I have a public policy crush on New Mexico

The League and other plaintiffs are seeking a court order for the DOJ to destroy its copies of the Alaska voter registration list that were shared, to void the MOU, and prevent the transmission of any further unredacted voter roll information to the DOJ.

JUST IN: Sixth straight loss for DOJ in lawsuits to obtain states’ voter rolls. This one in Arizona from Trump-appointed judge Susan Brnovich. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

7. Montana's court put it simply: if a cis woman's birth certificate says "M" by mistake, she can fix it. If a trans woman's says "M," she can't. Both want the same document. One gets it; the other doesn't. The only difference is sex assigned at birth. That is a law that by definition hinges on sex.

Senator Wyden can’t say it plainly without losing his security clearance, but this raises the alarm that Kash & crew have decided they can illegally surveil Americans without a warrant.

A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man by federal officers that was captured on video as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment, officials announced Monday. https://to.pbs.org/48wjhSK

Earlier this month in Georgia two pieces of transphobic legislation — HB54, a bill completing a ban in trans youth care and SB74, a draconian book ban — both went down in defeat. This is a real victory, so a 🧵 from @transnews.network, with some more on how it happened, and some lessons...

After passing the largest cuts to health care in American history—all to fund billionaire tax breaks & give ICE more money than most militaries—Trump now wants Congress to defund dozens of programs that help families so that he can send other people’s kids to fight a foreign war.

these are exactly the stakes! embracing trump’s view would be embracing the cramped vision of freedom and belonging that we fought a civil war to banish to the ash heap of history

Trump has previously touted concern for whales, alleging they are harmed by wind farms.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Reposting this feature article we wrote about the legendary Harlow, an icon of Trans Joy and a testament to the importance of community and allyship for all queer people: share.inquirer.com/kPwMRH

I'm updating the famous Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times" to "May you live in incompetent times" to be more relevant to those of us living in the United States right now.

Scenes from the No Kings protest in Juneau

(WSJ) - The Pentagon is looking at sending up to 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East to give President Trump more military options even as he weighs peace talks with Tehran, Department of Defense officials with knowledge of the planning said. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

“…The Treasury said in a statement to Reuters that the first $100 bills with Trump's signature and ​that of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be printed in June, followed ​by other bills in subsequent months.”

It would be entirely fair and reasonable for a mainstream news org to run something exactly like this.

New: The Pentagon has indicated that NYT journalists will be given press credentials tomorrow, Status has learned, after a judge ruled the department’s media restrictions unconstitutional

Sending 5,000 Marines off to seize Kharg Island, is “a reasonable military objective in the same way that sticking your hand into a beehive is a reasonable way to acquire honey. It is technically correct. The bees would disagree.” substack.com/home/post/p-...

It’s TSA funding, Dana; what could it cost, $10?

WHOA. Lewandowski is accused of demanding fees from a private prison company to steer them ICE contracts, at a time when he was widely known to be running DHS on Kristi Noem's behalf, then punishing them when they didn't pay up. Congress should conduct a full and bipartisan investigation into this.

Remember when DOGE was destroying foreign aid because it was supposedly too expensive? The entire US foreign aid budget in 2024 was $62 billion. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

No money for Americans, but there's always money for war. Well done, MAGA. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Sorry what? They won’t deport US citizens is a concession? What the actual F

this means it is not open for transit

I think it’s safe to say Trump is unlikely to successfully defend his FIFA Peace Prize championship this year

They have no problem spending a billion dollars a day on war, but fight for every penny when it comes to caring for Veterans.

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This is no different from Putin saying MH17 was shot down by Ukraine or Assad saying rebels gassed themselves.

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas. "He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Jfc

“Trans children are perfect.”

🧵 The Senate Judiciary and State Affairs committees are meeting this afternoon for a hearing on the Division of Elections' decision to hand over the voter roll to the U.S. Department of Justice, raising a whole bunch of privacy concerns. #akleg

People who have received denial letters by mail or email have 60 days to appeal the decision.

Who the heck are we even trying to change the regime *to?*

Running your war from a private club for millionaires — ahead of a $1 million-a-plate dinner — is a choice.

“Dozens of U.S. strikes are being carried out by attack planes based at bases around the Middle East and from one or more aircraft carriers, a U.S. official said.”

Politicians have no right getting in the way of trans people's freedom to be ourselves and live our lives with dignity.

this is one of those things where i think it would be useful for more people to recognize that this is completely unrecognizable compared to republican party orthodoxy for essentially the entire history of the republican party

JUST IN: Judge Murphy has ruled that the Trump administration's policy of sending deported immigrants to third countries without notice or a chance to challenge is illegal and unconstitutional. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: The New York Times confirms my reporting that the DOJ is withholding several FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

JUST IN Judge Cannon's ruling is "impossible to square with the First Amendment," the Knight First Amendment Institute reacts in a statement: “There is no legitimate basis for its continued suppression." The group has a pending appeal seeking to intervene and order the report's release.

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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, appears to have deleted his tweet after these Democrats responded

They all just wanted in on it. “Swamp,” my ass.

Thanks to the OBBB, Amazon’s tax bill for 2025 is $1.2 billion, down from $9 billion the year before despite a 45% jump in profits.

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

Yes. He thinks tariffs are tribute.

So, can we go back to calling it the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program? Or is it still gonna be the AN Science and Engineering Program?