Sen. Jack Reed: "This is really outrageous. Mark Kelly is a veteran, he's fought in combat, he's an astronaut. And even was simply repeated what the law is. If a US senator can't do that, then this country is in profound difficulty."

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.

Our new training series Organizing to Protect Democracy gives you the tools you need to join the fight for civil liberties in your community. RSVP today for our next training this Thursday, August 7 at 8pm ET.

I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim. He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease. He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States. And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.

I have thought on it and prayed about it, and I have decided: I am running to be the next U.S. Senator from North Carolina.

It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.

I just held a rally in Plano, TX — a red part of the state — and 1,000 people showed up. Many said it was their first political rally ever. There’s something happening in Texas…

ADVISORY: Statement, media avail. from unjustly detained U.S. veteran George Retes Ventura County, CA— Wed 7/16 at 3 pm PT, George Retes, U.S. citizen and Army veteran unjustly detained by federal agents during last week’s raid will hold a virtual press availability. 1/

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🔥 Congress just issued a letter to EPA Admin Zeldin demanding an end to what they call “illegal retaliation” against the #EPA139 for signing the #DeclarationofDissent. These civil servants warned that EPA leadership was endangering public health, abuse of authority, & gross mismanagement. (1/2)

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

“Congress” didn’t pass this murder budget. Republicans did it. Republicans did it without a single Democratic vote in the House, without a single Democratic vote in the Senate. Be precise and give, uh, credit where credit is due

IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB Scripts here: 5calls.org

All you need is: "Hello, my name is [your name] in zip code [your zip code], and I oppose the funding bill that cuts funding for Medicaid and adds billions to ICE [or other parts of the bill you hate]." That's it, you can do it in 60 seconds.

Private equity is destroying hospitals, housing markets, the media, and other vital parts of our communities. The industry thrives off the "carried interest loophole" — which Trump promised to eliminate. Guess what his budget doesn't eliminate? The carried interest loophole.

My kid did two years of research at U.C Berkeley on gene therapy to cure blindness in mice and the results have just been published for other researchers to build upon for a human cure. This is the kind of research Trump’s budget cuts are killing. rdcu.be/eulAo

I hope Harvard’s administration heeds the strong case @ryanenos.bsky.social and @stevelevitsky.bsky.social make in this piece. To give in to the demands of an authoritarian government would risk the university’s credibility and make it complicit in the erosion of American democracy.

Washington Post publishes an op-ed by Kristi Noem attacking Harvard. I wonder which of the two pillars--"personal liberties and free markets"--Jeff Bezos would say this supports.🤔 If you want independent pro-democracy news, information and analysis, sign up for Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines” ktla.com/news/local-n...

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Saying there are “too many non-working holidays” on Juneteenth is so on brand for a man who is actively trying to erase Black history. This from the same man who’s wasted over $26 million in taxpayer dollars and spent more than 30 days golfing since January 20, 2025? Please.

Whoa. Spicy footnote from Justice Jackson, dissenting in the ADA case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

⚽ In a new column for TIME magazine that I coauthored with Mandy Giles, Founder of Parents of Trans Youth, we argue that all kids benefit when trans kids are allowed to play sports in accordance with their gender identity time.com/7296246/tran...

ICE's increasingly aggressive tactics are unacceptable and dangerous. They do not make us any safer. I’m calling for an independent investigation right now — this abuse of power must end.

The thing is, when people don’t identify themselves it’s very hard to know which part of the security forces they are! Or if they are just random masked guys with guns! Maybe someone should look into how to solving this problem, with like, uniforms or badges or somesuch

Any word on the percentage increase in masked government officials waving guns at people while they grab people off the street?

Now is the time to speak up.

I just have to say, as a historian of the Reconstruction-era Klan, that masked paramilitaries are very bad and masked vigilantes are even worse and there are causal links between the two and none of this is good for democracy.

The question will be whether any Member wants to sue over this.

Folks, no need to worry, the Senate is ON IT, working tirelessly to pass a bill that <checks notes> forces the FDIC to prioritize cryptocurrency ahead of actual deposits in the event of a bank failure.

🚨New: “Trump Company Reduces Stake In Crypto Venture” “As the MAGA faithful continue to throw money at Trump’s crypto projects, the first family appears to be walking off with some of its profits” @danalexander21.bsky.social for @forbes.com (with a little reporting from me)

The guy arresting you shouldn’t look like the guy in a ski mask robbing a liquor store. It’s why we’re advancing legislation to put a stop to secret police-style masked law enforcement.

🔥 Senator Duckworth scorches Hegseth: "Your failures have been staggering… You're just an unqualified yes man who can't tell the president how to keep Americans safe.” (She even went after his tattoos)

You lose healthcare. They gain yachts. Keep spreading the word.

KAINE: When you called the Gregg family to tell them that their dad's name was no longer gonna be on the base, what was their reaction? HEGSETH: The Army notified them K: You didn't call any of the families. I've spoken with them. They were called by the press. That's how they learned about this

HIRONO: If ordered by the president to shoot peaceful protesters in the legs, would you carry it out? HEGSETH: Of course I reject the premise of your question HIRONO: Considering that the president in his first term actually ordered such a thing, it's not a premise you can reject

What happened to parental rights? Why do six justices think that politicians can override expert medical opinions? If parents consent to care their children want and need, when that care is safe and necessary, that should be that.

Natural disasters don't spare voters from either party. And our response must be equally nonpartisan. Someone needs to tell the president he is supposed to represent all Americans. And to stop making life more difficult for thousands of Californians trying to recover.

Doctors — not the Supreme Court — should be making medical decisions. Once again, the Court has overruled medical experts, this time telling parents and physicians what care kids can and can’t receive. www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...

My heart breaks for trans kids, who do not deserve this obsessive animus that adults are directing at them.

When ICE agents look like this, it is ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE for state and local law enforcement to step in and demand they identify themselves and show judicial warrants before detaining anyone from an immigration court. Democratic mayor and governors can take action on this.

New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism “'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.' *More of this, please*"

California brings forth bill that takes the masks off ICE agents.

"I've sat on this bench now for 40 years. I've never seen government racial discrimination like this." That's what a Reagan-appointed judge said about Trump cancelling hundreds of NIH grants. We can't stop fighting Trump's assault on science, the NIH, and our values.