The Indiana State Senate rejected President Donald Trump’s call for a special session to redraw the state’s congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterms. The move preserves Indiana’s current map and represents yet another rebuke of Trump’s national gerrymander push.

🚨BREAKING: After a federal court delivered a stinging rebuke of Texas Republicans’ mid-decade redistricting scheme — ruling it was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander — GOP leaders wasted no time appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

WATCH — @jenpsaki.bsky.social : “Courier compiled 23,000 Epstein emails into a searchable database… Donald Trump's name appears more than any other. And that’s just from these emails. Who knows how many times in 100,000 files.”

In ICE masking news: The federal government has sued California to prevent enforcement of the state's "No Secret Police Act," which bans federal law and immigration enforcement officials from wearing masks on duty in most circumstances. apnews.com/article/fede...

There is a complete vacuum among Republican politicians where decency and self-respect are supposed to reside.

Tonight I’m raising a glass to the women standing up to the most ruthless and violent institutions and people on the planet, in the halls of Congress and the White House, in skrums and online. This isn’t easy, and thousands of people with more safety and comfort aren’t doing it at all.

I am, however, pretty disappointed that all her colleagues stood there quietly and said nothing in response, and no, I don't think "journalistic distance" or whatever the hell is a sufficient excuse for that.

I'm not surprised that Trump said "Quiet, Piggy" when an unnamed woman in the White House Press Corp asked him if there's anything incriminating in the Epstein files, and my lack of surprise is because he's a misogynistic dickwad. But... (1/2)

After all the Trump Administration fuss and pressure and lying about the Epstein Files, the vote to release them just slid through the Senate by unanimous consent! Talk about a whimper.

First they came for whistleblower laws, but I didn't speak out bc it didn't impact me Then they came for WB'ers & their lawyers, but I didn't speak out bc I was neither Then they came for me & no one was left to speak out. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

TONIGHT at 7 p.m. George Conway and I will go live for a members-only conversation on the future of American democracy. I promise an unfiltered discussion about why so many institutions failed to stand up to Trump, the Epstein Files impact and why independent media is the last line of defense.

Hours after Speaker Mike Johnson confidently declared that Senate Republicans would "fix" Thomas Massie's bill requiring release of the Epstein files, the Senate just passed the bill as is by unanimous consent without any changes. A massive, embarrassing debacle for Johnson. It now goes to Trump...

It may be repeating the obvious, but Mary Bruce is a first-rate reporter. In the face of a presidential tirade aimed at silencing her, she calmly and professionally demonstrated why a free and independent media remains essential, asking questions that people in power don't want to answer

A somewhat funny inter-cameral subtext to Thune absolutely screwing Johnson on ths Epstein bill after having screwed him on the CR with its comically corrupt payout to 8 members of the Senate R caucus.

Just absurd this person is the top civil rights official in this great nation. An embarrassment.

You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution. That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk. Wow.

Here is a turn of events nobody counted on. Unless the supremes reverse, the whole partisan project that Republicans in Texas started could wind up giving a net gain of 3 to the dems, rather than keeping them even. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.

Mike Johnson earlier: “I called Thune and shared our deep concerns. So I’m very confident that when this moves forward in the process, the senate will take the time to methodically amend this discharge petition.” The Senate: bsky.app/profile/acyn...

! Chuck @schumer.senate.gov asks unanimous consent that the Senate immediately read and pass the bill to release the Epstein files, un-amended, "as soon as it comes over from the House." No objections. Motion succeeds. Bill is deemed to the Senate unanimously, will go to Trump to become law.

Congress sent a clear message to the White House: Release the Epstein Files. It should have never taken this long. Why did Trump fight this for months?

It will not go to the 5th Circuit. By law it goes straight to SCOTUS. Ron DeSantis is a moron. For accurate information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts subscribe to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Republican, Clay Higgins, the only “NO” vote today on the Epstein Files in the House sounds more nervous than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. I wonder what’s making him so rattled by this bill? …

Trump doesn’t really do retail politics. He might do a 3 minute drop into a cafe in little Havana when in Florida, but it’s not his thing. He is a germaphobe, he doesn’t do small talk, and he doesn’t want to get into the weeds of people’s problems.

Congratulations Marc Elias!

Thank you, Marc and team. Seeing you right now with Nicole Wallace on msnow. Thank you for explaining what you took care of.

If you want to know why a federal court struck down Texas' new congressional map, read this. It is an amazing example of Trump's DOJ utter incompetence. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump & McMahon are lawlessly trying to abolish the Department of Education & tear down public education in America. They know how unpopular this plan is—that's why despite Republican majorities in Congress, they're choosing to do this ILLEGALLY.

Did... did they think that was a part of that movie that was viewed as normal or appropriate?

I’m the granddaughter of potato farmers from Aroostook County and the daughter of a World War II veteran and a public school teacher. Maine values are in my bones. And we’re going to win this race—together.

11/18 After Trump stops fighting it, the House of Representative voted to release the Epstein files on Tuesday. When the bill gets to the Senate, will Maine Senator Susan Collins vote against their release for a second time? #maine #MEpolitics

- “Active investigation” loophole - National security classification loophole - Victim-privacy entanglement - General personal-privacy exceptions

It’s amazing that the House passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. But even though the bill bans redactions for embarrassment or political reasons, it still includes several exceptions that could allow key names to be withheld:

Republicans completely flip-flopped on the Epstein files. They knew they were going to lose so they changed their tune. The American people deserve the truth.

This is absolutely disgusting. This corrupt White House is flagrantly abusing its power to help an alleged sex trafficker spit in the face of the law and avoid any real accountability.

Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.

As Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said last week: "Capitulation breeds capitulation." Disney/ABC's $16 million dollar payout to Trump in December didn't earn the company any special favors today.

He left a paper trail of doorman tips?

Palantir is now working hand in glove with Fox News to produce what is graciously termed “digital journalism” ... www.axios.com/newsletters/...

The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal. /1

Hosting a man who (per the CIA) ordered the murder of a journalist, Trump berates a journalist who dares to "embarrass our guest" by asking about it and later threatens to take away her network's license for asking about Epstein files.

NEW: Schumer confirms he'll move to pass the Epstein resolution in the Senate tonight by unanimous consent. "We have an opportunity to get this bill done today and have it on the president's desk to be signed into law tonight."

“It's like cheap-ass, discount Scott Galloway…I want the real fucking deal.” @karaswisher.bsky.social tells @profgalloway.com she is NOT here for Bill Ackman’s dating advice.

I don't know if the Epstein vote is a one-off or not, but I've been thinkin of that very thin, translucent sticker film that comes when you order, say, a new monitor. It's devilishly hard to get the first little bit of the corner to separate but once you do, the entire thing pulls off very easily.

Wow, things could really go sideways in a whole bunch of ways all at once

Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting. As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.

Northern Light Health and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care say they're offering an insurance plan on the online marketplace that aims to expand access to care at a lower cost. www.mainepublic.org/health/2025-...

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...