The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

I want to be very clear. I want everyone—everyone—to experience long lives, free from pain, fear, and violence. I want that even for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who does not share that value. 1/2

A library's entire board of trustees was fired and replaced because they refused to ban one of my books. It's so terrible. www.randolphhub.com/article/news...

Don’t tell any of these clowns that one of the men who contributed to the design Times New Roman—Stanley Morison—was a conscientious objector during World War I and spent time in prison for it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

“Tincher has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.” The secret police are brutalizing citizens. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

It should not be remotely controversial to run for office on abolishing this guy. Meanwhile, we have Democrats voting to condemn socialism.

SUFFER A WITCH is a memoir by @joymccullough.bsky.social, and working on it with her has been one of the most intense and rewarding experiences of my career. I'm so excited to begin sharing it with readers in 2026—and to share the cover today. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746826...

Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.” www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Tremendous call to action to fight book banning from by @maggietokudahall.bsky.social at the ALAN Breakfast as she accepts the ALSN Award on behalf of @authorsabb.bsky.social “The function of literature is not to instill obedience.”

I saw screenshots this morning of Trump threatening members of Congress with death for this video but I hadn't seen the video. So if, like me, you've been inadequately online this week, this is what Trump thinks is worthy of EXECUTION.

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

This whole thread, but especially this part. Driving safely in a city winter is a community activity. One does not simply drive alone in Minneapolis in February. One participates in a delicate interchange with every other soul on or near the roads—which are often completely covered in snow and ice.

NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man. We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:

The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution. In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially. Period. This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.

"Jamal’s plight and murder was a warning sign for America, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Some described her condition as a “ticking time bomb.” Had Walker ended her pregnancy, every expert believed, she would not have died.

Tierra Walker was murdered by the state of Texas. Her death was a desirable outcome for the Texas GOP, a sign of the law functioning as intended by its authors. Any other conclusion is a joke.

In normaler times, this is front page, above the fold, all caps behavior by an American president

Every American newspaper's op-ed page should be focused on Jamal Khashoggi's life, work, and legacy for the rest of the week.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Jamal Khashoggi was a WaPo columnist when he was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul at the direction of the Saudi government. The entire world condemned it, except Trump. This wasn’t “things happen.” It was a state-sanctioned assassination for exercising free speech.

A “dangerous recasting” of McCarthyism as patriotism: PEN America statement on Florida’s new social studies standards that establish a unit on “The History of Communism” for grades 6-12 https://pen.org/press-release/new-florida-curriculum-is-dangerous-recasting-of-mccarthyism/

NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro

About 30 cars of ICE and DEA agents staging st Newell park in St. Paul

The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her. This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.

I appreciate @andrewkarre.bsky.social for discussing this aspect of book bans so well. Teenagers think about sex and sometimes even have sex, and to pretend otherwise is both harmful and ridiculous.

Book bans often target YA titles with sexual content. In a new interview, @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social editor Andrew Karre explains that these books offer teens a safe, ethical way to learn about their desires and experiences — and merit their place on library shelves. pen.org/andrew-karre...

This practice was endorsed by a Supreme Court Justice. #KavanaughStop

Thank you @penamerica.bsky.social for taking the time to talk to people actually involved in the creation of young adult literature about this issue. It’s been a difficult few years, and we’re grateful to be heard.

This is real. A government agency calling Americans performing their democratic right of protest “imbecilic morons.” This Trump regime is a poison and never should have gotten power. A total disgrace.

"The protests I have attended have felt much more like church than a violent insurrection. There is plenty of prayer, a lot of singing and some sermons. Most of all, there is a real sense of community."—Rev. Michael Woolf. Whatever violence occurs at protests, almost always starts with the police.

Abortion, Every Day has a video of the shooting at a South Carolina Planned Parenthood. Here's what it shows. jessica.substack.com/p/shooting-p...

"Ended up." The ceaseless contempt for the victims of powerful, lawless men is sickening.

Well, I was trying real hard not to join today’s dogpile-on-the-Times, but this is just an absolute g.d. horror of immorality and journalistic malpractice.

Why Sexual Content Matters in Young Adult Literature This is such an important article from @penamerica.bsky.social. It includes a terrific interview with editor @andrewkarre.bsky.social. Definitely worth a few minutes of your day. pen.org/andrew-karre...

I'm grateful to PEN and to Julia Goldberg for the chance to talk about the work I get to do with authors. pen.org/andrew-karre...

Let me show you the difference between a $40 hoodie and a ~$100 hoodie. 🧵

This story by @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social about Landon Thomas, former NYT reporter now appearing in the latest email tranche, soliciting a $30k contribution from Jeffrey Epstein? Yes, you can read it here www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...

Absolute banger of a speech from Zadie Smith that applies at least as much to America (where we treat our libraries and librarians with even more contempt). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Negotiating" your own health insurance. 15-year car loans. 50-year mortgages. Every affordability "plan" from Republicans is indistinguishable from the fever-dreams of bankruptcy law firms and the pay-day loan industry. We're about three news cycles from "who really needs two kidneys?"

This photo was taken by @chicagotribune.com photog @mandophotos.bsky.social this past Saturday in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Chicago's local news journalists are doing a helluva job capturing the aggressive tactics CPB & ICE are using here. bsky.app/profile/mand...

I refuse to support a funding bill that fails to address the Republican health care crisis. And make health insurance affordable. The American people clearly understand the stakes and the urgency. We must too. I'm voting no.

Were these Dem senators in a coma last Tuesday?

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

@smith.senate.gov and @amyklobuchar.com No healthcare, no deal.

I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable. We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina. A vote for this bill is a mistake.