Laurie Stern

Pluribus is the show I need right now.

Shouts to @kbem.bsky.social in North Minneapllis

We are trying our first listen to @empirepoduk.bsky.social on our drive to Canada, but she is so much louder than he, we can’t get the volume right. Great listen but frustrating😖

The National Archives will no longer be open to the public. The NATIONAL ARCHIVES!! I was there last month reporting for Sold a Story Season 2. archives.gov/college-park

Lovely, especially @sashaaslanian.bsky.social

Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Resignation Statement Effective immediately, members of the Congressionally mandated Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board voted overwhelmingly to resign from the board, rather than endorse unprecedented actions that we beli...

Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Resignation Statement
open.substack.com/pub/frmrffsb...

Driveway moment listening to this @newyorker.com interview with Leslie Stahl @60minutes.bsky.social.

Top Producer of ‘60 Minutes’ Quits, Saying He Lost Independence The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...

Now the branches come too close to grinding irrevocably against one another in a conflict that promises to diminish both. This is a losing proposition all around. The Judiciary will lose much from the constant intimations of its illegitimacy, to which by dent of custom and detachment we can only sparingly reply. The Executive will lose much from a public perception of its lawlessness and all of its attendant contagions. The Executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph. It is, as we have noted, all too possible to see in this case an incipient crisis, but it may present an opportunity as well. We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos. This case presents their unique chance to vindicate that value and to summon the best that is within us while there is still time. In sum, and for the reasons foregoing, we deny the motion for the stay pending appeal and the writ of mandamus in this case. It is so ordered. For the Court Is/ Nwamaka Anowi, Clerk

Damn, this conclusion:

“We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital... This case presents their unique chance to vindicate that value and to summon the best that is within us while there is still time.”

That’s my former colleague from @TwinCitiesPBS, Bernie Beaudry, a great guy.

How ridiculous

Jill Smokler (@jillsmokler) on Threads At my first job – pre-internet, I was told to "clean up" my workspace and so I dragged the entire computer's shared database into the trash, and emptied it. It set the company back months and months t...

www.threads.net/@jillsmokler...

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

And so much more. Bienvenidos, David 👏🏻❤️

LIVE NOW: Protest in DC outside of Treasury Department YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko

Hopeful. www.youtube.com/live/DRKrsGG...

AOC mailer: Rebecca, This is Trump’s first major loss. When we fight, we win. EXCLUSIVE: White House budget office has officially rescinded the order authorizing a federal freeze on grants, according to document obtained by The Washington Post We may not have majorities in the House and the Senate, but we DO have the power to loudly educate and mobilize against the mass looting the Trump admin is attempting against our veterans, healthcare, education, and more. Pa'lante, Alexandria

Worth remembering that it was a coup attempt--an attempt to steal Congress's powers and turn the presidency into a dictatorship--and that pushing back mattered. Thanks to everyone who raised a ruckus....

Looking for #podcast recs about #books or #music. Can’t bear punditry right now. Not Strong Songs or Song Exploder, I already subscribe and recommend.

H/t George Conway — it’s perfect 🤣 from Olivia Julianna:

I love this so much!

At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.

This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

Diesel is tired of January already #pitties

For today’s Furry Friends Friday, I thought this one was a good one. ♥️🙏🏻

(h/t @wonder_doodles on IG)

Way to frame the shot @nytimes.com

Just here to plug this fine new book by @eliburnstein.bsky.social Come for the words, stay for the drawings.

When you were gonna host NYE despite having the toddler but today your spouse tests + for Covid then you discover this guy so 2025 isn’t looking so bad after all.

Here are some last-minute gifts for #podcasters / #podcast lovers in your life:

For podcast listeners--

1. A subscription to their favorite show's Patreon or membership program
2. Merch from their favorite show

Read on for more!

The Sound of Fear on Air It is an ominous sign that Morning Joe felt it had to apologize for something I said.

This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Bravo Chattanooga Times Free Press

Bot must be from Minnesota