If you don't already, watch Colbert. He is a man with no more f*cks left to give. And it's glorious. Check out this song parody from last night's show: Mike Johnson Delays House Epstein Vote Until September

Hey, fellow Massachusettans: if you haven't called Gov. Healey (and your local reps) yet, take 5 min and do so today. Alleged ICE is violently taking people off the streets in our state, without warrants. That makes ALL of us less safe. Numbers and script below 👇

The Trump administration wants to kill the National Endowment for the Arts. The Arts=Unbound Imagination The Arts=Freedom of Thought The Arts=Fresh Perspectives The Arts=Understanding The Arts=Connection The Arts=Empathy The Arts=Love The Arts=Joy Everything everything they hate. Call yr reps.

How about some basic rules? --All law enforcement officers should wear identification --No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks --All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams ...oh and... --All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law

Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation. I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?

Vast sin-concealing chaos

Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE. Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:

Important to realize that Trump’s approach to Canada and Greenland is like his approach to Ukraine. It’s not even simply American imperialism. It is America enabling Russian imperialism. (1/3)

This student, here legally on a Fulbright, was abducted without charges 2 days ago by Homeland Security for an op-ed that she co-wrote and published in the student paper a year ago. This story isn’t even on the NYT homepage today. #HandsoffMarch April 5 www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.”―Flannery O'Connor (born March 25th, 1925)

Good news out of Colorado! A Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries. Good work! www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...

Shame shame shame, @columbiauniversity.bsky.social You have an endowment of 14.8 billion dollars and you could not stand up for free thought and free speech, and hold strong against this abuse of power? Your weakness will never be forgotten. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...