Screenshot of an X post by Jonathan Lemire reporting that when asked if Americans should worry about retaliatory attacks at home, Trump acknowledged the possibility and said some people will die when you go to war. Below is a photo of Trump wearing a red “USA” hat and pointing.
This is what he thinks of our safety and security.
Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"
One would think…
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Lauren Boebert is asked to define “inflation.” It does not go well.
Trump's self-dealing is truly off the scales — eclipsing even the biggest corruption scandal of the First Gilded Age.
It's a new Golden Age for grifting. [@brennancenter.org]
Who knew rhinos had lap dogs?
How the “Founding Fathers” stole their ideas from the native Haudenosaunee — and created our patriarchal system of government by “forgetting” the Women Elders
bit.ly/vinceandawkword
Whoopsy…
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
New Mexico lawmakers today launched an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's former Zorro Ranch over allegations the late convicted sex offender trafficked and sexually abused girls and women at the nearly 10,000-acre property outside Santa Fe.
Raskin: What makes somebody a good lawyer?
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
The major purpose of Trump's operations in blue cities is to do as much damage to their economy as possible.
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
Trying to LOWER the minimum wage for countless workers — including those just getting a start in the workforce.
After voters in both states approved minimum wage increases. And while the nation struggles with an affordability crisis.
The GOP agenda.
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
I’ve reached out to both Gov. Walz and Sen. Klobuchar following the latest shooting involving federal agents in Minnesota.
Marylanders have witnessed this cruelty in our own communities – during a school drop-off in Salisbury and in Glen Burnie on Christmas Eve. These are not isolated incidents.
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
Call your representatives today and demand they stop ICE’s abuses of power: (202) 224-3121
The 15 richest people in America saw their collective wealth jump nearly $1 trillion during Trump's year back in office.
Many of them were standing alongside Trump at his inauguration one year ago today.
How are you doing?
Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
According to the Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Texas had approximately 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Florida had 1.6 undocumented immigrants
• Minnesota had 130,000
• Ohio had 190.000
Why TAF has ICE occupied Minneapolis & Columbus?
“I think more than 350 of those cameras have gone out and are already deployed in the community now,” he said...
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Screenshot of a post on X by Acyn (@Acyn) quoting Thomas Massie warning DOJ officials that they can be prosecuted by a future DOJ for violating the law, saying it is not a congressional subpoena that expires and “will last forever.” Below the text is a CNN split-screen video still showing a male anchor on the left and Massie on the right. A banner reads “EPSTEIN FALLOUT” and “LAWMAKERS ASK JUDGE TO APPOINT INDEPENDENT MONITOR TO ENSURE DOJ FULLY RELEASES EPSTEIN FILES,” with a red “LIVE” indicator and a “cc” icon.
Massie reminds the DOJ that laws will outlast regimes.
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
