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President Trump has said that there are no written documents to prove Denmark owns Greenland, an assertion which former Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Møller described as “an outright lie.”
Trump Accused of Deliberately Misunderstanding Pact on Greenland
COPENHAGEN—The man who represented Denmark in negotiations to amend a 1951 treaty between Washington and Copenhagen has accused the Trump administration of deliberately misunderstanding the defense pact between the two nations.
President Trump has said that there are no written documents to prove D
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January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
President Trump has said that there are no written documents to prove Denmark owns Greenland, an assertion which former Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Møller described as “an outright lie.”
The authoritarian beat goes on. This is terrible. We're not "approaching" autocracy, we're already there.
Watch this. @slotkin.senate.gov lays out exactly what it looks like when a president uses the FBI and DOJ as political weapons to punish free speech.
The goal is clear: intimidate critics and chill dissent.
The goal is clear: intimidate critics and chill dissent.
Last week, the U.S. Attorney for D.C. asked to interview me because of a 90-second video that President Trump didn't like.
The intimidation *is the point*. And it’s not going to work.
Watch my full response.
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The intimidation *is the point*. And it’s not going to work.
Watch my full response.
youtube.com/shorts/rM4PY...
January 14, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The authoritarian beat goes on. This is terrible. We're not "approaching" autocracy, we're already there.
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@schumer.senate.gov just attempted to again pass BIPARTISAN, House-passed legislation to extend ACA tax credits and lower costs for millions – Senate Republicans blocked it.
They are purposefully spiking costs for MILLIONS of Americans. But we will stay in the fight.
They are purposefully spiking costs for MILLIONS of Americans. But we will stay in the fight.
January 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM
@schumer.senate.gov just attempted to again pass BIPARTISAN, House-passed legislation to extend ACA tax credits and lower costs for millions – Senate Republicans blocked it.
They are purposefully spiking costs for MILLIONS of Americans. But we will stay in the fight.
They are purposefully spiking costs for MILLIONS of Americans. But we will stay in the fight.
Very worth a read: verdict.justia.com/2026/01/08/c...
Chief Justice Roberts’s End of the Year Report Is an Embarrassing Fairy Tale
Amherst professor Austin Sarat and attorney Lauren Stiller Rikleen critique Chief Justice John Roberts’s 2025 Year End Report on the Federal Judiciary, arguing that it fails to address the recent cons...
verdict.justia.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Very worth a read: verdict.justia.com/2026/01/08/c...
Just another example of MAGA cruelty toward nearly everyone who doesn't bend the knee....😞
Trump Once Again Failed the Decency Test
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Trump Once Again Failed the Decency Test
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Trump Once Again Failed the Decency Test
In his reaction to the killing of Renee Nicole Good, Trump once again showed us who he really is.
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January 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Just another example of MAGA cruelty toward nearly everyone who doesn't bend the knee....😞
Trump Once Again Failed the Decency Test
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Trump Once Again Failed the Decency Test
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Exploring the Knives Out Universe - Good piece! Saw all 3 of the movies, which are all good, and this piece goes deeper. Worth a read if you've seen any of the Knives Out movies.
Exploring the Knives Out Universe
Are they just entertaining murder mysteries or something more?
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Exploring the Knives Out Universe - Good piece! Saw all 3 of the movies, which are all good, and this piece goes deeper. Worth a read if you've seen any of the Knives Out movies.
Is Donald Trump mentally fit enough to continue as President? (I'd say not.) open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
Is Donald Trump mentally fit enough to continue as President?
President Trump just renamed the United States Institute of Peace after himself, then fell asleep in front of world leaders. Foreign heads of state sat through his rambling 14-minute speech, as he pra...
open.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Is Donald Trump mentally fit enough to continue as President? (I'd say not.) open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
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America Needs a Pro-Democracy Coalition Now
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America Needs a Pro-Democracy Coalition Now
Here’s how to build it.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
America Needs a Pro-Democracy Coalition Now
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Another centrist report telling Democrats to “run to the middle”? Hard pass.
If we want to win, we need to fight like we mean it — for working people, for bold change, and for our values.
New on By the Ballot: A Welcomed(?) Response →
If we want to win, we need to fight like we mean it — for working people, for bold change, and for our values.
New on By the Ballot: A Welcomed(?) Response →
A Welcomed(?) Response
Thoughts on Welcome’s Deciding to Win
www.bytheballot.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Another centrist report telling Democrats to “run to the middle”? Hard pass.
