James Stanton
@critical-wit.bsky.social
Rebel AuDHD Librarian, gamer, social justice Bard. Chicago. Twitch: twitch.tv/critica1wit
First of all, this is a stupid lie. Second, Donald is intentionally *raising* the cost of prescriptions. He is cruelly about to cut Medicare subsidies for drugs.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h agoTrump: "I don't get credit for anything. Even prescription drug prices, where they're down 600 percent."
as if millions of statisticians suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h agoTrump: "An outlier is a person that doesn't have a chance" (That's not what 'outlier' means)
Texas Gubernatorial Candidate Gina Hinojosa visited the Lorenzo Salgado Araujo memorial in Houston's East End alongside Ronaldo Salgado today. The memorial has a sign that reads, "Somos Lorenzo," or "We are Lorenzo," in Spanish.
NEW: Trump is speaking today at a casino owned by a company battling lawsuits alleging its properties failed to stop the trafficking of a 9-year-old girl and other victims. The suits allege negligence and inadequate security. Our latest:
Trump to Speak at Casino Owned by Company Facing Lawsuit Alleging Failure to Prevent Trafficking of 9-Year-Old Girl
The ownership group is battling multiple lawsuits involving sex trafficking victims
meidasnews.com
Young people are watching the mask slip off people they thought they knew, and it’s breaking them. Let it break the silence too. We don’t get to be quiet while empathy gets treated like a weakness. 90 days to prove there’s still enough of us who give a damn. #BlueWaveIn90Days
The fact that the Democratic senators are agreeing to a continuing resolution until Dec 11th with NO compromises for them is absolute political malpractice and head scratching. Why not even try to ban like…. The arch? Anything!
This party sure does love to run cover for pedophiles.
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3h ago"Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn each reneged on their promises to meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein, with Tillis even leaving them waiting in his office for 45 minutes before they gave up." newrepublic.com/post/213959/...
NEWS: A federal judge has granted the Wall Street Journal's request to stay discovery in Trump's defamation lawsuit over its Epstein birthday letter story, signaling a dismissal may be imminent.
Judge Slams Brakes on Trump’s Epstein Lawsuit as Dismissal Looms
The ruling blocks Trump's effort to depose Rupert Murdoch while the judge decides whether the case survives.
meidasnews.com
El-Sayed: "I believe our kids have a right to our tax dollars. I'm about 10 min away from schools that look like they did 50 years ago. Our money should be spent here rather than sent in the form of bombs or tanks to foreign govts, particularly when they are doing most heinous things with them ... "
Young people under 40 better wake tf up- this 80 year old dirty stink is destroying your future. The 5 guys running this country put this party fluffer in charge of “cosmetics”, so you don’t notice them.
Donald Trump cares more about making Vladimir Putin happy than he cares about doing what he promised those who voted for him. Read that again. It’s gut wrenching.
Trump endorsed Amir Hassan in Michigan’s 8th district. Amir Hassan lost to a candidate who dropped out last month. Think about that.
New Mexico is suing the federal government for blocking their ability to investigate Epstein's crimes that took place at his ranch there. Pedophile protector Todd Blanche and his pedophile boss don't want them to see the evidence. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New Mexico sues DOJ and Todd Blanche, alleging they blocked Epstein probe
The lawsuit was filed on the same day New Mexico is releasing a report of its preliminary findings from an ongoing probe into Epstein and his ranch in Stanley.
nbcnews.com
Last night's political earthquake in Michigan should make one thing very clear: it's time for Democrats to grow a spine and stop bending the knee to corporate donors.
The Failures of “Centrism”
By moving to the so-called “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening ine
youtube.com
holy shit -- Schiff ties Trump's judicial nominees in knots by asking them who won the 2016 before *before* asking them who won in 2020, which results in them sounding like election deniers about Trump's victories!
I know folks keep saying it's hilarious that Fox is unintentionally talking up progressives + the DSA, but also what a sad condemnation of Fox News viewers that hungry, malnourished American children = a selling point for them. How quickly they shed all pretense of family values + Christian love.
Madge is now grifting on Cameo, where you can book her for only $150. Next week, Only Fans?
El-Sayed: "Once a government agency like ICE is told it has impunity to do the worst things and violate the highest law of the land, which is the Constitution itself, I don't think you can reform or retrain. I think we need to start from scratch ... I think we need to abolish it."
BOOKER: Let me make this easy. Be a man. Yes or no -- did Joe Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: ... the Congress certifie-- BOOKER: There you go. Stop! Can you please tell me yes or no, did President Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: The Congress certified-- B: You are showing cowardice.
For the first time since 2017, a Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Democrats surpassing Republicans on which party voters think has a better approach to the economy. Trump's approval rating is at 35%. Democrats lead by 5-points on the generic congressional ballot.
Voters prefer Democrats over Republicans on economy for first time in a decade, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Democrats lead Republicans 37% to 36% on the economy, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
reuters.com
As I have been saying for ages: I'm all for a big tent, love me a big tent. But the big tent only works if the people under it with you are actually your allies in the struggle against fascism and the oligarchy. If we aren't partners in the cause, why are they under the tent with us?
Have James Carville and Bill Maher left the Democratic Party yet? Let me be the first to say, "Good morning, good afternoon, and goodnight!"
The “Barack HUSSEIN Obama” people are going to go all in on racism in Michigan.
The Trump Regime attempting to deport eyewitnesses to the murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, incl. Jose Trinidad, who says Lorenzo didn't ram an ICE vehicle or run over agents. LULAC's Juan Proaño on what is being done to protect Lorenzo’s family & the Latino community. youtu.be/wF3ulAZP0kU?...
Trump UNDER FIRE After Trying to SILENCE ICE MURDER Witnesses!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
Hearings like this are a reminder that if you work for Donald Trump, you are a person of low character and have no integrity. There are no exceptions.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮 During a hearing, Blumenthal made Trump nominees squirm by asking them who won the 2020 election -- a question they refuse to answer -- but then Schiff upped the ante by asking them *who won the 2016 election.* Here's a supercut:
@nlanard.bsky.social has written the best analysis of what happened in Michigan and elsewhere that you'll read today: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Michigan’s primary reckoning for the Democrats
Despite record outside spending, Abdul El-Sayed and a slate of left-leaning candidates triumphed over establishment and incumbent rivals.
motherjones.com
Folks from the Women's March have been arrested at the Capitol for protesting ICE. Shout out to the women who are putting their lives and livelihoods on the line to get their message out: ABOLISH ICE.
