it go up, a tenth of a percent? BRENNAN: Two tenths on the core

Thank you Stephen Colbert for your willingness to speak truth to power. Staying far from timid. And never bending the knee to a wannabe king.

Meiselas: First off—people who are alpha don’t go around calling themselves alpha. Look, where I grew up, my dad would say: Being a man means standing by your word. Being a man means you push back against the bully, and you uplift people. You don’t punch down at marginalized communities.

Rep. Jim Himes: "If you fire the Fed Chair...there is going to be a massive market reaction. You cannot lie to the capital markets. We saw this the day after Liberation Day before we were all familiarized with the TACO trade."

CNN: Epstein MSNBC: Epstein ABC: Epstein NBC: Epstein Fox News: OBAMA IS BLACK!!!

Rep. Himes: "What you saw from the DNI was not just a lie but a very dangerous lie...The Senate committee then led by Marco Rubio found unanimously that Russia meddled in the election to try to assist Donald Trump...What Tulsi is doing is a slight of hand."

www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/t...

Yawn So what new Epstein story drops this week?

total mentions this morning on Maria Bartiromo's Sunday Morning Futures on Fox News Obama: 18 Epstein: 0

History lesson

Trump’s habit of referring to any damaging information as a “hoax” has never been more laughable or concerning than it is here. https://trib.al/MFGDzdt

Reposting this and a few other things for no particular reason today. Maybe I’ll do it tomorrow and the next day, too.

It’s been great to see all the Trump supporters who are so hyper-focused on antisemitism denouncing Trump for referring to rapacious bankers as “shylocks.”

A 249 yr old experiment in freedom and democracy. A 249 yr old experiment in “We the people.” It’s worth defending. It’s worth fighting for. It’s worth preserving. So do it. So let’s do it. Happy Independence Day🇺🇸

Maybe it was a mistake to have an incompetent buffoon appoint a nutty environmental lawyer to be in charge of our health.

No “President” has a right to strip citizenship and deport people who challenge his policies. That’s fascism, not America.

The release of formerly classified documents this week shows how Trump appointees are using their power to try to prop up his allegations about both agencies.

This man has no place in “public service”

Spoke with someone who works with a public hospital system. His assessment of the effects of the GOP spending bill: “I think this is going to be a very apparent catastrophe, very quickly.”

This is not normal

Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦

Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and curettage procedure, which quickly empties the uterus and allows it to close, protecting against a life-threatening hemorrhage.

He continues to use his public office to personally enrich himself. He continues to grab money from his supporters. He’s a horribly corrupt grifter who has ZERO respect for his supporters. He is the absolute worst of us.

The Alaska senators looking for another special deal for Alaska so they can screw over the rest of the country.

Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.

It’s so good to see so many Democratic Senators fighting to stop this bill…while Fetterman whines about missing his beach vacation. The guy whose whole schtick is fighting for the little guy. Grew up on the streets. Wears his stupid hoody. Power certainly changes some people.

Trump is now taking questions in front of the literal cages that will house migrants in DeSantis's new camp

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It was never just about undocumented people. The cruelty is snowballing. newrepublic.com/post/197422/...