given education polarization and MAGA's reliance on low propensity voters, something like the SAVE Act would almost certainly backfire on republicans (i'm reasonably sure senate republicans understand this too)

I think we need to be clear that breaking our elections is the goal. They're trying to find a predicate for tyranny, as if they need one. And there's a non-zero chance Trump gets his way, especially with a standoff over DHS possible, Trump will push against the filibuster with all his gunt.

This isn’t a setback. This is deliberately thwarting the research and development of safe and effective medicine.

this is why the press is failing us. The democrats want the government to follow the law, the Administration thinks they are above the law. The country is doomed to fail if the law doesn't mean anything.

Why are the men’s names redacted and the victims names exposed?

Britain has dethroned a prince, forced Mandelson to resign, & lost confidence in Starmer because Rep. Thomas Massie & I forced the release of the Epstein files. What is America doing to hold the Epstein class accountable? We need to haul these powerful men before Congress.

"we cannot begin to talk about freedom and justice in any culture if we are not talking about mass based literacy movements." bell hooks 1997 we cannot begin to talk about freedom+justice in any culture now if we are not talking about mass de-literacy cognitive-incapacitating industries.

Wow so it turns out you can just… use the coercive power of the state to try to protect people from tech sociopathy

Historian here Ugh @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social perpetrating the Dunning school of Reconstruction by making its clue “scalawag” for southern unionists and calling northerners “carpetbaggers” Hope you change that @kenjennings.bsky.social #theriseandfallofthesecondamericanrepublic

HUGE. A victory for more than a quarter million Haitians with Temporary Protected Status. A significant majority of them entered the United States legally and have never been out of status since. Even the Trump admin isn't saying Haiti is a safe country for them to go back to.

Judge Reyes starts with a comparison: George Washington versus Kristi Noem.

Judge Reyes begins by explaining who the plaintiffs are: not "killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies" as Kristi Noem suggested. They are a neuroscientist, a software engineer, a laboratory assistant, a registered nurse, and an economics major. All were facing deportation.

They're desparate to stop Senate Democrats from defunding ICE. Keep calling. Keep pushing.

Somebody already did this for 2025 (& I would give credit if I could find the post). But in fact January deserves its own censure from Lady Catherine de Bourgh: I take no leave of you, January. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.

Ok now do the other 35,000 children.

In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old

This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners. Decide. Who are you?

I stand with my colleagues at Texas A&M who deserve the right to teach their disciplines without government censorship.

Again I ask

So many smart people here, so many aspects to this atrocity.

Dumping people has always been a brutal law enforcement sport; doing it in this weather could be a lethal one. (David is responding to Jeffries deciding to take a stand against deporting citizens, which is not what they're doing; it's a catch, abuse, and release program when it's not lethal.)

Sorry Dems @schumer.senate.gov I am not donating a single dime to you so stop hassling me! Couldnt even hold the line on DHS seriously it is the least you could have done! www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Teaching the Revolutionary era is so wild rn because the founders knew this could happen, an anti-democratic tyrant could destroy the whole experiment, it was what they most hated about the king and what they most feared. This needs to be the lesson we sing the loudest as 250 approaches

I will continue to respond with this every time people bring up distrust/skepticism with higher ed. Whose concerns are we talking about? And, more often than not, these types of colleges and a number of people in policy shops are only focused on the people for whom David Brooks is a solution.

Years ago I read a biography of Kim Philby. IIRC he had a photo of Mt Ararat on the wall that a visitor found strange, later realizing it showed the mountain from the Armenian side: most westerners wld only know the Turkish side. Some think photo was a tell & that Philby took Ararat route to Russia

Even if I didn’t have elderly parents who receive essential help from wonderful care givers, I would find this appalling. But knowing the women who help my parents do the things they are no longer able to do for themselves, highlights the obscenity of this policy of disrespect for care workers

LLMs aren't models of the kind of tools they want but the kind of workers.

yes, there are no real signs of any big change in DHS activity here yet. In Chicago there really was after Bovino left and they basically ended "Midway Blitz" not so here so far.

I have called for Kristi Noem to be removed as head of the Department of Homeland Security for months. She must immediately resign or be fired, & if she is not removed, I will support moving forward with impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives. My full statement:

Congresswoman @ayannapressley.bsky.social has been trying to get qualified immunity eliminated her ENTIRE career. What the fuck is it going to take to get people to listen to her?

Hey @schumer.senate.gov even that one fictional swing republican you craft every statement for just posted "Abolish ICE" on facebook so

if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.

Noem needs to go, too.

This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years. These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.

Interesting to see that ten days ago Ryan, the reporter (who is great!), wrote about the MNGOP standing with Trump. Things have changed a lot after the latest murder AND the mass solidarity. www.startribune.com/minnesota-re...

Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration. Congress can: - Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage) - Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes - Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same - Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction It can be done.

“‘Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number, Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you – Ye are many – they are few.’”

Parents to kids, 1980s: Don't open the door because kidnappers & murderers may be pretending to be cops 2020s: Don't open the door because the kidnappers & murderers are cops

Important messaging. AOC seeks to stave off civil war. Might be useful to say that.

Damn the soulless Nazis of Trumpism straight to Hell.

It's also about convincing you that they impose reality and that they are the final arbiters of truth. Hence the importance of continuing to name reality and truth ourselves, at every single turn, with all that is available to us.

Yes!

they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child. ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents. the family is here legally. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

"When you have an ICE agency that has gone rogue... I could not in good conscience vote for something that is increasing the ICE budget. This is a moral test for the Democratic Party." Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social to me at the Zeteo live event in DC. Full interview: zeteo.com/p/what-is-th...

After hearing Trump repeatedly threatening Greenland, Santa and the North Pole launches preemptive strike on much of the US.

Beware what you skeet. @editorialboard.bsky.social might interview you about it.

Looks like Senator Blumenthal's office worked with the whistleblowers, and has already put out a letter to the Trump admin demanding answers. Congress MUST act. This is a five alarm fire for our basic rights under the law. bsky.app/profile/blum...

I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.

Worth tracking down tonight's Anderson Cooper's AC360, first ten minutes, w Sen @gallego.senate.gov . Gallego is holding nothing back. (See attached image, from this story www.rawstory.com/ruben-galleg... I heard this live.) Text gives you the gist; worth finding video for the vibe.