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[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Donald Trump doesn’t fix shit, he destroys.

He destroys everything he touches.
The East wing.
The Oval.
The Rose Garden.
The South Lawn.
The Reflecting Pool.
The Kennedy Center.
The World Cup.
Our 250th birthday.
Democracy itself.

He’s incapable of building, so he bulldozes.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Jimmy Kimmel: We have the right guaranteed by the Constitution to criticize and satirize our leaders. This is a right that I took for granted until last year when the FCC delivered a very unpleasant surprise. But then I watched as millions of people objected because they refuse to allow our freedoms to be bulldozed like the East Wing of the White House. We will not stand by when comedy and journalism are censored and criminalized.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

Virginia passes new law to bolster education in public schools about 2020 election and Capitol siege

To prevent the teaching of lies and conspiracies

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

The right wing accusing us of having TDS. Claiming we have no reason to not like this administration except our distaste for Trump. Um…nah bro. There are lots of reasons beyond “orange man bad”

[The Lincoln Project Advocacy @LPAdvocacy]

Beautiful weekend for a LIV golf tournament at Trump National in VA. Sure would be a shame if it were ruined by this ad running on heavy rotation on the Golf Channel in the club house and targeting every phone in the vicinity. Oh. Wait. 😈🏴‍☠️

[Wajahat Ali @WajahatAli]

Spanberger should pull a DeSantis and ram through the map.

If Republicans can do it - and without the public vote - why not the rest of us?

[Sandi Bachom 📹 @sandibachom]

🚨🚨🚨The coup is almost complete. They’re never leaving. With Hegseth’s purge of the army they’re almost there. RFK Jr making sure we are sick and die. Education dept gone. Our parks gone.

They told us what they were going to do in Madison square garden. The October surprise.

[Stephanie "LB" 🟧 @LincolnsBible]

Operation Epstein Files

[Greg Olear @gregolear]

I remember the good old days, when Jared was still concerned enough about optics that he suggested a back channel to Moscow. Now they are treasoning right out in the open.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Cool story, Meghan. Here’s the famous pool scene from Mister Rogers in 1969 when he wanted to send a clear message about segregation despite many adults expressing concern over him being “too political.”

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

When there is no Rule of Law:

The failure to release The Epstein Files should shake Americans to their core (free substack)

https://t.co/dBxaG9dsNw

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

A felon who married an immigrant is telling a lot of y’all that the problems in this country all stem from felons and immigrants.

But keep buying that stupid red hat that’s made in China.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

PAM BONDI, RELEASE THE FILES!

[Jasmine Crockett @JasmineForUS]

So let me get this right… Pam B can’t seem to find the Epstein creeps, nor could she get “crooked comey,” nor get through the Epstein files so she can comply with the law & turn them over, BUT she has the skill, time, and reason to believe that Jerome Powell is the CRIMINAL who needs to be investigated?!

Asking for all of us seeing this shit show play out: WTF?!

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Shared today by Bev Perry in the Expand Dem Values in the House and Senate Facebook group.

I need to say something that's been bothering me for a while, and I'm saying it as a Marine Corps veteran who leans center-right.
This isn't partisan. This is observation.
We've slow-faded into accepting militarized police as normal, and nobody seems to notice or care.
Even as a USMC pilot, I went through six months of infantry training as an officer before flight school. I've worn the gear. The helmet, the tactical vest, the whole kit. And I can tell you from experience, it changes you.
There's a psychological shift that happens when you strap that stuff on. You feel different. You carry yourself different. You start seeing the environment differently. In the Marine Corps, that shift was appropriate because it's a combat culture and organization.
But these are American streets. American citizens. And we've got law enforcement dressed like they're kicking down doors in Fallujah to serve warrants in suburbia.
What happend to high standards and real policing tactics? Think Adam-12...Officers Reed and Malloy. Crisp uniforms. A revolver. A baton. High standards and professionalism. They looked like public servants because they were public servants. They de-escalated. They talked to people. They were part of the community.
Now? Tactical gear, beards, ball caps, Oakley sunglasses, sleeve tattoos, and a tactical kit that would make special operators jealous. And we've turned it into a fetish. We celebrate it. We assume that because someone looks hard, they must be a professional.
They're not.
I loved the Marine Corps. But I'll be honest, I was also blinded by it for a while. Mission first. Unit over everything. And that mentality made sense in that context.
But law enforcement doesn't get that critical examination. "Back the Blue" has become a shield against accountability. A blanket assumption that a badge plus gun equals hero. That tactical gear equals competence.
It doesn't.
Most people who join law enforcement aren't special operators. They're average people who desperately want to belong to something bigger than themselves. I understand that impulse deeply, it's why I joined the Marines. But wanting to belong doesn't make you qualified. Looking the part doesn't mean you can perform under pressure. And wrapping yourself in warrior aesthetics doesn't make you a warrior.
Old school law enforcement represented something. Standards. Bearing. Discipline. Professionalism that was demonstrated, not costumed. A revolver and a baton meant you had to rely on your training, your words, your judgment, not overwhelming firepower.
What I see now in law enforcement is the costume without the culture. The gear without the training. The authority without the accountability.
Are there good people in law enforcement? Of course. I know some personally. But this reflexive "law enforcement can do no wrong" mentality is lazy, dangerous, and intellectually dishonest.
A woman is dead. And before we sort ourselves into teams and start assigning blame, maybe we should ask harder questions:
Why do we accept a militarized police force as normal?
Why do we assume tactical gear equals tactical competence?
Why have we let "Back the Blue" become a substitute for actual standards?
I wore the uniform. I went through the training. I know what that gear does to your head.
It shouldn't be normalized on American streets against American citizens.
And we shouldn't pretend everyone wearing it is qualified to carry it. The fact that he called her a “fucking bitch” after he shot her three times should be a huge red flag for all of us.

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

NEW: OMG. Halligan shit the bed in her grand jury presentation in the Comey case. She violated the constitution 9 ways to Sunday. Adam Klasfeld and I will discuss LIVE on substack in about 10 minutes. https://t.co/L3LtdKdhLx

[Abigail Spanberger @SpanbergerForVA]

Thank you, Virginia! It is the honor of my lifetime to be elected your next Governor.

Tonight, you chose leadership that will always put you first — and tonight, we turned a page.

I know that the list of challenges we are facing is long. But I also know that the only way we're going to solve these problems is by tackling them together.

Democrats, Republicans, Independents — all of us — because that embodies the message we sent tonight, and that is Virginia.

Let’s put Virginia on a path forward. Let's show the world what we're made of. Let's get to work.

[S.V. Dáte @svdate]

For those who watched what aired on 60 Minutes, you got a sanitized, sane-washed Donald Trump.

If you want to hear what he's REALLY like, I urge you -- read the full transcript, watch the full video.

https://t.co/z9rS4cuC3J

https://t.co/YliXf0xGwC

[UVA Department of Safety and Security @UVASafety]

UVA Emergency Alert: ACTIVE ATTACKER with a gun reported in area of Shannon Library 160 McCormick Road. RUN HIDE FIGHT

[UVA Police Division @UVAPolice]

UVA Emergency Alert: ACTIVE ATTACKER with a gun reported in area of Shannon Library 160 McCormick Road. RUN HIDE FIGHT