“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.

Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

Trump and his allies are plotting to subvert elections — from “emergency powers” to nationwide gerrymanders. Media silence is deafening. We’re covering it.

Here’s what you missed, and exactly what you need to know.

60 years ago today, the Voting Rights Act became law.

Now, we have an administration conducting voter suppression in real time. In Texas, Republicans are trying to gut our democracy by redrawing maps to erase 5 Democratic seats—before a single vote is cast.

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Newsflash, Wannabe Dictator:

I don’t care how many times you shake the Etch A Sketch trying to redraw these lines. I’m not disappearing.

I’ll be back, still on your behind every step of the way. (1/2)

@govpritzker.illinois.gov: "A rightwing blogger, who has credentials at the WH, came to an area where some of the legislators are staying and started reporting online about it. He then put up a map and put a pin on the map and said, 'This is where these Texas legislators are.' So that started this."

MAGA voters: Trump is in the files. Bondi knew. Patel knew. Bongino knew. And Trump thought you were so stupid that he could yell "ObAmA!" to get you to look away. Not only do they think you're stupid, but the guy who promised to expose the truth about Epstein may himself be implicated.

1955: Whites-only water fountains

2025: Whites-only immigration.

I understand this is all so crazy. The question is what do we do about it? Here’s a list of 10 things…
youtu.be/ZMl1r-1a8tI

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.

The Supreme Court long ago conferred Constitutional protections to every person present in America

If the US arrests people who have NOT been charged with a crime

Changes their immigration status WITHOUT a court hearing

And refuses to let them speak with a lawyer

Then our democracy is truly lost

Immigration officers arrested a Columbia University graduate — who is a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. — for helping lead campus protests against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. President Trump said the case was “the first arrest of many to come.”