Brett Miller
@themonarchtimes.bsky.social
Stop calling it January 6th. It's the Trump Insurrection. Likes/reposts don't mean I endorse everything that person ever said.
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There will be a lot of equivocating about all the times search warrants have been executed on members of Congress for corruption investigations and the like, and it can't be stressed enough in how many ways HSI raiding Ilhan Omar is extremely not like that.
October 12, 2026 at 12:48 PM
There will be a lot of equivocating about all the times search warrants have been executed on members of Congress for corruption investigations and the like, and it can't be stressed enough in how many ways HSI raiding Ilhan Omar is extremely not like that.
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This is just a relentlessly horrific story.
It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
October 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM
This is just a relentlessly horrific story.
It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
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This this this this.
I have been saying for decades that wholesale campaign finance reform is ESSENTIAL, usually to glazed eyes in return. Our current situation owes a lot to our current campaign finance laws and workarounds.
I have been saying for decades that wholesale campaign finance reform is ESSENTIAL, usually to glazed eyes in return. Our current situation owes a lot to our current campaign finance laws and workarounds.
We will never again be a democracy if we don't get the big money out of American politics. There should not be any higher priority. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/one-priori...
One Priority Above All Others
We Must Drain the Poison Out of Our Body Politic If There Is to Be a Better World After Trump
davidrothkopf.substack.com
October 5, 2026 at 1:22 PM
This this this this.
I have been saying for decades that wholesale campaign finance reform is ESSENTIAL, usually to glazed eyes in return. Our current situation owes a lot to our current campaign finance laws and workarounds.
I have been saying for decades that wholesale campaign finance reform is ESSENTIAL, usually to glazed eyes in return. Our current situation owes a lot to our current campaign finance laws and workarounds.
This needs to be getting a lot more attention.
Fascists are getting elected everywhere in the world. Social media is the lone common denominator.
Samoa’s Prime Minister Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt has apologized for a video from 2007 in which he said “Heil Hitler” and made a Nazi gesture during what he described as a family gathering.
October 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
This needs to be getting a lot more attention.
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Anyone who suggests we just turn the page is in league with the GOP. This guy is telling you they tried to overthrow the government. You don't just pretend it never happened @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
September 29, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Anyone who suggests we just turn the page is in league with the GOP. This guy is telling you they tried to overthrow the government. You don't just pretend it never happened @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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Awesome, our taxes just bought the pedophile Nazi death squads a bunch of torture gloves.
ICE approved the shock gloves for the shock troops.
ICE awards $16.7M contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that deliver electric shocks
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, saying officers would use them to control deta...
apnews.com
August 28, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Awesome, our taxes just bought the pedophile Nazi death squads a bunch of torture gloves.
Any analysis of immigration policy under Trump that doesn't address that fact that it's blatantly racist, is trying to deceive you.
These side by side images tell the story: Trump welcomes only white South Africans while ICE descends on Haitians who have fled violence & established lives here legally. By abruptly ending TPS for Haitians & initiating mass deportations, our government is gleefully enacting racial apartheid in US.
August 28, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Any analysis of immigration policy under Trump that doesn't address that fact that it's blatantly racist, is trying to deceive you.
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We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe.
But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
August 28, 2026 at 1:00 AM
We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe.
But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
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USPS’s job is to deliver the mail even if some mailed ballots genuinely are fake, illegal, fraudulent, or otherwise invalid. It’s on election administrators to catch and reject those, and they do. USPS has no role in it and the very idea mucks up the systems we actually have for election integrity.
I understand the confidence about how this will all end, but I'm still livid at the Postmaster General for having the gall to say the USPS has the right to decide who gets to vote, when the USPS's actual job is to DELIVER THE GODDAMN MAIL, including every ballot, whether Donald Trump likes it or not
I unpacked Supreme Court mail-in ballot ruling @outfrontcnn.bsky.social ⤵️
- The Executive Order is still blocked under a totally separate court order.
- States should win quick victories now that USPS has "final rule" (SCOTUS simply held it's premature before that final rule issues).
Explanation:
- The Executive Order is still blocked under a totally separate court order.
- States should win quick victories now that USPS has "final rule" (SCOTUS simply held it's premature before that final rule issues).
Explanation:
August 25, 2026 at 3:39 PM
USPS’s job is to deliver the mail even if some mailed ballots genuinely are fake, illegal, fraudulent, or otherwise invalid. It’s on election administrators to catch and reject those, and they do. USPS has no role in it and the very idea mucks up the systems we actually have for election integrity.
