Frances for Democracy
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Attorney; Child Welfare; Anti Disinformation; I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦.
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Fox News Panel Unanimously Condemns Trump’s Reaction to Rob Reiner’s Killing: ‘Beneath the Office’ Mediaite
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Fox News Panel Unanimously Condemns Trump’s Reaction to Rob Reiner’s Killing: ‘Beneath the Office’
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December 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Fox News Panel Unanimously Condemns Trump’s Reaction to Rob Reiner’s Killing: ‘Beneath the Office’ Mediaite
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Dementia is no excuse for this disgusting statement!
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Dementia is no excuse for this disgusting statement!
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This is from the prosecutors opening statement in the judge Dugan trial, but under cross, the investigating agent just admitted they have no idea what “business as usual” looks like in the Milwaukee courthouse. Not going well for the government here.
Judge Dugan's clerk informed her that ICE was in the hallway.
"Then it was no longer business as usual. Then it was no longer a routine day," the prosecutor says.
"Then it was no longer business as usual. Then it was no longer a routine day," the prosecutor says.
December 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is from the prosecutors opening statement in the judge Dugan trial, but under cross, the investigating agent just admitted they have no idea what “business as usual” looks like in the Milwaukee courthouse. Not going well for the government here.
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"Amid America’s fall, the news media has largely failed to meet the moment...Trump is covered with deference; with headlines and stories that often take him at face value."
@sulliview.bsky.social is relentlessly staying on this and it's good to see:
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/america-ha...
@sulliview.bsky.social is relentlessly staying on this and it's good to see:
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/america-ha...
America has tragically changed, but journalism is still stuck in old ways
The swift slide into authoritarianism should have been a five-alarm fire for the media
margaretsullivan.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Amid America’s fall, the news media has largely failed to meet the moment...Trump is covered with deference; with headlines and stories that often take him at face value."
@sulliview.bsky.social is relentlessly staying on this and it's good to see:
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/america-ha...
@sulliview.bsky.social is relentlessly staying on this and it's good to see:
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/america-ha...
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This. What journalism SHOULD be doing to respond to this moment of democratic crisis (from the always brilliant @sulliview.bsky.social):
December 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This. What journalism SHOULD be doing to respond to this moment of democratic crisis (from the always brilliant @sulliview.bsky.social):
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I only needed to read the headline to know @sulliview.bsky.social was dead on. When she called the coverage of Trump “stenography” I said to myself “yep.” And I applauded when she outlined 3 changes on how to respond to Trump.
Follow them please, journalists.
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Follow them please, journalists.
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
America has tragically changed, but journalism is still stuck in old ways
The swift slide into authoritarianism should have been a five-alarm fire for the media
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I only needed to read the headline to know @sulliview.bsky.social was dead on. When she called the coverage of Trump “stenography” I said to myself “yep.” And I applauded when she outlined 3 changes on how to respond to Trump.
Follow them please, journalists.
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Follow them please, journalists.
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
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Journalism should be communicating the still-raging five-alarm fire that’s burning up our nation’s purpose and history.
Critically important read from @sulliview.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Critically important read from @sulliview.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
America has tragically changed, but journalism is still stuck in old ways
The swift slide into authoritarianism should have been a five-alarm fire for the media
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Journalism should be communicating the still-raging five-alarm fire that’s burning up our nation’s purpose and history.
Critically important read from @sulliview.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Critically important read from @sulliview.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
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President currently feuding with a beloved American comedy icon who was murdered 24 hours ago.
Trump doubles down on his Rob Reiner attack: "I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person... He became like a deranged person, Trump Derangement Syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country."
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
President currently feuding with a beloved American comedy icon who was murdered 24 hours ago.
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Not that it's not appalling enough, but this is an official US Government post, paid for by our federal tax dollars.
December 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Not that it's not appalling enough, but this is an official US Government post, paid for by our federal tax dollars.
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If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
December 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
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Trump has finally said something so caustic and irredeemable that even some republicans have stopped pretending like they don’t see his tweets to condemn it.
What an asshole.
What an asshole.
December 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Trump has finally said something so caustic and irredeemable that even some republicans have stopped pretending like they don’t see his tweets to condemn it.
What an asshole.
What an asshole.
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You know about Inconvenient Truth.
This one leans towards disgusting truth
A repulsive reality.
This one leans towards disgusting truth
A repulsive reality.
'Trump is covered... like all those other presidents — the ones who, despite their flaws, were not busy dismantling our democracy. Trump is covered with deference; with headlines and stories that often take him at face value.'
Via @sulliview.bsky.social
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/america-ha...
Via @sulliview.bsky.social
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/america-ha...
America has tragically changed, but journalism is still stuck in old ways
The swift slide into authoritarianism should have been a five-alarm fire for the media
margaretsullivan.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
You know about Inconvenient Truth.
This one leans towards disgusting truth
A repulsive reality.
