Acyn
@Acyn
Trump: I’m officially invoking section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. You know what that is—Placing the D.C. Metropolitan police department under direct federal control
https://x.com/Acyn/status/1954916185558188522
Judd Legum
@JuddLegum
TRUMP: Violent crime in DC is spiraling out of control so I’m deploying the National Guard
https://x.com/JuddLegum/status/1954907848208519314
REALITY:
Olga Nesterova (@onestpress) posted at 10:07 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
Trump claims DC is “the worst place on earth”, worse than “Bogota and Mexico City”. It has been “overtaken by drug maniacs and homeless people”..He says “we doubled up on Baghdad in crime”.. he is reading out some charts nobody has ever seen before.
All this while standing right next to nodding Bondi and Hegseth
He also says that “they’ll get it passed with no dem vote” once Bondi and Hegseth “draw up something.” And he promises to get rid of sanctuary cities and cites some weird data.
Fact: DC crime is at 30 year low
DOJ’s Bondi is in charge of DC, Trump says
Trump is declaring a “public safety emergency” in DC, says he is embarrassed to do this.. “I’m about to meet with Putin!”
“You’ll have more police, military, FBI agents on the streets and you’ll be happy about it. You’ll safe,” Trump says. “They will begin massive operations.”
Hegseth confirms that National Guard and other units (National Guard and specialized units) will begin their operation in the coming weeks, “pouring into the streets and being tough.” He then says ICE agents will be protected “to do their job”.
Trump then confirms that Pam Bondi is essentially in charge of most of the operations, who then says they’ll start”DC crime stops today.”
He mentions “New York is horrible too”. He says they’ll start in DC and “clean it up quickly” before they proceed further. He also promises to get rid of sanctuary cities.
(https://x.com/onestpress/status/1954922732245717327?t=93NXz-LtBtQ4wJ6rF7euCw&s=03)
AG Brian Schwalb (@DCAttorneyGen) posted at 11:01 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
The Administration’s actions are unprecedented, unnecessary, and unlawful.There is no crime emergency in the District of Columbia. Violent crime in DC reached historic 30-year lows last year, and is down another 26% so far this year.
We are considering all of our options and
(https://x.com/DCAttorneyGen/status/1954936123731652926?t=SBE_ccJaeASbo0LyW_4XIQ&s=03)
Caroline Renard (@carolinerenard_) posted at 10:17 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
The Black population in DC is about 43.3%, there’s a reason is going after that city next with this National Guard deployment.
(https://x.com/carolinerenard_/status/1954925226090955209?t=wVk1IuCTiQ_5RPMnGRCr8w&s=03)
Oriana González (@OrianaBeLike) posted at 0:21 PM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
Federal law allows Trump to control D.C. police only for 48 hoursTo extend that to 30 days, he’d need to notify House Oversight and Senate HSGAC
Anything longer that that would need to be authorized by Congress — and Democrats would likely block it
https://t.co/Y2inZdLq5Q
(https://x.com/OrianaBeLike/status/1954956419100229891?s=03)
Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 10:00 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
As you watch Trump manufacture pretexts for militarizing our cities, please note that an internal Department of Homeland Security memo recently put it in writing that officials want to see the military get much more involved in domestic law enforcement. We obtained that memo:
(https://x.com/GregTSargent/status/1954920937737826310?t=YYeNpkhcNZAyGVCxXVA-ng&s=03)
Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 7:07 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
With Trump set to use crime as a fake justification to threaten DC today, media should make one thing clear: At this point his pattern of manufacturing pretexts for militarizing domestic law enforcement has become undeniable. Some thoughts on that here:https://t.co/1EL9fTPAkq https://t.co/7kTH0lxI4h
(https://x.com/GregTSargent/status/1954877259086483966?t=xyCSI0eRR9yiWSwJIhOVsw&s=03)
Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) posted at 1:17 PM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
🚨 NEW: The Democratic Mayors Association is calling BS on Trump’s D.C. takeover.“Crime is down in most major cities, including Washington, D.C., in spite of Donald Trump, not because of him. If Trump actually cared about reducing crime, he wouldn’t have slashed proven public safety programs in favor of political theater.”
In other words, this isn’t about crime, it’s about control.
