Amy Lynn Smith

There Can Be No American History Without Black History This Black History Month, let's also remember to uplift and honor Black immigrants and demand policies that protect their lives, families, and futures.

This #BlackHistoryMonth, let's also remember to uplift and honor Black immigrants and demand policies that protect their lives, families, and futures 👇🏽 open.substack.com/pub/americas...

Happy Presidents’ Day to my favorite president, one who had the intelligence to crack a good joke and the confidence to let go and laugh.

This. Never. Gets. Old. 👇

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Every one of these people must be investigated. If they're guilty of a single crime, they should be removed from office and imprisoned. WHEN WILL THEY FACE ACCOUNTABILITY?

Climate Change Is Erased From a Manual for Federal Judges

Good background on the climate science chapter that was removed from the federal Judicial Center manual of scientific evidence for judges:

Climate Change Is Erased From a Manual for Federal Judges www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/c...

Call the Capitol switchboard to reach your reps: 202-224-3121.

To those who believe that Trump and the Republicans have some grand scheme in place to cancel the midterms:

Do you know who's acting like there *will* be midterms?

*TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS*

It's why *he* tried to re-draw maps and why *they* are retiring in droves.

Don't psych yourselves out.

Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American h...

They continue trying to bend the facts to suit their twisted agenda. It HAS to stop.

Please tell me this is satire. It's so hard to tell anymore.

"And even as we produce much excellent work, we too often write from one perspective, for one slice of the audience."

The fact that WaPo's executive editor wrote this today illustrates that its leadership still does not understand that they are entirely responsible for destroying the Post.

For #BlackHistoryMonth I will share the thoughts and stories of Black Americans. It's their voices that should be heard on their lives and history, not mine.

HHS wasn't worried about South Carolina's measles outbreak. It's now enormous. “CDC is not currently concerned that this will develop into a large, long-running outbreak," the agency said in December.

I wrote about how in a December email to me, RFK Jr.'s HHS insisted the current South Carolina measles outbreak wouldn't get that bad—and how it has since snowballed into the biggest US outbreak since measles was eliminated. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

KRISTI NOEM: This individual showed up to impede a law enforcement operation and assaulted our officers. I don't know of any peaceful protester that shows up with a gun and ammunition rather than a sign.

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What “rhetoric”? Defending the First Amendment?

Over 80 years later, the world's Jewish population has still not recovered to pre-Holocaust numbers.

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor the six million Jews who were murdered and the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution.

As we witness a dangerous rise in antisemitism, misinformation, and Holocaust denial, it is more important than ever that #WeRemember.

#HMD2026

Since September, ICE has shot people 9 times across 5 states. At least 5 people are dead, including 2 Americans in Minneapolis. But when we say ‘abolish ICE,’ we’re called radical. Meanwhile Trump has gutted USAID, the CFPB, the DOE, & more—without anyone calling THAT extreme.

Abolish ICE.

America 🇺🇸

It doesn’t matter if you’re a citizen

It doesn’t matter what the Constitution says

It doesn’t matter if there’s a court order which prohibits ICE from using excessive force

♦️They executed this man

♦️They murdered Renee Good

♦️They are terrorizing children

Democrats CANNOT vote to fund this

Unmask ICE agents.

We need whistleblowers to reveal their identities.

We must shame them as a society.

For those asking. ⬇️

So much better. I left The Bad Place ages ago

@speechwriterguy.bsky.social Well hello! Good to see you again.

I don't care who you are, on MLK Day the single greatest thing you can do to honor MLK is spend less time talking about what he meant to you or how you think his legacy applies today, and more time reading or listening to his words with open ears and a willingness to correct prior misunderstandings.

Where is Congress? Where is the rule of law? This has GOT to stop.

An epidemic of cruelty. I'll clearly be using that phrase a lot this year. Trump has unleashed an epidemic of cruelty.

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.

Trump threatens to intervene if Iran kills peaceful protesters "We are locked and loaded and ready to go," the president said on Truth Social early Friday, after economic protests in the Islamic Republic took a sharply violent turn.

Yes, killing peaceful protesters is a sign of tyranny.

www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/t...

Front pages from January 6. Image: Walter Olson

Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured.

Trump then pardoned the attackers.

He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.