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When a fed'l judge does her job, insisting that the govt follow the same rules as everyone else & the president attacks her personally, it’s a sobering moment. You’ll want to read Judge Reyes’ final comments today in court. I wrote about it here: joycevance.substack.com/p/this-is-no...

Say what now?

Some facts about the 28 people charged today: - Every one was a lawful permanent resident. - 4 of the 28 are accused only of registering, and not voting, and only 22 are accused of voting in 2024. - The median and average age is 50 - 22 noncitizen voters = 0.0001% of the California 2024 electorate.

Some key phrases in Christiane Amanpour's announcement today that she's leaving CNN. “I’ve decided to separate from CNN” “I’ve always been fiercely independent” “unprecedented pressures from all sides, political, financial...”

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White House press secretary Katie Zacharia took the California bar exam but didn't pass it. Trump has referred to her as an attorney.

Ukraine’s Starlink access has been restricted without warning, adding to growing confusion about whether the United States has begun limiting intelligence and military aid to Ukraine.

The Trump administration’s repeated attempts to exert control over this year’s midterm elections — a power the Constitution does not grant the president — have left the legal landscape for collecting and counting ballots in a state of near-constant flux. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

D.C. Court of Appeals: "Respondent's graduation from law school does not entitle him to call himself a lawyer.” law.justia.com/cases/distri...

Mitch McConnell is excited to get back to doing what he loves, taking away people's rights and healthcare

Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 9, 2026 ~ Pandora's Forest "It would take over 100 years of afforestation and forest management at the current scale, and zero residual CO2 emissions, to bring warming back by 0.1°C." newrepublic.com/article/2151...

I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign

Judges appointed by presidents of both parties are signing the same briefs against Trump's election orders That should tell you how far outside the lines this is @democracydefendersfund.org & partners have taken the big tent approach from day one, & it is working @theguardian.com👇 -TN

At one Wisconsin private school, we found that: • The board chair also helps manage school operations. • His accounting firm has an $87K contract with the school. Both of these things would be prohibited at a public school.

It's crazy to me that this is not leading the New York Times, NBC News, CNN, etc. If you're that numb, maybe think about a field other than journalism.

More Palestinians have been killed (1,300) since the so-called ceasefire began in Gaza on 10th October 2025 than Israelis were killed on 7th October 2023 - including ten times as many children (300!) as were killed on 10/7. This is what a 'ceasefire' looks like for Palestinians.

Costco runs it's own rigorous food inspection program. And they didn't bend the knee on DEI. Plus, they dropped Callaway Golf after their horrific ad depicting violence against women. And they are refusing to carry trump meat. So that's where I'll be shopping.

"the money, which was supposed to be used to provide health insurance for poor children, was instead hastily passed through multiple organizations before eventually landing in the bank accounts of two political action committees and the Republican Party of Florida." www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...

PLAYING DJ KHALED'S "ALL I DO IS WIN" ALLL DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. Y'all better talk nice to me now.

My latest, on how the British/global media hounded Jason Arday to death. “Given the history of white media’s key role in terror against Black people, at what point do we call such actions of journalism outlets digital terror campaigns? “ karenattiah.substack.com/p/jason-arda...

VICTORY: Karen Attiah wins her case against Bezos' Washington Post An arbitrator has now ruled that no fortune is big enough to buy the 1st Amendment. She is REINSTATED @democracydefendersfund.org is proud to rep her w/ @wbng.org in this landmark fight

Uefa says they have reason to believe that Trump, Joshua Kushner and Infantino hatched a corrupt scheme involving the privatization of Fifa, and they are suing for damages and the ouster of Infantino. They have issued an anti-spoliation letter today demanding preservation of documents..

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

If pocket calculators regularly and randomly gave you incorrect answers to your queries like ChatGPT does, we would have left the technology behind, not insisted that 2+2=5 is HERE TO STAY, BABY.

#medsky

Five months ago, on Feb. 26, 2026, the Strait of Hormuz was and open international waterway, as it had been for decades. Five months later, thanks to Trump's war, the Strait is closed, we've lost 18 service members and spent ~$100b, and the U.S. is neither as liked nor as trusted nor as feared.

Infantino tries to get Trump to leave. “Nah I’m okay standing right here.”

matthew always brings the receipts

“States’ Rights”

This alone should be a decade-defining political scandal resulting in prison sentences.

Loved ones and a congresswoman described Lorenzo Salgado Araujo as a hardworking 52-year-old father of three U.S. citizens with no criminal convictions.

We just learned last week that Kat was never truly indicted. The grand jury in Chicago returned a no true bill. Prosecutors then had to tell anyone who didn't want an indictment to leave and cajole someone in the hallway until they returned an indictment. Please, go to jury duty and raise hell.

The outcry is only going to grow No president — of any party, going back to the founding — has ever done anything like this $1.7 B taken from the American people to hand cash to those who violently assaulted cops @ms.now👇 -TN

Letter: Our hypocritical state leaders promise to save the Great Salt Lake while at the same time threatening it with data centers and increased fossil fuel production.

With @khayahimmelman.bsky.social: How a New Jersey election denier got copies of ballots from Detroit's 2020 election, and is now laying the groundwork for the DOJ to involve itself in the state talkingpointsmemo.com/news/electio...

President Trump is considering installing a helipad at the White House complex to keep presidential helicopters from damaging the South Lawn’s grass while landing, according to people familiar with the matter.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis justified his decision to release election denier Tina Peters from prison with a series of false and misleading claims, inaccurately distancing her case from efforts to undermine the 2020 election. | Fact check

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria has spent years dehumanizing Palestinians & boycotting events critical of the Israeli Govt. Now in the wake of a horrific tragedy in San Diego in which white supremacists killed 3 Muslims he hears it from a San Diego resident. Video credit: @andrewmercado.bsky.social

it's not like the political media can't make a big issue of this stuff when it wants to. see the coverage they gave to Rev. Wright while Obama was running for President despite Wright being less close to Obama than Loomer is to Trump and Wright's comments being much less offensive than Loomer's.

Florida Republicans’ new gerrymandered congressional map violates a voter-approved state ban on partisan gerrymandering, voting advocates argued Friday, asking a court to block the state from using the map in the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Rep. Steve Cohen announced he is ending his reelection campaign after the state General Assembly broke up his existing, majority-Black district into three that favor Republicans. Cohen, who is 76 and White, is the only Democrat in Tennessee’s delegation.

The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.

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