“iCE is teaching cadets to violate the Constitution.”

No words.

For those who haven’t seen this yet, it is heart-breaking and beautiful. Art is resistance. share.google/W4yusM16ROPM...

Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that she believes Noem is attempting to "mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis.

If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed. Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.

Am I the only one who thinks Jack Smith is hot? Like his testimony made me consider whether maybe I’m poly. Haven’t told the hubs yet. Or Jack for that matter. www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

I didn’t think it was possible for a Bluesky post to make me feel so tingly but here we are. Could it happen here? A girl can dream. #quietpiggy H/t @elliemargolis.bsky.social

WE WON!!! The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system. Read the order here:

This extraordinary memo from Jim Ryan, former pres of UVA, about his dealings with DOJ, the former Gov, and his own rectors is a must read. I have so many feels, including my hearty wish the bar assn ethics boards would FIND THEIR ⚽⚽. TERRIBLE lawyer behavior. drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...

Horrible. This is one of the most special hikes I’ve ever done in a country filled with treasures.

C’mon ladies. This list is too short! Let’s roll up our sleeves and fuck some shit up FOR REAL

I get to work with these local heroes lasvegasweekly.com/news/2025/oc...

I've canceled spotify. I don't know why I had any faith that some businesses and services might not willfully support this madness. #wrongagain I'm running out of places to buy stuff, which I guess isn't a terrible thing. I'm saving money! www.the-express.com/entertainmen...

My heart is full.

Ezra Klein - hey ladies can you die for democracy please? Especially poor rural women of color, cause, ya know, you’re kinda expendable. Hard pass, dude.

Disney has lost nearly $4 Billion in three days from combined stock price collapse and cancelled subscriptions.

New from me: There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo. Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post. Read and judge for yourself. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

We are at the point in the honoring-Charlie-Kirk's-memory cycle when faculty are being fired for posting, without comment, Charlie Kirk's words. At the behest of politicians sworn to uphold the first amendment, and in public institutions covered by first amendment protections.

This is today’s @nytimes.com front page. WTEF. Later in the middle of the piece, the article notes that Cox “did not … offer details to substantiate his views.” SO WHY ARE THEY THE HEADLINE?

Yeah, we all know how much we can trust Brett Kavanaugh to tell the truth.

Noem v. Perdomo clearly shows that SCOTUS's whole "colorblind" thing is subterfuge for pure racism. Hey John "the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race" Roberts -- your legacy will be as tainted as Taney's. And deservedly so. Disgusted.

I needed this today.

I'm not going to try to excerpt this article because there's so much good stuff in it. (Those who follow me know I'm close with the family since Bajun Sr and I went to high school together.) Just please read and share.

Inside the CDC director’s ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c... via @statnews.com @danielpayne.bsky.social

I am so beyond tired of capitulation. Screw this so damn hard. Maybe people should just, I dunno, read?

Color me surprised. Many women complained about Brian Kohberger and nothing was done. When will universities listen to us? I know litigation isn't often a solution but I hope some enterprising lawyer kicks the 💩 out of the administrators who ignored these warnings. www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/u...

Relatedly, I invite you to look up "vagrancy laws" of the post-Civil War south.

If you want to learn more about how immigration policies impact our community, this book by my colleague @michaelgkagan.bsky.social is informative and filled with compassion and heartbreak. Just reissued for obvious reasons. We humans sure are slow learners. unpress.nevada.edu/978194890851...

Whut

Wow full on threats

That Bove is still a member of the bar in good standing is atrocious. As a lawyer, I’m embarrassed to be in the same profession.

In the any resistance is good resistance column: consider, if you ever buy on Etsy, reporting shops that are selling Alligator Alcatraz merch. The proliferation of this garbage is disgusting and Etsy’s policies prohibit hate speech, items that promote violence, and harassment.

Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated). It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings. It has written majority opinions in only 3. Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*

Politics, media use & identity alignment academic.oup.com/joc/advance-... "Only the Left & Centrist media diet contained multiple centrist source..." "...if Republicans had more center-right outlets to include in their news diets, it might help disrupt the identity-confirmation feedback loop..."

@nytimes.com mini crossword spoiler alert. Read no farther if you wish to play it in peace. But this site made the mini, with the clue “left leaning social media site.” Fellow skeeters, we are SEEN. 🙄

This is utterly shameful lawyer behavior and the DC circuit should let the trial judge do his thing. This isn’t even a close ethics question.

H/t @drmelob.bsky.social An important and educational message from journalist Andrea Pitzer re the detention camp in Florida. Worth listening all the way through. And best of all, some great ideas for resistance at the end. m.youtube.com/watch?v=xhvb...

Unconscionable. Literally shocks the conscience.

Abused woman abused a second time by Houston Police. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

HERE FOR IT. 💣☄️☄️🔥

Fuck off sexual predators. 🖕🏼 Part 1 with more to come I hope.

She’s probably right but too soon. I’m so tired of demanding and not being heard. Huge protest = a few seconds of news. Bullshit form letters from my representatives. My voice is hoarse from yelling into a void. It just keeps getting worse. Am I the only one who can’t bear to hear this right now?

Je me souviens

I couldn’t decide which post to repost. That this is another blow to our battered constitution? A blatant violation of international law? I settled on this 👇🏼 mainly because I think it is important to recognize that the ugly center of this is racism. And not just 47’s. We’re all implicated.

Me too.

But, yeah, they care so much about veterans. This is gross.