Los Angeles, DC, Memphis. The sight of National Guard troops acting as law enforcement should never become normal, but we're getting dangerously close to it. We must remember it's not really about fighting crime. 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

America can and must rekindle an appreciation for a good debate among young people, and remind them why freedom of expression is a fundamental right. Commentary from @maryellenklas.bsky.social at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Let’s be clear about what just happened: Jimmy Kimmel, a prominent late-night comedian, was just taken off the airwaves because the Trump administration didn’t like what he had to say — and threatened his employer until they shut him up.” www.vox.com/politics/461...

Let this sink in. www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

Support for free speech is fading from college campuses at an alarming rate. It's time to rekindle tolerance for a good debate because civil disagreement is the friction that democracy needs to smooth rough policy. @opinion . My column,🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

EXCLUSIVE/BOMBSHELL: @bloomberg.com has obtained **18K** previously unreported emails from Jeffery Epstein's personal Yahoo account. The emails are disturbing & revelatory & reveal new details about Ghilaine Maxwell's role FREE to read www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails. It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.

You don't see this very often: Investigators "have images" of the suspect's face, "but they are not releasing pictures because they say they don’t need the public’s help at this point." www.sltrib.com/news/2025/09...

Trump dismissed domestic violence as "a little fight with the wife." It's in fact a crime. I know better. My mother was on the front lines trying to move this violence out of the shadows, where healing starts. She'd recognize his comments. 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The US is drifting into a dangerous era of state-by-state conflict, where "the red and blue blocs are moving from separation to confrontation." Another must-read analysis from Ron Brownstein. 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The White House wants foreign investment in manufacturing. Raiding a Hyundai plant in Georgia is a strange way of getting there. 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Texas voters wanted Medicaid expansion, gun reform and looser abortion laws. Instead, Abbott and the GOP pursued culture wars. As in Florida, it's a subtle attempt at consolidating power and is institutionalizing the norms of authoritarian rule. 🎁link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Donald Trump talks about his commitment "to the American worker." But his record shows he’s only committed to certain kinds: men. Look at what's happening to programs for women, and the retro promotions of the apprenticeship program. @opinion.bloomberg.com 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Ooops. Man in glass house is throwing stones. Three of Trump's Cabinet members have more than one "primary" residence on tax forms. via @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Opinion @maryellenklas.bsky.social , Columnist Bondi’s Justice Department Is Defunding the Police Effective crime-reduction programs are getting axed in favor of law enforcement theater. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... via @opinion.bloomberg.com

Data center company QTS mentioned in this piece is owned by Blackstone 👀 Private equity firms are invested & fighting at every step of the AI supply chain, folks. Great overview of many current issues facing this new chapter here from @maryellenklas.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Millions of Americans face higher health insurance premiums courtesy of the GOP plan to eliminate tax credits for small businesses and the self employed starting in January. Florida and Texas will see biggest impacts - unless Congress reverses course.🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

This is so embarrassingly transparent.

Judge orders "Alligator Alcatraz" to immediately start dismantling -- to render it uninhabitable as DeSantis will likely appeal. Remarkable ruling: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Data center builders convinced local politicians to grant permits with few guardrails. Now outraged communities are voting them out of office. If there's a data center coming to your community, Virginia's approach is what not to do. 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

With his plan to abolish mail-in voting, Trump is continuing his quest for ways to manipulate the midterms. It's not about eliminating fraud, or helping Republicans. In fact it will hurt them more than help. 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

MAGA wants Paxton. Republican Senators want Cornyn. It's the GOP's latest civil war, spawned by a party that has tethered itself to an unstable leader. 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

New Uvalde school shooting records — nearly 12GB — come as part of a settlement in a yearslong lawsuit that news organizations, including ProPublica and @texastribune.org, brought against state and local governments. We continue to seek records from the state Department of Public Safety.

