Joyce Vance

Here’s the problem: we can no longer believe the government when it makes these kinds of statements after its agents kill someone. That’s a very dangerous place for a democracy to be. Read the full analysis here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

“So many of the Court's decisions are really challenging what I think of as democratic capacity, the legitimacy of democratic institutions.” - @leahlitman.bsky.social joins on the major themes from this SCOTUS term for a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast: cafe.visitlink.me/tb2zrL

Lots of Graham Platner signs missing from houses that have had them up for months, in Platner strongholds. Happened over night. He can’t survive this.

Words of wisdom from @joycevance.bsky.social on Civil Discourse on the Jan 6 slush fund: “When everything is bad, nothing is bad. People get desensitized. They can no longer keep track of it all. It’s all so awful that none of it gets processed anymore…fraud and corruption have been normalized”.

Thanks @skywalkerbeth.bsky.social!

At this point, we’re so frequently confused that @barbmcquade.bsky.social & I answer to each others’ names. (And I’m always honored to be confused with her) Thank you for keeping us straight!

@joycevance.bsky.social on E. Jean Carroll’s victory. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Senators: Todd Blanche. Do not confirm. No one who kowtows to a president like this should be the AG.

DOJ is ignoring a court order. The Judge should act swiftly here, since there is simply no excuse. As we’ve said before, a party that doesn’t like an order can appeal it. But they can’t just ignore it. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Hey all-I somehow ended up with two separate accounts here. If you aren't already, please follow me as @joycewhitevance.bsky.social See you there!

Hey all-I somehow ended up with two separate accounts here. If you aren't already, please follow me as @joycewhitevance.bsky.social See you there!

I wrote this the other night in my newsletter, and wanted to share these words, here: "The most important thing is not to let Donald Trump take away your sense of power as an American...We did not quit during Trump’s first four years in office & we are not going to quit now."

Hi Bluesky. It's been awhile.