I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

“These are scenes I was not expecting to see in the US. You have detentions in Germany, but …they’re certainly not carried out by people who are wearing masks. There’s no comparison to that in Germany” —German journalist reporting from outside an NYC immigration center www.cjr.org/getting-the-...

I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...

I interviewed Pittsfield native Deirdre “Didi” O’Connell about her Emmy nomination for her fierce, emotionally harrowing turn in “The Penguin.” It’s a role that’s thrust the beloved O’Connell into the spotlight at age 72 after long and respected career on stage & screen. #EmmyAwards #Emmys2025

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

This story feels like it’s going to have huge repercussions

You can write this only if, by virtue of your income, identity, or both, you are utterly removed from the consequences of politics. To pretend that the racist, misogynistic, anti-gay vileness that Kirk spent his life spreading is secondary to the fact that he spread it "the right way" is appalling.

It seems that people online are collectively providing a pretty clear picture of the killer's very specific personality/ideology/online type, and people in the press are just baffled by the references (I say as someone who is baffled by the references).

He didn't bridge disagreements. What he did with "Prove Me Wrong" was the debate equivalent of creating a wrestling persona--watch me take on, and take down, all comers! Nothing he did suggests that he was honestly open to persuasion by others or to tempering his numerous ugly, bigoted stances. >

last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper" anyways, great news! (1/X)

To someone who learned history at a German school this reads frighteningly familiar.

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

Probably worth noting that the people turning on Trump over Epstein represent the most unhinged and dangerous wing of the MAGA movement

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 119 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

"I think about how their community is sending them to Disneyland, and our government is sending them to detention.”

Jesus Christ... www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politic...

1/4 Heartbroken by the news of playwright Richard Greenberg’s death. For the past several years we’ve been deep in collaboration on his gorgeous adaptation of Holiday, Philip Barry’s great American play—premiering at the Goodman this February. A profound loss mid-process.

Floridians are taking pictures of themselves next to the sign for their new death camp As I've said before, giving this concentration camp a cutesy name is reprehensible

I preview tonight’s #TonyAwards All the Reasons It's a Must-Watch Show This Year Who’s Presenting, who’s performing, what to look for in the #Hamilton reunion, who are the leading contenders in the top categories, and how might history be made.

Listening to @theyoungcenter.bsky.social attorneys in this webinar talk about getting referrals from attorneys getting fired because of their org's cancelled govt funding, desperate for the children they're representing--who may have court dates 24-48hrs away--to have someone with them in court.

Jennifer Simard has never met a line of dialogue or song verse that she couldn’t underplay with wry comic timing, bring to new life with a sardonic swivel, or give an idiosyncratic spin with a demented vocal fry. My story on the #TonyAward nominee for #DeathBecomesHer! @deathbecomesbway.bsky.social

Trump has pardoned multiple convicted fraudsters — including a former GOP Congressman and two reality TV stars.  He's also dropped or halted 100+ enforcement actions against corporate offenders — including 34 companies that funded his inauguration. Is this being "tough on crime"?

A U.S. citizen stopped upon re-entering the country and asked his opinion of Donald Trump. Terrible. “I’m an American citizen. You can’t just stop me at the border and be like: ‘What’s your opinion on Donald Trump? You’re not allowed to enter the nation.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Trump is trampling the Emoluments Clause with his crypto biz, & he’s doing it again with the Qatari plane It’s a pattern—he gains $ while the American people lose trust I’ll discuss today at 10am with @anacabrera.bsky.social

Boston-connected productions that nabbed #TonyAwards nominations this morning include “John Proctor Is the Villain,” which was staged in a wonderful production @huntingtontheatre.bsky.social in Boston last year, and “Real Women Have Curves,” which the American Repertory Theater produced in 2023.

Helen J. Shen getting snubbed for a #TonyAwards nomination for Best Actress in a Musical for “Maybe Happy Ending” is a travesty. Her performance was sardonic, funny and deeply moving. #MaybeHappyEnding

So happy to see Brooks Ashmanskas get a #TonyAwards nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for @SmashBroadway As always, he makes sardonic gay bitchiness and fey charm look effortless.

I saw “Just in Time” @justintimebway last night on Broadway and Jonathan Groff and Gracie Lawrence were both fantastic as Bobby Darin and Connie Francis. Lawrence was an especially wonderful surprise. They both received much deserved #TonyAwards nominations this morning.

@GlengarryBway was one of the big losers at the #TonyAwards nominations this morning. It failed to land a nomination for Best Revival of a Play and of the actors only the wonderful Bob Odenkirk was recognized. No nods for Kieran Culkin, Bill Burr, Michael McKean or any other cast members.

Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise." Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms. Ethical violation as POLICY.

I spoke with playwright Jocelyn Bioh about “Jaja's African Hair Braiding”—produced by SpeakEasy Stage—a portrait of immigrant women at a hair braiding shop where the sardonic commentary, laughter and juicy gossip flows as fiercely as the compassion and community. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/25/a...

a small Texas county found a way to make money off migrants: arrest them for trespassing, make them post bail to get out of jail, turn them over to ICE, collect forfeited bail money. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...

It doesn't sound like the conservative justices accept the validity of the Establishment Clause, which requires separation of church & state. They're wielding the Free Exercise Clause to abolish church-state separation and compel Americans to fund religious education that violates their own beliefs.

Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh all sound furious that Oklahoma doesn't want to funnel taxpayer dollars away from secular schools toward a Catholic school. They deride the state's decision as anti-religious discrimination that violates the First Amendment's free exercise clause.

SCOTUS's conservatives also sound ready to strike down the federal law that requires charter schools to provide secular education—and by extension the laws in ~47 states that mandate the same thing. We're looking at a HUGE shift in public education, with religious schools receiving a windfall of $$.

It appears very likely that the Supreme Court will force Oklahoma to approve and fund a Catholic charter school that reserves the right to indoctrinate students in Catholicism, force them to attend mass, and discriminate against non-Catholics. The three liberals sound increasingly exasperated.

There is nothing conservative about Trump's attacks on judges & the law Over 30 Republican legal titans have joined our cases to defend the Constitution Folks from every administration from Nixon to Trump 1.0 are speaking out @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social

The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power.

ICE went into the database where foreign students are tracked and deleted the record of at least 1,700 or more people because they had some minor interaction with law enforcement — speeding tickets, fishing citations, and other minor things. Judges are ruling that was illegal.

Exactly the same as the first time. People with prior orders of removal, that were allowed to stay for humanitarian or diplomatic reasons, and have been checking in with ICE for years, are the low hanging fruit and so get grabbed at check-ins and detained and deported.

In an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.” So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.

We're told the FDA is now making plans to end most of its routine food safety inspections That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...

3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie). Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development

Conservative foundations and wealthy donors spent $1 billion last year on funding nonprofits that suppress voter participation, kick people off the voter rolls, and throw out legitimately cast ballots. This is barely being discussed. Aaron Dorfman provides the research: prospect.org/politics/202...

“People like summer and were shocked to find out that in winter, evening sun comes at the price of morning darkness. This is a proud American tradition: We like to pretend we can have it all right up until we can’t, and then we blame Congress.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Toni Morrison:

A couple of golf outings could pay for over 300 federal jobs for an entire year.

Some Democratic member of Congress should propose a bill saying that a POTUS may golf at government expense no more than, say, once every 14 days, and must reimburse the Treasury for anything beyond that.

Left: How the New York Times covers a presidential administration silencing critics with threats of state violence Right: How the New York Times covers random trans people criticizing bigotry