R.I.P.Peter Weiss, a holocaust escapee who worked for justice and accountability, from Nuremberg to Guantanamo. ccrjustice.org/home/blog/20...

Wait- which one is the communist? finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...

Here’s a gift copy: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...

Great reporting, great story-telling: How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...

They think America needs an aristocracy: themselves www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Beltway wisdom was that voters don’t care about democracy as an issue- wrong! www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Ask us anything: the New Yorker’s Political Scene podcast wants listeners’ questions this week for an episode on the 2026 midterms. What issues, candidates, causes are on your mind? Send questions to [email protected] with the subject line “midterms.” Thanks!

ICYMI: Post editorials advance Bezos’ financial interests, omit conflicts open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...

More proof that Liberty has gone to the dogs.

New from me: Emmanuel Macron delivered remarks in Germany recently that I think could serve as a template for an outside-the-box, ambitious political figure. But timing and breaking with prevailing orthodoxy would be critical. www.offmessage.net/p/defiant-re...

Trump Culture Kampf at Kennedy Center Flops: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

We checked the Department of Homeland Security's viral videos of chaos and protests. What we found were months-old, misleading clips, some recorded thousands of miles away.

Donald Trump Jr. in 2021: “Those Hunter no-show no-experience board seats didn’t come without an expected return!” Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it. New: me, for @forbes.com 1/

the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles

ICYMI this earlier profile of the MAGA Mellon heir is memorable: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/28/u...

Trump/Wright/Burgum make war on a livable earth for their corrupt slimy oil cronies. Meet the Petro States destroying the economy and the future - U.S, Saudi, UAE, Russia.

The DC ACLU is suing on behalf of a man who was arrested by a National Guardsman and MPD officers for playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) as an act of protest. www.acludc.org/app/uploads/...

Americans believe that Trump is using the pretext of criminal justice to silence and disappear his political enemies, in he classic style of authoritarian dictatorship

Since Hegseth is trying to suppress the press, seems like a good time to reprise some reporting: https//www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history

🔥Fraidy-Cat at the Pentagon www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...

Masked, brutal, and unaccountable by design: "Current and former national security officials... worry that this force assembled from federal agents across the country could eventually be turned against any groups the administration labels a threat."

Vermont still has robust local and state news coverage which makes a real difference when scandals like this break: vtdigger.org/2025/10/17/o...

Trump & Hegseth are building “safe spaces” for themselves away from real reporters- just like the Kremlin! Read @sbg1 who covered Russia: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Looks like Hegseth’s attempt to suppress the bad news isn’t working: Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Brown rejected the compact! www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

Solidarity is the only way

Recalling our previous Nellie Bly Award winners and looking ahead to honoring Glenn Kessler. Join us on 10/16 as we discuss fact-checking, truth, lies, and political accountability! @susannecraignyt.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-nelli...

“Doing the work of a journalist can never be considered a crime”- Pope Leo. Amen. press.vatican.va/content/sala...

We are living through a new era of corruption, where legal guardrails have crumbled. What will end the culture of kleptocracy? Join us for a live virtual event with @janemayer.bsky.social, @mawaldman.bsky.social, and @danw329.bsky.social on Wed., Oct. 15, at 3pm ET. RSVP:

The chaos and unrest is being instigated by Miller and Trump. They are the ones bringing violence and disorder to American cities, filming it, and then using those images of their creation to justify the need to send in more troops and assert total control.

New from Susan Glasser, Evan Osnos & me at #politicalScene How Russell Vought Broke the U.S. Government- tune in!

Jane Goodall would have been glad that gorillas, the cousins of chimpanzees, are now a bit less endangered. apnews.com/article/ugan...

We have lost a hero and role model to millions- RIP: people.com/jane-goodall...

Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.

The ruling itself is remarkable, but it closes with something I've never seen: a 12-page assessment of Trump himself as an ignorant bully, braggart and threat to free speech and the republic writ-large. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

OMG this William G. Young opinion that just dropped (12:30pm) in AAUP v. Rubio. It begins with a postcard sent to Chambers and Young's reply card: "Trump has pardons and tanks, what do you have?" WGY: "We the People of the United States — you and me — have our magnificent Constitution"

Gen. George Washington wrote two rule books on military behavior stressing the need for “decency” and humane treatment of captives and civilians. Evidently Army National Guard Maj. Hegseth finds Washington too woke.

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher. Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

Actual history teachers: um, no

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Oh no! This country needs Dolly Parton. Her awesomeness may be the last thing Red and Blue America can agree on.

Takeaways from another must-listen ep: ➡️ Institutions won't usually stand up to aspiring authoritarians *without external pressure* ➡️ Non-violent movements have best chance of succeeding ➡️ Solidarity is crucial - we'll need to work together ➡️ Learn from experts like @hardymerriman.bsky.social

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Please listen. Super smart, inspiring and practical. And it doesn't rely on the Democratic Party... @janemayer.bsky.social @eosnos.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social @hardymerriman.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

People keep asking “What can we do?” Our podcast guest, Hardy Merriman, studies resistance movements and has many suggestions.

The successful public backlash against silencing Jimmy Kimmel contains some big lessons on what works in the face of autocracy, as expert Hardy Merriman explains in this fascinating episode with my co-hosts @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The man appears to be the same officer who was caught last month on NPR audio aggressively arresting a court observer.

Chemical Industry set to gain more influence at EPA - MAHA should be Gaga readsludge.com/2025/09/26/l...