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Married. Former percussionist, member Chicago Civic Orchestra, Reform Rabbi, Navy Chaplain, State Hospital Chaplain, Clinical Psychologist. Hockey fan.
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What a creep.

Americans were warned.

Law Professor @rgoodlaw.bsky.social catches DOJ in a contradiction in the Abrego Garcia case. A major one.

Bigotry combined with ignorance is the formula that fuels team MAGA.

Holy shit, this is horrifying. Today and every day we stand with @seiuca.bsky.social and our immigrant friends and neighbors.

The recent attacks at the Capital Jewish Museum and in Boulder, Colorado highlight the very real danger of antisemitism, which policymakers must take seriously. At the same time, the proposed blanket travel ban is unethical, counterproductive, and antithetical to our Jewish and American values. 1/3

Excellent Question! Answer: It Was Always A Lie!

Shame on Rep. Mary Miller for this disgraceful xenophobia. No, America was not founded as a "Christian nation" — in this country we have freedom of religion for all people of all faiths and beliefs, including in the halls of Congress.

The manner in which people are being rounded up and incarcerated is a crime against humanity,especially when they are deported and their lives are in jeopardy.

Musk cannot be “turned”, “flipped”, “allied” with. He is a Nazi and he’s killed 300,000 people, mostly children. Anyone considering taking his political contributions or discussing allying with him has no moral compass nor should they be near power.

The problem, which Mike Johnson knows, is that these officers aren't even identifying themselves as federal agents or law enforcement. Allowing them to hide their identities allows them to hide from accountability. No names, no badges, no warrants, no due process, no hearings, no justice.

If you strip away the egos and shitposting, the Trump-Musk feud is really an argument over how comprehensively to screw over poor and working people—over how best to make our society a meaner, crueler, less equal, more savage place. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1962...

"I hate my X!" So, do we!!! ✊🏾 #Voices4Victory #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸

MAGA is an extremist movement. Its judicial nominees are extremists as well.

NEW: I watched today’s nomination hearing for the first of Trump’s judicial nominees, and spoiler alert: they are willing to go places unthinkable for legal conservatives even 4 years ago. My latest for MSNBC.com: www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

Republicans are on the verge of passing a budget bill that would amount to one of the greatest transfers of wealth from the working poor to the super rich. And two billionaire oligarchs are fighting about it because the bill doesn't cut vital social programs enough. Hello?

ICE is now a criminal enterprise in which American LE (*maybe*) are defying the constitution and SCOTUS. They’re also fucking LAZY evil. Their job is enforcing federal immigration & customs laws, and combating transnational crime. But now they simply mask up & swarm court houses for extra cash. 😡

Presidents have instant access to voluminous information about every country on earth. The orange dictator prefers his deep ignorance and bigotry. He thinks he is a genius. No, really, he does.

🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles. Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.

It's never occurred to Republicans that veterans might need more than a standing ovation at rallies and sporting events.

We have an official ruling

In a recent editorial, Ehud Olmert, a former Prime Minister of Israel, referred to the current government as a “criminal gang” led by Benjamin Netanyahu. In a new Q. & A., Olmert explains why he thinks his country is committing war crimes.

Georgia’s governor promotes his Medicaid work requirement as a national model for reform. Yet the program has cost taxpayers more than $86M, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants, and enrolled only 3% of the quarter-million Georgians eligible. (Published Feb. 2025)

#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited I find it disturbing and embarrassing that TACO is hosting the German Chancellor in the OV and is airing his dirty laundry, grievances about Musk and belittling Biden. His cabinet need to step up to the plate and enact the 25th Amendment. Trump is unfit to serve.

#ResistanceUnited No surprise here. Trump's trade war is causing the global economy to slow, and the U.S. is getting hit the hardest. OECD expects U.S. GDP to slow to 1.6%, a more than 25% drop. Global GDP growth, by contrast, is expected to slow to 2.9% from 3.2% in 2024. qz.com/oecd-economi...

New — I wrote about the injustice unfolding before our eyes as rich reality stars are pardoned for their crimes while law-abiding immigrants are rounded up and caged by ICE, and the way communities are rising up to say fuck no.

Imagine fleeing a dictatorship only to end up detained indefinitely. At Krome in Miami, countless of Cuban migrants are protesting: - No release - No basic healthcare - No answers Their crime? Wanting freedom. This isn’t justice. It’s cruelty. #OnYourSide

Who is he trying to kid?

Wait... is this the best meme ever made?

Get your popcorn ready.

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I agree 💯.

Elon should explain to us exactly how he won the election for Trump.

Republicans lie more and more. No, not all politicians lie as much as MAGA politicians. It's not close.

It’s a big ugly betrayal. bsky.app/profile/taxw...

right after Trump made fun of the German Chancellor saying that D-Day was a terrible day for him, the chancellor gives him a birth certificate of Trump’s grandfather. the jokes write themselves. what a buffon.

This is like the warlords from central Africa who recruit child soldiers who will be trained to be ruthless and brutal without realizing the evil they're involved in.

Does presidential immunity apply to Biden as well?

The Florida Bar has filed misconduct charges against Attorney General Pam Bondi. She has been in violation of multiple ethics rules since being sworn in.