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Republicans are hoping you don’t remember when they were putting Biden stickers on gas pumps when it was $3.00/gallon. Feels like those were the good old days, doesn’t it? #TrumpsGasFailure

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On the last day of 2025, I tried to sum up in this free piece the big stories of the year. Boil it down, however, and one story surpasses all others, be that for the Russo-Ukraine war or global geopolitics overall. 2025 was the year when the USA changed sides open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

JUST IN: DC Circuit's most senior active GOP appointee, Henderson (GHWBush), forcefully rejects Trump administration lockdown of federal spending data. 3-0 ruling to restore by Friday. Wilkins (Clinton) joins opinion. Garcia (Biden) doesn't. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Explain to me how ICE agents decimating restaurants in the local Pittsburgh area is “good for this country.” What happened at Emiliano’s Mexican Restaurant & Bar this week was downright disgusting. 16 hard working individuals violently ripped from the restaurant during business hours.

US Sen. Brian Schatz sounds the dictatorship alarm

Trump is destroying our Constitutional Republic. His MAGA Republican base includes millions of Nazi-Sympathizers who loath Jews, and hate all People of Color. These racists are working with life-long racist Donald Trump to make America a Fascist, Christian-Nationalist, White-Supremacist Kleptocracy.

He does not care for any human being other than himself. And why his kids are so Fucked up. And why he is so fucked up. And why their kids will be so fucked up. Multi-generational trauma.

Another bit of good news 🗞️

The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

As mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka has a responsibility to ensure that facilities operating in the city are adhering to laws that protect the safety and wellbeing of occupants and residents.

This will likely not be interesting to anyone but me, but I am doing some final housekeeping around the rather public relationship I was in until recently. That relationship has now run its course and is complete. Over the past months, I’ve been trying to navigate it to a soft place. 1/

My son said the most beautiful words to me today. Sometimes our kids do that. They just say something that catches you off guard and warms your heart. We were just sitting there and he said to me “Dad, can we go to the driving range?”

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Good news. Standing up to bullies works.

Pete Hegseth set up a “dirty line” inside the Pentagon to use Signal on his personal laptop—bypassing security, exposing classified info, and endangering lives. This isn’t just reckless — it’s disqualifying. He must resign or be fired immediately. No excuses.

🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Wisconsin Judge Monica Isham stands firm, vowing to strike in solidarity with Judge Hannah Dugan. “I will not let ICE drag anyone from my courtroom into a concentration camp without the due process our Constitution demands.” 👏 Justice isn’t optional—it’s worth the fight.

3/5 The local community of The Soo (Sault Ste Marie) has been friends with the Canadian City of Sault Ste Marie Ontario for centuries. These communities have attended hockey games, fishing tournaments, & each others casinos. Local gift shops historically have carried Canadian & American souvenirs. …

Crimes against humanity! I am sickened to my core! This must be stopped!

4/5 They have sung each others national anthems for decades at the sporting events. People cross the Sault Ste Marie International bridge to work, to go out to dinner, and visit friends and family daily. …

That wasn’t to be. So, while it isn’t what I had hoped for, this story has now reached its end. I posted something about it on IG. Wanted to share here as well since this is now a closed book for me. //

Look at this sweet, innocent baby —small, scared, utterly alone in a courtroom. No lawyer. No protection. No justice. Trump cut legal aid for migrant children, tearing away their last lifeline. They say they care about families. But this? This is sanctioned cruelty. @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social

Jalen Brunson named NBA Clutch Player of the Year Brunson averaged an NBA-high 5.6 points and shot 51.5% in clutch situations (defined as final 5 minutes of the 4th quarter/OT & score within 5 points) Brunson gets 70 of 100 1st place votes for Clutch Player of the Year & wins

Last year Michigan Rep. Tim Walberg wanted to nuke Gaza. Yesterday he decided that if Americans can't afford $200 for a passport as voter ID, they don't deserve to vote. Married women. Adoptees. The poor. 💯 pure evil. Give a listen at 46:25. #SAVEAct youtu.be/0nyXqHWegxs?... h/t Steven Meyer

If and when he asks them to, I do NOT believe there is hope...in hell..that US troops would EVER turn on US citizens. Why? Those who would have are Republicans. The citizens who are starting to push back the hardest against Trump in town halls, etc....are REPUBLICAN citizens. 1/4

Sometimes a visual explanation is more powerful than words.

In the past few days, we have seen shocking posts from one of the most famous men alive: Kanye West. Hate speech fuels violence. Every act of racial violence began with words. Report hate. Call it out. Stop bigotry. Fight Fascism. Do not tolerate evil. Be an interrupter. Resist!

The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.

Bernie Sanders is 💯correct: "And in their pursuit of more power, more control, and more wealth, they are determined to not allow democracy and the rule of law to get in their way." #DemocracyNotDictatorship

Yesterday, the russians🇷🇺fired 7 missiles and dropped 128 KABs on a European country. In addition, it carried out more than 5800 attacks, including 137 from multiple rocket launcher systems and engaged 3038 fpv drones. There is no peace. russia 🇷🇺 is a terrorist state.

🚨 WHOA!!! Sen. Whitehouse: Mark my words. This Patel guy will come back to haunt you. Every piece of evidence shows that.

Call to Action for Canada: United Against Fascism, February 15 2025, to oppose Trump, Musk, PP, the rise of the international far-right regressive movement and show solidarity with the oppressed people of the US. #3E #SolidarityNextDoor

2/What you really want when you’re working a protection detail is a truck with a recall on it www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-r...

1/So, the guy who is supposedly fighting waste & corruption in government just got a $400 mil contract with that same government he’s supposedly overseeing for his trucks that get, let’s just say less than stellar reviews www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

My grandfather was a veteran, a WWII Navy Chief Petty Officer. I'll never forget the patriotism I felt when I told him about my enlistment. He was so proud of me that he cried. He's been gone for 30 years. He'd be crying now for a different reason. It makes me sick.

3/ "The fact that Mr. Bove has not publicly acknowledged any role in enforcement efforts after Jan. 6 while he was a top national security prosecutor in Manhattan has rankled current and former agents." (by @glennthrush.bsky.social Adam Goldman @jonesieman.bsky.social Maggie Haberman)

On left: Acting Deputy A.G. Emil Bove memo orders firing FBI officials because they worked on Jan 6th cases On right: As SDNY co-chief, Bove "gave strong, direct encouragement to the line prosecutors to aggressively pursue the investigation, legal process, support FBI," former colleague tells NPR

2/ Here's the @npr.org report Trump Official Targeting Jan. 6 Investigators Worked on Those Cases Himself www.npr.org/2025/02/12/g...

This is why Latinos and other POC who are in the US legally, even those who are citizens, are terrified and carrying their documents with them. It's not like getting arrested by the police. You are not guaranteed a phone call or a lawyer. You just disappear.