Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office. But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority. (Published Oct. 2023)

Are you absolutely kidding me? Pocket squares and pins? Read. The. Damn. Room.

California Democrats! Our Governor race is in danger and Democrats must get behind a viable candidate in the June 2nd primary or Republicans could get 2 of their candidates on the November ballot.

Peep this.

Happy Easter! I’m back! The most important thing I want to share today is this new @benwildflower.com icon, an abolitionist anastasis icon showing Jesus harrowing the Hell of imprisonment, which is BREATHTAKING. (I commissioned this piece.) Proclaim resurrection and liberation, friends!

This.

Agree 100% . (Ron Fournier longtime AP bureau chief in DC.)

June 9: Andrea LaFlamme, the person who chalked in front of Susan Collins' house, wins the Democratic Primary in Maine and will now face off against Collins in the general election. Andreaformaine.com

I ❤️ that South Carolina team but they peaked at the semi-finals. UCLA ran through the tape. Great game, well-played. 🏀

Here’s to California public higher education. Gem of the state. I’m so proud of this team!

Two weeks ago, the Hungarian opposition was bracing for a false flag operation, an "emergency" that would allow Viktor Orban to turn the tide or even cancel an election he is losing. Now it appears to have arrived

Remember when a capable president with 40 years' experience in government and a thoroughly documented speech processing disability was branded as demented in the middle of an election?

For those of us who lived through these years of journalism that truly held our government to account as the founders intended, the present is upside down world.

It’s goofy and I like it.

When Madge is the voice of sanity, you’re in trouble.

❗️At pre-election rallies in 🇭🇺Hungary, the crowd began chanting: "Russians — go home!" The historic slogan "Ruszkik haza" emerged during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and was directed against the Soviet occupation.

As Governor, I've delivered real results for the incredible women of Maine — and I'm proud to have their support in my campaign for Senate.

A different perspective. Always helpful.

Boston faith leaders rallied outside the JFK Library, demanding immigration justice and condemning rising violence against immigrants. Before marching to the Statehouse, they cited record deaths in U.S. detention centers, including Emmanuel de Mass, a Haitian Boston resident.

But he is probably 100% accurate…..

Oxfam: Richest 0.1% hiding more than $2.8 trillion in offshore tax shelters, more wealth than owned by bottom half of humanity. "These findings were published in a report released Thursday by Oxfam International on the 10th anniversary of the Panama Papers..." www.commondreams.org/news/global-...

Can’t wait for the media to obsess over this like they did Kamala Harris‘s approval ratings.

Yeah. It goes without saying. I feel way more comfortable around trans people and draf queens than what is going on now. #USDemocracy

Why I love Pope Leo Pete Hegseth makes the war with Iran as a war to be won for Christians. #Pinks

“There is a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in” (2020) For #blueskyartshow theme #opening #htmhmickey #illustration

Y'all, they threw Pam Bondi's official DOJ portrait in the trash, then LEAKED a photo to the media. There is literally no upside to being a MAGA bootlicker. www.ms.now/news/pam-bon...

Two well-coached teams (by women) in the final. Ha! 🏀

Amen.

Repercussions: The Brain Drain. Losing decades of institutional memory mid-war is catastrophic. New leaders, while loyal, lack the established relationships with Allied commanders (NATO/CENTCOM) necessary to maintain a cohesive coalition against Iranian proxies. They also lack insight & experience

My pinned post. Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, tweeting that JD Vance doesn't understand the teachings of the Catholic Church. Remember the Pope's words as Vance tries to distort the teachings of the Catholic Church in his new book in service of his own political ambitions.

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We are screwed….

For those of you who are not Catholic, you need to know that the Pope has this thing called papal infallibility. He basically can't be wrong on matters of theology. I'm not saying YOU need to agree with this. You're not Catholic. But Vance treats the Pope like a debate me bro and it's offensive

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Pitchbot on fire.

Can we all agree that as soon as the fascists are no longer in charge, that EVERY single person involved in the torture & brutality of immigrants including children & babies is severely punished? Even paper pushers & administrators were prosecuted in the Nuremberg Trials.

On second thought, it’s probably better that I missed that South Carolina/UConn game, because I still have a lot of singing to do this weekend and if you’ve heard me yell at sports ball games, well…. The better-coached team won. See you at the final. 🏀

Perspective.

After taking time to connect with the Pretti family and with their consent, we are honored to share that we have created the Alex Pretti Nursing Scholarship. For those interested, you can learn more and make a gift here: crowdfund.umn.edu/campaigns/Al...

“Patriot Front, its leader — Thomas Rousseau — and members William Ring and Jacob Brown are ordered to pay over $470,000” www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...

Realized today that I'm working on the last and final project of the now-defunct Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Which is the official history of US public media, with Allison Perlman (Irvine), and Mike Janssen (Current).

This is powerful, if true. More of this. Refuse. Stand on principle.

April is National Poetry Month! The Library of Congress Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature dates back to 1943 and contains nearly 2,000 recordings of poets, from Audre Lorde to Robert Frost to Margaret Atwood. Explore it: www.loc.gov/collections/...

Click thru to the pdf with a list of all the degrees now eliminates like for example women's studies and exceptional needs early childhood education and journalism and architecture and visual arts and political science and foreign language teacher ed and African & African American studies and

Regarding Todd Blanche: It is probably a good time to recall that he literally ordered up the kidnapping of the Mayor of New Jersey's biggest city. emptywheel.net/2025/09/30/s...

Oh, hellno.

Leo, the first US pope, emerges as pointed Trump critic -

An American Shero open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

Happy National Poetry Month. Do we still have a Poet Laureate?

Newsmax host and former Marine pilot.