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It's Monday morning, friends. Light up those phones in Congress ✊️

“This was a very very bad vote”

This is so insane. #MedicareForAllNOW

So @schumer.senate.gov really thinks we don’t understand that he orchestrated this by getting senators not up for re-election to vote yes?

My husband planned to retire in December. I'm not eligible for Medicare until Aug so I planned to get an Obamacare policy. I found one in Oct that was $800/month. Now it's $2000/month. So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much. #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

The Trump administration’s lawlessness cannot be ignored. Period.

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

I’ve been at these protests because I feel like our leaders don’t care. I do. This feels ghoulish to ask, but if you want a congresswoman who stands up to ICE, donate to my campaign today. We can’t win without you: secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-bluesky

I truly believe that most people in our country find political violence to be unacceptable. We all have our own part to play in eliminating it. Words matter. Some easy things we can all do right now to tone things down:

Texas National Guard: "We Love This Video Of Don Jr. With Numb Gums" bsky.app/profile/deni...

Pritzker: "We have reason to believe that the Trump administration has already begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment in Illinois."

A Democratic super PAC is launching a $700,000 digital ad blitz slamming Susan Collins for opposing a bipartisan bill that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks. This ad accuses Collins of “the worst kind of greed… using insider information to trade stocks.” Please WATCH and SHARE. 👀

The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.

It's being reported that the Pentagon is authorizing military lawyers to serve as immigration judges. This is a threat to the Constitution. Don't say we didn't warn you. From the archives:

We're in court today challenging a Texas law that requires all public K-12 schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Public school is for learning, not evangelizing.

A judge has since released the Subway Smacker on his own recognizance, calling the felony charge “excessive.”

I have long championed a right to IVF. It is simply morally wrong that Trump deceived people navigating fertility.

This is not about crime. It’s about power. (+ distracting from the Epstein file cover-up)

Stunning! An 8-hour time-lapse to show the Earth is rotating while capturing the Milky Way.

My reporting has come to the attention of Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney. Here’s the response I provided to the @thedailybeast.bsky.social

Pragmatic progressives — armed with bread-and-butter proposals to improve the lives of ordinary Americans and an upbeat message of hope — are the future of the Democratic Party. This is a good thing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/bread-and-butter-and-hope

Important.

If you don't already, watch Colbert. He is a man with no more f*cks left to give. And it's glorious. Check out this song parody from last night's show: Mike Johnson Delays House Epstein Vote Until September

Wait. Is she literally quoting from Russian intelligence sources?

Someone pointed out that WSJ actually has to provide good objective investigative reporting because their mission is to accurately inform the business community about market conditions, where other mass market news sites are just trying to make money. Same with the FT

Kudos to Stephen Colbert for speaking out against Paramount’s capitulation to Donald Trump. I’ve always enjoyed his work — especially The Colbert Report. Here’s a clip from when I was a guest back in 2010.

WATCH: “The current system is broken. Indiscriminate raids are tearing families apart and punishing hardworking people.” 1 of 3 marine sons of a landscaper viciously beaten by ICE testifies before Congress.

I always loved this 2019 interview with one of Jeffrey Epstein's best friends where he complains people are being very unfair to his friend Jeffrey because he had a disease called being a huge pervert not unlike tuberculosis. www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...

Society needs more of this energy.

People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid

As a brutal heat wave overtakes much of the country, almost every single state lacks universal air conditioning in their prisons, where temperatures can exceed 120 degrees. This isn’t an issue of comfort or luxury — it's an issue of life or death for many incarcerated people.

So dark

My draft number was 278. They used to draw numbers on TV, sorta like bingo. 1974, so I wouldn't have to go over there. Nixon resigned that summer. Ford took us out. As a teenager, I had that unsettled feeling that those running our country didn't know what they were doing.

This is oligarchy. This is obscene. While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%. End this oligarchy.

Trump wants to be a war president. Everything he has done has been aimed at concentrating power in his hands and undermining democratic institutions. War is the ultimate power grab

Some good news! "As the number of litigators moving from Willkie Farr & Gallagher to Cooley grows, more associates have made public resignations about their decisions to switch law firms." Thread👇

Resistance will take many forms in the days and months ahead.