Angry old man yells at kids to “Get off my lawn” for 20 minutes in a nationally televised speech. Ouch! Trump's speech was a trainwreck! American Carnage II, delivered in the style of your MAGA drunk uncle trying to win a family argument at Thanksgiving by being the loudest person in the room.

When you get a chance, listen (watching not necessary) to this reading of The Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr4qaW6T/

I had been dreading the treaty anniversary as an occasion to note that we have not done nearly enough, but in July I thought we might be able celebrate it. Because, on 23 July, the international court of justice handed down an epochal ruling....

Democrats flipped 25 state legislative seats this year—more than a 1/5 of all GOP-held seats that were up for election. Republicans flipped *zero* seats. @taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads: boltsmag.org/legislative-...

Patriotic Americans could elect a supermarority in Congress if we're willing to do the necessary work of communicating with our neighbors about what's at stake in the 2026. Please visit the Tompkins County Democratic Committee website and sign up to volunteer! @tompkinscountydems.bsky.social

Senator Murphy sounds the alarm as Trump calls for the deaths of Dems who served the country to be killed for reminding the military their loyalty is to the constitution not to him 🇺🇸

bit.ly/48me4gD Progress is slow, until it isn’t. Tuesday was one of the days when years of effort came to fruition in hours. The victory is cause for a moment of reflection and celebration before we begin imagining the complications to come.

The Trump admin is taking final steps to dismantle Dept of Education. Any news outlet that reports this fact without leading with fact that president has no authority to do so and is violating the Constitution is committing journalistic malpractice.

bit.ly/4oNgsD5 "Trump capitulated because he did not want to suffer a crushing defeat in the House . . . Trump’s half-baked announcement is curious because he can circumvent the need for a congressional vote merely by ordering the DOJ to release the files."

I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. There’s no vote required if he wants to release them! The only reason the house was voting was because he refused. This is an obviously cynical ploy and major news outlets are running whole pieces without pointing this out. He could release them tonight.

This WH is doing everything it can to ensure millions go hungry.

roberthubbell.substack.com/p/the-sellou... They turned their back on the Constitution and Democratic faithful by funding a government that is being run like the personal fiefdom of a petty king. They are enabling Trump to continue his lawless regime. They are complicit in what comes next under Trump

The Trump administration has come to view the Supreme Court as its judicial backstop, a reliable ally willing to uphold cruel and blatantly unconstitutional actions on an emergency basis, in the literal dark of the night. Today's Edition Newsletter, Supreme Cruelty. tinyurl.com/49rrrjhr

A federal grand jury refused to convict a protester for throwing a sandwich at an armor-clad border agent. The prosecution was no laughing matter. But the jokes write themselves—and are emblematic of Trump's out-of-touch, Keystone Cops response to defeat. roberthubbell.substack.com/p/federal-ju...

Mike Johnson said that the catastrophic losses for Republicans did not say “anything about Republicans at all.” Hallelujah! Let’s hope that all Republicans tell themselves that lie all the way to the ballot box in 2026. roberthubbell.substack.com/p/toto-i-don...

A reflection on why the Democratic victories on Tuesday validate the grassroots' belief that they have been on the path. The victories should provide confidence and validation as the grassroots movement redoubles its resistance to Trump's lawless agenda. roberthubbell.substack.com/p/election-d...

BOYCOTT SPOTIFY! I unsubscribed after transfering my playlists & likes for $5 with Soundiiz. There is no power greater than our collective action. - @jasonberlin.bsky.social, founder @fieldteam6.org #Voterizer

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

"I hear very few people are gonna be there" -- Donald Trump, 10/15/25

No Kings Day II a HUGE SUCCESS! Joyful - peaceful - massive - with over 2,500 events across the country. This is the way forward - more protests, and more voter drives! Protests SHOW our numbers. Voter drives GROW our numbers. Keep going!!!! #NoKings #RegisterDemocrats #Voterizer @fieldteam6.org

Hartford #VisibilityBrigade POP-UP bridge event tomorrow am! 7:30am -9am. @hcrichardson.bsky.social @aaronparnas.bsky.social @rbhubbell.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com

I wish newspapers wouldn't treat all these executive orders as though they all have teeth and power and stuff. Lots of them are just the fulminations of a geriatric clown and mean nothing or will be overturned in court or are just distractions from what Trump wants to hide about his Epstein crimes.

Me, 2019: "Epstein gambled on the differential between his power and voice in the world and theirs and for the most part he won, because the game was rigged by dozens of people around him... Monsters rule over us, on behalf of monsters." lithub.com/in-patriarch...

"Monday’s [SCOTUS] ruling would be offensive to the rule of law in any scenario, but for Chief Justice John Roberts, in particular, to do so in a case involving the Education Department, in particular, it is little more than ... laughing in the face of Americans and the rule of law." Law Dork —>

Just in case anyone wants a reminder of how Trump helped create the situation he's now using as justification to bomb Iran. abcnews.go.com/Politics/ira...

