Interested to learn that No Kings protests are, according to national poll, far more popular than any American politician — which may have implications for American politicians. This is a video of my speech at No Kings #3, 3/28, Cincinnati youtu.be/hHErbPXonus

Second half:

Teenage dancers protest Epstein cover-up to Madonna’s “Live to Tell,” sung by a children’s choir. I remember how this song hit me as a young girl when it first came out - hits even harder watching these teen girls dancing it to stand up for other girls - now women - who deserve justice.

ICYMI: A Department of Justice lawsuit demanding Massachusetts’ unredacted voter registration has been dismissed. President Trump’s DOJ has sued 30 states plus D.C. for their voter rolls as part of the administration’s obsessive focus on immigration enforcement. They are currently 0 for 4.

1/3. Very helpful summary in preparation for the epochal Hungarian elections tomorrow. See also essays by Anne Applebaum and Lászlo Gendler and commentary by Kim Scheppele mikegalsworthy.substack.com/p/why-an-orb...

You're a foreign official campaigning in a foreign election for one preferred side, JD. Think about it. Take all the time you need.

In Turkey, an elderly man who earns his living by shining shoes is visited every morning at the same time by a cat that asks to have its fur brushed. The man never turns down this little friend.😍👍💙

“We want to live in a free, European Democracy. After 16 years of sorrow, corruption and Russian influence. We have had enough” The organisers & singers at the massive Budapest concert told me why Orban has to go.

This is the massive turnout for last night’s “anti regime” concert in Heroes Square, Budapest, ahead of tomorrow’s crucial Hungarian elections. Tens of thousands chanted “Russians go home”. #Orban

Democrats are treating Rep. Eric Swalwell like a person who has been credibly accused of sexual misconduct, including rape. It doesn’t matter that he’s a Democrat — they’re appalled and not in denial. That’s the difference between the two parties.

Tonight in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square, a sea of young Hungarians—who’ve only ever known Orbán’s corrupt, suffocating regime—are packed together, singing, chanting, and daring to dream of freedom again. Their hope is raw, their courage is real. The heart of Europe is beating in Budapest tonight. 🇭🇺❤️🇪🇺

Buttigieg: "For the leader of this country to make a nakedly genocidal threat against another civilization as if the US was a death star that was going around blowing up civilizations, of course that is a new low ... the whole country is being judged just for tolerating that kind of thing at the WH"

Top Democrat on House Judiciary formally asks White House physician to conduct cognitive exam of Trump: “Experts have repeatedly warned that the President has been exhibiting signs consistent with dementia and cognitive decline… increasingly incoherent, volatile, profane, deranged, and threatening.”

In fifty years when people look back at the past decade or so, the big world-changing technological innovation won't be the chatbot slop machines, it'll be mRNA.

@timothysnyder.bsky.social's thoughts for today are so important & so hopeful that I need to share it a couple different ways. Have you read this yet?

Included in Don's post below is the link to Timothy Snyder's thoughts for today. You want to read it! Extremely hopeful thoughts about Orban's possible decline this Sunday, and parallels to how we can get rid of the Trump/Vance oligarchy.

AFSCME members just delivered a win for working people. 👏 A federal judge blocked the plan to withhold $10 billion in child care funding from 5 states because AFSCME members and partners fought back. This funding keeps child care affordable and keeps child care workers on the job.

🧵🧵🧵 Since the Epstein scandal is big news again, I'm re-upping my thread with damning evidence about sex predator Trump and his rapist friend. The documented facts in this thread remove any reasonable doubt about who Trump is and what he did. 🧵🧵🧵

Federal courts in California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Oregon have all dismissed the Trump DOJ's lawsuits demanding voter data from states. Elias Law Group is proud to represent voters and pro-voting organizations fighting back against these lawsuits. elias.law/press-releas...

NATO is an indispensable force for democracy and peace that plays a key role in keeping America safe. Trump may continue to throw an anti-NATO temper tantrum, but his hands are tied—because of my legislation, he cannot unilaterally withdraw from it. time.com/article/2026...

The latest independent poll shows the Hungarian opposition leading Orbán’s party by 23 points. Hungarian elections are Sunday. median.hu/2026/03/27/a...

Keep campaigning, JD www.newsweek.com/viktor-orban...

Politics has unexpectedly hit a special interest of mine so here is a quick rundown on the Avignon Papacy.

So much corruption of the rule of law lately, so few NYT Gift Articles for the month (only 10), but this one is just as big as the other examples of corruption. Gift Article:

Have you called your House rep (as Pope Leo suggested may be an appropriate action in response to Trump’s war crimes comments?) I just said that I was calling at Pope Leo’s suggestion after being terrorized by our president and feeling hopelessly humiliated by our U.S. status on the world stage.

NEW: "Trump's threats aren't only a blot on America's conscience and stain on our reputation, as the world now sees the United States as a country that might threaten the worst possible crimes to get what it wants. They're also a total failure on their own terms." www.thebulwark.com/p/iran-schoo...

The magic of the Trumpers is combining immorality with weakness.

It’s Local News Day! Show your support for the journalists working in your community by sharing this post and subscribing to the North Dakota Monitor’s daily newsletter. buff.ly/npvrN0h #FairFearlessFree #LocalJournalism

The federal database that could upend the midterm elections [via @popular.info]

Cato’s @foxmike90.bsky.social and Matthew Cavedon on a new attack on accountability: "DOJ is attempting to compel state bars to suspend independent investigations. It seeks to ensure that federal prosecutors are held to a lower ethical standard than every other licensed attorney in the country."

"Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are." One of my favourite quotes, attributed to St Augustine and embodied by @drkatemarine.bsky.social today.

UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Leo shelved plans to visit America. Some officials saw their reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.

NEW: Per memo to U.S. House Democrats, Rep. Jamie Raskin and House Judiciary Committee Democrats will host a virtual briefing on Trump administration accountability and the 25th Amendment on FRIDAY afternoon

Always exciting to see the Avignon Papacy in the news

She helped the authorities deport her abuser. Then they deported her back to him.

"A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight" This gives us voice. Open this up, you'll appreciate it. I really wish I knew how to make it the biggest post ever and then pin it to my account

From @timothynoah.bsky.social: "What they want in this instance is to shut off any warning lights that might dare blink red about the economy. It’s bad for business, and if a bust is coming they’d prefer we suckers don’t know in advance." trib.al/beX0LFP

This is simply genocidal language and is a horror in itself.

You heard the man

The United States has signed and ratified the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Articles II and III define punishable acts, including "conspiracy to commit genocide" and "direct and public incitement to commit genocide". Trump has done both.

BREAKING: Thousands of Iranians are gathering on bridges and around power plants right now, forming human chains after threats of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran's civilian infrastructure.

A reminder that SOME countries do investigate and charge war crimes perpetrated by their citizens, as required by international law. www.npr.org/2026/04/07/g...

In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists. Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.

Rep. Ted Lieu isn't backing down.

Exactly, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov. We need all Dems back to D.C. TODAY. I'm demanding action from my GOP legislators, so I expect nothing less from the Dems

War crimes are morally and legally wrong. But they also don’t win wars or get us beyond politics. Insofar as there is a logic to this it is to provoke the Iranians and then act shocked and go for a coup domestically. See my essay "The Next Coup Attempt" snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” -Trump Article III The following acts shall be punishable: (a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) Attempt to commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide.

“Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.” Geneva Convention Additional Protocol I and Department of Defense Law of War Manual, § 5.2.2

Let's just start an Impeachment List and add Vance as item #2 with his current activity as the justification, then. Hegseth can move down to item #3