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He looks scared. I would be too if I were president and had no idea what I was doing.

submitted 16 hours ago • 411 comments

While everything is going to shit, I wanted to note there are 4 undecided cases from the March sitting - Voting Rights Act, Planned Parenthood, nondelegation, & a deadline case. These 5 haven’t written, meaning they’ll likely have these opinions: ALITO, KAGAN, GORSUCH, KAVANAUGH, BARRETT NOT GOOD.

submitted 17 hours ago • 26 comments

An honor to be back at National Action Network this morning. Thank you Rev. Sharpton for inviting me back.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

NEW: The run-up to a possible US military strike in the Israel-Iran war is reminiscent of the run-up to the Iraq war of 2003. But, as I write in the latest issue of my OUR LAND newsletter, with Trump, the debate is far more erratic and much more farcical. link.motherjones.com/public/40382...

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

Proud to join powerful women to call for an end to political violence in this country. Let’s honor Melissa and Mark Hortman with action.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Proud to stand alongside women leaders from all corners of our country in this moment. We’re speaking with one voice to make it clear: there is no place for political violence in our communities. Together, we will demand - and create - a safer democracy.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Here's my video from the African warehouse with millions of doses of medicine -- gathering dust and approaching expiration because Trump/Musk/Rubio dismantled USAID. Infuriating. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

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ICE has denied congressional Democrats access to part of its facility in New York City, where overcrowded holding cells have unsanitary conditions and people are forced to sleep on the floor. What are they hiding? Why doesn’t ICE want our representatives to see the facility’s conditions?

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This week’s edition of The Democracy Index is especially important. We write every week with people who have less time to engage with the news in mind. Our goal is to make sure everyone has access to information about what’s happening to our democracy. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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“Children are dying because medicines have been abruptly cut off, and risks of Ebola, tuberculosis and other diseases reaching America are increasing — while medicines sit uselessly in warehouses,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes of U.S.A.I.D. cuts in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

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At least three people were killed in North Dakota after severe thunderstorms and tornadoes ripped across North Dakota and Minnesota overnight Friday, officials said.

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RECKLESS: The Trump Administration is planning to eliminate two-thirds of ATF investigators who are responsible for monitoring gun dealers and enforcing federal gun safety laws that keep guns out of the wrong hands.

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We must be nonviolent and insistent as we stand up against fascism. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

The GOP budget bill borrows trillions from our kids to give billionaires a massive tax break. Anyone who votes for this can shut up about calling themselves a "fiscal conservative."

submitted 1 day ago • 115 comments

Trump’s call for special prosecutor to investigate 2020 election may just be a ploy to distract, but it also contributes to improper politicization DOJ. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 54 comments

‘Criminals crime. They don't work in hotels!’ @michaelsteele.bsky.social slams Trump’s crackdown on migrants in the U.S. legally or who have no criminal history.

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

asked for an invite to VP Vance’s press conference here in L.A. today — his office said no.

submitted 1 day ago • 84 comments

"The cruelty is explicit." Paola Ramos describes what makes this moment different from her years covering immigration. "Through these ICE raids and through immigrants, people are seeing a larger picture that is making them feel very uncomfortable."

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

@paoramos.bsky.social points out the irony that Trump-supporting Latinos are increasingly resentful that they are also sometimes the targets of the anti-immigrant sentiment Trump is stoking.

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‘Look my child in the eye’: Parent confronts GOP over Medicaid cuts www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

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Vance ‘spewing lies and utter nonsense,’ says LA Mayor www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

submitted 1 day ago • 26 comments

Mystal: It all goes back to Dobbs. It tells everyone on that side that they’re open for business to take away, to smash, every civil right they don’t like. We’re living in the post-Dobbs era.. it’s going to take some time before the country has a moment of clarity about what’s really happened here.

submitted 1 day ago • 145 comments

State geological agencies create maps that oil & gas, mining and energy industries use for exploration and development, supporting Trump's goals around energy and critical minerals. But delayed federal funds and a proposed budget cut threaten this key work. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/c...

submitted 2 days ago • 13 comments

Amol Sinha, a member of Mahmoud Khalil's legal team joined us following Khalil's release from ICE custody in Louisiana: "The government should not be the arbiter of who gets to speak and who doesn't. Because if it's happening to Mahmoud today, it could happen to any one of us tomorrow."

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"As rumors of immigration arrests have swirled around clinics and hospitals, many patients are also opting to skip chronic-care management visits as well as routine childhood check-ups." www.latimes.com/science/stor...

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"There has been a 10% to 15% decline in bus and rail ridership since immigration enforcement activities began, according to Metro officials." www.latimes.com/california/s...

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ICE and the DHS have claimed multiple times an increase in assaults against their agents to justify officers wearing masks and refusing to identify themselves. The data states otherwise. https://trib.al/xRANYpj

submitted 2 days ago • 50 comments

Trump’s Tax Scam would mean tax giveaways for billionaires and a huge increase to ICE’s budget. Keep up the pressure on your Republican senators: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt... Or you can help us connect voters in key states with their GOP senators: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

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Trump trade uncertainty sinks CEO economic outlook to five-year low www.axios.com/2025/06/18/t...

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A Fox News poll released Wednesday shows that a majority of voters disapprove of Trump’s job performance by an eight-point margin. https://trib.al/4nxKka3

submitted 2 days ago • 25 comments

The Trump con, continues. youtube.com/shorts/ipVoK...

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“This is a political opportunity for Democrats not to duck their head and see which way the wind blows—not to just stay silent, which a lot of them are doing—but to stand up and say, ‘No war with Iran. Absolutely not,'" @chrislhayes.bsky.social.

submitted 2 days ago • 17 comments

Today was a WH briefing day…so we have one of our own…plus the failures of media in convering Trump on Iran, what the heck happened at Dodger Stadium, conditions in ICE facilities…what can be done about political violence with @smith.senate.gov on @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social

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American intel agencies have assessed that, despite Israel's attack, Iran has not decided to move to a nuclear weapon. That could change, officials said, if the US attacks Fordo or Israel kills the Supreme leader. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/u...

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

A lot of folks are asking that question. But this version of the GOP is effed. So, it will matter how Republicans like my guests are prepared to restore those definitional principles of a once proud party and lead a post-trump GOP. Enjoy my conversation with republicans trying to do just that.

submitted 5 days ago • 19 comments

I love @repstaceyplaskett.bsky.social unfiltered. Extremely unfiltered. There is frustration among Democrats hearing people say that they aren't doing anything. Rep. Plaskett has thoughts. She also talks about how Medicaid cuts would hurt Americans. 🎧 pod.fo/e/2e298b 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=5jGd...

submitted 9 days ago • 34 comments

Despite the distractions from faux breakups to indicting a US Representative for carrying out her oversight duties to bum-rushing a US Senator for trying to do the same, let's not forget this is what Trump & MAGA GOP don't want to talk about. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

submitted 9 days ago • 16 comments

If Republicans stand behind their phenomenally unpopular and regressive budget bill, they should defend it on the merits. Instead they're touting legislation that doesn't exist -- a fantasy bill that somehow doesn't widen deficits, purge people from Medicaid, or give its biggest benefits to the rich

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NEW: Brad Lander's arrest underscored a growing trend I've noticed covering New York City's immigration courts: more people showing up to "escort" migrants. A look at their work, and purpose, as agents ramp up arrests in courthouses. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/n...

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments