Alaa will be free!!!!

It’s really all we should be talking about today.

OMG - the judge in Florida just sua sponte struck the complaint in the Trump v NYT case for -wait for it - violating Rule 8. Lawyers, tell the folks at home how hard it is to get the complaint struck outright for something like that in fed eral court. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

When someone says one thing to gain power and then a contradictory thing when exercising that power, the most useful lens for understanding it is power, not hypocrisy.

I had some thoughts about people saying that "debate me bro" trolling is somehow the height of democratic discourse.

I think it is always worth mentioning that Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed with their beloved dog Gilbert: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

It is incredibly simple to acknowledge that violence in any form is awful and erodes society.

Among myriad problems with this ruling, can we pause to appreciate the childlike naïveté exhibited by Cavanaugh on the barely-worth-mentioning inconvenience of being detained and interogated by ICE? We are approaching Plessy levels of obtuseness, or feigned obtuseness.

USTA to Broadcasters: DO NOT show Trump getting booed. Streisand effect:

Every industry finds its DMCA takedown abuse www.404media.co/how-onlyfans...

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

We definitely (eyeroll...) don't want you to SHARE! this article ... Oh wait. YES WE DO! #FDA #antivax #holdthemaccountable @altfda.altgov.info Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos of himself that criticized Covid vaccines www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Another excellent piece by @vermontgmg.bsky.social Desperate and powerful people are dangerous people.

Do not come, Donald Trump. You are neither wanted nor needed here in Illinois.

ICE horror is a perfect analogy for US policing being *systemic racism*, not interpersonal racism. It also illustrates what some cops mean when they say that *You civilians are way more racist than us cops!*. The cops don't have the vocab to express the point. But they are right. Let me explain.

The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...

The rare opportunity on my beat to make some jokes. A story about the Panama Playlists, unveiling the identify of the person who doxxed my and @mikeisaac.bsky.social's Spotify playlists, alongside those of people way more famous than us. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/t...

People are commenting about how this is a great Adams troll (true!) but I just love the scavenger hunt idea as a campaign event. Leading the community while auditioning for a job leading the community is a great idea!

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

Often, people who firmly believe “this would be illegal if it wasn’t safe” are the exact same people who firmly believe “government regulations are the root of all evil,” which is pretty darkly hilarious.

GREAT WORK, DONALD TRUMP, RAISING PRICES FOR ALL AMERICANS AND MAKING GOODS AND SERVICES MORE EXPENSIVE! IF NOT FOR YOUR NEGOTIATING SKILLS AND MANY BANKRUPTCIES, HOW WOULD WE ALL MANAGE?! THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK INCREASING THE COST OF LIVING SIR!

Punishing universities for "fighting back"--that is, for petitioning the courts for redress of grievances--would be a serious violation of the First Amendment even if Trump's broader campaign against the universities was lawful, which it isn't. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...

Dear NG, Go wherever you’re sent, but don’t do whatever you’re told. Your oath and your training REQUIRE you to disobey unlawful orders. REQUIRE. ❤️, LocalGov

The Columbia settlement is an “astonishing transfer of autonomy and authority to . . . an administration whose disdain for the values of the academy is demonstrated anew every day.” New @knightcolumbia.org analysis of the Columbia settlement, just published. knightcolumbia.org/blog/what-th...

MEDIA: Please report on the TX story w/context. Tx law requires redistricting every 10 years after census figures come in. TX did that. Trump, afraid to lose the midterms told Tx Republicans to find 5 more seats for the House. Meaning gerrymander away 5 Dem seats. The Republicans did it.

Important details from this story: 1) Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... 2) Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal." 3) Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.

“Garber, in a conversation with one faculty member, said that the suggestion that Harvard was open to paying $500 million is ‘false’ and claimed that the figure was apparently leaked to the press by White House officials...” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Incredible. I never thought I would see a poster session as protest. 💪

If you or your loved ones have been impacted by President Trump's anti-trans passport policy, we're here with more information. The State Department has finally issued guidance for how individuals can proceed after a federal judge blocked the policy from taking effect in June. 🧵

Great day to read Frederick Douglass’ brilliant speech- “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?” nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...

Note to media: “Trump says” is not a story. He says A LOT. He lies a lot. Do some sifting, discerning, contextualizing. Otherwise it’s just stenography. And you’re embarrassing yourselves.

If people really find this to be such an easy conclusion, then Congressional authority should be easy to get. So why don’t they insist on a vote? They know this isn’t “progressive” resistance. They want to marginalize it as such because on top of this war being ILLEGAL, it’s also deeply unpopular.

Joining the throng of continuing protest. Capitulation to the autocrat will always be wrong.

Had some thoughts on the narrative about Bluesky's exaggerated death and supposed bubble

CLARIFICATION : The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline. They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY So spread this around They can be texted. They can be called.

If we don't want to repeat history, we'd better be strong enough to learn from it. The authoritarian playbook starts with pointing to a group of people who don’t look like you and blaming them for your problems. When those issues are still there, what comes next?

The news really sucks today. Instead of boosting a harmful Supreme Court decision, here’s something better: a practical guide on how to support the LGBTQ+ youth in your life. Because they deserve our attention, our protection, and our love. 💖🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/ar...

Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3

I would love to see a 50-state campaign to pass free school lunch and anti-gun measures in tribute.

This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*

Scenes from #NoKingsDay in San Francisco on Saturday: Thousands marched from Dolores Park to Civic Center.

Had some more to say on the "riots" and "invasion" in LA. If it’s a "riot," it’s the police who are rioting. If there’s an “invasion” of LA, it’s the US military that is invading.

He was also a committed slaveowner who brutalized the human beings he owned. He didn’t fight for honor.

BREAKING: CA Gov. Newsom and AG Bonta are seeking a temporary restraining order “that prevents federal troops from enforcing the laws in a civilian city.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Scoop: Even after Musk's public feud with Trump, his allies are poised to take over DOGE. Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb and board member of Tesla, and Anthony Armstrong, a former Morgan Stanley banker who worked on the Twitter deal, are in talks to lead the initiative nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...

My strong instinct is that Trump's threats against Americans' first amendment right to peaceably assemble is going to massively juice attendance at Saturday's protests. www.nokings.org

UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!

NEW: Federal judge protects trans care for federal prisoners, blocking Trump order for now. Disputing Trump's oft-repeated "gender ideology" claims, Judge Lamberth wrote that "the plaintiffs do not seem interested in propagating any particular 'ideology.'" This afternoon, at Law Dork —>