“There’s a baby!” Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

It is not just “what if?” These things are happening.

All blessings and prayers for new Archbishop Sarah Mullally and the Anglican Church www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/w...

A new try at the administration’s goal to control universities.

Statement from National Security Leaders for America in yesterdays’s speeches at Quantico open.substack.com/pub/nsl4a/p/...

Out in the open

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Top Brass American Cities Should Be ‘Training Grounds’ for Military www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Mass shootings you may have missed this weekend: 3 killed, 8 wounded in N.C. 2 killed, 8 wounded in Michigan 2 killed, 5 wounded in Texas 1 killed, 3 wounded in New Orleans 4 wounded in Louisiana 4 wounded in N.C. via Gun Violence Archive

I’m not the first to repost but it’s vital we understand what is going on in our communities. Absolutely heartbreaking and unacceptable.

Learned something!

Standing up

Watch all the way through. Lessons for all youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

Gov Pritzker once again explains the takeover of cities. Please do not just nod your head. Commiserating will not change anything. Not only must we listen, we must act.

Speak up. Stand up www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...

This photo

Of note.

Thread. From US Senator Chris Murphy. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

DC is fighting back. The people are declaring “Free DC.” Memphis take note - and get organized now www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

First in a series by @maxblau.bsky.social Keep reading!

Bravo, NYT. The print version of Ezra Klein’s commentary is right on point. I’ll ask @markwarner.bsky.social & Sen Tim Kaine - what will YOU do? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

No solidarity. Reporters let Trump talk this way to a woman reporter and then clamor to get their own question answered. He used to do it to April Ryan, Yamiche Alcindor and Abby Phillip. And that’s why he controls media. No solidarity.

Doesn’t seem like a good idea @markwarner.bsky.social

I don't think anybody covered the Feb/Mar Dem debacle over the GOP funding bill with better, earlier, or more actionable insights than @joshtpm.bsky.social. So this is very much worth a read.

Good to hear. Judge Rules Trump Administration Illegally Canceled Harvard Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

Not hiding it.

What you missed overnight night.🥳 Utah's gerrymandered congressional map was struck down. The judge reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The resistance is there. You’ve just got to look for it www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Sounds like we should listen to what 500 nuns have to say, eh? www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/500-nuns-m...

Short, to the point, doable, and it all adds up. Small things, done smartly, can change the world. Thanks @rbreich.bsky.social

Federal police (ICE, etc) have checkpoints at DC metro stations asking people for their IDs. Trump’s name is on new ICE vehicles (in gold). Trump intends to walk the city with “his troops.” Alarmed yet? What are YOU doing? www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Community strength. Analogous to @watchduty for getting fire information to all who need it. Nonprofit. Community built and supported. @icealert www.instagram.com/p/DNYh8tVN9V...

Live in Georgia? Please be sure to check that your voter registration is not cancelled. Info on how to so is here: www.ajc.com/politics/geo...

ATF, FBI, MPD, and Secret Service just arrested someone in front of the Union Market Trader Joe’s at 4 and Florida NE DC while residents heckled them.

Don't be surprised if Trump announces on Truth Social tonight that the United States is withdrawing from NATO.

SUNDAY—A massive protest has erupted outside the White House with demonstrators chanting “Trump must go!”

🇺🇸 @atrupar.com & @nberlat.bsky.social : “Newsom’s threat to retaliate is not a divisive attack on good governance. It is the only hope for democracy— Dems cannot hide behind neutrality & fairness as MAGA incinerates the remaining tatters of our republic.” www.publicnotice.co/p/gavin-news...

South Carolina forces picking up from their attack Fort Sumter www.npr.org/2025/08/17/n...

Steve Rosenberg is BBC News' Russia editor and is a Russian speaker who has been a Moscow correspondent for 22 years 👇

New batch of signs

Former military & civilian nat’l security leaders call for restraint in use of Nat’l Guard in DC. National Security Leaders for America www.nsl4a.org/nsl4a-announ...

#OneMillionRising 3rd Training Session starting now. Get smart. Take action. @indivisible.org @freedcproject.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social

Whitewashing this report doesn't change the facts — it just further tarnishes our credibility.   I remember when Secretary Rubio would shed light on human rights abuses around the world. Now he sugarcoats them to fit his boss's political narratives.   What a disgrace.

Two things can be true: 1) The President has legal authority over the D.C. police and the D.C. National Guard that he doesn't have *anywhere else* in the country; & 2) Even if this doesn't set a legal precedent, it sets an ominous *political* precedent for pretextually overriding local government.

DMV Members of Congress speak out on the federalization of the DC police dept and call up of the National Guard. They call out the truth - soft launch of authoritarian power, unrelated to crime. Thanks @beyer.house.gov Now - where are the Senators?

Yes. Do not turn away. This is a test

Bowser: "Chief Pamela Smith is the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department. And its 3,100 members work under her direction."

Bowser: "We will continue to make it clear that this is needed in our city -- that all law enforcement be identifiable by a uniform, a badge, a jacket, so that people know that they are law enforcement."

Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."

The right way to wear a judicial robe - and the peril of giving in to the rot open.substack.com/pub/clayjak/...