Maia Davis
@maiadavis.bsky.social
@ms.now segment producer, formerly NBC News digital, ABC News, Al Jazeera America, the Bergen Record and other places.
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Hilarious. The WH had all the Cabinet members simultaneously put out statements supporting Susie Wiles after the Vanity Fair article came out.
December 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hilarious. The WH had all the Cabinet members simultaneously put out statements supporting Susie Wiles after the Vanity Fair article came out.
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this is a fundamental principle of self-governance, in the end. the constitution is not in heaven. the constitution is not hidden away in some vault somewhere and tended to by nine priests in black robes. the constitution is in all of us, or it is nowhere.
It's largely lost today because we've allowed constitutional law to become the exclusive preserve of lawyers, but the original idea of written constitutionalism was partly one of public education, publicity, & (proto-)democracy—people should be able to read & come to know the law which binds them
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
this is a fundamental principle of self-governance, in the end. the constitution is not in heaven. the constitution is not hidden away in some vault somewhere and tended to by nine priests in black robes. the constitution is in all of us, or it is nowhere.
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Andy Kim has really been on a tear over the bill backed by the Democratic machine in the legislature to gut the state comptroller and now he's leaning into "corruption tax" rhetoric that is very...Fulop
Politicians and their billionaire buddies are making millions while your family struggles to pay for healthcare and groceries.
I call it the “Corruption Tax.”
I call it the “Corruption Tax.”
December 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Andy Kim has really been on a tear over the bill backed by the Democratic machine in the legislature to gut the state comptroller and now he's leaning into "corruption tax" rhetoric that is very...Fulop
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JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
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NJ Dems have been doing this for years and they’ll take it as far as they can—until local dems start rallying against sitting senators, assembly reps, and county chairs who empower them.
OPRA, ELEC, comptroller: all impediments to their corrupt fiefdoms. All being neutralized.
OPRA, ELEC, comptroller: all impediments to their corrupt fiefdoms. All being neutralized.
A group of New Jersey state senators, lead by Senate President Nick Scutari and assisted by James Beach and John McKeon (my state senator) embarrassed themselves on the national stage.
They are forcing a bill to make sure political corruption can't be investigated.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/n...
They are forcing a bill to make sure political corruption can't be investigated.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/n...
Democrats in New Jersey Ram Through Bill to Defang a Corruption Watchdog
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
NJ Dems have been doing this for years and they’ll take it as far as they can—until local dems start rallying against sitting senators, assembly reps, and county chairs who empower them.
OPRA, ELEC, comptroller: all impediments to their corrupt fiefdoms. All being neutralized.
OPRA, ELEC, comptroller: all impediments to their corrupt fiefdoms. All being neutralized.
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Reproductive rights must continue to be protected in New Jersey.
Our state, like others, needs to be able to investigate actors accused of trying to deceive, defraud, and prevent people from accessing the care they need. 1/2
Our state, like others, needs to be able to investigate actors accused of trying to deceive, defraud, and prevent people from accessing the care they need. 1/2
Supreme Court Hears Case on New Jersey's Investigation Into Faith-Based Nonprofit
The Supreme Court hears oral argument in First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Platkin, a case about a faith-based pregnancy-center and its challenge to New Jersey's investigation into its services...
www.c-span.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reproductive rights must continue to be protected in New Jersey.
Our state, like others, needs to be able to investigate actors accused of trying to deceive, defraud, and prevent people from accessing the care they need. 1/2
Our state, like others, needs to be able to investigate actors accused of trying to deceive, defraud, and prevent people from accessing the care they need. 1/2
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In Google's search engine, you can suppress AI summaries by adding "-ar" to the end of your query.
For example: "best way to brine a turkey -ar" www.google.com/search?q=bes...
For example: "best way to brine a turkey -ar" www.google.com/search?q=bes...
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In Google's search engine, you can suppress AI summaries by adding "-ar" to the end of your query.
For example: "best way to brine a turkey -ar" www.google.com/search?q=bes...
For example: "best way to brine a turkey -ar" www.google.com/search?q=bes...
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
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On Oct. 3, federal agents forcibly entered a Gary, Indiana home, injuring 26-year-old Arnoldo Carrillo Jr. According to Carrillo, he says agents used a battering ram to break in and his five family members were detained.
Siblings shaken after feds raid Gary home, arrest family — 'They punched me in the eye'
Agents took the entire family into custody: Arnoldo Carrillo, 26, Arnoldo’s 53-year-old father, Rosario; Arnoldo's 56-year-old mother, Martha; his 24-year-old sister, Sarai and their 14-year-old brother Eli.
trib.al
October 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
On Oct. 3, federal agents forcibly entered a Gary, Indiana home, injuring 26-year-old Arnoldo Carrillo Jr. According to Carrillo, he says agents used a battering ram to break in and his five family members were detained.
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this is exactly what's happening
The Fred Trump treatment. Give him a fake job while Miller draws up missile strike plans on fishermen.
October 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
this is exactly what's happening
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So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."
Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis
In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.
prospect.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."
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I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies
U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.
www.reuters.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
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Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
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Apple agreed with the Trump admin’s demands that they remove apps that helped people track ICE agents from the Apple Store: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Apple agreed with the Trump admin’s demands that they remove apps that helped people track ICE agents from the Apple Store: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
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Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.
