Opinion | New documentary shows Andrew Young's singular role in MLK's circle The 93-year-old Young had a role in Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle that was different than everybody else’s, but no less necessary.

“’Twas grace hath brought me safe thus far... and grace will lead me home...”

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This thread and series of thoughts from @gregggonsalves.bsky.social is excellent and worth your time.

Federal officers detain, tackle moped driver amid Trump D.C. police crackdown Six agents wearing police vests without clear identification of their agencies detained a man they later identified as a Venezuelan national in Northwest Washington.

"Witnesses — including the Post reporter — asked the officers to identify themselves numerous times. All but one, who was wearing the ICE badge, refused.

“Oh, are you guys the cops?” one agent, who was wearing a mask, responded. “Then shut the f--- up.”

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Look what Trump and Hegseth have already made our military look like. How long can we endure this shame?

“Emergency” is a word w/meaning that should be justified by facts.

FBI data suggests that Memphis, Cleveland,Toledo & Little Rock have higher crime rates.

The media would do well to interrogate the basis for the exercise of emergency powers rather than “residents say crime really is bad” stories.

Law firms that appeased Trump confront the consequences of their misjudgment Law firms that gave into the White House’s demands thought they were making a wise business decision. They’re now learning otherwise.

"The underlying point isn’t to chastise the firms for making the wrong decision; it’s to remind those firms that it’s not too late to reverse course and join the ranks of the firms resisting Trump’s gambit..."

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cheese is woke now

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There is an impulse in moments like this to appeal to self-interest. To say: These horrors you are allowing to happen, they will come to your doorstep one day; to repeat the famous phrase about who they came for first and who they'll come for next. But this appeal cannot, in matter of fact, work. If the people well served by a system that condones such butchery ever truly believed the same butchery could one day be inflicted on them, they'd tear the system down tomorrow. And anyway, by the time such a thing happens, the rest of us will already be dead. No, there is no terrible thing coming for you in some distant future, but know that a terrible thing is happening to you now. You are being asked to kill off a part of you that would otherwise scream in opposition to injustice. You are being asked to dismantle the machinery of a functioning conscience. Who cares if diplomatic expediency prefers you shrug away the sight of dismembered children? Who cares if great distance from the bloodstained middle allows obliviousness. Forget pity, forget even the dead if you must, but at least fight against the theft of your soul.

One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social and I walking into a PACKED house at UAW Region 1 here in Warren, MI! Republican Rep. John James refuses to hold a Townhall, so we did it for him!

Why aren’t you wearing a suit?

Have you said “Thank you” to Greenland and Denmark for allowing you to have a base on Greenland?

The image is a screenshot of a post on X by The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ ). The post reads: "Federal immigration authorities detained a Turkish graduate student at Tufts University. The government hasn’t filed any charges against Rumeysa Ozturk, who was in the U.S. on a student visa, her lawyer said. Read more: on.wsj.com/3E3AM0b." Below the text, there is an image showing a person in a hoodie detaining another person in a white coat and headscarf outside an apartment, with a car and another person in a cap nearby. The image caption reads: "off-campus apartment."

This should chill everyone in this country to the bone. All she did was write an OpEd the administration didn’t like. This is fascistic suppression of free speech.

Rachel Maddow Gives Trump A Blistering Reality Check After His 'Perfect' Presidency Claims Preach, Rachel!

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Writing an op-ed is not illegal activity. They are revoking visas for thought crimes and for constitutionally protected expression.

Hegseth’s younger brother is serving in a key role inside the Pentagon Phil Hegseth’s publicly available resume includes founding his own podcast production company and working on social media and podcasts.

You see they're bringing MERIT back to government.

www.defensenews.com/pentagon/202...

H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens.

"The researchers focused on viral families that include some of the most worrisome pathogens known, such as Ebola and Nipah virus. Scientists had discovered a number of promising molecules and were advancing toward clinical trials..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...

Relatedly, did we ever get an explanation as to how russian state media was accidentally (???) in the oval office when trump and vance attacked zelensky?

The image is a screenshot of a post on X by a user named Anonymous (@YourAnonNews ). The post includes a political cartoon by @DCcartoonist . The cartoon depicts a man with blonde hair, resembling Donald Trump, pointing at a mirror and saying, "Remove this hideous painting at once!" Another man with glasses responds, "Sir, that’s a mirror." The caption above the cartoon reads, "The truth hurts."

Let him reflect on this a while.

The image is a screenshot of a post on X by a user named Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg ). The post reads: "Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that."

Keep the Congressional switchboard number handy these days: (202) 224-3121

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A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:

Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.

If Paul Weiss and Skadden don't think they can out-litigate the doofuses in Trump's DOJ willing to take these cases, why would any client stick with them? Have a spine. You're not going up against top legal minds here. You are the top legal minds.

Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?

Indeed, I only wish there was a more powerful word.

Pete Hegseth is a f*cking liar. This is so clearly classified info he recklessly leaked that could’ve gotten our pilots killed.

He needs to resign in disgrace immediately.

The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.

This is a fantastic piece of rigorous, in-depth reporting. It will make you want to pass out with rage. But definitely read it.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Welcome to Authoritarianism 101. Terrifying on so many levels. #Resist