There are no kings in America, and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.

When it comes to rice and pasta, dietitians recommend eating brown or whole grain because they're more nutritious. But you can create a super nutrient in white rice and white pasta. Here's the trick.

Protesters gathered on Saturday to rally against President Trump’s actions that they see as authoritarian. nyti.ms/3WcPHva

I haven’t the froggiest idea why…

The president and his deputies tied autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy. Refresh your knowledge on safe and effective use of common painkillers with these tips from health professionals.

On this we agree wholeheartedly.

President Trump questioned the UN's purpose and lectured nations in a meandering General Assembly speech. Before this, the UN's secretary general warned that the organization’s principles "are under siege." See key moments.

Thank you for coming to my Teddy talk.

For the record. My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers. I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.

President Trump has issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR. This is the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country. Whatever changes this action brings, NPR’s commitment to reporting the news – without fear or favor – will never change.

This. All. The. Time.

Thank you Greyhound!

Shoutout to everyone writing a book and silently wondering if it's any good. You're doing better than you think! #Booksky #Writer #Author

This applies to writing too. Thanks, @mikeerrico.bsky.social. open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...

Boasberg gives the government two options: "purge" the contempt—likely by providing habeas proceedings to the expelled migrants—or else identify which officials should be subject to his punishment. He would appoint an attorney to prosecute the contempt. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations

“A Massachusetts immigration lawyer who is a US-born American citizen…received an email from Trump administration immigration authorities telling her she needed to leave the country.” “Probably, hopefully, [it was] sent to me in error,” she said. 4/15/25 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Abeer Hoque’s class is one of the best I’ve ever taken. If you’re applying for grants and residencies, it’s a must. www.narratively.com/p/the-inside...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene disclosed that she had purchased between tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock on April 8 and 9, the day before and the day of President Trump’s announcement that he was pausing a sweeping set of global tariffs.

If President Trump can wrongly deport a Maryland father to a prison in El Salvador and then defy a 9-0 Supreme Court order to facilitate bringing him home, who’s next? This threatens the rights and freedoms of everyone in the United States.

Breaking News: Trump officials said they would freeze $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard after the university refused the administration’s demands.

Well thankfully we have a constitution and first amendment that will endure long past you fat self

Free speech they cry. For them only, not you is what they leave out. Conservatives everywhere.

I’m not trying to brag but I look really good with 27 filters

Marco Rubio just announced 10 more people were sent to be imprisoned in CECOT. They were flown there from Gitmo to be imprisoned potentially for life based not on any crime for which they were convicted, but on unproven allegations of gang membership with no due process. This is not lawful.

Welcome to our everyday hell, fund managers.

“...being an artist means you are continually insisting on doing something that maybe no one wants you to do, that very possibly isn't going to work, that's only going to end in defeat and humiliation, and that is unlikely to bring worldly rewards or general approval.” —Stacey D'Erasmo, THE LONG RUN

This.

Yup.

BREAKING: Judge McFadden has *granted * the AP’s injunction against the White House’s ban on access to the Oval Office and East Room.

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling. We must overturn Citizens United. Every day, it corrupts our politics and erodes our democracy.

I remember the Hillary version of this in 2017.

“If the Trump administration does something that is unconstitutional, who is going to be there to challenge them?” asked UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky. “It often won’t be anyone without law firms.”

Picking up on this point, Justice Sotomayor writes in dissent: "To the extent the Government removes even one individual without affording him notice and a meaningful opportunity to file and pursue habeas relief, it does so in direct contravention of an edict by the United States Supreme Court. "

An extraordinary separate dissent from Justice Jackson accuses the majority of trying to pass off its dirty work under the cover of the shadow docket and explicitly invokes Korematsu, the Japanese internment case. Wow. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Sotomayor: "The implication of the Government’s position is that not only noncitizens but also United States citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal"

French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

Hats off to the very strong #HandsOff signage yesterday! Thanks for making your voices heard. 🙏

And perhaps one of my favorite signs of the day…

Santa Fe

It's really important to share photos and videos of protest on social media, both here and in your other circles. Today's cumulative protests have to feel unavoidable to those who are trying to take away our rights.

Never have I loved being on a panel as much as I loved being on this one. What a frank, brilliant group of writers. Thank you, @aimeeliu.bsky.social, for coming up with such thought provoking questions that have changed the way I think about my own writing and have galvanized me to keep going.

One actually serves a useful purpose.

Can’t wait for this post.

Loved doing the panel “Combining Community and Mentorship to Help Build a Screenwriting Career” with my fellow CineStory mentors Pat Tobin, Lisanne Sartor, Winnie Kemp, and Eirene Donohue at this year’s AWP Conference in Los Angeles.

What a wonderful time I had on the “Family Secrets” panel at the AWP Conference with Elle Johnson, @toniannj.bsky.social, @aimeeliu.bsky.social, and David Francis.

Breaking News: A top Senate Republican teamed up with Democrats to accuse President Trump of illegally refusing to spend $2.9 billion in approved funds.

Jenner and Block and WilmerHale are suing President Trump over executive orders targeting the firms for their clients and work, saying they undermine the overall legal system.