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It seems that someone in Trump's inner circle might not be completely morally bankrupt. Whoever you are, well done. www.cnn.com/2026/10/15/p...

I’ve got a piece in the @nytimes.com this morning about why Supreme Court reform has to be at the top of any agenda for democratic repair www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/o...

According to Google's AI, the countries which still have public executions are: Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Somalia. Pete Hegseth wants the US will join that prestigious list in December. The people who run our country are depraved. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass

It's great that R's seem poised to lose the midterms in epic fashion, despite their prodigious efforts to cheat. But before we get *too* excited, just remember that if gas were $2 cheaper, then Rs would hold Congress.

Absolutely. 👇

Not content to spend tax dollars on political ads, to engage in off-season gerrymanders, to purge voter rolls based on false pretexts, to screw with vote-by-mail, or to promise a $5000 bribe after the election... Trump tries buying votes 1 month before the election www.cnbc.com/2026/09/30/o...

The motto of the lobbying industry: "Technically not illegal!" www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

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Interference with the mail that causes voters to be disenfranchised should be a felony with a long statute of limitations, if it is not already. Hopefully US democracy will survive and the next Democratic administration will have the stomach to prosecute. www.cnn.com/2026/09/01/p...

Is this a purposefully complex arrangement to get millions of ordinary people to buy the chips that power AI and depreciate over time, like all computer hardware does as it ages? Reminds me of subprime mortgages/credit default swaps fortune.com/2026/08/12/n...

Reading about all of Trump's attempts to take control of the 2026 midterms, I have to tip my hat to the founders for having decentralized federal elections that are run by the states. We'd be really screwed right now if the Trump administration were in charge of distributing and counting votes.

Articles like these with tips on how to avoid diseases like cyclosporia infection always seen to leave out the most important one: Vote for Democrats www.cnn.com/2026/07/15/h...

It is unacceptable that 4 justices (Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Thomas, and Alito) would grant themselves the power to rewrite the constitution. Judicial reform needs to be a top priority. Expanding the courts, and ending the Senate filibuster if need be to do so, seems the only practical way forward.

Rep. Lieu: “The Supreme Court is out of control, out of touch with the American people…This is the most corrupt Supreme Court we’ve seen in our history, and reform is going to come next year."

Texas Republican Bill Paxton, who is almost as corrupt as Trump, challenges a garden-variety Republican who is corrupt at the standard and customary level. Of course Texas Republicans vote for the more corrupt person.

Anyone remember the Purcell doctrine, saying courts shouldn't change electoral districts too close to the election because it might cause confusion? Remember how SCOTUS applied it six months ago to say it was already too late to invalidate the Texas districts? Funny how that didn't happen in Callais

They think you're stupid.

Congratulations to Hungary on getting rid of their pseudo-dictator! In an age where democracy is in retreat world-wide and authoritarianism is on the rise, this is a rare and welcome bit of good news. But please take care, Hungary, not to forget the past and elect Orban again in 4 years.

When a Democrat is credibly accused of sexual abuse by multiple people, the D party does the right thing and clears the way for better people. When a Republican is credibly accused of sexual abuse by multiple people, the R party elects him president or confirms him to be a justice (depending).

Future Republicans: "No one could have known that Trump was going to commit war crimes after he told everyone he was going to commit war crimes."

Don't worry Mr. Trump. Your position as worst president is secure. There is no need for additional material, like torpedoing the most successful defense coalition the world has ever known. www.cnn.com/2026/04/01/m...

Movie scene on a college campus: lots of people in a narrow corridor with room for 2 pedestrian lanes, one going in each direction. Students and professors are all mixed together. Everyone is glued to their cell phones and walks very slowly. Protagonist, late for something, gets in line and sighs.

Bluesky's algorithm should punish posts that don't allow the general public to reply.

Pure speculation, of course, but maybe the reason this guy was piss drunk was to escape from knowing he's a tool of suppression in an evil regime www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

While Pam Bondi is busy having journalists arrested, it's good to remember why she's Trump's AG in the first place. www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...

The very last step on the road to fascism is a regime's endorsement of murder. There are no more off ramps for Rs and the R party. Which means American democracy's only hope is mass resistance from a citizenry that was stupid enough to reelect Trump just 14 months ago.

Shorter version of Iowa farmers interviewed by CNN: "Fascism is ok as long as it's oppressing others and not costing me financially. Also everything is the Democrats' fault, especially Biden. Look at what those guys made me do." www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/p...

Trump's vision for peace is for the entire world to be under the control of a few dictators, with himself superior to all. In Trump's mind, everything he does is to advance peace and no one anywhere has ever done more for its cause. He cannot understand why the Nobel committee snubs him.

Remember when a few brave Democrats advised military personnel that they can decline to carry out illegal orders? Trump and Hegseth threw a hissy, threatened BS prosecution. But it was sound advice. Look who they blame when officers follow illegal orders: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

As Trump talks up law and order in LA, it's worth remembering that he's perfectly comfortable with a violent mob as long as it is in service of keeping himself in power after he lost an election.