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Resident of San Jose, CA. Retired. BA in English from UC Berkeley. Lived in Malaysia for most of the 90s. Lutheran and Democrat. 💙
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Hey NY Times-- It is still a "fringe theory" -- every court has rejected it. There is still a "broad consensus" -- John Eastman is a disgraced lawyer under indictment. The only thing that has changed is the Times.

Nine. Say it. Nine. Nine unnecessary deaths. Actus Reus. These are murders in the act of kidnapping and someone better be held fucking accountable. 😡 #ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #OneV1

Not to distract from the fact that Yamal Said is an Austin TX resident since the ‘80s & a lawful permanent resident, he was on his way OUT of the country. WTF is going on here??

🧵She makes it too easy😂 At today’s hearing, Rep. Bennie Thompson nailed it: “I’m glad you found time among your many photo ops and costume changes to testify.” Kristi Noem has turned DHS into a reality show—cosplaying ICE raids in tactical gear like it’s her campaign runway.

Perfectly encapsulates the kind of society the Right envisions: One in which all angry, aggrieved cranks are enabled to serve as deputies of the regime to impose a reactionary moral, cultural, and social order and sniff out anyone who dares to deviate, anything that makes them uncomfortable.

AOC shuts down GOP outrage—calling out their arrogance, their condescension. “I will not yield to disrespectful men.” No apologies. No deference. Just straight fire. And they couldn’t handle it.💥🔥🔥

this is going to accelerate Antipope Viganò

#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited When we fight, we win, and it doesn’t hurt that we have truth on our side.

BREAKING: A Montana court just struck down a ban on health care for trans youth, finding the law violates the state constitution.

BREAKING: Federal judge orders the release of Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri from immigration detention in Texas. Judge Patricia Giles said feds presented no evidence to support claimed foreign policy grounds or to show he is a Hamas supporter. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

New rendering just came out for Trump’s new plane

RFK Jr The head of Health and Human Services Takes his grandchildren into a stream loaded with bacteria that's been shutdown for swimming for decades Why doesn't he care about their health and safety? #MomSky #Voices4Victory

No one gives someone a $400 million dollar jet for free without expecting anything in return. Be serious.

WOW. The Trump admin said they will review social media and deny immigration benefits to people saying antisemitic claims. They're even trying to deport people with green cards on alleged claims of antisemitism. Anyway, here's a tweet from an Afrikaner they flew here on Monday.

This was published one week before the 2024 election. I’m going to post it as a reminder to and when whoever says differently. Today it’s for @CNN Abby Phillips, Scott Jennings, and all the millionaire gaslighting corporate news anchor pundits. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue www.wsj.com/economy/the-...

“Republicans could have closed the carried interest loophole. Not only did they not do that, but the GOP bill opens up another tax break for private equity that didn’t previously exist. The private equity lobbyists win again.” -tax expert quoted in this piece:

www.politico.com/news/2025/05... #MomSky Seriously Chief Justice says Rule of Law endangered You wanna look in the mirror and KNOW the reason why? Ya wanna talk to Alito and Thomas? Wait till you read this ⬇️

Breaking: A federal judge has ruled Badar Khan Suri, the Georgetown researcher held in a Texas immigration detention center since March, must be released from custody and returned to Virginia as he challenges the legal basis for his deportation.

The monster was us all.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

No, you’re not crazy. They are deporting brown people and importing white people.

We’ve been in this markup for nearly 22 hours, and Energy & Commerce Democrats are still going strong as we stand up to Trump’s ‘One Big, Bogus Bill’ that will kick 13.7 million Americans off their health care.

One more remarkable facet to this story is that we *didn’t* see a nonsensical Executive Order declaring AI training to be fair use, which would not have been surprising! Somehow the idea stuck that the Copyright Office was the key battleground and now we’re living in Copyright Game of Thrones

I'm proud of my Democratic colleagues on the Energy and Commerce Committee for pushing back against Republicans' attempt to strip 10.3 million Americans of Medicaid in an overnight hearing — currently lasting over 22 hours. Hold the line.

