Be sure to stay for the part where the head of the Virginia state Republican party calls the closure of multiple rural health clinics "a win for rural communities”... www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/p...

Trump at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service: “He did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them. That’s where I disagreed with Charlie. I HATE my opponent, and I don’t want the best for them. I’m sorry.” Again, this is a memorial service.

Trump had his accounts suspended on January 7, 8, and 9th 2020. WHEN HE WAS STILL PRESIDENT. It was not Joe Biden because Biden was not President.

“Was Joe Biden president when the thing happened that Republicans are blaming on Joe Biden?” Difficulty level for political reporters … impossible.

This is really shameful by NYT — you should never quote someone just transparently lying about what happened without immediately clarifying that it’s false. Better yet, don’t quote that person at all

Trump's corrupt prosecutions of enemies as "retribution" for legitimate fact-based prosecutions of him are really about the core authoritarian goal of erasing the very idea of legitimate guilt and innocence. This new firing is all about that. Thoughts on this here: newrepublic.com/article/2006...

In their Callais brief, Louisiana argues that "race-based redistricting rests on an invidious stereotype: that all minorities... share the same interests and voting preferences." Of course, that's not true: Plaintiffs must demonstrate racially polarized voting for a court to find a Sec 2 violation

One doctor wanted to prove a link so badly, he misdiagnosed patients with cancer to pad the data. These people are awful. idahocapitalsun.com/2022/05/06/i...

I really think that Dems should demand firing RFK Jr. as a condition to fund the government his negative value over replacement cabinet member is undoubtedly the highest in the administration

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This is a clearly impeachable offense he’s reportedly going to finish committing tomorrow. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-poi...

RFK Jr. is objectively pro-disease, pro-illness and pro-child death.

New Virginia poll from CNU Wason Gov Spanberger (D) 52% Earle-Sears (R) 40% Lt. Gov Hashmi (D) 48% Reid (R) 37% AG Jones (D) 48% Miyares (R) 41% House of Delegates Dem 51% GOP 43% Trump approval Disapprove 58% Approve 39% Youngkin approval Approve 48% Disapprove 42%

I find this extremely chilling: I spoke w a reporter this morning about Kimmel. (Reporter was / is great) They got back to me a short while ago to say they sought White House comment & WH demands to know first which experts they spoke with. I told reporter I'm happy to be quoted IN THE STORY but 1/x

1) That's not what 'public interest' means 2) 'Public interest' has never ever been a thing at 1135pm, in fact, late night is explicitly carved out 3) 'Empower local broadcasters to push back' [unsaid: 'I explicitly put their broadcast license transfers on the line if they didn't]

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Nothing is more central to a free society than the right to criticize one’s government. Nothing.

I've got some extra copies of There Is No Place for Us, and I'd love to give away 5 signed books. Just repost, like, or comment to signal your interest. I'll pick names at random on Friday. Totally optional: feel free to share how the struggle for stable housing shows up in your life or community.

Having Ed Martin with a DOJ job is kind of like putting a mob lawyer in charge of the FBI or the criminal division. Actually .. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

On the Trump administration's cruel disbanding of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium: my op-ed @statnews.com My 12-year-old son died from brain cancer. This research would have helped children like him www.statnews.com/2025/09/15/p...

(Bloomberg) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that .. Trump has been using to try to oust .. Lisa Cook. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Clay Higgins sent a letter to Bluesky and other social media sites threatening investigations if they don't censor speech critical of Charlie Kirk. They don't even know who Jay is because they addressed her as "gentleman." clayhiggins.house.gov/wp-content/u...

Just a reminder: they were never actually against cancel culture. They were against the cancellation of people they agree with or like. They’ve always been enthusiastically in favor cancelling people they don’t like. If you took them at their word you’re a useful idiot.

donald trump and the white nationalists that run his government want you to think that slavery was just fine www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Recent research found that traffic stops by police in Hillsborough County, Florida reduced voter turnout in 2014, 2016, and 2018 federal elections.

And this is why pursuing raw textualism that is willfully blind to known purpose and context will get you into trouble.

"At any rate, there is a consistent principle here: right-wing moral hypocrisy. Conservative notions of free speech boil down to “I get to say what I want, and *you* get to shut up, or be persecuted by the state.” " prospect.org/education/20...

If democrats wanted to shore up democracy/votes in a critical battleground state, finding ways to sustain local media would maybe be a priority

9,500 Virginians who lost their federal jobs between January and July. A "positive externality" and "good news" according to Youngkin.

The Virginia Department of Health has issued a standing order so that people can get the COVID vaccine without a prescription. You can print out the order here: www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...

Good outcome here, but it provides even more evidence of Justice Jackson’s point - that SCOTUS is treating the Trump administration differently than all other litigants.

From historian & AAUP Academic Freedom Committee member Joan Scott: “…the stakes we have in a democratic system of education are always under threat. For those of us who value it, the fight for its preservation is an urgent, if never-ending, challenge.” #DefendHigherEd

On the blog, I critique Justice Kavanaugh's attempt to justify Monday's emergency docket ruling greenlighting racial profiling in Los Angeles. He's wrong about everything: standing; the 4th Amendment; the balance of harms; and his suggestion that damages lawsuits are available. 👇

Lisa Cook cannot be removed for reasons unrelated to her official work and because the “for cause” statutory protection creates a property interest, due process is required.

oh wow the editorial board of WaPo has been totally destroyed

Final result in VA-11 w just few mail and provisional left Dem over-performance continues as this was 65%-31% Harris in 2024 Fairfax hit hard by DOGE So could also be sign of increased Dem enthusiasm Tea leaves for November? Virginia could revert back to Trump 1.0 blueness

They could have done something like this in the Trump immunity case and given a chance for the special counsel to take Trump's federal election subversion charges to trial. Expediting cases is a choice

Chief Justice Roberts in SFFA just two years ago: "Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it." Yet when the government is EXPLICITLY using race & ethnicity to detain & question people, he gives it his blessing.

The USA is now a place where large numbers of citizens will be roughed up by gov’t agents because of the way they look and speak. And it’s OK with the Supreme Court. This is sad and shameful and should inspire indignation. (3/3)

In the minds of most Americans, we’ve tended to mythologize the Warren Court as most representative of the Supreme Court, when in truth, for most of our history the Court has ruled against minority rights, upheld the power of wealthy white men, and rarely protected the most vulnerable.

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

basically trump’s “If I Did It”

This was a classic Scalia move. In exclusionary rule cases, he would talk about all the wonderful civil remedies available. In the civil remedy cases, he would create as many procedural and substantive obstacles as possible to ensure plaintiffs couldn't win.

Here’s my new @LPEBlog.bsky.social post about Friday’s FTC decision to stop defending its rule banning non-competes. I also highlight how red & blue states are stepping in to defend worker mobility with new legislation & existing consumer & antitrust laws: lpeproject.org/blog/after-t...