Gov. Abbott has gone into ‘full-on, Trump-like authoritarian mode’ Former San Antonio Mayor @juliancastrotx.bsky.social joins @anacabrera.bsky.social to react to Abbott’s threats against Texas House Democrats who fled the state. www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

So the next time you can’t afford your rent or health care when you’re sick or to have your loved one in a nursing home, don’t blame the “illegals.” Blame the Republicans. They’ve earned your blame.

A big congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on winning the NYC mayoral Democratic primary tonight!

IDIOTIC. Trump’s own Director of National Intelligence said there’s no evidence Iran was close to having a nuclear weapon. Now Trump has stupidly, needlessly and dangerously bombed Iran under false pretenses. This makes America and its allies less safe, not more.

"If what you're doing is legitimate and lawful, why do you need to cover your face?”

George Floyd died at the hands of a police officer. We only know the truth because of a 17-year-old with a cell phone camera. But a camera can’t be the only defense against police brutality #Velshi

'Hypocrisy of the highest order @juliancastrotx.bsky.social joins @anacabrera.bsky.social to share why he believes it is hypocritical of the Trump administration to bring charges against Rep. McIver after President Trump pardoned January 6th rioters. www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...

A headline from Hell. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

Rest in Peace, Pope Francis.

Got a new one today when the press secretary accused him of being a "human trafficker" just absolutely out of thin air!

Happy to see Harvard push back against the extremist Trump administration. Hoping other universities and institutions will follow. There’s strength in numbers. Fight back together.

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

Mahmoud Khalil and Kilmar Abrego Garcia have become symbols in a larger struggle for the soul of America. Their fight to remain in the country–and how our justice system chooses to respond–foreshadows the kind of nation we are becoming. #Velshi

The four law firms that it was announced are now Trump collaborators -- Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Simpson Thacher, and A&O Shearman Sterling -- ALSO agreed today to "Disavow DEI" as part of a settlement with EEOC. Why would any new associate join such a place? Why would any partner stay?

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has officially announced that he is running for Senate. So here's everything you need to know about him—if you care about reality. Let's start with the fact that he had to take literal ethics classes after he was indicted for securities fraud. (1/5)

This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I will not back down. I will never bend a knee. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFts...

Trump and his allies have long said they were targeting immigrants in the country illegally. But in fact they are also targeting legal immigrants, tourists and academics on the basis of their speech and opinions. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...

SCOOP: Before the IRS fired nearly 7,000 probationary employees, a senior lawyer raised the alarm that: - the terminations contained "false" information - they amounted to a "fraud" on the US judicial system Don't miss this @propublica.org exclusive: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

They’re taking all the Bush-Cheney war on terror arguments and applying them to the basic nuts and bolts of immigration policy and enforcement.

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

CNN is going to lose its single best anchor because it needs to show obedience to Trump. Shameful.

When We Win with Maya Rupert has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Podcast - Limited Series/Short Run!! Cast your vote now!! tinyurl.com/mpj4zav5

There are reports that Trump's immigration raids may target San Antonio. We know from history that mass deportation raids can lead to the arrest, detention, and deportation of even American citizens. First, know your legal rights (in English and Spanish below). 1/

Twinning with Cristián!

The Latino Community Foundation has a long history of rapid response work supporting our communities in the aftermath of wildfires. 1/3

Many Californians have lost home insurance coverage in recent years. Now, the L.A. fires may push CA’s insurance industry to its breaking point. The insurance crisis is “the canary in the coalmine” for climate change, according to CA’s former insurance commissioner, Dave Jones. #Velshi

They are your neighbors—your nanny, the worker who harvested the strawberries on your table, the roofer who repaired your home, the cleaner who ensured your streets were clean after the snowstorm. They’ve paid taxes. They’re over 65. And there will be about 1 million of them by 2030. 1/3

As president, Jimmy Carter led with courage, compassion and a strong moral compass. As a former president, he kept going. He contributed enormously to the protection of democracy and global health efforts, and inspired millions of people around the world. May he and Rosalynn Carter rest in peace.

An utterly damning and horrific image.

Trying to figure out which new headshot is most 2025-appropriate.

It was a pleasure to participate in the Oxford Union’s debate on American democracy. Our democracy faces deep challenges. Meeting them will require active engagement from all of us, a willingness to speak truth to power, to protect vulnerable communities and to work toward compromise when possible.

Everyone at the dinner table today, especially MAGA, please give thanks to the undocumented immigrants that picked and packed the food you’re enjoying. They deserve our grace. Happy Thanksgiving!

“Children relied on neighbors and strangers to pick them up outside their homes after school,” WJTV reported following the 2019 raids. “They drove the children to a community center where ppl tried to keep them calm. But many kids could not stop crying for mom and dad.” www.wjtv.com/news/childre...

The kids and I had a great time tonight watching the Spurs get a comeback win against the Warriors!

My mom is on Bluesky.

“They need to, as one highly successful politician once said, fight, fight, fight.” Well done by @davidcorn.bsky.social . There’s a lot of “resistance fatigue” but Democrats must keep up the fight now more than ever. Be bold.

Trump won a clear and convincing victory. But he and his allies are trying to pump it up into a "landslide," which it was not. With 49.997% of the vote, he fell short of a majority and his 1.6-point margin of victory is the third smallest since the 19th century. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...

Former HUD Secretary Julian Castro: "I’m convinced that one of the reasons they’re trying to circumvent the FBI background checks is they don’t want these nominees to risk lying to the FBI and be held criminally accountable."

A Trump-appointed judge just struck down a Biden rule expanding overtime pay to 4 million working people. It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/ (link) newrepublic.com/article/1886...

Donald Trump will be a lame duck president from the moment he’s sworn in. Let’s not forget that.

Today we remember victims and survivors of anti-transgender hate crimes. Trans rights are human rights.

Breaking News: Comcast said it would spin off its cable networks, including MSNBC and CNBC, a sign of traditional TV’s decline in the streaming era.

A Trump supporting, anti-trans, anti-gay Republican was elected commissioner of the county where I grew up. He won despite being in jail on election night for a sexual assault in Vegas. It’s now come out that the woman he assaulted was his daughter. fox59.com/news/indycri...

I wrote about the things I think are missing from the Dem discourse: 1) scope of the losses (you'd think this was 1984) 2) how media struggles to explain a second Trump win; easier to yell at Dems 3) there might not be a grand theory. it might be uninformed voters' vibes. njour.nl/s/726851?unl...

NEW: UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs. Here’s what we found.

Today, attorneys for SpaceX and Amazon are arguing before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional. Both companies had been found in violation of workers' rights by the NLRB.

Here the New York Times is stuck in the old frame of “Trump vs. the DC Establishment.” With these Cabinet picks, it’s Trump vs. good governance. You don’t have to be part of the DC Establishment to recognize how terrible many of these picks are.

Bigots feel re-emboldened in the new Trump era.