I am increasingly persuaded that in addition to whatever legislative remedies are agreed upon, public hearings should be held to fully expose the raw corruption that fuels Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh and their ties to the cult of Opus Dei.

Just a reminder that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was called, "An act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States."

John Lewis had John Roberts' number from the jump: takebackthecourt.substack.com/p/john-lewis...

Things suck. But, the second civil rights movement is going to be fought with a much larger porportion of the population in support of it, and with a citizenry that thinks nostalgically about the relative prosperity and strength of the United States during its era as a multicultural democracy.

NEW: I wrote about the ways that Lyme disease conspiracy theories are re-emerging, spurred by a rumor about “boxes of ticks,” an as-yet unreleased vaccine, and the people currently running our government www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I have been publishing YA novels for 20 years. I have seen a lot of nonsense written about the category, but this HarperCollins imprint has set a new bar. If anything is “cynical” or tailored for “shock value,” it’s this campaign, which might as well be from Moms for Liberty. This is loathsome.

Home run post by @donmoyn.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

I understand the cynicism but when someone like this finally says the right thing, we have two options: 1. Dismiss it as meaningless, walk away 2. Latch onto it as a promise we'll hold him accountable for

Credit where credit's due

Lots of talk about SCOTUS’s decision in Callais, but not many people have actually read it. This piece goes to the text of the opinion & pulls key language. If you only read one thing about Callais, read the actual words of the justices here. joycevance.substack.com/p/what-the-c...

Following months of activism, 1,500 beagles are being released from the Ridglan Farms testing facility to animal rescue groups: the Beagle Freedom Project and Big Dog Ranch Rescue. To all the dogs being released, we wish you many years in loving homes. 14/10 for all

Another really long day. I am doing everything I can to spread the word about the threats to democracy and how to fight back. You can help me by subscribing to Democracy Docket for free and sharing its content. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

Just got my electric bill. *47 cents.* I really should have installed solar sooner.

By 2040, it is projected that 70% of the U.S. population will live in just 15 states. This means 30% of the population—disproportionately rural, white, and conservative—will control 70 Senate seats.

"The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice." -Dr. King kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

It's been almost 8 months since President Trump launched Operation Midway Blitz — a military-style assault on Illinois. We can't let Americans forget the offenses that happened in our cities. And here in our state, we will not be quiet until there is accountability and justice.

The House passed a bill that will finally allow families on SNAP to purchase rotisserie chicken. Unfortunately, it also cuts the program's funding by $187 billion.

Yeah we’re going to have to do Reconstruction 2 on these motherfuckers www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...

SERIOUS QUESTION: How are you managing your anger these days?

In the 24 hours since the Supreme Court's majority ruled to demolish the Voting Rights Act's remaining protections, Louisiana and Tennessee have already signaled that they'll redraw their congressional maps with the clear effect of shutting Black voters out.

Republican Senate Candidate proposes banning retirement

U.S. Rep. Brandon Gill is having a viral moment for asking a witness her "favorite type of abortion." I have an answer for him

Thread on the Maine senate news.

Finally just shame, shame on everyone, shame on every national figure and organization that sat it out, that failed to fight to say clearly "no" shame on those who saw Janet stand up to Trump when no one else would and said "who cares, boring old lady!"

People will try to brush this off as a Maine thing, and yeah they fell for it, but Platner's campaign was manufactured in DC, paid for out of state and midwifed by an ecosystem of political podcasters and reporters. This conspiracy is coming for your state, your district, where ever you are

I've campaigned a lot for smart, caring, hard-working, accomplished women only to see them loose to oafish stupid unqualified men so today has shades of the day after election days 2016 and 2024 watching the hands down better candidate lose because she's a woman running against male resentment

very sad on a number of levels, I mean there's no doubt in my mind on the record, Janet Mills would have been the best Senator, not just from the options running but of any one who might have run, we took a pass on a tough, experienced, and accomplished woman with a proven fighting spirit that hurts

How is this being treated as normal? A Republican governor is declaring a state of emergency to cancel n ongoing election for Congress. If you think this is ends with redistricting, you are not paying attention.

This vote is an absolute win for Democrats and an absolute 100% loss for Republicans. Republicans caved COMPLETELY. Anyone saying Dems aren’t effective or aren’t fighting, is lying to you. Tell them to fuck off forever.

First Florida, and now Louisiana — GOP Gov. Jeff Landry will likely suspend next month's primary election to redraw congressional maps. These are the consequences of SCOTUS gutting voting rights.

Hillary was right about everything.

Still hasn't... he managed to get this out though for the Maine election...

I wonder if there will be a moment in the Maine Senate debate where Collins turns to Platner and says, "If I'm so awful, why did you vote for me multiple times?"

Every state advancing racially discriminatory redistricting plans under Callais should lose its congressional representation, per the 14th Amendment's apportionment clause.

The replies to this are such a perfect encapsulation of why the vast majority of political hobbyists on this site are utterly useless & not worth giving time to. Heres Jeffries saying exactly what they all claim they want to see Ds say re SCOTUS & all they can do is repeat the same mocking attacks.

The idea that Trump could be worse after the midterms seems very very very possible

FDR’s Fireside chat on March 9, 1937 explaining his proposal to expand the Supreme Court stands up surprisingly well. “We have reached the point as a nation where we must take action to save the Constitution from the Court and the Court from itself.”/1

The Senate passed the Voting Rights Act renewal in 2006 by a vote of 98-0. The Supreme Court majority gutted it on the grounds that the Justices personally dislike the impact.

From what I understand with the redistricting Republicans could gain up to four seats if they do lots of crazy possibly illegal stuff as soon as humanly possible BUT if there’s a blue wave and they’re redistricting with 2024 numbers they could dummymander themselves into disaster

"This man, who is a committed lifelong racist...cannot wrap his head around the fact that Black voters and Black political power in the American South was responsible for his defeat." Sen. Jon Ossoff tells Tim Miller why Trump is so obsessed with Fulton Co. Full episode out later today.

as long as john roberts has his majority, there is simply no pro democracy reform that will survive the supreme court. none.

WaPo reports Louisiana’s governor will announce on Friday that he is suspending the House primaries where people have already started voting and redraw the map; I’d expect them to go for an all-Republican map and eliminate both majority-Black districts, not just one.

John Lewis was beaten with clubs wrapped in barbed wire on the Edmund Pettus Bridge fighting for voting rights. Today’s SCOTUS decision takes the sacrifice and fight of all who marched before us and throws it away. We must keep marching — too many have fought too hard to give up.

Jeffries says everything is on the table legislatively to deal with the Supreme Court: In the new Congress, we’re going to have to do something about this Supreme Court, and let me be very clear: everything is on the table.

On the day that the US took an extremely anti-democratic step, the UK took a smaller but maybe more fundamental pro-democratic one: yesterday was the last day that hereditary peers at in the House of Lords, ending a 700+ year run

Reporters Without Borders warns that 'journalism is increasingly criminalised worldwide'.