“The host struck a delicate balancing act, directing his anger at politicians looking to pit Americans against each other, while emphasizing the beliefs that unite a majority of the public—especially free speech, which he embraced as a patriotic value.” Meredith Blake on Kimmel’s return.

NASA plans to deorbit the International Space Station in 2030. An aerospace engineer with more than 30 years in the spaceflight community explains why saying goodbye to the ISS will be especially hard. buff.ly/mmhTbjX

A group of 100-plus former ABC News journalists has sent a letter to Disney CEO Bob Iger urging him to make “a concerted effort to defend free speech and press freedom against political intimidation.”

The world agrees: Trump is a lunatic. youtu.be/4hcoWnyrqgw?...

"The Kentucky Hospital Association has warned the legislation would eliminate 33,000 jobs in the state as Medicaid underfunding forces hospitals to reduce services or even close." kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/08/s...

Rural hospitals face closures as Trump's spending package slashes Medicaid by $1 trillion over a decade. Maternity care is especially at risk, according to health policy experts. Currently more than half of rural hospitals no longer deliver babies. theconversation.com/rural-hospit...

Warning: "Officials in the Trump administration are using immigration as a way to establish a police state. Indeed, they are using the concept that presidents have control of foreign affairs as a way to work around the laws in place to prevent a dictatorship." open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

The Proud Boys are suing the federal government for $100 million from taxpayers to spread more chaos, more violence, and more hate. Sign the petition! sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...

Turns out, Medicaid was for us kentuckylantern.com/2025/06/30/t...

In small-town Kentucky, finding ‘all the more reason to resist’ kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/02/i...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

NEW REPORT: House Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill, now in the Senate, would shift major new costs to the state- & local-level, paving the way for harmful cuts to food assistance, health care, & other services like education. Here’s the 3 top things to know:🧵

"Federal law enforcement officers on the scene declined to say what the purpose of the raid was...Some declined to identify which agency they were with. Most wore masks." It's almost like the police are trying to be...secret.

Last week I wrote that Trump is scapegoating Jews in a new way, using them as an excuse to deport students w/out due process for exercising their 1st Am rights. He certainly didn’t jump in to support American Jews after the horrific attack in Colorado www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...

We need states to intervene, protecting Americans' medical data and stopping RFK Jr.'s dangerous stigmatization of autistic and disabled people. Add your name to the petition! sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...

Elon Musk called empathy a “weakness” of Western civilization. But philosophers argue the opposite: empathy is a hard-won form of knowledge — and essential for understanding others and making informed decisions buff.ly/WTS28lC #PhilSky

I believe in science

It's Saturday! Post a cartoon TV series you love. 📺

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...

There’s no one way to communicate the message of the resistance. We need fire and brimstone and we need soft quiet voices.

For 150+ years, the 14th Amendment has protected children born on U.S. soil. Trump’s attack is a direct assault on democracy. Take action now. 👇 app.sosha.ai/s/7AFy4lpf

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/br...

This Saturday April 5 is the nationwide Hands Off mobilization and we think these rallies, marches, & protests should have some "Hands Off Our Libraries!" signs. Find an action near you www.mobilize.us/handsoff/

Economic uncertainty, shifting gender roles, and a crisis of purpose have left young men vulnerable to far-right "alpha-male" influencers. @oliviajulianna.bsky.social explores the new era of online extremism, how we got here & how to change course.

U.S. Rep. Andy Barr says don’t worry about Trump and Musk, but declines chance to reassure town hall in Lexington. Congressman says ‘we are living in a vibrant democracy.’ Protestors fear it won't be for long. @jamielucke.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/03/19/b...

Top reader comment hits nail on head: "This case is clearly an example of the authoritarian administration testing the waters on locking people up for political speech. If this effort succeeds, they will soon use similar tactics on U.S. citizens." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/n...

Trump doxxes his own lawyer’s private info in otherwise newsless JFK release. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Again, the idea that the targeting of people who express (or allegedly express) views that run contrary to the administration will stop at immigrants is naive. Wrote about it today: wapo.st/43Ssl2Q

"Federal judges are accustomed to being obeyed, but there is a new Administration in town, and it is dangerously and deliberately testing the limits of judicial power." www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...

And here is a tool from @everylibrary.bsky.social to help you send an email to key members of the House & Senate. action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025

"The mistake we sometimes make in our writing is to assume our reader knows the details of our external or internal existence as well as we do. Don’t rush through summary descriptions... Slow the pace down." ~ Ethan Gilsdorf brevity.wordpress.com/2025/03/17/s...

hello! My book of poems is The Girl Singer from University Press of Kentucky (2021), and my new book of poems is forthcoming from @bellepointpress.bsky.social in 2026! www.kentuckypress.com/978195056419...

This Friday evening. I will read poems -- new and old -- at the Carnegie Center @carnegiecenterlex.bsky.social during Gallery Hop at 6:30 pm. I will feature a couple of poems @mworthington.bsky.social published in the final issue of Still:The Journal. www.stilljournal.net/leatha-kendr...

What an incredible night! The Kentucky literary community came out in droves to support the 2025 Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame Inductees. Here are a few sneak peeks at photos from the evening. Did you miss the event? On Thursday, we will have a copy on Youtube for you to watch at your convenience.

There's no excuse for this behavior from Kentucky universities. But it's a symptom of a larger problem with government officials who no longer think they should be transparent with the public — and journalists, who are the public's representatives. www.kentucky.com/news/local/e...

The America We Knew Is Over open.substack.com/pub/elliotki...

1/ Musk says he’s dead but he isn’t. Social Security clawed back 2 months of benefits & haven’t sent more. “He called Social Security 2 or 3 times a day for two weeks, with each call put on hold and then eventually disconnected.” Finally he went down in person www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Democrats want leaders who will fight the First Felon, not help him destroy America. We need more leaders like @aoc.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @petebuttigieg.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @repmoskowitz.bsky.social @repmcgarvey.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/03/16/p...

The America We Knew Is Over open.substack.com/pub/elliotki...

Please read--and share widely--my column today in The Kentucky Lantern about the flood of money into our politics at every level, and about the exciting work of American Promise to restore limits on campaign spending: kentuckylantern.com/2025/01/21/a...

Read this and follow @sarahdohl.bsky.social. 👇

This is just a game for Elon, but the consequences for families in Oregon and across the country are real and dire. His purge of the federal government is going to make life harder and more expensive for all of us.

As the most-liked viewer comment said, "This was less chaotic and embarrassing than the real thing." youtu.be/CUpOMSJ1MdU?...

Rep. Tom Suozzi gets huge applause and a standing ovation after calling out Trump’s ambush of President Zelenskyy at the White House. Suozzi is a Democrat who won a special election in a red district—more of this, please! Every single Dem should be holding town halls across the country RIGHT NOW.

“A senior career official at USAID was placed on leave Sunday after he disseminated a detailed memo to staff describing the U.S. government’s “failure” to provide lifesaving assistance around the world because of actions by Trump political appointees.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...