I continue to wonder when Americans will decide enough is enough. As Frederick Douglass reminds us: “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

Prop 50 is about making sure workers and communities keep their voices in Congress. #YesOnProp50 La Proposición 50 busca garantizar que los trabajadores y las comunidades mantengan sus voces en el Congreso. ¡Sí a la Proposición 50!

Northampton MA, midday today, Pulaski Park: Congressman Jim McGovern speaks. #Nokings @repmcgovern.bsky.social @in-slwm.bsky.social @julie-2025.bsky.social

HAPPENING SOON: SCOTUS will hear arguments in a case that could end one of the last safeguards against racial gerrymanders, and lock in GOP control of the U.S. House for generations to come. We’ll be providing real-time court updates at the blog below👇

. @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com with some shade for CNN during his monologue tonight

Rosen to Sec Rubio: "I'm not even mad anymore about your complicity in this administration's destruction of US global leadership. I'm simply disappointed.“

Marco Rubio says he doesn't have to obey judges' rulings or court orders. newrepublic.com/post/195519/...

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Wow This is the Secretary of Homeland Security, who has the huge responsibility of keeping the USA safe. DHS is the third largest cabinet dept She is also a former governor of a state How is it possible to fail so well upwards?

“I’ve reported on presidents’ health for 53 years. No public evidence suggests Biden’s doctors mishandled prostate cancer testing.”

@gintautasd.bsky.social & @heyratty.bsky.social w scoop on #BOS mayoral race & #NewBalance exec sneaky role ⚖️ #mapoli @karenkrussell.bsky.social @derjue.bsky.social @becomingbryna.bsky.social

Kraft super PAC goes negative

The Kraft super PAC's listed address is a 4-bedroom single family home that's a 5-minute drive from Gillette Stadium 🤷‍♂️

Part of a pattern: The super PAC's Facebook/Instagram ad hitting Wu on housing uses stock photo of homeless person in United Kingdom, per image search ⤵️

One additional thing: The photo the super PAC is using is apparently that of a kid in Bulgaria, 4,600 miles away from Boston

I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few: 1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.

So, a single parent of a 7-year-old is subject to work requirements to qualify for SNAP. But a *married* parent of a 7-year old can stay home to care for their child, if their spouse works.

www.cbsnews.com/video/trumps... @thedailybeast.bsky.social @ewallwice.bsky.social tells @cbsnews.com abt ethical Qs raised re Trump cryptocurrency moves 📰⚖️ @karenkrussell.bsky.social @mindyforma.bsky.social @boblucore.bsky.social

Don’t mistake “the urgency of the mission for the difficulty of it” 3/3

Bruni is right that D’s don’t need “perfectly chosen emissaries and a perfectly honed script” 2 prevail vs Trump. They just need to be direct & stop blaming other Ds 2/3

“The discussion among and about Democrats who are trying to stop Trump from ravaging this country casts the formulation of a strategy as more challenging than it needs to be” via Bruni 1/3

#Jeopardy clue tonight — Bill Russell & K.C. Jones played/mgd this team 🏀 @karenkrussell.bsky.social @becomingbryna.bsky.social

In @HBO #CelticsCity @karenkrussell.bsky.social talks abt carrying on her dad’s work — needed more than ever ⚖️ @mindyforma.bsky.social @larrymishel.bsky.social @deliacabe.bsky.social

Daddy’s Olympic team beat Thailand by 72 points in 1956 Games! When I asked him if that was unsportsmanlike, he said they wouldn’t insult them by NOT KICKING THEIR ASSES! The margin of victory record stood until the London Olympics! 💚🍀🏀

The Suns to have one of my favorite quotes of my dad and their locker room, “if the game is on the schedule, we might as well win”

Why did Russell make up with Boston? Red Auerbach: “It was the power of his daughter” It took me YEARS, like the Medal of Freedom, the Statue, and giving Daddy his best gift - a meeting with Nelson Mandela ✊🏾

Great moment in #CelticsCity when Red gives credit 2 @karenkrussell.bsky.social 4 the great #6 allowing public tribute 🏀🎥 @becomingbryna.bsky.social @jeffwice.bsky.social @mindyforma.bsky.social

@abovethelaw.com has one, too.

A Trump-appointed judge in Texas has granted a TRO in a habeas case to block deportation of a class of Venezuelan immigrants under Alien Enemy Act.

Does anyone know what he's talking about? Where are the showers not working? Where are the dishwashers not doing the job? Where is this coming from? I feel like an investigation will show that Trump shafted a plumbing contractor and they got revenge by messing with the pipes at Mar-a-Lago.

If there ever is a reckoning for these times, I hope media is also held to account. Media has made SO much pathological behavior palatable and worthy of consideration. Really sick stuff #euphemismjournalism

This clever word play about RfKjr is gross. Hits his stride? Finally in his element? Are you kidding? He’s promoting vitamins over measles vaccines, destroying medical research, etc etc. COME ON www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/h...

The Trump administration claimed she was tied to a violent gang, but would not provide any details on her alleged crime. She had an asylum hearing coming up, so if they had real evidence very easy to present it before a judge.

Law firm Paul Weiss's pro bono leader resigns after Trump deal @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/3G4eyMM

Sanders: If Musk can do this to federal employees, some of whom are in unions, some of whom have worked for years, what do you think he's going to be doing when artificial intelligence and robotics comes for your job?

For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce" www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...

An incredible leader who is meeting the moment. Send this to everyone you know in higher education administration.

You can tell who the Good Guys are because they're the ones smashing a car window to drag a mother away from her child while wearing ski masks.

The lesson for universities is you may as well fight back. You'll lose the money either way. The only question is whether you keep your dignity.

“.. the real credit, Mr. Trump’s advisers admit privately, should go to the bond markets. Mr. Trump’s decision was driven by fear that his tariffs gamble could quickly turn into a financial crisis .. directly attributable to only one man.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

✅⚖️ #deportations #SDNY

Republicans in chaos! Temu Moses Mike Johnson pulled the vote on the budget bill because he doesn’t have the votes. 🍿

"These issues are long from over. I think there’s thought that the House settlement will be a reset point. I don’t think so.” The NCAA and a question of control: Team and coach rules, and the next big court case coming down the pike: www.nytimes.com/athletic/623...

Sen. Tillis (R-N.C.) says he’s inclined to support the Grassley-Cantwell bill. Says he’s heard from constituents worried about the tariffs, esp farmers & restaurant/lodging sectors. Everyone in red states :: call your reps!!

Wow, RINO!

The worst news of the week. "The U.S. Senate confirmed Harmeet Dhillon, a veteran lawyer with a history of attacking voting rights, to lead the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

In the "personal news" department, this morning I let my colleagues know that I'm leaving The Washington Post. I'm retiring from my longtime journalistic home but not from journalism, and I'll keep you posted as I decide what my next chapter will be.