View of the Chicago River from my hotel earlier this week. A great city!

Wow. Based on the comments, a lot of people saw me on Maddow tonight! To everyone asking me how they can help Democracy Docket fulfill its critical pro-democracy mission while receiving critical information ands analysis, it's easy. Sign-up now! hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Good morning everyone Please join me in wishing @hillaryclinton.bsky.social A very HAPPY 78th BIRTHDAY today Here is her birthday message to all of us It takes a village In her honor, I Pledge to support and elect Democrats that wil get our Country back Hillary you were right

SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes. that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry. but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.

My closing pitch to voters? “I will only live in this awful place if I rule over it”

Trump doesn’t fear stolen elections — he fears ones that can’t be stolen. Gifted article: wapo.st/4qs5xzR

History’s most expensive middle finger.

Thank you, New York City. Now let’s win.

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Americans still don't realize how bad it has gotten and how much worse it is going to get. Immense destruction, pain and suffering, and we're not even at the tip of it.

NEW: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that it will send election monitors to polling sites in California and New Jersey — a move that Democrats and democracy advocates warned may be a potential step toward the Trump administration seizing control of voting.

ICE in Portland: “Dear God, they’re Jazzercising in formation! Light ‘em up!”

Boston represented!

A place for building up not tearing down. Can’t wait to see it!

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond. Pay attention and act!

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career. Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV. My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

Reading “The Warmth of Other Suns” by Isabel Wilkerson, which chronicles the mass exodus of 6 million Black Americans from the South to northern & western cities between 1915-1970. It has an interesting connection to the Pleasy v Ferguson ruling for those familiar. A fabulous read.

Right wing media might hate it, but we will never stop fighting for voting rights. "Plaintiffs working with Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm oppose the deal, according to a court document filed Monday." www.carolinajournal.com/gop-groups-n...

Unacceptable…except to Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem and Tom Homan who all want to see more of this behavior from ICE, not less.

OUR BATHROOM MIRRORS ARE VITAL TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression on Trump admin's latest move against Harvard warns that more students could end up deported for their free speech www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

The moon, Venus and the star Regulus this morning from Montreal...

The only comedian left on TV. (Thanks Andy Borowitz)

Off politics for a quick minute… Chris Martin/Coldplay at wet Wembley putting on an awesome show 9/6

BREAKING: Turns out the problem isn’t the BLS Commissioner. It’s Trump’s failed policies. Another terrible jobs report. The U.S. economy added just 22,000 jobs in August, far below the 75,000 expected. Unemployment ticked up to 4.3%.

a decade ago was my first day as a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. There's been grants and rejections of grants. Publications, promotions, and conferences. Industrial action and committee meetings. Most of all, there have been students that I've been lucky to teach and learn from.

Bloomberg: "It’s only the third day of a much-feared month of September and sobering US economic news is already piling up....Today it’s job openings falling in July to the lowest in 10 months....[The] once-robust post-pandemic jobs landscape continues to darken." www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

They are lying about the numbers! Unemployment is going to skyrocket.

Why do women always have to work harder to prove their worth and their point?

The term “anti-establishment” was redefined the same way as “working class.” Both now mean “person of any income, education level, or type of work who holds right-wing culture war views.” By contrast, “elites” means “holds broadly left-wing views on cultural issues.”

No matter the situation, women always have to prove themselves.

Rather than collecting tariffs on delivery, the US is making foreign postal services collect tariffs at lodgement and send the money to the US. More isolation from the world.

🚨BREAKING: One day after Texas passed its new map, my law firm, in partnership with @redistrictfdn.bsky.social, has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to block the use of the new congressional map for the 2026 election. www.democracydocket.com/cases/texas-...

Postal services in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Italy said they will stop shipping most merchandise to the U.S. effective immediately. France and Austria will follow on Monday. The U.K.'s Royal Mail said it would halt shipments to the U.S. on Tuesday No paywall

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He take from the poor to give to the rich - disgusting! #Pinks #ProudBlue

We’re not getting there. We are there. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

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With 16 and 17-year-olds set to vote in the next general election, a study reveals the long-term effects of lowering the voting age north of the border ⬇️