“Rather conveniently, Comer made no mention of who was president in 2019: Donald Trump. Nor did he mention that Trump appointee Bill Barr was leading the Department of Justice when this purported chicanery took place.” www.ms.now/news/james-c...
This week Commission Chair Dr. Rita Gallardo Good and Executive Director @darcytotten.bsky.social met with California State Assembly @caspeakerrivas.bsky.social to share more about our upcoming legislative priorities and to discuss the pivotal role we play in supporting women and girls in California
Thank you Senate Pro Tem Monique Limon Chief of Staff Mariana Corona Sabeniano for meeting with the Commission Chair Dr. Rita Gallardo Good and Executive Director @darcytotten.bsky.social to discuss programs and priorities vital to women and girls.
So I was trying to think of how I could encapsulate the joy, inspiration, frustration, anger, and boundless motivation that Women's History Month gives me every year. Thankfully, Brian Green helped me put it all into words instead for the #CaliforniaVoices podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/3FfG...
I wonder how many other people my age are calling their old college roommates to check in with the people they were sitting with the last time American touched off an endless war in the Middle East? The group chat is full of old photos and it’s weird and sad.
Welp.
From last week’s @washingtonpost.com:
After horse escapes, Congress must weigh whether to close barn door.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...
Good.
Twin Peaks title card with the headline text "WE SHOULD STOP THE HORRORS"
personally speaking
Congress and the courts are refusing to give Trump what he wants, so he’s concocting a new plan to seize control of the election. Here’s what you need to know: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Richmond County’s own Nicole Malliotakis giving off the same energy as one of the white people protesting southern school integration in photos from the 50s
Counter programming only works if you get coverage. It would’ve been a wonderful idea 20 years ago when the media ecosystem worked differently. Trump hijacked an opportunity with no opposition to give out medals like Oprah, giving out cars, and all anyone saw was endless applause.
Skipping the State of the Union was not a power move by @thedemcoalition.bsky.social - it was a catastrophically stupid move by folks who probably should’ve listened to their communications directors. Zero opposition in the only room that was being covered made Trump look strong. 1/2
As President Donald Trump prepares to deliver his State of the Union address, a majority of Americans say he is changing the country for the worse, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist Poll.
“As an assistant prof of biology, it's made her think of the young women she sees going into the sciences today.
‘Will their ideas be taken seriously?’ she wonders. ‘Will their creativity, brilliance or ingenuity be taken seriously? Or will it be dismissed or ignored?’”🧪
Rude.
Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!)
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
"Official ICE policy says 'ICE should not detain, arrest, or take into custody for an administrative violation of the immigration laws individuals known to be pregnant, postpartum, or nursing” except in exceptional circumstances.
reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
As statehouse leaders gin up a flood of protection measures for immigrant communities, I can’t help but wonder why one of those protective measures is not just disallowing their states to build ice detention centers or to rent them prison space.
What am I missing here?
Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
graph tracking democratic backsliding is occuring more quickly in the US than elsewhere.
New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries.
This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
If I were the mayor or council of Los Angeles, I would simply fire the police chief and hire someone willing to enforce the law
This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.
Decide. Who are you?
A Cabinet secretary does not report to the White House deputy chief of staff for policy.
ICE detained four children from Columbia Heights, Minnesota and sent them to detention centers in Texas.
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
wait did they fucking rig up an improvise situation room at mar-a-lago with bedsheets or something
Wait till you hear how old my car is … it still has a tape deck.
