Rebecca Pilar Buckwalter-Poza (RPBP)

Will Our Corporate Media Godzillas Have the Guts to Defend Democracy? Five companies—five—now control 90 percent of the media marketplace. And they are showing no commitment to anything resembling the public interest.

@normornstein.bsky.social looks at the media's obligation to serve the public interest through a very sharp lens — his own role in defining those obligations back in 1997. We've regressed a long way. newrepublic.com/article/2010...

Trump getting everyone prepped to send troops into Po(rt)land.

Your Tuesday morning reminder that supporting trans rights is the right thing to do — and, better yet, that doing it right wins elections.

I’m no lady, but @thepoliticsbar.bsky.social had me on for Ladies’ Night anyway!

Join me, @silversmith1.bsky.social, & three bona fide ladies — @jodyhamilton.bsky.social, @kiresists.bsky.social, & @anitamurie.bsky.social for a lively, timely discussion about the state of our nation.

What’s an example?

For your evening listening pleasure.

Next time, the drink recipe’ll be on me. 🍸🥂🍾

As @silversmith1.bsky.social would say, 🛎️🛎️🛎️.

Excited to talk about redefining the conversation around trans rights with @thepoliticsbar.bsky.social today! Don’t miss @silversmith1.bsky.social @jodyhamilton.bsky.social and me.

Always a pleasure to be invited to @thepoliticsbar.bsky.social! Catch the latest Ladies’ Night hosted by @jodyhamilton.bsky.social and @silversmith1.bsky.social at the link!

Lower Than Cowards The surrender of America’s elites

Too many other institutions who can fight back have also failed us in this moment, as I have written about in the past — www.lawdork.com/p/donald-tru... — and as Adam Serwer wrote about this week: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump is spiraling. We face the consequences. Where are the other branches? James Madison expected more from the other "departments," as he referred to them. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

It is always key to remember that none of this would be possible without the Supreme Court and congressional leadership acceding to virtually all that Trump wants, as I have written. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-is-s...

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon named in Epstein files released by Democrats The three Trump allies are all mentioned in redacted copies of Epstein's daily schedules.

My 2025 bingo card is nearing completion.
www.axios.com/2025/09/26/e...

Straight from my new studio in Atlanta. Don’t miss us!

That presidential tweet about Tylenol and vaccines is completely crazy. How are there no guardrails??? This is so so dangerous and I need these democrats to stop dicking around and at least vocalize some resistance and sanity. This is beyond.

Excited to talk about redefining the conversation around trans rights with @thepoliticsbar.bsky.social today! Don’t miss @silversmith1.bsky.social @jodyhamilton.bsky.social and me.

Nothing screams “small government, free speech warrior” like the FCC chair rocking state-mandated jewelry of a convicted felon.

Brendan Carr went from pretending to guard the First Amendment to cosplaying as Trump’s mall cop.

No, supporting trans rights doesn’t cost elections Opinion: Supporting protections for transgender people is not just necessary, it's crucial, argues LPAC's Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza.

Tired of hearing the claim that supporting trans rights is politically toxic?

I’ve got you covered.

New @theadvocatebr.bsky.social : My review of recent polling telling the real story—featuring data from @teamlpac.bsky.social @celindalake.bsky.social @glaad.bsky.social @gallup.com

Want to know just where we are with the First Amendment? Catch up with us at The Politics Bar!

We had a ball. Join us wherever you get your podcasts!

When @silversmith1.bsky.social is right, he's right. Excited to join Shawn and @jljacobson.bsky.social at @thepoliticsbar.bsky.social today. Don't miss it!

Never forget Alex Acosta’s role in perpetuating the abuse of girls & women 20 years ago.

“Epstein ended up serving 13 months in a private wing of a Palm Beach County jail, where he was chauffeured to and from a luxury office space for 12 hours a day and allowed to receive female visitors.”

Takeaway: Epstein sounds like every dissolute legacy admit I ever met at Harvard or Yale.

“Every time I did manage to drill down into something concrete, some…idea or thought of his, it was a mixture of psychotic Silicon Valley drivel & freshman-year bongwater philosophy, delivered…with…reverence.”

I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.

“I was always afraid….And you’re going to think it’s totally crazy, but I bet you he cloned himself, and whoever killed themselves was a clone….He said he had a lab in Mexico, because the Dolly thing got shut down.”

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

A more profound contemporary miscarriage of justice is hard to imagine.

Donald Trump is a rapist and a terrorist yet media and leaders dance around “treason” like outlets refused to use “lie” for years.

The time is now.

Can’t wait to see how we screw it up.

Biden Says He Made the Clemency Decisions That Were Recorded With Autopen

His obsession with the autopen says more about Trump than Biden.

It says a lot—full stop.

Trump conceives of signing things, no matter what they are, as a vital function of office.

Not as chances to make change—just opportunities to emblazon his name on things.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/u...

Huh. Maybe Alex Thompson or Jake Tapper could take a moment from their media blitz on how Joe Biden is old to report on the current president having no idea what is going on.