I’m still boycotting even though I am 3 blocks from a Target at which I used to be a regular.

This is horrific. A U.S. citizen describes the facility in Arizona that her husband was brought to while he waited to be put on a deportation flight. Dozens of people were crammed into tiny cells, there was a "chain of people vomiting" from filthy toilets, no medical care, and only one meal per day.

In Colombia in February, women of African descent gathered to discuss reproductive justice. “For many Black women, abortion is not just a sensitive or stigmatized issue. Historically, it has also been a form of resistance dating back to slavery."

Péter Magyar victory speech: "We want to make a country where no one is persecuted because they think differently or because someone loves in a different way to others." He may not have campaigned as a liberal. But this is a huge change of direction and rhetoric from Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ+ crusade.

Blue Sky of the Day: #photography #alexandriava Somehow the sky is bluer without an Orban win!

But he likes the drink of the working class! Beer!

ICE just released new detention statistics. First update in about 2 months. As of April 4, 2026, ICE was detaining 60,311 people across the United States. www.ice.gov/detain/deten...

Blue Sky of the Da: #washingtondc #photography

Difficult to describe how unusual it is for @icrc.org to speak publicly like this. "Heavy explosive weapons with wide-area effects struck densely populated urban areas, including the capital Beirut, without effective advance warnings." ICRC Outraged by Deadly Strikes in Densely Populated Areas

MAJOR BREAKING: Judge Chris Taylor, the Democratic-backed candidate, has won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The result expands the court’s liberal majority to 5–2, extending its current ideological balance for years to come.

FIFA has already declared Donald Trump the winner of the war in Iran.

I've taught European history for thirty years. Americans have always asked me how the Holocaust was possible, how Germans could have enabled a madman reveling in mass murder to carry out his plans. Now we can see in real time how this is enabled; now we Americans have front-row seats.

And their King is honoring the madman by visiting??!!

BREAKING: Extraordinary scenes as Iranian citizens start forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites. This is Kazerun Power Plant in Fars province, southern Iran (🎥 i24 News)

Trump just threatened that a "whole civilization will die tonight" if a deal with Iran isn't reached. He's casually toying with egregious war crimes and unfathomable human devastation. (1/3)

BREAKING: Another person has died in ICE custody, per required notification to Congress, marking 15 deaths in detention this year and 45+ since Trump took office again.

Trump promised to go after the "worst of the worst."   His ICE agents just arrested the wife of an Army staff sergeant who has lived here since she was a toddler.   This military family was preparing for a loved one’s deployment — and Trump ripped them apart anyway.   Shameful.

Blue Sky of the Day: #dogwood #photography

Blue Sky of the Day: #sunset #photography View from our backyard

Jeff Bezos has $222 billion. If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over. And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.

After Trump took office last year, the US Holocaust Museum quietly removed educational material about American racism from its website and canceled a workshop on the "fragility of democracy," @iriesentner.bsky.social reports. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

The regime is trying to strip Temporary Protected Status and deport hundreds of thousands of people who fled violence and built lives here. Congress can stop this cold. Tell your reps: Hands off TPS. Protect these families. Send your letter now → actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

NPR: “Lebanon's government says at least 54 health workers are among more than 1,400 people killed by Israel during the current invasion. Some human rights groups say first responders are being targeted” www.npr.org/2026/04/05/n...

If you've seen this piece before, "The New American Gothic" by Criselda Vasquez, Then heartbreakingly, I have to inform you that—according to Vasquez's Instagram as of 4/03/26—Vasquez's father has been taken by ICE. GoFundMe below to help financially support their family.

Unhinged, dangerous, and immoral! How’s that for an inspirational Easter message from a head of state!

When It Comes To Accountability, Judges Matter! youtu.be/rFeSqpxDZs0?...

I had to post this because I couldn't justify putting it in the newsletter.

Bondi, Bovino, Lewandowski and Noem. They served. They lied. They flailed. And now they’re political roadkill. An in memoriam for those we've lost in Trump 2.0.

Trump just cut a midterm ad for every Democrat in America. bsky.app/profile/fact...

Trump on Somali-Americans in Minnesota: "They're low IQ. I can generalize. They're low IQ people. They're bad people." (Note that moments later he claims Indianapolis is in Minnesota)

14th Amendment (1868): “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” Seems pretty clear to me.

Fantastic job by Cecillia Wang! 💯 www.aclu.org/bios/cecilli...

Blue Sky of the Day: L Street #Washingtondc #photography

"The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!" U.S. District Judge Richard Leon wrote. https://to.pbs.org/419H72H

To all who celebrate Pesach, I wish you a meaningful and joyous holiday. A major theme of this holiday is the longing for liberation. May we internalize that longing and stand side-by-side with those struggling for liberation everywhere. Grant us the strength and compassion to be true allies.

Happy Trans Visibility Day from SCOTUS

Happy Trans Visibility Day. I got your back!

oh my god

It’s the last day of Women’s History Month and Dolores Huerta Day, in my book!

A war you don't want, paid for by (more) cuts to your health care. www.axios.com/2026/03/30/g...

Blue Sky of the Day: #clouds #alexandriava #photography

This inhumane, discriminatory policy is a shonda(look it up!)

WTAF???

And the hits keep coming! The Justice Department is grossly misusing a 30-year-old measure meant to address the 1991 police beating of Rodney King, exploiting it to challenge D.C.’s sensible ban on AR-15s. Proud that @bradyunited.org and our partner @giffords.org are taking action here.

The Supreme Court hears arguments on birthright citizenship this Tuesday. You might have forgotten about this with the flood of news but the legal history here is wild, the stakes are enormous, and the outcome is genuinely uncertain. Let's talk about where we are. 🧵

Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars reut.rs/4rZIThC

"Every citizen or subject of another country, while domiciled here, is within the allegiance and the protection, and consequently subject to the jurisdiction, of the United States."

Atlanta!

With Senate Dems voting for the DHS funding deal and House Dems prepared to vote for it today until it was killed by House Republicans, there is no longer even the slightest debate about who owns this shutdown. Republicans are blocking funding. They own it 1,000%.

Happy birthday to the Washington Metro, which opened 50 years ago today with service on 4.6 mi of Red Line between Rhode Is. Ave & Farragut N. System now serves 130 mi. The DC Metro shows that, with good planning & enough investment, the public sector can succeed & build something extraordinary.