BREAKING: we just won our Kennedy Center case! Both the renaming & the closure of the Kennedy Center are enjoined Kudos to our wonderful client @repbeatty.bsky.social & my colleagues @democracydefendersaction.org & Washington Litigation Group This is a 1-2 punch against Trump's corruption

What a disgrace. Says it all, really. 😕🇺🇸

60 Minutes exposes a massive insider trading ring making millions by betting on highly classified US military operations in Iran with a 98 percent win rate. Washington insiders are literally using secret Pentagon intelligence to rig prediction markets! #cdnpoli

Staying informed is the first step to protecting your community. Check out https://brockovichdatacenter.com/. In some places, data centers are welcomed. In others, they are delayed, contested or abandoned altogether.

Seriously, how much farther do we have to sink for Republicans to pull the plug on this freaking sham of a presidency? Is there no bottom for these self-serving loathsome traitors.

Sherrod Brown is again running for the U.S. Senate to represent Ohio. He’s always been an advocate for the dignity of work and a strong champion for the middle class and workers . He delivers results . @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social #LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1

🔥 @repcohen.bsky.social : “Don’t tell me, John Roberts, The Supreme Court is not political. It is an arm of the White House. 🇺🇸 is being destroyed from within 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.” #Memphis #JimCrow #RacistRedistricting

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

For chemist Kris Hansen, 3M was a family affair; her father was a creator of the company’s N95 face masks. Yet, after she found 3M’s forever chemicals in human blood, the company repeatedly doubted her work and stopped her research on the chemicals. (Published May 2024)

Here is a template for NYT. I don't care if you take my language, rewrite this post yourself or whatever. What I want is for people to get involved in pushing back (nicely) on these reporters. It's one thing to complain on Bluesky. Writing an email to the reporters with your name on it matters.

BAN DATA CENTERS,NOW !......

DATA CENTERS "Data centers can increase surrounding surface temperatures by an average of 3.6°F, with extreme cases up to 16.4°F." Climate Disaster draining our aquifers THEY ARE GOING TO KILL US

This administration receives no institutional pushback for their endless warring and war crimes, so it’s on us to stand against it. A continued absence of mobilized protest and collective action gives them a blank check. They’re already prepping for Cuba and people need to be ready.

I was walking my dog , and stopped to talk with an elderly neighbor. She mentioned she didn’t have anyone to help her with things, so I came back after my walk and gave her my number. Call anytime you need a hand. Do good in the world, wherever you can. It will come back to you.

In Praise of the Useless: Bertrand Russell's Salve for Hard Times www.themarginalian.org/2026/05/14/b...

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

ChatGPT Can Now Connect to Your Bank Account and See All Your Transactions https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-can-now-connect-to-your-bank-account-and-see-all-your-transactions-2000759306

Trump is negotiating to settle his lawsuit against his own IRS, and one of the remedies being floated (along with almost 2 billion dollars) is the IRS dropping all audits of Trump, his family, and his businesses. Just absolutely staggering corruption.

EXCLUSIVE: Kash Patel's FBI is "padding" statistics and manipulating the Most Wanted list to boost the bureau's arrest record, insiders say

It was 49 Republicans and 1 Democrat actually. Each one was a "decding vote". Any one of them would have changed the total and therefore the outcome. But it is really unfortunate that Fetterman voted as he did. Ditto Graham, Hawley, Cruz etc

You’ve probably had your limit at this point, please read this explanation of what happened yesterday and share it widely. It’s more important than ever to make sure people understand why we have to vote for democracy and we have to get started now if we want to be able to vote.

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 we are so effing stupid in this country.

oh dear, Big Hangar and Big Oil will not be pleased with his brilliant invention www.reddit.com/r/Youneedthi...

Kavanaugh's double-standard: “It is one thing for a State on its own to toy with its election laws close to a State’s elections. But it is quite another thing for a federal court to swoop in and re-do a State’s election laws in the period close to an election.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh 7 Feb. 2022

Most of my corner of the internet is screaming about the collapse of global society. I returned to the land that raised me and learned that whatever we're living through has been going on a very, very long time. www.planetcritical.com/when-the-wor...

Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tel everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

We're not going to get out of this without naming an enemy bigger than Trump.

There were signs y'all. There were signs.

Fired up to talk to educators and friends in labor today in my hometown about what an incredible governor @amyactonoh.bsky.social is going to make. Early voting is underway, and the Ohio primary is one week from today. Learn more information at actonforgovernor.com/vote.

I weep when I think of all the presidents' lives that could have been saved by an enormous, vulgar ballroom. (Whoever created this, let me know and I'll happily give you credit.)

February 5, 2025. Trump announces he is going to build a new ballroom at the WH and pay for it with his own money: “It’s going to cost nothing. I will spend the whole thing myself.”

Children shouldn’t use AI until they understand what it is and what it isn’t. It’s being integrated as if it’s a learning tool, when it’s really a productivity tool. Children need to build thinking before outsourcing parts of thinking. Tech literacy before tech dependence.

This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.

And it's not only Trump. That's what some fascism scholars won't admit. It's a transnational mafia syndicate tied to intelligence. It's well-documented over multiple decades. There was always proof, which is why I wrote on it over a decade ago. But it's not just Russia and GOP, also Dems and Israel.

Trump 'tried to use nuclear codes but was stopped by military chief' - allegations not verified & unclear what purpose the nuclear codes would serve if accessed - also excluded from the Situation Room by military advisors during a crucial Iran rescue mission .. www.themirror.com/news/us-news...

🚨🚨 ALERT 🚨🚨 I finally got Andy McCabe to sign up on Bluesky @therealmccabe.com ! Please follow him here, share this post widely, then check out his first ever Substack article and subscribe there as well (no paywalls!)

Ossoff: "How does American politics really work? It's coin operated. Money goes in, favors come out. It's been running on secret money, corporate money, billionaire money ... all of this gave rise to a depraved president who exploits this rot to empower and enrich himself"

I don't think I'll ever get over Clarence Thomas ruling on cases related to Jan 6 knowing that his wife was an active participant in the attempted coup. Or ruling on cases related to government regulations and a wealth tax knowing he took gifts from billionaires. It's a disgrace.

That the president of the United States is personally looting the treasury to the tune of literally billions of dollars and that he is not being immediately removed from office and tried for high crimes against this country is a devastating indictment of every part of our political system!

In Response to the Letter by International Law Experts on Iran War By Geoffrey S. Corn, Dick Jackson, Chris Jenks and Michael W. Meier Authors have each served as Senior Law of War Advisor for U.S. Army www.justsecurity.org/136527/respo...

April 15, 2026

trauma dumping would be what i tell my therapist here I tell stories that engage empathy and help people sort through what they are seeing. I share that I'm the anchor baby for a violent republican pedophile rapist racist for credentials & my surviving it might help you bsky.app/profile/redl...

I write a newsletter about the intersection of law & politics called Civil Discourse (I was at DOJ for 25 years when Justice still mattered). You can subscribe or read it online for free. I’m a shameless shil for democracy; Also I sometimes share pictures of my chickens. joycevance.substack.com

Don't look the other way..........

The NYT got around to it www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

💡The Roberts #SCOTUS immunity decision “made Donald Trump king-like in his powers”enabling Trump’s “destruction of the rule of law” through immunity and pardons in a landscape where “basically no law can hold.” - @thelisagraves.bsky.social + @pkrugman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

wtf, CNN?!?