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This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.

This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding — and indicative of a culture where they’ve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.

I’m absolutely begging reporters to stop suggesting that Lisa Cook stated that she would use both properties as a principal residence on her mortgage APPLICATIONS Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS

This is the type of person Trump pardoned. He proudly asserts that they should have injured a US Capitol Police Officer worse than they did on January 6th (@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social) had to medically retire). But MAGA supports law enforcement? Seriously? Then show me by condemning this guy.

A judge dismissed the case, finding no probable cause after Florida police arrested a man as part of Ron DeSantis’ crackdown over rainbow chalk ark memorializing the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

If you don’t believe that Trump’s authoritarianism can be defeated, look at how scared MAGA is of chalk:

What are we even doing?

Fine. I'll just take that he was missing for a couple days as good news. He's not well. And I don't care who's backing him -- JD will never command this cult.

Donald Trump incited a violent coup to overthrow the 2020 election and hold onto power. It will never be ok that he was not held accountable, including banning him from ever again holding public office.

Oh come on www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Trump said tonight he is going to issue an executive order purporting to require enforcement of voter ID rules: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... The president has no such authority to order how elections are conducted.

BREAKING: A federal judge has *blocked* the Trump administration from abruptly deporting 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children — perhaps within a matter of hours — granting an emergency restraining order after advocates called the plan illegal + dangerous. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“Who. Pays. The. Tariffs!”

The Alabama (!) people chanting "who pays the tariffs? who pays the tariffs" and then turning to "shame! shame!" when their rep turns tail and leaves is a keeper.

This is phenomenal messaging. Hello Democrats? Knock knock, anybody home?

Imagining him seeing the glee over his rumored demise is almost as much fun as imagining his actual demise.

“.. I never have seen an instance of an advanced, affluent country with among the finest scientific resources .. under assault, not from small pockets of the public or people who have unusual beliefs, but from the government itself.” @mollyjongfast.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Personally, I prefer tan suits to brownshirts.

“I have faith in people outside of government. The professional organizations, doctors, nurses, and other providers—and also the parents…So I’m hopeful in that sense. I’m just not necessarily hopeful that the federal government is going to be the answer anymore…” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

I think there’s only one sentence u need to understand Stephen miller, excesses and all, and that is: He is a Jew whose preferred immigration policy is an American law from the 1920s that famously made the holocaust deadlier and more dangerous for Jews

The court case on tariffs would go away if Congress simply did what it has the authority to do under Article I: Vote for the tariffs. (They don’t want to do that)

Remember, folks, it is a CRIME to draw with sidewalk chalk on the streets and sidewalks of Washington DC so when you do it be sure to invoke your Fifth Amendment right to remain silent if asked about it. #ChalkCrime

IMHO, these are all inextricably intertwined: 1) authoritarianism 2) eugenics & racism & sexism 3) vandalism of public goods, property, and services 4) pseudo-science & anti-science They feed into one another and they never travel alone. Find one, and you'll find elements of all the others.

I will never forget saying to a group of professional JD Vance loyalists shortly after the 2024 election that his fortunes largely depend on how Trump is perceived by voters after another 4 years and some of them got legitimately mad at me lol thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Our news media are so broken. There's a way to challenge someone in an interview without looking like you're the press secretary for the other side. ABC's Martha Raddatz badly misses the mark. "Why fight with the president?" she asks.

Fulfilling my CLE requirements with a class on traffic stops and did you know that reading this post is consent to a search and also not reading this post is suspicious and thus probable cause for a search and in fact you should have already stopped so you are fleeing so lethal force is okay.

Uganda giving the US lessons on rule-of-law.

NEW: Federal judge signs off on DOJ and Oklahoma's sham anti-immigrant lawsuit. Judge Ronald White did not even consider a brief arguing the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter before issuing an order striking down a decades-old Oklahoma law. Tonight, at Law Dork:

Read every word of this "And if an 81-year-old woman can beat Donald Trump? Twice? Anybody can. In the larger picture. I think money is the answer. When the [powers that be] get hit in the pocket book by Trump, that’s going to be it. That moment hasn’t come yet." variety.com/2025/film/ne...

This is appalling, criminal, and the GOP plan for everywhere: block cheap renewables in favor of expensive gas turbines. It won't even provide enough power, there's a 3-5 year backlog for turbines. We'll all pay far higher electricity bills to be sicker and to do more environmental damage.

