UPDATE🚨 An immigration board issued a final removal order last night for journalist Mario Guevara. He could be deported any moment. We renew our demand for his immediate release. #FreeMario

In 2023, we won the Build Public Renewables Act — a groundbreaking law empowering NYS to speed up the clean energy transition and lower your bills with publicly-owned power. Today is the deadline to tell the New York Power Authority that we need a plan for 15 GW by 2030. Take urgent action below.

Saikat Chakrabarti, one of the most talented young political leaders in the country, has set his sights high for the 2026 midterms. I predict he will win. @saikatforcongress.bsky.social

Here’s our plan to build enough cheap, clean energy to get electricity prices down:

🚨TAKE ACTION NOW:🚨 Chris Smalls (US) & Hatem Aouini (Tunisia) remain imprisoned in Givon Prison, now on day 5 of a hunger strike in protest of their violent, degrading detention for attempting the break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza & stand against the genocide of the Palestinian people. ...2/

My friend Chris Smalls was the only black man among the 20 activists on the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social. He also appears to be the only passenger violently assaulted by Israeli forces after those on the boat were abducted before they could deliver life-saving aid to starving children in Gaza.

I used a predictive model to conclude the actual death toll in Gaza is way higher than the media is reporting. As of July 21, Israel had killed ~434,000 people, or 20.7% of Gaza’s entire pre-conflict population. Equivalent to 70M people dead in the US. stevendonziger.substack.com/p/shock-isra...

I am deeply honored to present the amazing @mikaelaloach.bsky.social as the first guest on my podcast Donziger on Justice. I asked Mikaela if she thought the climate crisis could be addressed in a capitalist framework. She flat-out said, "No." Watch the full episode at the link in my bio.

We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?

Thrilled to meet with a climate justice leader whom I’ve long admired. @mikaelaloach.bsky.social’s amazing book It's Not That Radical just hit the US market. I’m inspired by Mikaela and so many young leaders of her generation who are building the power we need to create the just society we deserve.

In 30 minutes I'll be live on Substack with @climatehuman.bsky.social for a deep-dive into the state of the climate crisis, collective organizing, and mass resistance in the second Trump-era. Join us! substack.com/@stevendonzi...

🧵: One of the most inspiring medical doctors in the U.S. @rupamarya.bsky.social just sued the hell out of the largest hospital system in San Francisco for violating her free speech rights after she condemned Israel over its atrocities in Gaza. This is a major test for free speech & academic freedom.

My apologies for the technical difficulties that prevented me from joining the livestream with @climatehuman.bsky.social. We will reschedule!

Today at 5pm ET I’m with noted scientist Dr. Peter Kalmus @climatehuman.bsky.social for a deep-dive into the state of the climate crisis, collective organizing, and mass resistance in the second Trump-era. Join us: substack.com/profile/7445...

substack.com/profile/8904... @sdonziger.bsky.social

“Roth has taken a maximalist view of presidential power, arguing that President Donald Trump has ‘expansive authority over foreign affairs, national security, and immigration’ to justify some of the more eyebrow-raising Department of Homeland Security moves."

The US Supreme Court is being devoured by a monster of its own creation. After the Court granted the President immunity, Trump is now openly mocking a 9-0 decision that a man mistakenly abducted into a gulag in El Salvador be brought home. The rule of law is dying because our high court is failing.

MIT following Harvard's lead here

“There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’” My myth-busting piece for The Guardian today arguing that it is factually inaccurate & totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ & are automatically ‘criminals’. I bring receipts:

Meet the seven brilliant student-scholars disappeared off the streets of the US by the Trump Administration for criticizing Israel’s atrocities in Gaza. Four are being held in brutal for-profit ICE detention centers in Louisiana. None are charged with a crime. Free them now. ⤵️

The farcical oil industry show trial against Greenpeace in North Dakota ended 10 days ago, but the battle over the appeal is just beginning. I outline in the @theguardian.com why Greenpeace is unlikely to pay even one dollar of the $667 million judgment. ⤵️

A North Dakota jury ordered Greenpeace to pay $667 million to an oil company for its alleged involvement in the Standing Rock protests. The lawsuit attempts to “chill First Amendment rights” for environmental and Indigenous activists, says human rights lawyer @sdonziger.bsky.social.

