Since January 2023, the New York Times has cited Rep. Ralph Norman, R-SC, in 78 stories. None mentioned that Norman secretly urged the Trump White House in 2021 to declare martial law – in effect, a military-backed coup. Norman wasn’t charged, but the NYT gave him a “pardon” anyway. My newsletter.

it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance

and yet the intensity of reporting around trump and affordability has not reached 1/10000th the intensity it had under biden. the msm is not emphasizing this issue and its because theyre trying to help trump and the gop.

Mad Magazine, over 50 years ago

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

The amazing @izzy-diaz.bsky.social

Wisconsin already has among the harsher rules in the country — since many people who're not presently in prison are barred from voting because they're on parole and probation. Roughly half the states in the nation allow anyone not in prison to vote, including recently in neighboring Minnesota:

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT ALLOVER EUROPE Thousands of records are being brutalized with margins never seen before allover Europe from West to East In 3 centuries of world climatic history there had never been anything remotely close to this. Wait for MANY posts. Most extreme day the world has ever seen

I fear it's being overlooked that next term, the Supreme Court will likely strike down: •what's left of the Voting Rights Act •all bans on LGBTQ conversion therapy for minors •the last remaining pillar of McCain–Feingold's campaign finance reform ... while upholding bans on trans student athletes.

Shoot The Messenger, Part II

Had the honor of working with @sensitivityandpowr.bsky.social today. Todo lo mejor, Sol. Eres excelente.

life session today

The "unable to independently verify the language" implies that they are fully confident that the question was asked, and slightly less confident about how it was answered.

And for *some reason* Reuters didn’t put in the headline that the answer was “NO, IT’S FOR WHITES ONLY”

this is an explicitly white nationalist administration in a way that even woodrow wilson shied away from www.reuters.com/world/africa...

"Another officer says, “They’re starting to resist more now,” to which an officer replies: “We’re going to end up shooting some of them.”

Vexatious litigation initiated or funded by right wing billionaires is one of the more potent attacks on free speech.

89% of Americans want the files released according to a CBS/YouGov poll

I'm adopting it

When the minimum wage doesn’t go up, it goes down in buying power. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 per hour since July 24, 2009. The federal minimum wage peaked in buying power way back in 1968, when it was worth $15.09 in 2025 dollars.

Was fortunate enough to draw @izzy-diaz.bsky.social today

simplest explanation is that the court conservatives believe trump is sovereign and thus free of all limits on his authority

Kyrsten Sinema (no longer a senator) spent nearly $400,000 in campaign funds over the past three months, including: -$86k on airfare and in-flight services -$86k on security detail (including $600 on ski tickets) -$7k on meals

NEW: the Trump admin has moved to terminate TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua, covering over 50,000 people Both of these designations date back to 1999, meaning Trump wants to strip legal status from people here legally who have had a background check every 18 months for the last 26 years.

Listen to AG Pam Bondi tell us the Epstein client list is sitting on her desk — but after finding Trump’s name all over it — she's saying the list doesn't exist? Another coverup in plain daylight!

This is insane. 😡

South Memphis, Tenn:

I loved drawing the amazing @izzy-diaz.bsky.social today.

I loved drawing the amazing @izzy-diaz.bsky.social today.

I loved drawing the amazing @izzy-diaz.bsky.social today.

I loved drawing the amazing @izzy-diaz.bsky.social today.

the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does

In a June Democratic mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani received more votes than 22 sitting US Senators received in their most recent general elections.

Waiting for news outlets and reporters to acknowledge that maybe, just maybe, reporting Trump's social media posts on foreign policy without confirmation is deeply irresponsible and an embarrassing failure of journalism.

Is it bad if the nation’s highest court rewards the president (or “king” or “dictator”) for defying court orders

The Court has deemed district court orders irrelevant. They can be repeatedly & explicitly violated by this Administration in ways that will irreparably harm migrants (sent to war-torn S. Sudan or Libya w/o due process) & the SCOTUS conservatives will defer. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Justice Sotomayor, on the import of what the Supreme Court did today: "The [Trump administration] thus openly flouted two court orders. ... [E]ach time this Court rewards noncompliance with discretionary relief, it further erodes respect for the courts and for the rule of law."

This is a devastating ruling. You can read it, and Sotomayor's biting dissent here: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

@augustthayashii.bsky.social at Locust Lofts in a session co-hosted with @alexdrawslife.bsky.social

A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend” Full emails below

The Ninth Circuit gives fascists at least another week to continue wrecking California.

A Republican House member threatening DOJ charges against several sitting Democratic governors

An absolute disgrace. This is what this fascist regime thinks is the right way to run our beloved country.

This is disgusting. If this is how they treat Alex Padilla, a United States Senator, how do you think they’ll treat you?

ICE agents saw a brown man speak up at Kristi Noem's conference and went to work. Didn't matter that it was Senator Padilla. Anyone who thinks their wealth, power and privilege will protect them, just see this video.

@dannywolfchild.bsky.social long pose with @alexdrawslife.bsky.social, live from Asheville