Katherine C. James

Our Texas Talarico billboard is up on i30 and gets 200,000 weekly views. We are so thrilled we’re keeping it up for at least another week. Sheri has once again stepped up and is matching all donations. maddogpac.com/products/qui...

This is some dark, backwards work in Kansas. Kansas Lawmakers Override Gov. Kelly’s Veto of Horrific “Bathroom Bounty” Bill via: www.hrc.org/press-releas...

When we talk about authoritarianism, it’s not just Donald Trump. Musk owns X Bezos owns Twitch Zuckerberg owns Instagram and Facebook Larry Ellison controls TikTok Billionaires increasingly control what we see, hear and read.

What should alarm us about the Epstein files isn’t just the appalling details, which are horrific and criminal. It’s that here is a growing sense that there is small number of elite who see themselves as above the law.

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

@wbur.org and ProPublica found that as many as 47 states allow more time to charge rapes or similar assaults of adults than Massachusetts, where attempts to lengthen the statute of limitations have failed every session since 2011. (Published Sept. 2025)

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

I can't remember the precise wording but someone on here said that the Republican threat to expose Bill Clinton too isn't so much a threat as it is a "buy one, get one free" promotion.

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott is donating $63 million to Morgan State University — the largest single private gift in the school’s history. The gift tops Scott’s record donation of $40 million to the Baltimore HBCU in 2020.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go." The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:

Here's Diane Keaton at Warren Beatty's AFI tribute, talking about a perfect (no exaggeration) scene in Reds--taking the mystique out of filmmaking and then putting it right back in, in just two minutes. She was exquisite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_RS...

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

Last night I had the honor of attending a special screening of "The Last Class" at UC Berkeley. I want to thank everyone who attended — and especially thank my friend @wkamaubell.bsky.social for hosting a great conversation afterwards.

I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

How bad are tariffs going? I paid for $32 of shaving cream from Canada. Unique stuff I’ve used for years, nothing like it in US. Small family business. UPS guy came to my door today with box and said I have to pay additional $120 before he can hand it to me. That makes it 5x more expensive!!! 🤯

Eye-opening data visualization and story: Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived, by Ruth Talbot and @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social

Don't let anybody hit you with some form of "I can't believe y'all are so easily distracted. The halftime performer doesn't mean anything." Putting a global artist who won't even tour in the US bc it's not safe for his community & core fans on the biggest televised US stage matters.

“The leader of the free world” wanted to send a DM to Attorney General Pam Bondi. Instead he posted it to everyone on Truth Social. It’s now been deleted. Medical intervention required.

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The idea of running anti-abortion Democrats is sickening to me. That means killing women! That is what that means!

I am actually sad to have to say this since I have admired much about Disney CEO Bob Iger over the years, but what a profoundly quisling move this is by someone who knows better. It’s shameful and he has tarnished his once proud reputation.

Pritzker: 1 Cruz: 0

Oscar-winning Palestinian says home in West Bank raided by Israeli soldiers

"The only thing that really matters now are elections, both next year and in 2028. "Short of revolution in the streets — highly unlikely — voting is the only way out of this metastasizing mess. That and some enlightened leadership." -- @sulliview.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...

"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power." New from @markhertling.bsky.social:

Thanks for this from my famous sister @sulliview.bsky.social I'd only add (as a nonpartisan journalist can't): also join your local Democratic Party (see your state party's website) to help make that "blue wave" happen! (even if the DNC isn't your fave, and even if you're not in a swing state)

In Newark demanding ICE free Mayor Ras Baraka.

"“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” said Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, in a statement to the university" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...

Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return "If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."

WSJ has a new report on the lead up to Trump's final decision on tariffs and it's even stupider than you could possibly guess. Trump and his advisors were trying to decide between a universal tariff and reciprocal tariffs. They couldn't decide, so at the last minute they went with both.

Trump signs order aiming to end union rights for many federal workers https://twp.ai/1VXe9u

Money floods Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race as voters weigh in on the destruction of everything wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/03/28/m... @wisconsinexaminer.com #RuthConniff @spudlovr.bsky.social

"A terrified young student, snatched off the street by a masked police force taken thousands of miles across the country without anyone knowing. It is as flatly authoritarian as anything we have ever seen in this country," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's detention.

A Somerville, MA resident sends along this image of all the people who turned out for an emergency rally today for Romeysa Ozturk, the Tufts University PhD international student who was essentially abducted by ICE yesterday. Thousands came "on six hours' notice."

The elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services would be a devastating blow to public and school library services across the country. ALA and EveryLibrary call on Congress and the American people to fight for the funding. www.slj.com/story/Latest...

Columbia grad student with a green card and a pregnant US citizen wife, abducted by ICE because of his political organizing, and now his lawyers can't find him. Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.

I need the institution where I teach (NYU) to respond clearly and unequivocally saying this is unconstitutional and they will not be adhering to it. This is a red line.

Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13. I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.

My latest on Bezos bulldozing the reputation and business of the paper he vowed to save. And yes, it’s personal https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/26/jeff-bezos-washington-post-opinion

This is literal white supremacy. This is Trump and the Republican Party.

Do you remember that time Pence tried to see Hamilton and the cast called him out. Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal. Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home. That. Do that.