True Blue Progress
@trueblueprogress.bsky.social
East Coast progressive shaking my head at the direction the U.S. is headed in under Trump. Looking for signs of life outside of politics, including art, architecture, history, cats, etc.
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Happy Tuesday! It was overcast today so here is another photo from yesterday's stellar sunrise, this one taken about 10 minutes before the sun broke the horizon. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
January 6, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Happy Tuesday! It was overcast today so here is another photo from yesterday's stellar sunrise, this one taken about 10 minutes before the sun broke the horizon. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
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I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Trump’s team thought they could silence an astronaut and war hero with threats. They were WRONG.
See Mark Kelly's legendary response here: 👇
See Mark Kelly's legendary response here: 👇
We Are Standing With Mark Kelly Against Hegseth’s Attacks, Refusing To Let Trump Rewrite Jan 6 History, and Calling Out Dangerous Russian Propaganda
They picked a fight with the wrong folks
www.dworkinsubstack.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Trump’s team thought they could silence an astronaut and war hero with threats. They were WRONG.
See Mark Kelly's legendary response here: 👇
See Mark Kelly's legendary response here: 👇
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Trump makes a deal with Maduro’s VP to pillage oil from their country in exchange for the Maduro regime remaining in power while Fox and Republicans continue to tell the Latino community that he is going to put Machado in power because he wants freedom & democracy in Venezuela.
January 7, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Trump makes a deal with Maduro’s VP to pillage oil from their country in exchange for the Maduro regime remaining in power while Fox and Republicans continue to tell the Latino community that he is going to put Machado in power because he wants freedom & democracy in Venezuela.
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Trump does whatever he wants, Republicans in Congress claim that they are unaware of everything he’s doing. and 6 Supreme Court justices overturn every court decision.
The Republic is broken.
The Republic is broken.
January 7, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Trump does whatever he wants, Republicans in Congress claim that they are unaware of everything he’s doing. and 6 Supreme Court justices overturn every court decision.
The Republic is broken.
The Republic is broken.
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If you are not a Democracy Docket subscriber, here is just some of what you missed in tonight Daily Docket newsletter. Sign up for free to have the days democracy news sent straight to your inbox. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
January 7, 2026 at 1:43 AM
If you are not a Democracy Docket subscriber, here is just some of what you missed in tonight Daily Docket newsletter. Sign up for free to have the days democracy news sent straight to your inbox. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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"Two things have to happen in order for us to save the Republic from [Donald Trump]—first of all, accountability ... and the second is to pass laws and legislation within the four corners of the Constitution to make sure we never have this autocratic authoritarian threat again."
January 7, 2026 at 2:09 AM
"Two things have to happen in order for us to save the Republic from [Donald Trump]—first of all, accountability ... and the second is to pass laws and legislation within the four corners of the Constitution to make sure we never have this autocratic authoritarian threat again."
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The web page’s release on the anniversary of the attack showcases the Trump administration’s long-running effort to erase or revise the history of Jan. 6. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump White House's Jan. 6 website rewrites history to celebrate failed coup
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:38 AM
The web page’s release on the anniversary of the attack showcases the Trump administration’s long-running effort to erase or revise the history of Jan. 6. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The argument is: We're all meant to sacrifice a bit, so that tariffs can help rebuild American manufacturing. Let's ask American manufacturers whether they're helping.
September 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The argument is: We're all meant to sacrifice a bit, so that tariffs can help rebuild American manufacturing. Let's ask American manufacturers whether they're helping.
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Chief Justice “Calvinball” Roberts has earned this ignominious place in American history, thanks to the incomparable Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson:
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
August 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Chief Justice “Calvinball” Roberts has earned this ignominious place in American history, thanks to the incomparable Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson:
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Uncooperative Federalism is here!
open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
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It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”
Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.
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August 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Uncooperative Federalism is here!
open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
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This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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We fought the good fight from emoluments to impeachment to criminal prosecution but Congress failed us and the Supreme Court has been fully complicit. We must keep invoking the lower courts’ fidelity to law but will need massive political mobilization.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
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It’s Not Just a Constitutional Crisis in the Trump Era. It’s Constitutional Failure | Washington Monthly
While Trump defies constitutional norms, Congress remains conspicuously silent and the Supreme Court has abdicated its responsibility.
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June 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We fought the good fight from emoluments to impeachment to criminal prosecution but Congress failed us and the Supreme Court has been fully complicit. We must keep invoking the lower courts’ fidelity to law but will need massive political mobilization.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
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Who else misses this!?
June 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Who else misses this!?
I miss having a compassionate president too. To go from that to a president whose policies are actually CRUEL in such a short time is difficult to absorb.
I miss the days when we had a compassionate President. This was yesterday at the funeral of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her Husband. (and their dog too 😢)
Meanwhile, the current "president" spent his day golfing and making sure no disabled people are seen at his events.
Meanwhile, the current "president" spent his day golfing and making sure no disabled people are seen at his events.
June 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I miss having a compassionate president too. To go from that to a president whose policies are actually CRUEL in such a short time is difficult to absorb.
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Actually what Americans just saw today was a prominent Republican US Senator announce he is quitting because he knows this budget is going to hurt millions of people and he was repeatedly threatened by the president and his cult for telling the truth about it.
June 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Actually what Americans just saw today was a prominent Republican US Senator announce he is quitting because he knows this budget is going to hurt millions of people and he was repeatedly threatened by the president and his cult for telling the truth about it.
Tell it like it is Senator Whitehouse!
Today, a chamber that once filled me with wonderment made me feel disgust.
June 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Tell it like it is Senator Whitehouse!
Hawley is good at running away.
June 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hawley is good at running away.
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So as the 250th anniversary of the US approaches, we have not only a president who wants to be a king but an Imperial Judiciary. And it doesn't help that the 6 Imperial justices and the would-be king appear to be lacking in judgment, compassion, & anything that approximates wisdom.
I’ve been warning against an Imperial Judiciary for years now! As @stevevladeck.bsky.social wrote today, “the more the Supreme Court . . . does whatever it wants, whenever it wants,” the more it’s betting its future legitimacy (and our republic) on public support for an Omnipotent but Fallible Nine
June 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So as the 250th anniversary of the US approaches, we have not only a president who wants to be a king but an Imperial Judiciary. And it doesn't help that the 6 Imperial justices and the would-be king appear to be lacking in judgment, compassion, & anything that approximates wisdom.
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Don't listen to the naysayers and professional cynics who want you to believe all is lost. We will fight to defend this law.
🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court agrees to hear GOP case challenging limits on political party coordinated expenditures. Grants DNC, DSCC, DCCC motion to intervene to defend the law.
June 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Don't listen to the naysayers and professional cynics who want you to believe all is lost. We will fight to defend this law.