@joycewhitevance.bsky.social shows Trump's latest election conspiracy revives the same debunked claims. It's not about evidence but about undermining trust in elections, justifying restrictive voting measures, laying groundwork to challenge unfavorable results. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Trump's latest election claims aren't really about 2020. They're about creating a pretext for what comes next. He's done this before: invent a crisis, then claim extraordinary powers to respond to it. This time, the target is your vote. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Trump addresses the country tonight. Fair Fight’s CEO Lauren Groh-Wargo joined me for a little counterprogramming in advance. You can watch our full conversation and subscribe to Civil Discourse (it's free) to make sure you never miss another important conversation. joycevance.substack.com

Trump addresses the country tonight. If that makes you think you need a drink, alcoholic or otherwise, come join Fair Fight’s CEO Lauren Groh-Wargo and me for a little counterprogramming in advance. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Incredible reporting here

Senators don't need to know anything more than what they saw yesterday to know Blanche is not fit to be AG. It was a long day of questions, but juxtaposing a few of them, which I've done in this piece, makes that clear. joycevance.substack.com/p/mr-blanche...

Sometimes a non-answer tells you as much about the man as an answer. That was the case today with Todd Blanche. I watched the full hearing, and culled it down to the most essential bits for you. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Revolting: Court Filings Describe Ongoing Contact Between ICE and Iran on Deportations www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...

A little informal chit chat before we get started here, and a peek at a few things I’m working on. But most of this chat is devoted to @Harry Litman’s and my discussion of the Todd Blanche hearing this morning. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Schiff: What happened to you Todd Blanche? Power doesn't corrupt as much as it reveals.

Sen Schiff is skewering Blanche on permitting Trump to walk away with immunity from tax liability from a lawsuit Trump filed after the statute of limitations had run--which is an airtight defense DOJ would have normally asserted & which would have ended the litigation. It didn't do that here.

“Donald Trump on both sides of the ‘v.’” @PreetBharara.bsky.social and I discuss a judge’s ruling that Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS was illegitimate. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod: cafe.visitlink.me/XqIsUQ

Republicans have been on the warpath against Mifepristone throughout this hearing. No one can say down the road that they didn’t see this coming when they voted.

Todd Blanche about Judge Kathleen Williams in Florida: She didn’t refer me [to the state bar] Read full details in the Judge’s order here, context is everything: joycevance.substack.com/p/judge-is-a...

Join @harrylitman.bsky.social and me for a Substack Live at 12:30 pm ET

She's five.

Senator Coons: If you're asked to take illegal or unethical action, would you resign? Blanche: “That’s never going to happen” 😳

Sen Blackburn complains that during the Biden admin, she couldn't subpoena Epstein files. The difference? DOJ was involved in ongoing prosecution/appeals of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell & the records could not be released until her appeal was finalized. It's disingenuous, at best.

Blanche about Senator Whitehouse: "He's allowed to lie"

Here’s the clip: x.com/atrupar/stat...

Senator Kennedy: Are you and trump friends? Blanche: “I’m his lawyer. I was his lawyer.”

Blanche concedes he talked with Trump about the slush fund/release agreement after it was "dead." Dem Senators: Follow up and ask for details. He probably won't reveal them, claiming privilege, but at least ask why we should have confidence he represents the people, not the president, in this.

Todd Blanche: We are keeping America safe. Murders are down. Renee Good. Alex Pretti. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.

Does anyone really understand antitrust cases? California AG Rob Bonta & I discuss his newest one, and I added in some basic explainer information so you can stay on top of what’s going on with the proposed $110 billion merger. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

California AG Rob Bonta joins us tonight, Tuesday, for a Substack Live to discuss the merger that will seriously impact our First Amendment rights & what he & a group of state AGs are trying to do about it. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

In a democracy, the people who are sworn to protect us shouldn’t be killing us. Trump’s America. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

DHS claims the ICE agent who killed a man in Maine yesterday was “fearing for public safety.” But shooting into a moving vehicle endangers the public & it's against policy. It's just like claims a driver weaponized his vehicle against ICE-a claim that's often made but never true in these situations.

