Just call me Queen

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Congress has passed Trump’s “big, beautiful” nightmare bill, leaving the safety net in shreds to fund tax cuts for the rich

JUST IN: Hakeem Jeffries breaks the record for longest speech ever on the House Floor, beating Kevin McCarthy's 2021 record of speaking for 8.5 hours.

The only real question in the U.S. right now is: fascism — yes or no. About a third of the country feels like a hard “yes.” (Scroll through X-Twitter and it seems like even more.) But is there a large enough share of the other two thirds to push this autocratic nightmare back before it’s too late?

NEW: Two Democrats walk into the lion’s den—only one tames it. Newsom grinned at Charlie Kirk’s hate like a golden retriever asking for a belly rub. Buttigieg held his ground and didn’t flinch. This isn’t just media strategy—it’s moral clarity. 📖 Read more: open.substack.com/pub/1nadines...

ChatGPT ass presidency

Cory Booker is now in his *third hour* on the Senate floor—still speaking with heart, fire, and fierce conviction. He’s not just holding the floor—he’s holding the line for democracy. This is what moral courage looks like. Keep going, Senator. We see you. We stand with you.✊🏽💙 @booker.senate.gov

Rep Crockett can say whatever she wants. I don’t give a shit how upset right wing freaks are. The same ones that run around being the most evil pricks ever. No, fuck all of that.

I stand with Jasmine Crockett hot wheels & hot mess is the perfect description of Greg Abbott

We need more Jon Ossoffs in the Democratic Party. This is just fantastic.

Tariffs are bad for the economy. It's that simple.

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.

I voted against the continuing resolution in the House. Senators should do the same. This is a bad bill that harms American consumers.

Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid

Stay focused!

Make no mistake, this will happen daily until January 20, 2029 ...

Got a 12 hour twitter ban for saying this about Jennings (the bigot on CNN) fragile over there 🤣

AOC: It's really because Republicans— they’re very thin skinned and they're very sensitive, and their feelings are very easily hurt. And so they have to vote on censure resolutions.

Last night I stood up for those who need Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Democrats will never abandon the fight to make sure every American has a safe, healthy, and financially secure life. #ISaidWhatISaid

Trudeau: He has said repeatedly, what he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy. Because that will make it easier to annex us. First of all, that's never going to happen. We will never be the 51st state.

Watching now 👇🏾

Wicked better beat out that other “musical” #Oscars2025

Independent media is the future, and I am grateful to have you all aboard this journey with me. No more billionaires. No more telling us what we can say or write. We are the future, and we are just getting started.

We will never be a monarchy. Know that. To quote the LOTR trilogy: Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king.

If you were in Congress, what would you do for the State of the Union? What do you think Dems should do?

Just look at how we view hoodies. On Mark Zuckerberg, the hoodie is a symbol of whiz kid meritocracy breaking norms and developing the New Economy. On people like Trayvon Martin, the hoodie is sometimes seen as proof of criminality. Again, it's about the bodies beneath the clothes.

As a general matter, I also dislike the idea of respectability in dress because the concept is often unevenly applied. It bothered me to see Vance smirking during this moment, as he supposedly champions the forgotten working poor who are most often shamed because of these concepts.

There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

No matter what happened in the Oval Office, I am proud to be a Ukranian American. Today and everyday.

NEWS: A nationwide consumer boycott has begun, mass firings at weather agencies have impacted hundreds of career employees, Trump will make English the national language, and more. Subscribe if you can! open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Donald Trump posted a video claiming that Gaza will be "Trump Gaza" to distract you from the fact that he and his cronies just pushed forward a plan to cut your Medicaid benefits. Don't let him.

Can Americans just STOP VOTING FOR REPUBLICANS!? They have NEVER been about the people. And yet people keep voting for them under the guise of fake religious bs and the promise to hurt “others” And here we are… over and over and over… STOP VOTING FOR THEM!

WHAT IS HAPPENING!?

Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives. Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.

Democrats are actively holding the line against the Trump Administration, beating him in court repeatedly. This is just the beginning—we will not stop holding MAGA accountable.

THEY FIRED JOY REID!? Fuck you MSNBC.

Gonna be singing “hostile government takeover” all week.

Emmanuel “Manno” Bernoon, a former slave, opened one of the first restaurants in Rhode Island with his wife in the 1700s — and America may owe its love for oysters to their efforts

BREAKING: Elon Musk Causes Panic For Federal Employees. I need your help to spread this everywhere because if people don't read Elon's Twitter, they may not be aware. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position. You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.

General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, wasn't fired by Trump because he "supports woke policies." He was fired because he's a Black man in the nation's top uniformed military post.

YESSSSSS!!! Every sport team trump wants to win loses 😎

There are moments in these deportation fights when I can just FEEL how pissed off they are that I’m Puerto Rican 😂 they want to threaten me with it so bad 😂

I will never forgive OR forget. The people that did not vote. The people that voted for the loser felon... I do not want your bullshit answers: "how could I choose the lesser of two evils" "what does one vote mean" "but my christian/palestine beliefs; blah fucking blah. Constitutional crisis.

THIS 👏🏻 Do you think AOC is right?

Oh, how Project 2025 of you, Tom! Misogynists always resort to name-calling or saying women are unintelligent. They have nothing but their senseless hate. Dumb Tom is definitely projecting here. #endmisogyny#GOPmisogynists GOPisproject www.rawstory.com/alexandria-o...

@raskin.house.gov: "The whole anti-corruption crusade is an absolute fraud. They started by decimating the ranks of the inspectors general. These are the people whose job is actually, day in and day out, 365 days a year, to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in the departments and the agencies."

Go ahead. Let the people see you for what you are.

This is what our Transportation Secretary was doing yesterday as planes are crashing on a near-daily basis. I cannot remember a more dangerous time to fly and yet this reality TV actor-turned-Cabinet Secretary is busy watching cars drive laps at the Daytona 500.