I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.

I’m sorry, if someone has a birth certificate that proves they were born here but a mobile app with face recognition software disagrees, they will side with the app? What?

Maddow: This is what Democrats have been screaming about

MUST WATCH: Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme about school shooting www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟

“[F]orcibly” modifies all of the verbs in the series. So you’re right that it’s more than just assault, but force (or a threat of force) is a necessary element of any violation. Here’s DOJ’s explainer: www.justice.gov/archives/jm/...

This is in my neighborhood. The statute that he cites, 18 USC 111, only applies to people who “forcibly” interfere. He knows it, and every American who gets threatened like that should know it.

There’s no way to keep a suit against a federal officer in state court, because 28 USC 1442 lets federal officers remove suits to federal court. But! There are multiple ways to bring damages actions against federal officers. Many state torts are available through the Federal Tort Claims Act, and…

On Thursday (10/23), as I was walking back to the office with my lunch I stopped to heckle a crowd of National Guard and federal agents. I was then tackled to the ground, slammed against a squad car, arrested and held in a cell for several hours.

New from me on @lawfaremedia.org: how Trump violated the law to pay the military. It's a long piece that goes into why it's illegal (with helpful analogies), what other abuses this unlocks if you believe presidents should have this power, what recourse there is, etc.

This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

“[T]he donation appears to be a potential violation of the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits federal agencies from spending money in excess of congressional appropriations or from accepting voluntary services.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

Timothy Mellon of the famous Pittsburgh Mellon family is the one who provided $130 million to pay US military personnel. His views on social safety nets are that Democrats “buy” votes by providing government funds to pay for food for infants.

I Spoke with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki About How Worried People Should Be About DOJ Observers to CA and NJ Elections and Steve Bannon’s Threats of a 3rd Trump Term youtu.be/5S3j0R1g3R0 @msnbc.com @jenpsaki.msnbc.com (What happens when Bannon floods the zone with shit....)

I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?

NEW: Amid purge at Justice Dept, two ousted corruption prosecutors (who were part of Jack Smith team), start their own firm to help local authorities stop corruption Just filed ====> www.cbsnews.com/news/ousted-...

When he finished his 22-hour speech, Merkley warned that authoritarianism “is not around the corner” but “here right now.” apnews.com/article/merk...

I've been a reporter for a while now, and like @paleofuture.bsky.social, I've never encountered a public affairs office as unprofessional as DHS reason.com/2025/10/22/h...

1/3 🧵You’re mistaking branding for strategy. Listing virtues doesn’t make a movement effective — it makes it complacent. If Democrats truly stand for all those things...the question isn’t what they believe...it’s why they keep losing ground to people who don’t.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. House of Representatives to force Congress to seat U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

Of course he's not following the rules, but it's dangerous to get to resigned to and cynical about it

America As No-Longer-Democracy and Not-Yet-Dictatorship Where does the country stand after the largest day of protest in U.S. history? Putting “No Kings” in perspective. Some thoughts from my new piece:

Yup. A few months ago, I pointed out that part of the reason for ICE employees covering their faces, was that some of them were likely government contractors and not law enforcement, and so has no legal authority to detain. People that know nothing about criminal justice reform yelled at me.🤷🏿‍♂️

Authoritarianism doesn't happen in a vacuum. It requires enablers. When a leader posts fantasies of monarchical rule, and his entire party looks the other way, they become complicit. The issue isn't just Trump's posts; it's the institutional decay of a party that refuses to be a check on his power.

My mom texted me with a picture of her at one of the No Kings protests. Her first protest ever. The normies have awakened.

You can read our full story here, as well as a note about how we decided to include and categorize cases www.propublica.org/article/immi...

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

The people running this country have zero respect for the Constitution, laws, rules of ethics and professional responsibility, traditions or norms. They are lawless gangsters drunk on power and nobody in their party outside the admin has the courage or integrity to stop them.

Historians of the future: Rest assured, millions of us know all this in real time. We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends. trib.al/EOixNrF

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it. This isn't the bumbling, directionless Trump first term. This time, they are implementing a plan to let Trump and his people rule forever. But it's not too late to stop them.

The Republicans attacks on the No Kings protests are sickening. To them, only pro-Trump speech is protected. If you oppose Trump - you "hate America" or you're a "terrorist". What they're trying to do is simple: suppress turnout this weekend. Don't let them win.

Since vocal parts of Bluesky are using the Illinois State Police attacking protesters as an excuse to hate Pritzker with smug “I told you so” posts & declaring they’ll never vote for him, is there anyone they actually want to beat the GOP in ‘28? Or is their doomer-clickbait racket more important?

JFC, even the countries WITH kings are doing it better than we are.

Everyone can read Bolton's indictment & judge as they want, but this is far, far weaker (and more customary of conduct by senior govt officials) than allegations against President Trump in stealing & storing marked classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything. It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in. Long thread.

To be clear: LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government. The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency. This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

David Brooks is not wrong www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

One of the things that our political class refuses to admit even though it's obviously true is that Twitter is very obviously radicalizing many American elites into full-bore white supremacy

We should have ended it all when he started openly monetizing the presidency at his DC hotel & sending his kids to represent the 🇺🇸 government at official international events. But he is One Special Boy and we appear to no longer be a serious country interested in the rule of law or the Constitution.

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

The Treasury Secretary declares himself to be pro-monarchy, and promises to punish the entire country if the people exercise their First Amendment rights.

He got the COVID and flu Vaccines like every 79 year old should this is a good thing. "Cardiovascular age validated by by ECG and found to be 14 years younger than chronological age" is a nonsensical phrase. I am an internist this is not something we do or write in medical reports.

Breaking down 3 myths about the government shutdown with @mcbride.house.gov (she still can't find the Republicans on the House side).

You should read @joanwalsh.bsky.social on the utter vindictiveness of the Tish James indictment www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Men will run for Mayor and complete their term rather than go to therapy

At 11am I will try to live-blog, for @lawfaremedia.org , the hearing in Abrego Garcia’s civil (habeas corpus) case in federal court in Greenbelt MD. Abrego is seeking release from detention under a SCOTUS precedent called Zadvydas v Davis (2001). ... /1 tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...

Should elected officials be imprisoned for speaking out against an invasion of their cities? Hard to say. Very technical question. Really one for the lawyers to sort out.

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat. For the crime of … complaining about government policy. Core 1A speech. With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Attorney General Pam Bondi came before the Judiciary Committee today. But she refused to answer a raft of important questions. On Tom Homan's bribe. On Donald Trump's new luxury plane. On January 6th pardons. On illegal strikes in the Caribbean. On Epstein. The stonewalling was staggering.