DIDN'T TAKE LONG: One group suing over Trump's birthright citizenship order has refiled its lawsuit as a class action, noting that the court left open this option for nationwide relief. They're asking a Maryland judge for an emergency restraining order. www.politico.com/live-updates...

The mayor race on Tuesday saw massive turnout differentials - turnout in @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’sbstrongest precincts was up ~30% while turnout in Cuomo’s best districts were ~ flat. These are big differences - essentially two different elections that happened to fall on the same day.

"Right-wing reactionaries have spent the past few decades insisting that the Constitution’s meaning is fixed in time so that they can...undo civil rights gains while maintaining a semblance of respectability. And Damsky’s paper turned their subtext into text." @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

Did the last download of @dedoose.bsky.social work for everyone? Mine is being extremely wonky.

We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again

They really took it all the way 😂

“Only a counter-elite can challenge our…managerial masters, & it is to the unashamed development & cultivation of that counter-elite, particularly among white voters excoriated by the Democratic regime, that the right must devote the lion’s share of its political energies.” -Jeremy Carl, 5/19/22 1/

1/x doing a democracy! I’m at a special meeting of the Menlo Park City Council discussing a low-income housing project on large flatland parking lots that dominate the downtown landscape. menlopark.gov/agendas

JUST IN: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues interim US Attorney Alina Habba for "false arrest and malicious prosecution." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Timothy Snyder: Midwesterner at large : ).

Dystopian, especially and not only because Peter Thiel is basically a comic book villain newrepublic.com/post/195904/...

its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....

BREAKING: ICE RAID reported at Buona Forchetta tonight about a mile up the road in San Diego. Smoke bombs were used to disperse the crowd. FUCK ICE. WTF?!

Follow along as @reportbywilson.bsky.social of Radical Reports "Track[s] the Far Right Groups Targeting LGBTIQ Events During Pride Month" www.radicalreports.org/p/tracking-t...

Judge: The "hasty arrest...suggests a worrying misstep by your office...An arrest...is not a preliminary investigative tool. It is a severe action, carrying significant reputational & personal consequences & should only be undertaken after a thorough, dispassionate evaluation of credible evidence.”

BREAKING: Supreme Court sidesteps religious charter school question for now with 4-4 vote, creating no national precedent and letting the Oklahoma Supreme Court decision — which does not allow the religious charter school — stand. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Pedro Pascowl

I'm tracking the far right anti-LGBTIQ activists, Christian Nationalists, White Supremacist, and violent extremist groups targeting LGBTIQ events during Pride Month:

This should be the end of Noem’s career in public life. It almost certainly won’t be, however, which is itself damning.

Responding to the mass cancellation of NSF grants, Fazio (@lkfazio.bsky.social), a researcher who studies misinformation: “What can US researchers do in this situation? One thing is clear: do not surrender to political pressure or abandon crucial research questions.”

Infuriating.

My whole academic career, I’ve been inspired by the leadership of Alondra Nelson. She became more to me than an author and a scholar, but a model for professional development and integrity. While I may never live up to her legacy, just cheering her on makes me feel like a champ!

Since 2022, my colleagues and I have been targeted by political attacks. Early on, we worried that political actors would specifically target our projects & universities for defunding. But in the end, they came after everyone. The strategy of keeping heads down was never the right one.

She’s out!! They have released Ozturk from ICE custody!

"Chicago Pope" is like a 1994 SNL sketch. Airs at 12:20am, the only gag is that Chris Farley has a mustache and is doing a big accent. David Spade and the guest host (Joe Mantegna) keep breaking during it.

NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

In a small park in #Tilburg stands a strange brick structure with a hole right in the center, creating a window onto the park's shallow pond. The municipality is now collecting comments on renovations for this park. There's a QR code and a survey. But what if they did something more creative? 🧵1/

BREAKING: Second Circuit panel, one day after arguments, unanimously rejects government's arguments and orders that Rumeysa Ozturk be transferred to Vermont no later than May 14. ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...

It's been 8 years since the iconic moment Tom Holland lip-synced "Umbrella" by Rihanna for Zendaya. 🎥

Funny, the monarchist who decries Harvard's oligarchy still craves its crown of legitimacy...sounds familiar.

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One of the very first discussions of my book "On Freedom," from Kyiv with Scott Simon. www.npr.org/2024/09/14/n...

Think outside the box? What if we hate it in the box in the first place? @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social addresses this discrepancy and more container scandal in her latest post. It’s 1000% worth the read. You in or out? open.substack.com/pub/metaphor...

crazy that an influx of dense infill housing can lower prices and make homeownership more attainable

What happened with the Alien Enemies Act yesterday? I have you covered, at @lawdorknews.bsky.social —>

We said goodbye to 6 long term, highly valued colleagues at the NOAA Chemical Sciences Lab yesterday. Andy Langford, Jim Roberts, Wayne Angeline, Bob Portman, Cathy Weable, Jeanne Waters. All retired earlier than planned to spare other jobs. It’s just not the same lab today.

ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

Everyone gettin’ pumped, or what?!

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

so, arresting judges should be more than enough reason for complete obstruction at in the house and senate. complete obstruction. anything you can do. interrupt proceedings, deny consent, holds on nominations. everything.

Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."

In a big win for public schools, colleges, teachers and students, a court ruled today in our case to block the Trump administration from defunding schools nationwide that teach lessons with references to race or racism.

one of the world's top cancer scientists, who works for Harvard, is at risk of deportation to Russia where she might be killed for criticizing Putin, because she allegedly failed to disclose carrying frog embryos at the border. it's upending American medical research: prospect.org/health/2025-...

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