Trump‘s personality presents hedonism, narcissism, & bullying behavior. This creates an impulsive, immature, incompetent person who plants psychological seeds of treachery in sections of our population. He preys on the weak. T is unfit for any public office, let alone, the highest in the land.

That's actually exactly what it does.

I know that we’ve had a month worth of further constitutional crises but Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still in custody in El Salvador and that central crisis is a continuing fact.

NEW: 'Thicket of red tape' for Medicaid in GOP bill sparks fears of coverage losses Doctors and critics warn that the work req’ts and stricter screenings that Republicans are rallying around will adversely impact rightful beneficiaries. w/ @berkeleyjr.bsky.social: www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

BREAKING: Tom Suozzi: “Does this tax bill continue the payroll tax on tips?” Barthold: “Yes, it does.” The GOP promised relief for workers. Instead? They’re taxing your tips—but not a cent more from billionaires. Trump’s “big beautiful bill” is a fraud.

He pink-slipped the Librarian of Congress (too many DEI-ish children’s books in the library!) and booted the head of the US Copyright Office shortly after it released a report on AI that suggested using copyrighted materials to instruct AI systems might violate copyright law. David Corn

youtube.com/watch?v=UOkM... This is 💯 straight BULLSHIT! 😡😡😡😡😡😡

Trump's first-term corruption seemed huge, but it's already been dwarfed by the ongoing, unchecked festival of domestic and foreign corruption four months into in his second term. Blame the Supreme Court and the Republican Congress. My latest at @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-unqu...

So he gets a $400 million Qatari jumbo jet, but we get two dolls and five pencils, and the strollers are a national security threat. Got it 👍 🤪

The Constitution disagrees. The Emoluments Clause, part of Article I, Section 9, Clause 8, bans office holders from taking ANY gifts from foreign countries. There is no mention of quid pro quo. That is because the Founding Fathers knew that even the *appearance* of corruption promotes corruption.

Emoluments aside there is no way to make a plane built in the Middle East secure enough to be Air Force One.

I guess every form of refuge has its price

@padilla.senate.gov, I'm a constituent.Trump must not accept a $400M “gift” from Qatar’s royal family. This blatant bribery demands action, now. What did he promise in return? Congress must launch hearings & appoint a special counsel now #DemsGrowASpine #CallYourSenator #PGAS app.sosha.ai/s/WdTE5Dje

@schiff.senate.gov I'm a constituent.Trump must not accept a $400M “gift” from Qatar’s royal family. This blatant bribery demands action, NOW! What did he promise in return? Congress must launch hearings & appoint a special counsel now #DemsGrowASpine #CallYourSenator #PGAS app.sosha.ai/s/J11fu1ld

Be more like Marc Elias. He exemplifies what it means to be a “fighter.” It’s that attitude of acknowledging the fear, flipping the source of it bird, and then walking toward it, 100% invested in victory. There are only a handful of people in politics right now that inspire me. Marc is #1

🚨 Urgent - Medicaid Thread 🚨 House Republicans have introduced a proposal to cut $880 billion from Medicaid, risking the healthcare of 8.6 million Americans. These cuts are part of a broader plan to fund $4.5 trillion in tax breaks benefiting the wealthy. 1/ fortune.com/article/hous...

The juxtaposition of the GOP cutting Medicaid for needy Americans while their dear leader takes luxurious bribes from rich people is something else. American greed and gluttony at their finest. Don’t Mess With Medicaid #MomSky

Aaaand there it is.

There's no bottom to this autocrat's actions 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Shouldn’t surprise anyone considering the so called president wants to accept a free Boing 747-8 from Qatar. A free jet for nothing lol. Absolutely free no strings attached. What a goddamn criminal trump is