🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the National Council of Jewish Women and Louisiana voters, my law firm has sued Governor Jeff Landry (R) and Secretary of State Nancy Landry (R), challenging the state’s decision to suspend the 2026 congressional primary elections. www.democracydocket.com/cases/louisi...

Happy Vesak Day, New York City. As Buddhist communities across our city honor the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha, we are reminded of the power of compassion. May this day bring peace to all who celebrate — and guide us as we build a kinder and more just city together.

True. PBS Terra is a credible channel that reports on environmental facts, including climate change. 🌪️

This week, the Supreme Court finally killed off the Voting Rights Act of 1965. I've spent the past decade studying the VRA and the attacks on it, so I thought I would offer some historical perspective, and where I think we're headed. This will be a long thread; buckle up.

Here's a thought: What if the clean energy industry, rather than Politely Calling for Moderate Bipartisan Progress, simply dumped a crapton of money into a couple of races, crushed a few of their enemies, and made the rest of the lawmakers afraid of them?

It's amazing how the war keeps taking a positive turn right before the markets close for the weekend.

man, what a beautiful and tough read. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

"The intent here was vile, stacking the deck to give 41.4% of Florida voters control of 85% of Florida’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. And lawmakers knew what they were doing — what DeSantis had commanded them to do." - Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board 🎁🔗

Futures markets suggest that trouble in the Middle East -- and higher energy prices -- will still be with us during the U.S. midterm elections in November.

Science is needed more than ever, but it's also a really good time not to be a scientist in the US. 😩

a reminder that a lot of the things people find unpleasant about cities - along with the noise and dirtiness - are largely a product of filling them with cars. get rid of the cars and the pleasantness of the environment improves dramatically

Got up early in hopes of catching this photo before work this morning. There's only a few days each year where it's cool enough in the morning to make this shot possible. Thankfully, today was one of those days! #wildlife #birds

Rep. Goldman on Todd Blanche: These two indictments are so, so bad that he needs to be removed right away. It is an absolute disgrace from someone who I worked with for many years. It’s a disgrace.

i have serious misgivings about Graham Platner but I hope he wins and conducts his office in a way that makes me feel that I was wrong to doubt. I would vote for him if I lived in Maine despite my misgivings because we know exactly who Collins is and she's bad.

In a city of over 8 million, just 400 people showed up to speak at the last Rent Guidelines Board hearing — where decisions about rents are made. We can do better. The next hearings are this June — show up and make your voice heard. Visit ORGANIZE.NYC.GOV to get involved.

Today is a reminder that except for a brief period running roughly from Brown v. Board to Roe v. Wade, throughout its history the Supreme Court has been a reactionary force protecting the wealth of the wealthy and the power of the powerful, almost always hostile to equality and justice.

Today's horrible 6 to 3 Supreme Court decision that greatly weakens the Voting Rights Act just reminds us why Supreme Court reform is desperately needed!!

Something has to be done about the Supreme Court. “Race blind” just means disenfranchisement of African Americans throughout the south and a return to the very thing the VRA was designed to correct, simply because AA have drifted away from the GOP.

FDR‘s conclusion: “During the past half century the balance of power between the three branches of the federal government has been tipped out of balance by the Court….in a world in which democracy is under attack, I seek to make American democracy succeed.“/4

WaPo reports Louisiana’s governor will announce on Friday that he is suspending the House primaries where people have already started voting and redraw the map; I’d expect them to go for an all-Republican map and eliminate both majority-Black districts, not just one.

its resegregation, jamelle bouie has been saying it since day one and its how this era is going to be remembered

THERE IS NO REASON TO DO THIS EXCEPT HATE AND GRIFT AND RACISM apnews.com/article/supr...

The Senate passed the Voting Rights Act renewal in 2006 by a vote of 98-0. The Supreme Court majority gutted it on the grounds that the Justices personally dislike the impact.

Bit of a problem how huge swaths of our court system prioritize partisanship over ordinary functions. This is a bankruptcy sale of a business. Happens all the time. The sole cause for years of extraordinary procedure is that the business is part of right-wing extremist media.