(https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1954970568085869051?t=edUdsNZcWQW7zd_qhtxDcQ&s=03)
Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) posted at 10:00 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
Breaking News: Trump says he remains open to bringing the United States Armed Forces (*not just the National Guard*) into DC to fully militarize the capital
(https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/1954920759094309241?t=9a2k1BMPbm151l3DNA8TPg&s=03)
Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) posted at 10:02 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
Every category of crime in DC was down in 2024, and is down again so far in 2025, with the exception of motor vehicle theft, which has stayed stable after dropping significantly in 2024. This has nothing to do with anything except thuggery and diversion from Epstein.
(https://x.com/NormOrnstein/status/1954921359047561506?t=u2jeZRcn9cCVul0K3fr2ZA&s=03)
Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) posted at 10:23 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
Trump is executing his white supremacist strategy to criminalize black kids.It’s the Central Park 5 on a national scale.
(https://x.com/MalcolmNance/status/1954926763374686390?t=PLeL-7ApzkcoPjOmkcDZcQ&s=03)
Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) posted at 1:48 PM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
The last time there were any violent mobs in the streets of DC was January 6th, 2021
(https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/1954978164452757917?t=NovxHWEt5g2IFGAfeBNV0Q&s=03)
FactPost (@factpostnews) posted at 11:22 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
Reporter: I have lived in the DC area for almost 50 years now. The most violent moment in my life was January 6th, 2021, when Trump’s supporters charged into the Capitol and beat cops. Trump’s response to that was to pardon everyone who was involved. Watching this playing out in the White House briefing room without any mention of the violent crime that was committed on his behalf in DC is unusual
https://t.co/bwvYJCv13V
(https://x.com/factpostnews/status/1954941450195435555?t=zuZmRrldsFXvXzyLwpPfVA&s=03)
Candidly Tiff (@tify330) posted at 11:50 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
He wants to incite a civil war so badly. Federal vs States rights is the underlying issue, while we aren’t fighting over slavery, they will be terrorizing Black and POC in high numbers. History is repeating itself. https://t.co/K3rwGSs59B
(https://x.com/tify330/status/1954948558869893470?t=at48-LmZ4XWNku0k-GxFGg&s=03)
Ameshia Cross (@AmeshiaCross) posted at 10:04 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
The term “slums” invokes fear, danger, violence and deep poverty imagery. Its also used to denigrate Black communities. Trump knows what he’s doing and who he’s targeting.
(https://x.com/AmeshiaCross/status/1954921766092238957?t=VGRqImENIgRskVQedHEJbA&s=03)
scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 6:28 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
2025 Reichstag fire incoming. One kid gets slapped around and Trump uses it as a pretext to deploy the National Guard in D.C. Keep telling y’all he’s getting the populace accustomed to having the military on the streets of our country and the end point is not a good one.
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1954867553785786393?t=RAEMzftsOI3e25Sjqwl7oQ&s=03)
Randi White (@RandiWhite) posted at 10:28 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
You know it’s racism after we’ve heard how much safer big cities, especially BALTIMORE has become.Look at the MAYORS of each of the cities mentioned.
When we said his goal from the get go is to get *US* in the streets to kill us… we were overreacting.
We told y’all you
(https://x.com/RandiWhite/status/1954928029337362753?t=Q9ffc-dDhmgiQdPu5ZrNqA&s=03)
Drew Comments (@sjs856) posted at 1:32 PM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
Trump created propaganda to justify waging war on Muslims
Then he created propaganda to wage war on Latinos
Then he created propaganda to wage war on Asians
Then he created propaganda to wage war on Haitians
Now he’s creating propaganda to wage war on Black Americans
(https://x.com/sjs856/status/1954974179268182055?t=9-HCQbkEO2dHMRGcghKkQQ&s=03)
Terry Lee Watkins Jr. 王瑞民💜💙 (@TerryWatkinsJr1) posted at 0:51 PM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
He knows the best way to distract from Epstein is Anti Black racism.
(https://x.com/TerryWatkinsJr1/status/1954963921187864735?t=pAAvx5E_UO_5QoSZhMLhdA&s=03)
Jaime Harrison (@harrisonjaime) posted at 1:16 PM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
DC Statehood should be a non-negotiable for every Democratic federal candidate in ‘26 and ‘28.What this fascist and his minions are doing to our nation’s capital is gut-wrenching and we can’t stand by while they trample democracy at its front door.
