I was a White House ethics lawyer. I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules. I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.

Oregon's J6 candidate for governor in the GOP primary, David Medina, held his inaugural campaign event at a Christian Nationalist church in the suburbs of Portland. One of the pastors there grew up in Alaska, where he was a worship leader at his dad's church...the church Sarah Palin attended.

Leather? Pshaw. If you aren’t hauling around a sign made of Calacatta marble, you need to renegotiate with Soros.

Judge basically went “Fuck this somebody is gonna read this in the future and I will be damned if I wasn’t abundantly clear “ And damn it it’s a typo but he wanted this out TODAY

I loved Catherine O'Hara's character in Beetlejuice but I really UNDERSTOOD the character when I moved to Vermont. "I WILL GO INSANE AND I WILL TAKE YOU WITH ME." I never gutted a house, though.

They used "anti-semitism" as a pretext to deport foreign-born students and chill free speech, and their deportation chief -- the one with the nonstandard Hugo Boss-style greatcoat -- was spouting anti-semitic insults at a US attorney

No mention of Epstein on Page One. @nytimes.com

this guy’s an antisemite? this guy? next you’re gonna tell me elon musk is in the epstein files

Sorry excuse me what?

ok I haven‘t read the books (which are Twilight fanfic) but I have seen the 50 Shades of Grey films several times and I know Rufo is a skilled propagandist so all I can conclude here is that he wanted to fuck these women and is therefore calling them dirty shameful sluts

Kidnapping Black & Brown people to hide the behavior of the secret police (who are not so secret except for their masks) is now a regular occurrence.

No media outside of Kansas has picked up on the fact that the state just enacted a de facto public ban and papers-please act against trans people, and they won't, because trans people are only newsworthy if it furthers our dehumanization.

Looks like every DOJ lawyer who signed the Don Lemon indictment is a political appointee.

If it is not clear, they are arresting Black activists & journalists b/c they can’t deport them legally & state terror can serve a dual purpose of chilling dissent & labeling Black folks as rioters (read-anti nationals)./1 A 🧵 showing how this worked in India from 2014-2019.

I'm at the Willard Hotel where I've been denied entry and kicked out of the Reclaiming Science event with NIH director Bhattacharya & other top agency leaders. @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social and I registered for the event months ago yet were told capacity was full, even as they let in dozens of others.

“I will not be silenced!” Don Lemon smashes Trump's DOJ after his release from jail and indictment over Minnesota reporting. www.ms.now/news/don-lem...

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

Oh look, it's Melania emailing Ghislaine, praising a profile of Jeffrey Epstein, and signed Love, Melania. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

NEW: Howard Lutnick, the billionaire who serves as President Trump’s commerce secretary, planned a visit to Epstein’s island in 2012. Lutnick previously claimed that he was so revolted by Epstein that he had cut ties with him years earlier. 1/6 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

"I will never forget this episode, the ugliest moment in the ugliest campaign of my lifetime. They attempted to spark what amounted to a pogrom in a small city, a city run by their own party, in a state run by their own party, and there were no consequences for it whatsoever."

The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:

Breaking on MS NOW: Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests. The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.

The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.

Bondi directed federal agents to arrest four journalists. Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews. All Black. All doing their jobs.

I just woke up to the news that independent journalist Georgia Fort was arrested by Federal agents for filming the protest at the church in Minneapolis. She went live #FreeGeorgia

Seems bad, tbh

Now that’s an accurate headline, New York Times. Factual, put in context, not forced into a “both sides” balance, not hedged with “critics say.”

I will simply never recover from reading this sentence: "Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."

Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."

They wore yellow stars to complain about vaccine mandates

While we're on the subject of absolute musical legends writing songs about the current moment

I was just following orders

There were a few hours there last night when it felt like the administration was in damage control & they were signaling "It was never meant to go this far." Then you can really hear the moment Stephen Miller's coffin creaked open and he came out screaming "DOUBLE DOWN" before drinking a child dry.

Massachusetts, heads up!

Every Holocaust scholar I know emphasizes that the reason to study its singularities, but to connect it to other past and present forms of violence, to try and learn from the former and stop the latter. Whereas bad actors try to use its singularities to avoid both learning and stopping.

I really wish we could have like a Girl Résumé where you list all the social events you’ve planned and all the organizational work you did on that message board in high school

Day 863 of the siege of Minneapolis, Tsarist forces have been stymied by midwestern homes having a kitchen fridge, a basement fridge, a beer/garage fridge & a deep freeze before they resort to hunting/fishing activities they are heavily trained for - defections are high, natives are dug in

At the end of the movie Cry Freedom, there's a list of all the prisoners of conscience killed by South African police and what the official explanations for their deaths were. Lots of "falling down the stairs." That's what this reminds me of.

Jews in Minneapolis are holding a Havdalah service tonight (7:30-8 pm ET) to come together as a Jewish community to find hope and strength in our tradition. Join them here to separate the sacred from the profane: templeisrael.zoom.us/j/81682319533

Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research

Civil rights activist, filmmaker Judy Richardson to headline Mount Holyoke MLK keynote

Hard to explain where we have to be that Reconstructionist, Reform & Conservative Jewish movements issue a joint statement about something

Breaking MS NOW: Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.

POPEHAT SIGNAL: Pro Bono counsel sought in Chicago, for the cause of right over the cause of evil. Potential client is out-of-state and indigent. Opponent is abusing Illinois’ pre-litigation discovery process to harass and abuse her and likely to dox her. The details are insane. /1

May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies. May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism. This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs. Vaccinate your pets please.

no matter how hard Greg Bovino tries to exude rugged masculinity he always comes off like Don Knotts in a Portlandia sketch

Not exaggerating when I say that the collective action in Minnesota will be studied for generations if not centuries to come

And just like that, the US has left the World Health Organization. Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard. www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026