@julianastratton.bsky.social & @duckworth.senate.gov No on _any_ SCOTUS nominations. Any lower court judges have to specifically say Joe Biden won in 2020 and affirm that the President is subject to the laws of the United States.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 5d ago

My #1 criteria for Senate Majority Leader is someone who will keep Senate Dems from confirming any SCOTUS justices who happen to die during this term. And I mean it. If five of them die in 2027, oh well, next president gets eight picks in 2029.

Tom Hollandaise

Human Resources Haldeman@gonebabygone.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The existence of Toms Holland and Hollander suggests a terrible and imperceptible Tom Hollandest

Look at how they all talk about a singularity, how they've so eagerly and pathetically recreated evangelical Christianity from libertarian first principles and classic golden age science fiction written by sexual predators.

I keep hearing about Kavanaugh stops like they're part of the law, certified legal by the Supreme Court. ***They are not***

@icegov.bsky.social Abolish ICE Demolish DHS

@icegov.bsky.social chinga la migra!

@govpritzker.illinois.gov Trump sent stormtroopers into cities around Chicagoland yesterday including Evanston. They threatened Illinoisans at gunpoint. They demanded our papers. They kidnapped us. These stormtroopers are who you've sent our Illinois State Police to protect.

Toscha 🍂@poemless.bsky.social · last yr.

Some context to the viral videos: Around 9am Friday, ICE/CBP *encircled* several square miles of a safe suburb and *stormed* it using multiple units. They were in cars, on foot in alleys & gangways, and in helicopters. They demanded papers, threatened residents, pointed guns, kidnapped people.

@ilattygeneral.bsky.social @govpritzker.illinois.gov Hey guys, instead of using the Illinois State Police to back up these criminals why don't you start investigating their crimes? Kidnapping, breaking & entering, brandishing firearms, assault. So many options beyond filing law suits.

Adam Klasfeld@klasfeldreports.com · last yr.

The day after the Chinatown raid, New York AG Tish James launches an online portal for the public to submit photos and videos of ICE activity. "We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law," she writes. Portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

The Ass Formerly Known as Prince Andrew *Apologies to The Artist Who Will Always be Remembered as Prince, who should not be sullied with any connection to these weirdos

Do we have secret state police in Illinois @govpritzker.illinois.gov? We've seen very clearly the horrors that ICE agents' anonymity allows. Don't give your troopers the same license to abuse the public! Require all police in Illinois to wear identifying marks on any uniformed assignment.

unraveled@unraveledpress.com · last yr.

Have seen a few troopers out here without their name patches. This one tells me they're not required to wear them "with this uniform." Asked him to identify himself and he then told me his name is "Tad Nelson."

@duckworth.senate.gov and @durbin.senate.gov, you seriously couldn't stand up straight enough to vote against honoring a hate preacher? What's next - David Duke Day? Nathan Bedford Forrest Day? Every time you let this fascist bullshit pass without objection you get weaker. Stand up for us!

I'm still hearing, occasionally, a lament that "you should've voted for Kamala", whoever that "you" is. 235 days have passed and nobody can go back to change the result. Not on November 6th and not now. Telling people what they should have done helps nothing.

Hey @ericswalwell.bsky.social, *what* things has Mamdani "said about the Jewish people"? Do you have any actual quotes or is this just a vague allusion to things he never said because you want to smear a real progressive?

Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social · last yr.

Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell says of Zohran Mamdani: "I don't associate myself with what he has said about the Jewish people."

Note to reporters, editors, politicians, and somebody's uncle: I can be worried/angry/sad about more than 1 thing at at time. Israel bombing Iran does not "push the ICE protests off the front page"

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov Does this sound like someone you can work with? Johnson will happily let his allies and their goons lock you away.

Celeste Pewter@celestepewter.bsky.social · last yr.

Be aware: Speaker Johnson just spoke to press and said that Padilla's behavior rises to the level of a censure. Are you freaking joking me.

@sanders.senate.gov You gotta know that a big reason Dr King's non-violent strategy was effective is that it was the alternative, the better option. The implicit risk of a violent reaction to society and government ignoring the demands of a movement gives non-violence power.

Maybe if the Senate minority leader showed some spine and some initiative once in a while the administration might tread more lightly?

Chuck Schumer@schumer.senate.gov · 2y ago

Mayor Ras Baraka has been released, but he should never have been arrested by Trump to begin with.

@governor.ny.gov why are you letting the Republicans use New York State Troopers as their rent-a-Gestapo to drag dissidents out of a public meeting?

Eileen Clancy 🧿@clancyny.bsky.social · 2y ago

Amazing photograph of @emilyjaynef.bsky.social taken by Seth Harrison of The Journal News. Many more photos in gallery. @lohud.bsky.social www.lohud.com/picture-gall...

@governor.ny.gov why are you letting the Republicans use New York State Troopers as their rent-a-Gestapo to drag a dissident out of a public meeting?

Jennifer C@thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 2y ago

🧵 NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night. Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.” She’s a constituent. Not a threat. Fascism again.

Eight. Strong. Questions. Wow Chuck, you really know how to make change not happen. @schumer.senate.gov

US citizen children deported to Honduras without hearing or counsel. www.aclu.org/press-releas...

ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union

Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well

aclu.org

This isn't how grad school should go. @durbin.senate.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov what are you doing to get Rümeysa Öztürk's PhD back on track? What are you doing to protect students in Illinois from being kidnapped by secret police? www.xkcd.com/3081/

PhD Timeline

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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social You damn fool. The tariffs are a distraction. The DOGE BS is a distraction. Sideshow Bobby and his anti-health malarkey are a distraction. What they're distracting you from is Trump's Gestapo kidnapping people and disappearing them without any chance to defend themselves.

It always seems to come down to "yes, the MAGAs are abducting people on the streets, destroying the nation's economy, eviscerating science as a force for good, and openly practicing racism and misogyny, but the 'left' tried to get people to use respectful language. We were forced to be fascist."

Hey @durbin.senate.gov, you could take a turn too! When the business of the Senate is hurting Americans, and letting Trump and Musk hurt Americans without interference, you need to stop that business from happening.

Sen. Cory Booker@booker.senate.gov · 2y ago

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

It'd be great to see @duckworth.senate.gov join in this. Shut the machine down until it stops hurting Americans

Yell In a War@jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 2y ago

I’ve been a @booker.senate.gov critic since like 2010, but this is unambiguously good, this is what we need more of, this is worthy of celebration. Obstruct. Throw sand in the gears. Every Democratic Senator should take their turn doing it.

@washingtonpost.com Should I be expecting opinion pieces on how Amazon's monopoly practices have destroyed the free market?

If I were a Democrat, and I saw Trump do a purge of high-level generals who were women and people of color and wouldn't be "yes men," I wouldn't vote to advance JD Vance's college friend for Secretary of the Army. And yet....16 Democrats just did so

Gonna clean up their phrasing because I'm a helpful little copy editor: "giving a provocative gesture . . . ." should read "saluted like the Nazi he is and always has been"

The Daily Beast@thedailybeast.bsky.social · 2y ago

Steve Bannon whipped up the CPAC crowd by talking about the possibility of Trump staying in office for a third term—and concluded his speech by giving a provocative gesture that resembled the controversial salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally last month.

Hey @washingtonpost.com I guess your layout editor dropped this?