I don’t even really think this is fair. Iraq was heavily debated publicly, and there was a plan. It was a stupid and delusional plan based on unrealistic assumptions, but it was known publicly and voted on by Congress. There was no public debate or Congressional authorization in this instance.
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 7mo agoDonald Trump is repeating George W. Bush’s catastrophic mistakes.
John Oliver on his son's Mets fandom and how the Mets are actually very British.
US Rep. Lieu on the Epstein files: "Trump appears thousands of times" "Inside those files are allegations of Donald Trump raping children, threatening to kill children. I encourage the press to go look at these allegations." #OpDeathEaters #EpsteinCoverup #EpsteinFiles
Police arrest the former prince Andrew on his 66th birthday, after weeks of revelations over his friendship and dealings with Jeffrey Epstein.
If a Prince can be held accountable, so can a President.
This morning on @cnbc.com, B of A said the “K-shaped” economy is increasingly about not just the split between high and low-income — but high and MIDDLE-income consumers.
Our country is so divided that we don’t even share the Super Bowl anymore. But in the words of Bad Bunny: “the only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
NEWS: A federal grand jury has rejected the Trump regime’s attempt to indict six Democratic members of Congress for posting a video reminding service members of their oath and their duty to refuse illegal orders.
I’m living in Canada, where multiculturalism, the rule of law and democratic norms remain strong, watching the freedoms I once took for granted wither away at home. montrealgazette.com/opinion/op_e...
Opinion: How it feels to be an American living in Canada right now
I’m standing on my neighbour's lawn, watching my house burn down. But I'm not powerless, and neither are you.
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Gestapos opened fire, striking Martinez 5 times in the arm, chest & both legs 1 gestapo had body cam ... Martinez has said in court that it shows an officer shouting "do something b--" The gestapo who shot her, in a group text: "I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."
'My own government attempted to execute me,' Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol testifies
Marimar Martinez said she believes that she survived her encounter with Border Patrol agents so she could share her story.
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Was talking with my 73-year-old dad over the weekend, he's always been a pretty conservative "a country needs to secure its borders" National Review type guy, and he was saying ICE is out of control. "This Stephen Miller guy needs to go!"
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 8mo agoRemarkable: 55% of noncollege whites and even 50% of rural whites say ICE is too aggressive, per new Fox News poll. And 71% of independents disapprove of Trump on immigration. This is digging deep into Trump's base. We detail these numbers on today's pod: newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Trump is lying about the Kennedy Center being in poor shape, because of course he is.
Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 8mo agoSince a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.
This is what embodying the American spirit looks like. Alex Pretti is America. Renee Good is America. Liam Ramos is America. We are all the disenfranchised, downtrodden, and despondent. They are us. H/t @jamestalarico.bsky.social
A reminder that Bad Bunny performs in front of the biggest audience on earth in seven days
✶ MarcusD ✶@marcusd.bsky.social · 8mo agoIce out
“Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious LUST FOR UNBRIDLED POWER and the IMPOSITION OF CRUELTY IN ITS QUEST know no bounds and ARE BEREFT OF HUMAN DECENCY” ~ The Federal Judge
Judge orders release of 5-year-old detained by ICE in Minnesota
The judge accused the Trump administration of inhumanity in its approach to deportations.
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Bad Bunny: Before I say thanks to god, I'm going to say, ICE out. We are not savage, we are not animals, we are not aliens, we are humans and we are Americans.
✶ MarcusD ✶@marcusd.bsky.social · 8mo agoIce out
GOALIE FIGHT AT THE #STADIUMSERIES 🇺🇸: /espn ➡️ https://www.espn.com/watch/ 🇨🇦: /Sportsnet & /TVASports ➡️ https://watch.sportsnet.ca/
America is the immigrant. America is the protestor. America is the huddled masses yearning to be free. Alex Pretti is America. Renee Good is America. Liam Ramos is America. In this moment of crisis, America needs patriots now more than ever.
Chris Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "If you're a conservative in this country, you should care about the fact that your govt is intentionally hurting kids. You should care about the fact that this govt is violating the 4th, 2nd, and 1st Amendment every single day. This is a lawless administration."
CHICAGOANS!!!! Voting is open for the annual snowplow naming contest. And “Abolish Ice” is one of the options. You know what to do (vote): chicagoshovels.org
Under any other president, this would be treated as the biggest corruption scandal in American history. A foreign government giving hundreds of millions of dollars directly to the Trumps. He promised to make your family better off, but instead he’s cashing in for his own.
Hell, yeah. “I’ve got white skin, so I’m using my privilege to speak for my friends and neighbors. We’re telling them to stay home and stay safe, and we’re coming out and fighting for them.”
Here’s Epstein after being told he has “permission to kill” an unidentified man: “whoops” Epstein after being told Mary Kennedy was found dead in her backyard: “whoops” Follow along this short thread… 1/
NEW: A federal judge has ordered 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father RELEASED from the Dilley detention center. www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/u...
Source: Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and father released | CNN
A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a source with knowledge of the fed...
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“Kamala warned us” Fuck you Palestinians warned you Black people warned you The Left warned you Half the international community warned you The US slide into fascism has been long and slow. Many have been falsely imprisoned or killed by it over decades. It just finally came for you.
To all the libertarians who’ve been waving Gadsden flags and howling ‘live free or die’ for their entire lives: what’s happening in this country is what being tread on looks like. It’s what a tyrannical government looks like. Tyranny is tyranny regardless of who the tyrants target first. Wake up!
In her email, Melania Trump expressed excitement about visiting Ghislaine Maxwell in Palm Beach and tried to make arrangements to meet up with her as soon as she was back in New York City.
New Epstein file dump reveals gushing emails between Melania Trump, Ghislaine Maxwell
The Justice Department on Friday released many more files related to its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, including a gushing exchange between Melania Trump and Epstein’s now-imprisoned sidekick, …
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