I’ve written a substack column about YouTube “influencer” Jesse Ridgway & his wife Ashley’s decision to terminate a pregnancy after learning their child had Down syndrome. The Ridgways faced an ugly backlash for a sad decision that was theirs to make. Here’s the link: substack.com/@gracerensha...

Trump is removing devices that track climate change in our oceans. Because they don't work? No, because they work too well and provide inconvenient data! Apparently, climate change is like COVID, if you don't track it, it doesn't exist. Truly, we are living in the most destructive, stupid times.

And the government is PAYING the private company to violate the human rights of detainees.

Yes.

Mike Johnson called Jesse Ridgway & his wife “evil” for terminating a Down syndrome pregnancy while Republicans are eliminating support for SSDI recipients w/Down syndrome. The care demands of intellectually disabled children often mean that 1 parent-typically the mom-can’t work outside the home.

Poll question: if you don’t live in TN, have you heard of Sen. Charlane Oliver?

TO BE CLEAR...

Um, no. No one should be able to obtain your private medical records without your consent. Period.

“TEI” = Trump Enthusiast Inclusion Only Trump loyalists who will violate their oaths of office & do Trump’s bidding even if it is illegal & unconstituional are appointed to cabinet positions & judgships.

The Trump administration hates ‘DEI Hires’ because they supposedly are hired more because of their racial/ethnic background than their qualifications. Qualifications?!? The Trump cabinet is EASILY the least qualified in history! I mean a pro-wrestling moguls wife—totally unqualified—runs the DOE! 🙄

Tell me more about Trump/Republican family values… www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The last time a President selected his personal attorney to be Attorney General was ... wait for it... John G. Mitchell. For President Nixon.

Companies pushing AI need to establish trust that it will be used in ways that actually help society. So far, it only seems to be peddled as a way to increase corporate profits, reduce jobs, and too many examples of bad actors using it for surveillance and other concerning uses.

WATCH — @kamlager-dove.house.gov questions @marcorubio on Trump’s corruption: “It looks unseemly that you are taking Venezuelan oil money and sending it through a network of campaign donors, corrupt politicians, and lobbyists. This is the most corrupt Administration in 🇺🇸 history."

Trump just all but admitted he wants his DNI (who wields the enormous powers of the national security state) to help him steal the midterms. Seems like that should be a big deal.

Trump obliquely threatens to sic his deranged goons on Republican politicians who don’t support the corruption of his agenda & they clearly understand the threat. Guys like David Shuck drove Mitt Romney, Jeff Flake & others out of office.

Susan Collins is real. And the damage she’s done by enabling Trump during both his terms is very real.

Being asked to wear a thin piece of paper over your face is a travesty and violation of your fundamental rights. The same squawkers think that access to your private medical information is fine and within government right…?

This also applies to House representatives. Republicans eliminated Nashville voters from Ogles’ district to try to keep him in office. Their donors know Ogles is not qualified & is mean, corrupt, has committed campaign finance irregularities, blames his staff for homophobic tweets & is a jerk.

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

Re the data center next to the Zoo: I find it a little frustrating how much the conversation leans on the fact that the data center will hurt animals at the zoo, without any mention of the thousands of human beings who live near the zoo (myself included!)

NEW: A stunning new project from @lawfaremedia.org's @katherinepomps.bsky.social finds that 97 Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the Capitol riot then got arrested, charged, and/or convicted with subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported.

Republicans are allowing the Trump administration to hire criminals & insurrectionists while firing loyal Americans committed to serving the American people with competent services & support.

George Santos is the gift that keeps on giving. Remember that fraudster Trump pardoned fraudster Santos.

🚨 215-208, House PASSES a Democratic-led resolution to end Trump’s war in Iran.

So, where are the Epstein Files and when will the Trump Administration release them???

Unqualified federal judge appointed to lifetime position in Montana.

The Trump administration is pushing for the largest Department of Defense budget in history — $1.5 TRILLION. DOD has never passed an independent audit. We should be investing in healthcare and childcare, not more war.

Once again the Administration is doing something on-it’s-face illegal, and we have to sit back and wait to see if Congress votes to stop it. This is effectively how the US government operates now. The President is no longer required to consider whether anything at all oversteps their authority.

"Republicans want you dumb and desperate and willing to serve them drinks on a golf course for less than $15 an hour. That’s it! Enjoy your tax cut, suckers!" www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-want-...

Markwayne Mullin just told senators he would not respect the rule of law. Democrats should file articles of impeachment.

Worth reading so you can add “oleaginous” to your vocabulary as a way to describe educated people who go along with shameless Trumpian power grabs & try to reform media so it doesn’t report on those power grabs & less visible flouting of the rule of law.

Now that Todd Blanche has confirmed Trump will still enjoy immunity from IRS audits, Dems must find every way they can to force Rs to vote on this. Rep Jamie Raskin tells me Dems will push the issue in coming days. Let's turn this into a political fiasco for GOP: newrepublic.com/article/2112...

Whenever federal court reform comes around, it can't be only SCOTUS expansion, limiting of jurisdiction, ethics reform etc. It has to be dealing the shadow docket and limiting to actual emergencies.

It’s hard to express what the amazing feeling was when the COVID vaccines were being made available. I was working alone in the lab when Mr. Saw Win came in practically giddy, telling me that he just got the vaccine and his family would be safer for it. bryanwjones.com/2020/12/mr-s...

The Trump and Bibi War is working out really well: The risk that Iran is covertly pursuing nuclear weapons is higher today than before the U.S. and Israel launched their first military attacks a year ago, according to western officials who cited new IAEA data. financialpost.com/pmn/business...

The blatant dishonesty keeps coming because MAGA Republicans go along with it.

“It’s only racial gerrymandering if Elbridge Gerry did it himself.” — #SCOTUS, one day soon.

Imagine if any Republican Senator had the courage of Scott Pelley.

BREAKING: Don't fall for what Blanche is suggesting - DOJ is NOT getting rid of the whole bogus slush fund deal; it's still giving Trump $1,776 billion AND still giving him (and family) a broad civil release of liability; all it is NOT doing is using the $1,776 to create a fund for J6ers and others.

Russell Vought. Start naming this name until this creepy guy who thinks God ordained him to kill people by insuring they can’t get medical insurance or vaccines has nothing to do with the Office of Budget Management.

I hope James Talericaco hammers this 24/7 until this election. Republicans are NOT the party of law & order. They defend pedophiles, serial adulterers & wife abusers as long as they’re male & Republican or priests or creepy evangelical pastors & youth directors-who, of course, vote Republican.

Whoever designed the egress & passenger pickup (for locals being picked up, not tourists taking Ubers) should be put up in stocks in the middle of BNA & pelted with rotten vegetables.

Everytime I fly into & out of Nashville’s chaotic airport I swear I will drive next time.

“Elite America” did NOT say enough. MAGA Trump Republicans, unqualified Trump cabinet appointees & complicit Republican senators, House reps & judges said enough. And some of them were blacks (Clarence Thomas) & women (Marsha Blackburn, Lauren Boebert, Pam Bondi, Susie Wiles).

Good and-sadly-accurate analysis.

Trump tried a June 2025 move in June 2026; turns out that doesn't work quite so well when gas is $4 and your approval rating is hovering around 35%. Would have been nice if some of our much-vaunted institutions showed a little spine earlier though