Cassandra Farrell

1. Yes, Trump launching a new military operation overseas without Congress’ prior declaration of war or authorization of force is almost certainly unlawful. 2. No, there is no real chance the courts will stop it. Unfortunately our Constitution means little when the judiciary won’t enforce it.

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.

Imagine being so far gone into Trumpism/Republicanism that you would say this to someone who was shot in the head in an act of political violence.

Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino arrested a protester on charges of assaulting a federal officer at a Broadview immigration facility, but video evidence later contradicted his account and showed the protester being pushed to the ground instead.

The “America First” crowd was right about foreigners taking american jobs, at least as far as the job of “right wing propagandist” is concerned. If I were conservative I might do a little soul searching about being so easily manipulated but I’m sure we’ll find out why it’s really the left’s fault

american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts

Holy shit

"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes Jonathan Chait. Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

We are seeing not just a merging of different parts of the armed forces; we are also seeing a deprofessionalization. Competent people are fired. Those willing to break the law are hired. Normal practices are abandoned as the new force becomes more responsive to the demand for quotas & brutalization.

Between the tariffs, the immigration crackdown, and cuts to SNAP, Trump is creating a mass crisis in U.S. farming. And a lot of this stuff can't be walked back. Chinese markets for Argentine soybeans won't just switch back when Trump TACOs again. Bankrupt farmers can't just bounce back next year.

Conservatives when liberals criticized Charlie Kirk: “Evil! Disgusting! Hate speech! We must punish them!” Conservatives when conservatives use racial, homophobic, and ableist slurs over 200 times: “Just young people who made a mistake! Nothing to see here! Stupid liberals whining about nothing!”

BRETT KAVANAUGH: “If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter." www.propublica.org/article/immi...

By “this has got to come to an end” he means opposition to Republicans’ destruction of the country. They seek subjugation.

NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

i wonder if a sufficient number of viable democrats have it in them to effectively counter a narrative of "i am tanking the economy, firing everyone i can, and sending soldiers to push you around if i dont like the way you think, and also lee greenwood is the only music allowed"

Q: How did the White House decide it was appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia -- 3 countries combined that have given him more than $2.5b LEAVITT: It's frankly despicable that you're trying to suggest that it's inappropriate

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status. He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

A very impressive demonstration of the process of capture, namely how the coal industry now runs the US Government, and extracts whatever it likes from it. Well invested campaign dollars. But bad news for US consumers who face higher power bills.

JUST IN: In declarations to the court, top officials in the Portland Police Bureau and the Oregon State Police say they really don't need federal/military assistance to contain the relatively minor protests they're seeing outside ICE facilities. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs. 2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar. 3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!

NEW: Jeremy Carl, a top Trump nominee, deleted 1000s of social media posts, many w/inflammatory commentary — including incendiary posts about race, claiming “peaceful coexistence” w/Democrats is impossible - even a call for a political opponent to face the death penalty. www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...

I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.

Unsurprising

Their feelings are very delicate

Feckless.

The story is not what Kimmel said but what others won’t say now for fear of state retribution. Authoritarian countries thrive on self censorship.

Cowards. Shameless, morally bankrupt cowards.

BREAKING: Trump says he is designating “Antifa” as a “major terrorist organization.” Such a step being taken this way would be concerning enough, given what it actually is, but, given that Trump sees “Antifa” hiding in every corner of opposition, this could be an extremely alarming escalation.

"Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause." Ta-Nehisi Coates on Ezra Klein and the willingness of the pundit class to redeem Kirk: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

The federal government is dictating what speech is permitted. *DISNEY SAYS 'JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE' TO BE PREEMPTED INDEFINITELY

The idea that random fishermen might be murdered by a U.S. strike is not something to be proud of. Imagine bragging about Afghans being afraid to hold weddings.

RFK Jr. always planned to do this. He lied to senators to gain confirmation so he could do this. He is not a vaccine "skeptic." He is a anti-vaccine extremist bent on doing whatever it takes to fulfill his obsessive crusade against vaccines.

If the simple act of directly quoting a wrongfully-killed man is interpreted as sufficiently atrocious behavior to warrant termination, you may have chosen the wrong person to lionize.

The US President now demands ending public access to real-time data on firm performance and worker employment. If you think what they’re concealing is info that would’ve helped them—as a noble sacrifice for the higher good—please contact each of your schoolteachers to apologize for failing them.

Interesting polling data: Those with unfavorable views of Donald Trump are the LEAST LIKELY to support political violence.

We are at the point in the honoring-Charlie-Kirk's-memory cycle when faculty are being fired for posting, without comment, Charlie Kirk's words. At the behest of politicians sworn to uphold the first amendment, and in public institutions covered by first amendment protections.

Corporate media: •CBS fires Colbert for mocking Trump •ABC fires Terry Moran for slamming Stephen Miller as “world class hater” •MSNBC fires Matt Dowd for saying “hateful thoughts & words leads to hateful actions” •FOX stands by Brian Kilmeade as he calls for Nazi state murder of 600K homeless 1/2

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Horrific. Note that this is sworn testimony, not a mere allegation.

Any news organization with a shred of decency would fire Brian Kilmeade immediately. There is no gray area about this.

I hadn’t seen this. Kirk, the moderate free speech guy who did politics the right way per some liberals (!), called for Biden to be executed. Meanwhile Joe Biden put out a very strong statement condemning Kirk’s killing. Both sides!