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Massachusetts born and bred- hoping this platform will help us all organize to rescue the democracy that was born in my backyard
Lifelong Dem
Feared we would sleepwalk into fascism.
Then we did
Lifelong Dem
Feared we would sleepwalk into fascism.
Then we did
Absolutely: let's just say it --- we need to know who of the Trump/Noem/Homan/Bovino hires has a criminal record
Great work per usual by Greg here. 👇🏾
I would add 6th: assemble for Congressional review a database of ICE agents (names publicly withheld, sure) hired since 1/20/25, including age, race, gender, occupational history, legal history, group affiliations, social media records.
You know why…
I would add 6th: assemble for Congressional review a database of ICE agents (names publicly withheld, sure) hired since 1/20/25, including age, race, gender, occupational history, legal history, group affiliations, social media records.
You know why…
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Absolutely: let's just say it --- we need to know who of the Trump/Noem/Homan/Bovino hires has a criminal record
Two scenarios for the Melania movie set to appear in actual movie theaters for some godforsaken reason:
1) Huge flop
2) Becomes a Rocky Horror Picture Show cult movie. Imagine the costumes, imagine the chants at the screen commenting on Melania's, ahem, questionable entry into the U.S.
1) Huge flop
2) Becomes a Rocky Horror Picture Show cult movie. Imagine the costumes, imagine the chants at the screen commenting on Melania's, ahem, questionable entry into the U.S.
January 27, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Two scenarios for the Melania movie set to appear in actual movie theaters for some godforsaken reason:
1) Huge flop
2) Becomes a Rocky Horror Picture Show cult movie. Imagine the costumes, imagine the chants at the screen commenting on Melania's, ahem, questionable entry into the U.S.
1) Huge flop
2) Becomes a Rocky Horror Picture Show cult movie. Imagine the costumes, imagine the chants at the screen commenting on Melania's, ahem, questionable entry into the U.S.
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NATO’s 2% defense spending target was agreed in 2014 (Wales Summit)—well before Trump—as a guideline to “move toward” that level. By 2025, all allies reached it for the first time, driven largely by Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, with spending increases already underway.
January 26, 2026 at 8:44 PM
NATO’s 2% defense spending target was agreed in 2014 (Wales Summit)—well before Trump—as a guideline to “move toward” that level. By 2025, all allies reached it for the first time, driven largely by Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, with spending increases already underway.
So--- Kristi and Corey screwed this up. Who could have predicted that?
Homan is awful. But Bovino is even worse.
Leavitt throws Bovino under the bus: "Mr Bovino is a wonderful man and he's a great professional. He is very much going to continue CBP throughout and across the country. Mr Homan will be the main point of contact on the ground in Minneapolis"
January 26, 2026 at 6:57 PM
So--- Kristi and Corey screwed this up. Who could have predicted that?
To paraphrase the Nazi mother in Notorious, the Hitchcock film: Minnesota may yet be protected by the enormity of Trumpist stupidity.
BC: i'd point to the pam bondi letter. it says you basically need to do these 3 things, and we'll pull our agents out.
it's a shakedown letter. a ransom note. ... moving goal posts. that's what you expect from people trying to extort you.
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it's a shakedown letter. a ransom note. ... moving goal posts. that's what you expect from people trying to extort you.
...
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January 26, 2026 at 5:09 PM
To paraphrase the Nazi mother in Notorious, the Hitchcock film: Minnesota may yet be protected by the enormity of Trumpist stupidity.
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Two weeks ago this guy announced he was providing legal help to the agent who shot Renee Good. That's how quickly the winds are shifting.
pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
January 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Two weeks ago this guy announced he was providing legal help to the agent who shot Renee Good. That's how quickly the winds are shifting.
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Adam Vinatieri is sitting at home with his feet up, saying, "What's the problem with these guys anyway?"
January 25, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Adam Vinatieri is sitting at home with his feet up, saying, "What's the problem with these guys anyway?"
Let's get this right: an armed mob of Republican paramilitaries executed a Veterans Health Administration nurse in broad daylight. The Republican regime blamed the victim for his own death, claiming falsely that he brandished a gun which he had a right to carry thanks to Republican laws.
January 24, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Let's get this right: an armed mob of Republican paramilitaries executed a Veterans Health Administration nurse in broad daylight. The Republican regime blamed the victim for his own death, claiming falsely that he brandished a gun which he had a right to carry thanks to Republican laws.
Great day for hyper competitive Republican Supreme Court clerks and Federalist Society wunderkinds now at work spinning up the originalist legal theory in which the 2nd Amendment is inviolate except in cases when the ruling authorities just feel like shooting a guy they don't like.
January 24, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Great day for hyper competitive Republican Supreme Court clerks and Federalist Society wunderkinds now at work spinning up the originalist legal theory in which the 2nd Amendment is inviolate except in cases when the ruling authorities just feel like shooting a guy they don't like.
Dems can't defund, abolish, or repeal/replace ICE and CPB in the short term. But they can demand accounting of how many/who the agents are, hired under Trump, who have criminal records, are sex offenders, and (maybe deidentified) have psychiatric conditions. They won't get one, but demand anyway.
January 24, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Dems can't defund, abolish, or repeal/replace ICE and CPB in the short term. But they can demand accounting of how many/who the agents are, hired under Trump, who have criminal records, are sex offenders, and (maybe deidentified) have psychiatric conditions. They won't get one, but demand anyway.
