We have a chance to push back. The commission is accepting public comments on this request for a “show-your-papers” requirement. Will you speak out against this attack on the freedom to vote? bit.ly/4ngSyyl

I’d love to see our paid & well-insured Dem Reps on the capitol steps in front of cameras every single day telling Americans facts, while republican reps are on yet another paid vacation on our dime & trying to rip away our healthcare just to keep from having to #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

"Trump officials laugh behind closed doors at those of us who try to lead lives of compassion and empathy. Trump could care less about his own voters, and doesn’t respect them" ihttps://open.substack.com/pub/matthewdowd/p/demanding-leaders-with-a-soft-touch?r=130087&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

James Comey’s indictment is as far as it could be from the facts and the law. Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance explains why: bit.ly/46TyPOR

A federal judge late Sunday night blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including hundreds of out-of-state soldiers.

60+ years ago, the white leaders of Newport News, VA, seized the core of a thriving Black community to build a college. The campus location “was almost entirely a racial issue,” said one professor. “I believe they wanted to remove the Black community from here.” (Pub. 2023 w/ @vcij.bsky.social)

Just an FYI: We’re not facing a “government shutdown.” This is a Trump-MAGA Republican shutdown. Call it what it is.

Trump trade war: tariff deadlines and key upcoming events reut.rs/42mYHRV

Republicans are happy to collect taxes from blue states, then Budget Dictator Russ Vought cuts off their funding approved by Congress. No cuts yet from the Dictator to red states. Vote out Susan Collins since she is powerless as Appropriations Chair & every R in blue states.

A shortage of air traffic controllers may have played a role in ending the last government shutdown in 2019. U.S airlines are once again bracing for possible delays in commercial aviation.

DALLAS FED Manufacturing Survey: “.. I may have to close the company. Orders have stopped coming in, and we do not know why.” “.. all we can attribute it to is the crazy tariff-induced environment we are living in.” www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...

We are absolutely cooked.

When Republican officials broadcast that they’ve found noncitizens on the rolls, it spurs the kind of headlines that drive worry about noncitizen voting. But when those claims later turn out to be unfounded, there’s rarely an apology for the lives they’ve upended.

A judge ruled the firing of thousands of federal employees was illegal. But he stopped short of ordering the government to reinstate them, predicting the Supreme Court would overturn it.

ANTI MASKING LAW‼️ public safety hinges on the trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve, a bond that’s been shredded by the reckless immigration quotas ordered by Donald Trump and Stephen Miller‼️ We refused to be bullied by these “secret police”tactics‼️

One thing you learn in life is that "speaking truth to power" and practicing integrity is easy when your job, your money, your fame, or your office is not on the line. The hard is speaking truth and practicing integrity when any one of those is on the line. That is the test of who you are.

House Republicans are pushing a bill funding government agencies through November 21, but Democrats say without a plan to renew expiring health care subsidies they will oppose it.

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The orange dictator said yesterday that he's "not sure" about our basic Constitutional rights. And Bondi (in true Orwellian fashion) said that they will "go after" anyone targeting others with "hate speech."

Utah campus open carry permit under fresh scrutiny after Kirk shooting

Whoa.

#DonaldTheDestroyer 🌳 E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters “This follows months of efforts by Trump to systematically erase mentions of climate change from government websites while slashing federal funding for research.” gift article 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...

Prices consumers pay for a variety of goods and services moved higher than expected in August while jobless claims accelerated.

I strongly condemn the tragic, politically charged violence that claimed the life of Charlie Kirk today at Utah Valley University. No cause or ideology can ever justify taking a life. This is a reprehensible attack on free speech and civic dialogue.

Mamdani is up by 22 points for NYC mayor in latest NYTimes poll. when you speak with passion, conviction, and actually have a reform plan, you succeed.

B of A’s mention on Friday of Trump’s “price controls” makes some wires. (Welcome back, 1970s.) @mikezaccardi.bsky.social

People living in rural parts of the country live shorter lives, on average, than their urban counterparts, largely due to heart disease. That disparity grew during the pandemic.

"A drop in the U.S. population is a troubling possibility that seems likely," one expert told Newsweek.

WATCH LIVE: RFK Jr. testifies about U.S. heath policy amid turmoil at CDC

Turmoil at the CDC and states’ beginning to take more control of their own vaccine decisions threaten to fracture the once-national consensus around immunization.

Critical thinking is a problem, no matter what side of the spectrum you’re on. I found this video very informative and it makes a lot of sense. youtu.be/rIO4IDMnBDU?...

"Every one of these people is taking with them skills and knowledge that will be difficult to replace. But there may be no single individual whose departure better captures what is being lost and destroyed than Demetre Daskalakis."

Rest assured. The seeds of Trump’s destruction have already been sown. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-263

US still working on trade deals despite court ruling, USTR says reut.rs/41w2YlD

Donald Trump incited a violent coup to overthrow the 2020 election and hold onto power. It will never be ok that he was not held accountable, including banning him from ever again holding public office.

Nearly 1,400 people died after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi. Most of the deaths were in New Orleans, which has had an uneven recovery in the past 20 years.

US builds up forces in Caribbean, officials and experts ask why… www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

BREAKING: Trump has canceled former Vice President Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection, effective September 1, 2025. Imagine being so petty and hateful that you put someone’s life in danger to “own the libs”. Piece of crap.

LATEST: A federal court will hold a hearing over Lisa Cook’s removal from the Federal Reserve.

More than 180 current and former FEMA employees signed the letter sent to the FEMA Review Council and Congress warning that FEMA's capacity to respond to a major disaster was dangerously diminished.

WTF⁉️ The Danish Foreign Ministry has summoned the US US Envoy to Denmark after reports that at least 3 AMERICAN MEN WITH TIES TO TRUMP are conducting Covert “influence operations” to destabilize Greenland‼️ www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/e...

As constitutional scholar Larry Tribe put it to me recently: “The presumption of regularity rests on what has become a counterfactual assumption of normalcy.” It is time to make the presumption of irregularity (i.e. bad faith) when it comes to the Trump crowd. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Trump doesn’t care about anyone except himself, power and his money‼️