J. Matthew

[End Citizens United @StopBigMoney]

A super PAC recently ran an ad featuring an AI-generated deep fake of Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.

It's shameful and the ad should be taken off the air immediately.

The super PAC's use of dark money to mislead Minnesota voters is exactly why we need campaign finance reform. #MNSen

[Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein]

JUST IN: Trump administration argues courts lack grounds to halt White House ballroom project even if it was clearly illegal. DOJ attorney also contends no lawsuit could stop Trump from tearing down Statue of Liberty if he wanted to. w/@kyledcheney https://t.co/boxAzjGAEI

[MM  @adgirlMM]

A co-worker of mine recently had a heart issue and ended up needing to go to the hospital in an ambulance. He was admitted and required to stay in the hospital overnight.

That ambulance and overnight stay cost over $100K.

Even with insurance, his out-of-pocket cost was still thousands of dollars. He's gainfully employed and has a decent insurance plan.

How does the average American who can't afford healthcare and who has an emergency situation ever recover from the financial burden of trying to save their own life?

The "fraud" in healthcare isn't from immigrants. It's the insurance companies who are commoditizing healthcare to the point of unattainability or financial ruin for the average American.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Federal agents killed two American citizens in Minneapolis. Tear-gassed and brutalized families. Detained thousands of children and pregnant women.

How do Republicans respond? At nearly 5AM they passed $70 billion more for ICE, no questions. No reforms. No accountability.

[Hemant Mehta @hemantmehta]

So… it won’t work?

[Scott Dworkin @funder]

The Republican hypocrisy is absolutely sickening. They hide their cruelty behind thoughts and prayers, while gutting programs for American kids to serve their leader.

We expose them every single day. If you’re as disgusted by this as I am, join the fight.

Subscribe to help me hold them accountable: https://t.co/IHmZuRXQ84

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

The goal of the game UNO is to have no cards you fucking idiot.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

@WhiteHouse The goal of the game UNO is to have NO cards you fucking idiot.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Imagine calling Renee Good and Alex Pretti “domestic terrorists” and calling immigrants “animals” then turning around and telling people they need to “tone down their rhetoric.”

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Trump sends out tweets from official government accounts saying he's glad certain people are dead and he wants to eradicate entire civilizations, but it's Democrats who must tone down the rhetoric?

Start from the top.

[David Corn @DavidCornDC]

Your husband has called for his critics and political opponents to be locked up and, in some cases, killed. He routinely claims Democrats, the media, and liberals are "the enemy within" purposefully trying to destroy the United States. Don't lecture anyone on "hateful and violent rhetoric" when so much comes from your family.

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

Republicans have been making this argument my entire life. We had 8 years of Clinton, 8 years of Obama, 4 years of Biden— never became a socialism. But you know what we got? More jobs, lower unemployment, higher GDP in Democratic administrations than every GOP administration in the last 3 decades. Without fail.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

60 Minutes did a piece on former Senator Ben Sasse, who stood up to Trump after January 6: Personality cults aren't conservative. Conspiracy theories aren't conservative. Lying that an election has been stolen? It's not conservative. Acting like politics is a religion. It isn't conservative.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

I will keep criticizing the President and his administration for being a terrible president and administration

[Chris D. Jackson @ChrisDJackson]

Who else misses the boring, no-drama days of @JoeBiden?

No chaos. No circus. No daily embarrassment.

Just quiet competence from a president who actually knew how to do the job.

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

I hope you aren’t drunk and took your staff’s advice, Rashida and I don’t know this man and feel confident he didn’t care about us. Please restrain from drinking too much as you have been warned from your staff and stay off social media when you are drunk. I pray in his holy month you find peace and respect for your self,

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Lauren Boebert is so dumb she could throw herself on the ground and miss.

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

Arresting a journalist is a blatant attempt to intimidate and a further indicator of Trump’s authoritarianism. It goes against the most fundamental American values outlined in the First Amendment.

Don Lemon has been on the ground in Minnesota like hundreds of others doing the vital work of covering Trump’s lawlessness and chaos. These charges should be dropped and he should be released.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Fuck Pam Bondi.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Music legend Sir Rod Stewart tears into "draft dodger" Trump over his despicable remarks insulting the sacrifices of the British soldiers and other NATO troops who died in Afghanistan.

The icon really didn't hold back...

“I may just be a humble rock star. I’m also a knight of the realm and I have my opinions,” said Stewart in a video posted to Instagram. "I was born just after [World War II] and I have great respect for our armed forces that fought and gave us our freedom so it hurts me badly, deeply, when I read that draft dodger Trump has criticized our troops in Afghanistan for not being on the front line."

"We lost over four hundred of our guys. Think of their parents. Think about it. And Trump calls them almost like cowards," he continued. "It's unbearable. So I'm calling on you Prime Minister Starmer and [Nigel] Farage, please make the draft dodger Trump apologize. Please."

Stewart ended his video with a salute, driving home the message. It comes amidst a wave of widespread backlash from our British friends across the pond after Trump unleashed a jaw-droppingly offensive rant at Davos.

“We’ve never needed them," Trump said of our NATO allies. "We have never really asked anything of them. You know, they’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan, or this or that. And they did – they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines."

In reality, the United States invoked Article 5 of the NATO charter after the terror attacks of 9/11 and our allies bravely answered the call, sending their sons and daughters to fight and die beside Americans in Afghanistan. It's utterly reprehensible that Trump, a pampered coward who faked bone spurs to avoid the Vietnam War, would attack the memory of real heroes.

Prime Minister Starmer addressed the remarks, calling them "insulting and frankly appalling" but stopped short of demanding an outright apology. He should do so immediately. While Trump will, of course, refuse to apologize because he's a pigheaded sociopath who's incapable of empathy, that doesn't mean we should let this slide. By demanding an apology, we force him to double down on his shameful comments and keep the story in the headlines.

Please ❤️ and share to demand an apology from Trump!