Tim Kaskes

self employed

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Corporate spending on elections has already topped $500 million this year.

That's 1/3 of the $1.58B in total that corporations have spent since Citizens United in 2010.

Hawaii and Montana both have plans to neutralize this disastrous SCOTUS ruling.

[Popular Liberal 🇺🇸 @PopularLiberal]

WOW! James Talarico just packed the Plano Event Center in Collin County—blew the roof off Ken Paxton's own backyard—with 4,000+ people, standing room only, and lines wrapped around the building.

This is the county that launched Paxton's career, the same county where his securities fraud mugshot was taken 15 minutes up the road, and the same county Republicans called "unflippable."

And a Democrat just brought the house down in it.

Talarico looked at that crowd and said what we're all thinking: "They're afraid of this movement. They're afraid of this crowd in Plano, Texas."

Damn right they are.

Paxton's out here calling him "Talafreakco" like a middle school bully while Talarico's selling "I'm a Talafreako" shirts and outraising every Senate campaign in Texas history.

First quarter: $28 million, more than double Beto and Colin Allred combined.

Real men don't lie and cheat their way through life. They don't scam their own friends for a quick buck. They don't serve themselves—they serve others. Ken Paxton has escaped accountability for 4,000+ days. But accountability is coming November 3.

Democrats, pay attention. This is what it looks like when you run on corruption, not away from it. This is what it looks like when you fight in their backyard and win the crowd.

The suburbs are shifting. Collin County is shifting. Texas is shifting.

Retrumplican crook politicians don't own you. You own them.

LFG TEXAS!!!

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

Every day Hunter gets more vindicated and Trump's shitty ass kids get worse

[RB @rbisrb]

Just Sayin'...

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Billionaires get richer while working families struggle.

The U.S. is in decline.

How do we turn that around and create an economy that works for ALL? We knock on doors and build our grassroots movement.

They have the money. We have the people.

ORGANIZE. ORGANIZE. ORGANIZE.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Donald Trump cannot cancel elections but he can try to make it harder for people to vote and easier for the GOP to cheat. That includes misuse of the federal government and inciting his MAGA mob of election vigilantes.

We need to be ready to send up and protect elections.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

It’s not complicated. Trump doesn’t believe in democracy.

He hates democratic Europe and loves the oligarchic dictatorships in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar.

He wants to stifle dissent in the media and arrest his opponents.

ALL Americans must unify against authoritarianism.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

My reach has dropped by 90% since 10 AM this morning.

Pls ❤️ if you see this on your feed.

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

Neither is Christian white nationalism. Here’s what is:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

And: “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”

Got it now?

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨HOLY SHIT: Thomas Massie is spitting some FACTS right now that should SHUT MAGA UP:

“I think it's ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections.”

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: GET HIM! Congressman Jamie Raskin DISMANTLES Mike Johnson after he whined that Democrats will investigate Republican corruption if we win the midterms.

The MAGA Speaker walked face-first into this one...

"If we were to lose the midterms, heaven forbid, these Democrats, y'all impeachment's not even the big concern," said Johnson. "They will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they'll go after the President's family, the Cabinet, his donors and friends, half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program. I���ll take care of you."

Oh, the horror! Imagine if Congress actually exercised its oversight powers to rein in the most lawless President in American history as he loots the treasury, lines his pockets from crypto scams, starts foreign wars on behalf of Israel, and covers up his own involvement in Jeffrey Epstein's massive child sex trafficking ring.

Raskin saw the jaw-dropping Johnson clip and quickly pounced—

"1. Speaker Johnson, you’re obsessing about losing the House but don’t seem to realize it’s because you have no program for the country other than illegal disastrous tariffs, illegal disastrous war and humiliating invertebrate submission to your unraveling cult master," wrote Raskin.

"2. You’re projecting onto us your own comically failed and obsessive investigations into President Biden, the Southern Poverty Law Center, James Comey, George Soros, etc."

"3. We obviously must confront the debilitating corruption and authoritarianism you have enabled, but at the same time we’re going to move America forward on all the public goods you have thwarted, like the health care of the people, increasing the minimum wage and protecting our environment."

"4. I agree that you 'run the protection program' and 'take care' of all MAGA violators!"

That last point is worth paying attention to. Johnson sounds exactly like a mafia don in a low budget gangster flick, which is presumably a habit he picked up from his cult leader Donald. The Republican Party is now indistinguishable from a criminal organization. They violate the Constitution daily while turning a blind eye to Trump's endless parade of lawbreaking.

Johnson's speech has become an accidental campaign ad for Democrats. If you care about upholding the law and restoring our democracy, you have to vote blue.

What do you want Democrats to prioritize when we retake power? Sound off!

Please ❤️ and share if you'll NEVER vote Republican for as long as you live!

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

I love that Ukraine now has free rein to hammer the shit out of strategic targets in Moscow as Putin's air defenses collapse.

Russia is losing this war. Crimea will fall soon.

Putin should avoid...windows.

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

@WhiteHouse So being a surrender-er is the American way?

[Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur]

America is bombing Iran again. Israel is delighted because there’s more war, death and destruction. They’re bombing Lebanon. Of course! @AnaKasparian and @ggreenwald are live on @TheYoungTurks right now explaining all the disastrous consequences.

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

I think I broke this woman

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

Trump doesn’t care about inflation because he has had no issues outpacing it with his personal wealth gains.

[Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real]

in his own words

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

I bet that trump is gonna hate this photograph, it’d be a shame if it went viral.

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

Trump right now to Iran: