I would call this attempted preemption of the SCOTUS Six … Well done!

Judge Immergut quotes James Madison from the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: “A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence [against] foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.”

This is funny. DOJ maneuvered to get a Biden-appointed judge to recuse himself so the Portland case would fall to a Trump-appointed judge — who just decisively tossed out Trump’s nationalization of the Oregon National Guard as specious and a dangerous violation of the civilian/military divide. 👍🏼

In case you wonder why an older white woman in Northern Virginia donates every month to support @mississippifreepress.org, it’s to support work like this — plus the dedication to report local news fearlessly (or feeling fear, but continuing anyway, which is the definition of courage).

Watch this. This is what this criminal administration wants to do to all of us. Find the groups in your community that are standing up against ICE and join them.

Son of a fucking bitch: either Trump is breaking the law for his own vanity, as usual, or someone in this administration knows he’s about to stroke out and wants to commemorate the event without the required Congressional action …

Classic mark of authoritarianism. Not even original stuff, just exactly what you’d expect to see. “You want to follow the law instead of pledging unwavering fealty to your One Beautiful Leader? You’re fired!”

It did happen here: @vermontgmg.bsky.social compares the Kavanaugh Raids to the Palmer Raids. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_...

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

We believe healthcare is a right for every American. But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies. Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.

Worth remembering that “immigration judges” (A) aren’t part of the judiciary and thus aren’t “real” judges and (B) everything done by ICE is part of the civil — not criminal — law system.

Perfectly fitting. Make it spread.

This is a very good thread.

“Kavanaugh stops” is a tremendous term term for cops racially profiling people and someone should start a crowdfunding effort to pay a bunch of SEC sorority influencers to popularize it on TikTok. We must fight fire with devastating trending topics slate.com/news-and-pol...

If you heard about Judge Young's impressive ruling yesterday, but didn't want to read all 161 pages, I went through the whole damn thing and pulled out the highlights (there are a bunch, but it's still less than 161 pages).

I am reminded tonight how important it is for women to be inspired by other brave, pioneering women as I watch dozens and dozens of women post gift links to Jane Goodall obituaries and articles Keep it up, ladies.

Such a loss... abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

This is a lot of desperate dancing but the funniest thing is these jokers spent the 25 years since 9/11 militarizing the police and now they’re like, yeah they suck at keeping us safe call in the troops

Extortion. Blackmail. Republicans.

My Dove dark chocolate wrapper just advised me to “own your main character energy,” and I had to ask: would that be my lawful neutral bard, or lawful evil assassin? #AdvancedDnD

Political violence is wrong. We need better gun control. Letting people carry guns on college campuses is a bad idea. I'm sorry for Kirk's family & loved ones. I don't celebrate his death. I'm not going to sanitize who he was or pretend to mourn him. Here he is in his own words.

Corruption, thy name is Trump Administration …

"So, it turns out the MAGA movement is really into cancel culture, and credit where credit is due, they're really good at it" was a highlight of this episode

About to see “Apollo 13” in IMAX at the National Air and Space Museum’s new Lockheed Martin IMAX theater. All the stupidity of our Trumpy country can go hang for three hours.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

timeline cleanser

The fix is in. Get your COVID vax THIS WEEK, friends. Do not wait if you can avoid it.

I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer. The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial. Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.

I live in VA. I crossed into MD to get my COVID-19 vaccine last week, just as the VA Dept of Health changed its guidelines to dump the recent federal recommendations limiting access. I didn’t want to wait because I’m attending an event on 9/27 & the shot takes 2 weeks to achieve full effect.

I quit the post a few years ago, but now I regret that I ever gave them a dime.

OH FFS

Walkinshaw won walking away. Go, Dems! Next up: elect @abigailspanberger.com @senatorhashmi.bsky.social and Jay Jones in November …

I donated all my Tesla stock to fund a paid internship at the National Air and Space Museum. Best use of that investment.

Good thing SCOTUS and Roberts aren’t getting involved in politics or partisan rulings

Police can engages in racism to decide who they arrest, but colleges may not use race in admissions. Behold the New Jim Crow Court.

the maga constitution doesn’t allow any institution, public or private, to explicitly work to ameliorate racial inequality but allows the government to racially profile

This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC

Trump gets booed at the US Open today.

Hey, @markwarner.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov — block any funding for Trump’s delusional “renaming” of the Department of Defense. Talk about a classic case of “waste”: spending money on frivolous expenditures not authorized by Congress. @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social

At the National Air and Space Museum for the first full-scale in-person event since the IMAX theater reopened!

Selectively revoking constitutional rights for vulnerable minority groups is a GIGANTIC red flag. The reddest possible flag.

the msm has turned "must be objective" into "we cant assert basic facts"

Just an astonishing, powerful op-ed that drives home what we are losing and what's already been lost. We are so incredibly fortunate to live with the advances modern medicine and health science. Destroying and stymieing it is just unforgivable. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

I’m speaking up for #WorkersOverBillionaires on Labor Day in Vienna, VA. Join us at an event in your area! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event... #SolidaritySeptember

“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.” This is on Trump. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

This rule would have meant I couldn't do my Ph.D. in America. I did do it in America. Became a professor. 12 thriving U.S. labs are now headed by trainees from my research lab. Like me, they are all working hard to enrich American knowledge and society. With this self-harming rule, none of that.

I miss the old brand #CDC

Wow. On NPR, @gbrumfiel.bsky.social reports a Social Security official “copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud.” The source is a whistleblower, who is named: Charles Borges, SSN chief data officer.