White House Counsel Will Scharf sent a letter to Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., about plans to investigate the Trump administration once Democrats take over the House Oversight Committee, suggesting Democrats’ plans to go after President Donald Trump could “cross the line into blatant criminality."

Trump Administration Tries To Warn Democrats Against Investigating Trump

Legal experts slammed the letter Wednesday, arguing it could actually instead help Democrats’ case.

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But I’m told the House Minority Leader is the only one with experience to be Speaker.

ringwiss@ringwiss.bsky.social · 12h ago

I don’t even know what to say.

Another private jet ICE flight to Africa in progress.

*mystifying the political process* is a way to push the public out of politics and to make it seem as though regular people can't understand BASIC SHIT. Then those people, give away their power to these fucking people because "things are too hard to understand." NO. Most of this shit is BASIC AF.

We better see Democrats move to immediately defund and investigate ICE after the new Congress is sworn in.

Rep. Mike Levin@levin.house.gov · 17h ago

He is 8 years old. A third grader at Fay Elementary School in San Diego.   He showed up for a routine immigration appointment with his uncle. Instead of returning home to his family, he was taken away by THREE ICE officers.  www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Don't speak on behalf of Democratic Leadership when they do not communicate directly with their voters.

There's 3 candidates for prez of the board of alders in St. Louis next year, but they're all serving up warmed over neoliberal bullshit. moundcitymessenger.com/2026/11/10/w...

Will Anti-Data Center Sentiment Impact Upcoming Local Races?

Data center controversies played a large role in recent federal and state elections. The question remains as to whether they will impact the spring’s municipal contests.

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Split screen at Capitol Hill today: Hakeem Jeffries is arguing that he should be the leader of the Democrats — and then, as the current leader, he couldn’t get enough Democrats to show up to impeach Pete Hegseth

Jordan Uhl@jordanuhl.com · yesterday

11 Dems, including Pelosi who has been making the rounds on the Hill today to talk to press, didn’t vote to advance Pete Hegseth’s impeachment. Because of those Dem absences, Republicans successfully sent it to Judiciary Committee, where it will collect dust.

So the thing about BAJAA is that ultimately it just weakens federal law on permitting and dumps that problem on the states, like every other piece of GOP legislation ever written.

Democrats in the Senate already screwed up by greenlighting debate for it, but anyone who votes for #BAJAA is going on the shit list for sure. Critical infrastructure for electrification/renewables can't be tied to an environmentally and socially destructive free for all w/ permitting.

Detention Watch Network@detentionwatchnetwork.org · last wk.

We need your help! The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) would weaken tools communities have to challenge detention projects and hold immigration agencies accountable. This would make it easier to build detention facilities and much harder to stop them. ✍🏽Act now: bit.ly/NOBAAJA

Dallas Goldtooth explains why we must tell our Senators to reject the #BAJAA permitting bill "We all deserve a say in what gets built in our communities, especially when these projects pollute our air + water + increase risks to public health. 106Strong.com. for more info.

A top Justice Department official told a federal judge in Chicago on Monday that communications with local prosecutors about the controversial “Broadview Six” case are privileged and off-limits to her ongoing inquiry into alleged misconduct.

DOJ claims ‘Broadview Six’ communications are off-limits in judge’s inquiry

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The sheriff’s office in Texas’ Tarrant County says it uses “compassionate release” for detainees who are terminally ill. But local advocates are warning the office is scrambling to keep jail deaths from being investigated.

In Texas, Jailers Rush to Release Dying People to Evade Scrutiny - Bolts

Deputies in Tarrant County put the thumbprint of a man who was brain dead on his release form, highlighting how jails scramble to keep deaths from being investigated. His family, organizers, and a loc...

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Thank you, @warren.senate.gov & @markey.senate.gov

Senate Press Gallery@senatepress.bsky.social · 2d ago

Voting no: Alsobrooks, Baldwin, Bennet, Blunt-Rochester, Booker, Cantwell, Duckworth, Durbin, Hassan, Hirono, Kaine, Kelly, Lujan, Markey, Merkley, Murray, Padilla, Rounds -R, Sanders, Schiff, Smith, Van Hollen, Warren, Welch and Wyden. Not voting: Murphy and Sheehy.

