“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.” -Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com

Just in time for the nation’s birthday, House Republicans have passed the most regressive legislation in recent memory. Legal critics have called it “the worst bill in modern American history.” Why? 🧵

It's called autogenocide, the goal is to coerce a population into killing themselves and/ or die by design. When MAGA and Trump strip people of their healthcare or safety nets, they aren't thinking about saving money they're thinking about how many of us they can exterminate. #3E #EndAutogenocide

I can't tell if it's because I'm too NYC focused but does it feel like the news cycle spent more time crashing out on the fact that NYC picked a brown Muslim dude as is primary candidate then it did on a right wing extremist who shot 2 Minnesota legislators killing one, her husband and dog?

Sotomayor says it all in her dissent

This sentence, typed in her dissent, should scare the living fuck out of everyone in this country. "This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law." – Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Budapest's streets overflowed with Pride marchers on Saturday, despite the Orban regime's threats of legal consequences. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

GROTESQUE AND INHUMANE ‼️ Totally inconsistent with what I consider to be American values ‼️ Iranian woman, who has lived in US for 47 years, taken by Ice while gardening Madonna ‘Donna’ Kashanian, 64, taken by plainclothes officers from her home in New Orleans www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.

So, 19-year-old man-child Big Balls just scored a job with the agency I work for. And I just threw up in my mouth. 🤢 Jennifer www.wired.com/story/big-ba...

You know, Europe has lots of Democratic Socialists in their parliaments. Oh and free national healthcare.

Capitol police pull banner from 'big, beautiful bill' protesters #Shorts. www.youtube.com/shorts/FGQSp...

This won’t succeed but it is not normal. This is very dangerous. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?

BREAKING: Ohio Court Finds Universal Vouchers Unconstitutional!

Nothing screams 'freedom' quite like arresting people in wheelchairs protesting Medicaid cuts.

A federal judge in Tennessee just denied the government’s request to keep Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia locked up while it appeals his release. Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. upheld the magistrate’s order to free Abrego Garcia,

MERKLEY: How do you feel about being responsible for hundreds of thousands of kids dying because of your sudden interruption in these key programs? VOUGHT: I reject the assertion MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact

There’s an active investigation into the access DOGE officials gained to federal IT systems. Fortunately, detailed documentation was kept by many along the way. More DOGE “resignations” are expected.

MAGA scumbags lose their shit over Zohran Mamdani’s victory over dirtbag Cuomo in the NYC mayoral Democratic primary. Elise Stefanik, Laura Loomer, & Charlie Kirk were some of the scumbags who fired off Islamophobic smears about Mamdani and Muslim New Yorkers. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Disgusting fucking fascists. #RESIST

A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson. Tilson sits at a whopping .8%. Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.

he's right and he's right to say it

We know the R's are a bunch of traitorous sycophants, but there's a bunch of them on the other side of the aisle, too. @democrats.senate.gov ya'll need to get a handle on your colleagues in the House and get on board with actually opposing the fascists in the WH.

I'm just saying....

Emil Bove told his people to Fuck the Court when it came to turning the planes around heading for El Salvador. Tomorrow he will be in congress trying to get a job as a Judge. First, he should be disbarred and secondly, he should be prosecuted.

Women prosecuted for miscarriages at record levels since Roe overturned | Arizona Mirror flip.it/C892Bf

Got a #COVID booster today, still covered by insurance - yay! If you can get one, you really should. It is definitely still out there. The pharmacist told me they're testing for NOTHING anymore, COVID, flu, RSV, pneumonia. Get whatever #vaccines you can.

Shameful. I expect they will be sued.👇 "Nearly 100,000 North Carolina voters will be required to take an additional step to verify their identity or risk being disenfranchised under a plan approved by the GOP-controlled state board of elections Tuesday." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

So the Democratic establishment will now coalesce behind the Democratic nominee and do everything possible to help him win, right? Right?

The bill is getting meaner and stabbier While we pay them to refine the murder bill We are all like what the fuck? Do Not Want!!

Pass nothing, legislate nothing, bring it to a standstill.

Kennedy in charge

Good. Destroy oligarch-owned legacy propaganda outlets.

On the third anniversary since Roe was overturned, Senate Republicans are now trying to pass a backdoor national abortion ban. Democrats will fight them every step of the way. Via @baldwin.senate.gov

They’re lying about Medicaid cuts. They’re lying about the deficit increase. They’re lying about what they accomplished in Iran. They lie about everything. It is just a nonstop torrent of lies intended to flood the zone with propaganda.

Every Republican that confirmed him must be held accountable... The number of children dying from the flu just spiked. Don’t count on RFK Jr. to help.. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Impeach daily if you have to, filibuster even when you don’t need to, disrupt the process as much as possible. These are not normal times and this is not a normal government.

Rep Al Green is a real one for trying to impeach the orange chickenshit at least once a month. We need more of that energy. No more donations for politicians until they impeach Trump.

A.I., is set to lose 14 billion dollars, while sucking us up dry and wiping out people's investment money towards them. A.I. is only going to be used against us, as well as it does nothing to help our daily costs, in fact it makes them more expensive.

A win! Thank you to everyone who spoke out! After facing bipartisan resistance, the Senate Parliamentarian, ruled that Sen. Mike Lee’s proposal to sell off millions of acres of federal land cannot be included under reconciliation rules.

Mamdani should win but he's the latest example of the Democratic Party closing ranks to keep anyone young and exciting and full of energy out of the party - and then they spend countless millions on consultants trying to figure out why they're struggling with young voters

Strongly recommend spending time listening to my conversation with journalist @mattbinder.bsky.social about the evil that is Palantir. It's worse than you can imagine. thelefthook.substack.com/p/say-goodby...

It’s a wild day on Capitol Hill from motions to adjourn and shut down the House to impeachment—here’s what is going down. ⬇️

Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. What's happened since? A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.

🧵 It’s been 3 years since the fall of Roe. They said it was about “returning abortion to the states.” That was a lie. It’s always been about banning abortion everywhere. And they’re not slowing down. Let’s talk about what’s really happening: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

100 days. 💔