I'm feeling all weird and icky inside today... I found myself nodding along with Tillis and John Kennedy.
03.03.2026 18:17
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I'm feeling all weird and icky inside today... I found myself nodding along with Tillis and John Kennedy.
True, but the poor is a large part of his base. What am I thinking… these nitwits don’t think in terms of consequences, and sure as hell don’t care about the working class.
For the life if me, I cannot understand the logic of some of this administration’s actions and policies. It’s like they want Americans to die. Real question: How can this possibly benefit their agenda?
DOJ use of force policy.
He broke the law and murdered a US citizen. Full stop.
Hey, CBP isn't allowed to do any of the stuff it's doing in Minneapolis even within the confines of its extremely ridiculous "100 miles from any border" jurisdiction. It's 300 miles from Canada and 160 miles to Lake Superior. They're breaking the law standing around, let alone beating up protesters.
Please take 15 minutes to watch, then share this. Unforgivable.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Wow, you really nailed her 1000 yard stare. She’s every bit as creepy as Miller, and I feel like those eyes can see into my soul.
If you missed the 2025 @isbscience.org Virtual Microbiome Symposium (theme: how microbial metabolites influence the brain, the immune system, & metabolism), the videos of the talks and the panel discussion are now available here:
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Thanks to all who helped make it happen!
Heard this song before, but somehow the record scratch sends us right back to the beginning.
I haven’t laugh/snorted to a comment in weeks.
Comparisons to our country resembling 30s Germany are appropriate, but I’m seeing an awful similarity to 1780s France. I don’t recall that ending well for aristocracy, and especially for the king.
I’d watch Idris eating cereal while reading the Sunday paper, but he was a weak link in an otherwise good (and terrifying) movie.
Speaker Mike Johnson's halloween costume:
Weenie waiting for the Rapture
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A friend’s new substack is great at taking a longer, more thoughtful view of issues; something we’ve lost in this age of digital immediacy and verbal bomb throwing.
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“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
Ranking Member Jamie Raskin Prepared Remarks for the Judicial Conference September 16, 2025 Thank you, Chief Justice Roberts, for the invitation. Forgive my directness here but the times are serious, as you know, our time is short. I have just five minutes and don't want to trespass on Senator Cruz's time. Sometimes these days I feel as if all the foundational principles are being trampled and lost. Often, I hear my colleagues in the House, and these are fellow Democrats, get up to protest some Executive usurpation of legislative power and they begin their lament with the plaintive cry, "We are a coequal branch of government..." And I always feel they have lost the argument right there just by repeating that fifth-grade dogma. First of all, co-equal is not even a word. It's an embarrassing redundancy like "very unique" or "irregardless. "
But there's a reason all legislative power is vested in the Congress and there's a reason it's in Article I. The Founders had a revolution against monarchy and its constant assaults on liberty. In America, the Framers determined, only the representatives of the people would have power to declare wars, pass budgets, impose taxes and tariffs, and so on. Article lis pages and pages of all the powers vested in Congress. Then you get to Article Il, which is tiny. The key paragraph says a president shall be removed from office upon impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors. If we are co-equal, why do we have the power to impeach, try, convict, remove and permanently disqualify the president and he doesn't have the power to impeach, try, convict, remove and disqualify us? The core job of the president is plain: "To Take care that the laws are faithfully executed." That's it. Not abused, not thwarted, not impounded, not redirected, but faithfully executed. A lot of the cases entering the federal courts are variations on this theme.
Here's the remarkable thing: Americans have brought over 300 cases in federal district courts against the Administration so far for usurping legislative powers, defying federal laws, or violating the rights of the people. This summer, researchers found that plaintiffs were winning an astonishing 77% of the cases in the district courts. Moreover, they found that President Trump was losing about equally before Republican-appointed judges (72%) and Democratic-appointed judges (80%). The numbers in the federal circuit courts of appeal are similar, with plaintiffs against the Administration winning overwhelmingly and again without a sharp partisan valence to the appeals courts' voting. A good example is the birthright citizenship case where four district court judges, two appointed by Republican presidents and two appointed by Democratic presidents, all struck down the President's purported negation of birthright citizenship. Then, on appeal, three circuit courts again all ruled against the Administration. But everything is flipped when the cases come to the Supreme Court.
This rules - @raskin.house.gov straight up called out Roberts to his face.
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Democrats are right to remind people that when Trump falls there will be accountability.
I also think we should start issuing criminal referrals to DOJ. While they won't be acted on by our corrupt Attorney General it puts Congress on record against lawbreakers.
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An email headline from one of the news sources I subscribe to:
"Vance's crackdown on left-wing groups"
No- should be:
"The unconstitutional actions of the VP of the United States"
News orgs, do better.
Listening to this exchange again is infuriating. Trump’s bombastic claims that he will fix everything, while Kamala drops truth bombs about Putin’s intentions for Europe, starting with Poland.
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Trump announces new Dept of Education guidelines for protecting prayer in public schools.
A reminder:
Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
"Trump says he’ll seek ‘long-term’ control of DC police and signals he’ll target other cities next"
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I just hate-watched this press conference, and my god you’re accurate in your depiction. Especially Hegseth. How I wish you had less material to work with…
What a bunch of tools.
Hello. The president's continued insistence that the BLS numbers are rigged, political, or otherwise manipulated is a lie. Please stop saying 'baseless claim.' Thank you.
Every document coming from RFK Jr. and his minions should be written in comic sans.
These are not serious people.
There's always a tweet.
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