Debate is underway on BAAJA Call the Capitol Switchboard to Get Connected to your Senators & tell them to vote NO on the Bipartisan American affordability and Jobs Act: ☎️ (202)-224-3121

PonderOsa@rockintheroad.bsky.social · 2d ago

Newly re-elected New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Lujan, a co-sponsor of the bill, just voted No on cloture of the very bad BAAJA bill. Calls are making a difference!

This horrible BAAJA bill - condemned by indigenous rights groups, environmental groups, members of Congress - is advancing through the Senate after a vote today 73 to 25 to begin debate. Ask yourself why your Dem senator is voting to advance a lame duck bill that benefits Trump + big data centers

Erik Schlenker-Goodrich@riogranderift.bsky.social · 3d ago

Al Gore is a NO on BAAJA. And his analysis is 🎯.

Hundreds of people rallied at the U.S. Capitol today to oppose the "permitting reform" bill, or BAAJA. "This bill would gut bedrock environmental laws, make it harder for communities to stand up for themselves, and make it easier for polluting industries," says KD Chavez of Climate Justice Alliance.

Climate Justice Alliance@cjaourpower.bsky.social · 6d ago

More reasons, as if we didn't have enough already, to stop this dirty deal called the "Bipartisan America Affordability and Jobs Act" up for a vote in the Senate on Monday. Tell your Senators to vote no! climatejusticealliance.org/baaja-fossil...

Industrial hemp used to be a cheap, nutritious, and sustainable way for farmers to feed their livestock. Today, corporate interests and government red tape have made it harder for farmers to grow and use this valuable crop, leaving many dependent on expensive commercial feed.

And pollsters need to stop relegating Asian, Pasifika, and Native and Indigenous voters to the Other category. This tells us nothing and we have the tools to do better. I hope we can get rid of "Other" as a designator for actual people in 2028.

The Lever is nonetheless sending reporters to this conference to ask the big questions: - Why are top Democrats meeting with a billionaire group immediately after an anti-corruption election? - What transactions are happening at this event? (5/x)

🚨NEWS: Top Dems are heading to a conference with a shadowy billionaire front group Majority Democrats - and the group is now barring access to @levernews.com reporters as punishment for our investigative series exposing the group's funders. Follow for a thread (1/x)...

🇫🇷 French pres. candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon pledged Saturday that, if elected, French navy ships would escort citizen flotillas trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza “if necessary." "We will act head-on to help the Palestinians, against both the genocide in Gaza and the gradual annexation of...

From a dear comrade who is a long-time Florida organizer...

"When Republicans win, we must check in with Republicans' feelings. When Democrats win, we must check in with Republicans' feelings. If Martians invade, we would...." --the NYT

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 5d ago

In deep-red Texas, conservatives are trying to make sense of what just happened to their longtime Republican stronghold. We visited a men’s bible study as they gathered for the first time since the state flipped in the midterm election.

NEW: Trump's DOJ intervened in a federal lawsuit in Texas that could bankrupt Planned Parenthood after a Democrat was elected Attorney General. Paxton had previously joined. The case is set to go to trial next year before anti-abortion activist Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk who tried to ban mifepristone

Justice Department Intervenes in Planned Parenthood Lawsuit in Texas

The Justice Department’s intervention in the Texas lawsuit could signal that the administration is ready to challenge newly elected Democrats in state offices.

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I cannot stress enough that the Supreme Court did not rule against trans health care because of non binary people. Be serious.

Great story from @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social about how nurses in Pittsburgh organized to win paid family leave for every resident in Allegheny County. prospect.org/2026/11/06/p...

Pennsylvania Nurses Win Paid Family Leave for Entire County - The American Prospect

Allegheny County is the first in the nation to pass the benefit, which grants 12 weeks of paid parental leave to residents at covered worksites.

prospect.org

nine people were shot and killed by these untrained goons everyone involved in it should be convicted

Federal Immigration Agent Shootings Tracker

See how many times ICE and other federal agents have shot someone, held someone at gunpoint or used less-lethal munitions.

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