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“We are saying stop locking up children. There are humane alternatives that allow people to live freely while their cases are adjudicated.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

The most dangerous words in public health are, “It’s not that bad.” Minimizing outbreaks while dismantling the teams that detect and investigate them isn’t leadership—it’s negligence. @aliciamenendez.bsky.social

The Trump-Vance administration wants us to celebrate inflation rates that are *higher* than when they came into office. They promised to lower costs and keep us out of war, then did the opposite.

The documents Trump cited don't even make his case - and actually refute much of it. But that didn'tg matter. No foreign regime, no spies, no saboteurs have yet matched the damage that America’s own president just did tonight to faith in U.S. elections. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Under my administration, Illinois has jumped from 30th to 12th in CNBC’s Top States for Business — a historic high for our state.

BREAKING: The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Protect IL Communities Act. Illinois will continue banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines capable of inflicting mass casualties. A victory in the fight to end gun violence that helps keep our communities safe.

FCC 26-131 Express Comment I supported my local Chicagoland ABC 7 (WLS-TV) channel as essential to keeping millions of people safe. Stuff it you autocratic a$$holes.

You can't lower gas prices by blurting out the names of a few Democrats. The administration needs to stop its crazed policies that cause so much economic pain. This happened on Trump's watch because he doubled fuel prices by taking our country to war, which drove Spirit out of business. Obviously.

BREAKING Former ICE agent: On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

Thousands showed up to remember and honor Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Minneapolis is with you — and we will keep spreading love.

Whoa!

Even in our polarized country, more and more people from left, right, and center are coalescing to demand change. It's happening because a freedom-loving nation does not allow masked, militarized government agents to violate our civil liberties.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

“Please get the truth out about our son.” Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.

Jim Jordan is so far out of his depth when pitted against Jamie Raskin. What a hack he is.

"I've asked them to get their affairs in order to make sure they have their wills written... because it may be that now is no longer the time for statements, but for us with our bodies to stand between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable..." www.npr.org/2026/01/18/n...

people.com/nj-girl-foun... "6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."

As we have seen in Illinois, when ICE descends on a city, chaos & violence follow. ICE shot & killed a woman in Minneapolis. There is no justification for their actions. Do not believe their lies claiming otherwise. All involved must face justice & accountability. Anything less is unacceptable.

Following the deadly ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz admonished the Trump administration for "governing by reality TV" and exclaimed, "We do not need any further help from the federal government."

The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats. It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft. Know the truth.

In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity. Do listen. I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...

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Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.

"My father fled to California six years later to become an American citizen. Why America? Because he sensed that Americans believed not only in 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' but also in due process and in the law itself." www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...” apnews.com/article/pope...

quaker here. do i now have a right to have my children opt out of seeing any school books that relate to war?

MSNBC with a great speed debunk of DHSs justifications for tackling and handcuffing Sen. Padilla. Padilla is the top Dem on the Senate Judiciary immigration subcommittee -- there's no way Noem (who meets regularly with senators on this topic) didn't know who he is.

They had no right to impede the U.S. Senator. I’m guessing these clowns violated state law with regard to assault. Anyone that laid hand on the Senator should be brought to justice. And the faces of these thugs should be known. #ImpeachNoem

As a four-decade veteran of the daily journalism business, let me tell you: Every competent political reporter in this country knows that Trump is trying to establish a dictatorship. The industry's shame is that so few journalists will say so, and the ones who do lose their jobs.

He’s whoring out American citizenship…

While performing official oversight duties, a Democratic senator was violently tackled and handcuffed by federal agents because he dared to ask a question. This isn’t law enforcement. This is occupation. 🧵

Best tariff refutation in hearings: “you cannot build bananas in America.” Rep. Madeleine Dean Good trouble, Madam.

@kenlburns.bsky.social Please consider doing a documentary on Pope Leo XIV.

🕯️ MLK 🙏

“These cuts are killing Veterans. Veterans will die.” – MG (Ret.) Paul Eaton, at yesterday's SVAC shadow hearing He even offered to advise DOGE. They ignored him. Now they’re gutting care and shutting Veterans out. It’s a knife in the back of everyone who ever wore the uniform.

You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

🔥Rufus Gifford, former U.S. amb. to Denmark, unloaded on JD Vance for saying Denmark “is not a good ally”: Go to Denmark and say it to the faces of the parents of the young men and women who lost their lives alongside U.S. troops. Say it to them!

@wttw.bsky.social on Prime tonight you re-ran the documentary John Lewis - Get In The Way. Timely for those of us who need encouragement to find the Good Trouble. Thanks

This billboard says it all.

“These patriotic civil servants are the backbone of our nation — they inspect our food, protect our borders, ensure safe travel, and provide relief to disaster victims. Over 642,000 of them are veterans of our armed services. Allowing them to go without a paycheck over the holidays is unacceptable.”

The Biden admin just canceled federal student loans for 55,000 workers through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. The cancellation targets teachers, nurses, service members, law enforcement and others who have worked 10 years or more in government or nonprofit jobs.

Support of public television has never been more important than it is now. Consider PBS on Giving Tuesday. It’s self-serving, really.

BREAKING NEWS: President Biden has just pardoned his son Hunter Biden and has released a statement. Who else agrees this was a good decision?