Our message to Andrew Cuomo was loud & clear in June.

It’s louder & clearer tonight.

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

doing lots of nodding and gesturing at my screen as I read this, as if Tom can somehow see my physical agreement

BREAKING: The full bench of the 9th circuit has agreed to take up the Portland National Guard case and vacated the panel decision that had blessed Trump’s deployment.

I am so very glad I no longer subscribe to Bezo's brown nose rag

Neither Patrick Fitzgerald nor Abbe Lowell are lawyers with a clear case of vindictive prosecution I'd want to give the opening to by advertising that I'm destroying the evidence they'd be entitled to if a judge awarded discovery.

Here ya go

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Opinion | Trump’s war on ‘the enemy within’ keeps running into a legal buzzsaw Lower courts are rejecting the president’s claims of rebellion to use the military on U.S. soil.

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8/ Why is this important? Johnson helped promote Bukele in MAGA Republican circles, clearing the way for Trump’s deal earlier this year to house deportees in an infamous Salvadoran megaprison.

@adambonica.bsky.social is onto something incredibly important here. Parties that should be doing the hard work of democratic engagement and mobilization are just becoming spam and grift operations. Yet democracy depends on political parties. We need better parties.

Onward. Forward. Steady. Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

ICYMI yesterday: I need your help
 
I re-launched my newsletter at a new platform called “Steady” – and most importantly, I officially started my new life as a full-time independent writer.
 
I am extremely excited this moment has finally come. And I am utterly terrified.

LAWFARE The Situation: Choose Your Own Adventure: Lindsey Halligan Edition Benjamin Wittes, Anna Bower Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 4:52 PM Share On: f X in Any way you play, you lose.

Tick, tock.

Lindsey Halligan, the newly-installed prosecutor in EDVA, has less than a week to secure an indictment against James Comey before a key statute of limitations runs out.

Ben Wittes and I examine her charging options.

Spoiler alert: they all suck.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Watch the Dutch kick Disney in their tiny mouse gonads…

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.

i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

Remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. #Andor

canceling #DisneyPlus

Does this mean California can sue Texas over its state abortion laws? 🙃

He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.

You should read this 60 post thread. 🧵

Tulsi Gabbard Accuses Kash Patel of Covering Up for the Obama Deep State - emptywheel Tulsi Gabbard has spun a wild tale of politicized intelligence that got Trump's rubes good and frothy but crumbles under the least scrutiny. But let's pretend they're true. If so, Pam Bondi must fire ...

Sleep? I improved it!!

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We feed you.
They hunt us.

Good column by the often wonderful @mollyjongfast.bsky.social .
And yeah, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social gave us gift link so go read it please.

Cortisol : Was Cortisol mit unserem Körper macht Es kommt aus der Nebenniere und flutet den Körper: Cortisol führt zu schlechtem Schlaf, schlechter Haut, schlechtem Sex. Und doch ist es für unser Überleben wichtig.

Lasst euch nicht von Influencern beeinflussen. Lest, was Experten sagen.

Don’t let this be buried.

Definitely worth a read

Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.

My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?

A reminder: age verification is an "automated decision system" so the 10 year moratorium would wipe out the Texas law that the Supreme Court just blessed a few hours ago.

The success Senate Democrats have had gutting some of the miseries of this bill is so great, I'm shocked there's still a Senate Parliamentarian.

Yes, the Iran Mission Was Successful. No, We Are Not Taking Questions. Pete Hegseth’s guide to war

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This is a wonky process but BIG news regarding the Republican budget bill: My staff successfully got multiple provisions removed from the bill. Two key wins: 1) Medicaid provider tax. Striking this means Republicans have to backtrack on hundreds of billions in Medicaid cuts.