@resistomatic.bsky.social
Reposted
It seems like House Republicans sneaked a provision to weaken the courts in their budget bill.
This breaks reconciliation rules, but not like anything matters anymore.
This breaks reconciliation rules, but not like anything matters anymore.
May 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
It seems like House Republicans sneaked a provision to weaken the courts in their budget bill.
This breaks reconciliation rules, but not like anything matters anymore.
This breaks reconciliation rules, but not like anything matters anymore.
Reposted
🚨🚨🚨Sneaky little bastards
Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the GOP’s multitrillion-dollar budget bill is a paragraph curtailing a court’s greatest tool for forcing the government to obey its rulings: the power to enforce contempt findings. www.yahoo.com/news/trump-c...
Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the GOP’s multitrillion-dollar budget bill is a paragraph curtailing a court’s greatest tool for forcing the government to obey its rulings: the power to enforce contempt findings. www.yahoo.com/news/trump-c...
Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers
Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the multitrillion-dollar budget bill making its way through the Republican-controlled U.S. House is a paragraph curtailing a court’s greatest tool for forcing...
www.yahoo.com
May 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🚨🚨🚨Sneaky little bastards
Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the GOP’s multitrillion-dollar budget bill is a paragraph curtailing a court’s greatest tool for forcing the government to obey its rulings: the power to enforce contempt findings. www.yahoo.com/news/trump-c...
Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the GOP’s multitrillion-dollar budget bill is a paragraph curtailing a court’s greatest tool for forcing the government to obey its rulings: the power to enforce contempt findings. www.yahoo.com/news/trump-c...
Reposted
Whatever the subject, our goal remains what it has always been: to be accurate, to be fair, and to engage our audience with respect.
We’ll be back in September to open the book for our 58th season. Thank you for being with us ⏱️
We’ll be back in September to open the book for our 58th season. Thank you for being with us ⏱️
May 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Whatever the subject, our goal remains what it has always been: to be accurate, to be fair, and to engage our audience with respect.
We’ll be back in September to open the book for our 58th season. Thank you for being with us ⏱️
We’ll be back in September to open the book for our 58th season. Thank you for being with us ⏱️
Reposted
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. Rarely has an economic policy been repudiated as soundly, and as quickly, as President Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/u-s-...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/u-s-...
May 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. Rarely has an economic policy been repudiated as soundly, and as quickly, as President Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/u-s-...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/u-s-...
Reposted
Neither @gtconway.bsky.social nor I said what my opponent claimed, and I was not having it! And I said so.
Strange to be so … strident??…. when the actual video is right there.
Strange to be so … strident??…. when the actual video is right there.
May 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Neither @gtconway.bsky.social nor I said what my opponent claimed, and I was not having it! And I said so.
Strange to be so … strident??…. when the actual video is right there.
Strange to be so … strident??…. when the actual video is right there.
Reposted
Overheard in DC:
“I never voted in the DC Bar election before, but Pam Bondi’s brother was running, so every lawyer I know voted this time. I don’t know who this Diane Seltzer is, but we all voted for her.”
“I never voted in the DC Bar election before, but Pam Bondi’s brother was running, so every lawyer I know voted this time. I don’t know who this Diane Seltzer is, but we all voted for her.”
a man wearing a purple vest and bow tie is sitting at a desk .
ALT: a man wearing a purple vest and bow tie is sitting at a desk .
media.tenor.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Overheard in DC:
“I never voted in the DC Bar election before, but Pam Bondi’s brother was running, so every lawyer I know voted this time. I don’t know who this Diane Seltzer is, but we all voted for her.”
“I never voted in the DC Bar election before, but Pam Bondi’s brother was running, so every lawyer I know voted this time. I don’t know who this Diane Seltzer is, but we all voted for her.”
Reposted
Reposted
"In March, the Trump administration cut $1 billion from Department of Agriculture programs that provide food to schools and food banks and said there would be future cuts to other programs..."
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
One nun’s angst: More hunger, less food, looming Trump cuts
Trump administration budget cuts have triggered alarm in the sprawling network of aid groups, many religious, that provide free or very low-cost food to millions of struggling Americans.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
"In March, the Trump administration cut $1 billion from Department of Agriculture programs that provide food to schools and food banks and said there would be future cuts to other programs..."
