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‘I’m for it’: Johnson endorses impeachment for judges who rule against Trump

Trump just issued threats to attack Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, Iran, Venezuela (again), and Greenland (which would be an attack on all of NATO).

Not the main point, but the legendary Catturd saying that Venezuela is now more free than NYC is just … I mean … I’m genuinely curious what these MAGA types think my day is like. Not even being snarky. What do they think is oppressing me? And how? What really is their mental image of this place?

The FACTS about January 6 (Bookmark, as needed) youtube.com/shorts/7AEbO...

Tomorrow morning, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in NRSC v. FEC, a Republican challenge to longstanding federal limits on coordinated spending between parties and candidates. Marc Elias will argue on behalf of the DNC, DSCC, & DCCC. Listen here @ 10am ET: www.c-span.org/event/public...

Radio Free Asia will shut down its news operations on Friday for the first time since its founding in 1996, removing one of the few independent journalism outlets in Asian countries with limited press freedoms. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

📽️ VIDEO: Donald Trump’s second term isn’t just about bad policies — it’s about breaking America’s democratic institutions for good. Marc Elias explains why we must build a long-term pro-democracy opposition movement against Trump. Watch below ⤵️

Top Trump officials are reportedly working to identify groups whose activities “led to” violence, whatever that means. The vagueness is the point: The people's government is actively looking for political activity they can *pretend* to link to violence. 5/ newrepublic.com/article/2009...

🧊 Holding an Autistic child hostage to coerce parents out might be the most disgusting thing yet.

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Republicans’ budget bill earmarks a staggering $45 billion for immigrant detention centers. The biggest beneficiaries? Private prison companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group – who both donated hefty sums to Trump’s inauguration. Always follow the money.

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And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

"A new disease registry is being launched to track Americans with autism" 😳

This government report from 1973 encapsulates America's then-emerging fears about the US government cross-referencing databases to engineer social policy absent due process, and tendency of governments to categorize people deemed "high risk" www.justice.gov/opcl/docs/re...

“RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans *** In addition, a new disease registry is being launched to track Americans with autism...” (Given the Trump administrations many ties to associates of Palantir [co-founded by Peter Thiel & Joe Lonsdale], this concerns me.) 1/

Skipped the paperwork. Ignored the court order. Broke the law. Ignored the constitution. This ain’t immigration policy. This is straight-up defiance of the rule of law.

He wants to deport US citizens...

Read this 1941 Harper’s piece by the inimitable Dorothy Thompson and tell me where she got her crystal ball for “Mr. D” harpers.org/archive/1941...

My God. ICE wrongfully arrested a man while his 5-year-old autistic child sat in the backseat—and shipped him off to an El Salvador prison. No due process. Now the Trump administration claims they can’t get him back. How many more? THIS NEEDS TO BE A BIGGER STORY.

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The past week has been another horror show, and I share your anxiety and sleeplessness. But the past week also reveals the utter incompetence of Trump and his regime. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought

"Two US officials said Waltz has created and hosted multiple other sensitive national-security conversations on Signal with cabinet members, including on Russia/Ukraine and on military operations. They declined to say if classified information was posted in those chats." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

As we all suspected: "Two U.S. officials also said that Waltz has created and hosted multiple other sensitive national-security conversations on Signal with cabinet members, including separate threads on how to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine as well as military operations."

Republican Congresswoman Victoria Spartz just claimed at a town hall that people in America are not guaranteed the constitutional right to due process: “You break the law, you don't have due process.”

This is literally all that matters to the atmosphere. It doesn't give us points for producing more renewable energy, or walking more. All it cares about is whether we Actually Cut Fossil Fuels that crank out carbon, and stop chopping the old growth forests that capture it.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...

THE SHIRTS ARE BACK IN STOCK worldwithoutcaesars.com

"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific. If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.

I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.

If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or help

Zelensky is putting a brave face on what is shaping up to be a disastrous & dangerous policy shift. So far, the policy of the U.S., -no Ukraine’s in NATO -Ukraine’s security Europe’s problem -It’s okay for Russia to use military force to violate sovereignty, take territory… NATO has to be terrified

BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks. This is leadership. It’s also unprecedented. A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.

Just got off the phone with Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), who said Elon Musk's DOGE team is "actively dismantling" federal Department of Education programs today. "They are in the building, on the 6th floor, canceling grants and contracts."

While meeting with the King of Jordan and a visibly uncomfortable Rubio today, Trump now changes his position from yesterday and says the US is not going to buy Gaza, we are just going to take it: “We’re gonna take it, we’re gonna hold it, we’re gonna cherish it.”

Not good! bsky.app/profile/just...

"Pam Bondi is the first attorney general in history to have been a lobbyist for foreign governments. She also just disbanded the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

This is called the weaponization of the Department of Justice.

This is also a valuable resource for sky users theblue.report

“He [Trump] believes that the National Archives snitched on him to the FBI. And snitches get stitches.”

Despite the Trump administration’s efforts, much of the deleted DOJ database can be found on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. And thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot live on ProPublica’s website and other places. 👇

I love her. I love her passion, her fire, her smarts. I love how fast her brain works. I love her patriotism.