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Yet another reminder that the ruling party will aggressively seek your anti-socialist Venezuelan votes so that they can then try to kick as many of you out as possible as a thank you
The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Yet another reminder that the ruling party will aggressively seek your anti-socialist Venezuelan votes so that they can then try to kick as many of you out as possible as a thank you
I'm old enough to remember when Republicans beat Democrats over the head with the charge that Dems had turned the United States into a "pitiful helpless giant."
Turns out they wanted that honor for themselves.
Turns out they wanted that honor for themselves.
January 22, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I'm old enough to remember when Republicans beat Democrats over the head with the charge that Dems had turned the United States into a "pitiful helpless giant."
Turns out they wanted that honor for themselves.
Turns out they wanted that honor for themselves.
Our tax dollars at work
These people all have terminal brain worms.
White House spokeswoman mocks people asking about this:
“uM, eXCuSe mE??? iS tHAt DiGiTAlLy AlTeReD?!?!?!?!?!”
“uM, eXCuSe mE??? iS tHAt DiGiTAlLy AlTeReD?!?!?!?!?!”
January 22, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Our tax dollars at work
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US law requires 2/3 Senate approval for international treaties
Trump’s Board of Peace has now officially been recognized as an international organization, according to the White House.
January 22, 2026 at 11:48 AM
US law requires 2/3 Senate approval for international treaties
Everybody's getting Trump's idea all wrong. It's not a Peace Board
It's a Piece Board, as in a board to hand out pieces of the world to himself and his buddies.
It's a Piece Board, as in a board to hand out pieces of the world to himself and his buddies.
January 21, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Everybody's getting Trump's idea all wrong. It's not a Peace Board
It's a Piece Board, as in a board to hand out pieces of the world to himself and his buddies.
It's a Piece Board, as in a board to hand out pieces of the world to himself and his buddies.
Called my congressman today to implore Democratic leadership to demand Trump's removal by any legal means. Sure, Trump won't be removed, but background noise matters.
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Called my congressman today to implore Democratic leadership to demand Trump's removal by any legal means. Sure, Trump won't be removed, but background noise matters.
Fellow Americans should get better acquainted with the real leader of the free world. It ain't our guy anymore
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Canadian PM’s Davos speech is unmissable in a time of “rupture”
I've been thinking about it all night.
www.motherjones.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Fellow Americans should get better acquainted with the real leader of the free world. It ain't our guy anymore
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Deliberate destruction of the US auto industry (and our climate) should be on any Top 10 list of examples of how Trump and his Republican fellow travelers are waging outright war on the American people.
"When Europe ponders enforcing its laws regarding child pornography on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X, then the administration is quick to issue retaliatory threats. But American auto manufacturers? Those Trump will kill with his own hand." — @ryanlcooper.com @prospect.org
How Trump Doomed the American Auto Industry - The American Prospect
Ford and GM made a big bet on electrification. Then Trump plunged a knife into their backs.
prospect.org
January 20, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Deliberate destruction of the US auto industry (and our climate) should be on any Top 10 list of examples of how Trump and his Republican fellow travelers are waging outright war on the American people.
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The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the U.S. say that America’s “moral role in confronting evil around the world” is in question for the first time in decades. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:10 AM
The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the U.S. say that America’s “moral role in confronting evil around the world” is in question for the first time in decades. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
Great description of just how fervently Trump doesn't give a crap about health care, and why Republicans keep serving up delusional zombie policy ideas as a result
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
Trump's long-awaited healthcare "plan" is a joke
He can barely bring himself to pretend he cares.
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Great description of just how fervently Trump doesn't give a crap about health care, and why Republicans keep serving up delusional zombie policy ideas as a result
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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Invoke the 25th Amendment.
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Invoke the 25th Amendment.
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"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Not sure how many suburban House Republicans want to be on record embracing everything Noem, Hegseth, Gabbard, RFK Jr have done. In any case, put the screws to them! And get attention paid to the atrocities.
January 19, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Not sure how many suburban House Republicans want to be on record embracing everything Noem, Hegseth, Gabbard, RFK Jr have done. In any case, put the screws to them! And get attention paid to the atrocities.
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This is important & revealing. Gallego is from AZ. He ran to the right of Dems in 2024 on immigration. The fact he's saying this speaks volumes. He sees where the public is on ICE. Tear it down. Build another non-police-state-freak-show immigration enforcement agency.
Arizona’s @gallego.senate.gov : "I think ICE needs to be totally torn down… People want immigration enforcement that goes after criminals, not the goon squad that has come from Stephen Miller and Trump."
January 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
This is important & revealing. Gallego is from AZ. He ran to the right of Dems in 2024 on immigration. The fact he's saying this speaks volumes. He sees where the public is on ICE. Tear it down. Build another non-police-state-freak-show immigration enforcement agency.
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jd vance would sell his *own* children for a percocet if he thought it would get him closer to the presidency
NEW: JD Vance supported US strikes on Iran this week and reasoned that Trump had to enforce his own red line, per sources. It was a surprise role reversal for a politician who built his identity on opposing Middle East wars with a loose connection to core US interests
January 18, 2026 at 1:21 AM
jd vance would sell his *own* children for a percocet if he thought it would get him closer to the presidency