@prouddemocratmeg.bsky.social
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looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
“Immigration isn’t breaking our society,” @AdamSerwer writes. “That’s a job Americans can do on their own.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Doesn’t Trump Pay a Political Price for His Racism?
Immigration isn’t breaking our society. We are.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“Immigration isn’t breaking our society,” @AdamSerwer writes. “That’s a job Americans can do on their own.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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So this must mean that Kash Patel is going to tell Trump he has to revoke his pardons for the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers and reinstate their convictions for sedition in connection with January 6, right
Patel on J6 arrest: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So this must mean that Kash Patel is going to tell Trump he has to revoke his pardons for the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers and reinstate their convictions for sedition in connection with January 6, right
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happy bday writer Joan Didion, b1934, Sacramento
“You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.
“To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
"Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it."
“You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.
“To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
"Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it."
December 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
happy bday writer Joan Didion, b1934, Sacramento
“You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.
“To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
"Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it."
“You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.
“To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
"Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it."
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An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
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Trump gonna send the marines to Minneapolis now isn’t he
Rep. Ilhan Omar: "I hope he gets the help he needs. It sounds like he's trying to deflect from the failures that he's had as president ... he's fought to be the head of the pedophile protection party."
December 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Trump gonna send the marines to Minneapolis now isn’t he
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I cannot understand why more prominent Dems aren't speaking out against the Trump-Witkoff-Kushner attempt to vaporize the Western alliance that has kept us safe for more than 75 years....
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The conflict of interest here is off the chart: "Steve Witkoff’s real-estate empire is bankrolled by a former adviser to Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a key architect of Moscow’s Ukraine negotiations" bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/t...
Trump Envoy Has Financial Ties With Former Adviser to Putin’s ‘Money Man’ Now Leading Kremlin Peace Talks
Steve Witkoff’s real-estate empire is bankrolled by a former adviser to Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a key architect of Moscow’s Ukraine negotiations
bylinetimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I cannot understand why more prominent Dems aren't speaking out against the Trump-Witkoff-Kushner attempt to vaporize the Western alliance that has kept us safe for more than 75 years....
bsky.app/profile/soci...
bsky.app/profile/soci...
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I know: he’s a racist authoritarian who’s running a militantly racist government constantly doing and saying racist things, carrying out a highly militarized campaign of ethnic cleansing and also doing anti diversity crackdown all over the place. And yet…his racist rhetoric IS getting worse, somehow
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I know: he’s a racist authoritarian who’s running a militantly racist government constantly doing and saying racist things, carrying out a highly militarized campaign of ethnic cleansing and also doing anti diversity crackdown all over the place. And yet…his racist rhetoric IS getting worse, somehow
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wrote about the problem of the pardon power (gift link)
Opinion | Guess Which Presidential Power Trump Likes the Most
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
wrote about the problem of the pardon power (gift link)
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Initial thoughts:
- Natl political landscape has shifted 8+ points towards the Ds, making flipping the House likely, and putting the Senate in play
- @aftynbehn.bsky.social was a tremendous candidate, and deserves our thanks
- Let's win Miami next Tuesday 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/despite-rs...
- Natl political landscape has shifted 8+ points towards the Ds, making flipping the House likely, and putting the Senate in play
- @aftynbehn.bsky.social was a tremendous candidate, and deserves our thanks
- Let's win Miami next Tuesday 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/despite-rs...
Despite Rs Spending Millions Dems Contest A +22 Trump District Tonight. It's Another Deeply Encouraging Result For Us
We have one more to win in 2025 - Eileen Higgins for Mayor of Miami next Tuesday
www.hopiumchronicles.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Initial thoughts:
- Natl political landscape has shifted 8+ points towards the Ds, making flipping the House likely, and putting the Senate in play
- @aftynbehn.bsky.social was a tremendous candidate, and deserves our thanks
- Let's win Miami next Tuesday 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/despite-rs...
- Natl political landscape has shifted 8+ points towards the Ds, making flipping the House likely, and putting the Senate in play
- @aftynbehn.bsky.social was a tremendous candidate, and deserves our thanks
- Let's win Miami next Tuesday 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/despite-rs...
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Wednesday - the livestream we've all been waiting for!
