@brettmichel.bsky.social
Sunday thought
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Sunday thought
Moral clarity in a time of monsters
open.substack.com
May 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Sunday thought
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
nymag.com/intelligence... some brilliant questioning and description. Fine journalism
John Fetterman’s Struggle
The senator insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew.
nymag.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This is me, doing a ragey rage reported column on a point that some people, including @normative.bsky.social , have been making and it’s a thought that has been gnawing at my brain for weeks til finally I exploded and said to my editor ok I’m too mad I have to do a thing now 😡
May 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I Read the New York Times Today, Oh Boy
open.substack.com/pub/americas...
open.substack.com/pub/americas...
I Read the New York Times Today, Oh Boy
Trump's incompetence is revealing a broken country — and none of the leaders Democrat or Republican have proposed the kind of systemic change it will take to rebuild it.
open.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I Read the New York Times Today, Oh Boy
open.substack.com/pub/americas...
open.substack.com/pub/americas...
Trump tried to bury this story on a Friday night, but it’s extremely important:
He’s planning to take land on the border controlled by the Dept. of Interior and sign it over to Dept. of Defense so migrants “would have trespassed on a military installation,” resulting in harsher punishment.
He’s planning to take land on the border controlled by the Dept. of Interior and sign it over to Dept. of Defense so migrants “would have trespassed on a military installation,” resulting in harsher punishment.
Donald Trump authorizes U.S. military to take control of land on southern border
President Donald Trump issued a memorandum Friday giving the U.S. military jurisdiction over federal lands at the southern border.
www.usatoday.com
April 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Eric Adams to Run as an Independent, Skipping Democratic Primary www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/n...
Eric Adams Will Run for NYC Mayor as an Independent
Mayor Eric Adams faced an uphill battle in the June 24 Democratic primary, which has drawn a crowded field of candidates. He will run for re-election as an independent instead.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Eric Adams to Run as an Independent, Skipping Democratic Primary www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/n...
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Dual Existence During a Coup: Audio From A Collapsing State
open.substack.com/pub/jaredyat...
open.substack.com/pub/jaredyat...
Dual Existence During a Coup: Audio From A Collapsing State
Navigating this moment can be maddening. But we must acknowledge the threats and problems while seeing the places for hope
open.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Dual Existence During a Coup: Audio From A Collapsing State
open.substack.com/pub/jaredyat...
open.substack.com/pub/jaredyat...
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance newrepublic.com/article/1931... via @newrepublic.com
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance
Ordinary people have more power than they know.
newrepublic.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance newrepublic.com/article/1931... via @newrepublic.com
Threats to public health at every angle
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
Threats to public health at every angle
Covid anniversary, pandemic revisionism, chronic diseases, and a boulder going down the hill
open.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Threats to public health at every angle
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone
March 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone
This is literally the “General Will” argument Rousseau made in the 1700s that ultimately led to the Reign of Terror under Robespierre
March 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The Democracy Index
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The Democracy Index
March 21, 2025
open.substack.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Democracy Index
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Trump's Violations of Court Orders — What We Can Do
www.meidasplus.com/p/trumps-vio...
www.meidasplus.com/p/trumps-vio...
Trump's Violations of Court Orders — What We Can Do
For more on key issues moving through the courts, see Court Accountability’s tracker.
www.meidasplus.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trump's Violations of Court Orders — What We Can Do
www.meidasplus.com/p/trumps-vio...
www.meidasplus.com/p/trumps-vio...
I suggest Paul Weiss hire her as its new managing partner.
You can read Cohen's full statement here: www.linkedin.com/posts/rachel...
March 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is freakishly wrong. Extortion, corruption, submission. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump rescinds executive order after law firm agrees to provide $40m in free services
US president reverses threat to suspend security clearances and cancel federal contracts after meeting with chair of Paul, Weiss
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Faculty at UC Berkeley rallied Wednesday to defend the right to “speak, teach and learn” and protest the Trump administration’s attack on higher education.
UC Berkeley Faculty Organize Rally to Protest Trump’s Attacks on Academic Freedom - Inside Climate News
Researchers, teachers and students gathered around the steps where the Free Speech Movement was born to condemn threats to the First Amendment and higher education.
insideclimatenews.org
March 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Nancy Pelosi + Hakeem Jeffries both threw Chuck Schumer under the bus today for backing the House GOP's extreme govt spending bill vs fighting for a clean spending bill.
Pelosi: "This false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable.” www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-...
Pelosi: "This false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable.” www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-...
Top House Democrats Throw Chuck Schumer Under The Bus Amid Funding Fight
"This false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi said as Schumer cast his vote for an extreme GOP spending bill.
www.huffpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Smart
AOC's shocking plan to take on Donald Trump on his 'home turf'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will take the Democratic resistance on the road, appearing in GOP-held congressional districts in Pennsylvania and New York in coming weeks.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will take the Democratic resistance on the road, appearing in GOP-held congressional districts in Pennsylvania and New York in coming weeks.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
March 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM