Ron DeSantis’s birthday is September 14th. Send him a rainbow to make his day special.

Of course we can move clothing production back to the US. Why do you think we've insisted on locking the minimum wage at $7.25 for all these years?

by Mitch McConnell, Mike Johnson, and Donald Trump

@maddow.msnbc.com
Please do a story on Social Security & the promise not to “touch” it. People think it means they will get their benefits. But SS will fall short of its commitments in 8-10 years if it isn’t “touched. People need to ask their reps how this will be fixed if SS is not “touched.”

Wild theory. The US Attorney in DC wanted to indict Chuck Schumer on unspecified grounds.Main Justice reportedly blocked the effort. Could they actually have something on the Senator that they used to get him to go along with the funding bill?

Thanks to your support we are still alive,we are able to protect our cities&the people who live there!Thank you,dear American people! -Ukrainian Defender who works on Patriot air defense system

I remember the first time a Patriot system shot down a Russian ballistic missile.That felt like a miracle

The Electoral College is affirmative action for Republicans who can’t win the popular vote.

Without it we would have had:
Clinton 1993-2000
Gore: 2001-2004
Bush: 2005-2008
Obama: 2009-2016
Clinton: 2017-2020
Biden: 2021-2024
Trump: 2025-

The Supreme Court would be 6-3 Democrats

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

I was looking for a patriotic flag w. a subtle progressive message about our situation. I came on this 15 star flag.It was the Star Spangled Banner in the song and was for the first 13 states plus VT and KY.But it could also represent the 13 blue states:CA/CT/DE/HI/MA/MD/ME/NH/NJ/NY/OR/VA/VT/WA so…

I am feeling hopeful this morning. Moderate Republicans and Trump supporters I know are starting to voice concern about his cabinet picks, executive orders and response to the tragic plane crash at National Airport in DC. If people like that get it and are willing say so, all may not be lost

TODAY’S MATH

46 > 45 + 47

When our government pays inflated prices for jets or tanks - more than other countries- we say it is corruption and we are outraged

When the same government pays far more than any other country for drugs for federal healthcare programs and someone tries to regulate the prices we call it socialism

So which Harry Potter book are we living through now?

Asking for a friend.

CNN reports that the January 6 criminals have been told they are invited to attend inaugural balls tonight. They are going to be released from the D.C. jail momentarily.

All are insurrectionists.

We are not a democracy anymore, folks. We do not have rule of law.

Respect to @anntelnaes.bsky.social for quitting the Washington Post due to censorship over her on-point cartoon. More of this from artists and writers, please. Don't obey in advance, especially to the broligarchy.

Even if your candidate won the election, my guess is that you agree that our system of government is broken and badly needs reform. In that spirit I am starting a thread for people to use to suggest and debate changes that could help address the problems.
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We have the right to hand down decisions utterly and egregiously divorced from the text, law or history of the Constitution that just happen to advance Republican policy goals that could otherwise never be passed through the legislative process and never be questioned or criticized for doing so.

John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.

The sun rises on a new year. Let’s choose light over darkness, hope over fear, love over hate.

Happy new year 2025.