True Blue Progress
@trueblueprogress.bsky.social
East Coast progressive shaking my head at the direction the U.S. is headed in under Trump. Looking for signs of life outside of politics, including art, architecture, history, cats, etc.
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The argument is: We're all meant to sacrifice a bit, so that tariffs can help rebuild American manufacturing. Let's ask American manufacturers whether they're helping.
September 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The argument is: We're all meant to sacrifice a bit, so that tariffs can help rebuild American manufacturing. Let's ask American manufacturers whether they're helping.
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Chief Justice “Calvinball” Roberts has earned this ignominious place in American history, thanks to the incomparable Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson:
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
August 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Chief Justice “Calvinball” Roberts has earned this ignominious place in American history, thanks to the incomparable Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson:
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Uncooperative Federalism is here!
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It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”
Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.
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August 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Uncooperative Federalism is here!
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This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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August 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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We fought the good fight from emoluments to impeachment to criminal prosecution but Congress failed us and the Supreme Court has been fully complicit. We must keep invoking the lower courts’ fidelity to law but will need massive political mobilization.
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It’s Not Just a Constitutional Crisis in the Trump Era. It’s Constitutional Failure | Washington Monthly
While Trump defies constitutional norms, Congress remains conspicuously silent and the Supreme Court has abdicated its responsibility.
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June 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We fought the good fight from emoluments to impeachment to criminal prosecution but Congress failed us and the Supreme Court has been fully complicit. We must keep invoking the lower courts’ fidelity to law but will need massive political mobilization.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
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Who else misses this!?
June 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Who else misses this!?
I miss having a compassionate president too. To go from that to a president whose policies are actually CRUEL in such a short time is difficult to absorb.
I miss the days when we had a compassionate President. This was yesterday at the funeral of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her Husband. (and their dog too 😢)
Meanwhile, the current "president" spent his day golfing and making sure no disabled people are seen at his events.
Meanwhile, the current "president" spent his day golfing and making sure no disabled people are seen at his events.
June 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I miss having a compassionate president too. To go from that to a president whose policies are actually CRUEL in such a short time is difficult to absorb.
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Actually what Americans just saw today was a prominent Republican US Senator announce he is quitting because he knows this budget is going to hurt millions of people and he was repeatedly threatened by the president and his cult for telling the truth about it.
June 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Actually what Americans just saw today was a prominent Republican US Senator announce he is quitting because he knows this budget is going to hurt millions of people and he was repeatedly threatened by the president and his cult for telling the truth about it.
Tell it like it is Senator Whitehouse!
Today, a chamber that once filled me with wonderment made me feel disgust.
June 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Tell it like it is Senator Whitehouse!
Hawley is good at running away.
June 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hawley is good at running away.
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So as the 250th anniversary of the US approaches, we have not only a president who wants to be a king but an Imperial Judiciary. And it doesn't help that the 6 Imperial justices and the would-be king appear to be lacking in judgment, compassion, & anything that approximates wisdom.
I’ve been warning against an Imperial Judiciary for years now! As @stevevladeck.bsky.social wrote today, “the more the Supreme Court . . . does whatever it wants, whenever it wants,” the more it’s betting its future legitimacy (and our republic) on public support for an Omnipotent but Fallible Nine
June 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So as the 250th anniversary of the US approaches, we have not only a president who wants to be a king but an Imperial Judiciary. And it doesn't help that the 6 Imperial justices and the would-be king appear to be lacking in judgment, compassion, & anything that approximates wisdom.
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Don't listen to the naysayers and professional cynics who want you to believe all is lost. We will fight to defend this law.
🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court agrees to hear GOP case challenging limits on political party coordinated expenditures. Grants DNC, DSCC, DCCC motion to intervene to defend the law.
June 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Don't listen to the naysayers and professional cynics who want you to believe all is lost. We will fight to defend this law.
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I’m sure it will be a Strongly Worded Letter, like no one has ever seen, thanking Japan for its attention to this matter
June 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I’m sure it will be a Strongly Worded Letter, like no one has ever seen, thanking Japan for its attention to this matter
RFK, Jr is maybe the most unqualified of Trump's cabinet appointments, and that is saying something.
I cannot believe how unqualified he is for this job.
RFK Jr. Admits That Banning Fluoridated Water Will Cause 'More Cavities'—But He's OK With That
He couldn't be more unqualified.
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June 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
RFK, Jr is maybe the most unqualified of Trump's cabinet appointments, and that is saying something.
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Trump’s demand for fealty to him, rather than to the law, has broken DOJ. Federal judges across the country are taking notice. contrarian.substack.com/p/as-doj-law...
As DOJ Lawyers Face Alarming Pressure to be “Trump’s Lawyers,” Judges Are Sending Up Flares.
Trump’s demand for fealty to him, rather than to the law, has broken DOJ.
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June 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Trump’s demand for fealty to him, rather than to the law, has broken DOJ. Federal judges across the country are taking notice. contrarian.substack.com/p/as-doj-law...
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New England just missed a power interruption caused by gas facility unreliability but solar power from homes and businesses helped save the day.
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Extreme Heat Triggers Capacity Deficiency in New England
ISO-NE declared a capacity deficiency, implemented a Power Caution and took extra actions to maintain grid reliability.
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June 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New England just missed a power interruption caused by gas facility unreliability but solar power from homes and businesses helped save the day.
www.rtoinsider.com/108892-extre...
www.rtoinsider.com/108892-extre...
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Don’t just huff and puff, Chief; make sure your Marshals are investigating orchestration of threats, not being squelched by MAGA DOJ. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Chief Justice John Roberts warns anti-judge rhetoric can lead to violence
"Threatening the judges for doing their job is totally unacceptable," Roberts said at a judicial conference.
www.politico.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Don’t just huff and puff, Chief; make sure your Marshals are investigating orchestration of threats, not being squelched by MAGA DOJ. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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Anything for their goddamned billionaires.
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget warns that the Republican bill will hasten the insolvency of Social Security and Medicare.
June 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Anything for their goddamned billionaires.
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget warns that the Republican bill will hasten the insolvency of Social Security and Medicare.
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Thanks to cheaper renewables, Texas families are saving billions on energy costs.
Meanwhile, Republicans are trying to tank American-made clean energy in their Big Beautiful-for-Billionaires Bill. All so their fossil fuel megadonors donors can sell more oil, gas, and gasoline.
Meanwhile, Republicans are trying to tank American-made clean energy in their Big Beautiful-for-Billionaires Bill. All so their fossil fuel megadonors donors can sell more oil, gas, and gasoline.
How renewables are saving Texans billions
A dive into ERCOT data reveals how solar energy is driving down electricity costs for Texas
www.theclimatebrink.com
June 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Thanks to cheaper renewables, Texas families are saving billions on energy costs.
Meanwhile, Republicans are trying to tank American-made clean energy in their Big Beautiful-for-Billionaires Bill. All so their fossil fuel megadonors donors can sell more oil, gas, and gasoline.
Meanwhile, Republicans are trying to tank American-made clean energy in their Big Beautiful-for-Billionaires Bill. All so their fossil fuel megadonors donors can sell more oil, gas, and gasoline.
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BREAKING: 1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.
No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.
June 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
BREAKING: 1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.
No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.
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The data speaks volumes over the political rhetoric.
June 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The data speaks volumes over the political rhetoric.