"Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative.” Bowing down to a bully never works. And we can’t become numb to this corruption in plain sight.

Toronto! @willpotter.bsky.social will discuss his new book LITTLE RED BARNS at Type Books on Thursday, Sept 25 at 7:30pm!

Join @willpotter.bsky.social @powells.bsky.social this Friday, Sept 12th, 7pm, when he discusses his latest, "LITTLE RED BARNS: Hiding the Truth from Farm to Fable" with Abby Martin of the The Empire Files ! A powerful exposé of the forces at work to mask the harms of industrial agriculture.

TONIGHT! What a wild week for an event like this. I don’t have the answers, but looking forward to this convo with Abby Martin at Powell's downtown, 7pm

Pol. sci. @josephmbrown.bsky.social: "Georgia pol's tried to fix a legitimacy problem by indicting their critics. [But] even to abuse the law, you have to read it first. They didn’t.": @danimmergluck.bsky.social @marisapk.bsky.social @willpotter.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Does anyone have any idea why Jamie Dimon needed another $12 million tax break so bad that we had to cut Medicaid to do it? I'm genuinely asking.

Legal experts weighed in Monday night after a federal appeals court dealt

A Democratic political analyst expressed concern on Monday night that President Donald Trump's administration could move to outlaw the Democratic Party after the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

OPINION: The assassination of ultra-right, racist influencer Charlie Kirk may not have been the "shot heard around the world."

Trump makes midnight announcement of 'stunningly pathological' $15B lawsuit

Kash Patel's FBI investigated the Colorado school shooter before the attack. But did nothing www.denverpost.com/2025/09/15/c...

ProPublica: Elon Musk Pushed Back on Our Reporting on His Houston Tunnels Plan. Experts Say His Comments Are Misleading. https://www.propublica.org/article/fact-checking-elon-musk-response-boring-houston-tunnels

Gizmodo: Elon Musk’s Comments on Houston Flood Tunnels Are Misleading, Experts Say https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-comments-on-houston-flood-tunnels-are-misleading-experts-say-2000658393

The Intercept: Many ICE Agents Lose Ability to Spy on Immigrants’ Payments to Family Back Home https://theintercept.com/2025/09/15/ice-deport-wire-transfer-surveillance-trac/

LA Times: It's not just UCLA. UC president warns of Trump push into all campuses and hospitals https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-15/uc-univeristy-of-california-trump-campus-investigations

FBI and DOJ being 'politicized' in way 'we've never seen in modern history': @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...

Check out True North’s new primer designed to provide a basic orientation to the major strands inside and outside of government seeking to establish and entrench authoritarian governance ❌ and what we can do to counter them 💪 truenorthresearch.org/2025/07/true...

Making Patronage Great Again. Is this good for the country? thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Drop the Epstein stuff or he's coming for you MAGA

Truth

From our first interview to our last, Raúl Grijalva was unapologetically himself. More than two decades in Washington didn’t change that. I will always appreciate his kindness and his candor. He will be missed. My thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.

BREAKING: Chief Justice Roberts issues a rare statement: "For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."

NEWS: Adelita Grijalva announces she will run for Congress in Arizona’s CD-7, the seat held by late father, Raúl, for 22 years. The primary is set for July 15. The general in this special election will take place on September 23.

About Mail-In ballots… #Arizona has had voting by mail in every election since 1992. It is safe and secure. It was first championed by Republicans in this state. Nearly 90% of AZ voters cast an early ballot in the 2020 general election. Nearly 75% cast an early ballot in 2024.

Chief Data Officer at SSA says that DOGE is putting Americans' social security data at risk, including that DOGE officials created a live copy of the country’s Social Security information in a cloud environment that circumvents oversight whistleblower.org/press-releas...

I spoke with workers at the VA and EPA about the Trump administration gutting union contracts as part of their broad attack on workers' rights and labor unions www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

'Embarrassment': Expert stunned at  triple indictment failure by Jeanine Pirro’s office

The Department of Homeland Security appeared to taunt a high-profile individual facing deportation proceedings on Monday night.

