April 9, 2025 Maine road trip. Beautiful! ❄️

Read the Full Text of Obama's Speech in Selma The President spoke on Saturday in Selma, Ala.

It’s the 60th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” at Selma, and thus the 10th anniversary of President Obama’s speech there, my favorite of all his public oratory, although it reads differently now. 🧵

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Why Are We Surprised by the Trump-Putin Alliance? MAGA’s ideology aligns more closely with authoritarianism than liberal democracy.

Anyone who believes in liberal democracy must unequivocally recognize the second Trump administration’s illiberal nature and develop a democratic defense strategy, write Maciej Kisilowski and Anna Wojciuk.

Donald Trump targeted AP and legacy media did nothing.

Donald Trump has now targeted two large law firms and Big Law is silent.

You all read Martin Niemöller's poem “First They Came.”

So, I ask you -- What are you doing?

Ukraine fought alongside US in Iraq; never demanded minerals As the two fight over a minerals deal, we review the little-remembered sacrifices that Ukraine made when fighting in the U.S.-led war in Iraq – sacrifices Ukraine never asked to be compensated for.

Eighteen Ukrainian soldiers died in Iraq. No one gave Kyiv any minerals open.substack.com/pub/countero...

We spent nearly 8 minutes this morning trying to set the record straight on a number of health matters.

I’d expect the Surgeon General or NIH Director to do this, but since they’re not, here it is in 4 clips.

#medsky

Our Government Is Experiencing a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly Musk is moving fast and breaking important things

PERFECT metaphor, again today: the Trump Plan for our country-“Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly.” Nice work F-Elon! 🤡

Fun family & food weekend in Portland celebrating @joeljanenda birthday. Happy Birthday, Dad!

My Open Letter to Elon Musk From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.

Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

My Open Letter to Elon Musk From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.

I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.

I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

American Bar Association statement on Trump three weeks after inauguration: “We see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself…”

On MLK Day,1/20/25, Dr. King’s take on “where we go from here” in 1958 is prophetic. As we watch the intentional and divisive assault on 250 years of slow progress towards being “a more perfect union” that begins today, it will be time for “vigorous and positive action,” not apathy or complacency.