E.J. Graff

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago (RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Painting of a sunrise or sunset over an island in silhouette on a calm sea under a dramatic gold, red and purple sky, viewed from a green shore

Gabriele Münter (1877-1962), German Expressionist painter who was at the forefront of the Munich avant-garde in the early 20th century #WomensArt

Thank God some organization still has guts and ethics

you are no longer allowed to have imposter syndrome.

not after this bari omgwtf weiss situation.

you're literally not allowed to feel imposter syndrome ANYMORE

so is this the fight against "left-wing terrorism"?

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

I'm not sure. A LOT of kids are now going through a period where they call themselves nonbinary. It's a pretty widely spread concept through the social interwebs.

Immigration attorney says federal officials confiscated his cell phone at Logan, without cause - The Boston Globe Andrew Lattarulo regularly calls out ICE tactics on his popular Instagram account.

Dangerous and creepy.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/03/m...

"Remembered infamously" <-- or not, depending on who wins & writes the history.

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There. A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

Opinion | Trump’s Louis XIV Moment

WHY the ballroom?? This helps: " Trump has relied on symbols and performances to conflate charisma with character and rancor with revelry."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...

Quote card from FPF Advocacy Director Seth Stern

Journalist Mario Guevara is being deported because the American government punishes reporters to protect its own power.

We should all be outraged.

freedom.press/issues/mario...

Little- known fact: If you turn on the heat before November, you get kicked out of New England.

I went to services this morning already weepy (and Yom Kippur is a weepy kind of day). As furious as I get with my fellow Jews, as sick and horrified as we all are at Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza, ***murder is still wrong.***

I am sure they are aware of the widespread cheering.

Early polls show Trump and GOP taking more blame than Democrats for shutdown The national surveys taken in the final days of September and the first day of the shutdown find that voters are more inclined to blame Trump and his party. But many are uncertain.

POLLS: Who do Americans blame for the gov't shutdown?*

WASH POST
47% blame Trump/GOP
30% blame Dems

MARIST
38% blame GOP
27% blame Dems

NYT/SIENA
26% blame Trump/GOP
19% blame Dems

MORNING CONSULT
45% blame GOP
32% blame Dems

[*all taken b/w late Sept & Oct 1]

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

I think they're moved by their belief in the rule of law. Not sure what kind of support you mean. If they get threatened I assume they make safety plans with the police like anyone else getting MAGA-bullied.

Memo to media: Every dollar cut from SNAP benefits comes out of some local grocery store's cash register. Food deserts will grow. Local shopping districts will struggle. PAY ATTENTION!! REPORT ON THE CONSEQUENCES!!

Judge Disqualifies Nevada’s Acting U.S. Attorney From Handling Cases

I love these judges who are refusing to be bullied.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

Honestly RFK Jr looks like a movie villain, with those scary ice-blue eyes in that lizard-skin face.

The second piece in my Write Up series has published! What's the difference between writing for other specialists and writing for a public audience? Let's talk a look at the details.
ejgraff.substack.com/p/whats-the-...

It's like Musk buying TikTok.

Not enough people understand that video games are social media. It's how an extraordinary proportion of young people learn and communicate about the world, about right and wrong, about reality.

I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation

Somewhere he is cursing with envy.

Grieving for the idea of America Here's why our democratic crisis feels so keenly personal — even if, like me, you are not yet a firsthand victim of these crimes against democracy and human rights.

@roxanegay.bsky.social I was so moved by your civility essay. (Reminded me of a time, early in the marriage movement, when after a debate our side was invited to a cocktail party with the antigay side. You can imagine.)
Thought this might speak to you: howtobeamerican.substack.com/p/grieving-f...

Preach

No one should ever agree to be interviewed by @ichotiner.bsky.social. Sunstein doesn't even seem to realize how he's being flayed.

Chotiner slices and dices in fine form.