(https://x.com/harrisonjaime/status/1954970231748825283?t=NLiDCDpIx89i3zmtXaNM5g&s=03)
scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 11:44 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
Written notice to both the Chairs & minority members of DC Committees. Dems should be teeing up a lawsuit challenging this b/c there is no emergency in DC to justify it. Law was enacted for things like civil unrest such as storming the Capitol, not a random attempted carjacking
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1954946946160099349?t=FUO0MUUzQ-9khEaeWidzbg&s=03)
Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) posted at 9:43 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
NEW: Trump announces the deployment of hundreds of National Guard troops to D.C., which he claims is overwhelmed by crime and homelessness — a claim disputed by police data. This marks the second deployment of the National Guard during his second term. https://t.co/roejizpFXk
(https://x.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1954916647803703606?t=xSwbAoAN7GbUN3NW-zKozw&s=03
The United States versus Elon R. Musk (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 10:40 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
I didn’t think that the fateful “Reichstag Fire” moment would be the (supposed) robbery & assault of a 20 year old-white boy who’d previously worked for Elon Musk“America”: Season 249 continues to surprise nearly everyone
(https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1954930972014817732?t=1lEvCOGTCRvRP19u8C1fZQ&s=03)
Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) posted at 11:21 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
Trump now says he’s considering using the same federal takeover he just imposed on Washington, D.C., to seize control of New York, Chicago, and “other cities.”
(https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1954941206128886079?t=KAIzND54ceMRI1WEQY5SwQ&s=03)
𝓝𝓲𝓴𝓴𝓲 𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓼 (@NikkiBarnesFL) posted at 10:22 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
Trump literally just held a press conference trying to run Black people out of Washington DC by threats of over policing and created a image of “dangerous streets & crime” to convince white people to give him permission to execute more cruelty on the “others.” #America
(https://x.com/NikkiBarnesFL/status/1954926452194869327?t=5cpa-sgwIlG4AovmPx555w&s=03)
scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 11:32 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
This law requires Trump to provide a reason for his action to the Chair & ranking minority members of the Committees on the D.C. in both the House & Senate w/in 48 hrs. Dems should be drafting a court challenge tout suite b/c there’s no legit reason to do this
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1954943920926069113?t=3PXNYdpTqOMSNMUfkzAQcg&s=03)
NAACP (@NAACP) posted at 11:47 AM on Mon, Aug 11, 2025:
As a reminder: The same president who proclaims he wants to take back our capital during a historic 30-year low crime rate also couldn’t find the National Guard on Jan. 6. https://t.co/iTo1KY8GcU
(https://x.com/NAACP/status/1954947766762786890?t=bGaYRlleoyzVjPsStGyIhw&s=03)
Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) posted at 3:48 PM on Thu, Aug 14, 2025:
WIN: The 5th Circuit strikes down Louisiana’s state legislative maps for violating the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voting power. The state must redraw the maps to ensure Black voters have equal opportunity to elect their preferred candidates. https://t.co/v8OKYXfsTk
(https://x.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1956095677785632879?t=433OjgTAeQkRRNFRSVgiYw&s=03)
Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) posted at 3:33 PM on Thu, Aug 14, 2025:
The Trump admin is evaluating a plan to launch a “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force” that would deploy hundreds of National Guard troops across the country.
That would be an alarming continuation of Trump’s slide toward authoritarianism.
https://t.co/fCV0KtHhZC
(https://x.com/CREWcrew/status/1956091926991499321?t=L00hRt6CmbrTNEOkWz_3VQ&s=03)
Dr. Allison Wiltz (@queenie4rmnola) posted at 6:57 AM on Thu, Aug 14, 2025:
Uneducated, self-centered white people hold too much power in American society.
(https://x.com/queenie4rmnola/status/1955961864757653891?t=2BUO1xpAhz4luraKesdF0g&s=03)
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) posted at 8:43 AM on Thu, Aug 14, 2025:
Jeffries gets somewhat heated with Sorkin: “The Trump administration has attacked the free enterprise system in here in the USA. The Trump administration has unleashed the largest pay to play scheme in modern American history, and everybody in corporate America knows it.” https://t.co/f6YRY9qem7
(https://x.com/atrupar/status/1955988619853795395?t=CZBwnnRugxINtSvGrXX-Xw&s=03)
scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 3:39 PM on Thu, Aug 14, 2025:
The New York Times literally did a story when Biden was President about 99 cent hot dogs being sold for $1.50 by vendors in NYC and treated it like the end of the world. Crickets on this stuff, which is THE DIRECT RESULT of Trump’s policies.
