@megmusselman
Texan. Yellow Dog Dem. Retired civil servant. Alamo defender ancestor. 5xgrandfather fought at Bunker Hill. Grandmother, army nurse at Fort Ringhold/Mexican Revolution. Dad was Corp of Engineers. In other words, I’m my ancestors savage spawn. #NoDAPL
Black people are the most loyal voting block in the party consistently, and now that earning their vote is part of the discussion, people are suddenly acting like outreach is a problem.
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Remarkable decision by DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg quashing subpoenas against Jerome Powell. Even more remarkable are the subpoenas themselves, an effort to weaponize law enforcement. Here is the full opinion. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Another hush money payment.
@waltermasterson.bsky.social
That was really frightening‼️ Glad you’re ok
You’re ALWAYS putting yourself out there for the greater good‼️ Stay safe friend 💙💙🙏🏼
The government has specifically precluded former U.S.A.I.D. employees from working for a contractor who is winding down the remaining programs, grants and contracts that the Trump administration abruptly ended a year ago. The reason: to “avoid the risk of impaired objectivity,” according to a Jan. 6 memo from the agency’s chief terminations officer, obtained by The New York Times. Bringing on a new work force to finish the job will inject “fresh, independent viewpoints,” the memo said.
“fresh, independent viewpoints,” is one way to justify hiring people who won't know what they are doing amidst a labor market full of very well qualified people www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom Trump is basically calling up every journalist in his phone to workshop different timelines and goals for his war. In the past two days: @washingtonpost : the aim is "freedom for the people" of Iran @axios : maybe we can "end it in two or three days" with a deal @nytimes : might be "four to five weeks", I have "three very good choices" who might take control in Iran @abc : actually, nevermind, we killed those choices He doesn't sound convinced by any of it. He's throwing spaghetti at the wall. Ultimately I suspect he just wants to say he "solved" a problem that has vexed every American president since Jimmy Carter. But there's no clear idea what that looks like and no plan for how to get there. And there are plenty of possible scenarios in which Trump declares victory and leaves the region with an absolute mess
The Mad and Senile King is just using reporters as a sounding board to see what might sound good in the press.
Medical experiments on prisoners?
Where have we seen this before?
The most reckless, most corrupt, most ignorant, most mentally and morally unfit, most badly advised, least inclined to take advice president in our history is also the most inclined to use military force at home and abroad. And he’s the one we have now. He’s the biggest threat we and the world face.
Got a cab near the Department of Education. Hadn’t seen the Charlie Kirk banner before.
Iran was about to drop the Epstein files on us
If you're curious: Yes, of course Trump is at Mar-a-Lago as his unilateral war kicks off. www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
First surprise of the night: the speech is even more racist than I expected. It’s beneath contempt.
Denmark can probably provide extra toilets if the US asks nicely.
"In states that once focused mainly on health care and sports for transgender minors, debates now revolve around the validity of transgender identity."
Because it was never about sports.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
Bypass here:
archive.ph/jUvSO
Thank you thank you for all your hard work.
It is pretty telling that it comes as something of a surprise that the Supreme Court sided with the Constitution over Trump.
One win for a constitutional republic over Trumpian authoritarianism.
And mainstream media still isn’t covering how bad the files really are.
i swear to god i do not want to have to consider it possible that jeffrey epstein personally caused the 2008 financial crisis
After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations ft.trib.al/H1vYT7B
Honestly we are about 2 steps away from getting health insurance from scratchers at 7/11.
“What’d you get?”
“I got a flu shot and 2 free masks”
“Trade you for a lipids test and a bag of floss”
“I got an onion.”
The originally drawn maps were borderline dummymanders if a wave election were to hit, with the new lines and their heavy reliance on 2024 numbers, in a midterm, when the landscape has shifted dramatically...
If Dems are squeamish about "abolish," fine, the demand is still simple: zero funding for ICE and CBP.
Pretend you just want a "pause" to "sort it out." Whatever.
But, yeah, "do not vote to fund murder and other rampant lawbreaking by Trump's gestapo" is indeed a "purity test" you must pass.
Curious why ICE and CBP agents are so brutal? Here's a useful explainer I wrote last week, before Saturday's outrageous murder, about how uniquely unsuited ICE and CBP are for this moment—and why they were so corruptible into Trump's own fascist secret police: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
