❤️John Conroy www.loevy.com/big-wins/jac...

NEW: As Trump hosts a White House lunch for faith leaders, some of their colleagues are showing what REAL leadership is. In Detroit, heads of the Catholic church & other faiths are leading 100s in a silent march to ICE headquarters to demand humane treatment of immigrants.👏 (🎥 Detroit Free Press)

Read it before the NYT lawyers sue it out of existence: mamdanitimes.com

More Democrats growing a spine in real time. This was unexpected from @governor.ny.gov but she delivered a great message.

When ICE agents look like this, it is ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE for state and local law enforcement to step in and demand they identify themselves and show judicial warrants before detaining anyone from an immigration court. Democratic mayor and governors can take action on this.

Hey Bluesky, let's play a game, shall we? It's called "distributing these photos as widely as possible." This man assaulted community members and threatened journalists yesterday. We sure would love to know more about him. Recognize him? Please contact us!

This is continued journalistic malpractice from the @startribune.com normalizing a violent white male suspect. He owned a private security company called Praetorian Guard, traveled overseas to preach against abortion and LGBTQ+ people, and attended a bible college that preaches "violent prayer."

Scientists have linked worsening wildfire seasons to climate change, an issue that affects Canada significantly. The country is warming at a rate twice as that of the global average due to its large land mass, and its Arctic region is warming three times as fast.

If you’re curious about the research that is no longer worthy of funding. grant-watch.us

Looking forward to the book that describes how Trump inner circle hid his decline from the outside world

This week's Nowhere Street newsletter remembers Michael Hurley, with additional thoughts on Philip Donkin and Melissa Aldana. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

What did 14 years of autocratic populism produce in Hungary? Poverty and corruption www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

BBC reports that one of the journalists arrested by the Erdogan regime is Turkish photographer, Umit Bektas, who works for Reuters. His iconic photos of the protestor in dervish clothes on Sunday night in Istanbul have gone viral. Photos the regime do not want the world to see. #TurkeyProtests

NEW: Erdogan has banned protests in Turkey. He has threatened to arrest anyone attending one. This is the people’s response. Fighting for their democracy with another vast gathering in Istanbul tonight. #Turkey 🇹🇷 (🎥 Credit: Özgür Özel - Chairman, Republican People’s Party)

Half an hour into their show on The Kennedy Center's Millenium Stage, Nora Brown, performing with Stephanie Coleman stopped to say, "We have to add a little something to the stage": Performers Stage Protest at Kennedy Center www.hillrag.com/2025/03/13/p...

Every Democrat should be telling this story.

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

What was that I heard recently about lazy and incompetent government officials?

Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.

The beauty of integrity www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Elon Musk’s staffers have taken an additional $7.4 million this week in expenses, bringing the total to $14.4 million.

So, friends, we have finally found some "waste, fraud, and abuse" in the federal government. $400m worth, and it is from Musk himself. He's just outright stealing money now.

You snooze. You win. While you were sleeping, a federal judge issued an emergency TRO: ➖ blocks DOGE from accessing Treasury systems ➖ requires DOGE to "immediately destroy" any material already downloaded Case brought by attorneys general of 19 states Added to the Litigation Tracker⬇️

Alaska lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging President Trump to abandon his plans to rename the continent’s largest mountain from Denali back to Mount McKinley. #ISTANDWITHDENALI

Guilty...

Same was true in Poland

Trump’s a loser. He stirs up chaos then toddles off.

I suspect USAID is first because it's "foreign aid" and fewer Americans will object. But once the precedent is established, expect unilateral dismantling of domestic institutions too

#Trump is a terrible negotiator. Damn the headlines, Trump got rolled by #Colombia, backing away from shackles and military aircraft. Why? B/c Colombia accounts for coffee imports & 50% of roses & it's 2 weeks to #ValentinesDay. To understand his incompetence, see - bsky.app/profile/did:...

If each Treasury payee is a separate record, and there are, say, 68,000,000 social security payees (as is estimated), then at $5000 per violation, it seems like Elon could be penalized $340 billion if he unlawfully accessed their Treasury records...

US official policy is to weaken Canada economically, end Canadian sovereignty and annex Canada to the US

It’s official: Elon Musk’s staffers have now illegally obtained classified information from the USAID office. Here’s a recap of what’s happening:

Elon Musk has infiltrated the U.S. Treasury Office to identify ways to cut off funding for various projects, prompting the abrupt retirement of the Treasury official responsible for overseeing the government’s vast payment system.

At the EPA, employees hired within the past year have been notified that “the agency reserves the right to terminate you immediately,” without justification. Reports suggest that demonstrating loyalty to the current administration’s agenda may improve the chances of retaining employment.

Employees are being advised to abandon scientific priorities and focus on “unleashing America’s energy.”

Elon sent out another email tonight to federal employees, urging us to resign by February 6. The memo was similar to the one received on Tuesday. As with the previous message, this latest communication fails to address concerns about pensions.

However, it does state that employees will continue to accrue vacation and personal leave, which will be paid out on September 30. The email also encourages employees to pursue new positions in the private sector, adding,

“You are most welcome to stay at home and relax or travel to your dream destination—whatever you would like.”

My obituary on Marianne Faithful, for Vulture/New York mag. It was originally written during her COVID scare some years ago. Thankfully, she made it through. She had ... quite a life.

Tim Walz addressing the state of Minnesota like a sane human. youtu.be/OR96HAx9Rt0?...

A follow-up memo said employees who accept the resignation offer would "promptly" have their duties reassigned or eliminated, and be placed on administrative leave.

We’re distributing more information to coalition members and documenting everything. More details will be released soon. Also, remember—Elon didn’t pay X employees who took the buyout.

Musk and his team have hostilely taken over OPM. Tonight’s email to fed employees mirrors the “Fork in the Road” message sent to Twitter (now X) staff after Musk’s 2022 takeover. He is working with the Trump administration to build profiles on federal workers based on loyalty (political standing).

Here’s what’s going on at OPM www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

We strongly urge you not to resign and recommend seeking legal counsel!