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Nothing is more un-American than a president questioning elections, and therefore his fundamental status as a representative of the people who serves by their consent.

"Our entire rationale for The Bulwark is to be Scott Pelley every day. To say the true things. No matter the consequences." Join us, and win with us.

Sherrill, Newark mayor back partial curfew in New Jersey’s largest city

At midnight on Sunday, New Jersey officials chose to help federal agents suppress the ongoing rallies at a New Jersey ICE detention center rather than acknowledge the concerns of hundreds of detainees and protesters gathered there.

I don't...what?...huh?

Asymmetrical commitment

Happy 5/4 from a different type of nerd

Holy shit, you have to be TRULY EVIL to make Switzerland get up off the neutral fence and call you out FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME SINCE 1815?!? trump MUST be removed from office. Same goes for his enablers in Congress.

This isn’t normal and we have to say that out loud.

Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress - demonstrably - approve of everything he’s doing

Colombia will no longer approve new oil or large-scale mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory. Acting Env Minister Irene Vélez Torres said the entire Colombian Amazon will be made a reserve for renewable natural resources. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

I don’t usually beg, but please read this piece.

If the Epstein files feel “too dark to be true,” that’s the point. Denial is how systems like this survive.

The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort underscore the gravity of this moment. This has never happened before in our history. We shouldn't pretend it's normal. More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.

The people demand the release of Liam and every single child being held in detention by ICE. Detention has always been inhumane. We demand an end to it.

We can't understate this: Curtis Yarvin is "the brain of Peter Thiel" in exactly the way that Aleksandr Dugin is "the brain of Vladimir Putin." Indeed, the two are thoroughly synched. If you buy JD Vance, Thiel's sock puppet, this is what you get.

Every Democratic congressional staffer better be spending the day unredacting Epstein files before they are "fixed".

"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong." ~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788. Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.

"Kids will get sick because of what the CDC just did. Some of them will die. But the even bigger story is that the U.S. government is no longer a reliable source of information." Trump's messes can be fixed; maybe not this man's. Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social:

We are witnessing a poisonous effort to destroy what the vast majority of Americans know is a key pillar of public health. Vaccines are responsible for 40% of the reduction in child mortality achieved in the last half century.

Cigarette filters are the second-largest plastic pollutant on Earth, and do not reduce health harms. Ban filters and protect the planet. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3LJgb5v #TobaccoExposed

ICE in Chicago- tear gassing babies. This is who they are. This is what they do. Do not look away… Faceless, heartless, soulless ghouls.

What the hell are we doing?

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

This is staggering. “The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off.” Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

Love this thread. I also wrote on my Substack this week about fearlessness, quoting @timothysnyder.bsky.social’s interview earlier this week on @allinwithchris.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

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The call has always been coming from the inside…

I doubt anyone will see me post, but this needs to be known... if you have a visible following please repost 💙🔥💙 Admitting he wants "his people... aka US " to behave like north Korea for Kim Jong Un.🤬

Boycott Avelo Airlines, Wilmington, DE. These loser agreed to help ICE deport hardworking immigrants without due process.

Where’s the Class Action lawsuit for all US citizens whose private information was hacked by Elon?

We need a group of lawyers who are willing to take every lawsuit from every fired federal employee to the max. Bury this admin in lawsuits

Thank you. I’m a retired federal employee. Musk and his allies now have access to my entire employment record, my personal info, the results of my last security clearance. And worst of all, he could stop my retirement payments dead tomorrow.

This story says Musk’s team passed “the necessary background checks” and were “approved” to access millions of Americans’ private records including bank account information. Approved by whom? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

This is who has the keys to our US Treasury now. Are you ok with this, America? This is a coup.

Two USAID officials placed on leave because they refused Musk access to classified info (his request was illegal) apnews.com/article/doge...

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

(former heroin addict and apparent steroid user who now looks like a boiled catcher's mitt and sounds like someone who gargles hot tar) "I just want Americans to be healthy!"

Do you wonder why you haven’t heard much about this massive TB outbreak recently? Cuz the CDC can’t hold any press conferences or issue public statements of any kind. abcnews.go.com/Health/kansa...

Damning.

We need to pay attention to this now before it’s too late.

A president’s executive order cannot undo a law or a Supreme Court decision, let alone a provision of the Constitution. Forget that and you do have a dictatorship on day one.

Name one American who isn’t for this and isn’t in Congress.