The federal shutdown is irresponsible. Americans deserve stability from their federal government, and Republicans need to get to work.

It is vital to our communities that the Premium Tax Credit for Health Insurance is extended.

US accused of conducting hostile campaign designed to destabilize Denmark, a close democratic ally amp.dw.com/en/denmark-s...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey in white shirt running toward Annunciation School, scene of apparent school shooting this morning. Devastating news.

Yesterday was the first day of school. Peaceful residential neighborhood in South Minneapolis. Distressing news.

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

The Second Amendment wasn’t written for executive orders and barbed wire around the Capitol—it was written to ensure a well-regulated militia that answers to the people and their states. Today, that balance is being pulled apart. My latest: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/who-really...

Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.

Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion

“This is about the President of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.” – Gov. J.B. Pritzker

It's NOT too late

A group for chiefs of police have come out against ICE's tactics, like covering their faces and not identifying themselves. When a bunch of cops think you've gone too far, you gotta be doing something really bad. share.google/55sjtGqL1Y5H...

Preach.

Helping Paws does excellent work training service dogs. I've followed them for years. A beautiful way to honor the lives of Melissa & Mark Hortman, and sweet Gilbert. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet. The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year. Something has gone terribly wrong.

Our voices, raised together, are the most powerful thing on the planet…

"Newsom’s threat to retaliate in kind is not a divisive attack on good governance. It is, instead, the only hope for democracy. Bipartisanship right now is appeasement. Democrats cannot and should not hide behind neutrality and fairness as MAGA incinerates the remaining tatters of our republic."

Both of these men are excellent candidates! Love @jdscholten.bsky.social , but @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social will make an excellent senator & likely has a better shot at flipping this seat. Thanks JD for the endorsement of Josh! www.thegazette.com/campaigns-el...

ALERT: For the first time in the history of the survey, the Office of Personnel Management is CANCELLING the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS). They don’t want you to know how they’re treating federal workers. I really want to create a shadow FEVS…

A tweet from a sitting member of Congress calling for a violation of the Constitution would have sparked days of outrage in the pre-Trump era. We can’t normalize this dangerous cult.

85% of voters have serious concerns with lawmakers using non-public information to make millions off trading stocks. We need to keep up the pressure and finally make congressional stock trading a practice of the past. @tiffanymuller.bsky.social and @lisa-pubcitizen.bsky.social break it down here:

The President’s directive to find "five more seats” in Congress is a direct threat to democracy. Democratic Governors are standing firm to protect our country’s foundation: free and fair elections. abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...

⚡️New York museum asks Bondi to arrest Putin during Alaska visit. Beka Museum urged immediate action, highlighting Russian President Vladimir Putin's role in the forced deportation of Ukrainian children and other atrocities committed under his rule.

How about that? A victory for people who actually read.

that summit could've been an email

Especially sickening that they refer to removing black people as making DC "BEAUTIFUL".

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."

Mr. Homan, all I have been trying to do is “come visit” your facility. You. Will. Not. Let. Me. Now that your lawyers have admitted in court that you’re abusing your detainees, please explain why you continue to lie to the American people.

Don’t you just hate it when you accidentally stumble into an insurrection?

A late night message from Gavin Newsom

Yesterday a judge ordered ICE to improve conditions in holding cells at ICE's field office in NYC. It's a good decision, yet many of the responses here are along the lines of "none of this matters" or "they'll just ignore this." Those responses are wrong. Here's a quick thread on why.

This is not about crime. It’s about power. (+ distracting from the Epstein file cover-up)

Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

This seems like it should be disqualifying for a lifelong judge position!

Israel’s blockade of most food and aid, along with distribution difficulties inside the Gaza Strip, have driven many of Gaza’s 2 million Palestinians to the brink of starvation.

They confirmed Emil Bove. They know better. They did it anyway. Power now. Regret later. Cowardice dressed up as “leadership.”

The confirmation of Emil Bove to the 3rd Circuit is a direct assault on the integrity of our justice system. A former Trump lawyer, Bove ordered a 15-year DOJ veteran to lie to a federal judge — then helped fire him for refusing. Now he’s a judge. Corruption in action.

"Why Is the World Letting It Happen?": U.K. Surgeon, Back from Gaza, on Starving Children

Protesters in Tel Aviv took to the streets carrying flour bags and pictures of malnourished children from Gaza, calling for the end of the war on Gaza and the hunger. #protest #TelAviv #Gaza #hunger #IsraelGazawar #Israel

“It’s getting to be that time” — Trump gives Israel carte blanche to brutalize Gaza

Horrific.

Important reporting from Gaza:

This is serious. Very serious.

This is the guy who negotiated a corrupt quid pro quo with Eric Adams and forced the resignation of the lawyers who protested. He is a criminal and has demonstrably shown he has no concern for the rule of law, and will break any rule to advance Trump. Installing him to the judiciary is a crisis.

Y’all we KNEW this in 2015 and tried to tell you. The only thing that surprises me is that ANYONE in America is surprised Trump has connections to Epstein.

I think it’s worth noting this piece generated the most unsubscribes I’ve seen in a while, and the newsletter version had the lowest open rate in many months. These horrors persist in part because too many people go to great pains to avoid them.