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1956093462446551156?t=wCv2iCcuvAioziaTLJwqsQ&s=03)
Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) posted at 10:54 AM on Thu, Aug 14, 2025:
BREAKING: Trump advisor Peter Navarro says that the “Majority of tariffs will target generic pharmaceutical products”.
Get ready Americans! Your generic drugs will jump in price.
Thanks Trump! https://t.co/x0HLz77HZW
(https://x.com/EdKrassen/status/1956021724794720285?t=hX1GHbK_kk_9YgjShNJXzA&s=03)
MeidasTouch
@MeidasTouch
Texas House Democrats: What happens next is entirely up to Greg Abbott. After deliberation among our caucus, we have reached a consensus: Texas House Democrats refuse to give him a quorum to pass his racist maps that silence more than 2 million Black and Latino Texans — in keeping with our original promise to Texans, the First Called Special Session will never make quorum again, defeating Abbott’s first attempt at passing his racial gerrymander.
https://x.com/MeidasTouch/status/1955762336423403858
Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) posted at 4:27 PM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
BREAKING: An Illinois judge denies Texas AG Ken Paxton’s petition to enforce arrests against Texas House Democrats in Illinois, ruling that Illinois lacks the authority to compel state law enforcement to carry out Texas’ civil warrants.
Background: https://t.co/4yVcesNJEE https://t.co/mS2YDO63cF
(https://x.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1955742955626483917?t=rhQhjvkQWrF7zhhpxdcqsA&s=03)
uh huh
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Tim (@trouble_man90) posted at 1:18 PM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
The Black academics who had so much smoke for Kamala are weirdly quiet as trump hints at occupying a majority Black city indefinitely, while national guard troops are currently patrolling the streets of D.C.; they won’t be able to ignore the situation much longer.
(https://x.com/trouble_man90/status/1955695523777618343?t=IePSk5wzQv3Leq_SPI3iiQ&s=03)
Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) posted at 2:57 PM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
Lawless lickspittle judge to Donald Trump Gregory Katsas, now allowing Trump to burn and slash aid and agencies while people die. Joined by the execreble Karen Henderson, a radical right wing partisan. We can only hope these stacked 3 judge panels are overruled en banc.
(https://x.com/NormOrnstein/status/1955720496110067878?t=orbUKUlGysh1a3L-8x6XNQ&s=03)
Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) posted at 9:20 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
Jeanine Pirro: “I’m tired of hearing that crime is down.”
Of course she is, because the actual numbers obliterate the fear narrative. In Washington, D.C., for example, violent crime just hit a 30-year low; down 35% from last year, with double-digit drops in homicides, robberies, and carjackings.
When the facts don’t fit the agenda, the agenda starts yelling louder. Pirro’s not upset about crime rates, she’s upset that reality is undercutting the political weaponization of “law and order.”
https://t.co/GRoZslQJiu
(https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1955635575500746759?t=sp5eUL8Pm3jKoFNva3il9g&s=03)
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) posted at 10:29 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
The Trump administration is now seeking to replace PBS with “Prager University,” a far-right propaganda organization that isn’t actually a university.
One of their “kids videos” has Christopher Columbus telling them that slavery was “no big deal” and “better than being killed.” https://t.co/gk2hFsuh9n
(https://x.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1955652897800376620?t=jgxwj-cMWJ0XdVXG027Eqg&s=03)
Eric Katz (@EricM_Katz) posted at 6:08 PM on Tue, Aug 12, 2025:
NEW: Howard Lutnick, who department oversees the Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis, was asked today by employees there about independence of federal statistics. He said that independence was “nonsense,” and all that matters is accuracy and getting “the right answer.”
