I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

Very important, from former @govjayinslee.bsky.social:

my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt

Nope. Son of Holocaust survivor. My father was 11 when the Nazis invaded his hometown in eastern Poland. He survived only by fleeing to a different city with a false baptismal certificate. The comparison is apt. Carry on.

The attack on Rep. Omar tonight was a despicable act of political violence and intimidation. I am glad Rep. Omar is OK, and I thank USCP and local police for their quick action to apprehend the suspect.

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the victims of the Nazi regime are commemorated throughout Germany. At the same time, anti-semitism in the western European country and across the continent is rising at an alarming rate.

hell awaits

Trump's relentless bullying of Ukraine presented as a "peace process" is making us sound like broken records. Like, how many times do we have to say that asking Ukraine to withdraw from its most fortified region in exchange for another useless Budapest memorandum offer is a dumb proposition?

I’ve often wondered how many sitting members of Congress have actually read the Constitution that they’ve sworn to “support and defend.”

Athens fears Turkish trap on Trump’s peace board

“Dr. West’s mathematics really did lay the foundation for the global positioning system to be built,” D. Sarah Stamps, a geophysicist at Virginia Tech, said in an interview. “She made the world more precise for all of us.” 🫶🏾

Think you have to retire the phrase “immigration crackdown” when every major violent spectacle — at least those the news is choosing to highlight — involve US citizens screaming “Check my ID!”

ICE agents are stalking the streets of Minneapolis demanding that random brown people provide proof of citizenship. We good with that, America? I thought we learned this lesson back in World War II, but I guess not.

AOC: They are sending ICE into the streets. They’re invading other countries. They are tweeting crazy shit. But what they’re not doing is lowering the price of groceries…

Harper's Letter folks are being kind of shy lately about free speech issues. Maybe they are writing an extra long letter this time.

Lutherans when riled: And though this world, with devils filled Should threaten to undo us We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us The Prince of Darkness grim We tremble not for him His rage we can endure For lo, his doom is sure One little word shall fell him

Bar examiners and law professors couldn’t write up a con law question with this level of outlandishness

I mean … it’s hard to cast about for some reasonable justification for this scenario. Start to finish. It’s anti-constitutional. It’s clearly illegal. It’s morally degenerate.

Very disturbing. Here’s a link to the filing by @aaup.org chapters and allied groups, specifying what EEOC requested and other important details. fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...

Illinois state police should arrest him for assault.

Drone show and fireworks in Burnaby for Central Spark tonight 🦇🎃

Spurred on by local supporters and backed by their union, four laid-off journalists established a workers’ non-profit co-op to create a new community-focused publication. Freshet News launched its website and weekly newsletter last week. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

ACA Tax Credits give so many families in Nevada the support they need to afford health care. I’ve heard from so many southern Nevadans who worry that they’re only one policy decision away from losing everything that’s keeping their family afloat…

I think the Reagan ad is most effective not by the topic but by reminding everyone that presidents don't have to sound like insane morons.

“At this moment in time of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.” It’s hard to wrap your mind around it because of how callous it is. But that’s what White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt actually said. Out loud. To press. Proudly.

"The Structure of Intersectionality: A Comparative Politics of Gender" - @slweldon.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment. The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult. It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history. Until then, they're all to blame.

literally no need for this the protesters were just standing there, not causing any problems. then here come the police, causing problems. I need @govpritzker.illinois.gov to tell these goons to go home. And if he can't or won't do so, I need to know that, too.

GOOD

I am going to re-up this a third time: Please read this excellent piece by Lincoln Caplan about why John Roberts—more than Mitch McConnell, more than Stephen Miller or Russell Vought, more than anyone else—owns the destruction of Constitutional order. www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

Good for them: it is a violation of the Hatch Act that limits the use of public assets for partisan messaging. Orgeon has its own version of that law, and covers those who run the airport. Other airport administrators should look to see if they are in the same position.

Happy #NationalComingOutDay! Today, we recommit to building a world where everybody can live authentically, proudly, and without fear. No matter where you are in your journey, know that you are seen, valued, and loved.

Are you affiliated with UPenn (faculty, staff, student, alumni, or parent/guardian of a student)? If so, please consider signing the petition calling on President Jameson to categorically reject the Compact for "Excellence in Higher Education." actionnetwork.org/petitions/ju...

Only one thing could top the honor of speaking at the No Kings rally, and that's the honor of speaking at No Kings 2. See you October 18th!

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th” 👉👉 nokings.org

Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.

This is a very good column by Peggy Noonan in weekend WSJ. (No sarcasm.) www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

This victory supports what Oregonians already know: we don’t need or want Donald Trump to provoke violence by deploying federal troops in our state. I’ll keep working to stop Trump from fulfilling his perverse fantasy of making Portland the center of his assault on U.S. cities.

I don’t think I understood that American democracy would be held together by chewing gum, a handful of judges, and a piece of scotch tape.