Re-upping for tax day: “Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society” according to Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. But time and money Americans spend on tax reporting is the price we pay for a dysfunctional government unwilling to invest in public interest capacity.

Major news organizations including The New York Times and USA Today are blocking the Wayback Machine while using it as a tool for their reporting. Attacks on the Internet Archive jeopardize Internet freedom, free speech, and data integrity.

Remember the cyberattacks on the U.S. government in the early 2020s? The Biden admin asked tech companies to help and got some “free” upgrades. The Trump admin is doing similarly with AI. But our reporting shows there’s no such thing as a free lunch.

Making tenure count, for MSNOW I wrote about my employer, The University of Iowa, creating a center for intellectual freedom. It's a reactionary project built on decades of conservative propaganda about higher ed.

NEW: Vice President JD Vance follows fascists and antisemites on X. Several accounts joke about Holocaust denial, one has called himself a “fascist,” another a “national socialist,” and a third says Hitler was “the lesser evil.”

As @gilduran.com explains, the administration is supporting the creation of a “Network State” whose “Freedom Cities” evade labor, environmental, or economic regulations. www.thenerdreich.com/trump-target...

Fox News doc on lower fertility rate: "The problem is teens and young adults, from ages 15-19 the fertility rate is down 7%, and it's down 70% over the last two decades, meaning we're telling people that are young not have babies, to wait until they're in a more stable life situation"

In their new report on stay-at-home-moms, @lfevalle.bsky.social, @kashenj.bsky.social, and SJ Glynn write, “A robust care economy would help moms take care of their families, while also ensuring they have the economic security families need to thrive.” tcf.org/content/comm...

I am so honored to be endorsed by @dcfirefighters.bsky.social! 🚒 Firefighters and emergency medical workers work every day to protect our communities and I will fight for the wages, safety, and healthcare that they deserve.

Slaughtering our golden goose: massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration www.nature.com/articles/d41...

It’s not just Ms. Rachel. The biggest names in children’s educational programming are coming out in force to call for kids to be freed from ICE detention. Here’s “Reading Rainbow” host @mychal3ts.bsky.social outside the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

On Wednesday, Florida and Mississippi joined Utah and South Dakota in passing their own version of Trump's stupid SAVE America Act. www.jezebel.com/gop-states-a...

Bless their hearts.

Investing in child care is a win, win, win: A win for the babies. A win for parents. And a win for child care workers.

Some news: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is opening an on-site child care facility inside the Dinkins Municipal Building that will be free to city workers. It's a model for the universal child care program that is on track to hit full capacity by the end of his first term. prospect.org/2026/03/30/m...

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.

This photo by our @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com shows the crowds that were packed around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in DC even before noon on Saturday #NoKings

Only 23% of government workers believe they “can report a suspected violation of a law, rule, or regulation without experiencing retaliation.” That's way down form the share the prior year (72%) who said they could report suspected illegal activity without fear www.thebulwark.com/p/two-more-g...

No Kings protesters take to the National Mall in DC 📸: @jaredpoland.bsky.social

So the NYT is so committed to shitting on trans people that when the AMA tried to correct their reporting, they responded by saying they know more about the AMA's position than the AMA itself. That's zealotry.

Women with an advanced degree are paid the same as men with just a bachelor's. And at every education level, women's hourly wages are about 20% lower than men's

The thing about the whole “social media addiction” campaign from Heritage and all the other far right fundamentalist groups, is that they’re openly bragging about how they’ll use these “kids online safety” legal precedents/laws to censor LGBTQ ppl off the internet

At what point do we admit that Tri-Share is not successful? As @ehaspel.bsky.social writes, "I don’t mind the concept that Tri-Share is a policy laboratory — but if that’s the case, there’s a cost to continuing with an ineffective experiment.” familyfrontier.substack.com/p/challengin...

Pretty much everyone acknowledges that U.S. kids are facing a profound mental health crisis. Naturally, the Trump administration is cutting funding for mental health grants to schools. www.the74million.org/article/trum...

Government can do good things to make life better for our families—that's why @warren.senate.gov and I are starting the Child Care for America working group here in Congress. We're going to deliver affordable, high-quality child care accessible for EVERY working family.

"When I asked Democratic campaign operatives about the role of influencers in politics, almost every one let out an audible groan." There might not be much else anyone can do about it. The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4lPCpAC

@replamonica.bsky.social @delauro.house.gov @fernandez.house.gov @hirono.senate.gov & @bluntrochester.senate.gov have introduced the #WorkingWomensBOR to fight for women’s econ security, democratic participation, shared prosperity & participation in public life www.hirono.senate.gov/news/press-r...

oh? @proton.me has a youtube channel!?

It's long past time for Child Care for America. Grateful to these champions - @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social @murray.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @democrats-edworkforce.house.gov (#Rep. Scott) for their leadership. #childcareforAmerica www.notus.org/congress/pro...

57 of my fellow students were arrested, academically disciplined, and barred from campus 2 weeks before finals. And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked. And then the DEI office was killed. And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.

NEW POLL: - 72% oppose ground troops in Iran — including a majority of Republicans. - 53% of adults oppose ICE at airports - 59% disapprove of Trump rejecting the DHS funding deal Full results from my new Strength In Numbers / @Verasight.io survey: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-03-26...

@lea9223.bsky.social and I have been tracking the states leading the way on making #childcare affordable. Some standouts you might expect: NY, NM, CT and VT But it's not only blue states that are making moves. Read on to learn about what IA, TX and AZ have done too: tcf.org/content/repo...

The bill for OBBB is coming due in state budgets, and they're having to cut things like childcare, higher education, and disability services www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

On the 115th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, America’s unions mourn the 146 lives lost on that tragic day, many of whom were immigrant women. More than a century later, the labor movement is continuing the fight to protect all workers’ safety on the job.

@kashenj.bsky.social and I write for @msmagazine.com, “Freedom is predicated on the right to full civic participation, bodily autonomy & economic security. While feminists have expanded these freedoms to strengthen democracy, the Trump admin is rolling back progress.” msmagazine.com/2026/03/24/t...

Remembering Aretha Franklin on her birthday. 💜 🙏🏼 🎵 🎹🎤

With all of the recent progress that states have made on moving toward publicly funded child care options for all families, what models provide the best lessons for other states and the federal government for how to expand child care? tcf.org/content/repo...

States are stepping up to support families with child care. This report highlights how states can learn from each other to make progress towards making child care more affordable for families in their state

My new report with @kashenj.bsky.social shows how seven states—AZ, CT, IA, NM, NY, TX, and VT—are taking steps toward effective child care policy. #FundChildCare @tcfdotorg.bsky.social tcf.org/content/repo...

“The Washington Post revealed Thursday that the Trump administration altered a Social Security report to make call wait times appear shorter than they actually were.” 3/20/26 share.google/4uxvmflD9xgy...

NEW: Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

More than six million Black women workers live in states that block local communities from making progress on paid sick days. New data from @npwf.bsky.social and @abetterbalance.org shows how they bear the brunt of these unfair practices: nationalpartnership.org/report/black...

Ms. Rachel Says ‘I Am Political’ as She Fights to Close ICE Facility in Texas That’s Detaining Children: ‘It’s Political to Believe Every Child Is Equal’ variety.com/2026/tv/news...

"We vowed to make this a quick war, and we’ve followed through on that promise. The first hour, it was over. First week, over again. Next week, we’ll be wrapping up. In a couple months, we’ll have finished this war more times than any war has ever been finished before."

"You don’t fix a structural problem with better messaging. You fix a structural problem with a structural solution." Again, the <platform> must be institutional reform & it must be ready-to-go in January 2029: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

I'm receiving reports from airports all over the country about ICE sightings. I'll be sharing updates here as I get them. ⬇️

A 13-year-old girl tried to take her life by cutting her wrists with a plastic knife from the cafeteria after guards took away drawing materials, and was put into isolation without seeing a doctor. The teen was deported to Colombia after nearly two months in confinement

Normally the Democrats have to point out that we're starving the social safety net to feed an insatiable war machine, but Mike Johnson just went right out and said it.

A dramatic break from decades of consensus exposed U.S. efforts to weaken global women’s rights—but also revealed a powerful international resistance determined to defend them.

Using Jews as a smokescreen for the administration's project of destroying higher education in the US - which the American right has wanted to do since long before 10/7/2023 - will do nothing to make American Jews safer. www.reuters.com/world/us-sue...