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Edwin Eisendrath
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It's the Democracy, Stupid.
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Substack: https://edwineisendrath.substack.com/

Long ago: Chicago schoolteacher, alderman, CEO Chicago Sun Times, etc.
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Edwin Eisendrath @eisendrath.net · 1d
Republicans failure to hold Trump to account makes them no different than the Chinese Communist party,Putin’s United Russia Party, Mussolini’s fascists & Hitler’s Nazis. The party comes first. Not the people, not the nation, not democracy, not anything. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
The question isn’t whether Democrats should or will impeach Trump. The question is why won’t Republicans?
Since Trump came down that infamous escalator, Republicans have missed every off ramp on the highway to fascism. They will protect Trump to hold on to power no matter the cost to Americans.
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eisendrath.net
Same BS when he was in Chgo. He and his cosplay thugs aren’t welcome anywhere.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h
Bovino: "Something else here as far as what happened in that Target store is truly I felt sorry for the public, and the reason for that is by and large 90% of the public are happy to see us. They like to engage with us, talk with us and find out about our missions."
January 13, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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atrupar.com
I don’t see how this country survives until 2029 unless Trump is impeached and removed. This level of lawless malice is not sustainable. What fresh horrors await us this week?
January 12, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican.

It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.

People are awakening to this new reality — and they're speaking up.

The sleeping giant of America is roaring.
January 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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jonseidel.bsky.social
JUST IN from @ilattygeneral.bsky.social: State of Illinois sues Trump administration over its "organized bombardment on the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago."

Full complaint here: illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Cu...
ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER ILLEGAL AND RETALIATORY IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TACTICS Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Trump administration officials over the unlawful and dangerous tactics used by Customs and Border Protection (CPB) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Illinois. Illinois is joined by the city of Chicago in the case. “Border Patrol agents and ICE officers have acted as occupiers rather than officers of the law,” Raoul said. “They randomly, and often violently, question residents. Without warrants or probable cause, they brutally detain citizens and non-citizens alike. They use tear gas and other chemical weapons against bystanders, injuring dozens, including children, the elderly and local police officers. I filed this lawsuit to stand up for the safety of the people of Illinois and the sovereignty of our state.” “The Trump administration has repeatedly violated the law and undermined public trust,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson. “These actions weren’t just unlawful; they were cruel, needlessly inflicting fear and harm on our communities. My administration will forcefully protect our residents’ rights and hold anyone accountable who abuses their power. Nobody is above the law. This lawsuit is about ensuring there is accountability for the lawless actions of the Trump administration and justice for the Chicagoans who have been wronged.” Attorney General Raoul filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois – Eastern Division. The complaint describes the various ways the Trump administration has attempted to coerce Illinois over policy differences, including by unlawfully withholding federal funds and attempting to deploy the Illinois and Texas National Guards in the state. In September 2025, DHS deployed quasi-military personnel from CBP and ICE to Illinois, initiating… The lawsuit notes that, for decades, federal immigration agents enforced immigration laws in Chicago without significant interruption to public order and safety. Since being deployed to Illinois in September, CPB and ICE agents have killed one Illinois resident, shot another, and conducted a military raid on a Chicago apartment building, detaining all its residents, including children. Agents have arrested hundreds without warrants, randomly questioned hundreds more, and unleashed chemical weapons upon law-abiding, peaceful residents. The lawsuit documents several individual examples of such unlawful tactics being used to terrorize the people of Illinois. As a result of the fear and chaos created by these tactics, local schools have gone into lockdown, social service organizations have had to reduce their services, and courthouse operations have been increasingly hindered, as Illinoisans have been intimidated from accessing courthouses, medical facilities and schools. Illinoisans and tourists alike fear going about their daily lives. Local businesses and economies have suffered, and declining sales have led to losses in tax revenues. Raoul assert that the federal government has attacked Illinois’ ability to carry out its core sovereign functions — to regulate public health, uphold a system of education for Illinois residents, support the state’s economy, provide public safety and administer its judicial system, enforce state statutes, implement state programs, and ensure that Illinois residents receive the full benefits of state and federal law. Raoul argues that this assault on the state’s sovereignty is a violation of the Tenth Amendment and violates the Administrative Procedure Act many times over. Raoul also argues that DHS adopted illegal enforcement policies that harm Illinois residents, including: Rather than utilizing targeted removal policies, using roving patrols of teams of agents to interrogate residents without reasonable suspicion that they are unlawfully present. Deploying biometric scanning to capture and store the photographs and fingerprints of residents who are not entering or exiting the United States. Arresting people without warrants or probable cause. Indiscriminately deploying riot control weapons, including tear gas. Conducting enforcement at sensitive locations, including courthouses, schools, social service organizations and medical facilities without appropriate reasoning. Trespassing onto private property without authority. Concealing and switching vehicle license plates in violation of federal and state law. Raoul is asking the court to order federal agents authorized to enforce immigration law in Illinois to stop using tactics that exceed their statutory authority granted by Congress, including dispersing tear gas and other noxious chemicals without warning against persons who are not resisting, scanning the biometric information of Illinois residents, and entering private property without a warrant or permission of the owner. Raoul is asking the court to require written documentation of the basis for questioning Illinois residents regarding their immigration status and the basis for the conclusion that agents were authorized to make warrantless arrests. Raoul is also requesting a prohibition on enforcement activities in or near courthouses, schools, hospitals and other sensitive locations, except in extenuating circumstances and with safeguards. In addition, Raoul is asking that the court require that all CBP and ICE vehicles have visible, accurate license plates, and only the plates properly assigned and registered to each vehicle. If Raoul’s request for judgment is granted, he is asking that the court monitor the defendants’…
January 12, 2026 at 7:41 PM
eisendrath.net
Jill's right: it's time to embrace impeachment...embrace it with both hands!
jilldlawrence.bsky.social Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 14h
We just had a week that changed everything, including my view of impeachment. Before: Wait until 2027. Now: Embrace it in 2026 and hold hearing-like forums to spotlight the many articles of impeachment filed against Trump and his cabinet. My latest @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/embracing-...
Embracing Impeachment
The case against Trump and his cabinet keeps growing—and the argument for waiting is no longer convincing.
www.thebulwark.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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markjacob.bsky.social
My Stop the Presses newsletter calls for more aggressive action by the media to be "radically truthful" and defeat the liars:
/ Correct *every* lie uttered on your platform.
/ Put Trump's remarks on tape delay for proper fact checks.
/ Cut off liars in mid-interview and ban them from your airwaves.
How to build a radically truthful news outlet
The old ways don’t work. Time to declare war on the liars.
www.stopthepresses.news
January 12, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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jeisinger.bsky.social
You cannot:

