A clear message to the MAGA-faithful about the value of loyalty & a disgraceful exercise of the power the Founders entrusted the President with to do justice. x.com/kyledcheney/...

Count the ways they’re corrupting DOJ: Presidents don’t direct AG’s to open criminal cases, especially ones designating only Dems for investigation when POTUS himself is involved. DOJ doesn’t publicize criminal investigations & the AG definitely doesn’t assign them on Twitter.

If you’re in Austin Saturday afternoon, @katiephang.bsky.social and I will be in conversation & we’d love to have you join us at @texastribune.org’s #2025TribFest

Nevada’s state motto is "All for Our Country."

he’s crashing out

It couldn’t be any more clear. This is all about standing up to the bully. Americans didn’t sign up for rule by the rich and powerful or rule by a strongman joycevance.substack.com/p/prosecutin...

Revenge prosecutions are about payback, like payback against elected officials who obtained articles of impeachment against you.

ALERT: Federal judge says she’ll rule “before Thanksgiving” on whether to dismiss James Comey and Letitia James criminal cases After 80 minutes, arguments are complete. Hearing is wrapped

This is why government officials shouldn’t tweet

If Donald Trump is taken down by emails and a child sex ring...

Is Trump’s McCarthy moment finally coming? A moment like the one where Senator Joseph McCarthy, whose red scare tactics held the country hostage & came close to destroying the 1st Amendment was asked by a fed-up lawyer, “Have you no decency?” joycevance.substack.com/p/but-his-em...

But his emails… open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

In a few minutes, @milestaylor.bsky.social is launching Defiance.org. Come spend some time with us.

Trump bragged about grappling women by the pu**y & barging into rooms of partially dressed, young pageant contestants. A jury concluded he assaulted E. Jean Carroll in a dressing room. So nothing that’s in the Epstein emails is a surprise. It’s just confirmation.

Adelita Grijalva is being sworn in at 4:00 today. She can vote on the Epstein discharge petition any time after that.

Oh …

A true ally before it was popular! “Griffin never shied away from her label as an edgy comedian with a large queer following, even before it was a socially acceptable brand to claim.” Great profile of one of my favorite people. www.advocate.com/arts-enterta...

That dog won’t hunt

That feeling when you walk into the airport bookstore and see a whole row of your book!

Epstein wrote in emails, at least one back in 2011 when there would have been little incentive to lie, that Trump knew about what he was doing with girls www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

Can Trump use emergency powers to impose tariffs? @preetbharara.bsky.social and I break down the oral arguments before SCOTUS on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider: cafe.visitlink.me/c9VxPG

We're on substack live talking election maps and Democratic wins last week. Come join us on the @fairfightaction.bsky.social feed on Substack (in the app)

Last night I wrote, “It’s going to be another blockbuster, high-stakes legal week. If you feel a bit overwhelmed...remember that I’ll be here for you all week to try and keep things organized and understandable.” I didn’t expect it to be this soon, but here we are. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Whatever will Trump do? Ending the shutdown means bringing back the House for a vote on the Epstein files.

Sunday overnight is the new top of the news-cycle, with the 1st circuit refusing Trump the stay he thought from having to make SNAP payments & now, Justice Jackson ordering briefs in SCOTUS. Get up to speed on what it all means here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

Sunday overnight is the new top of the news-cycle, with the 1st circuit refusing Trump the stay he thought from having to make SNAP payments & now, Justice Jackson ordering briefs in SCOTUS. Get up to speed on what it all means here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

Former U.S. attorney @joycewhitevance.bsky.social  joins the latest episode of our new podcast, The Briefing with Michael Waldman. Listen: apple.co/3LsOXA0

There’s one post in particular that I want to make sure everyone reads! @joycewhitevance.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

I appreciate when @joycewhitevance.bsky.social does her weekend wrap-up, because I don't get to every column I value every day. Here's the latest. joycevance.substack.com/p/sunday-mor...

"Not all Democrats are on board with the contours of this proposal. While the vote would have the effect of forcing each Republican to take a position in public on healthcare costs and access as we head into the midterm election year, some Democrats likened it to caving in."

Here’s what you need to know about legal issues like the National Guard and SNAP for the week ahead, with a little politics in the mix too. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The Sunday Morning Wrap Up brings you all of the past week’s Civil Discourse columns in one convenient place so you can catch up if you missed anything. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

"Give yourself the gift of hoping and believing that January 2027 will be when we can begin the process of restoring our democracy after the midterm elections, and 2029 will be the end of this administration." -- @joycewhitevance.bsky.social joycevance.substack.com/p/thursday-044

Judge Immergut rules against the administration in the Portland Nat’l Guard case, granting a permanent injunction even after giving Trump’s decision “great deference.”

The fact that this didn’t take Judge Nachmanoff any time at all underscores how serious the government’s failure was. Welcome to the rocket docket.

At some point, as trump keeps opening specious investigations into people who are upholding the rule of law, the question of impeachment has to come up. I get that we’ve been there/done that, but let’s not give congressional Repubs a pass for their complicity.

It’s okay to be hopeful! open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Minnesota Senator @amyklobuchar on Trump’s failure to bring Congress to the table on the shutdown: “You wrote the art of the deal. Show us your stuff.”

Because the government, more specifically this administration, knows what your gender is better than you do…😡

The grand jury refused to indict felony charges so DOJ brought a misdemeanor. The trial jury acquitted—note: that means that every single person on the jury voted for acquittal. There wasn’t even a single vote to convict. joycevance.substack.com/p/prosecutor...

We are not the frogs in the pot any longer open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

There is something wrong with the president

1/What happens when you indict a ham sandwich? The Justice Department is about to find out, at least what happens when you indict a salami sub. The trial of the DC man accused of throwing a salami sandwich at a federal agent began on National Sandwich Day. Maybe federal judges have a sense of humor.

Trump’s success is not inevitable. We proved that yesterday. More ideas for how we move forward, together, in my book: Giving Up Is Unforgivable A Manual for Keeping a Democracy a.co/d/gvP6P9i

Gavin Newsom: "This bear roared."

A few minutes after 9pm. Here it comes.

Is it time to call it a referendum on the president yet?