If we want to win, we need to fight like we mean it — for working people, for bold change, and for our values.
New on By the Ballot: A Welcomed(?) Response →
If we want to win, we need to fight like we mean it — for working people, for bold change, and for our values.
New on By the Ballot: A Welcomed(?) Response →
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Washington Post editorial board: Right-wing idiots who also cannot spell.
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Washington Post editorial board: Right-wing idiots who also cannot spell.
Ha!
Washington Post editorial board: Right-wing idiots who also cannot spell.
October 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Ha!
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Correct!!
August 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Correct!!
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Dr. Daskalakis resigned after the firing with a letter. In it he said he'd never experienced an agenda geared toward a political rather than health end.
As chaos grips the CDC and its leadership, senator calls for RFK Jr.’s resignation share.google/GkATlZolqcxJ...
As chaos grips the CDC and its leadership, senator calls for RFK Jr.’s resignation share.google/GkATlZolqcxJ...
As chaos grips the CDC and its leadership, senator calls for RFK Jr.’s resignation
As one former public health official summarized, “The weakening of the CDC leaves us less safe and more vulnerable as a country.”
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August 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Dr. Daskalakis resigned after the firing with a letter. In it he said he'd never experienced an agenda geared toward a political rather than health end.
As chaos grips the CDC and its leadership, senator calls for RFK Jr.’s resignation share.google/GkATlZolqcxJ...
As chaos grips the CDC and its leadership, senator calls for RFK Jr.’s resignation share.google/GkATlZolqcxJ...
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Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
August 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history act.indivisible.org/sign/smithso...
Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history
The Trump regime’s campaign of whitewashing US history has reached the halls of the Smithsonian museums, with exhibits dealing with slavery, the civil rights movement, and other struggles against oppr...
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August 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history act.indivisible.org/sign/smithso...
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After Donald Trump lashed out against voting by mail, a few Republican officials disagreed — politely! — with the president’s plans for an unconstitutional executive order. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
As Trump Plots to End Mail-In Ballots, Some Republicans Balk
As Trump Plots to End Mail-In Ballots, Some Republicans Balk
www.democracydocket.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
After Donald Trump lashed out against voting by mail, a few Republican officials disagreed — politely! — with the president’s plans for an unconstitutional executive order. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
"Making America Great Again?" ... by removing one of our best weapons in developing vaccines and in fighting possibly weaponized bioweapons. Seriously?! Read this, from yesterday's New York Times: America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
Opinion | America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Making America Great Again?" ... by removing one of our best weapons in developing vaccines and in fighting possibly weaponized bioweapons. Seriously?! Read this, from yesterday's New York Times: America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
I’m standing up to be counted this evening at a local rally for Good Trouble Lives On. It is a nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration. I urge everyone who is upset at their actions to attend a rally near you!!! 🇺🇸
July 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I’m standing up to be counted this evening at a local rally for Good Trouble Lives On. It is a nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration. I urge everyone who is upset at their actions to attend a rally near you!!! 🇺🇸
I’m standing up to be counted this evening at a local rally for Good Trouble Lives On. It is a nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration. If you are upset at their actions attend a rally near you!!! 🇺🇸
July 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I’m standing up to be counted this evening at a local rally for Good Trouble Lives On. It is a nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration. If you are upset at their actions attend a rally near you!!! 🇺🇸
I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: McLean” on July 17 at 5:30 - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...
GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: McLean · John Lewis Actions
Good Trouble Lives On in McLean. Join us on this national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in ...
www.mobilize.us
July 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: McLean” on July 17 at 5:30 - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...
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60 minutes is only the start apparently www.status.news/p/skydance-c...
July 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
60 minutes is only the start apparently www.status.news/p/skydance-c...
I suggest that every voter should search online or, as I did, ask your favorite AI chat app, what would be the impact on Medicaid of the current Big Beautiful Bill. Remember: Trump campaigned on not touching Social Security or Medicaid. Looks like he “must have forgotten” that promise, or maybe lied
June 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I suggest that every voter should search online or, as I did, ask your favorite AI chat app, what would be the impact on Medicaid of the current Big Beautiful Bill. Remember: Trump campaigned on not touching Social Security or Medicaid. Looks like he “must have forgotten” that promise, or maybe lied