So sick of these degenerate. thieves looting our taxes and abusing actual public servants (security detail)

New reporting reveals Trump plans to use $15 million from the National Endowment for the Humanities to pay for an arch named after himself in Washington, DC. This is the same Humanities Endowment funding that DOGE cut from any project that mentioned DEI.

DELBENE: You gave DOGE access to Treasury systems housing Americans' sensitive data. What specific measures, if any, have you taken to protect the affected individuals' data? BESSENT: Would you care to look up what does 'inadvertent' mean? DELBENE: You are in charge!

BREAKING: Blanche says the tax immunity for Trump and his family is STILL IN EFFECT. "I can't answer it yes or no. The ONLY document we're not moving forward with is the fund."

Fuck me, this is Bill Pulte. The guy who was using mortgage data to launch DOJ investigations against Lisa Cook, Letitia James and Adam Schiff. He is being put in charge of national intelligence because of his track record of being willing to manufacture false allegations to target Trump's enemies.

If at this point you’re not assuming Trump is personally getting a cut of everything going through the White House you just haven’t been paying attention.

A recipe for destroying the world-beating excellence of American science

Funny story: 13 is the same number of service members who died in the pullout from Afghanistan, for which Biden received brutal bipartisan media coverage for months

#1. This is a lie. #2. Lots of dollars don't go to people who are lawfully, correctly, eligible to receive them. This administration wants to increase that total. #3. This admin has gutted professional anti-fraud tools (e.g. Inspectors Generals) while fueling massive fraud by cronies.

Today is 6 years since disgraced and convicted killer cops Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao were involved in murdering George Floyd. I've spent the time taking near daily photos of Minneapolis and i've shared thousands here: chaddavis.photography/minneapolis-...

this is such a great encapsulation of what the various factions of the reactionary right want. i might add that they envision themselves as slave masters and the rest of us, in one way or another, as their slaves. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...

Roberts dropping that “we’re not political actors” quote and doing this 96 hours later is nasty work

Trump has run through the authoritarian checklist at breakneck speed, with one exception: controlling elections. His efforts to tilt the midterms was not going well until the Supreme Court weighed in to help him.

Tennessee can pass a 9-0 map in two days eliminating the state's only majority Black district but a referendum approved by 3 million voters in Virginia is nullified by the courts. Total double standard

I hate this bad faith James Carville faculty lounge bullshit with the intensity of a thousand suns, & Barack Obama, former law professor & former President, now watching the far right authoritarians lie about & dismantle the very jewel of 🇺🇸 society - our universities - should damn well know better.

So the Feds did more to investigate VA workers who went to Alex Pretti memorial than those who killed him.

i think it is a testament to the inherent radicalism of the reconstruction amendments that the supreme court’s main project with regards to them has been to limit and weaken their impact on american society.

"I dissent because Congress elected otherwise. I dissent because the Court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote. I dissent because the Court’s decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity. I dissent."

Second (and last) #SCOTUS ruling is the big one, Louisiana v. Callais. For a 6-3 majority (Rs v. Ds), Justice Alito purports to narrow the ability of states to draw majority-minority districts as a remedy for race-based vote dilution, but, per Kagan's dissent, comes pretty close to gutting the VRA:

This is how we save higher ed! If you teach or conduct research at a college or university, join @aaup.org

These people demand the right to appoint faculty and prescribe the content of the curriculum at American universities.

Trump is about to hit REM on camera during an Oval Office event. It's just incredible.

MSP's airport authority, the MAC, met today; I, on behalf of MN50501, along with labor and faith leaders, asked the MAC to pause funding for a proposed Delta lounge, so the airline would meet with community members and discuss good corporate citizenship. ... it didn't go well 🧵👇

I would greatly appreciate anyone amplifying this or contributing. The Alex Pretti nursing scholarship is being created. An endowed scholarship awarded to a student with financial need. Preference will be given to students with an interest in supporting America's veterans. Link below. Thank you.

