public opinion doesn't DO anything. It's just a resource.

Per The Economist/YouGov, half of Americans support ABOLISHING ICE. Literally, "abolishing." yougov.com/en-us/articl...

"War doesn't operate with surgical precision. It doesn't remove one figure & install another. It shifts power to those most capable of wielding force. It weakens civil society faster than it builds alternatives. It deepens grievances that last generations" -Mahbod Seraji truthout.org/articles/thi...

Oh... it's time to start watching Arkansas: Democrats are significantly ahead so far in a special election for a GOP-held legislative seat. If this is confirmed, it'd be Democrats' second flip so far this year.

last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper" anyways, great news! (1/X)

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

Important Texas news: last fall, Bolts reported that the sheriff of Fort Worth was flouting a state law that requires independent investigations of deaths in jails. Well, as a result of that reporting, a Texas state agency has now taken charge of assigning who must investigate a death. brief 🧵:

🧵 When authoritarian leaders attack judges as "enemies," history shows us exactly where this leads. Trump's assault on "USA HATING JUDGES" isn't just inflammatory rhetoric—it's following a script written by strongmen worldwide. But other countries show us how to fight back.

"Jacob M. Miller, who in 2023 served as the student president of Harvard’s Hillel chapter...said Harvard’s Jewish community rejects the Trump administration’s narrative...'We will not allow the administration to wield our identities as a pretextual prop.'” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

Reminder: they said they would deport murderers and rapists. But there actually aren't many of them at all, so they are going after anyone they can grab.

I take the subway by myself multiple times literally every day and the most memorable things that have happened recently are that a very cute dog in a purple sweater was on my train car a few days ago and today a guy with a cane got on and literally four people immediately sprang up so he could sit

New article based on data from my organization Mapping Police Violence shows police killings have surged in Red states. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

it's pretty damning when it's all laid out like this www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Philadelphia will decide multiple ballot measures that touch on housing next week: whether to create an official who'd serve to a public advocate for unhoused people, and whether to increase the minimal sum that the city must devote to affordable housing. boltsmag.org/whats-o...

"The way Pittsburgh has recently closed encampments differs from the methods many U.S. cities have used." "[P]roviding 'credible offers' of long-term and sustainable housing." "But its future is uncertain as [Mayor] Gainey faces a tough reelection bid on May 20." #Pennsylvania #USA #Housing

Chicago police are required by law to document every time they pull someone over. But an investigation by Bolts and Injustice Watch revealed the department failed to report hundreds of thousands of stops. boltsmag.org/chicago...

African Elephants are my favorite land animal species, by far. During yesterday’s earthquake, my babies at the San Diego Zoo reacted to the quake, immediately protective of their most-vulnerable Community members. Humans could learn SO much from these beauties, if we’d just humble ourselves. 🐘🐘

I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

A Pennsylvania county forgave more than $65 million in “pay-to-stay” debt; this was money that had been charged to detained people for “room and board” at the local jail. boltsmag.org/jail-de...

Rufo's real genius was recognizing how many people in elite spaces are so enormously self-loathing they'll offer him every opportunity they can to lie straight to their faces

The racist violence/cruelty of US warmongering & policing are deeply connected. "Jon Burge tortured suspects while he was a Chicago police detective. His contemporaries from Vietnam reveal where he may have learned the tricks of his trade." chicagoreader.com/news/tools-o... bsky.app/profile/slko...

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no This isn't a stove, this is the demon core. Wanna start a bank run? This is how you start a bank run. Congrats, you invented the Great Depression. The FDIC as an independent agency exists specifically to prevent another 1929.

Worth noting that this passed by one vote and two Democratic congresspeople have died in office in the last six weeks.

I know this sounds like pedantic scolding but I really do believe that doubling down on the idea that criminal records are a meaningful distinction is like carefully digging a pit that we can be shoved into.

I was frustrated and angry about how the conversation about the Twenty-Second Amendment was developing, and in an effort to prevent, idk, an entire literature from developing overnight??? I wrote something about it. we'll see how the law reviews feel about a short essay very late in the cycle.

Jail fees for room, board, and basic services can leave people drowning in debt after release. “It’s hard to be a productive member of society when you have $17,000 over your head. Try applying for an apartment with that.” boltsmag.org/jail-de...

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI. “Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.

There is absolutely no way the US can host the World Cup or the Olympics

Really really great article on tools minority members of Congress have. Guys, you can do more than write letters! www.justsecurity.org/109454/congr...

It has been two weeks since a Georgia woman was arrested for her miscarriage, and not one major national outlet has covered the story

Yost’s complaint about how long it takes to carry out executions reminds me of a Jackson Clarion-Ledger editorial feature in the 1990s. It was a full-page spread of photos of the 40+ people on death row, how long they’d been there, and demands for “swifter justice.” 5 turned out to be innocent

"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense

I spoke to a South Carolina woman today who is miscarrying - her fetus has no heartbeat - but the state's ban is preventing doctors from taking action. She has to walk around with a dead fetus for another week so she can get a FOURTH ultrasound. This is what bans do.

Cory Booker, winding down: "We need a greater love in this country a greater fight in this country a greater determination." And re: Strom Thurmond: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. The people are more powerful."

Randy Fine is on track to defend #FL06 for the GOP. Though a dramatically diminished one. Two counties have almost done counting, and Fine's lead is 15-20 percentage points under Trump's margin from November. But Trump won by 30% overall, so this is enough for him.

Quasi-final margin in the two Florida specials: —GOP wins #FL01 by 15%. (Trump won here by 37% in November.) —GOP wins #FL06 by 14%. (Trump won here by 30% in November.) The swings are in line with what we saw in the IA & PA upsets earlier this year.

Early results show Democrats are in for a huge overperformance in FL01, where polls just closed. This is even redder than FL06: Trump won it by 37%.

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BREAKING: I'm placing a hold on President Trump's nominee for U.S. Attorney in DC. For the past few weeks, Ed Martin has been a one-man wrecking ball. Threatening political opponents, firing public servants, and using his office to chill free speech. His nomination must be blocked.