Melinda Andrews
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HAMILTON Celebrates 10 Years on Broadway With Mega-Mix Curtain Call
YouTube video by BroadwayWorld
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Some inspirational music for these challenging times!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-EY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-EY...
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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Trump’s domestic deployment of the National Guard marks an area where he has diverged from the consensus of the conservative legal movement, with no plausible footing in Federalist Society dogma. And it is extremely telling that SCOTUS finally drew the line here. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump Just Faced the Biggest Supreme Court Defeat of His Second Term So Far
But another battle looms in the distance.
slate.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Trump’s domestic deployment of the National Guard marks an area where he has diverged from the consensus of the conservative legal movement, with no plausible footing in Federalist Society dogma. And it is extremely telling that SCOTUS finally drew the line here. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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Don’t forget. Biden’s DoJ was investigating uncharged third parties in the Epstein files up until the last minute. Trump shut down the investigation, sent the files to DC, & fired the prosecutors. They went through them, redacted Trump’s name, then elected not to release them and closed the matter.
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Don’t forget. Biden’s DoJ was investigating uncharged third parties in the Epstein files up until the last minute. Trump shut down the investigation, sent the files to DC, & fired the prosecutors. They went through them, redacted Trump’s name, then elected not to release them and closed the matter.
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A fantastic NYT report: Donors to Trump get pardons, jobs, & access - and benefited from regulatory decisions the Trump admin has made.
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A fantastic NYT report: Donors to Trump get pardons, jobs, & access - and benefited from regulatory decisions the Trump admin has made.
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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A month ago, I did a line by line breakdown of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and why it was written to prevent any shenanigans in the event that Bondi sought to withhold documents damaging Trump.
If you need a refresher this am as we await docs, here it is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEB1...
If you need a refresher this am as we await docs, here it is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEB1...
SHOCKER! Epstein Bill Passes Almost UNANIMOUSLY-- BUT WHAT'S NEXT?!
YouTube video by Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A month ago, I did a line by line breakdown of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and why it was written to prevent any shenanigans in the event that Bondi sought to withhold documents damaging Trump.
If you need a refresher this am as we await docs, here it is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEB1...
If you need a refresher this am as we await docs, here it is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEB1...
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Just enraging. They want to kill trans kids. This is eugenics in action and they know it.
Being denied gender affirming care causes suicidality in trans kids to skyrocket.
Being denied gender affirming care causes suicidality in trans kids to skyrocket.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday. n.pr/44xQKdD
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz to announce moves to ban gender-affirming care for young people
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday.
n.pr
December 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Just enraging. They want to kill trans kids. This is eugenics in action and they know it.
Being denied gender affirming care causes suicidality in trans kids to skyrocket.
Being denied gender affirming care causes suicidality in trans kids to skyrocket.
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MORE from Jack Smith:
"The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions, as alleged in the indictments returned by grand juries in two different districts."
"The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions, as alleged in the indictments returned by grand juries in two different districts."
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
MORE from Jack Smith:
"The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions, as alleged in the indictments returned by grand juries in two different districts."
"The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions, as alleged in the indictments returned by grand juries in two different districts."
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AOC: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want you to believe that this is who we are as a country. And we are here to say that it is not. We are a country that has fought and defeated the confederacy. That has defeated a history of civil rights violations, of secret police, of fascism.
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
AOC: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want you to believe that this is who we are as a country. And we are here to say that it is not. We are a country that has fought and defeated the confederacy. That has defeated a history of civil rights violations, of secret police, of fascism.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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This is one of the ways Trump's tweets work--and are designed to work. With each one, he exacerbates polarization and demands shows of loyalty/opposition.
To be fair, response to THIS TWEET is actually more thoughtful on Xitter than on here.
To be fair, response to THIS TWEET is actually more thoughtful on Xitter than on here.
Fascinating to watch in real time as maga pivots from "Trump would never do such a low thing" to "You're damned right he did it and it was totally appropriate."
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is one of the ways Trump's tweets work--and are designed to work. With each one, he exacerbates polarization and demands shows of loyalty/opposition.
To be fair, response to THIS TWEET is actually more thoughtful on Xitter than on here.
To be fair, response to THIS TWEET is actually more thoughtful on Xitter than on here.
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"South Fork Wind, the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the US, is exceeding expectations for power generation and co-existing with the marine environment."