That Yale report on what's wrong with U.S. college saw some trees (high cost, unfair admission, etc.) but missed the forest: the 60-year right-wing crusade to undermine higher ed, from slashing budgets to stifling speech How to really fix college. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/yale...

Fittingly, a white flag that no one can read unless you pull it out and wave it in defeat

This whole report is shoddy at best. If I were the social scientists on the committee, I'd be deeply embarrassed to have put my name on it as scholars.

Difficult to describe how unusual it is for @icrc.org to speak publicly like this. "Heavy explosive weapons with wide-area effects struck densely populated urban areas, including the capital Beirut, without effective advance warnings." ICRC Outraged by Deadly Strikes in Densely Populated Areas

“Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.” Geneva Convention Additional Protocol I and Department of Defense Law of War Manual, § 5.2.2

We have now killed at least 1,665 civilians, including at least 248 children, in this illegal war. www.en-hrana.org/day-38-of-u-...

Vought has in fact written about his belief that the president is an elected dictator.

PSA: It is absolutely *not* lawful to target electric plants "because destroying them could foment civil unrest, complicating Tehran’s path to a nuclear device." That's not a 'definite military advantage'. That's collective punishment of civilians.

“Three Hundred Habeas Cases in Which the Government Has Defied Court Orders” An extraordinary database of non-compliance, from @katherinepomps.bsky.social and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org for @lawfaremedia.org. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/thre...

After taking time to connect with the Pretti family and with their consent, we are honored to share that we have created the Alex Pretti Nursing Scholarship. For those interested, you can learn more and make a gift here: crowdfund.umn.edu/campaigns/Al...

This wasn't some random mistake: both the State Department and USAID called the contraceptives 'abortion'. And when international groups tried to buy the stockpile so it wouldn’t be destroyed, the administration refused, citing the Global Gag Rule. A policy that prevents U.S. funding FOR ABORTION

The President of the United States would like everyone to know that he is acting with criminal intent, in case there was any ambiguity.

It seems we just bombed some residential buildings in an attempt to kill a former diplomat who was trying to facilitate negotiations. A civilian trying to *end* hostilities, surrounded by other civilians in their homes. We are completely lost.

In Minnesota, we stand tall with our neighbors in the face of hatred.

Walz: I have a message to our immigrant community here in Minnesota. You are seen, heard, valued, and loved. You add value to our state. You are part of the fabric of what is good about Minnesota. That is a hell of a lot more than I'll say about anybody in the White House.

“Mr. Buria told Mr. Driscoll that President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events, the officials said.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

projects.propublica.org/why-minneapo... Still ongoing need and ongoing neighboring

Jaw-dropping admission by DOJ to court. DOJ admits to having repeatedly made "material mistaken" representations to judge - ICE never had authority (under 2025 Guidance) to conduct arrests at immigration courthouses! DOJ admits court "relied on...prior misrepresentations." DOJ blames ICE (page 2)

??? GOP Rep. Mary Franson says she's not worried about climate change because it's not in the Bible: "If you've read the Good Book, you know how it ends, and it's not with climate change." How can we expect Republicans to do serious work when they're so proud about ignoring science?

Aid to Ukraine from 2022-2026 was a rounding error. We used more in the first two weeks of the Iran war than we provided in the 4 years of aid to Ukraine.

well that went way deeper than I was expecting

MN had problems with fraud, much of it related to pandemic relief. But it took it seriously - the Governor chose not to run for re-election, they hired an inspector general, and had followed federal demands. Step back, they have one of the *lowest* Medicaid error rates in the country at 2%.

New from @pamherd.bsky.social & I: Trump's insane press conference did reflect one real goal: his willingness to lie about fraud to limit access to safety net services, even as his administration goes on an unchecked crime spree. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/one-bad-id...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Knicks’ Mohamed Diawara at Marcus Garvey Park after sharing iftar at Keur Yayeu Dara, a beloved Senegalese restaurant in Harlem.

Americans are dying so that Kushner can make money