Heather Cox Richardson interviews NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani. 12PM Eastern Time, 9AM Pacific Time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15L4PoVBL4
#politics #uspol #nyc #zohranmamdani #heathercoxrichardson
Heather Cox Richardson interviews NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani. 12PM Eastern Time, 9AM Pacific Time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15L4PoVBL4
#politics #uspol #nyc #zohranmamdani #heathercoxrichardson
December 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Wednesday - the livestream we've all been waiting for!
Heather Cox Richardson interviews NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani. 12PM Eastern Time, 9AM Pacific Time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15L4PoVBL4
#politics #uspol #nyc #zohranmamdani #heathercoxrichardson
Heather Cox Richardson interviews NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani. 12PM Eastern Time, 9AM Pacific Time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15L4PoVBL4
#politics #uspol #nyc #zohranmamdani #heathercoxrichardson
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Our leader is having repeated trouble staying awake at public events he's hosting; is acting more erratically online and in public; is making decisions that are doing clear material harm to the country & our allies. Simply, his declining health must become a bigger issue.
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bsky.app/profile/did:...
“.. A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds of the meeting Tuesday showed that during nine separate instances, Trump’s eyes were closed for extended periods or he appeared to struggle to keep them open, amounting cumulatively to nearly six minutes.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Our leader is having repeated trouble staying awake at public events he's hosting; is acting more erratically online and in public; is making decisions that are doing clear material harm to the country & our allies. Simply, his declining health must become a bigger issue.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Hearing massive turnout in the college precinct in Davidson County, Tennessee (which voted +27.4 for Kamala Harris). So high that it has exceeded 2024 turnout. If you know ANY young people in Tennessee, tell them to get out there, vote, and stay in line.
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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It’s just going to be wide open, unapologetic bigotry from here on out.
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It’s just going to be wide open, unapologetic bigotry from here on out.
After all the crime, corruption, hatred, and destruction isn't it past time to open your eyes??!!!🤬🤬🤬
Why I despise Trump supporters for enabling this hell
www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
Why I despise Trump supporters for enabling this hell
www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
Why I despise Trump supporters for enabling this hell
I'm not writing to you today about all the things I am thankful for as our 2025 holiday season visits us, because I am too damn busy with what makes me furious to type otherwise.We are a country at wa...
www.alternet.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
After all the crime, corruption, hatred, and destruction isn't it past time to open your eyes??!!!🤬🤬🤬
Why I despise Trump supporters for enabling this hell
www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
Why I despise Trump supporters for enabling this hell
www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
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Wouldn’t this burn trump and Mike Johnson
December 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Wouldn’t this burn trump and Mike Johnson
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ALL TENNESSEE VOTERS - GET OUT THERE BY TOMORROW TO VOTE BLUE, AND AGAINST GOP/MAGA CORRUPTION! Vote for the honorable candidate Aftyn Behn who believes in Truth, Honor, Law, Constitution, our Rights, and FREEDOM. Never vote for ANY Republican, unless you want our kids to live with FASCIST TYRANNY!!
How far can Democrats ride the affordability argument? A progressive running in deep-red Tennessee is about to find out | CNN Politics
Aftyn Behn, the Democratic nominee for next week’s special election in a heavily Republican Tennessee congressional district, has made affordability concerns a centerpiece of her campaign messaging – ...
www.cnn.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
ALL TENNESSEE VOTERS - GET OUT THERE BY TOMORROW TO VOTE BLUE, AND AGAINST GOP/MAGA CORRUPTION! Vote for the honorable candidate Aftyn Behn who believes in Truth, Honor, Law, Constitution, our Rights, and FREEDOM. Never vote for ANY Republican, unless you want our kids to live with FASCIST TYRANNY!!
Republicans should increase the pressure on Donald Trump "to fire the most unqualified secretary of defense in U.S. history," @RadioFreeTom argues: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Republicans should increase the pressure on Donald Trump "to fire the most unqualified secretary of defense in U.S. history," @RadioFreeTom argues: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Stand with Ukraine over Russia: tinyurl.com/2khn59cr
Tell Congress: Stand with Ukraine over Russia
Contact Congress today!
tinyurl.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Stand with Ukraine over Russia: tinyurl.com/2khn59cr
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Congratulations, Norm!!
BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Congratulations, Norm!!
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$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...