What’s that I feel? State pride? We’re going to win.

INDIANA!

Redistricting rift growing among Indiana Republicans indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/18/r...

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

“Those who live by electronics, die by electronics. Sic semper tyrannis.” Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano One of my favorite Vonnegut books—happy birthday to Kurt, a human being. #booksky

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

I know a thing or two about SNAP because President Biden appointed me to work in the office that oversees that program at USDA. You should know that people are going to go hungry this month because the Trump White House deliberately chose to withhold their benefits.

“One statewide survey found that a majority of Hoosiers — about 53% — oppose early redistricting, compared to just 34% who support it.”

Indiana governor summons lawmakers for redistricting session amid national GOP pressure indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/27/i...

This op-ed against redistricting from former Indiana Gov Mitch Daniels comes one day after Indiana Senate Republicans shared they did not have the votes to redraw maps this year.

"Their duty is to the citizens and the future of our state, not to a national political organization or a temporary occupant of the White House," Republican and former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels said. "And doing the right thing, by the way, really would be its own reward."

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

Yay—so glad this is moving forward!

This is actually a perfect meme. Send this to anyone, at any time, for any reason!

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Here’s to Friday and the hope for a brighter future

"The greatest danger to our future is apathy. ... What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Vale Jane Goodall (1934-2025).

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

As I was saying…

On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵

Shout out to the comms team—incredible content!

i distinctly remember a decade+ ago when all the creative jobs started going out the window being told to “learn to code”

Go, a college student, has a dependent visa (her mother, an Episcopal minister, is here on a religious worker visa), which doesn't expire until Dec. But when she tried to renew it early, ICE nabbed her and sent her halfway across the US to a detention center. www.wthr.com/article/news...

Politico & Punchbowl report House Republican leadership is shutting down the Rules Committee - which is essential for moving party-line bills on the floor - for the week rather than vote on Democratic amendments on the Epstein files. Dems have effectively halted Republican legislation in the House:

I was given an ultimatum.

This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)

This is a fraud on the American people that would make even the Enron scammers blush. Senate Republicans are violating the rules to hide the cost of their plan and bankrupt the country — all to give tax cuts to billionaires.

I want to be very clear about what’s happening: Senate Republicans know the parliamentarian will say they can’t use 312 to pretend tax cuts are free (because two have two Byrd rule problems). So they are refusing to meet with her so they can pretend they never ignored her when they do it anyway.

Senate Republicans are calling to cut Medicaid and CHIP by over $1 trillion, growing to an 18% cut by 2034. This would be at least four times the size of the largest Medicaid cut in history.

The Senate bill would kick 11.8 million people off their health insurance by cutting health coverage over $1 trillion

I rarely post personal things. But I need to talk about my 4-year-old niece, Hope. She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive. But the FDA recently denied its approval. Now, her health hangs in the balance. Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. 🧵

Judge Farbiarz finds there are extraordinary circumstances here, and no flight risk or danger to community. Also the punishment claim is substantial enough to justify release. He orders Mahmoud Khalil RELEASED ON BAIL.

As a result of today's decision, the Trevor Project board of directors is matching every dollar donated with $3 until June 22. So a $25 contribution becomes $100! GO DONATE. Help save the lives of trans kids. www.thetrevorproject.org

Finance Committee text is out - this has the Medicaid cuts and the tax cuts. Will go through it in this thread. But what we can say for certain is that, like the House version, this would be BY FAR the largest Medicaid cuts in history, kicking many millions of people off their health insurance.

BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to return control of the National Guard back to California, saying the call-up was illegal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The most important words of our Constitution are the first three: We the People. We have no Kings here, no monarchs, no slaves and no subjects. We the People.

Cannot be said loudly or often enough: the bill House Rs are considering passing tomorrow would rip health insurance and food assistance from millions, leaving the poorest households worse off - to partially pay for tax cuts that most help the richest - while increasing the deficit by trillions.

Ping is ready to start #caturday

1. I study how science works as a collective endeavor to make sense of the physical world. I also study how misinformation about science spreads and affects society. There are fewer examples more poignant than a Minnesota bill that would criminalize mRNA vaccines as weapons of mass destruction.

Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?" Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Good article on mutual defense of academic freedom. A movement is growing. www.chronicle.com/article/thes...

STAND and DEMAND the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. BRING HIM HOME! Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador. SMART General President…

Kurt Vonnegut and free speech fans: The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library in Indianapolis recently lost approx $61,000 in expected funding from the NEH and the IMLS—for projects already completed in line with grant agreements. Now is a good time to support them. #booksky

BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds district court order that the Trump administration "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was improperly sent to El Salvador. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com

Trump didn't "back off" his tariffs yesterday. The cost to consumers is *higher* than it was before his announcement - losing households $4,400 per year! And it's the highest tariff rate in around 100 years!

BREAKING — DOGE will descend upon Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) buildings tomorrow, an agency source tells me. FDIC is responsible for insuring all commercial/personal US bank accounts for up to $250k and regulating banks. Scary in light of Trump’s manipulation of markets this week.