Offshore Wind, Despite Facing Stiff Federal Headwinds, is Working
South Fork Wind, the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the US, is exceeding expectations for power generation and co-existing with the marine environment.
www.oneearthnow.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
"South Fork Wind, the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the US, is exceeding expectations for power generation and co-existing with the marine environment."
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Quick guide to interpreting US foreign policy propaganda: if the word “deal” was used, some American made some money, and the war is still going on.
An estimated 200,000 people have fled fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo just days after Trump hailed a “historic” peace deal to end the conflict.
200,000 Flee Congo After Trump’s ‘Historic’ Peace Deal
Why the Rwanda-Congo accord misses the point.
foreignpolicy.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Quick guide to interpreting US foreign policy propaganda: if the word “deal” was used, some American made some money, and the war is still going on.
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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This am, I met with Scott Hamby, the Dem candidate in the Georgia 72 District.
Scott is a combat vet & GA native. He worked food aid in Ukraine, helped evacuate Afghanistan, and served for 20 yrs.
He is out to flip a gerrymandered district that's been in GOP hands for generations.
hamby4ga72.com
Scott is a combat vet & GA native. He worked food aid in Ukraine, helped evacuate Afghanistan, and served for 20 yrs.
He is out to flip a gerrymandered district that's been in GOP hands for generations.
hamby4ga72.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This am, I met with Scott Hamby, the Dem candidate in the Georgia 72 District.
Scott is a combat vet & GA native. He worked food aid in Ukraine, helped evacuate Afghanistan, and served for 20 yrs.
He is out to flip a gerrymandered district that's been in GOP hands for generations.
hamby4ga72.com
Scott is a combat vet & GA native. He worked food aid in Ukraine, helped evacuate Afghanistan, and served for 20 yrs.
He is out to flip a gerrymandered district that's been in GOP hands for generations.
hamby4ga72.com
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it is also just hilarious to insist that eight months of rush job “scholarship” outweighs decades of settled history and 140 years of settled law
Giving the game away. he has more “scholarly ammunition” than he did in January because a bunch of professional bootlicks and liars who have never had real jobs started lying about birthright citizenship in January.
December 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
it is also just hilarious to insist that eight months of rush job “scholarship” outweighs decades of settled history and 140 years of settled law
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As a constituent, I am asking that @governorwalz.mn.gov and @keithellison.bsky.social arrest these men and prosecute them before they kidnap someone and intentionally freeze them to death
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
As a constituent, I am asking that @governorwalz.mn.gov and @keithellison.bsky.social arrest these men and prosecute them before they kidnap someone and intentionally freeze them to death
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1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | At the Supreme Court, Scenes From a Judicial Backlash
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
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“The withdrawal reflects something even more unsettling: hospitals choosing to abide by political pressure from the Trump administration rather than the laws they are bound to obey.” sfstandard.com/2025/12/09/s...
NorCal’s largest hospital to end gender-affirming care for kids
Sutter is the latest clinic to bow to federal pressure and stop treatment, leaving Bay Area families in medical limbo.
sfstandard.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
“The withdrawal reflects something even more unsettling: hospitals choosing to abide by political pressure from the Trump administration rather than the laws they are bound to obey.” sfstandard.com/2025/12/09/s...
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In a stealth upset, Democrat Eric Gisler flips a GOP-held Georgia House seat spanning parts of Athens and Oconee County. Gisler won 39% of vote last November. He captured 51% tonight to defeat a Republican backed by Gov. Brian Kemp and other GOP leaders.
December 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
In a stealth upset, Democrat Eric Gisler flips a GOP-held Georgia House seat spanning parts of Athens and Oconee County. Gisler won 39% of vote last November. He captured 51% tonight to defeat a Republican backed by Gov. Brian Kemp and other GOP leaders.
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This has never been about immigration. It’s about vilifying our neighbors and abusing presidential power.
Thank you to @ms.now's The Weekend for having me — our team @democracyforward.org will fight every day against these abuses for ALL of us.
Thank you to @ms.now's The Weekend for having me — our team @democracyforward.org will fight every day against these abuses for ALL of us.
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This has never been about immigration. It’s about vilifying our neighbors and abusing presidential power.
Thank you to @ms.now's The Weekend for having me — our team @democracyforward.org will fight every day against these abuses for ALL of us.
Thank you to @ms.now's The Weekend for having me — our team @democracyforward.org will fight every day against these abuses for ALL of us.
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Because this isn't about immigration. It is about race. Wake up and cover the racism.
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown
Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Because this isn't about immigration. It is about race. Wake up and cover the racism.
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM