And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals! Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗

Important piece. "The point of a Supreme Court is to create a venue to settle constitutional disputes and interpretations of statute law. It’s not meant to be and shouldn’t be a Guardian Council running the country through a menu of made-to-order cases." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-c...

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Hey @murray.senate.gov & @cantwell.senate.gov 👇

Really important piece. Definitely worth a read. And I 💯 agree. "We need elected officials who are as ruthless on behalf of civic democracy as their opposites are on behalf of authoritarianism." The Unspoken Dimension of the Shutdown Fight talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-u...

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

@murray.senate.gov & @cantwell.senate.gov, please tell constituents like me that you will not cave but will fight for a lasting, enforceable end to this administration's lawlessness.

On Shutdowns, Get the Wording Right and Other Thoughts talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/on-sh...

Worth a read: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The military cannot be used for policing... so proud to publish this from a magnificent law school dean open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

It does feel like we're living through an attempt at creating a white nationalist version of the Khmer Rouge's "Year Zero". Saboteurs: Destroying America for Autocratic Gain open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

Worth a read. x.com/dr_demetre/s...

Where We Are open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

"This is what the 2028 Democratic presidential primary campaign should be about: who can demonstrate the greatest ability to use power effectively and aggressively to counter Trump and Trumpism. That is what the race needs to be about." Let the Race Begin! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/let-t...

I do love to see someone going on offense, and the fact that it's hilarious is just a bonus. youtu.be/n2ko0tWtEMY?...

@joshtpm.bsky.social, @kateriga.bsky.social - bruhs, pod? 🙏

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Some Thoughts on the Consent of the Governed talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-b...

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@kateriga.bsky.social, @joshtpm.bsky.social, would love to hear your take on the next pod. 🙏 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...

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“Trump is deconstructing the United States, just as Yeltsin deconstructed the Soviet Union.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/w...

Great read in today's @salish-current.org salish-current.org/2025/07/15/t...

Thread.

Harvard sociologist/polisci Theda Skocpol explains how the vast expansion of ICE in BBB may be Trump's secret weapon to overcome the barriers of federalism and complete his autocratic takeover of the American state. (History from Germany & Hungary in 20s/30s.) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...

More of this please.

Fascism

#NoKings in Red Square at the UW in Seattle! ✊🇺🇸💜💛

So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco #nokings

HAPPENING NOW: A HUGE line of protesters march through the streets of Seattle, Washington for a “No Kings Day” protest against Donald Trump (Video: FOX 13 Seattle)

Raskin: You are not our king, and we are not your subjects. We will never be your subjects. All of us born here on this land are citizens and your executive order is nothing but bad graffiti on the Constitution, and we're going to wash it off today

Today is a good day to fight fascism ✊🇺🇸

Show up to the NO KINGS rallies. Be vigilant and peaceful and organized. Don't give in to terror and fear. They want you to be cowed into silence. Speak louder.

Sobering words but so true.

Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs

This right here.

Thank you @cantwell.senate.gov

Thank you, @murray.senate.gov

🚨 Secretary Noem basically said that her agency is now dedicated to forcible regime change…in American cities and states. There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this

Trump Wants to Rule as a Dictator. Make Him Do It. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...

Fascism, pure and simple.

Really cool to see programs like this! www.seattletimes.com/education-la...

W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

On a pretty grim news day, this story made me deeply happy. I've hated this billboard for my entire life. I hope the Tribe makes good use of it. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

RIP Sly ♥️

This story is wild. It's depressing, but also impressive, insightful, and provocative. Again, wild.

Violent insurrectionists attacked the U.S. Capitol, the citadel of democracy, and assaulted police officers and Donald Trump watched it all on TV and did nothing except savor it.