This one leans towards disgusting truth
A repulsive reality.
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I think where Trump differs from Congressional Republicans on the filibuster is, they see it as something they will want to use in the future, whereas he's thinking of killing it as a step toward permanent rule. Kill it, pass laws that make it impossible for Dems to win again, bada bing.
Trump: "We should knock out the filibuster. If you did that, we'd get voter ID, you'd have no mail in voting, all things that make our elections dishonest."
December 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I think where Trump differs from Congressional Republicans on the filibuster is, they see it as something they will want to use in the future, whereas he's thinking of killing it as a step toward permanent rule. Kill it, pass laws that make it impossible for Dems to win again, bada bing.
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Trump just signed a piece of paper saying "Fentanyl is a weapon of mass destruction" as he pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the largest dark web fentanyl dealer in history.
December 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Trump just signed a piece of paper saying "Fentanyl is a weapon of mass destruction" as he pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the largest dark web fentanyl dealer in history.
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Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement.
#NoWords 🤮
#NoWords 🤮
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement.
#NoWords 🤮
#NoWords 🤮
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"I defected from a totalitarian regime, and like hell am I going to be cowed again," & "I'm pissed off as hell about people capitulating to Trump"
She warns that people voting for such leaders are choosing "the same ball of wax" she fled, where figures dictate life, rights, & feelings.
Thread 1/5🧵
She warns that people voting for such leaders are choosing "the same ball of wax" she fled, where figures dictate life, rights, & feelings.
Thread 1/5🧵
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Increasingly GOP party actors like Indiana legislators are balking. When they do — whether motivated by principle, self-interest, or spite — it’s not (just) Democrats who benefit. It’s the entire country and the Constitution.
Latest must read in @atrupar.com's PN by @nberlat.bsky.social.
Latest must read in @atrupar.com's PN by @nberlat.bsky.social.
The Indiana GOP's defiance shows how Trump is losing juice
His unpopularity is increasing and his threats are starting to ring hollow.
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Increasingly GOP party actors like Indiana legislators are balking. When they do — whether motivated by principle, self-interest, or spite — it’s not (just) Democrats who benefit. It’s the entire country and the Constitution.
Latest must read in @atrupar.com's PN by @nberlat.bsky.social.
Latest must read in @atrupar.com's PN by @nberlat.bsky.social.
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Fuck the corrupt pair, Witkoff and Kushner. They are selling out the West for Russian bribes. I don't understand why Congressional leaders here in the US are not louder, more outraged about what is happening, more willing to fight.
Zelenskyy rejected Witkoff’s proposal to withdraw troops from Donbas during talks in Berlin, — AFR
Reports say the Ukrainian side insists that any ceasefire must come without prior territorial concessions to Russia. The maximum they are willing to accept is a freeze along the current front line.
Reports say the Ukrainian side insists that any ceasefire must come without prior territorial concessions to Russia. The maximum they are willing to accept is a freeze along the current front line.
December 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Fuck the corrupt pair, Witkoff and Kushner. They are selling out the West for Russian bribes. I don't understand why Congressional leaders here in the US are not louder, more outraged about what is happening, more willing to fight.
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No, this is EXACTLY what they voted for.
They saw it before and they voted for it again, even after knowing about Project 2025 and what that plan outlined.
They chose not to believe Project 2025 existed or that Trump was involved in it.
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They saw it before and they voted for it again, even after knowing about Project 2025 and what that plan outlined.
They chose not to believe Project 2025 existed or that Trump was involved in it.
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‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country
Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice?
www.politico.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
No, this is EXACTLY what they voted for.
They saw it before and they voted for it again, even after knowing about Project 2025 and what that plan outlined.
They chose not to believe Project 2025 existed or that Trump was involved in it.
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They saw it before and they voted for it again, even after knowing about Project 2025 and what that plan outlined.
They chose not to believe Project 2025 existed or that Trump was involved in it.
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By now the broad story of USAID’s ruin has been widely told: The decree handed down by President Donald Trump; Elon Musk and Russell Vought to scuttle the agency and undo decades of humanitarian work in the name of austerity. 1/x
December 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
By now the broad story of USAID’s ruin has been widely told: The decree handed down by President Donald Trump; Elon Musk and Russell Vought to scuttle the agency and undo decades of humanitarian work in the name of austerity. 1/x
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In a world where fewer and fewer people concern themselves with the plight of others, the loss of Rob Reiner, who cared deeply about humanitarian causes, feels that much more devastating. RIP: 1947-1925.
[Selfie: July 2022, NYC]
[Selfie: July 2022, NYC]
December 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In a world where fewer and fewer people concern themselves with the plight of others, the loss of Rob Reiner, who cared deeply about humanitarian causes, feels that much more devastating. RIP: 1947-1925.
[Selfie: July 2022, NYC]
[Selfie: July 2022, NYC]
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utterly incapable of grace
December 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
utterly incapable of grace