I cannot emphasize how serious an assault on democracy this is. Any effort by the Trump administration to engage in false claims of fraud or mass voter suppression relies on this as a building block. As importantly, there is no legitimate reason DOJ would want this information.

🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. Thursday for unfettered access to the states’ voter registration records. The federal government has now filed lawsuits against 21 states, plus D.C. This is a developing story...

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of two registered Delaware voters, my law firm has filed to intervene to oppose DOJ's lawsuit seeking Delaware's complete statewide voter registration database. We have now done this in 17 of the 18 states Trump's DOJ has sued. www.democracydocket.com/cases/delawa...

Congratulations, those of you who decided to platform fringe voices and create a climate of fear and hate out of ignorance because those voices insisted a non-problem was a problem. They're now on an HHS stage trying to ruin children's lives. You will live with the harm you have done forever.

People who are religious might find this message powerful. They might open their hearts to immigrants. What do you think?

Cet accord à 30 millions a été signé mercredi soir. Si les deux pays entretiennent des relations commerciales, Benyamin Netanyahou et le président égyptien Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi ne se sont pas parlé depuis le déclenchement de la guerre à Gaza.

So: What next? Even as I grieve, I am also beginning to knit together some answers—for how we can provide support to one another, for what policies and practices might have made a difference www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and self-destroying. Arthur C. Clarke 16 Dec 1917🎂 #BookSky📘

that's life www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGGs...

Our NYT piece examines Hamm's determined, 15-year campaign to reshape US energy policy. Why? He wanted to extend out the life of fossil fuels to allow his family-controlled company to keep drilling. He argued this is essential to US. energy security. A free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...

My law firm is litigating 66 voting and election cases in 35 states. This is an insanely large number for this point on the election cycle. The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect free and fair election. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

I highly recommend the book Vaccine Nation by historian Elena Conis. She has a chapter on exactly how & why people used to think measles was a harmless childhood illness and how the development of a vaccine allowed researchers to better understand how serious of a disease it is (control groups, etc)

Chris Martin made this video with him last year for his 99th. It's just adorable and will bring the tears. I love him so much.

If God has a voice, it probably sounds like this. youtu.be/b1V9R6-yc3Q?...

A new organ has been found behind your nose. For centuries, every anatomy textbook swore there were only three pairs of major salivary glands. Turns out the books were wrong — and the missing ones were hiding in plain sight. In 2020, Dutch researchers scanning head-and-neck cancer patients with a...

DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data. My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.

This is an especially salient point since there is an active transatlantic right-wing, anti-democracy movement exchanging ideas and methods for radicalizing voters and implementing radical anti-immigrant agendas in multiple countries right now.

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🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

And even if you're right, the punishment for drug smuggling isn't death.

Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):

Ce qui est fascinant c’est à quel point la destruction de la santé de la population est constitutive du fascisme.

Still #free #books #murdermystery #freebooks #christmas #xmas #christmas2025 #advent

Seven celestial events to look for in the December night sky. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy. Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality. John Roberts > Roger Taney. Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.

“OK, you can gerrymander to cheat in elections, but only if it hurts nonwhite voters.” - US Supreme Court

Freedom Family - The Last Thing [Ghana, Afro-Funk] (1977) -- Feel good https://redd.it/3t83d5 https://youtu.be/CzD8GSdzznQ

« Signalgate » : Pete Hegseth accusé d’avoir mis l’armée américaine en danger, dans une enquête interne du Pentagone

4 Dec: Old lore tells that when Mary gave birth, the stable was bitterly cold. With no dry logs, a shepherd cut fresh ash wood. Green wood should not burn, yet the logs blazed. Folk say that’s why ash, however green, still burns brightly, and brings us welcome warmth to this day.

It’s Election Day in TN 7th District. Already, 84,356 people have cast their ballots early. If you haven’t voted yet, please make a plan to do so today!

Let's make one thing crystal clear: Julius Caesar is a Roman hero, a true statesman, and has my 100% support. I stand by him and the decisions he has made — in Avaricum and all others since. Rome is fortunate to have such men protecting us. When the Senate says we have the back of our generals...

2 Dec: In #Norse lore, Frigg watches over marriage, fertility & motherhood. When her son Baldr fell to a mistletoe arrow, she knelt beside him in grief. Her tears touched the bare sprig that struck him, and each drop turned into a white berry—a reminder to cherish those we love.

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

They aren't working on behalf of Americans, just for themselves www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...

🌊 Identifying global marine climate refugia through a conservative approach to ocean biodiversity preservation www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"What we see on the street is just the tip of the iceberg. There's an entire world of homelessness that has been rendered invisible." Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:

I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic. It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.

When he’s gone, I know there will be a lot to do, but can we make sure the living rose garden gets restored? Started. Going.

Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing. Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war. They voted to confirm him anyway.

Jack Goldsmith is not some liberal Dem squish. He ran OLC for GWB and has what one would generally describe as a “conservative” (in its pre-Trump usage) view of a lot of constitutional provisions, but he is principled and he says flatly that these strikes are murder.

Every season has it's charms #photography #amsterdam #autumn #longnights #longexposure #lightpainting #autumn

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Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!

The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.

Thank you, Nicky Adding the post that includes Kasparov’s righteous rant. We need every politician to speak with this level of urgency, moral clarity, and conviction! bsky.app/profile/andr...

“Our findings show that when we see someone being touched, our brains quickly interpret what that touch might feel like. This fits with the idea that the brain briefly "mirrors" what it sees in others, simulating their experience as if it were our own.” www.sciencealert.com/an-amazing-t... 🧪 🧠

Importantly, a state that no longer grants its corporations the power to spend in elections also denies that power to corporations chartered in the other 49 states, if they wish to do business in that state. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...