BREAKING: In a deeply unfair trial, the Energy Transfer pipeline company won a $700m verdict against Greenpeace today in North Dakota over phantom “damages” from the Standing Rock protests. This is an attack on Indigenous peoples, the climate movement, and the right to protest. ⤵️

Energy Transfer’s bogus SLAPP case in North Dakota against @greenpeace.org took a stunning turn today during closing arguments when the company more than doubled its damages claim to $800 million. This a full-scale attack on the climate movement — and an absolute outrage. 👊👊⤵️⤵️

Tomorrow begins closing arguments in what has been a deeply flawed and in my opinion corrupt trial against Greenpeace, orchestrated by Energy Transfer and its billionaire Chairman Kelcy Warren. Stay engaged with the latest developments at trialmonitors.org🙏👊👊👊

NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest “Stop resisting” “He’s not resisting” Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions

KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!

Mahmoud Khalil's new petition says Rubio's justification for removability "rarely invoked," mostly for top govt officials and alleged terrorists: "It does not appear to have ever been applied to any person for engaging in First Amendment protected speech." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In court today in New York with @susansarandon.bsky.social to support Columbia grad student and human rights defender Mahmoud Kahlil. Mahmoud was illegally arrested by ICE for criticizing Israel over its human rights violations — a clear violation of the free speech. Release him now.👊👊⤵️⤵️

“Marco Rubio Personally Signed Off to Detain Mahmoud Khalil on 'Foreign Policy Grounds,' Sources Confirm”

The Anti-Defamation League applauds the shadowy and unilateral detention & attempted green card revocation of Mahmoud Khalil:

Update: DHS — whose officers conducted this detention — did not answer questions. It instead directed us to the White House.

BREAKING: The ICE arrest of a distinguished Columbia University grad student is part of an all-out assault on progressive speech taking place in academia under pressure from Trump. Columbia is so cowed it just facilitated the possible illegal deportation of its own student. Despicable ⤵️

Every single Democratic Senator voted for Marco Rubio as Sec of State!

Energy Transfer's SLAPP trial against Greenpeace is shrouded in secrecy. Our Trial Monitoring Committee has just filed multiple emergency petitions before the North Dakota Supreme Court demanding a public livestream of the trial proceedings. Visit trialmonitors.org for the latest.

During a GOP town hall at Coeur d'Alene High School, Teresa Borrenpohl called out, “Is this a lecture or a town hall?” Witnesses said three unidentified men, who were not wearing badges or ID, then physically removed from her seat by order of the Idaho county sheriff.

Hello! First post: Amazon’s advocates fear Trump’s return means little US help to protect rainforest. With analysis from @amazonmiller.bsky.social & others “The implications of the Trump administration for the Amazon rainforest range from very concerning to horrifying.” apnews.com/article/trum...

Just got word from inside the Biden team that I will not be receiving a pardon — and that Chevron lawyers were working overtime to try to kill my request despite 34 members of Congress backing me. Mark my words: our pardon campaign and fight for justice will continue.👊👊

The DNC will choose a new chair Feb 1. But the names of the members who will vote is secret, even to *other members.* Until today. We are publishing a list of all 448 voting members of the DNC, to show how power is concentrated & flows inside the national party. Micah Sifry has the story.

#PardonDonziger: @repmcgovern.bsky.social reiterating the call for President Biden to pardon @sdonziger.bsky.social in the coming days. Watch the clip on @democracynow.org: www.democracynow.org/2025/1/8/ste...

This would be a pardon well & truly needed & deserved. Do the right thing Joe Biden, pardon @sdonziger.bsky.social.

A stunning 34 members of the U.S. Congress - including @aoc.bsky.social, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Rep. Jim McGovern - have sent a letter to Biden calling on him to pardon me after I was targeted by Chevron with the nation’s first corporate prosecution. Grateful. mcgovern.house.gov/uploadedfile...

A US-made rocket fired by Israel slices through a building in Beirut in a video recently posted online. If an arrest warrant can issue for Netanyahu, what about those who help finance these awful attacks that kill thousands of civilians? Should the ICC target them too? ⤵️

I am convinced that the Democratic Party in the US as we know it needs to be completely restructured if we are to create the kind of just society we deserve.

BREAKING: In a huge win for human rights, a jury in Virginia awarded $42 million to three detainees over torture they suffered two decades ago at the hands of the US army at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Juries are one of the last bastions of justice in the US. ⤵️