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A “shift” never happened. A chaotic raid at a worksite and a warrantless sweep in our communities have the same outcome. Bullshit rhetoric aside, they’re hunting us down while we’re trying to feed you. Who’s actually in charge?

submitted 3 days ago • 118 comments

The big U.S. news today should be stated as: “Republican anti-abortion pastor murdered Democratic legislator”. But “New Minnesota warning issued after shootings of politicians” (WSJ); “Violent action tied to politics is new reality” (NYT). ./1

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

We absolutely must not forget what this administration did to Senator Padilla, because it tells us what they are willing to do to us.

submitted 4 days ago • 281 comments

New Pod Save the World on Israel's attack on Iran, what Trump is doing, and what's next: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAiU...

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Hard to think of a guest more ideal for PSTW than @jacindaardern.bsky.social - check out the full interview (and her book A Different Kind of Power): www.youtube.com/watch?v=faj1...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

This is about the continuing wildly unconstitutional process of criminalizing being a Democrat, of making it illegal to oppose Trump. It is tied to efforts to penalize institutions for embracing what are seen as Democratic ideas, barring people who support such ideas from entering the US.

submitted 4 days ago • 21 comments

Trump wants to play it like these Israeli attacks on Iran are a sign of his brilliance and strength. Nope. Just the opposite. www.thedailybeast.com/how-iran-str...

submitted 7 days ago • 25 comments

1/ In the middle of everything today, a little good news: a fed'l judge has ruled that challenged parts of Trump's executive order on voting are invalid. It would have required, among other things, proof of citizenship before people could register to vote. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 7 days ago • 30 comments

The Friday Brief, June 12, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

submitted 7 days ago • 8 comments

Senator Padilla was driven violently to his knees–as if made to kneel before the authority of the executive–because the administration called his questions “disrespectful”. This should offend not just the other 99 Senators. It should offend the conscience of this country.

submitted 8 days ago • 1266 comments

It is actually nuts that even when the NYC political establishment was presented with a broad field of talented candidates w/ many ideas, in a time of generational change & anti-corruption, they STILL chose to line up behind scandal-ridden Andrew Cuomo. It’s cowardice.

submitted 8 days ago • 1123 comments

“Democracy is under assault right before our eyes,” Newsom warned. “The moment we’ve feared has arrived. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 9 days ago • 311 comments

I am sounding the alarm as loudly as I can that Donald Trump has turned the Department of Justice into a cog in his authoritarian machine to prosecute his political opponents.

submitted 9 days ago • 190 comments

In 2020, when I told people that I was building a pro-democracy media outlet, people thought I was kidding. When I told them it was because the fight for democracy was the fight of our time, they thought I was being overly dramatic. Well...here we are. Please subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

submitted 9 days ago • 201 comments

Mikie Sherrill’s career – from Navy helicopter pilot to Congress – exemplifies what public service is all about. She has the vision and ability to lead our state forward. I’ll be proud to cast my vote for her this November to be the next Governor of New Jersey.

submitted 9 days ago • 17 comments

More than 6000 scientists have signed a declaration condemning "Administration policies that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources, and harm the health of Americans and people across the globe" www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

submitted 10 days ago • 46 comments

👏👏👏👏

submitted 11 days ago • 857 comments

"In our federal system, the National Gov. possesses only limited powers; the States and the people retain the remainder. The States have broad authority to enact legislation for the public good—what we have often called a 'police power.' The Fed. Gov., by contrast, has no such authority."-SCOTUS '14

submitted 12 days ago • 219 comments

If you smell smoke, maybe it’s the Reichstag

submitted 12 days ago • 85 comments

Pete Hesgeth — who wants to rename the Navy ship that honors Medgar Evers, a WWII veteran who landed on Omaha Beach — is using that same beach for a photo op in which he promises we will “never forget” the veterans there. What an unbelievable asshole.

submitted 13 days ago • 1495 comments

Newsom’s authority is explained in footnote 1 here: open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...

submitted 12 days ago • 55 comments

The National Guard may be deployed in Los Angeles tonight. Not for an earthquake. Not for wildfires. But to silence protests against ICE raids. This is a humanitarian crisis. And peaceful protest is not a crime. It is a cry for dignity. A demand for justice.

submitted 13 days ago • 139 comments

So…you thought you’d elect a convicted felon and everything would work out ok?

