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On the left is what I wrote on Substack 11 days ago about the Billionaire Bailout Bill's section on contempt of court. On the right is the bond suggested by Judge Boasberg in the CECOT case yesterday. haha

THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE. Day after day, the easy acceptance of fascism by those we turn to for guidance.

Brilliant then, brilliant now. Why we have to get out there on the 14th, to back them up.

Alleged germophobe Donald Trump doesn't give his employees soap to wash their hands.

I increasingly think Stephen Miller is seeking out cases that he knows are illegal but which he can get political mileage out of.

Hey again, Ed!

Thank you Mayor Baraka!

Agreed.

Chicago police are required by law to document every time they pull someone over. But an investigation by Bolts and Injustice Watch revealed the department failed to report hundreds of thousands of stops. boltsmag.org/chicago...

I've noticed some sanewashing of Donald's re-troth of the Biden clones conspiracy theory, saying he re-trothed it because of the allegedly flattering pic of himself. Stop it. Donald is out of his gourd and he's getting worse. He's a geyser of disinformation, conspiracies, and lies. Always has been.

Remember when Donald Trump got caught with all sorts of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after saying he didn't have anything, and then he got indicted but the judge slow walked the case to death? Yup. He did that.

I recently ran across a Q&A that NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen did with me three years ago. I think it holds up as far as the failings of the news media and the right-wing threat to our freedom.

Spare us the fake outrage.

How con artists can kill.

Scalia's nakedly racist performance at the Shelby County oral arguments got about .1% of the coverage that it merited www.newyorker.com/news/amy-dav...

@danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co responds to Joni Ernst's "we are all going to die" claim: "Millions of Americans not getting health care, not getting food assistance... is going to result in people dying because of Republican policies. And you see how much they care from Joni Ernst, which is not at all."

I worked in the service industry from the age of 14 until about 6 months ago. Many of us knew Trump’s policies would endanger workers & tear communities apart. Glad they’re fighting for Carol, but do they now see how Trump’s cruel policies harms *all immigrant workers*, or just the one(s) they know?

Investigators believe the man may have been framed to get him arrested & deported before he could testify in a case where he was a victim of assault. The person who spoke to the AP did so on condition of anonymity, because they couldn't speak publicly. apnews.com/article/ice-...

Gee, I wonder whether it would have been possible to report on how deeply sick this whole regime is prior to the election. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

Trump lied about the number of undocumented immigrants, so now he has to *create* them by stripping LEGAL immigrants of their status so he has someone to disappear. And the oligarchs on the Supreme Court are helping him.

The Wisconsin Judge indicted by DOJ has filed a motion to dismiss her indictment. "The indictment is an ugly innovation." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

They let this man ravage our govt & make decisions that resulted in suffering worldwide, & loss of jobs, livelihood & security at home. The irresponsibility & negligence ….. DO NOT LET SPEAKER JOHNSON NEAR A MIC OR CAMERA W/O DEMANDING HE ACCOUNT FOR THIS. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

"Roughly 1,500 babies have been born HIV-positive every day since January 21, because Musk cut off their mothers’ medication." prospect.org/power/2025-0...

A white supremacist administration needs to be fought with a firm, outspoken commitment to civil rights, and yes, DEI.

After her release from prison, Barber Scales completed an associate’s degree and volunteers as a peer support counselor: “Part of my volunteer work is helping people change while incarcerated. I hope that reduces the chance for them causing future harm.” boltsmag.org/north-c...

But white men are having a sad! We can’t worry about the people who are in physical danger.

Why does Trump keep pardoning Americans who are the kind of people he claims he's deporting, while he continues to try to deport students & people facing persecution if they're removed? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...