when the justice department reveals itself to be untrustworthy, then surprise! the courts no longer trust the justice department: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

After considerable local pushback from Tennesseans and officials of both parties, ICE confirms to us -- (with just one minor typo) -- that they have abandoned plans to build a new Trump prison camp in Lebanon, Tennessee:

Jack Shanahan, retired US Air Force General and first Director of the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center:

JUST IN: A federal judge in Oregon has barred ICE from conducting warrantless arrests without probable cause in the state, saying the agency's "dragnets" have flouted "clear and undisputed" law. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The federal government stopped New Mexico in 2019 from continuing to investigate Jeffrey Epstein and his Zorro Ranch. Today, its legislators and its Attorney General are seeking the truth.

Fascinated = alarmed...

"With such hearty agreement" It is odd, isn't it?

A judge just tossed out Columbia University's disciplinary actions against 22 students over the 2024 Hamilton Hall occupation, finding the school relied on sealed arrest records and held individuals responsible for group actions, violating its own rules. iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/Documen...

I think we need to take a step back and acknowledge the absurdity of House Republicans targeting their Epstein investigation on HILLARY CLINTON (who says she never met him!) while ignoring DONALD TRUMP (who Epstein described as his best friend!) These are not serious people or good faith actors.

There are really only two flaws with using tests to assess learning: Right answers often don’t reflect real understanding, and wrong answers often don’t reflect the absence of understanding. (Note that this applies to teacher-designed tests as well as the standardized kind.)

Men? You expect them to actually call men to testify about raping little children???!!

"Who the fuck did they think they were talking to?" Perfect summary...

..and that last sentence of yours is pure gold! @shimanti.bsky.social

It should also end any discussion of whether parallels to authoritarian regimes are entirely appropriate at this stage

If only a few Republicans currently in office called and voted for the John Lewis Memorial Voting Rights Act, which includes automatic registration of every eligible US citizen to vote, they could pull their careers out of the mud, save democracy and jail the paedophiles. Burn those Capitol phones!

For those who wonder how anyone can still celebrate all the lies and hatred: "[P]hilosopher Eric Hoffer noted that once people are wedded to a strongman, they will cling to him ever more tightly as his behavior becomes more and more erratic." Abigail Spanberger

Let's! "On February 26, 1942, red hats were banned by a government that feared dissent, that feared people who were willing to push back against its excesses. There’s an important lesson there. Dictators fear people who are willing to stand up for what’s right. Let’s make sure we’re those people."

This is a naked political retribution directed at Minnesotans who defended their cities from ICE's street executions and masked kidnappings

Good to know!

From a FB friend..sigh..

ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT STATE OF THE UNION by @hcrichardson.bsky.social … if you desire a great overview of where we are … here it is … @demgovs.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @mayor.nyc.gov @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social @meidastouch.com www.youtube.com/live/g_PnMMX...

Massive Potomac River sewage spill - progress...

They paid a lot of people good wages to do the job effectively, thank you for coming to my socialism talk

Had a great time - as usual - chatting with Center for Inspired Teaching’s Jenna Fournel. Observation and birding and REALITY, oh my!

Good!

Ahhh...so it will be appealed...good to know!

I have questions: The economic consequences of these tariffs is vastly overstated in the press? The Trump administration will soon seem a bit like Joe Biden’s Presidency after the wildly unpopular withdrawal from Afghanistan in late 2021? Biden became a laughingstock and a political liability?

Really, NYT? There's a plan? Sounds more like his usual unfiltered unconscious drifting through his usual disordered cognition to me. (And there's been no WH statement yet!) "Denmark’s defense minister on Sunday rejected a plan by President Trump to send a “great hospital boat” to Greenland."

My ears are perked up for more about this!

Well, I certainly don't! Thanks, @pkrugman.bsky.social for making me laugh! "Will Section 122 give Donald Trump enough time to invoke Sections 232 and 301? If not, is Section 338 really a possibility? Do you have any idea what I’m talking about? I hope not."

A MN protester accused of assaulting ICE officer had case dropped after vids showed no assault. LA protester accused of assaulting ICE w/ “hat” had case dropped; judge said govt acted in “bad faith” In Chicago, 92 ppl were arrested for assault/impeding ICE; 0 convicted DOJ keeps lying and losing:

Weiser: Antitrust laws aren’t enforced only by the federal government — they’re also enforced by state attorneys general. So whatever corrupt dealings or presidential whims might occur, we still have the authority to review mergers

Yes, it's hilarious...and it's sad. We don't understand how our system works, and how we got here. Remedy? Follow the political historians! @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social, to start with!

Doing one thing right every few years doesn’t absolve the Roberts court. Especially after Dobbs and immunity.

If Republicans actually want voter ID to happen, they should not be twinning "show your ID" in the public's mind with "show your papers."

Me, too! FB comment: "I love reading your history posts that sound like current events, Heather Cox Richardson. Why? Because of the fact that we came out on the right side during those times - even though we ended up backsliding later on. One of these days good will prevail and last. 🤞"

@hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social HERE'S THE ALTERNATE EVENT YOU SPOKE ABOUT THIS MORNING

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending."

This! And, henceforth, 2 points for every time you can use "bastion of socialism" appropriately in a sentence.. Only 1 point for just naming the bastions, though.. Reasy, set, GO!

A democracy that works for everyone has to also mean an economy that works for everyone. BUT not all threats to democracy feel like economic pain. In Trump’s tariffs, both come together, as this note explains all in one place👇

From a friend..with a reading recommendation included: Born in Flames, by historian Bench Ansfield about a wave of urban fires – across the U.S., not just in the Bronx – in the 1970s.

"...the district court issued a final ruling today, permanently invalidating the directive.." For the federal government only? What about Florida and Texas state anti-DEI efforts?

So that we keep the Minnesota ICE fight in mind in these overwhelming-news times:

Couldn't have said it better if I was a Christian!

Epstein was his money manager and had durable power of attorney.

What Laura said!

People! Check out and follow @hcrhq.bsky.social! Pretty much everything Heather Cox Richardson does in one place! @hcrichardson.bsky.social