@deborahblairporter.bsky.social
So the United States presently faces risk and threats around the world, i.e., tyrants in Russia and China, attacks on US military in Syria, and our internal security apparatus is focused on . . . searching for Donald Trump's name in the very same files he previously insisted be released?!?!?!?
Live Updates: Epstein Release Reveals New Photos but Many Files Are Withheld
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:31 AM
So the United States presently faces risk and threats around the world, i.e., tyrants in Russia and China, attacks on US military in Syria, and our internal security apparatus is focused on . . . searching for Donald Trump's name in the very same files he previously insisted be released?!?!?!?
Kristin Welker’s interview with Kristi (“It’s Joe Biden’s fault”) Noem today: 1) ask a question, 2) let Noem blather on ad nauseum with no challenge (e.g., “If you knew Joe Biden hadn’t vetted Afghanis, why didn't the Trump administration check the vetting?”), and 3) “Let’s move on.” Why bother!??!
November 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Kristin Welker’s interview with Kristi (“It’s Joe Biden’s fault”) Noem today: 1) ask a question, 2) let Noem blather on ad nauseum with no challenge (e.g., “If you knew Joe Biden hadn’t vetted Afghanis, why didn't the Trump administration check the vetting?”), and 3) “Let’s move on.” Why bother!??!
ACLU previously challenged the Trump Administration's efforts to shut down asylum and won that challenge back in July 2025. www.aclu.org/press-releas....
So isn't Trump just doing the same thing, but now with applicants who have already filed?
So isn't Trump just doing the same thing, but now with applicants who have already filed?
Trump Pauses Domestic Applications for Asylum
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
ACLU previously challenged the Trump Administration's efforts to shut down asylum and won that challenge back in July 2025. www.aclu.org/press-releas....
So isn't Trump just doing the same thing, but now with applicants who have already filed?
So isn't Trump just doing the same thing, but now with applicants who have already filed?
This is why the Democratic Party is unpopular: they don't seem to understand how to use goals and objectives. They have confused the objective, i.e., seats in Congress and winning the White House, with what their goal should be, i.e., truly representing the interests of the American people.
As Mamdani nears victory, Democrats worry about national fallout
The progressive candidate is on the cusp of a historic mayoral win. And that's adding to unease among Democrats looking for a way back to national power.
www.msnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is why the Democratic Party is unpopular: they don't seem to understand how to use goals and objectives. They have confused the objective, i.e., seats in Congress and winning the White House, with what their goal should be, i.e., truly representing the interests of the American people.
So. . . there ISN'T crime in San Francisco???
There ISN'T an insurrection???
San Francisco ISN'T "war-ravaged"???
So, he's really, truly, making these threats . . . for NO REASON AT ALL EXCEPT TO HARASS AND TERRORIZE CALIFORNIA!?!?
#NoKings 💪
There ISN'T an insurrection???
San Francisco ISN'T "war-ravaged"???
So, he's really, truly, making these threats . . . for NO REASON AT ALL EXCEPT TO HARASS AND TERRORIZE CALIFORNIA!?!?
#NoKings 💪
Trump cancels plans to send federal troops to San Francisco for immigration crackdown
President confirmed he spoke with mayor Daniel Lurie and Silicon Valley leaders about calling off deployment
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
So. . . there ISN'T crime in San Francisco???
There ISN'T an insurrection???
San Francisco ISN'T "war-ravaged"???
So, he's really, truly, making these threats . . . for NO REASON AT ALL EXCEPT TO HARASS AND TERRORIZE CALIFORNIA!?!?
#NoKings 💪
There ISN'T an insurrection???
San Francisco ISN'T "war-ravaged"???
So, he's really, truly, making these threats . . . for NO REASON AT ALL EXCEPT TO HARASS AND TERRORIZE CALIFORNIA!?!?
#NoKings 💪
Just as he is wasting NO TIME destroying America.
Anyone know who the contractor is? Who the workers are? How do we know they are not all on Putin's payroll? Installing listening devices in the walls? Or worse, incompetent?
Devastating destruction. A wrecking ball to the country.
Anyone know who the contractor is? Who the workers are? How do we know they are not all on Putin's payroll? Installing listening devices in the walls? Or worse, incompetent?
Devastating destruction. A wrecking ball to the country.
Trump Is Wasting No Time in Tearing Down the East Wing
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just as he is wasting NO TIME destroying America.
Anyone know who the contractor is? Who the workers are? How do we know they are not all on Putin's payroll? Installing listening devices in the walls? Or worse, incompetent?
Devastating destruction. A wrecking ball to the country.
