Carolyn Martin

President Trump's new pardon attorney, Ed Martin, described the men convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Whitmer as "victims just like January 6" and said that "on the pardon front, we can't leave these guys behind."

www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

As Trumps Monetize Presidency, Profits Outstrip Protests

Trump’s profits off the presidency are breathtaking and yet the public yawns. We need to fortify and enforce conflict of interest rules and educate the public about why they matter.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...

The GOP’s Chaotic Bid to Defang the Courts Read more here.

The GOP budget bill would require that judges collect a bond from all parties seeking a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction, a move that could limit courts’ power.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This is largely preventable. Make sure your vaccinations are up to date!

Never back down to a bully—especially when the facts are on your side.

West Point grads got some rambling advice today on selecting a trophy wife after their second divorce from a draft dodger in a red campaign hat before he hauled ass to play golf.

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Our only home. Our shared nest. And we are destroying it

Apparently when you are Brown even a Real ID is not enough to convince ICE that you are a citizen

Sean Duffy Voted Against Upgrades To Air Traffic Control System Duffy should not get a free pass when he voted no as a Congressman.

crooksandliars.com/2025/05/sean...

No one will be surprised by this

An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.

Trump just removed a memorial to victims of gun violence at ATF HQ.
 
The exhibit was a daily reminder of the costs of gun violence.

Roger Stone called for me to be charged with treason and executed because I introduced a bill to take on Trump’s corruption. Last I checked, that’s my job. Words matter and political violence is personal to my family. This Admin wants to intimidate us, but we can't let them.

@joshtpm.bsky.social
Library of Cong is not an exec agency. It is organized and managed under the legisl
The Pres appts Librarian w Sen Confirmation for a 10yr term.
Pres plays no role in managing it and has no authority to fire the Chief Librarian.

PLEASE bring that out.

Bottom trawling is horribly destructive to coastal ocean ecosystems, and deep-sea mining will do the same to the open ocean. #OceanFilm 🌊

New FEMA head tells staff: "Don't get in my way… I will run right over you" Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson warns FEMA personnel in first all-hands meeting, saying "I and I alone speak for FEMA."

New FEMA head says he has: "...never read a book on leadership." I have read many and written several. This is not a good way to start leading an organization. Intimidation is not a good strategy to build long-term capability and accomplishment. www.cbsnews.com/news/fema-ac...

Memo to #NYTimes: Why did you bury this report on page A19 of today's print edition, instead of putting it on the front page where it belonged?
@fairmediawatch.bsky.social @froomkin.bsky.social @jfallows.bsky.social

Whether communicated directly or just by implication, Homan has signaled to ICE agents that it's cool to target innocent people. Because even if they lose in court, they've punished people for the "crime" of being immigrants by terrorizing them.

headline after headline like this is making me so fucking angry

THIS IS NOT LEGAL. Trump is assaulting the law. His ideas (eg assault on universities, science, etc) are not new. What’s new is the direct—and thus far largely successful—attack on the rule of law.

And So It Begins: Aetna/CVS pulling out of ACA exchanges next year as GOP allows IRA subsidies to expire via Bruce Japsen at Forbes, the first shoe has dropped: CVS Plans To Exit Obamacare In 2026, Affecting 1 Million Aetna Members CVS Health plans to exit the individual health insurance business also kn...

🚨🚨🚨 AND SO IT BEGINS:

Aetna/CVS pulling out of #ACA exchanges next year as GOP allows IRA subsidies to expire:

h/t @brucejapsen.bsky.social

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Ok I am completely broken by this. The Hague and UN need to see this.

#Texas

Again, I am ASTOUNDED that SO MANY people don’t understand that if Walmart or Target can’t stock their shelves, NO STORE will be able to. It doesn’t matter if you are boycotting them.

How are people on both sides somehow not grasping this concept?!?

Today I met with Hanan Khashoggi who has been seeking justice for her husband’s murder for six and a half years. We talked about what kind of person Jamal Khashoggi was and his unrelenting pursuit for truth.

I stand beside Hanan as she continues this pursuit in his honor.

we need to spend more time with @repdangoldman.bsky.social's clip.

not a single penny toward disaster relief but TONS OF YOUR CASH to "protect" drumpf's golf habit

🧢 @mrsquirrel.bsky.social @zentrixter.bsky.social

Walz: You have a situation where the Secretary of Health basically said it and was speaking with the language of eugenics, that some people just don't matter. People like Deanna's son or my son or those of you listening tonight. So look, this is a fight we must win.

Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant family On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.

1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation

Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"

Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company

"The problem of housing affordability is due to a lack of supply from the public sector of low-cost housing and rental properties, mixed with tax breaks for investors..."

Don't let the major parties scapegoat migrants.