-Attack Fed independence
-Flirt w/ debasing the dollar
-Muse abt debt default
-Halt fin’l regs
-Destroy the rule of law
-Further juice a bubble
-Widen the deficit & jack up nat’l debt

Without causing a major financial crash.

Not predicting when but this is unsustainable.
January 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
1/Kamala Harris was right. On October 29, 2024, she told a crowd: “Donald Trump would walk into that office with an enemies list…Donald Trump intends to use the United States military against American citizens who simply disagree with him.” joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
The Week Ahead
January 11, 2026
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January 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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the-downballot.com
Former Rep. Mary Peltola announces she's challenging Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska, giving Democrats a recruit they've long sought for a challenging race.
My decision
YouTube video by Mary Peltola
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January 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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walshfreedom.bsky.social
Agreed. But we actually don’t have a Congress right now. Haven’t had a Congress for about a year now.
January 12, 2026 at 1:13 PM
eisendrath.net
The question isn’t whether Democrats should or will impeach Trump. The question is why won’t Republicans? Since Trump came down that infamous escalator, Republicans have missed every off ramp on the highway to fascism. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
The question isn’t whether Democrats should or will impeach Trump. The question is why won’t Republicans?
Since Trump came down that infamous escalator, Republicans have missed every off ramp on the highway to fascism. They will protect Trump to hold on to power no matter the cost to Americans.
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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justinwolfers.bsky.social
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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eisendrath.net
Republicans failure to hold Trump to account makes them no different than the Chinese Communist party,Putin’s United Russia Party, Mussolini’s fascists & Hitler’s Nazis. The party comes first. Not the people, not the nation, not democracy, not anything. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
The question isn’t whether Democrats should or will impeach Trump. The question is why won’t Republicans?
Since Trump came down that infamous escalator, Republicans have missed every off ramp on the highway to fascism. They will protect Trump to hold on to power no matter the cost to Americans.
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
With Trump going full authoritarian on Venezuela-Greenland, ICE, and the Fed, the response has to be serious. Four Republican senators (Tillis, McConnell, Murkowski, Collins?) could announce they’ll caucus for now with the Dems to give them control of the Senate to check Trump.
January 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Powell, showing more guts than almost any GOP legislators:

"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."

www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
Rep. Casten has it absolutely correct: Trump is *both* weaker *and* more dangerous than ever.

