NEW: For the last several months, I have written and spoken regularly about the rise of authoritarianism in the United States. This is not something I ever envisioned for myself — and it is certainly not something my ancestors envisioned for their great grandchildren.

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

From the front lines of the Portland War Zone.

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data. We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district. Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

The ICE raids taking place in our communities and the deployment of the National Guard to Chicago are not at all about public safety. They are about political theater. We will not let Trump get away with this. Not in Chicago. Not anywhere. Not now. Not ever.

California is the manufacturing capital of America, period. We create more jobs, produce more goods, and drive more innovation than anywhere else in the country — because what gets built in California shapes the future and powers the U.S. economy.

Republicans shut down the government—and real people are paying the price. Join me Wednesday for a tele-town hall. We’ll talk about what this shutdown means for Texas families, and how you can get the information and resources you need.

Turning Point did this to a Rutgers professor and #MurdochMedia's Fox amplified the attack.

NEWS: A top federal prosecutor in Virginia has informed colleagues the she is DECLINING to charge NY AG Letitia James, despite pressure from Trump himself to indict her on bogus charges. New via Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian of MSNBC. Link in reply.

Speaker Johnson continues to stall the swearing in of Rep.-elect Grijalva so as to avoid having to deal with the Epstein discharge petition. Why shouldn’t Dems make support for reopening the government contingent on adding to the funding measure a provision mandating release of the Epstein files?

The Supreme Court has rejected Laura Loomer's bid to sue social media for banning her.

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

Isn’t Ivanka Trump a “Beard” too? 🤣

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The court granted our request for a Temporary Restraining Order — HALTING ANY FEDERALIZATION, RELOCATION, OR DEPLOYMENT of ANY GUARD MEMBERS TO OREGON FROM ANY STATE. Trump’s abuse of power won’t stand.

"U.S. citizens, immigrants with legal status and children have been among those detained in increasingly brazen and aggressive encounters..." apnews.com/article/chic...

Reported Trump plan to cut more than 750,000 older Americans off disability: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

So Weiss will remain editor in chief and CEO of The Free Press and editor in chief of CBS News, so they’re not hiding the conflict here? The head of CBS News, supposedly impartial and nonpartisan, will also simultaneously be running a highly partisan site.

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

The Prick-in-Chief is seriously trying to incite a Civil War hoping somebody attacks ICE so he can declare martial law to test methods of delaying the midterms. Massive trial balloon that is emotionally & psychologically terrorizing millions of Americans. This is not leadership. It’s fascism.

It would’ve been surprising if they had agreed to hear the case. It presents no novel issues of fact or law & the conviction is clearly due to be affirmed. Trump can pardon her, but she’s not entitled to any legal relief. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

It really is staggering to see so many people willing to abandon our 249 year experiment in democracy for an increasingly unstable criminally convicted reality show charlatan.

I can’t not believe how hard it is to sleep when you’re watching your country, be dismantled by the dumbest people.

Brainworms score again.

I strongly object to the comparison many are making these days between Stephen Miller and Joseph Goebbels. I think it's deeply misguided, and unfair, to compare them. Goebbels was a far better propagandist, and didn't execute much policy. Miller far more closely resembles Heinrich Himmler.

It's literally astonishing this actually needs to be said in The United States of America. WTAF!?

ICE agents shot a U.S. citizen Saturday on Chicago’s South Side They are creating chaos www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

DHS agents retreat as Chicago cops refuse to shield them from swarming protesters www.rawstory.com/dhs-chicago-...

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Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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The GOP Budget Law passed this summer will nearly double — and possibly triple — monthly health insurance bills for most Californians enrolled in our state's marketplace. Republicans can either take immediate action to fix this or continue lying about making Americans pay more.

Donald Trump says he wants our military to use cities like Los Angeles and Portland as a "training ground." Absolutely not. This un-American, illegal use of the military to terrorize in our communities must end now.

I am sickened by today’s attack in Manchester. Antisemitism is on the rise around the world, and we must do all we can to stomp it out. I am grateful to first responders and congregants who showed incredible bravery, and I am praying for those who were killed.

This, 💯%. And it's not merely messaging—it's just simple, discernible fact. The best messaging is messaging that reminds people of what is true and known to be true. The entire 2024 presidential campaign should have been about this.

Some of us were talking about both subjects before it was cool.

This is an Epstein shutdown.

A neighbor said she saw agents dragging residents, including children, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers, she said. “It was heartbreaking,” she said. ⁦‪@Suntimes‬⁩ ⁦‪@WBEZ‬⁩ www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"