Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

Yes because of the Epstein files discharge petition, but also because Johnson and the rest of the GOP are going to try to overturn the elections of Democratic House members during the midterms, especially in more competitive seats.

Laying the groundwork for that.

Russia, Russia, Russia, as they say

My humble request would be that all those U.S. journalists who spent the last week credulously reporting on Trump's "success" in the Middle East simply because he gave a grotesquely premature victory lap unanchored by any actual accomplishment retire permanently from the practice of journalism today

The numbers I am seeing, and the breadth of people and places with basically no arrests and so forth, seem to me an unqualified political loss for them. It is a show of strength rather than the fight itself, but you can’t downplay it.

And the motherfucker wants a Nobel Peace Prize

folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him

Per CNN, the White House has just issued a two-word response to what may be the largest day of protest in US history—and those two words perfectly encapsulate why No Kings Day exists.

The response from would-be King Donald to outrage over his destruction of our traditions and norms is, "Who cares?"

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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If you’re planning to protest tomorrow:

1. Thank you! Make it big. Stay peaceful.

2. Be careful. There will be people trying to agitate and stir shit up.

3. Take a buddy if you can. If not, video is your friend.

4. Have a plan to get the fuck out if it goes sideways.

By my count: Of the 15 Departments of the US Government, 13 launched new BlueSky accounts tonight (all but Justice and HUD), and all 13 have posted explicitly partisan political posts blaming Democrats and/or Chuck Schumer for the government shutdown.

The Hate America Rally already happened, Mike Johnson. It was held on January 6, 2021, and was orchestrated by your boss.

On October 18, patriots across America will honor our commitment to keep America from becoming the dystopic jackboot dictatorship you fascist bootlickers dream of and drool for.

Just for the record, although I am not really on board with asking justices for interviews to give them free book publicity, I did ask to speak to Barrett and got a swift rejection from the publisher.

The US Navy is holding living witnesses to Trump and Hegseth’s murders captive in one of its vessels. apnews.com/article/vene...

Kinda seems like whether or not the president has the power to assassinate people with no due process, no input from Congress, no review, no oversight, and with no obligation to provide anyone with any information or evidence other than “trust me” is an important test of our democracy.

Johnson accidently telling the truth there at the end

Sigh.

Presentation tonight, after what is likely to be a stressful workday and little sleep last night.

It's fine. I'm fine.

this ballroom is the best evidence that trump doesn’t intend to leave

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

This.

"Regardless of what you think about any individual person, food assistance should not be predicated on meeting your personal definition of deserving. People shouldn’t have to perform feats of social worth to get food; in our incredibly wealthy society, people should just get food."

absolutely unthinkable to help pass a budget as long as he feels comfortable saying this