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Ossoff: "We see a faithless president self-dealing while he depicts as Christ, while he depicts the Obamas as apes, while he plunges the nation into reckless war, sends prices soaring, and plunders our healthcare to cut taxes for those who already have spectacular wealth."

“Refunds … would have significant consequences for the U.S. Treasury” I know the feeling. I robbed a bank and when I got caught, they made me return the money. It had significant consequences for my finances, and it wasn’t fair.

A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.   This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.   Not one dime for this cruelty. www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...

NEW: The ICE killing of Alex Pretti, the second in Minneapolis, prompts quick legal action. After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti on Saturday, lawyers responded quickly — leading to one TRO issued before the night's end aimed at preserving evidence of the killing. My report at Law Dork:

BREAKING: Minnesota and Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop ICE enforcement surge after the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.

The president unilaterally decided to attack a sovereign nation and kidnap its leader, and now he says he's just going to run that county himself for a while too. Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

“Russian commentators have frequently suggested that Latin America lies in America’s domain just as Ukraine was under the Russian shadow. Vladimir Putin thinks the same of much of eastern Europe. Xi Jinping will draw his own conclusions.”

Trump's actions continue putting American troops, personnel and citizens at risk both in the region and around the globe. None of that serves our nation’s interests.

Maduro was unquestionably a bad actor, but no President has the authority to unilaterally decide to use force to topple a government, thrusting us and the region into uncertainty without justification, a defined end-state or a real plan for preventing the instability that could come next.

"We are going to run the country" until such time as we decide????? There is no low they won't stoop to - the utter contempt for democracy, law, the Venezuelan people - is just horrifying.

Elon Musk has learned his lesson. by Susan Collins

Democrats are now in the minority. Americans voted for this. WE as citizens must support our Democratic elected officials, vote in local races, volunteer our time to create change. As individuals it is time to stand up for democracy.

And this federal judge (judge AliKhan) does not suffer fools, idiocy, etc

why midnight? dunno! but they had *just* banked joni ernst’s vote for hegseth. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

Check out my latest, I decided to make this available to everyone because it's too important for people not to hear. 9 mins if you can spare harrydunn.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

Is Pete Hegseth really the best that Republicans have to offer?

VAN HOLLEN: Will you comply with the Impoundment Control Act? VOUGHT: The president ran against the Impoundment Control Act VAN HOLLEN: He can submit legislation to do that. But you are gonna be the head of OMB, and here today you're refusing to commit to complying

Each email and call log is a different violent rioter who assaulted me in the tunnel. If you are defending these people who brutally assaulted the police, maybe you ARE NOT a supporter of the police and the rule of law to begin with. If you did you would want accountability.

“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.” — Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States.

La fameuse fenêtre d’Overton

And so it begins. These people will not storm the Capital building. They will not assault police officers or hang gallows for bureaucrats. They respect the peaceful transfer of power. Anyone who says the two parties are the same are blatantly wrong. They are not, we are not. #resist

Trump set the TikTok ban in motion Congress passed legislation Biden signs legislation SCOTUS upholds ban Biden says his administration wouldn’t enforce the law, leaving room for TikTok to stay open TikTok shuts down anyway Trump tweets TikTok pretends Trump saved it 🙄

Feel free to share…it started in 2020.

Exactly! It’s all about diversion and distraction from the real 💩

Whatever else the TikTok bad will do is it will utterly distract the chattering class for the last day of Biden's term. There could be corruption and Jan6 pardon stories. Instead it's all about TikTok.

I’m trying, and I hope other people will try, to hold onto the simple notion that a US president cannot simply declare a federal law that was passed last year and literally upheld this week to be a nullity—even if it’s a not-so-hot law. The Congress is the body that can amend or repeal federal laws.

Everyone: You can’t override the law with an executive order, Trump:

Watching so many people having spent money to go to the inauguration, and then Trump canceling it because he’s worried about the pictures and small crowds, is a perfect picture of his whole relationship with his supporters. They give and give, he takes and takes.

www.theatlantic.com/internationa... Read this by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social It's a foretaste of what we all will face as of tomorrow. Can we survive this future? Not unless we are bold and serious, elect leaders who lead, and kick out those out to destroy Europe. It's existential. It's real.

Trump got the questions ahead of time from Fox. Exactly what he always accuses Democrats of. What a surprise. www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/m...

BREAKING: Attorney General Merrick Garland says in court filing that Jack Smith has already submitted his final report regarding Trump's D.C. election subversion case and that Garland intends to release the report to Congress and the public: www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...

R's no longer care to hide their contempt for democracy.

When Democrats passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, I promised to deliver for Rochester. And today, a promise made becomes a promise kept. With this $100 million, Rochester’s Inner Loop North Transformation Project is finally moving forward! www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...

Republicans thought they were voting for cheaper eggs and what they’re going to get is war with Denmark and Panama.

#medsky #VaccinesWork

LINDSEY GRAHAM: I just asked you where you were at on Christmas. ELENA KAGAN: You know, like all Jews I was probably at a Chinese restaurant. www.c-span.org/clip/no-cate...

The only thing worse about the House Ethics committee report saying Matt Gaetz paid an underage girl for sex is the realization that so many other Republicans were ready to hide that shit. So. Fucking. Gross.

Congratulations to Mike Johnson for trying to pressure the House Ethics Committee into burying a report that found the then-nominee for attorney general had engaged in sexual activity with a minor. Party of Family Values, am I right?

Always remember, Donald Trump wanted HIM to be the top law enforcement officer in the country. Always remember that.

This is what foreign interference looks like now

A federal judge has been found to have violated ethics rules … by criticizing Samuel Alito for MAGA flags flying at his houses. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY

Republican concern about deficits is seasonal. When Democrats are in charge, they care a lot. When they’re in charge it’s all about tax cuts for big corporations and billionaire donors.

No, blame the MAGA Republicans . 48 of them voted against a pro-Labor NLRB. Only 2 Dems did. MAGA is the problem, and that’s the story we need to be amplifying.

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

If your plan to counter antisemitism actually advances the very same antisemitic conspiracy theories that have repeatedly fueled antisemitic mass violence — including the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history — it’s not a plan to counter antisemitism.