Vladimir Kara-Murza looks at the Trump military crackdown in DC and sees something very familiar. The parallels between Putin and Trump are unmistakable. youtu.be/P7cO1SYbgNI?...

COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?

HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.

That’s right… Bill Kristol?

Our signs for yesterday's rally. I could only find yellow poster board at the store. I think that there was a run on white. 😃

Nice crowd in DC yesterday for the Hands Off rally.

Just thinking about a fellow school parent who told me they “don’t do politics” but they own a car dealership.

Presidents shouldn’t have the power to pardon anyone. It’s all so corrupt.

SICKENING—Trump’s DHS just deported a surgeon from Brown—who is here legally on an H1B visa that doesn’t expire until 2027, & committed no crimes. Trained in the U.S. at Ohio State, University of Washington, and Yale as a **transplant surgeon**, she is a highly trained doctor on kidney transplants.

I seriously think he's just gonna hand the keys over to Putin.

Our parks are in chaos. We’ve seen firsthand how Trump’s hiring freeze, the rescinding of hundreds of job offers, and the layoff of 5% of NPS staff have left us overwhelmed and short-handed.

I have lived in the DC area for almost 20 years. There is a feeling of tension here unlike anything I have experienced in the past. I have friends who work for the Federal Government who work hard and actually do make America great. They are demoralized and fearful. I am angry for them

From a FB friend. Just so sad how they've wrecked lives for no other reason than they could.

To be clear, it's not a mistake that grants to train special ed teachers were cancelled. MAGA absolutely considers those to be verboten "DEI," and Silicon Valley considers them contrary to their eugenics project.

There is simply no plausible argument that the president has the constitutional authority to refuse to spend appropriated funds because he doesn’t like how the money is being spent.

The legality of policy impoundments is just not a close question.

Not to be alarmist, but this is the most radical presidential action I've ever seen. He's straight up seizing Congress' budget power. What do laws matter if the mad king's whims dictate what gets enforced and where money goes?

It's not a policy memo - it's a revolution. Don't let it be a quiet one.

‘What a circus’: eligible US voters on why they didn’t vote in the 2024 presidential election

He watched democracy die in his home country of Hungary. Here is his advice to Americans getting ready for a second Trump term.

Yes, yes, this, exactly. Ron, as is so often the case, is spot on.

Then / Now.

Just despicable.