surely this will go great and not result in any weird cronyism

Took me a decade of politely asking @billjanovitz.bsky.social to release this track, but we finally got there. Love this one: music.apple.com/us/album/loo...

While Americans spent the weekend watching gas prices rise because of his illegal war with Iran, Donald Trump spent the weekend golfing. America’s sons and daughters are being put in harms way because of his rogue and reckless actions, and this is how he is spending his time.

The American president is more insulated from accountability than a British royal. Our political system provides the elite with immunity. It has to change.

A man was visiting his cousin when the latest ICE shooting occurred nearby. He put his 6 kids into his SUV, but an agent deployed a flash-bang grenade and tear gas under it. "My car filled up with smoke.” Two of his kids, ages 2 and 6 months, were hospitalized. sahanjournal.com/public-safet...

Auchincloss: "When you have a badge & gun and you are interacting with a citizen who has committed no crime, the onus of responsibility is on you to exercise good judgment. Nobody watching that video will buy the argument that he had no other resort other than to shoot her in the face 3 times."

Simpler times

🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.

So, to recap, Ukraine and Europe understand that America has effectively endorsed a 28-point plan to force Kyiv to capitulate, set a Thursday deadline to accept it, and threatened to cut off all aid. Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.

Pardoning unrepentant criminals comes with a cost.

Today's the day! Nobody Wants This season 2 on @netflix.com along with an original soundtrack album packed with 18 brand new songs, including this gem from Selena Gomez: youtu.be/Qhs3rY80HNE?...

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog. www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Nobody Wants This season 2 soundtrack news! All new songs from Teddy Swims, Selena Gomez, Role Model, Alessia Cara, Chris Stapleton and so many more… www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy-l...

The incredible Casandra Coleman has a single + video out today, it scores our trailer for season 2 of Nobody Wants This, and I’m obsessed with it… youtu.be/ZReOxA5MA6I?...

Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe. And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

This is a flagrant attack on free speech. Remember: authoritarian governments silence and threaten those who criticize or oppose them. We must protect our democracy and our fundamental rights.

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

INTERNAL DOCS: “National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about Trump’s federal takeover of D.C., has assessed its mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military,” promoting “shame” among some troops…” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Donald Trump decried The Wall Street Journal's report of a letter he wrote to Jeffrey Epstein as "malicious and defamatory"—conceding that, were it real, it would be pretty bad. "Guess what? It's real. And it's bad," @jonathanchait argues. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Epstein survivors speak out. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Waste, fraud, abuse

Senators voting that the White House can cut a program without knowing in advance what they’d cut then publicly hoping/imploring that the president won’t cut parts they like is a pathetic abdication. The Founders didn’t think legislators would all be good people. But they thought they’d have egos.

"Cruz inserted language into the reconciliation bill that eliminates a $150m fund to 'accelerate advances & improvements in research, observation systems, modeling, forecasting, and dissemination of info to the public' around weather forecasting."

Joe Davidson, longtime Washpost columnist, quit due to editing restrictions. He couldn't call a pay raise for fed'l employees "well deserved" or say that a hallmark of Trump’s "turbulent months in office is his widespread, ominous attack on thought, belief & speech” www.facebook.com/story.php?st...

Crockett: We have 83 billionaires. And somehow they have 535 people that are speaking up for them every single day to make sure that when they get married for a second or third or fourth time, that they can go ahead and have another $50 million wedding

Unbelievable. Latest update from the nonpartisan budget office says the Senate Republican bill now cuts nearly $1 TRILLION from Medicaid.

Stealing from the poor, giving to the rich, at a time when inequality is already at record levels. Inequality is the thing that holds us back most — and this Republican bill exacerbates it. (Again) #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer

Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards. Me, via “One First”:

This is simply horrific. @timmiller.bsky.social reacts to disturbing footage of masked ICE agents violently beating the father of U.S. Marines

The Senate must reject Emil Bove's nomination to the federal bench. His reprehensible conduct at the Justice Department disqualifies him from a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

And without due process this Georgia-born American citizen spends the rest of his life disappeared in a jail in Jamaica. Do you get it yet?

I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.

This is very bad Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame

I cannot stress enough how much of a Def Con 1 moment this is. Federal judges fear that the President of the United States will stand down security for judges in retaliation for adverse decisions. This is such a huge story.

“If you haven’t been poor, don’t legislate for the poor.” - Rep Lateefah Simon, CA-12

From @pamherd.bsky.social & I @nytimes.com: How Republicans plan to use administrative burdens to kick eligible people off of Medicaid, all to pay for a regressive tax cut. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...

I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?

Billy Long is going to be the chief tax collector as head of the IRS, even though he received kickbacks for pushing bogus tax breaks that didn't exist. The blatant corruption of this Administration is never-ending.

Andry Romero, a young gay man, was given an asylum appointment by the U.S. Government. When he showed up to the appointment we kidnapped him and sent him to a foreign prison. I asked Secretary Noem to check if he’s alive. Her response was shameful.

I shared the story of Natalie, a mom from WA state with stage 4 colorectal cancer enrolled in an NIH clinical trial, but she was told her care was delayed because of RFK Jr.'s staffing cuts. He admitted NIH cuts, "are gonna hurt."   It's unacceptable. I'm demanding accountability.

What's in Trump and Republicans' massive tax and immigration bill? Here's a breakdown for you. I'm the econ policy geek in Congress for @washingtonpost.com. I read the whole bill (really, I did) so you don't have to. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... Let's thread it out.... 🧵

Trump welcomes 49 white Afrikaners today as “refugees” from South Africa… The racism is a feature, not a bug.

Gift link to the WSJ editorial: www.wsj.com/opinion/u-s-...

About half of all births are covered by Medicaid. Over a third of all kids have health care thanks to Medicaid. More than half of all nursing home residents are covered by Medicaid. So understand this: when the GOP attacks Medicaid, they attack families in every community.

Sen. HIRONO: Ed Martin likened the prosecution of January 6th rioters to what happened to Japanese Americans. Do you think he should be confirmed? “No, ma’am.” “I wouldn’t hire Ed Martin for an entry level position.” “He doesn’t understand the basics of what it means to be a prosecutor.” “No.”

So that all can read, I am gifting today’s NYT piece on the lawless presidency of the 45th President of the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...

Marco Rubio saying the 2-year-old went w/ her mother ignores the fact that ICE and DOJ officials knew about and ignored the fact that the father and a guardian, as well as their lawyers, were trying to assert their rights. ICE nonetheless deported them w/in 3 days. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-depo...

Looks like we finally found the censorship industrial complex. I'm sure the Twitter Files conspiracy theorists will be all over it any day now. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...