Last night we welcomed Lina M. Khan, former FTC Chair, for an enlightening conversation with our own Paul Krugman, research professor in economics. Video of “Affordability, Antitrust, and Inequality” coming soon! Presented with @stone-lis.bsky.social (Photos: Matt Harvey)

Not only was DOGE illegally accessing your Social Security information, but it was also illegally offering to share it with third-party political groups working to overturn elections. This is a deep betrayal of the public trust and must be fully investigated. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking a major step toward changing its math to favor polluters over people: It’s going to stop tallying up the dollar value of lives saved and hospital visits avoided by air pollution regulations.

Wow! Yay! The Senate just rejected Trump’s proposed science cuts, voting 82–15 to boost funding for NOAA, NASA, and the NSF. The bill already passed the House 397–28. Strong bipartisan support for science still exists.

Researchers across the US and the world who raced to protect climate data, public reports and other information from the Trump administration’s budget cuts, firings, and scrubbing of federal websites are launching their own climate information portals. From our friends at @insideclimatenews.org:

The extremists are targeting me because Democrats are fighting for YOU. Save Healthcare.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

As I told Jimmy Kimmel, when is it enough?

This is your economy on Donald Trump.

Just now…

I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."

House Republicans are now targeting federal workers’ retirement benefits to help fund their massive tax cuts. Last week, the House Oversight Committee approved a plan to slash $50 billion from the retirement system over the next decade by changing

Article I, Section 9, Clause 8: “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”

Happy Mothers day 🧡❤️🩷🌟

Trump orders government to stop tracking cancers in U.S. firefighters. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Trump orders U.S. government to stop tracking "super gonorrhea" that is resistant to most antibiotics: www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

DOGE abruptly cut a program called Charting My Path for Future Success—a research-based effort that helped teens with disabilities transition from high school into college, work, and independent living. Now it’s gone without explanation.

Every day I am shocked by the actions that Donald Trump and Elon Musk have taken. I know that their recklessness is causing real and harmful damage to our nation, but you don’t just have to take me at my word. You can see just a few of the many examples for yourself 🧵

Pushback works, part gazillion: "Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices." popular.info/p/how-the-so...

The Trump tax plan only works by cutting public services. This incredible visualization combines the potential tax cuts (which mostly go to the rich) and loss of services (mostly borne by the poor). It is a giant wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest. budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/...

In recent years, Judge Boasberg has: - ordered the release of Hillary’s emails - ensured Trump’s tax returns never became public - restricted disclosure from the Mueller investigation - limited disclosure of grand jury material in the Trump classified docs case. The resistance, he ain’t.

HMMM: So the administration reveals in a new court filing (ordered by Judge Bates) that Amy Gleason was actually hired by HHS as an "expert/consultant" on March 4, just a few days after the White House identified her as the administrator of DOGE.

Nothing to see here... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Worth noting here that the controlling precedent is a 9-0 opinion whose literal holding is that the president cannot fire a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission without cause www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/03/the-...

The evidence presented was so thin, the judge said at one point, that “the Defense Department might have well cited the latest Beyoncé album.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...

NEW: Judge Chutkan has blocked the EPA from terminating grants for climate programs held by Citibank, saying the Trump administration failed to abide by legal procedures and provided no evidence of impropriety. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Seeing folks on the other site claim that Alien Enemy Act removals are not reviewable by courts. The statute explicitly requires "a full examination and hearing," and there are literally *dozens* of reported cases from the War of 1812, World War I, and World War II: law.lclark.edu/live/files/9...

A story about how baseball great Jackie Robinson faced discrimination in the military before he broke the color barrier in baseball has been removed from a DOD website. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...