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When your government says it’s planning to open multiple prisons that will house up to 3,000 children, it’s time to demand a new government. There is no context in which this is legitimate or acceptable.
The Trump regime is looking for immigrant detention camps big enough to hold up to 3,000 children. At an industry roundtable discussion, officials wouldn't say exactly where or when they need them, only that they’re expecting a “surge.” New from me in @prospect.org.
Judge Orders Monitors for Child Detention as Trump Administration Plans Expansion - The American Prospect
The order came the same day that the Office of Refugee Resettlement held an industry roundtable to discuss new detention facilities for thousands of children.
prospect.org
August 20, 2026 at 6:34 PM
When your government says it’s planning to open multiple prisons that will house up to 3,000 children, it’s time to demand a new government. There is no context in which this is legitimate or acceptable.
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My crack at Natalie Harp mania. She's obviously a stone cold weirdo, but what's more telling is how the White House is hyper-defensive about she clings to Trump like a barnacle.
Having a full-time babysitter draws attention to Trump's age.
www.salon.com/2026/08/19/t...
Having a full-time babysitter draws attention to Trump's age.
www.salon.com/2026/08/19/t...
Trump aide Natalie Harp nurses his decline
The president's defensive reaction to rampant speculation reveals his fear of aging
www.salon.com
August 19, 2026 at 10:59 AM
My crack at Natalie Harp mania. She's obviously a stone cold weirdo, but what's more telling is how the White House is hyper-defensive about she clings to Trump like a barnacle.
Having a full-time babysitter draws attention to Trump's age.
www.salon.com/2026/08/19/t...
Having a full-time babysitter draws attention to Trump's age.
www.salon.com/2026/08/19/t...
Trump, Hegseth, etc. don't actually care about members of the military at all. They only think of them as pawns and props. I'm glad this fact is finally breaking through and getting more and more coverage.
🚨EXCLUSIVE: Military families and service members are now describing horrific conditions across MULTIPLE ships: human waste flooding bathrooms, virtually no food, water or soap, months without port calls, exhausted crews, and no end in sight.
This crisis is far bigger than just the Lincoln.
This crisis is far bigger than just the Lincoln.
Not Just the Lincoln: Families Describe Human Waste, No Food, No End in Sight Across Multiple Ships
Since MeidasTouch began reporting on conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, messages have poured in to MeidasTouch from military families and service
meidasnews.com
August 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Trump, Hegseth, etc. don't actually care about members of the military at all. They only think of them as pawns and props. I'm glad this fact is finally breaking through and getting more and more coverage.
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I think there’s a tendency to frame this as a “Trump’s silly obsessions” sideshow story, but it’s a pretty grotesque corruption story. The administration squandered millions on a no-bid contract to an inexperienced company that botched the job, then indicted innocent people to cover their error.
NEWS --> Dems are launching an investigation into Trump's corrupt prosecutions for "vandalism" of Reflecting Pool. They're demanding access to WH-DOJ communications and more.
“Participants in this frame-up will be held to account," Jamie Raskin tells me.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2141...
“Participants in this frame-up will be held to account," Jamie Raskin tells me.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2141...
Trump’s Reflecting Pool Fiasco Is About to Get Even Worse for Him
The David Hearn affair isn’t over. Far from it. Jamie Raskin is launching an investigation, and Hearn’s legal team will pursue remedies.
newrepublic.com
August 10, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I think there’s a tendency to frame this as a “Trump’s silly obsessions” sideshow story, but it’s a pretty grotesque corruption story. The administration squandered millions on a no-bid contract to an inexperienced company that botched the job, then indicted innocent people to cover their error.
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A self-respecting Congress would impeach him over this immediately.
Doing an end-run around the Senate's Constitutional "advise and consent" authority to illegally take money from taxpayers, and give it to himself and criminals he likes.
Alone, one of the most impeachable offenses in US history.
Doing an end-run around the Senate's Constitutional "advise and consent" authority to illegally take money from taxpayers, and give it to himself and criminals he likes.
Alone, one of the most impeachable offenses in US history.
August 1, 2026 at 4:19 PM
A self-respecting Congress would impeach him over this immediately.
Doing an end-run around the Senate's Constitutional "advise and consent" authority to illegally take money from taxpayers, and give it to himself and criminals he likes.
Alone, one of the most impeachable offenses in US history.
Doing an end-run around the Senate's Constitutional "advise and consent" authority to illegally take money from taxpayers, and give it to himself and criminals he likes.
