@aclu.org I want to know that over 70 million of us are going to sue the government over this if the SAVE Act passes, right?

No one that can’t vote for lack of money for a passport should have to ever pay taxes again. If we can’t vote, then we don’t have representation.

Violence is the last resort of civilized nations. Violence wrapped in secrecy is the choice of thugs. - The West Wing

that’s right

“Her father is a refugee, and she's achieving glory with the American flag... [And] these people are trying to deport, detain, and deny the next Alysa Liu right now.” @timmiller.bsky.social reacts to MAGA celebrating Liu’s Olympic win while backing policies that target refugees.

Interestingly, this was a question asked by Judge Tunheim in the refugee case hearing in Minnesota.

Guitarist & Songwriter Nils Lofgren & his wife Amy have written a protest song: No Kings, No Hate, No Fear. Read about what’s behind the song & listen to it here: joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...

what is even the point of this

This country is doomed.

While he was detained at Dilley for over four months, 13-year-old Gustavo Santiago said he felt as if he would “never get out.” “I just ask that you don’t forget about us,” he told ProPublica in a video call.

Americans are waking up to what immigration lawyers, activists, and attentive Democrats have been saying for years: that carrying out a campaign of mass deportations at this scale would be both cruel and impracticable at the local level.

The Fix Is In: Lutnick Family To Make Killing On Tariff Demise

"The tariffs ruling makes clear that #SCOTUS is not going to rule reflexively for the Trump administration in every case (a point for which we already had data); and there’s still plenty of reason to be concerned about its overall behavior when Trump is one of the parties at bar." Via "One First":

they’re radicalizing guys name colt shelby who work in the oil and gas industry

We paid roughly $680 million/yr to the WHO to participate in their worldwide data collection network and outbreak response infrastructure. We withdrew from WHO because it was “too expensive”. Now the Trump admin is proposing we spend $2 billion a year to replace it. Party of fiscal responsibility?

Officials investigate deadly California avalanche for possible criminal negligence

The hypocrisy is staggering.

Not even for the MAGA sycophants?

Remember this, next time one of three pops off about judicial activism or originalism. It’s all a con.

Under a new Bureau of Prisons rule, trans people will no longer have access to gender-affirming surgery, hormone care, clothing or toiletry items that align with their gender identity.

Yes, today was a bad day for Trump on his tariffs. What comes next may be worse. In a new pod I go deep on the tariff fiasco with economist Rob Shapiro 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-tariff...

But Dr. @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social is up against powerful status quo forces. She’s challenging a corrupt, corporate-backed, conservative Dem who voted for additional ICE funding last month (and didn’t vote for Kamala Harris or in several other recent elections). Chip in to Dr. Clark’s campaign.

Dr. Jasmine Clark is a scientist, educator, legislator, and millennial mom who ran for and won a Georgia state house seat a few years ago “to be a voice for science and truth in the face of Republican disinformation.” Now she’s running for Congress and demanding a Democratic Party that fights.

You mean like this?

Today was a rough day for Trump. I have some thoughts about what’s next.

Look, the states are willing to help calculate what’s owed!

A special edition. Worth your time.

Major update: Trump continues to fume following the Supreme Court tariffs decision. Trump Commerce Secretary’s tariff corruption scheme exposed. Governors demand citizens get a tariff refund. More significant Epstein fallout. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Palantir just scored a $1 BILLION deal to provide products and services to DHS, which kidnaps people & terrorizes our communities. I’ve got the details, including the internal tensions by employees as Palantir forges ahead with its contracts with the Trump Regime 2.0 youtu.be/8P-RG3DwkVQ?...

While DHS may be swimming in money, the ghastly reality of detention is where the rubber of the department’s funding hits the road of local politics. lnk.thebulwark.com/4s78vtH

After buying a $170 million jet for her travel, Kristi Noem now wants to buy a luxury executive jet for $70 million — supposedly for deportation flights. Hello? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/no-expense-spared-luxury-jet-dhs-wants-buy-deportations-rcna259425

Join me and the great @joycewhitevance.bsky.social youtu.be/BBwHuML-nmQ

Today wasn't just about tariffs SCOTUS rejected Trump's claim that courts can't review his emergencies That logic extends to the Alien Enemies Act, The National Guard & beyond The rule of law is holding--for now I discuss @ 6pm ET on @ms.now w/ @arimelber.bsky.social -TN

Democrats can now credibly call for the repeal of the Trump tax cuts and the clawing back of the additional ICE funding as a way of offsetting the revenue loss from the ending of the illegal tariffs.

"The United States should always provide what aid is necessary for Israel and its people to stay safe. A blank check for policies that even many Israelis consider self-destructive is not that."

US envoy Mike Huckabee says it would be ‘fine’ if Israel took all Middle East land

Make America Healthy Again.

Four journalists in Cameroon were arrested for attempting to investigate Trump’s secretive scheme to deport third-country immigrants to the African nation.

#Pennsylvania doesn’t want or need any fascist AI data centers @governor.pa.gov bsky.app/profile/rbre...

New Brunswick, NJ just canceled plans for a colossal AI data center after massive pushback from the community. That's a huge win for people power. AI data centers are sucking up communities’ utilities AND draining state resources — while enriching Big Tech CEOs.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has sent an invoice to Trump in the wake of the tariff decision — demanding the return of the $8.6 billion he "stole from Illinois families."

I hope John Roberts signed all his mortgage paperwork correctly

Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian American, officials and witnesses say

The $100 whole human genome sequence finally reached! www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/19/s...

Democrats should run this year on returning tariff revenue to Americans. Trump already said today he’s going to fight this in the courts. An easy mode way to be on the right side of the affordability issue.

An immigration judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University graduate and green card holder who was detained last April after becoming a prominent critic of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza. https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/20/mohsen_mahdawi

Totally illegal.

BREAKING: Judge Jeffrey Sutton, the chief judge of the Sixth Circuit, will be taking senior status on October 1, giving Trump a new nominee on the court. Sutton told Trump of his plans the same day that Trump maligned Supreme Court justices and their families from the White House briefing room.