DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent." But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."

No no no @markwarner.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov

Donald Trump released a man from jail and then that man molested 2 kids. If you can't do anything with that, Democratic messaging assholes, then get out of politics.

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone. But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

Starting Friday, Virginians will head to the polls for the first day of early voting on a redistricting referendum. If passed, it could send a blue wave through the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Every time some right wing fucker talks about migrants who commit crimes, I go ask them why they're not commenting on the crimes that Jan6ers have gone onto commit (two have been arrested this week). This guy features prominently.

An incredibly talented team of my colleagues at @propublica.org have created a searchable database of Trump's team financial disclosures, to help explore potential conflicts of interest: projects.propublica.org/trump-team-f...

If someone continually says demonstrably racist stuff or engages in obvious antisemitism, the fact that their private lives contradict their public statements is not, in fact, a point in their favor.

A small federal agency reviewing Trump's ballroom has received tens of thousands of public comments. More than 97% oppose the project, per WaPo analysis. "I did not vote for this," one 3x Trump voter wrote. with @aaronschaffer.com and @jonathanreports.bsky.social

Tonight, two of the white nationalists I reported on in this piece showed up to attempt to intimidate me on a private night out at a small music venue. I’ll have more to say tomorrow. I’m safe. They also didn’t pay cover 🖕

I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them. I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

Last week Trump again told Congress and the country that his strikes on Iran last year "obliterated" Iran's nuclear weapons program. Today he says they were two weeks away from a bomb, something his Administration has not supported with intelligence. More lies about the war.

🚨BREAKING: Virginia Supreme Court halts trial court order blocking preparations for congressional redistricting referendum. The special election will move forward with early voting beginning on Mar. 6. A defeat for the GOP and victory for Virginia voters www.democracydocket.com/cases/virgin...

BREAKING on MS NOW: The House Oversight Committee just voted to subpoena Pam Bondi as part of the panel's Epstein investigation. The vote was 24-19. 5 Republicans voted in favor.

Crockett concedes: “This morning I called James and congratulated him on becoming the Senate nominee. Texas is primed to turn blue and we must remain united because this is bigger than any one person.” (Statement via NBC’s Priscilla Thompson)

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — James Talarico wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Texas primary election.

Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump: "Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

What just happened in Dallas County is one of the most blatant voter suppression operations I've ever seen—and it happened in a *primary*. In March. Imagine November. I broke it down here: open.substack.com/pub/objectio...

'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad. "The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Yes yes yes!!

I feel like we typically see these sorts of completely outraged opinions from federal judges a couple times a year across the whole country, maybe a little more often in last few years. Now, in cases stemming from Trump's immigration crackdown, judges are ringing the alarm bell several times a week.

An incompetent buffoon. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Warnings to citizens to evacuate 3 days into this war, when airspace is closed, is a clear sign of ZERO strategy and planning by the Trump admin. Now Americans have limited options to evacuate at an extremely dangerous moment with no government assistance. This admin is failing its citizens.

Scenes from a personalist regime

Excellent @kaine.senate.gov. Keep it up!!

Kaine: "Donald Trump abandoned diplomacy and now our service members are dying as a result. Iran has shown it will reach a deal to block its nuclear path. Donald Trump prefers war and he doesn't want to come to Congress to ask for permission."

Now U.S. has closed two embassies in Mideast & told Americans in 14 countries to leave. But most airspace is shut down, there are no flights. Reading about people from around the world stranded. Why are they only now telling Americans to leave? No planning, they weren’t expecting it to spiral.

If you know Mark Warner, you know this is a pretty serious statement. He is EXTREMELY level-headed and doesn’t make hyperbolic statements. He is from a state with a bunch of military contractors too. If he is mad about this, then imagine how mad everyone else is.

It's good that Dems are forcing a war powers vote. But they can also link it to a larger case that Trump is conducting himself as a maliciously unhinged despot who's wrecking our system of self rule at its very foundations. 6/ newrepublic.com/article/2072...

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.

ICYMI over the weekend: My colleagues and I reviewed 15,000 documents to put together a detailed account of how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged medical care to manipulate and control victims, and how some doctors enabled that. Gift link:

Markwayne Mullin: "War is ugly. It smells bad. If anybody has ever been there and been able to smell the war and taste it, and feel it in your nostrils, it's something you'll never forget. And fortunately you have President Hegseth -- or Secretary Hegseth ... President Hegseth has been there"

Breaking WSJ: The Trump admin plans to abandon its defense of Trump's executive orders sanctioning several law firms. DOJ — as soon as today — is expected to drop its appeals of four rulings that struck down Trump's actions against Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, and Susman Godfrey.

In remarks on the Iran War, Trump spent more time talking about drapes and his ballroom than he did honoring the US soldiers killed in the action.

DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled: Voters as “Votors” Emergency as "Emeregency" United States as "United Staes" And, it included a non-party in the caption. These are the people who want access to your sensitive voting records and who my team fights in court every day.

Hey, cool. @lastweektonight.com just did a segment using reporting I did w/ @farooqumar.bsky.social Oliver was talking about body cams--and how law enforcement agencies have often undermined their potential The same body-cams Dems are centering that ICE reforms on www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP4_...

Admissions so far: 1) They were lying abt threat from Iran. 2) They were lying about good faith of negotiations. 3) They begged UK for help immediately (and Ukraine offered needed expertise). 4) They're escalating on Day Two.

we have a psychotic, murderous, christian nationalist as secretary of defense

Weekly reminder that Trump’s occupation of Minnesota is still ongoing. It changed and spread out

Joe Biden was absolutely pilloried when he said this...but about oil prices, not about service members dying.

"That's the way it is," says the five-time draft dodger to our military families who fear their loved one in uniform could be next. What a disgrace.

I don't understand this coordinated response of Dems going, "Trump owes us an explanation for attacking Iran!" Do they expect his failure to provide one will produce a politically advantageous gotcha? Come on. Just say the war is stupid, wasteful and it should cease. Stop being weak and terrible.

Press gave Biden far worse coverage for a small number of American soldiers dying while leaving a war than to Trump for a similar number dying while starting a war for no reason. It makes you think!

If you haven’t subscribed to @atrupar.com and Public Notice, do so post haste! I’ve returned to BlueSky largely to follow him for his news coverage … short snippets are about all I can manage these days.

I interviewed Aaron prior to the election:

Highly recommend @kylesaunders.bsky.social on why AI is so unsettling to higher ed - one of the best pieces I have read on this issue: "[U]niversities don’t merely teach. Universities certify, sort, and signal. And AI interferes with all three at once." kylesaunders.substack.com/p/why-higher...

Again, it is interesting that a single generation was entrusted with the richest, most advanced empire the world had ever known and was just uninterested in keeping it going

🧵on lies and propaganda from WH abt Iranian interference in elections Cc @marcelias.bsky.social

I was literally pulling up the FBI indictments of the Iranian hackers two days ago for a forthcoming article ab this 🫠 Trump dismantled the entire infrastructure that disrupted this op! Kate and Stamos and I were sued by America First Legal — case is entering its 3rd year. These fucking hacks.