Brooklyn Bridge gets all the press. But the views from the Manhattan Bridge are gorgeous this week, too. #NYC 💕 @newyorkcitykopp.bsky.social

Mongers, ranked: 1. Cheese 2. Fish 3. Rumor 4. Iron 5. War 6. Conspiracy

It’s time folks for some #SidewalkChalk civil disobedience. Grab some chalk, go outside with your kids, and draw, write, sketch, vent, play hopscotch. This shit has gone too far. #ChalkCrime

Remember when Hillary coughed and Republicans were practically writing her obituary?

The perks of an early flight. There is beauty everywhere. ❤️

Quick someone think of a national security angle to the Taylor Swift engagement so that I can convince my editor to let me write about it

(Heaven begins construction on border wall)

Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed political outsider Graham Platner, the populist oyster farmer running to oust Maine’s Republican Sen. Susan Collins. More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

This is an unconstitutional and authoritarian power grab. The constitution grants power over federal elections to the states and Congress - not the president.

Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

A true legend is gone. #RIP @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-kn...

A federal appeals court reminds us that presidents are, indeed, not emperors who can impose massive taxes by whim and decree open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

🧵Republicans are getting hammered in town halls. Susan Collins: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GhsKtD/

This past week, ICE seized people while they were fighting a wildfire in Washington State. Today, this report about hospitals and surgical centers in California. calmatters.org/health/2025/...

When people keep saying “Dems keep losing at the polls numbers but keep WINNING at elections” this year, yea that’s what u said 2022 - a very specific night in 2024, geniuses

Trump repeatedly asserts "no one is above the law" in his lawless, weaponized attacks on our fellow Americans and his demolition of our democratic institutions. Our job is to spotlight his lies, confront the danger and identify concrete solutions that can hasten this regime's demise. bit.ly/4mVlzzu

Trump is widely loathed here in Chicago. We will resist.

In a new post I write about how Dems 1) can't approach the upcoming budget talks as traditional negotiations w/the governing party 2) have a big opportunity w/Trump's tariffs to show we are with the people and they the oligarchs - and we need to seize it 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-court-ru...

nearly one month later and we still don’t know where Lara Trump put Charlamagne

Are You More Driven by Inspiration or Outrage? I draw on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s iconic speech to explore the power of squarely confronting oppression and injustice, as well as envisioning positive change and a better world. Join the conversation. www.americaamerica.news/p/are-you-mo...

52 of 53 Republican senators voted to confirm him.

In frustration, I asked a law professor (Michael Libonati), "is anything in the law real?" He replied: "Burdens." That's why Manners' framing here is so important. The question isn't how much has Congress limited POTUS, but how much it has allowed. The burden is on POTUS to prove he's allowed.

APOLLO: “.. Will We See a Repeat of 2021 and the 1970s? .. There is upside pressure on inflation and inflation expectations .. The risks are rising that we could see another ‘inflation mountain’ emerge over the coming months.”

I suspect some corporate bosses are OK with Trump building a dictatorship because it will be easier to know who to bribe.

Getting so tired of these royal degrees that have absolutely no legal effect.

Getting so tired of these royal degrees that have absolutely no legal effect.

You’re never gonna guess what this is in response to

RIP Mark Knoller, the longtime @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy White House reporter who made himself into a one-man archive of all presidential facts and statistics. He was a prince of the briefing room, ever generous to colleagues and competitors alike. He was the best. www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-kn...

Attorney Norm Eisen, who is helping represent Federal Reserve Board chair Lisa Cook, tells MSNBC they'll be filing an additional legal argument on behalf of Cook in court on Tuesday

Have you seen the Democratic Party

Have you seen the Democratic Party

Imagine what he could find if someone looked at the Jeffrey Epstein surveillance tapes people.com/donald-trump...

Update: @status.news has no paywall on weekends.

Buffalo is the site of a human rights crisis — a constant stream of deaths in the local jails. The sheriff who oversees it (a Republican in a Harris-voting county) is up for reelection this year, but he is running entirely unopposed. We report here—don't look away from these spaces.

State supreme courts are so important right now. We put together a guide of every single high court: it answers 20 questions for each state! Crucial resource for people who care or work on this!

Biden might have the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.

It's Maria Montessori's birthday so do whatever you want, there are no gods, no kings, no rules, you are imprisoned only by your lack of imagination.

This clips runs as part of the Paley Center for Media’s exhibit on Johnny Carson in NYC — and I cannot get enough of it. @fallontonight.bsky.social

People who followed me in mid-2024 already know I follow French elections very closely; and it’s possible there may be new parliamentary elections this fall as the government is about to collapse next week. So we just got a first poll of a possible election… and it’s predictably messy. (1/?)

