"I would not be faithfully abiding by my oath if I stayed silent right now." www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...

So glad it was caught on video —otherwise, he would for sure blame “violent protestors.” What a clown.

📽️ WATCH: This video on the rise of Russ Vought, Trump's “shadow president,” is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.

Chicago No Kings

#NoKings #Cincinnati #Ohio

“THE SHADOW PRESIDENT”

@propublica on RUSS VOUGHT, Trump’s hatchet man consolidating power & ☠️ programs, pushing Christian nationalism on 🇺🇸

“PROJECT 2025” always meant a plan for after Trump won. Those who helped him 🤥 should ❌ media credentials. www.propublica.org/article/vide...

Wisdom from Schoolhouse Rock.

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

We need the highest turn out possible!
If you’re on the fence, get out there for someone who isn’t physically able, can’t get off work, or is too vulnerable to the ICE thugs.

Good thread with ways to help folks rescuing animals and supporting their humans in Western Alaska.
# uglydogs

People keep asking me when the military will start speaking out…

They’re picking their spots. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u... 🚨🇺🇸

Immigration and Customs Enforcement announces the arrest of a suburban Chicago cop and claims he is in the US illegally

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

This “boys will be boys” mentality has been a significant ingredient in the nasty stew of entitlement & bitterness we’re now being served—and choking on.

@jd-vance-1.bsky.social loves Hitler

newrepublic.com/article/2018...

bsky.app/profile/sluc... This seems dispositive to me, & also just as a matter of fundamental separation of powers concerns, a federal regulation that *did* allow POTUS to fund the military for *years* against Congress’ wishes can’t be legit. Must be unconstitutional for the Constitution to survive

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

Reshma Ramachandran “said the sequence of events is the antithesis of how the FDA is supposed to function.

“What we’re seeing here is, ‘We believe this and we’re going to find the evidence to support that’ …That’s just inherently wrong in terms of how a scientific agency like the FDA operates.”

A teen in Hoffman Estates, Illinois was thrown to the ground by what appeared to be a federal agent. She and two of her friends were detained for hours before they were released over the weekend.

Cut to the chase:
#1 The Trump Presidency

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will not sign. Here's my latest >>> www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/m...