Anyone know who the contractor is? Who the workers are? How do we know they are not all on Putin's payroll? Installing listening devices in the walls? Or worse, incompetent?
Devastating destruction. A wrecking ball to the country.
"The Republican-appointed justices' invocations of "neutrality" tend to run in only one direction, imposing conservative policies in the guise of balance and restraint."
The Supreme Court, by its conservative justices, is SO in the bag and consciously inconsistent and immorally so.
#hypocrisy
The Supreme Court, by its conservative justices, is SO in the bag and consciously inconsistent and immorally so.
#hypocrisy
With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term
The justice stripped the veneer of constitutional principle from the court’s latest blatant culture war.
slate.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"The Republican-appointed justices' invocations of "neutrality" tend to run in only one direction, imposing conservative policies in the guise of balance and restraint."
The Supreme Court, by its conservative justices, is SO in the bag and consciously inconsistent and immorally so.
#hypocrisy
The Supreme Court, by its conservative justices, is SO in the bag and consciously inconsistent and immorally so.
#hypocrisy
Klein (and French and Remnick) would sacrifice a woman's rights and corporeal control of her body, for political expediency. Male ignorance + privileged hubris. Such control is foundational to her economic, social & political well-being, e.g., when Mama Bear doesn’t thrive, her cubs won’t either.
What Ezra Klein Gets Wrong About Abortion and Authoritarianism
If you wouldn’t trade away voting rights to win a Senate seat, don’t trade away bodily autonomy either. In 2025, it's the same fight.
www.telos.news
October 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Klein (and French and Remnick) would sacrifice a woman's rights and corporeal control of her body, for political expediency. Male ignorance + privileged hubris. Such control is foundational to her economic, social & political well-being, e.g., when Mama Bear doesn’t thrive, her cubs won’t either.
Decimating competent and long-term expertise from the ranks of DOJ's national security prosecutors, based on nothing more than MAGA misinformation about association with Trump's latest target Lisa Monaco. It will only get worse so long as Trump, Bondi, Patel and Miller run things.
Fired national security prosecutor warns colleagues in note on way out
Michael Ben’Ary says he was fired based on a social media post by a January 6 conspiracy theorist
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Decimating competent and long-term expertise from the ranks of DOJ's national security prosecutors, based on nothing more than MAGA misinformation about association with Trump's latest target Lisa Monaco. It will only get worse so long as Trump, Bondi, Patel and Miller run things.
Anyone with a family member descending into dementia knows Donald Trump’s condition makes him vulnerable. Thus, we are all vulnerable.
Trump is manipulated by bad actors (Miller, Vance, Vought, Leavitt et al.) to his & our detriment, and America’s standing in the world. Where are his children?!
Trump is manipulated by bad actors (Miller, Vance, Vought, Leavitt et al.) to his & our detriment, and America’s standing in the world. Where are his children?!
October 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Anyone with a family member descending into dementia knows Donald Trump’s condition makes him vulnerable. Thus, we are all vulnerable.
Trump is manipulated by bad actors (Miller, Vance, Vought, Leavitt et al.) to his & our detriment, and America’s standing in the world. Where are his children?!
Trump is manipulated by bad actors (Miller, Vance, Vought, Leavitt et al.) to his & our detriment, and America’s standing in the world. Where are his children?!
Boy, this seems to be a clear case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Andrew Kolvet on X: "What's happening right now to the ADL and SPLC is critically important and deadly serious. They are both part of an ecosystem leveraged by radical left vigilantes to dehumanize conservatives and stoke political violence. They provide the sheen of legitimacy for the left's violent https://t.co/wGrwUJmz6r" / X
What's happening right now to the ADL and SPLC is critically important and deadly serious. They are both part of an ecosystem leveraged by radical left vigilantes to dehumanize conservatives and stoke political violence. They provide the sheen of legitimacy for the left's violent https://t.co/wGrwUJmz6r
x.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Boy, this seems to be a clear case of the pot calling the kettle black.
“Vought and President Donald Trump have both threatened to inflict maximum pain on Democrats. . .“ in the shutdown with “reduction in force moves, or firings, of federal workers.”
These ILLEGAL actions only hurt AMERICANS!!
Vought and Trump’s ONLY business is “pain.”
Throw the bums out!!!
These ILLEGAL actions only hurt AMERICANS!!
Vought and Trump’s ONLY business is “pain.”
Throw the bums out!!!
Vought: Mass firings will begin ‘in a day or two’
The Trump administration has threatened to inflict maximum pain on Democrats during the shutdown.
www.politico.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
“Vought and President Donald Trump have both threatened to inflict maximum pain on Democrats. . .“ in the shutdown with “reduction in force moves, or firings, of federal workers.”