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Reposted
OPINION:
Lawrence: Canada's PM humiliated Trump today, but not as much as Trump humiliated himself
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com details how Donald Trump, who is “showing the world what the art of no deals looks like,” was humiliated by the Canadian prime minister
Lawrence: Canada's PM humiliated Trump today, but not as much as Trump humiliated himself
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com details how Donald Trump, who is “showing the world what the art of no deals looks like,” was humiliated by the Canadian prime minister
Lawrence: Canada's PM humiliated Trump today, but not as much as Trump humiliated himself
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
OPINION:
Lawrence: Canada's PM humiliated Trump today, but not as much as Trump humiliated himself
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com details how Donald Trump, who is “showing the world what the art of no deals looks like,” was humiliated by the Canadian prime minister
Lawrence: Canada's PM humiliated Trump today, but not as much as Trump humiliated himself
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com details how Donald Trump, who is “showing the world what the art of no deals looks like,” was humiliated by the Canadian prime minister
Reposted
Most underrated post of the month.
He throws around tariffs like “a monkey throws dung.” 😂
May 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Most underrated post of the month.
Reposted
House Republicans switched from seniority to loyalty back in the Gingrich Era
It was, in fact, the most imp “reform” that turned the House GOP into MAGA nuts.
Party loyalty over seniority creates problems. That said, we should prioritize members that are media savvy.
It was, in fact, the most imp “reform” that turned the House GOP into MAGA nuts.
Party loyalty over seniority creates problems. That said, we should prioritize members that are media savvy.
May 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
House Republicans switched from seniority to loyalty back in the Gingrich Era
It was, in fact, the most imp “reform” that turned the House GOP into MAGA nuts.
Party loyalty over seniority creates problems. That said, we should prioritize members that are media savvy.
It was, in fact, the most imp “reform” that turned the House GOP into MAGA nuts.
Party loyalty over seniority creates problems. That said, we should prioritize members that are media savvy.
Reposted
Reposted
Donald Trump is trying to snap his fingers and take food away from 40 million Americans.
Not if I can help it. I'm fighting cuts to SNAP, tooth and nail.
Let me explain:
youtu.be/RAhLjluoqZo?...
Not if I can help it. I'm fighting cuts to SNAP, tooth and nail.
Let me explain:
youtu.be/RAhLjluoqZo?...
The Trump Plan You're Missing
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
youtu.be
May 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Donald Trump is trying to snap his fingers and take food away from 40 million Americans.
Not if I can help it. I'm fighting cuts to SNAP, tooth and nail.
Let me explain:
youtu.be/RAhLjluoqZo?...
Not if I can help it. I'm fighting cuts to SNAP, tooth and nail.
Let me explain:
youtu.be/RAhLjluoqZo?...
Reposted
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Donald Trump is now America's biggest loser in the history of presidents' first 100 days youtu.be/CpCtY0JQvjs?...
April 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Donald Trump is now America's biggest loser in the history of presidents' first 100 days youtu.be/CpCtY0JQvjs?...
Reposted
"The Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal workforce, has used budget figures to produce a rough estimate that Trump's firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs
An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"The Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal workforce, has used budget figures to produce a rough estimate that Trump's firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Reposted
Chris Krebs is America’s next profile in courage. The entire nation should support this honorable and courageous fellow citizen.
April 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Chris Krebs is America’s next profile in courage. The entire nation should support this honorable and courageous fellow citizen.
Reposted
The President of the United States fears only those who do not fear him.
April 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The President of the United States fears only those who do not fear him.
Reposted
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
Reposted
Wow! Just WOW!
April 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Wow! Just WOW!
Reposted
“The most likely path to American autocracy depends on not only a power-hungry president but also the voluntary capitulation of a cowed civil society. It depends on the mistaken belief that a president is invincible.”
April 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“The most likely path to American autocracy depends on not only a power-hungry president but also the voluntary capitulation of a cowed civil society. It depends on the mistaken belief that a president is invincible.”
Reposted
This morning, the New York Times Editorial Board published the “playbook” for Americans to defeat Donald Trump in his war on America’s Democracy, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law.
April 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This morning, the New York Times Editorial Board published the “playbook” for Americans to defeat Donald Trump in his war on America’s Democracy, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law.
Reposted
President Trump out on a golf cart while people's retirements go up in flames.
That may end up being the most enduring image of his presidency.
That may end up being the most enduring image of his presidency.
April 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
President Trump out on a golf cart while people's retirements go up in flames.
That may end up being the most enduring image of his presidency.
That may end up being the most enduring image of his presidency.
Reposted
!!!
Thousands of protesters gathered at the Japanese American Historical Plaza on Portland’s waterfront before they started marching south down Naito Parkway onto the Morrison Bridge.
#HandsOff protest live updates: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
#HandsOff protest live updates: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
April 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
!!!
Reposted
WOW!!! 120 miles north in Pocatello, Idaho, we had well over 1000 people. Largest protest this area has ever seen. Video shows just the beginning….. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
WOW!!! 120 miles north in Pocatello, Idaho, we had well over 1000 people. Largest protest this area has ever seen. Video shows just the beginning….. #handsoff