Proud to file an amicus brief in support of the Institute of Peace, an independent nonprofit created by Congress that DOGE lawlessly commandeered.

The 113 military & foreign policy officials who signed the brief have seen the "blood and treasure" saved by the Institute's work, and know its worth.

In which I talk to @dworkin.bsky.social about patterns of autocratic takeover
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/anne-apple...

Um, who let him in the Oval Office? Not somewhere you just accidentally walk in.

From David French:
"Every Republican senator who votes for Patel is abdicating his or her constitutional responsibility...lt took immense courage to create our constitutional republic, and now immense cowardice is placing our system of justice under threat"
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

So 25 Dem Senators vote to approve drump's Interior Secretary.
Why bother with these charades anymore?!!

from today's post —
link is here, thanks for reading: bit.ly/4hEBWOt

I'd hazzard that most Americans are just "fat and happy enough" that by the time they feel impacted it will be way too late to effect a course change .

Frustrated there's not more I can do directly, but for now I can just try to document reality. Elon is bringing his Twitter destruction playbook to the US government, and it's impossible to explain just how serious and bad this is.

www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...