These ILLEGAL actions only hurt AMERICANS!!
Vought and Trump’s ONLY business is “pain.”
Throw the bums out!!!
These ILLEGAL actions only hurt AMERICANS!!
Vought and Trump’s ONLY business is “pain.”
Throw the bums out!!!
This headline should be “Republicans are LYING About the Looming Shut Down. AGAIN.”
Explaining the G.O.P.’s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This headline should be “Republicans are LYING About the Looming Shut Down. AGAIN.”
March 5, 1770: British troops in Boston were confronted by Boston’s citizens, and in the chaos British troops fired on citizens - the Boston Massacre – forever changing the city’s relationship with its occupiers and eventually leading to the Revolutionary War.
@Therearemoreofusthanthem
@Therearemoreofusthanthem
September 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
March 5, 1770: British troops in Boston were confronted by Boston’s citizens, and in the chaos British troops fired on citizens - the Boston Massacre – forever changing the city’s relationship with its occupiers and eventually leading to the Revolutionary War.
@Therearemoreofusthanthem
@Therearemoreofusthanthem
Portland, LA stands with you! Your mayor should declare a 2-week work stoppage/shutdown and everyone should stay home/off the streets so ICE can’t find anyone in your “war ravaged” city to kidnap, arrest, mistreat or accuse of violence! Soon they will get bored and leave Portland FREE again!
#NoICE
#NoICE
Trump says he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, in latest deployment to US cities
President Donald Trump says he will send troops to Portland, Oregon. He says he is “authorizing Full Force, if necessary” to handle what he is calling “domestic terrorists.”
apnews.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Portland, LA stands with you! Your mayor should declare a 2-week work stoppage/shutdown and everyone should stay home/off the streets so ICE can’t find anyone in your “war ravaged” city to kidnap, arrest, mistreat or accuse of violence! Soon they will get bored and leave Portland FREE again!
#NoICE
#NoICE
Today Harry Litman hosts Josh Gohlke’s “Why Democrats Should Shut Down the Government.”
Not just for healthcare and Medicaid, but because of ALL the bad things Trump and the GOP have done to the American people!
DEMOCRATS: Go big or go home!!!
#shutdownthegovernment
Not just for healthcare and Medicaid, but because of ALL the bad things Trump and the GOP have done to the American people!
DEMOCRATS: Go big or go home!!!
#shutdownthegovernment
Why Democrats Should Shut Down the Government
Guest Submission from Josh Gohlke
harrylitman.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Today Harry Litman hosts Josh Gohlke’s “Why Democrats Should Shut Down the Government.”
Not just for healthcare and Medicaid, but because of ALL the bad things Trump and the GOP have done to the American people!
DEMOCRATS: Go big or go home!!!
#shutdownthegovernment
Not just for healthcare and Medicaid, but because of ALL the bad things Trump and the GOP have done to the American people!
DEMOCRATS: Go big or go home!!!
#shutdownthegovernment
FCC Chair Brendan Carr said today that broadcast corporations are NOT “citizens,” I guess especially when their comedians discuss current events! But didn’t “Citizens United" say broadcasters essentially ARE for purposes of the “first amendment” and independent political spending?
So confusing!!
So confusing!!
Jimmy Kimmel taken off air over Charlie Kirk comments
The late-night host said on Monday that Trump's allies were "doing everything they can to score political points from" Kirk's death.
www.bbc.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
FCC Chair Brendan Carr said today that broadcast corporations are NOT “citizens,” I guess especially when their comedians discuss current events! But didn’t “Citizens United" say broadcasters essentially ARE for purposes of the “first amendment” and independent political spending?
So confusing!!
So confusing!!
Unverified ATF report said bullets "'appeared engraved with statements “expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology'.” "Law enforcement . . . with direct knowledge:" this didn't "match other summaries of the evidence and might turn out to have been misread or misinterpreted."
#Irresponsible
#Irresponsible
Live Updates: F.B.I. Releases Images of Person of Interest in Kirk Killing
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Unverified ATF report said bullets "'appeared engraved with statements “expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology'.” "Law enforcement . . . with direct knowledge:" this didn't "match other summaries of the evidence and might turn out to have been misread or misinterpreted."
#Irresponsible
#Irresponsible
A student says a professor’s lecture “conflicts with President Trump’s executive order and her religious beliefs” and when the professor asserts her right to teach the lesson . . . SHE's FIRED?
So in TX professors can ONLY teach according to what Dear Leader Donald Trump’s EO’s say/approve?