(https://x.com/EricM_Katz/status/1955406062619857396?t=PSSSFjdyh6TXPLqvqWaBKQ&s=03)
It’s the thing the msm won’t say or touch — Trump is trying to break black America over his knee oliverexplains.com/p/donald-tru…[image or embed]— Oliver Willis (@owillis.bsky.social) Aug 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Sophia A. Nelson (@IAmSophiaNelson) posted at 10:01 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
Be clear: Trump’s attacks on the #Smithsonian are racism 101. He has destroyed 50 years of progress for women of color in corporate America-over 300,000 jobs lost by black women alone, according to @blackenterprise due to #DEI attacks. Now he’s coming for history he doesn’t like.
(https://x.com/IAmSophiaNelson/status/1955645860815286651?t=UBxRdNRUEWNKUc-r6GD27g&s=03)
Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) posted at 11:47 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s comments belittling autistic people: “Kids and adults with autism, loving contributors to our society, don’t deserve to be stigmatized by a weird nepo baby who once stashed a dead bear in the back seat of his car.” https://t.co/H5BjONkRZZ
(https://x.com/HeartlandSignal/status/1955672499774955921?s=03)
👑 Mr. Weeks 👑 (@WonderKing82) posted at 10:43 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
When your base loses.. It’s always rigged. In reality, Bernie Sanders himself did rig the election by working with Russian agents to break into and steal Hillary Clinton voting database. Your base hated the fact Black people didn’t show that motherafucker an ounce of validation.
(https://x.com/WonderKing82/status/1955656589127344163?t=l0CgjBUZG4TJWGKgn_W06w&s=03)
Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) posted at 9:23 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
We must stop falling for Trumpist claims that allegations of Nazism are hyperbolic.
Everywhere we look in MAGA we see the mainstreaming of white supremacist rhetoric, texts, and ideologies.
They believe American democracy is over—and they are racing to create an American Reich.
(https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/1955636223680073935?t=VsVM8Ys8q4KDIpoj22RwvA&s=03)
Dr. Catharine Young (@DrCatharineY) posted at 9:05 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
Absolutely unbelievable: the sitting HHS Secretary tried to pressure the Annals of Internal Medicine to retract the major Danish study of 1.2 M kids that found no harm from aluminum in vaccines. The journal refused. This isn’t just anti-science it is political interference.
(https://x.com/DrCatharineY/status/1955631715042685023?t=YWqSXydXuWZwUZJ0YunGXQ&s=03)
Suzie rizzio (@Suzierizzo1) posted at 4:10 PM on Tue, Aug 12, 2025:
These low life deputized agents tried to snatch two girls about 10 years old so these guys saw it and stepped in and when they started asking question,getting loud and started dialing the police the agents freaked out and all walked rapidly to their personal vehicles and left! https://t.co/lzecoXgVKn
(https://x.com/Suzierizzo1/status/1955376292209348874?t=kSOdiL0G83pU_LrpB2UvHw&s=03)
Robert Reich (@RBReich) posted at 3:00 PM on Tue, Aug 12, 2025:
The SEC once considered stock buybacks to be illegal stock manipulation.
But under President Reagan, stock buybacks were made legal.
Now, instead of investing profits into people, corporations use stock buybacks (at record levels) to line the pockets of wealthy shareholders. https://t.co/wI6GJxURRQ
(https://x.com/RBReich/status/1955358632830439570?t=Okr5YOYulvrCUqO67NHDrg&s=03)
scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 7:34 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
Normalizing military forces on the streets of the U.S. to preemptively quell dissent and, if needed, establish something akin to martial law, which will come in handy for Trump and Republicans if an election result is not in their favor. Media sleepwalking us into fascism
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1955608819251511320?t=l3YFwAW1n71Xb9cbZzo63Q&s=03)
The United States versus Elon R. Musk (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 10:47 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
This is exactly the moment that the white far left told us for 10 years that they were waiting for: the opportunity to fight fascism in the streets of DC against ICE agents & well-armed federal Army troops.
Where y’all left-wing mothaf-ckas at? Certainly not fighting Trump…
(https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1955657566652174491?t=gl2H0hXp9YH8Iy0pZBow9w&s=03)
Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) posted at 6:04 PM on Tue, Aug 12, 2025:
Seniors should know that the COLA on their Social Security benefits is tied to the CPI. If the CPI is artificially reduced, as Trump wants, your benefits will be reduced.
(https://x.com/BruceBartlett/status/1955405045547282575?t=kzHLIvuduyX-EwppPYrpJQ&s=03)
Tim (@trouble_man90) posted at 9:03 PM on Tue, Aug 12, 2025:
I’m glad at least one leftist will admit the truth; that they were willing to sacrifice our rights for Gaza. The kicker is, the war in Gaza is worse now than before AND our conditions here in America are worse now than before. So what was the point??
(https://x.com/trouble_man90/status/1955449982338875660?t=5oheE3P1mg67KRI7CgORJA&s=03)
Democratic Wins Media (@DemocraticWins) posted at 11:16 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Donald Trump just went on an incoherent rant about grass. If this was President Biden, the media would be losing their minds. Instead, they’re just sitting idly by. Insane. https://t.co/sFAKKa3Lrz
(https://x.com/DemocraticWins/status/1955664808029659583?t=I8OIIK4noQke4oMRgHLFUw&s=03)
scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 5:06 PM on Tue, Aug 12, 2025:
This is EXACTLY what the media wanted, just 190 proof, mainlined straight into their veins, chaos. Competent governance was killing their business model so Biden had to go and Harris could not be allowed to succeed him. That democracy as we know it is dying is not their concern https://t.co/hYUbBXH4zV
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1955390508811128939?t=yEmQUBnBqgLq8rXNd3EYlA&s=03)
Robert Reich (@RBReich) posted at 11:00 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
Trump’s BLS pick EJ Antoni has said that Social Security, America’s greatest anti-poverty program, is a “Ponzi scheme” that needs to be sunset.
Reminder that BLS data is what determines annual cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits.
This is a five-alarm fire.
(https://x.com/RBReich/status/1955660812174958807?t=z2eFuJxP66bPM1ozTUwccw&s=03)
Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) posted at 11:06 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
As Texas continues its redistricting scheme to secure 5 additional GOP seats ahead of the 2026 midterms, Democratic states have said they’ll fight fire with fire.
But as blue states push back, the Trump DOJ is threatening legal action against them. https://t.co/jASJjzUCOe
(https://x.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1955662376092459516?t=LdxkdnWcTH49KMYXTe1LWw&s=03)
The United States versus Elon R. Musk (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 8:51 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
the worst people for this are white liberal blue checks who ask willfully obtuse & clueless posts for engagement: “Why is America like this?”
bitch, your Republican family is to blame; argue with them first 😒
(https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1955628253005406507?t=PQJkKHRVOVbABU_G2Ng4fw&s=03)
Amene (@Ange_Amene) posted at 3:49 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
People are so lost in politics that they would prefer to say “Democrats can’t rise to the occasion” instead of pointing the finger at white people continuously voting for and supporting a system of white supremacy, racism/oppression.
Imagine being that LOST.
(https://x.com/Ange_Amene/status/1955552368130671048?t=yEYUBUDnLKfIbGpRyzw7UQ&s=03)
Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) posted at 10:03 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
Besides the Epstein diversion, the deployment of troops to DC is to create two chilling possibilities. One, to invoke the insurrection act and put down any demonstrations as the country goes south. Two, to suspend elections and declare martial law if the country turns against him
(https://x.com/NormOrnstein/status/1955646353670910095?t=loRsj7gH_gdwzrWQAI9Pzw&s=03)
Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) posted at 0:40 PM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
One of the biggest failings of mainstream journalism–in covering this administration–is their absolute reluctance to call out the racism, the racist ideology and the racist messaging that has long been a staple of the Trump White House.
For example: this image which references https://t.co/SRENydsSCz
(https://x.com/soledadobrien/status/1955685814412702066?t=68CU8khGtHce5TWP7zos2Q&s=03)
Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) posted at 10:48 PM on Tue, Aug 12, 2025:
The Trump family’s crypto venture has generated more wealth since the election—some $4.5 billion—than any other part of the president’s business empire. A major reason for the success is a partnership with an under-the-radar trading platform quietly administered by Binance, whose founder is seeking a pardon from Trump
(https://x.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/1955476543943114826?t=IeE6ByhuAxIDff4_SmTsCg&s=03)
LongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻 (@LongTimeHistory) posted at 4:24 PM on Tue, Aug 12, 2025:
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 tried to back out of a settlement deal—allowing her to at least retain her minimum teaching credentials that she could use in another jurisdiction.
The school superintendent has now officially ruled that she will not be rehired by the school district.