submitted 126 days ago • 133 comments

It’s called taxing the rich, buddy.

submitted 16 days ago • 741 comments

This is Mertarvik, Alaska, population 300. It’s a new town. Its residents, the vast majority of whom are Yup’ik, began moving in around 2019. The move was by necessity: The nearby village where many residents previously lived, Newtok, is sinking, its riverbanks eroding. THREAD 🧵

submitted 17 days ago • 58 comments

🚨BREAKING: U.S Department of Justice files voter suppression lawsuit targeting North Carolina voter registration. The weaponization of DOJ for political gain is here. Subscribe to Democracy Docket to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

submitted 24 days ago • 253 comments

Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.

submitted 25 days ago • 838 comments

Not sure if democracy remains on the docket? My law firm is litigating 53 voting and election cases in 22 states. When we fight, we win.

submitted 25 days ago • 532 comments

Boom, there it is! Acting with remarkable speed, district court enjoins administration‘s plan to bar international students at Harvard. I’ll discuss this in a YouTube soon and in our podcast taping today. Judge blocks Trump admin effort to terminate Harvard’s ability to enroll foreign students

submitted 28 days ago • 24 comments

"Some National Weather Service offices, including Jackson, no longer have overnight staff from midnight to 7AM. All three Kentucky offices - Jackson, Paducah and Louisville - are short-staffed. There is no meteorologist in charge at any of the three offices..." www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...

submitted 32 days ago • 1258 comments

The Rules Committee meets at 1 AM on Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning to ram through this disastrous bill. Why? Because they don't want you to see them ripping healthcare from millions of Americans. You do not hold a hearing for a bill at 1 AM unless you're completely ashamed of it.

submitted 32 days ago • 702 comments

They're arresting Members of Congress. Perhaps a sternly-worded letter is in order. Or, perhaps, it's time to play some damn hardball with the DOJ.

submitted 32 days ago • 1092 comments

I have endured his scurrilous attacks for years. He has sued me for racketeering — and lost. He has unleashed his right-wing army of online trolls. Since his reelection, he has threatened me, defamed me and singled me out by name in two executive orders. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-t...

submitted 34 days ago • 885 comments

Sotomayor’s support for the aggressive pro-democracy movement is so important at this critical time. She understands that while we must bring difficult cases and be willing to lose, we must always fight to win. And by lending her voice she affirmed that it is “our time to stand up and be heard.”

submitted 36 days ago • 245 comments

If South Africa is a sovereign nation, how are we able to send our own planes we paid for to transport white Afrikaners to the U.S., but simultaneously unable to send a plane to return Abrego Garcia et al?

submitted 39 days ago • 1052 comments

I am not often quoted in @nytimes.com DealBook, but I hope the business community is listening.

submitted 46 days ago • 396 comments

For an extra burst dopamine from my photo below look for the 6-petalled forget me not. If you have f-m-n in your garden look closely at the centres of the flowers. If they’re yellow they contain nectar,but when they’ve been pollinated they fade to white-tiny bees know which flowers have a snack in 🐝

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♥️ O, CANADA! It's been called. Liberal Party sails to victory. Excellent results for Canada and America! Let's talk all about it at 8:30 am eastern #carney #canada www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO-3...

submitted 52 days ago • 9 comments

To read the Criminal Complaint and attached FBI Affidavit that gave rise to Wisconsin State Judge Hannah Dugan’s federal criminal arrest today for obstructing or impeding a proceeding before a department or agency of the United States and concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest

submitted 56 days ago • 117 comments

These charges are so stupid. There was an ICE agent in the elevator with the defendant after he left the courtroom. But oh yeah, the state judge somehow obstructed ICE because she let the defendant leave the courtroom through a side entrance. The Trump DOJ is run by morons and thugs.

submitted 56 days ago • 374 comments

Stay loud stay visible stay brave

submitted 58 days ago • 401 comments

LOVE this Pope. A real mensch. www.thedailybeast.com/pope-snubs-v...

submitted 62 days ago • 97 comments

#NoKings

submitted 62 days ago • 328 comments

Who could’ve foreseen that it would be a disaster to put an unqualified Fox weekend host with a drinking problem and sordid personal history in charge of the military

submitted 62 days ago • 647 comments

The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.

submitted 62 days ago • 1250 comments

Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts. From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.

submitted 62 days ago • 527 comments

If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.

submitted 63 days ago • 1751 comments