Alone, one of the most impeachable offenses in US history.
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generally when you're in a war with a foreign nation, you want to at least pretend to do the "we're here to liberate the people of iran from their tyrannical dictators" thing and not the "we're here to steal all their natural resources and loot them" thing
Trump to press on Airforce One: “We are taking billions and billions of dollars from Venezuela.
“That will happen with Iran too.”
“That will happen with Iran too.”
July 27, 2026 at 4:51 PM
generally when you're in a war with a foreign nation, you want to at least pretend to do the "we're here to liberate the people of iran from their tyrannical dictators" thing and not the "we're here to steal all their natural resources and loot them" thing
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once again saying: Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
Security camera footage obtained from local businesses showed individuals who are believed to be U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers surrounding a car and pulling the driver onto the street, in events connected to the fatal shooting of a man in a coastal town in Maine on July 13.
July 14, 2026 at 9:46 AM
once again saying: Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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IMHO a lot of this is now a soft version of what has happened with Russia and Putin. The problem with "touch the stove" is that basic recognition of the sheer scale of Trump's screwups means a shattering of the assumptions needed to keep business as usual going. There's nowhere left to hide if
The US govt, markets, and a lot of media told you there's peace with Iran and shipping is flowing.
What's actually happened is the war entered a new phase: the fight for Hormuz.
Trump lost his war so badly the US aim now is just to get back to the pre-war status quo.
I explain in @ms.now, ICYMI:
What's actually happened is the war entered a new phase: the fight for Hormuz.
Trump lost his war so badly the US aim now is just to get back to the pre-war status quo.
I explain in @ms.now, ICYMI:
The U.S.-Iran war just entered a new phase. Here's what's at stake.
Now the conflict is over whether Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz and can charge fees, or if the U.S. can restore the pre-war status quo.
www.ms.now
July 8, 2026 at 1:11 PM
IMHO a lot of this is now a soft version of what has happened with Russia and Putin. The problem with "touch the stove" is that basic recognition of the sheer scale of Trump's screwups means a shattering of the assumptions needed to keep business as usual going. There's nowhere left to hide if
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One year after Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill,” it has begun reshaping the country.
At least 4 million people have lost food stamps. Millions more will lose healthcare. Refugees and other legal immigrants are getting kicked off the safety net. And the wealthiest Americans have gotten richer.
At least 4 million people have lost food stamps. Millions more will lose healthcare. Refugees and other legal immigrants are getting kicked off the safety net. And the wealthiest Americans have gotten richer.
How Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ changed America
President Donald Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill” a year ago. It unleashed the biggest ever rollback of federal programs serving the poor, while extending trillions of dollars in tax breaks disp...
www.nbcnews.com
July 1, 2026 at 12:16 PM
One year after Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill,” it has begun reshaping the country.
At least 4 million people have lost food stamps. Millions more will lose healthcare. Refugees and other legal immigrants are getting kicked off the safety net. And the wealthiest Americans have gotten richer.
At least 4 million people have lost food stamps. Millions more will lose healthcare. Refugees and other legal immigrants are getting kicked off the safety net. And the wealthiest Americans have gotten richer.
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In his decision for SCOTUS published this morning, Justice Alito dismissed the idea that the Trump administration would halt all asylum seekers as a mere "hypothetical" not even worth considering.
Stephen Miller says ‘America’s doors are closed fully to asylum seekers’ after Supreme Court rulings
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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WATCH: Stephen Miller says 'America's doors are closed fully to asylum seekers' after Supreme Court rulings
The Supreme Court voted 6-3 on Thursday to allow the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria, exposing hundreds of thousands...
www.pbs.org
June 26, 2026 at 3:30 AM
In his decision for SCOTUS published this morning, Justice Alito dismissed the idea that the Trump administration would halt all asylum seekers as a mere "hypothetical" not even worth considering.
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to be clear, this fascist shit is happening because the king told a lie about vandalism and they're retroactively arresting people to try to make it seem like it's true
Took this video of a guy getting detained and a citation for putting his hand in the water an hour ago.
June 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
to be clear, this fascist shit is happening because the king told a lie about vandalism and they're retroactively arresting people to try to make it seem like it's true
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Part of the problem is that he believes his own lies. Part of the problem is that he believes the lies of the people around him. Part of the problem is that he is stupid and incompetent at the same time. Part of the problem is that he is fundamentally evil and corrupt. Hence...statements like these.