Melissa Calhoun had worked 11 years for Brevard Public Schools. #DemsUnited
https://t.co/kz96UnxnCf
(https://x.com/LongTimeHistory/status/1955379923943567712?t=GIr7k4PTucMWAAlfYe-j1g&s=03)
LongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻 (@LongTimeHistory) posted at 4:24 PM on Tue, Aug 12, 2025:
Additional local news coverage. 👇
Florida teacher fired for “grooming” student—she just used his preferred name.
Mother who complained is a member of Moms for Liberty—a vocal anti-vaccine protester who donated to Republican candidates.
She accused the teacher of “targeting and indoctrinating” her child for political reasons.
Melissa Calhoun told the Brevard County School Board that she had been “teaching the student for many years” and “was not intentionally breaking the policy.”
The school board voted to let her go after 11 years—despite an extensive 128 page report recommending just a warning.
https://t.co/aLK2AeMXXn
(https://x.com/LongTimeHistory/status/1955379926515036575?t=aKUFa9dIrOB7xHlJpvbuJw&s=03)
Democratic Wins Media
@DemocraticWins
BREAKING: Governor Wes Moore just went on Fox News and put a masterclass on how to destroy the myth that Donald Trump wants to keep us safe. That’s how you flip the script.
https://x.com/DemocraticWins/status/1955613724984959364
FOH
Marc Owen Jones
@marcowenjones
The police are asking local Cotswolds residents for their social media handles to be passed onto to JD Vance’s security detail. Glad to hear some people refused. Honestly the nerve of it, especially for the man who criticised Europe for censorship
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/helicopters-police-cia-fishing-life-040000626.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFB9jjS3foPiZUPmN0xDTsRrVdTTtkBxHc-17DvSraMcBgxt2AwUZoNP5qNBNYxiqtoZmKT1XtCHY1bA-iRfe9gMlCXOhD61XSKexdHPP40FJONrpLaqZCL3dLv0rL3Ixfr-NzA_crjeiHOzRfIxPbxiUeROMMF_urEsKVqtPEnf
Jason Chervokas (@chervokas) posted at 6:12 AM on Tue, Aug 12, 2025:
Sanders is a upper class white college kid’s fantasy of a working class hero. He has little actual working class support, especially among 41% who are black or Hispanic. When he says “working class” read “angry white men,” that’s actually what he’s talking about.
(https://x.com/chervokas/status/1955225773649838538?t=rXQqf5vlAZaeXeLAVaye-g&s=03)
scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 3:52 PM on Tue, Aug 12, 2025:
Suppressing speech or ideas that did not align with the monarch were among the reasons we fought the Revolutionary War 250 years ago. Ironically, Trump’s goal is return the U.S. to that pre-1776 world where HE gets to dictate what we think, say, and do. Media shrugs.
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1955371821114491383?t=te1ku0GIWF8-iRLgvi5hKw&s=03)
Fly Sistah 🪷 (@Fly_Sistah) posted at 9:52 PM on Tue, May 10, 2022:
Basic rights taken – Oct 15, 1883 SCOTUS deemed the 1875 Civil Rights Act giving Black Americans equal access to public accommodations unconstitutional. By 1890 Black men couldn’t vote in southern states. 1898 Plessy v. Ferguson upheld racial segregation.
https://t.co/qCO3z7z2Wz
(https://x.com/Fly_Sistah/status/1524220890598322182?t=bM2hlvgS3J1JEj-VbDXNJw&s=03)
Fly Sistah 🪷 (@Fly_Sistah) posted at 6:53 AM on Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
So many people called me hyperbolic when I said we could lose our Civil Rights, again. The 1875 Civil Rights Act was overturned in 1883. SCOTUS Is Determined to Turn Voting Into a Limited Privilege deliberating the constitutionality of Section 2 of the VRA https://t.co/GiWcDQnkoT https://t.co/frj8oz8G5i
(https://x.com/Fly_Sistah/status/1955598484398059645?t=Q3YU9SCTIiX0qvg2_l-NWg&s=03)
She nails it why Washington DC and the DMV bother conservatives
There has been a Black Professional Class in DC for GENERATIONS.
You can literally find a Black person specializing in ANY SUBJECT within 90 minutes of DC
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8kTqWsL/
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