So in TX professors can ONLY teach according to what Dear Leader Donald Trump’s EO’s say/approve?
Texas A&M professor fired after viral video disputes termination
An attorney for Melissa McCoul, seen in a video clashing with a student over gender-identity content in her class, said the professor is weighing her legal options.
www.texastribune.org
September 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A student says a professor’s lecture “conflicts with President Trump’s executive order and her religious beliefs” and when the professor asserts her right to teach the lesson . . . SHE's FIRED?
So in TX professors can ONLY teach according to what Dear Leader Donald Trump’s EO’s say/approve?
So in TX professors can ONLY teach according to what Dear Leader Donald Trump’s EO’s say/approve?
Those who forget history will repeat it's mistakes. The Trump Administration's approach to American history telegraphs tacit approval of racist and misogynist messages anathema to America's creed, emboldens those with these agendas and validates "othering" of Americans that is unacceptable.
Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history
The Trump regime’s campaign of whitewashing US history has reached the halls of the Smithsonian museums, with exhibits dealing with slavery, the civil rights movement, and other struggles against oppr...
act.indivisible.org
August 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Those who forget history will repeat it's mistakes. The Trump Administration's approach to American history telegraphs tacit approval of racist and misogynist messages anathema to America's creed, emboldens those with these agendas and validates "othering" of Americans that is unacceptable.
California! Hire CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Director Demetre Daskalakis, and National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Director Dan Jernigan.
#CAtheLoyalOpposition
#MakeCAGreater
#GavinNewsom
#CAtheLoyalOpposition
#MakeCAGreater
#GavinNewsom
3 senior leaders quit after CDC director is ousted
After officials said Susan Monarez was no longer director, its chief medical officer and two high-ranking disease experts resigned, citing budget cuts and politicization.
www.govexec.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
California! Hire CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Director Demetre Daskalakis, and National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Director Dan Jernigan.
#CAtheLoyalOpposition
#MakeCAGreater
#GavinNewsom
#CAtheLoyalOpposition
#MakeCAGreater
#GavinNewsom
Trump’s letter firing Lisa Cook from Fed’s Board of Governors simultaneously asserts his “solemn duty to ensure that the laws of the United States are faithfully executed” AND violates the Federal Reserve Act and the Supreme Court's ruling in Trump v. Wilcox!!?!?
#impeachtrump
#25thAmendment
#impeachtrump
#25thAmendment
Letter to Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook Notifying Her of Her Dismissal from Office | The American Presidency Project
www.presidency.ucsb.edu
August 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Trump’s letter firing Lisa Cook from Fed’s Board of Governors simultaneously asserts his “solemn duty to ensure that the laws of the United States are faithfully executed” AND violates the Federal Reserve Act and the Supreme Court's ruling in Trump v. Wilcox!!?!?
#impeachtrump
#25thAmendment
#impeachtrump
#25thAmendment
Replace the word "Boston" with Washington DC (or Ukraine) and "Gage" with Trump and we have the current state of affairs.
#StandwithDC
#StandwithUkraine
#StandwithDC
#StandwithUkraine
17 AUGUST 1775, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: “My heart Bleeds for the people of Boston my Blood boils with resentment at the Treatment they have met with from Gage. Can anything equal his Barbarity?” Hannah Winthrop writes in a letter to Mercy Otis Warren. www.masshist.org/database/333...
MHS Collections Online: Letter from Hannah Winthrop to Mercy Otis Warren, 17 August 1775
Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections Online: Letter from Hannah Winthrop to Mercy Otis Warren, 17 August 1775
www.masshist.org
August 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Replace the word "Boston" with Washington DC (or Ukraine) and "Gage" with Trump and we have the current state of affairs.
#StandwithDC
#StandwithUkraine
#StandwithDC
#StandwithUkraine
Apparently, Trump didn't realize he was on the menu!
August 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Apparently, Trump didn't realize he was on the menu!
Reposted
On one hand, Republican officials call themselves "warfighters."
On the other, they become whiny crybabies at the thought of setting foot in DC streets and New York City subways that literal schoolchildren navigate every day without incident.
Real macho stuff.
On the other, they become whiny crybabies at the thought of setting foot in DC streets and New York City subways that literal schoolchildren navigate every day without incident.
Real macho stuff.
August 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
On one hand, Republican officials call themselves "warfighters."
On the other, they become whiny crybabies at the thought of setting foot in DC streets and New York City subways that literal schoolchildren navigate every day without incident.
Real macho stuff.
On the other, they become whiny crybabies at the thought of setting foot in DC streets and New York City subways that literal schoolchildren navigate every day without incident.
Real macho stuff.