Constitutional Progressive

The Resistance needs a Mission 2026. Run for office. Every office. No uncontested races. From federal to state to county to town to school board to dog catcher. We lose every race we don’t run in. #RunForSomething @runforsomething.net

i wrote about the GORP

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

New in PN: The GOP parade of horribles "This isn't a problem from which the GOP will free itself. Even if Trump withdraws quietly to Mar-a-Lago (unlikely), he's given birth to a generation of R politicians who want to be like him, or worse. And he's trained R voters to expect that from candidates."

oh man 😂

Here are the details: literally any time, any place, any network.

This is a community note for the ages.

Wild. This should create a Streisand effect, which Dem ranking members can enhance by sending the companies document preservation demands. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

Trump's move to ban outlets he doesn't like from reporting inside the White House comes amid a wave of bad news less than 2 months before the midterms: *Record diesel prices, $4+ gas, ~7% mortgages, higher interest rates, high fertilizer prices, ~$7 beef. *Terrible polling for Rs, Trump *Etc Etc Etc

Omg. When you’ve lost Joe DiGenova….

This essay by @vermontgmg.bsky.social is a compact, readable summary of the ways in which AI is being implemented hurts and endangers people, and why people are right to fear and oppose that current implementation.

"This was a high-stakes presidential gamble with global stability and nuclear war hanging in the balance that indicates, anew, how much Trump’s ego and corruption undermines our security at home and abroad," writes @vermontgmg.bsky.social: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...

Dear Constitutional Law BlueSky: In light of the SCOTUS decision that enforcement of 14A, clause 3 is vested with Congress, does that mean that the 2027 Congress with Dem majorities in both houses could declare 47 to be an insurrectionist, and therefore ineligible to serve? Asking for a friend. 🙃

This. This. One million times this. In a primary, support the person who makes you the most inspired. In the general election, vote for the Democrat. (And if you’re in a state where it is Indy v. GOP, vote for the Indy.) General elections are binary choices.

"Say Less:" Everyone Knew Trump's Flying Bribery Palace Was Unsafe emptywheel.net/2026/07/21/e...

Ride the Caniac wave, Norway! #Skål

Watching World Cup soccer, and Landon Donovan, within 30 minutes, criticized the Canadian coach for saying that he was proud of his team after they lost, and then praised the US team in advance even if they lose. Someone needs to teach the US analysts that we do listen, and we want consistency.

This is incredible. So satisfying. I was going to say it’s “cutting” but it’s more a knifing to the gut or maybe a beheading. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

"We should be clear: Bari Weiss is murdering 60 Minutes. She is doing so not out of incompetence or foolishness, but with malice aforethought. She is doing it at the behest of her corporate patron."

The past was erased, the erasure won’t be forgotten, the Big Lie won’t become the truth. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Fighting words here, much appreciated: How Democrats can avenge the demise of the Voting Rights Act By @nberlat.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

It’s happening #SoundTheSiren

He hates comedy because it speaks truth to power & a malignant narcissist can't handle that. Period. End of story. With many thanks to: @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @latenightseth.bsky.social @thedailyshow.com 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

Republicans in Congress support this. It’s that simple

He's threatening nuclear war with the kind of language they'd use to promote a special episode of Celebrity Apprentice

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)

Everyone is talking about oil in the Strait of Hormuz. But the bigger story may be fertilizer. Disrupt those supply chains and the consequences show up months later—smaller harvests, tighter grain supplies, and higher food prices.

Jonathan V Last: An Institute of Peace white paper from 2010(!) explained with uncanny accuracy exactly how the Iranian regime would react to an attack and how they think about self-preservation. Typically, nobody in the Trump Admin seems to have read it.

Columbia says DHS agents misrepresented themselves to gain access to a building they didn't have a right to go in without a judicial warrant (which they lacked). www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/n...

Raided the camps to confiscate the letters from the kidnapped kids. Classic Good Guy behavior.

Just take a look at this and remember, Pam Bondi's concern here was not with any of the victims of these crimes but with the nosy Democrats who actually gave a shit about them.

RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out. But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.

Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

Lutnick had said, "I decided [in 2005] I will never be in a room with that disgusting person ever again. So I was never in the room with him socially, for business, or even philanthropy. If that guy was there, I wasn't going." He just admitted visiting Epstein's island in 2012:

1. The FBI affidavit used to seize ballots and other materials from the 2020 election in Fulton County relies on debunked conspiracy theories. For example, it isn’t true that Fulton first “reported” 511,343 ballots and then “reported” 527,925. I’ll explain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

THREAD 🧵 The latest batch of Epstein Files are disgusting and shocking. We wanted to give the public an understanding of the most important takeaways.

After latest release country should move on to Epstein trials.

David French: This is not a drill www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...

Both. The answer is almost always both. 🙃

10/10 ICE protest sign

Everyone should set their alarm clocks now for 2027, when Trump complains about the Academy not nominating “Melania” for an Oscar. 🙃

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Kudos to the NYT editor who took “Appears to” out of the lead headline (finally)

“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”

Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."

When reading the physician's sworn statement under penalty of perjury on shocking denial of medical care to Alex Pretti ⬇️ Remember Kristi Noem's statement earlier today: "Medics were on the scene immediately and attempted to deliver medical aid to the subject."