David Letterman on his career mocking presidents: “Beating up on these people, rightly or wrongly, accurately or perhaps inaccurately, in the name of comedy—not once were we squeezed by anyone from any governmental agency, let alone the dreaded FCC.” Watch more: bit.ly/4n0Uv2p

Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.

I'll say it a million times before this is all over (if this is all ever over): our most important audience is each other.

NEW— "A lot of children have passed the point of no return...The gut lining has started to auto-digest & will no longer [absorb] water or nutrition. Death is imminent for 1000s" An American doctor who just returned from Gaza on where US-Israeli policy is taking us: www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-s...

We do not have to live in a world where children starve while aid sits nearby.

My statement on mass starvation in Gaza.

Wow, look at these guys playing 1D chess 🫠

My favorite #Wisconsin #NoKings sign/flag from today. #wipolitics

BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.

This is going to ruin the parade 🍿

On May 2nd, in Western NY, federal immigration agents stopped a bus of farm workers from Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms. They had a list of names, including UFW worker leaders who have been organizing to unionize their workplace. Those workers were detained. 1/ #WeFeedYou

Farm workers union says ICE detained worker leaders www.wgrz.com/video/news/l...

There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:

Feeding our neighbors is NEVER a waste of our resources. The program being cut also helps out our farmers. www.wgrz.com/article/life...

How do you have an entire Wharton degree and not know tariffs are bad? How do you spend an entire career in real estate development, an industry notoriously susceptible to commodity price fluctuations, and not know tariffs are bad? The creation of economic strife is intentional.

Sometimes, capitulation is indistinguishable from complicity.

Becca and Alvaro are two of the smartest, most dedicated public servants I know. This is illegal, a travesty, and a serious harm to our polity.

I can’t help but feel that even those of us who expected the worst (so, our current timeline) have been devastatingly caught on our heels, except for like 4 people. 🫠

I often think of this excerpt from Harold Koh’s speech to our YLS graduating class:

I know there is a lot going on, but we haven’t had a really good Pride and Prejudice film adaptation in a while and I think we could all really use one. 🥹

Se informa ampliamente sobre la actividad de ICE y la Patrulla Fronteriza en todo el condado de Kern. Conozca sus derechos. NO TIENE QUE CONTESTAR PREGUNTAS. Puede decir: Estoy ejerciendo mi derecho a no responder a sus preguntas. www.rapidresponsekern.com/es/

The response from LA’s network of community organizations has been a sight to behold. In these wild times, I hope we take a moment to learn from them because (sadly) our communities will need these skills sooner or later. My heart is with you LA! www.npr.org/2025/01/11/n...