@meadowjess.bsky.social
Courageous.
Omar: I instinctively tried to, like, punch him…, I was raised with three brothers who were older than me. You learn that maybe taking the first punch when somebody is bigger than you yields you better results.
January 29, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Courageous.
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UPDATED MINNESOTA ICE GUIDANCE: “All targets must be have a criminal Nexus”
So… that wasn’t the case up until now? Is this not an admission of guilt? 🤷🏼
www.reuters.com/world/ice-of...
So… that wasn’t the case up until now? Is this not an admission of guilt? 🤷🏼
www.reuters.com/world/ice-of...
January 29, 2026 at 10:15 PM
UPDATED MINNESOTA ICE GUIDANCE: “All targets must be have a criminal Nexus”
So… that wasn’t the case up until now? Is this not an admission of guilt? 🤷🏼
www.reuters.com/world/ice-of...
So… that wasn’t the case up until now? Is this not an admission of guilt? 🤷🏼
www.reuters.com/world/ice-of...
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To my colleagues in the Senate: Hold the line.
January 29, 2026 at 6:23 PM
To my colleagues in the Senate: Hold the line.
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AOC: They need 10 Democratic votes in the Senate to pass, continued unfettered ICE funding with no guardrails. Regardless of where you are in the Democratic party, this moment proves that the status quo cannot stand
I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no
I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no
January 24, 2026 at 11:30 PM
AOC: They need 10 Democratic votes in the Senate to pass, continued unfettered ICE funding with no guardrails. Regardless of where you are in the Democratic party, this moment proves that the status quo cannot stand
I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no
I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no
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This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
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Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
Yep.
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Yep.
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Remember: Trump can only pardon convictions under U.S. federal law.
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Remember: Trump can only pardon convictions under U.S. federal law.
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Murder can never be ethical
We @DDFund_ filed an ethics complaint based on experts who agree that DOJ legal advice wrongly sanctioned lethal force in the boat strikes
From Bush ethics counsel @RWPUSA & Obama & Clinton counsels me & Ginny Canter👇 www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/12.9.25-pr
We @DDFund_ filed an ethics complaint based on experts who agree that DOJ legal advice wrongly sanctioned lethal force in the boat strikes
From Bush ethics counsel @RWPUSA & Obama & Clinton counsels me & Ginny Canter👇 www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/12.9.25-pr
Press Release | Democracy Defenders Fund
www.democracydefendersfund.org
December 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Murder can never be ethical
We @DDFund_ filed an ethics complaint based on experts who agree that DOJ legal advice wrongly sanctioned lethal force in the boat strikes
From Bush ethics counsel @RWPUSA & Obama & Clinton counsels me & Ginny Canter👇 www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/12.9.25-pr
We @DDFund_ filed an ethics complaint based on experts who agree that DOJ legal advice wrongly sanctioned lethal force in the boat strikes
From Bush ethics counsel @RWPUSA & Obama & Clinton counsels me & Ginny Canter👇 www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/12.9.25-pr
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David Ellison reportedly told Trump he’d make “sweeping changes” to CNN if Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. gets approved.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
December 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
David Ellison reportedly told Trump he’d make “sweeping changes” to CNN if Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. gets approved.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
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Nothing to see here, just the President of the United States having absolutely no idea who he is pardoning, nor why.
POLITICO: You pardoned the former president of Honduras even though he was convicted in a massive intl drug trafficking scheme. How is that 0 tolerance on drug trafficking?
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
December 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Nothing to see here, just the President of the United States having absolutely no idea who he is pardoning, nor why.
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Today’s “One First” tackles the grant of certiorari in one of the birthright citizenship cases, and then Justice Kagan’s TX redistricting dissent—“yet another warning about the majority’s seeming willingness to do … whatever it wants, at least where rulings on emergency applications are concerned.”
196. Justice Kagan's Texas Redistricting Dissent
As unsurprising as the Supreme Court's intervention in the Texas redistricting case may have been, Justice Kagan's dissent is still a telling indictment of another emergency ruling that lost its way.
www.stevevladeck.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Today’s “One First” tackles the grant of certiorari in one of the birthright citizenship cases, and then Justice Kagan’s TX redistricting dissent—“yet another warning about the majority’s seeming willingness to do … whatever it wants, at least where rulings on emergency applications are concerned.”
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This is the most dangerous court in the history of this nation.
December 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is the most dangerous court in the history of this nation.
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Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud. 🤔
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud. 🤔
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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"The core of the strategy is here: 'The days of the United States propping up the entire world order like Atlas are over.' This resignation from the role of chief maintainer of the global order marks the break from 80 years of American foreign policy."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Trump’s National Security Strategy: Atlas Shrugs
Hopefully the policy document won’t have much to do with the administration’s actions.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"The core of the strategy is here: 'The days of the United States propping up the entire world order like Atlas are over.' This resignation from the role of chief maintainer of the global order marks the break from 80 years of American foreign policy."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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For the first time this century, the number of children worldwide who die before their fifth birthday is projected to rise, according to a new study published by the Gates Foundation.
Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades
Cuts to development aid from several countries is a key factor, researchers said.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
For the first time this century, the number of children worldwide who die before their fifth birthday is projected to rise, according to a new study published by the Gates Foundation.
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To go after a family for no other reason than that their daughter sparked sympathy is appalling. Absolutely appalling. Beyond cruelty into outright sadism.
They are going after that college students' family now. JFC www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
To go after a family for no other reason than that their daughter sparked sympathy is appalling. Absolutely appalling. Beyond cruelty into outright sadism.
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The likes of Trump and Musk are trying to start a war in Europe.
This is blatantly clear now.
They are backing Russia.
This is blatantly clear now.
They are backing Russia.
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The likes of Trump and Musk are trying to start a war in Europe.
This is blatantly clear now.
They are backing Russia.
This is blatantly clear now.
They are backing Russia.
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Not everyone can make it to a theater, so Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, author, and policy expert, is hosting a special one-time-only online watchalong of The Last Class on Mon, Dec 8 at 5:30pm PT / 8:30pm ET. Join here,
Please join us for a live showing of “The Last Class” film
A one-time-only watchalong screening on December 8
robertreich.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Not everyone can make it to a theater, so Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, author, and policy expert, is hosting a special one-time-only online watchalong of The Last Class on Mon, Dec 8 at 5:30pm PT / 8:30pm ET. Join here,
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TODAY: Our team is at SCOTUS representing FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter in her challenge to an unlawful firing by the Trump admin. The Court’s ruling could reshape dozens of independent agencies that protect us all from powerful corporate interests — impacting homes, businesses and more.
Supreme Court to hear major test of presidential power over Trump's firing of FTC commissioner
President Trump's efforts to reshape the executive branch and flex his presidential power are set to be tested at the Supreme Court on Monday.
www.cbsnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
TODAY: Our team is at SCOTUS representing FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter in her challenge to an unlawful firing by the Trump admin. The Court’s ruling could reshape dozens of independent agencies that protect us all from powerful corporate interests — impacting homes, businesses and more.