Texas' gerrymandering plan relies on the GOP's newfound support among Latino voters to win in 2026, but polls show that's a risky strategy. "Republicans are banking on a group that they have just alienated,” argues Mike Madrid. 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

What's really inside the Epstein files? An under-the-radar FOIA lawsuit and its index reveals some clues. via Jason Leopold @bloomberg.com 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Trump’s DOJ is demanding voter data — names, addresses, Social Security numbers — from states. They say it's about election integrity. It's more like a surveillance exercise to give the administration your data to use for political advantage. 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Roy Cooper has never lost an election. Now, he’s Democrats' best chance of flipping a key Senate seat in North Carolina — and more importantly, use the spotlight to shape a message that resonates like his has in Trump country. @opinion 🎁link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - Orwell

A pretty basic FBI rule of thumb is to always go into an interview knowing more than they think you know. No way Blanche digested the whole Epstein/Maxwell case. Original prosecutor fired. No FBI agents. Victims left out. How did he know how to test her credibility? What follow up questions to ask?

Pam Bondi had two chances to hold Jeffrey Epstein and his enablers accountable — first as Florida AG, then as Trump’s AG. She's failed both times. 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

“Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us remembers seeing our colleagues die of starvation.” The AFP news release has been released in French. Below is an English translation via Google translate.

Republicans have given safe harbor to conspiracies for so long, people have stopped doubting them. Now they're spawning intra-party clashes among the MAGA base ahead of the midterms. It's more than Epstein. Look at Georgia. @opinion.bloomberg.com Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

As the assault on journalism continues, here's more proof journalism matters. After reporting revealed the risks of a politically-driven decision to end a database chronicling how a warming world is amplifying flood risks, the Trump admin reversed course: www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/w...

Texas' redistricting gambit is a calculated risk. Here's what you need to know. 🎁 link, via @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

“The basic tenets of the Enlightenment are being reversed.” www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

Trump's tax law gives billionaires a break right away — but buries brutal Medicaid and SNAP cuts until after the 2026 midterms. What will it mean in swing states? Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

After one Kansas middle school banned phones, suspensions dropped 70% and absences plummeted. Districts across the US are taking note. When school starts this fall, students in most states will have to turn off their phones. My column. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

This is a major blow for press freedom in the United States - a major news outlet caving to groundless threats from the President over coverage www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...

Who will succeed retiring NC Senator Thom Tillis? With independent-minded candidates vilified, the GOP is going to struggle to retain the seat. My column. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Zohran Mamdani’s win has inspired over 3400 young people to raise their hands to run for office just since Tuesday. It’s now @runforsomething.net’s biggest candidate recruitment moment since the election. A new generation of leaders is here.

We are governed by not only the cruelest but also the stupidest people alive www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

'Alligator Alcatraz' is an unsustainable plan to detain and deport immigrants from Florida's Everglades, but Florida's attorney general has another goal in mind. My column, gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Budget cuts to weather data collection are hitting just as hurricane season begins. That means less reliable and accurate forecasts for vulnerable Gulf Coast states. My column. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event

Only 3 Texas congressional districts had a margin less than 15 percentage points in 2024. That will change if Trump has his way and lawmakers gerrymander to find him additional seats in the midterms. It also could backfire. Gift link @opinion.bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Don’t focus only on the White House’s push to authoritarianism, look at these states where Republicans are in control. Lawmakers are advancing dozens of bills to reduce voters’ clout and weaken citizen initiatives. My column. Gift link. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The incentives to play up the partisan nature of the redistricting decision in order to downplay the argument that this is race-based discrimination leads to this astounding statement.

ICE (or maybe DEA? who knows?) shows up again in the same quiet Berkshires town, at a landscaping job site. This time business owners confronted the agents, demanded they show warrants or IDs. The agents refused. “I felt like I was in North Korea,” owner says. www.berkshireeagle.com/news/souther...

Over 200 South Carolina lawyers sign letter detesting Trump administration deportations, targeting of law firms www.postandcourier.com/news/local_s...

Richardson had promised a new plan by the end of last week, saying it was 85% done www.wsj.com/politics/pol...