Brutal.

GOP: the mail is secure enough to receive your photo ID, social security card, your debit and credit cards, your stimulus checks, and your tax returns Also GOP: the mail is not safe enough for voting

Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities This is exactly the opposite. Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.

Attempts to deploy federalized National Guardsmen to Oregon, California, & Illinois, also, signs that Trump, or at least someone around him, is starting to think seriously about the Insurrection Act. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Portland And Beyond

This afternoon, Donald Trump was asked about invoking the Insurrection Act: “I’d do it if it was necessary.

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We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?

I sure hope the libertarians are spending some time sitting with the fact that they helped the US to become a Christian nationalist country.

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · last yr.

While Elon Musk and Donald Trump continue their public break up and tear down, the real story is the man replacing Musk at DOGE: Russell Vought. Democracy Docket dug into Vought and his plans to wreak havoc on millions of Americans. Fund reporting that focuses on facts and cuts through the noise.

Yesterday, I didn't get why Cory Booker set out to speak so long, but now I am dazzled

🔥 PETE ON HEGSETH-GATE: “An epic fuck-up… these are not serious people… if there are no consequences, all the bluster from Trump about merit was bullshit… we deserve so much better…”

There is a clear Trump doctrine. Those who can’t see it won't have a say in reshaping the world | Nesrine Malik

There is a clear Trump doctrine. Those who can’t see it won't have a say in reshaping the world | Nesrine Malik

The sooner the US’s former friends realise the old global order is over, the sooner they can organise to regain power and agency – the only language Trump understands, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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While I greatly admire the integrity of the people who have resigned their positions today, I feel very queasy that it's the good people who are resigning while the corrupt ones are being seated.

How is it possible that our entire government has crumbled this quickly that this evil plan could be treated like it's not completely insane?

Eric Feigl-Ding@drericding.bsky.social · 2y ago

BREAKING—Trump wants US to take ownership of Gaza and redevelop it after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere. (Read: Ethnic cleansing)

For those saying it wasn't a Nazi salute. Keep posting it. Keep sharing it.

What a dilemma for Biden right now. Does he use the immunity the Supreme Court has so unwisely given him (for example, releasing reports) or does he play by the old, correct rules? I don't envy him the choices.

As a life long Democrat, I think a good first step for the DNC is for them to stop "asking for your thoughts" when you know know it's just another fundraising pitch. Stop emailing me until you actually have something to say.