This is a billionaire cabinet that wants to privatize Social Security. This is an administration that is looking out for the billionaires at everybody else's expense. - Senator Chris Van Hollen

As the proud granddaughter of a police captain and wife of a federal law enforcement officer, I will never allow MAGA to get away with claiming Trump “backs the blue.” Not on my watch. I proudly stand with the Jan 6th officers who bravely defended our Capitol from Trump’s

"Russians beat us every day with sticks, pipes, stun guns, and set dogs on us. They didn't allowed us to sit, talk, or look out the window. A man in my cell weighed 30 kg and died". Ukrainian marine Oleksandr Kirienko tells how Russians tortured him for 2 years in captivity. 1/

Important read on the forgotten war in Sudan and the breakdown of the international order: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

"Yet there really is one crucial, unbridgeable difference between Washingtonians and other Americans: You have more power than we do—a lot more power." It's time for DC statehood. By Anne Applebaum theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Mehdi Hasan absolutely destroys News Nation host Leland Vittert about Trump deploying the National Guard to DC! Medhi makes a valid point, you can’t be tough on crime when you sat and did nothing on Jan 6th. Vittert eventually ends the interview, oh and release the #EpsteinFiles

Core inflation was above expectations and had its highest print since January. But I don't think that really conveys how much more elevated it is in 2025, as shelter disinflation continues to cover up higher services and goods. This is worrying. Let's dig in: /1

1) There is a reason why it should never, ever, be a political stunt or “let’s get tough” show of force to send the National Guard out against Americans. This became one of the most iconic photos of the Vietnam War era: The Kent State Massacre. Let’s see more next⬇️

Trump deploying the National Guard on our own citizens is about control. Controlling the people, yes. But also controlling the narrative. Trump will do anything to make sure the Epstein story does not define his Presidency. But it will. We will make sure.

Leavitt confirms that monthly jobs reports may be suspended "until they can get the data and methodology in order"

Since we passed the Affordable Care Act, Republicans have tried over and over to repeal it. And over and over, they’ve failed — in part because millions of people now depend on the ACA for quality, affordable health care. Now Republicans are trying something different: quietly

Just like other regimes with economic news that must be hidden!

Florida teacher fired—just for calling student by their preferred name. State law requires written parental permission before teacher can use their preferred name—even a nickname. She was first teacher fired for violating the state’s "don’t say gay" law. Ron DeSantis also

This sentence is an embodiment of a century of media theory

Minnesota restaurant forced teen girl to prove gender—by making her unzip her hoodie to show her breasts. Waitress followed her into restroom & forced her out of stall—wouldn't let her leave without "proving" she's a girl. Gerika Mudra is not transgender—she is a high school

To be clear they’re talking about ethnically cleansing black communities

🎯 S.E. Cupp: “One of the first things Russia did after it invaded Ukraine illegally was have the ministry of culture review all the museums… This stuff happens all the time in totalitarian and authoritarian countries that want to whitewash history for propaganda.”

Please help share this far and wide (especially in AZ) and help find this young lady before she gets hurt. She requires daily medication and has been missing for a month now. To her friends and loved ones, I'm so, so sorry you are going through this! #Momsky

UPDATE: Tennessee Republican state Senator Ken Yager, who made national news for his hit-and-run DUI in Georgia where he pissed his pants during his sobriety test… just got let off with “supervised probation” He is still the chair of the TN Senate GOP caucus 😕

Donald Trump wants to rewrite how our museums tell the stories of American history. open.substack.com/pub/joycevance…