Cindy Mueller

Anything PUBLIC is in danger of being dismantled: Public Libraries, Pub Schools, National Parks. Come Jan, the move to privatize all things benefiting society begins. Eventually SS, Medicare, VA, NOA (tracking weather!) will be privatized. Oligarchs who BOUGHT those in charge want it all.

Israeli settlers burn olive trees, injure journalist in West Bank attack reut.rs/4yod45k

We started our very own private school with @arktimes.bsky.social. All it took was $45, a few clicks on a state website and an American flag.

El Salvador is still imprisoning ICE deportees from the U.S., even after Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case sparked a backlash. Some are disappearing.

Can't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years.

CARTOON OF THE DAY…

What a circus. 🤡

A complete and total Lutnick.

Ancient art of brushing your cat

THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED FOR UNDER FASCISM — BRAVERY Before the attacks & the hot takes start, a few facts: Major Jason Watson is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, a career logistics officer, a NATO officer, and a decorated veteran who volunteered for a 365-day tour in Afghanistan… 🧵

Today, our friend Jay USAF Major Jason Watson read his oath to the Constitution and demanded that Congress do its job to IMPEACH this President and cabinet. He was arrested on the Capitol steps. #DOOR @defendersofourrepublic.org @removalcoalition.bsky.social @citizensimpeachment.com

Morning Kitten Parade

"The mere existence of trillionaires is a major political and economic problem, probably the defining issue of our time," writes @gabrielzucman.bsky.social. "When the power of wealth is wielded by sociopaths, the consequences are a matter of life and death."

As private prisons and local sheriffs make millions from ICE contracts, Oklahomans are still reeling from the loss of parents, children, and friends.

This 💯

A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.

The President of the United States is a liar.

A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.

Buttigieg: You’ve got money from the Middle East going into the Trump family crypto fund while you have Americans going to the Middle East for Donald Trump’s war.

On March 4, a U.S. sub torpedoed the IRIS Dena. Of 180 aboard, 87 died and 61 are missing; Sri Lanka rescued 32. Sinking a ship that was someone's guest, that was following peacetime protocols, that couldn't fight back. Then leaving sailors to drown thousands of miles from home. That’s a war crime.

This is because the Pentagon and Trump don’t like Anthropic’s language preventing their tech from being used to surveil Americans or for autonomous weapons. Which means the Pentagon wants to use their tech to surveil Americans and build autonomous weapons apnews.com/article/anth...

In this 2024 interview, Jack Hughes, who just scored the game-winning goal for the US Olympic hockey team, explains why it was important for him to embrace Pride Night when many other NHL players refused to do so.

The movement now has its own “Ohio” thanks to Bruce Springsteen‘s “Streets of Minneapolis”: youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, killed by federal officers in Minneapolis www.ms.now/news/alex-pr...

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

70% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data. Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.” As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.

🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )

Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession

ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries. Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves. "Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks. "No, guess he should've complied," agent says. Yakima, Washington

I remember the phrase "they can't be allowed to melt back into society" re: the de-Baathification of Iraq after the war there. Like everything about that experience, the attempt was cynical, stupid, and botched. But there really should be a plan about what we do with guys like these in the future.

Am loving THE ONION: Trump Signs Executive Order Making Official Language Of U.S. Remedial English — theonion.com/trump-signs-...

Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.

Watch this video before you do your Black Friday shopping on Amazon.

You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.

Dozens of countries had called for a clear "roadmap" to transition away from the use of coal, oil and gas. The U.S. did not participate in the negotiations.

The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution. In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:

This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.

No one could accuse Donald of being woke.

Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.

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Gov. Beshear: “The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

NEW: CBS’ Norah O’Donnell interviewed Trump last night on “60 Minutes,” only to ask him a series of softball questions with little follow-up. There had been no pushback, no corrections. Unlike CBS, Democracy Docket will never bow down, @marcelias.bsky.social writes.

This is brilliant

Conservative New York Times columnist David French penned a blistering takedown of the "dark deeds" behind President Donald Trump's brazen "self-dealing" during his second stint in the White House.

Donald: "I took– Those are very hard– They're really aptitude tests, I guess, in a certain way, but they're cognitive tests." They are actually dementia screenings. And you are only asked by a doctor to take one if they notice cognitive decline. www.youtube.com/shorts/omTd0...

Missouri became the first state in the country to tax income but not capital gains… thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 85th day out of the last 97. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.