If you read just one thing today, read @hcrichardson.bsky.social's explanation of the ICE shooting in Maine yesterday, that left a young Dad who was legally in the country dead. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Judge Kathleen Williams didn't just reject Trump's $1.776 billion "slush fund" deal—she dismantled it, step by careful step. It's one of the most consequential opinions of the year, and every page matters. I break down why. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

“LULAC’s CEO, Juan Proaño, joins us to share his experiences with the family of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot and killed by ICE in Houston last week. The details are horrific, down to the inhumane way ICE handled Mr. Araujo’s hospital transfer.” open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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For the 2nd time in a week, ICE agents who kill an unarmed man aren’t wearing body cameras. So what are they doing with the taxpayer $ Trump demanded they receive? Congress could pass laws requiring every agent involved in this work wear a working bodycam. www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...

Why shouldn’t senators vote to confirm Todd Blanche? Let me count the ways. (also, some procedural trivia on the steps for confirmation, starting with the committee vote which is a little less certain following Lindsey Graham’s death). open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Judge Williams is absolutely unstinting in her criticism of the government in the "original" slush fund case. This is the one Trump filed in Florida against the IRS, which I wrote about here if you want a refresher on the backstory: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

The Portland Press Herald is reporting that Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition & Presente! Maine say the person who died in the shooting is a 26-year-old Colombian man authorized to work in the U.S. & had been issued a Social Security number. www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...

As a legal analyst and sort of journalist, I want to be clear I have no intention of being on a “normal path” per Trump’s intention. I believe in news based on following the facts, without fear or favor.

Note: in some of the pictures there appeared to be bullet holes in the car, Windshield. It is against ICE policy to shoot into a vehicle.

Area residents in Biddeford, Maine are posting video and photos of what appears to be a Maine who was shot and killed during an interaction with ICE. Developing. imgur.com/a/bEB9pvZ

Join LULAC’s CEO Juan Proaño and me at 5p ET tonight, Monday, for a Substack Live to discuss the ICE shooting in Houston, that left a Houston man dead, and reports of another shooting today in Biddeford, Maine. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

All of the past week’s Civil Discourse columns, collected in one place, so you can catch up on anything you may have missed. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Lindsey Graham, longtime South Carolina senator, dies at 71 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Good read

What do the cases of Davey Hearn, the Olympian charged with damaging the reflecting pool, and the shooting death of a Mexican immigrant, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, have in common? Read here: joycevance.substack.com/p/doj-not-do...

Tonight I wrote about two cases that demonstrate DOJ is no longer committed to doing justice. joycevance.substack.com/p/doj-not-do...

If you're trying to learn about the candidates to replace Platner as the Dem Senate nominee in Maine, I interviewed @shennabellows.bsky.social last summer. She ran neck to neck with Susan Collins in a recent flash poll: joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...

Donald Trump suffered a new humiliating courtroom defeat as a federal appeals court refused to block a ruling ordering the removal of his name from the Kennedy Center.

I find one thing about Trump especially frustrating as a former prosecutor: his willingness to use delay as a litigation strategy. Tonight, the courts moved quickly in the E. Jean Carroll case, which means time is just about up. Read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Joyce Vance: "It’s a dangerous moment in American history when the presumption is we cannot trust law enforcement to tell us the truth about what happened." - ICE: Still Out of Control? open.substack.com/pub/joycevan... #ICE @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

Judge Lewis Kaplan has just ordered $5 mil plus post judgment interest disbursed to E Jean Carroll’s lawyers (out of the money Trump paid into the court’s fund to guarantee satisfaction of the judgment.)

When someone tells you who they are: Graham Platner thinking he can force Maine Democrats to let him control who his replacement will be after being forced out of the race.