Ryan Blackwell

Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.

Best way to fight back? Vote. Minnesota: You can vote now or cast your ballot by November 3.

Oh @michaelsteele.bsky.social - get rid of that AI filter on your video chat. It's making you look like a cartoon. Maybe it works when everyone's on their computers, but on HD it's... no. You're a handsome fella - get ridda that gloss.

He was never fit to be president. #25thAmendment #trump #iran #president #gethimout

Trump has not been seen publicly since his primetime speech on Wednesday. 72 hours and counting despite the fact he hasn’t left DC.

I can't believe the "New Yorker" REJECTED this cartoon!

More images from today's No Kings protest in East Rutherford, NJ. #NoKings #NewJersey @maddow.bsky.social @velshi.com @ms.now

Images from today's No Kings protest in East Rutherford, NJ. #NoKings @maddow.bsky.social @velshi.com

the reverse version of those “evolution of man” drawings

there's a thing I like to call "load-bearing assumptions", that you don't notice until they're suddenly gone (e.g the air you breath has oxygen in it). the post-ww2 order is a load-bearing assumption for basically the entirety of american life. trump took a sledgehammer to it in the last 90 days.

youtu.be/vqsAl3K4Ygk

Michael de Adder, Counterpoint

Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack US forces first, two people familiar with the matter said reut.rs/46ybyTg

Former New Mexico Attorney General Balderas details how the FBI forcefully shut down New Mexico's criminal probe into what was up at Epstein's Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe Co. The feds insisted that they were running their own criminal probe and that NM's involvement would not be tolerated. It was a lie.

Susie Wiles is wearing an Apple Watch during a highly classified meeting on Iran. Unreal.

Jesus Christ they're running the war from Mar-a-Lago www.reuters.com/world/us/top...

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

the democratic response to the SOTU should start with “is Donald Trump a pedophile?” and from there be entirely about the files

@morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social @ms.now WTF are you doing running ICE commercials???

We have now entered the "His Opponents Are Afraid of Falling Out of Windows" stage of Donald Trump's emulation of Vladmir Putin.

Trump reportedly told Sen Schumer he’d release federal funds if Penn Station and Dulles airport were named after him. This is a crime. NY, VA? www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

-- VOTE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE THIS YEAR -- This cannot be stressed enough. #vote #midterms

Analysts keep trying to make sense of why trump would focus so much on Argentina, to the point of pulling a carrier from the Mediterranean. I think they're overcomplicating it. Trump is 100% ego... and the Argentinian opposition leader dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize to him.

He didn't die... but did he have a stroke?

@chrislhayes.bsky.social @arimelber.bsky.social - I know military leaders have the right/duty to decline to follow illegal/unconstitutional orders. But I don't expect military leaders to be legal/constitutional experts. Are there experts they consult with when faced with questionable orders?

@msnbc.com Why the fuck are you letting John Kasich spew this nonsense on your air?

This isn’t education, it’s indoctrination. The Trump administration gutted PBS and NPR not to save money, but to control the narrative. In their place, PragerU is moving into more classrooms. Already in Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Idaho schools.

Get your sandwiches ready, everyone!

This... it's all about priorities

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu: “Silence in the face of oppression is not an option. The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today. So here it is…Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration's failures.”

That's how you do it.

I wish posts about Ukrainian art drew as much attention as the war. Still, I keep showing you beauty. Vadym Petrov, Blooming Tree, 1993

The craziest thing about this meeting in Anchorage is that trump is in the Epstein Files.

Stephen Miller Tears Up As Son Says First 14 Words

Important.

I hope your community is never occupied like LA or DC. But if it is, you’ll quickly find that people don’t take kindly to having their city under federal control. And folks are just getting started. 📌 Protesters gathered near a checkpoint in the U Street corridor in Northwest Washington.

Greetings from Kyiv, where it is calm and warm. I’ve had my warcoffee and dialogues with war. War: Mood? Me: Oh, this mood, built from cubes of sun and determination. War: Okay. Live. Me: With your darkest permission.

I went to DC and saw who the President, Defense Secretary, DOJ senior advisor, and HHS Secretary were. So forgive me if I doubt that crime is down.

She means "poor crime".

He looks like that sack of potatoes you forgot that you bought last year.

I know it's partly because of his ridiculous love of "central casting", but I'll never get over how much nearly everyone in the trump administration looks like a comic book villain.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reposted the video profiling Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson, who opposes same-sex marriage.

Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.

A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda. This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵

We’re training a million Americans how to lead a local resistance movement against Trump’s regime. Sign up to learn peaceful non-compliance and disruption tactics to fight the rise of fascism: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”