Every time I see Trump, I mentally add his diarrhea plane. Make it stop.

Just a legal historian here reminding everyone that “high crimes and misdemeanors” do not need to be felonies.

They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.

He’s standing that far away in case it explodes.

Understand what's happening. MAGAs are gutting:
•Medicaid—which 60M Americans rely on to survive
•SNAP—which 40M Americans rely on to eat
•School Lunch—which 30M kids rely on daily
•Housing Assistance—which 5 million families rely on to live

ALL to cut $4.5T in taxes for 800 billionaires

BARBARIC

In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server.

Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding

Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.

Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later

Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner

Trump just rescinded an Executive Order issued by President Biden to lower prescription drug costs for people in Medicare and Medicaid.

Merrick Garland had the same information on Matt Gaetz that the Ethics Committee did and chose to go after Hunter Biden instead.

Elon Musk has a net worth of approximately $486 billion

Yesterday, he decided to use his influence to convince House Republicans to shut down the government

As a result, TSA agents will be required to report to work over the holidays WITHOUT PAY

The average TSA agent makes less than 50K/year

ICE just deported an (undocumented) woman & her newborn (U.S. citizen) twins
She had missed a court hearing due to emergency C-section; when she called court to reschedule, was told to show up at another meeting site. When she did, she and her kids were arrested.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Section 1, of the 14th Amendment:

The silver lining is Matt will now be able to spend more quality time with his “son” Nestor.

Earlier this week, the powerful Students for Life of America released its wishlist of federal legislation, entitled “Make America Pro-Life Again”, which takes direct aim at access to abortion pills. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...