Rep. Barry Moore, an Alabama Republican, slipped out of a town hall without saying goodbye or making concluding remarks after his constituents voiced their annoyance with him. Later he said: “We left like any other event.” So he always sneaks out when voters demand answers?

I so badly want to believe I can pull off this suit …

“The Court should not enjoin a democratically enacted law on which so many students depend without careful deliberation informed by arguments on both sides of the issues,” Public Justice argued to a federal judge. The judge blocked the law on Friday without even considering the group’s arguments.

New work by @brendannyhan.bsky.social & @jasonreifler.bsky.social shows further evidence of positive impact of prebunking This is why EIP wrote What to Expect rumor guides for certain periods in elections! And it’s why election deniers reframe this as “brainwashing” www.science.org/content/arti...

Not to belabor the point but: I am not the weird one for being this mad at the Democratic Party and its leaders. Look at polls of your average rank and file Dem voters and how they feel about the party now. It is YOU who are out of touch if you’re asking why people are being mean to Dem politicians

There's only one real reason to take such extreme steps and destroy the Department of Justice. It's as Shakespeare warned about "killing all the lawyers" because that's how authoritarians maintain power. We stand in their way.

New: I looked at 90 porn sites to test the new age-verification law rewriting the web. The ones following the rules, and scanning visitors' faces, are crumbling, while the lawbreakers are doubling or tripling their traffic. One of many unintended consequences for an experimental tech wapo.st/47QuttW

I had the chance to talk with @scottdetrow.bsky.social for “All Things Considered” about my belief that an important line was crossed in America this month: www.npr.org/2025/08/30/n...

"There is a very strong organizing community in this city and in this region, and I hope that you see from our legislative leaders a desire to not live in a tyrannical state." On Chicago. boltsmag.org/chicago-publ...

I'm going to be on with @velshi.com at 11 to talk about my article on the small acts of noncompliance that we can take against our dispicable government. I guess Summer is over. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

“An unsettling Mad Max vibe coursed through the city. Pickup trucks with armed men of unclear authority cruised around .. “.. I headed back to Union Street. That body could not possibly still be there. This was the United States. We collect our dead. “Still there.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/i...

The “Nemo” brand caviar spotted in ratatouille is maybe the most savage joke animators have ever done

The are very popular among the elderly, the immune compromised, and whose who love them. That is a enormous number of people

As we go into the holiday weekend, let’s focus for a brief moment on news that suggests a faint glimmer of light amidst the hurricane of merde that is our daily life. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

This guy does a great job nailing the fact that RFK Covid rules means we have to weigh endangering someone who is immune compromised or not seeing them. It is obscene www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GBXgxK/

The more you see Some Like it Hot—probably in my Lettrbox 4–the more you realize how subversive in so many levels it was.

And now for a Moment of Clarity...Buckle up, baby... youtu.be/fZpPc8ikV9E

It's not Trump who normalizes autocracy. It's the rest of American news media. The Guardian can and should stand apart as the one outlet unafraid to declare autocracy is here. Stop asking. Declare. Has Trump succeeded in normalising American autocracy? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

So much respect for @briantylercohen.bsky.social who has used his own platform and know-how to help so many talented young creators

♥️ “With the sharply structured documentary “Ask E. Jean,” director Ivy Meeropol accomplishes the near-impossible, telling the story of Carroll in a manner as consistently enthralling and unapologetic as its subject.” variety.com/2025/film/re...

They're deporting all the landscapers so they have to pressgang the National Guard into taking care of lawns.

Evil. *This* is end-stage capitalism: Genocide for profit.

Donald Trump quieted baseless rumors he died by complaining about "stupid" White House contractors. More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Lawmakers in California killed an anti-AI price manipulation bill, and "a bill that aimed to protect electric utility customers from bearing higher costs associated with data center proliferation" that "required data centers to publicly disclose how much energy they use," per @khari.bsky.social:

This is worse than the sandwich guy getting hit with a felony.

“If Israel is right that Palestinian journalists are biased, it should welcome international press.” apple.news/Amw6ZgI4UQjC...

The irony of all this is that if he manages to take down the Sullivan precedent, one of the very first victims will be the right wing social media influencers who are basically his last group of political support these days. They will get buried in lawsuits.

ABC is still traumatized by the lawsuit they stupidly settled.

They’re so close to getting it. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...