June 19, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Part of the problem is that he believes his own lies. Part of the problem is that he believes the lies of the people around him. Part of the problem is that he is stupid and incompetent at the same time. Part of the problem is that he is fundamentally evil and corrupt. Hence...statements like these.
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The US-Iran "memorandum of understanding" is public. It amounts to US surrender.
US WAR AIMS: Unmentioned or punted to further talks.
IRAN GETS: Immediate concessions, including economic benefits.
No wonder the White House hesitated to make it public.
I went through the deal point-by-point, here:
US WAR AIMS: Unmentioned or punted to further talks.
IRAN GETS: Immediate concessions, including economic benefits.
No wonder the White House hesitated to make it public.
I went through the deal point-by-point, here:
The U.S.-Iran Deal is Basically American Surrender
Examining the U.S.-Iran "Memorandum of Understanding" point-by-point
www.arcdigital.media
June 17, 2026 at 8:36 PM
The US-Iran "memorandum of understanding" is public. It amounts to US surrender.
US WAR AIMS: Unmentioned or punted to further talks.
IRAN GETS: Immediate concessions, including economic benefits.
No wonder the White House hesitated to make it public.
I went through the deal point-by-point, here:
US WAR AIMS: Unmentioned or punted to further talks.
IRAN GETS: Immediate concessions, including economic benefits.
No wonder the White House hesitated to make it public.
I went through the deal point-by-point, here:
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wherever i go, whoever i talk to, people care about the price of eggs... but they care even more about accountability for these fucking people looting our country. some remarks, on how we might get there.
oh, and we don't have to wait until 2029
www.liberalcurrents.com/prosecute-th...
oh, and we don't have to wait until 2029
www.liberalcurrents.com/prosecute-th...
Prosecute These Corrupt Bastards!
We can and must prosecute the degenerate officials and corrupt oligarchs and brutal thugs who would destroy our Constitutional system.
www.liberalcurrents.com
May 18, 2026 at 10:14 AM
wherever i go, whoever i talk to, people care about the price of eggs... but they care even more about accountability for these fucking people looting our country. some remarks, on how we might get there.
oh, and we don't have to wait until 2029
www.liberalcurrents.com/prosecute-th...
oh, and we don't have to wait until 2029
www.liberalcurrents.com/prosecute-th...
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the basic reality is that this court has already destroyed the united states as a functional republic and none of the reforms necessary to rebuild it will survive the court as it currently exists
any democrat not committed to expanding the court is not serious about fixing this country
any democrat not committed to expanding the court is not serious about fixing this country
Second (and last) #SCOTUS ruling is the big one, Louisiana v. Callais.
For a 6-3 majority (Rs v. Ds), Justice Alito purports to narrow the ability of states to draw majority-minority districts as a remedy for race-based vote dilution, but, per Kagan's dissent, comes pretty close to gutting the VRA:
For a 6-3 majority (Rs v. Ds), Justice Alito purports to narrow the ability of states to draw majority-minority districts as a remedy for race-based vote dilution, but, per Kagan's dissent, comes pretty close to gutting the VRA:
www.supremecourt.gov
April 29, 2026 at 2:36 PM
the basic reality is that this court has already destroyed the united states as a functional republic and none of the reforms necessary to rebuild it will survive the court as it currently exists
any democrat not committed to expanding the court is not serious about fixing this country
any democrat not committed to expanding the court is not serious about fixing this country
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This is correct. There is no future of democratic self government in the US with an unreformed Supreme Court. The Court is riddled with corruption and abuses of power and rooting out that corruption is a sine qua non of civic democracy in the United States.
Again - the Roberts #SCOTUS is the Hormuz problem for Democrats or anyone concerned about democracy in U.S.
It doesn’t matter what agenda Dems have, they’d be negligent if they don’t plan to act on an all out push to reform, rebalance (expand) to rein in the MAGA Court when they get back in power.
It doesn’t matter what agenda Dems have, they’d be negligent if they don’t plan to act on an all out push to reform, rebalance (expand) to rein in the MAGA Court when they get back in power.
BREAKING: Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Louisiana's map is an unconstitutional gerrymander. Majority by Alito rules that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, "properly construed," can provide a compelling reason for race-based redistricting, but that did not happen here.
April 29, 2026 at 2:43 PM
This is correct. There is no future of democratic self government in the US with an unreformed Supreme Court. The Court is riddled with corruption and abuses of power and rooting out that corruption is a sine qua non of civic democracy in the United States.