Critics slammed the Department of Homeland Security on Monday after it issued a taunt about its efforts to deport a high-profile individual.

If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...

Just another criminal he wants to release, evidence be damned.

Are you wondering, like so many of us, what you can DO to help stop this fascist regime? Here's something you can do. Wednesday, August 13. 8pm Eastern. Check it out. You'll be inspired.

BREAKING: Billionaires in America now hold a record $7 TRILLION in wealth. That's a $4.1 TRILLION increase since the last Trump tax scam. Republicans are now pushing a budget to give billionaires more tax breaks, paid for by cuts to healthcare and food assistance. Insanity.

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Trump kicked 400,000 workers out of a union in the last week. But tell me again how he’s for the working class.

We honor Juneteenth by remembering our ancestors, who lived through and survived chattel slavery and the violence of being denied control over their own bodies. We honor them by telling the whole story. Freedom must include bodily autonomy and survivor justice. 🖤

So Donald Trump is going to send the national guard to Washington DC today when the people of DC don’t need them, after refusing to deploy them on January 6, when the people of Washington DC did.

AI’s potential benefits are incredible. But right now, we’re sleepwalking into a dangerous world. As Tristan Harris argues in an urgent new TED Talk, this doesn’t have to be inevitable. We must snap out of the trance, and coordinate toward a new path. Watch: bit.ly/44Aihft Read: bit.ly/4lTlwon

What happens when #AI confronts a moral crisis? Sometimes, it lies… 🤥 Researchers found that AI systems were willing to deceive their human operators in order to preserve their core values. On this week’s episode of #YourUndividedAttention: Watch - youtu.be/POe5-BgULmg Listen - bit.ly/4jEXrka

Winning back working class votes from the GOP is still possible. The key? Bread-and-butter economic policies.

NEW: 1 in 5 working-class Trump voters actually favor progressive policies like: - Taxing the rich, - Funding public school, - Funding social security, and - Raising the minimum wage. Democrats can win back these voters. To do that, they must boldly champion these policies.

NEW: The GOP budget's colossal cuts to Medicaid will leave hospitals to cover more costs — which will mean cutting nursing staff, says Tamie Cline, president of @oregonnursesassoc.bsky.social. “No one is protecting us." IPS Wallace Fellow Karina Smith speaks to Cline in @oregoncapitalchronicle.com:

NEW: Hundreds of rich people have signed the Giving Pledge to donate half of their wealth. 15 years on, their lack of progress shows our critical need to fix philanthropy — and tax them more. REPORT by @chuck77.bsky.social, @bdevaan.bsky.social, @helenofips.bsky.social and @dpetegorsky.bsky.social:

Philanthropy is not a replacement for government or taxes in a democracy. This report from @ips-dc.org shows why. @patrioticmillionaires.org @itep.org @4taxfairness.bsky.social

NEW: 15 years into the Giving Pledge, billionaires’ broad failure to donate money faster than they can hoard it shows the need to overhaul philanthropy — and tax the rich, says @bdevaan.bsky.social. “There’s only so long that we can take them at their word.” @eshugs.bsky.social in @sfstandard.com:

In a new report, Human Rights Watch, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and Sanctuary of the South looked at three Florida detention centers. Conditions are not just inhumane — they actually violate international law. @belkiswille.bsky.social of @hrw.org:

NEW: In 2010, 57 billionaires pledged to give away at least half of their wealth. In the 15 years since, 32 of them have instead collectively grown 283% wealthier. “We must enact measures to ensure more donations actually reach working charities,” says IPS scholar @bdevaan.bsky.social:

Without federal funding, public media — and the truth-telling, community-connecting role it plays — is at risk. Local stations may vanish. Millions could lose trusted news and vital information. If you are ready to join the fight for journalism, donate now: n.pr/458sOhq

Three decades ago, I was virtually alone in national journalism in documenting growing inequality, expecting it to steadily worsen because of government policies. Below, from The Guardian, shows just how awful it's become. Trump and the GOP ensure that the wealth gap will continue to widen.