He's worse than Roger Taney now. He's the worst Chief Justice in history, I'd say.

This is such an important point about speed cameras. We have overwhelming data that the vast majority of drivers quickly learn where they are and adjust their driving habits to avoid getting ticketed. This makes them a bad way to generate ticket revenue but a super effective way to reduce speeding

AOC tells PabloReports that the reinstatement of the agent who shot Renee Good is a reminder of why Democrats should not give ICE and CBP a dime. AOC: Every single person that that man encounters is in just as grave danger as she was in.

The court has simply recreated the pre-Brown world in allowing racial discrimination across a broad number fields as long as it is “facially neutral,” gutting the Reconstruction Amendments in the process.

Stifel Financial CEO Ronald Kruszewski takes a shot at prediction markets in his shareholder letter. (via Dan Bernstein) #$SF

Justice Kagan: "I dissent. The Voting Rights Act is—or, now more accurately, was—'one of the most consequential, efficacious, and amply justified exercises of federal legislative power in our Nation's history.'

The most infuriating thing about this is that his entire campaign was him saying “this time I’m going to be so much worse, you fuckers have no idea how shitty I’m gonna be”

by my tally we are now spending ~$2B to companies to NOT build more energy infrastructure. in the middle of an energy crisis

The Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development.

Minnesota is closer than ever to putting ExxonMobil, the American Petroleum Institute, and Koch Industries on trial for lying about the climate harms of fossil fuels.👏 "Minnesotans have a case to be made, and we deserve our day in court,” said @ag.state.mn.us. "Onward to discovery and trial.”

For the first time, renewables outpaced natural gas in electricity generation for an entire month (March).

this is real

More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

they posted like this when beyoncé won a grammy for best country album

You really cannot overestimate the level of status trauma a lot of white Americans experienced at the election of Barack Obama and how much of our politics is still influenced by it bsky.app/profile/beau...

We did! We passed a bill to fund the Secret Service and TSA and FEMA 100-0. If Speaker Johnson would just call it for a vote, it would pass. That’s the problem.

Today on Volts: Tom Steyer! With Swalwell gone, the 2026 Democratic race for governor of California is tight. Narrowly leading is Steyer, the longtime financier & climate champion, who is running on a plan to take on the state's utilities & reduce power bills by 25%. We discuss that & much more.

In Florida, Gov. Desantis signs a bill that would prohibit Florida cities from tracking their greenhouse gas emissions. Yes, you heard that right. Never mind doing anything about them: they're not allowed to *track them*.

Norway sold 12 petrol cars in February 2026. Out of 7,272 new passenger car registrations, 98% were fully electric. Just 67 diesel & 12 petrol cars were registered. Hybrids? Only 66 in total mostly plug ins. More in my new Substack newsletter coming out every 7 days. Sign up here: t.co/In5lBaF2ox

It's all so stupid but worth underscoring even this event literally wouldn't fit, even his planned ginormous edifice isn't big enough for it. The WHCD is obnoxiously large, there were 2500 people in that room. On his own plans the throne room monument wouldn't fit more than a thousand.

There is a vast gap between "something happened, and there is a state-coordinated social media cabal that responds" and "the state is organizing fake assassination attempts."

From CBC News: Canadian detained by ICE for 6 months says he's an 'indefinite' prisoner, has no idea when he'll get out. 58 Canadians are being held by ICE. Avoid all nonessential travel to the United States.

Learned from my 101-year-old grandfather that one problem of being a centenarian is that airlines apparently only have a 2-digit age variable, meaning that every time he shows up at the airport, the data in the system at the check-in counter thinks he's a 1-year-old unaccompanied child.

I loved the 2006 Mitchell & Webb TV sketch show, but I never imagined “are we the baddies?” would graduate from funny catchphrase to the defining philosophical aphorism for our age

🚨 It’s official!!! 🚨 The U.K’s National Energy System Operator has just confirmed that on 22 April 2026 Britain set a new record of 98.8% zero carbon electricity…🇬🇧♻️⚡️🔋💡💪🥳