ICE arrested 49yo Duwayne Baugh in NYC yesterday. Duwayne has been in the US since he was 14. Until his arrest, he was caring for his US citizen wife, Kaiisha, who has terminal cancer. This is the harsh reality of mixed-status couples. It shouldn't be this way. www.newsweek.com/ice-detains-...

Trump is locked in competition with himself to be the worst. Jen Rubin shows just how embarrassing he is at home and abroad.

This Labor Market Isn’t Great for Women, Either www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

"The onus is on all of us to reject the fantasy of civility in favor of repair. This country is broken, but that need not be permanent." A 🔥🔥🔥 essay from Roxane Gay

It's essential that Jimmy Kimmel mocked Trump's censorship efforts during his return last night. This sends the message that the more powerful cultural and societal backlash is against Trump and MAGA, not the other way around. (More below.)

Trump's explosion of rage last night over ABC's reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel shouldn't be greeted with fear and weepy hand-wringing. It should be seen as a sign that his authoritarian designs are running into very deep resistance and that he's weak and losing on many fronts.

NEW: Andrew Bailey’s nearly three-year term as Missouri’s top lawyer was marked by splashy fights over gender, schools and diversity that often fizzled but boosted his political profile. Now he’s co-deputy director of the FBI. By @jeremykohler.bsky.social

For whatever reason, I’ve never watched Jimmy Kimmel’s show. But I did tonight. His monologue on free speech was well delivered. It reminded me of the MANY liberties we should vehemently protect.

Jimmy Kimmel returns to TV: "I want to thank the people who don't support my show and what I believe, but support my right to share those beliefs anyway"

Kimmel pulls no punches. “Trump might have to release the Epstein files to distract people from this.”

President Donald Trump issued a grave threat against ABC ahead of late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel's return from his "indefinite" suspension that was handed out last week.

Kimmel: "The President of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs. Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he cannot take a joke."

Kimmel is not holding back on Trump at all

Trump pushed Kimmel into going full resistance lib for the biggest audience he will ever have. Another masterclass from the president.

Kimmel: "Disney has asked me to read the following statement and I agreed to do it. 'To reactivate your Disney+ and Hulu account ... '"

It also weirdly dismisses the objections of “a handful of unions” while ignoring the fact PSA is New Zealand’s largest trade union, and fails entirely to mention NZCTU (360,000 members) concerns that “the impacts will disproportionately fall on Māori, Pasifika, women and other vulnerable workers.” 🫠

Step 2: please read and consider signing the Civil Servants Coalition letter below, joining us as we demand Congress take steps to protect our agencies, our missions, and our staff, so that we can return to providing the quality of service we want to provide you. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

What I do know is that federal employees serve you. We believe in that mission and that oath. If you’ve read this far, you have 2 #AltCitizen assignments. Step 1: take cookies or something to your local SSA office soon. Or just be nice to us and patient with us if you have to talk to us. Please. ❤️

‼️‼️‼️OK so I know it’s late but today brought some really disturbing news that I gotta share with y’all so buckle up, this is a two-parter, and it’s gonna get lengthy. So let’s jump into part one.

Excellent. More of this, please.

All over the nation. Another stab at knowledge, culture, and history.

Finally got around to launching my Substack today. I hope you’ll consider following along!

I've seen a few people commenting that blaming pregnant parents for their children's autism infantilizes adult autistic people. That's entirely on purpose. This administration doesn't know how to control people on the spectrum, so they want to reframe autism as a birth defect.

Consider that today, before the United Nations General Assembly and representatives from nearly every country in our world, Donald Trump modeled blatant bigotry, excoriated the United Nations’ very existence and called climate change a “con job”, further embarrassing all Americans. ✊🏾🇺🇸🇺🇦

Steve Bannon put this up today to encourage his fascist fanatics to call these broadcasters & tell them "atta boy" for continuing to keep @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social off TV in their networks. Perhaps we should call and let them know who the majority is in this country. #AntiFascist

@benjaminweiss.bsky.social talked to @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social about the political component of the Epstein files, which have created a fracture within the MAGA coalition and provided ammo for Democrats. @sidebarcns.bsky.social on Epstein and conspiracy theories: open.spotify.com/episode/4UK2...

Not so fun fact I learned today, NexStar owns The Hill. They bought them in 2021 and we have seen how their reporting and lurched to the right over the last few years. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue thehill.com

TAMI SAWYER: “Asked about his plans for MEMPHIS, Trump told a Black female reporter to ‘be quiet’ and called her ‘obnoxious’ — the National Guard isn’t coming to beautify, they’re coming to occupy… 36% of Memphis kids live in poverty. What we’re asking for is opportunity.”

Always follow Jacqueline Sweet to get the dirt on the young lawyers helping Pam Bondi and Ed Martin corrode the integrity of our DOJ.

House Republicans are rubber-stamping Trump's agenda, no matter the price tag on the American people. I'm running in PA07, one of the only toss-up seats held by Republicans. Can you chip in $10, $25, $50, or any amount to help me fight back, defeat Mackenzie, and take back the House?

This essay is excellent.

As higher education endures lightning fast faculty terminations and a crackdown on speech, an AAUP survey finds faculty are being run out of many southern states by a climate of educational censorship. The Guardian reports, “fear, frustration, and hopelessness.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It’s likely that this happened to them, in which case, again, this should be much bigger news. We can’t just disappear thousands of people without notifying anyone www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Apple TV+ has indefinitely delayed the release of their new TV show ‘THE SAVANT’, starring Jessica Chastain. The series follows an undercover investigator who infiltrates hate groups online to detect & prevent domestic extremists before they act. (Source: Deadline)

Pessimism persists despite slight lift in employee confidence

In 2001, Eritrean authorities arrested dozens of writers and journalists, including playwright Dawit Isaak and poet Amanuel Asrat, in an attempt to banish independent voices. Today, 24 years later, they are still detained but—with the work of PEN Eritrea—not forgotten. pen.org/the-worlds-l...

A U.S. Representative for Wisconsin is calling to "remove every single penny" of Mayo Clinic's federal funding in response to an alleged employee's comments about conservative influencer Charlie Kirk's killing.

Derrick Van Orden got out an official statement condemning political violence posted after the horrific murder of Charlie Kirk. Then he got on his personal page and started posting calls for violence and hasn't stopped in over a week. https://shorturl.at/2e9hV

"A New York Times investigation found that a significant factor in Elon Musk’s rupture with his father stems from accusations against Errol Musk of child sex abuse. The allegations have repeatedly spilled over into Elon Musk’s life as relatives have contacted him for help ...

I was in Vancouver yesterday, meeting with local small business owners to talk about how Trump’s tariffs are costing them big time. These tariffs are a TAX on consumers and small businesses alike. Republicans can vote with Democrats to END these tariffs any day of the week.

Most well spoken and eloquent “fuck you” I’ve ever heard. youtu.be/2fgLtZJWNJ4?...

Jeffries: "We're not going to simply bend the knee to Donald Trump's will when he's gutting healthcare for everyday Americans and actively hurting people. That's immoral and not something for us to participate in."

This is a really great piece on the import of shame.

Ten senators have asked the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office to come up with a price tag for adopting the new name, including the cost of changing signage, stationery and other department materials.

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Sinclair and Nexstar don’t buy TV stations by accident. They target swing states on purpose, grabbing local outlets in Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, and beyond to control what voters see and hear. This is not business, it’s political warfare. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #USDemocracy

This is such good work and a must read; all quotes!