Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered. levernews.com/book

“Authoritarianism is wrong, murder is evil, corruption is awful, the law must be followed, America should not be brought to its knees for Trump’s benefit” - simple principles that somehow we struggle to rally around, because of our paralyzing fear that some silent majority will not approve of them

Clarence Thomas announced that he doesn't care about precedent and is making it up as he goes along. He didn't say it *like that* of course, because then people would have noticed. But I noticed, through the jargon, and explain it here in @thenation. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year. Republicans in Washington did this. This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

How the hell is this real?

So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again. These two gotta go.

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As Ta-Nehisi Coates points out to Ezra Klein (who doesn't listen), for a certain % of the population hatred is an energy is in its own right, not merely an unfortunate response to difficult circumstances. It is not rational or appeasable or a symptom of something else

Really good (full) interview. He continues to be amazing, imv: approach, communication, convictions & direction. What a talent. 👍🏾 open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

Counterpoint: we’ve spent months — years — now hearing “he can’t do that” or “it’s illegal.” But nothing happens. You and I can’t just break the law and the response is a shrug. He can. People are tired of it and it’s impossible (for me at least) not be cynical and skeptical of all of it.

I was so fortunate attend the closing performance of Free Shakespeare in the Park's TWELFTH NIGHT on Sunday at the revitalized Delacorte. Sensational theater, freely shared, and a testament to the importance of public arts in NYC.

On June 24, I began my Election Night speech by quoting Mandela: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” That's the spirit of this campaign, and our city. This is "Until It’s Done,” a new series about New Yorkers who refused to accept that a worthy goal was impossible.

Conservatives believe free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/theb...

Caught up with my friend @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, who will be the next Senator from Michigan. He and I will work together to pass Medicare-for-all, tuition free public college/trade school, a Mission for America to rebuild high wage manufacturing, and an end to the genocide in Gaza.

We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.

"It’s not too simplistic to say that the leadership that can’t unite behind Mamdani now is the leadership that made Mamdani possible—a cynical and bloodless and compromised liberalism that’s hovering tentatively by the focus groups while real popular movements takes shape on their own."

American democracy is dying because our justice system refused to hold politicians to the same standard of the law, that ordinary citizens are held to.

And the “all but” is doing a lot of work.

I’m telling you.

A 9-member superlegislature, imposing its political preferences, totally detached from the law, constitution, precedent, & plain meaning of words, just as the Founders intended.

”I am quite certain that this moment deserves real opposition — that Democrats, morally speaking, should not fund a government that Trump is turning into a tool of personal enrichment and power.” Stop Acting Like This Is Normal www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Thread worth reading All the way to final entry. Connects today's "standing up to Trump" w Iraq-war decision Eg how "convert who's seen the light"—eg supporter of invasion, or enabler of Trump, who years later says, "well, actually.."—somehow has more credibility than those opposed at the start.

it is always worth remembering that vance made a conscious decision to be a person of low character. he has eagerly contorted himself into evil for the sake of what amounts to a whiff of power.

The New York Times says the boat that the Trump regime blew up was a “drug vessel.” Based on what evidence? The trustworthiness of Trump, Hegseth and Rubio?

In what universe has he shown a shred of willingness or acumen to meet that moment, should Dems win back the House

If you are praying that Dems take back the house next year you should also feel preemptive horror that the man tasked with implementing that victory is Hakeem Jeffries

Enough with the backroom scheming. If Trump is serious about intervening in the mayoral race, he should come to New York City and debate me directly.

“..Republicans aggressively set..prevailing terms of debate,&Democrats..reliably freak out&flee in terror. …[Dem] establishment has clung 2the hoary commandment that a Dem.Party hoping 2succeed must always&forever shun any disturbances on its left flank.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...

We've seen what collaboration with Trump has brought us: money stolen from city accounts, cuts to essential services, New Yorkers as young as six deported. Cuomo offers more of the same. I am prepared to fight back.

something that drives me nuts is how legacy media will write that "scholars question legality" of a trump administration action when there is not a shred of evidence that it is in fact legal. it leaves room for the federal government to manufacture a legal justification when literally none exists.

Really good responses by Mamdani. youtube.com/watch?v=S34w...

1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat. Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable. Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️

"It is past time for both Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer to step down and step aside. This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition... we all deserve better." I make the case, in my latest for The Guardian, for new leadership:

Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed. There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea. Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.

Lethal force against a civilian vessel in international waters is a war crime if not in self-defense. If not in self-defense, only non-lethal actions, such as warning shots or disabling fire, are allowed. "Not yielding to pursuers" or "suspected of carrying drugs" doesn't carry a death sentence.

Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."

@schumer.senate.gov @pelosi.house.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

🎯 Short video; a worthwhile watch 👍🏾 www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

Americans are begging for Democratic leadership to get off the mat and back into the fight. If you’re a political leader in this country and are not prepared to fight with both hands, not prepared to make “good trouble”, then perhaps you should step aside and make space for those who will. #Velshi.

Stuart Stevens, currently to the left of most democratic leaders on the Hill