Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Excellent post by Sherrilyn Ifill. "So as Congress returns from recess, let me give some advice. Don’t back down.

Repeat after me. There is no trade emergency. There is no migrant emergency. There is no crime emergency. There is only a chilling and determined power grab by the most dangerous man to every occupy the White House. Eyes on 2026."

https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/emergency-gate-focus-on-challenging

I've been busy this morning so haven't checked to see if Trump has announced anything. And I have a book to finish reading and two more to start, so I won't check for news this afternoon. However, for those of you who are also busy but want to be in the loop-de-do, I'll make the announcement for him. Here 'tis:

Trump: "Today I am making an important announcement. You know that I am the President and so all my announcements are important. This one is also important. And it's also an announcement. A big one. It might be the biggest one in Presidential history. Probably it is the biggest one. Someone told me President Taft made big announcements too but probably not as big as mine. I'll ask someone to check. Or maybe Taft himself was big. But I bet he didn't play golf or own lots of property. Where was I? Oh yeah, the announcement. What? People are tired of waiting for the announcement? Who the hell are you? My chief of staff? You don't look familiar. Get him out of here. People have no manners. So rude. The announcement? What announcement? My announcement? Who said anything about an announcement? I'm going to take a nap and then play some golf. Is that what you wanted to know? Yes? Okay, good. Thanks for coming. I'll be holding a press conference later. Or tomorrow. Some time soon. And I'm sure I'll have lots to announce."

@gwaldby
I summoned the will not to swear, but these fuckers don't need or deserve a courteous, long winded discussion. They need to know we are ANGRY.

So I wrote: "There is no discussion to be had. Vaccines save lives. mRNA vaccines for Covid are safe and effective. Real doctors, not grifting lawyers, should be making decisions on vaccine policy. And we are not going to lie down and die to accommodate RFK Jr's grifting or anyone else's cowardice."

The Epstein victims will be assembling on the Capitol steps on Wednesday. I hope the Dems are going to keep these women safe. There is no way Trump is going to allow this to go forward without disruption.

Having exhausted all the major sandwich meats, Box Whine tries to indict a Trump assassin.

Major New Blow to Pirro Over Woman in Alleged Trump Murder Threat
https://www.thedailybeast.com/major-new-blow-to-pirro-over-woman-in-alleged-trump-murder-threat/

#JeaninePirro #GOPIncompetents #USPol

Trump would probably demand praise for opening the door for them.. if he's still alive, that is.

Via Mark J Stern
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Next Dem pres should declare Nat Emergencies Act & Ar II of Constit allow him to:

•admit DC & Puerto Rico as states
•abolish ICE
•grant citizenship to any immigrant
•disband 5th Circuit
•expand SCOTUS

..none wd be more radical than what Trump is using exec power to do w permission from SCOTUS

+ if judiciary stands in way, why not follow Bove's maxim & "tell courts 'fuck you'"?

something something two weeks tremendous never seen anything like it huge many people saying

turns out all the "why don't they just come here legally" people were actually "don't fucking come here at all" people

via @propublica

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/09/trumps-fbi-pick-has-history-prosecuting?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=106417

New Mexico to Brainworm von Heroin: We're gonna offer vaccinations to everyone, suck it

https://www.koat.com/article/state-steps-in-to-ensure-access-to-covid-19-vaccine/65939601?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

#stem #health #medicine #vaccines #spiffy #NewMexico

Of course he did.

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/08/i-dont-remember-mn-republican-suddenly?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=106400

In Batshit Rant Trump Seems to Beg John Roberts to Rule before Full Brunt of His Tariffs Hits www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/01/i...

In Batshit Rant Trump Seems to...

82% of government workers (over 1M people) have lost their rights to collectively bargain following executive orders banning union activity NASA, the patent office, the NOAA, the department of veterans affairs, the department of health and human service and many others.

This follows years of recent collective bargaining wins by unions across both government and private sector during the Biden era.

https://prospect.org/labor/2025-09-01-trump-celebrates-labor-day-as-most-anti-union-president/

I don’t know how needs to hear this, but Jews self designate based on where we were expelled in the diaspora (and stream of religious observance), not based on Western socially manufactured concepts of race. That’s why when you ask us, we will say Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Mizrahi, Beta Yisrael, etc.

We predate your race boxes, despite that the West constantly forces us into them. So stop defining Jewish identity on your Western terms and stop telling Jews what “race” we are.

@AlliFlowers They didn’t even enter the areas of DC where crime is actually more of an issue. It’s all a show. A truly shameful waste of what the Republicans love to call “taxpayer dollars.”

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Like Nancy Barnes, Wilkins-Jordan wants more security on the streets. She also says the D.C. police need to be much more visible in the community. But — more than two weeks after the White House declared a "crime emergency"— she says she has yet to see any federal officers or National Guard troops in the neighborhood.
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https://www.npr.org/2025/08/25/nx-s1-5508999/how-contrasting-neighborhoods-in-d-c-feel-about-the-national-guard-in-their-city

Jeff Timmer: "No one is mocking prayers. We are mocking the fools who consider it a legitimate policy action response to a shooting."

Michael Branda: "Why not replace Pres. Trump's Secret Service protection with thoughts and prayers? After all, if it's good enough for our children, it should be good enough for him."
#consistency #politics