September 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.
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What the hell?
Des Moines Public Schools superintendent Ian Roberts arrested by ICE, district says
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...
Des Moines Public Schools superintendent Ian Roberts arrested by ICE, district says
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...
Des Moines Public Schools superintendent Ian Roberts arrested by ICE, district says
"We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps," the district's release states.
www.desmoinesregister.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
What the hell?
Des Moines Public Schools superintendent Ian Roberts arrested by ICE, district says
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...
Des Moines Public Schools superintendent Ian Roberts arrested by ICE, district says
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...
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YouTube removed a channel that was dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being shot in the head following 404 Media’s request for comment. The videos were clearly generated with Google’s new AI video generator tool.
🔗 www.404media.co/ai-generated...
🔗 www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated YouTube Channel Uploaded Nothing But Videos of Women Being Shot
YouTube removed a channel that posted nothing but graphic Veo-generated videos of women being shot after 404 Media reached out for comment.
www.404media.co
September 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
YouTube removed a channel that was dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being shot in the head following 404 Media’s request for comment. The videos were clearly generated with Google’s new AI video generator tool.
🔗 www.404media.co/ai-generated...
🔗 www.404media.co/ai-generated...
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I'm just gonna keep reposting this inane BS from Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence on the roving immigration patrol case from LA.
September 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'm just gonna keep reposting this inane BS from Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence on the roving immigration patrol case from LA.
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Justice Kagan, dissenting, says the majority will clearly overturn Humphrey's Executor soon—but objects that "our emergency docket should never be used, as it has been this year, to permit what our own precedent bars," or to "transfer government authority from Congress to the President."
September 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Justice Kagan, dissenting, says the majority will clearly overturn Humphrey's Executor soon—but objects that "our emergency docket should never be used, as it has been this year, to permit what our own precedent bars," or to "transfer government authority from Congress to the President."
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"Far from being an amoral free-for-all, liberalism is, in fact, extremely difficult and constraining, far too much so for those who cannot endure contradiction, complexity, diversity, and the risks of freedom.”
― Judith N. Shklar, Ordinary Vices
― Judith N. Shklar, Ordinary Vices
I think fundamentally, the ability to care about the rights of a small and vulnerable minority (of whom you might know no members) is an important sign of whether you are committed to human rights out of principle, or out of mere convenience.
Being nice to trans people really did turn out to be a load bearing part of liberal democracy ey
September 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Far from being an amoral free-for-all, liberalism is, in fact, extremely difficult and constraining, far too much so for those who cannot endure contradiction, complexity, diversity, and the risks of freedom.”
― Judith N. Shklar, Ordinary Vices
― Judith N. Shklar, Ordinary Vices
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New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes ICE Arrest Data Accessible to More People
New dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...
New dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...
New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes Deportation Data Project Data Accessible to More People
New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard makes ICE arrest data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.
austinkocher.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes ICE Arrest Data Accessible to More People
New dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...
New dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...
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🚨EXCLUSIVE:
Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases
Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.
www.nbcnews.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🚨EXCLUSIVE:
Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the vice chair of the Intelligence Committee, says he was denied a meeting with career intelligence workers because Laura Loomer objected.
September 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the vice chair of the Intelligence Committee, says he was denied a meeting with career intelligence workers because Laura Loomer objected.
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man. if Eric Schmitt's speech to NatCon isn't a sign of the times, i don't know what is
!["America is not a 'universal nation.' ... [American] principles are not abstractions. They are living, breathing things — rooted in a people and embodied in a way of life."
Senator Eric Schmitt got a standing ovation at Nat Con DC for saying America as a nation is the property of a distinct ethnic people.
Americans are a mix of “the most adventurous, the most courageous, the most curious and innovative” of the English, Scotch-Irish, and continental Europeans, who came as settlers and have spent hundreds of years building, fighting, and dying for "a homeland for themselves and their descendants."
"We’re a nation of settlers, explorers, and pioneers — born on the ocean waters that carried the first ships to our shores and forged in the crucible of a wild frontier. Our people tamed a continent, built a civilization from the wilderness, and wrote our nation’s name in history.
"Our ancestors were driven here by destiny, possessed by urgent and fiery conviction, by burning belief, devoted to their cause and their God."
"The Continental Army soldiers dying of frostbite at Valley Forge, Pilgrims struggling to survive in the hard winter soil of Plymouth, pioneers striking out from Missouri for the wild and dangerous frontier, [and] outnumbered Kentucky settlers, repelling wave after wave of Indian war band attacks from behind their stockade walls, would be astonished to hear that they were only fighting for a 'proposition.'
"They believed they were forging a nation — a homeland for themselves and their descendants."
"America, in all its glory, is their gift to us, handed down across the generations.
"It belongs to us. It’s our birthright, our heritage, our destiny.
"If America is everything and everyone, then it is nothing and no one at all."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreif3x7re3lubuj7kzurj3ayotcnq2l46kwb2p5hp2zid2dagzth5nu@jpeg)
September 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
man. if Eric Schmitt's speech to NatCon isn't a sign of the times, i don't know what is
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Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
August 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."