Buckle up, but don't be afraid. Because fear is how he wins.
seancasten.bsky.social Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 1d
Let's be clear. Donald Trump will indict the Fed Chair, kidnap foreign leaders and kill American citizens in MN if it distracts you from asking WTF is in the Epstein files because HIS BASE doesn't like pedophiles. None of this is normal. But everything he does is from weakness right now.
January 12, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
a bunch of crypto-Republican centrists just winked at the actual end of DOJ independence at the beginning of this term, and now the Trump DOJ is coming for Fed independence and maybe they’re going to lose their retirement accounts and maybe the whole republic because of it
January 12, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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walshfreedom.bsky.social
Really good and important thread here by @normeisen.bsky.social.👇
normeisen.bsky.social Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 1d
I disagree with the suggestion in the NYT story today that rule of law is not working to stop Trump

Yes the "Trump judges" have been disproportionately bad, but the overall win rate of over 60% or >320 wins is still EXTRAORDINARY

And the wins in the most important areas have been even bigger👇

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A Year of Fighting for Democracy–in Print and in Court
Exactly one year ago today, Jen Rubin and I and a small band of colleagues were furiously working to launch a new publication dedicated to the idea of honest but unabashed defense of democracy.
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January 11, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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sethcotlar.bsky.social
I think about this July 2024 threat from the head of the Heritage Foundation quite a lot these days.
MM FA Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025... neritage.org neritage. heritage.org tage.org heritage heritage.‹ REAL O AMERICA'S VOICE KEVIN ROBERTS * TASAM PT * President of The Heritage Foundation WAR ROOM ABER ELECTION PLATFORMS OVER PEOPLE? SCOTUS DECISIONS MAKE SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP EAS www.mediamatters.org Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"
January 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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jackjenkins.me
At a church in Minneapolis that is hosting an anti-ICE singing vigil, which will later process through the neighborhood.

They sing: “This is for our neighbors who are locked inside, together we will abolish ICE.”
January 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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unraveledpress.com
Feds backed up a tiny bit. More media arriving. Someone starts a chant of "they're our neighbors, you're invaders!"

Asked rec center staff how many kids they have inside right now. He told us "a decent number" and they're closing up soon, have locked the front doors.
January 11, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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unraveledpress.com
Outside the Whipple building in Minneapolis—

Feds just emerged and unleashed pepper spray on demonstrators for approaching the driveway, sprayed one man directly in the face repeatedly. Pepper balls.

Air is toxic, there were children out here in strollers. Reporters caught unprepared.
January 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
eisendrath.net
Will explains what we all see so clearly now. So where is the GOP when it matters?

Complicit.
willbunch.bsky.social Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d
In a week when a century happened, from VZ to MN, the biggest story was Trump's vow that nothing can stop him but 'my own morality' and 'my own mind'

But a dictatorship that relies on brute force, alternate truth can be stopped. By our morality. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
Trump now a tyrant restrained only by ‘my own morality.’ We stop him with our own. | Will Bunch
After a monumental week that changed America, Trump believes there is no limit on his powers. We can prove him wrong.
www.inquirer.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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lincolnsquare.media
This week on It's the Democracy, Stupid— @eisendrath.net welcomed @charlotteclymer.bsky.social to discuss ruthlessly prosecuting the Trump Regime

Subscribe to watch the full episode, only on Lincoln Square!
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/we-must-ru...
January 11, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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newsjennifer.bsky.social
"The question isn’t whether Democrats should or will impeach Trump. The question is why won’t Republicans?

He is guilty of higher crimes and more misdemeanors than anyone who has ever sat in the Oval Office. He knows it. The whole country knows it."

Read @eisendrath.net:
Even a partial list of his crimes is long: He took foreign emoluments (the modern word is “bribes”) He abused the pardon power He corrupted regulatory authority to bring to heal law firms, universities, and major American corporations He tore down a portion of the White House He carved his name onto the Kennedy Center He ordered the murder of fisherman in the Caribbean He launched an unauthorized war against Venezuela He sent his over-armed and under-trained ICE thugs into American cities He used tariffs to cut deals that benefit his cronies He made his son a major defense contractor He ignored court orders He disobeyed laws - even ones, like the Epstein Transparency Act, that he signed.
January 11, 2026 at 1:33 PM