The letter from Bill and Hillary Clinton to James Comer explaining their refusal to testify in his Epstein investigation is really remarkable, not like any letter of this genre I've seen. It's signed by them, not a lawyer, and the arguments are not legal ones. Reprinted from their X account:

Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/vide...

And, full report is up: www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-lik...

Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says

From high school students to elected officials, residents in Minnesota are pushing back against the growing deployment of federal immigration officers in their neighborhoods, leading to days of confrontations and protests. on.nbcboston.com/2ATnFc9

In an order released to reporters at 9:17 p.m. EST on Friday, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued the administrative stay that the government had requested, giving the court of appeals time to weigh in on the Trump administration's motion for a stay pending appeal.

Food is not a bargaining chip or a ransom. It’s a basic human right.

Over 100 elders kicked off Amherst MA’s #NoKings rallies this afternoon in south Amherst @maddow.msnbc.com @indivisible.org @townofamherst.bsky.social

BREAKING: A federal judge says there is a realistic likelihood that the prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was driven by vindictive motives — reflected in the public statements of Bondi, Blanche, Noem et al. He has ordered discovery on the question. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

If the planet continues to warm at its current rate, exposure to wildfire smoke will kill an estimated 70,000 Americans each year by 2050, according to new research. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...

Custody?

Gov. Maura Healey says that she supports the commission that’s considering changes to Massachusetts’ flag and seal, but also suggested that she doesn’t think changes will happen soon. on.nbcboston.com/KIsWgCW

"The group brings together hundreds of grandparents nationwide who lived through diseases such as polio, tuberculosis and measles — illnesses once thought eliminated in the United States..." www.kgw.com/article/news...

#BREAKING: With no explanation (save for a solo concurrence by Justice Kavanaugh), #SCOTUS has frozen lower-court rulings that had enjoined allegedly suspicion-less arrests as part of "roving" immigration patrols in California. Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson, dissents:

Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a scathing rebuke Monday in response to the Supreme Court's ruling permitting immigration stops in Los Angeles: https://bit.ly/4n27HUU

BREAKING: The Supreme Court — over the objection of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson — allows the Trump administration’s racial profiling of people working certain types of jobs in its immigration raids during litigation.

Jesus H Christ

New Banksy mural fits right in with today's ruling.

In the SCOTUS ruling unleashing what a judge described as "roving patrols" of racial profiling, Kavanaugh cited the Trump admin's unsourced stat about immigration in LA. There's reason for skepticism, and Sotomayor called him out. My deep dive www.allrisenews.com/p/trump-scot...

Extraordinary public health leadership from @massgovernor.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/03/m...

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They’re going to make their own list

ICYMI

On Tuesday, 86 climate scientists delivered a 400-page response to a Department of Energy report from July which had attempted to show that global warming is no big deal. Will science prevail?

Happy Labor Day! Celebrate workers, unions and solidarity

The "Safer Beauty Bill Package" would ban the most toxic ingredients in everyday cosmetics and create protections for the women of color and salon workers who are disproportionately exposed to them.

A new report by Human Rights Watch and partner nonprofits released today confirms that migrants at the downtown Miami ICE facility were indeed shackled with hands tied behind their backs, forced to kneel, and made to eat from styrofoam plates “like dogs.”

When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.

BOX issues Severe Thunderstorm Watch (Hartford, Tolland, Windham [CT] and Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester [MA] and Br... at Sun, 20 Jul 2025 20:09:30 +0000 via IEMbot Additional Details Here.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

MSNBC put together a supercut of Republicans trashing on Trump's big bill before they voted for it

Update on MA budget in light of the big ugly bill www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/04/m...

going backwards in real time.

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Imagine this is you. You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.

Keep reminding folks of this.

AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."

The Senate Majority leader is lying

Karen Bass: "The 100 National Guard soldiers that are downtown LA are guarding one federal building, so there is no need for this...it's all part of an experiment that is taking place in Los Angeles...what happens when the federal government intervenes and takes power away from a governor & mayor?"

The Trump admin. is using the claim that immigrants “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the far right has been building this case for years. But what do the courts say? @mtredden.bsky.social‬ explains.

Good News! The National Weather Service is hiring again, after DOGE’s “brilliant” decision to lay off essential staff. Apparently, round-the-clock weather alerts don’t send themselves. Who would’ve guessed?

"Patients with household incomes less than $50,000 annually were least likely to have denied claims contested and, conditionally, have cost-sharing obligations reduced." www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.

BINGO!

Resistance takes many forms!

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it would decide whether Republicans can challenge Illinois’ law that allows mail-in election ballots to be counted 14 days after Election Day, following lower federal courts’ previous dismissals of the GOP effort.

“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way.”

Really eye-popping reporting from @wsj.com — the law firms that bent the knee lost the trust of clients, partners, and associates, often fleeing to firms that stood up for themselves. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...