Sam Hendricks

THEY ARE NOT POWERLESS TO STOP HIM! Go back to Washington, stand on the steps of the Capitol and demand Johnson and Thune recall the House and Senate, and impeach him. THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THERE IS LITERALLY AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL! (It's called the Constitution.)

“If your concern for women disappears the moment accountability becomes socially inconvenient, then protection was never the principle to begin with. Performance was.”

I'm in love.

Shout out to @repbeatty.bsky.social, whose recounting of her fight with Donald Trump not only models how we should stand up to bullies, but also made my day. (Perhaps my week. Even my month. Maybe my year.) THAT is a lawmaker!

I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system. It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.

The measure of a society is how it invests in its children. For decades, I have advocated for Head Start because every child deserves a strong start in life. Today, I stand with the more than 100 civil rights and child advocacy organizations opposing efforts to dismantle the program from within.

It is very hard not to have contempt for John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, who have sold their souls to find some fig leaf to support the worst nominee for Attorney General ever. The signed agreement is worthless without the signatures of the parties, namely Trump. The IRS break stands. Moral cowards. 

Duckworth on Hegseth announcing testosterone screenings for troops: "It sounds like gender affirming care to me, so I'm glad he's come around ... this is just more performative bullshit from the least qualified secretary of defense in our nation's history."

How best to define the Trump era? I’m going with Explosive Diarrhea.

This illustrates how dumb POTUS is. A $14M mistake that will require even MORE of our tax payer $ to rectify.

"I never thought in a million years that I could say that Tulsi Gabbard being removed from head of DNI actually made us less safe. I would take Tulsi Gabbard over this guy. Do you know how crazy it is for me to say that?" @lukerussert.bsky.social on the insanity of Bill Pulte as DNI.

In a statement to @benmullin.bsky.social, Scott Pelley disputes what Bari Weiss said in this morning's editorial meeting, claiming he was never offered "a way back" as she claimed. "These executives cannot gain the trust of the staff with lies. This is antithetical to everything we stand for..."

I will not vote for anyone who does not commit to expanding the court to 13 seats and imposing term limits on justices, retroactively if legally possible. You should not either. It must become a job requirement for Dems in Congress and the White House.

@charlesgaba.com The true 250th anniversary of our democratic republic is June 21, 2038 once the 9th state ratified our constitution. Hopefully, we'll make up for this year being ruined by Republicans then with a super celebration.

A great opportunity to be Trump's arch nemesis. Comment by noon on June 3. savingplaces.org/monumental-a...

Comment on the arch. Please!

This gave me chills. Watch.

We don't ordinarily publish posts at [checks watch] 8:51 PM on a Friday night, but state constitutional law expert Quinn @yeargain.bsky.social has an outside-the-box idea for reversing the VA Supreme Court that is very much worth taking seriously: Dems can simply lower the retirement age.

This is an insane solution. And needs to happen immediately. VA legislature should retire the whole state Supreme Court and appoint a new set of judges who will uphold the vote of the people.

A naval blockade is an act of war. This is legally nonsense. If the war is over, then Iran won and US lost. By any strategic measure. Regime in place. They “own” the Straits. Uranium remains weapon-usable and in Iran.

🔥WATCH: “There’s nothing ‘REALISTIC’ about this. WHERE IS THIS GOING? Wish fulfillment is not a strategy.” @repadamsmith (D) takes apart Trump & Hegseth’s deadly, misguided actions that have diminished 🇺🇸 and thrown 🌎 into chaos

America in recent years reminded me of the old joke about the guy falling from the Empire State building who is asked as he plummets down how it is going and he says, "So far so good." Except we've passed that stage. And we're now at the "Holy shit, we're going to splatter on the sidewalk!" stage.

Hey @aoc.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov And any other elected reps: Since "Trump's security" is now so important, introduce a one-line bill forbidding the current President from playing golf! Seriously, Trump should not be allowed on a golf course from a national security perspective.

The number of ways Trump has screwed up Iran policy is truly mind-boggling: Pulling out of the JCPOA was disaster one, that triggered them resuming enrichment (disaster two), that led to new negotiation which he disrupted by bombing last year (disaster three), that led to resumed negotiations...

Very relatable, right?

Not true at all.

It’s as if the Iran war was fought to sustain the Russian economy. Lifting sanctions for Russians does nothing for Americans. It just makes it easier for Russia to continue its war in Ukraine.

So what’s next after yesterday’s historic No Kings Day protests? We’re glad you asked! Let’s get to work: nokings.org/whats-next #NoKings

Trump administration is taking money Europeans and others have paid for arms for Ukraine and other purposes, not delivering said arms, and spending their cash to help with self-created Gulf mess. This is not a trustworthy power. Credibility incinerated.

No Kings. Find your event for this Saturday, March 28th. www.nokings.org #NoKings

NEWS: Bette Midler just released a remake of Woody Guthrie’s classic protest song “All You Fascists Bound to Lose,” updated to fit the current moment and urge action ahead of the midterms. You have to listen to this.

The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵

Hey look at that...you can see their faces! I wonder whether some enterprising souls are collecting THEIR faces so that the PUBLIC can use facial recognition software on THEM...

"I have been in a lot of briefings w/govt officials & other experts ... over the last 9 days. It's as if we have learned absolutely nothing. We have to make the right policy choice, pressure the Trump Admin to find an off-ramp & get us out of this war." - HASC Ranking Member @adamsmith.house.gov

Here's what I believe: no more business as usual in the Senate. We shouldn't be voting to proceed to normal legislation until Republicans schedule a debate and a vote and on a declaration of war against Iran. Let's see if Trump has the votes to authorize war. I bet he doesn't.

Sharing new interview with @adamsmith.house.gov, Ranking Member of House Armed Services, fresh from this pm's classified Congressional briefing w/Hegseth, Rubio, & Caine. Hear what Rep. Smith has to say about Trump's dangerous new war in the Middle East 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/rep-adam-s...

Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.

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Hillary Clinton just posted her opening statement to the Comer Committee which she is testifying before today. It's part of the Save Donald from Epstein Investigation. The committee has essentially taken over the town of Chappaqua for the purpose. @hillaryclinton.bsky.social

They can’t figure out how to spend the extra $500 billion they gave themselves for the military, but cut our healthcare and food assistance because they said they couldn’t afford it.

please watch:

@maddow.bsky.social Can you cover the ICE practice of quickly moving detainees out of state and then releasing them into the street with no way home??? Congress should pass laws to require ICE to hold individuals in their home state 24-48 hrs and provide return transportation when released!!

@wyden.senate.gov It is time for Dems to revive “The Fleecing of America”. Daily cumulative posts listing the cost to taxpayers of the latest Trump outrage. The term-to-date cost must be in the billions if not trillions. Paid for by our taxes and the rapidly exploding national debt!!!!!

Since a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.

The national team of Ghana 🇬🇭 is a participant in the 2026 World Cup. Another reason why FIFA should strip the U.S. of host status for the World Cup. Transfer all U.S. games to co-host countries Canada and Mexico. #NoWorldCup

A 2016 civil lawsuit found in the Epstein files alleges that Trump raped a 13-year-old girl at parties hosted by Jeffrey Epstein in NY. Epstein raped her too. For anyone wondering why the victim dropped the case… 1/2

We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE. They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.