Rebecca Solinit's post below is important. Jeffrey D. Smiley reposted Musk's attack on the "Democrat Open Borders Plan." Smiley is in command of the California National Guard, which has now been federalized by Trump and sent to Los Angeles. Gov. Newsom must address, ASAP. Call Newsom!

Robert Hubbell Livestream 5/31 [Today's Edition Newsletter on Substack] Listen to my Saturday morning livestream for a jolt of optimism and inspiration during a challenging time! open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

We’re going live with @rbhubbell.bsky.social ‪‪@kpichardony.bsky.social & @vegalteno.bsky.social this Thursday at 8PM ET. Let’s fight disinformation, uplift Latino voices & build power for 2026. Watch: substack.com/@roberthubbell Support: everyaction.com/MW03M7Z7YUGV...

Ade Ferro of Venezuelan American Caucus discusses the implications of SCOTUS termination of TPS for 340,000 Venezuelan immigrants. See Latino Victory's newly launched Substack for the video of the discussion between Ade and me. Ade explains how to help: substack.com/@latinovicto...

Read for yourself this provision of the reconciliation bill, which is the current text just released by the House Rules Committee. Then read: Dean Erwin Chemerinsky's essay this morning in @justsecurity.org. Chemerinsky's essay is titled: "A Terrible Idea" www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...

See the attached letters (at link below) from 14 House Democrats to the Capitulating Law Firms. The letters are truly extraordinary and should cause the firms to re-think their surrender, notify their malpractice insurers, and hire criminal defense counsel.

Democracy Docket does not sit where Donald Trump tells it to and it will never fete him at a lavish dinner. If you want to support news that is fiercely independent and uncompromisingly pro-democracy, sign up for Democracy Docket now. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/

Isn't the purpose of a military base to defend, not to need to be defended? But also the logic of "our aggressive incursion will save you from aggressive incursions" is pretty War Is Peace. Also Greenland's hatred for Vance is a beautiful thing.

law students/non-lawyers, we’ll have some asks for you coming, too. if you want them straight to your inbox as we build out the organizing infrastructure, you can sign up at bit.ly/RachelCohenContact. full toolkit at bit.ly/donotrecruit. we can do this, be well—

BREAKING: A high level information security source inside the Department of Defense says they were ordered by political appointees to ignore information security regulations and install Signal on government phones for senior leaders.

Hard to overstate how mean and misguided this is.

This will be Paul Weiss' most enduring shame. Performatively denouncing an honorable man and a former partner in order to please an autocrat. "Paul Weiss has acknowledged the wrongdoing of its former partner Mark Pomerantz."

Is the Government Shutting Down? Here's what’s happening. youtu.be/Vobvw7JLuEM?...

I will not be voting for the partisan bill coming before the Senate that will further cement the Trump Administration’s chaos and reckless actions that are hurting working families and our economy. Read: substack.com/@senschiff/n...

Today in Rhode Island, a federal judge told Trump to stop impounding funds allocated by Congress. It’s about more than just the money; it’s about making sure the president doesn’t make a grab for powers that belong to Congress under the Constitution. joycevance.substack.com/p/courts-to-...

DC’s interim US Attorney Ed Martin is now demanding to know about the curriculum choices of Georgetown Law Center, part of a Catholic university.

Let's break down... whatever that was. youtu.be/s74Sr0JLUE4?...

I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.

Trump’s murderous freezing of aid that Congress enacted a law to send to Ukraine unconstitutionally usurps the power of the purse, violates the 1974 Impoundment Act, and is an impeachable “high crime and misdemeanor” akin to the extortion for which the Senate should have convicted Trump in 2020.

And obviously Trump doesn't just want Ukraine to surrender to Putin. He wants the US to do so and it's underway. "...analysts at the agency were verbally informed that they were not to follow or report on Russian threats, even though this had previously been a main focus for the agency."

Just an FYI: Medicaid fraud is rarely perpetrated by beneficiaries. The fraudsters are almost always the doctors and CEO's that administer Medicaid. For example: when a doctor charges the government $600 for an $8 breast pump and pockets the cash and the third party administrator takes a cut.

by @rbhubbell.bsky.social 1/2 "Current & former federal workers are distressed, fearing for their jobs, mortgages, children, aging parents, & savings. Trump mocks them. What an *******. Federal workers are the government, & 'Government is simply the name we give to things we choose to do together'

Selecting another right-wing Fox personality and internet troll — Dan Bongino — as Deputy FBI Director means two things: Trump installs another loyalist who won’t say no to any immoral or unethical act. And our law enforcement agencies — and the public safety — are further degraded.