Michael Sall
@msalamander.bsky.social
"Wait, what was I furious about before? It was good."
Co-Director of Democratic Clubs for @dpoc.bsky.social
Co-Director of Democratic Clubs for @dpoc.bsky.social
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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This is exactly why this piece is so important. The national conversation has largely flattened the effects of the VRA -- and it's potential demise -- to which party controls Congress. There's so much more to the VRA than that, and so much more on the line
I, for one, have only really thought about the VRA through the prism of federal elections, not local elections.
But this well-reported piece reminds us that ending the VRA will have an impact on ALL levels of representative government.
Via @pascalsabino.bsky.social.
boltsmag.org/voting-right...
But this well-reported piece reminds us that ending the VRA will have an impact on ALL levels of representative government.
Via @pascalsabino.bsky.social.
boltsmag.org/voting-right...
Black Residents in West Tennessee Just Won Fairer Districts. Now Comes SCOTUS. - Bolts
The Supreme Court may further erode the Voting Rights Act in an upcoming decision. Beyond affecting Congress, that would reverberate across local governments nationwide.
boltsmag.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is exactly why this piece is so important. The national conversation has largely flattened the effects of the VRA -- and it's potential demise -- to which party controls Congress. There's so much more to the VRA than that, and so much more on the line
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They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
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These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
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Do read this!
In recent months, the Justice Department has filed charges under 18 USC 111 against more than a hundred immigrants, anti-ICE protestors, and random passers-by—accusing them of "assaulting, resisting, or impeding" federal officers
The Administration’s Favorite Statute
Federal prosecutors have charged more than 100 people with Section 111 violations. Was their crime anything more than opposing Trump’s immigration policies?
www.theatlantic.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Do read this!
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Justice Department sues to block laws restricting masked, unidentified law enforcement officers in California
Justice Department sues to block laws restricting masked, unidentified law enforcement officers in California
The U.S. Department of Justice sued California on Monday to block newly passed laws that prohibit law enforcement officials, including federal immigration agents, from wearing masks and that require them to identify themselves.
www.latimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Justice Department sues to block laws restricting masked, unidentified law enforcement officers in California
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There have been at least 154 cases in which federal district courts have issued preliminary relief against a Trump administration policy.
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
193. The "War" on Judges
Deputy Attorney General Blanche's attack on lower courts is an impressive combination of light on substance; shamelessly hypocritical; and profoundly dangerous. More people should be condemning it.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There have been at least 154 cases in which federal district courts have issued preliminary relief against a Trump administration policy.
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
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Join us on Monday at 7:00 p.m. for our last general meeting of the year. We'll recap our Proposition 50 efforts and celebrate our win. We'll also be voting on candidates to support for State Assembly and Congress. Don't miss it!
Register here: mobilize.us/s/pdsae4
Register here: mobilize.us/s/pdsae4
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Join us on Monday at 7:00 p.m. for our last general meeting of the year. We'll recap our Proposition 50 efforts and celebrate our win. We'll also be voting on candidates to support for State Assembly and Congress. Don't miss it!
Register here: mobilize.us/s/pdsae4
Register here: mobilize.us/s/pdsae4
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MY LATEST @kcrw.com ORANGE COUNTY LINE: Prop. 50 changes Orange County politics. RT, porfas!
Gustavo Arellano: Prop 50 changes Orange County… | KCRW
Under the voter approved measure, a progressive Democrat will represent Huntington Beach.
www.kcrw.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
MY LATEST @kcrw.com ORANGE COUNTY LINE: Prop. 50 changes Orange County politics. RT, porfas!
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"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
@jessethorn.bsky.social @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social Here’s a smoked sausage recommendation (also recommend their ham): www.newsomscountryham.com/smbaandsa.html
Smoked Bacon, Sausage
www.newsomscountryham.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
@jessethorn.bsky.social @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social Here’s a smoked sausage recommendation (also recommend their ham): www.newsomscountryham.com/smbaandsa.html
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My colleagues @timothycama.bsky.social and @corbinhiar.bsky.social spent some time on the (virtual) rooftops of 112 members of Congress: every Senate Republican and 59 House GOP lawmakers who are in leadership or facing tough reelection races.
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E&E News: Meet the Republicans who killed solar subsidies — after using them
POLITICO’s E&E News examined satellite imagery of more than 100 homes owned by Republican lawmakers to see if they have solar panels. Seven had rooftop arrays.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My colleagues @timothycama.bsky.social and @corbinhiar.bsky.social spent some time on the (virtual) rooftops of 112 members of Congress: every Senate Republican and 59 House GOP lawmakers who are in leadership or facing tough reelection races.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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“The failure isn’t presumptively just on Schumer and the seven-plus rank-and-file senators who voted to cave. Assuming there are no consequences for the leadership failure, it’s also on the rest of the caucus.” @brianbeutler.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“The failure isn’t presumptively just on Schumer and the seven-plus rank-and-file senators who voted to cave. Assuming there are no consequences for the leadership failure, it’s also on the rest of the caucus.” @brianbeutler.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
Is this anything?
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Is this anything?
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Uncles are always getting roasted on here and I'm tired of it. The only misinformation I tell my nephew is that he's good at drumming and his mother loves snakes.
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Uncles are always getting roasted on here and I'm tired of it. The only misinformation I tell my nephew is that he's good at drumming and his mother loves snakes.
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The question is whether this behavior violates the spirit and the muffuletta of the law.
“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The question is whether this behavior violates the spirit and the muffuletta of the law.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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I did not write the headline, but I have an op ed on Prop 50 over at the @sfchronicle.com.
Shorter version: the nationalization and polarization of our politics is what got us here, and it's also the most likely way out. It will take national partisan Democratic hardball to enact anti-hardball.
Shorter version: the nationalization and polarization of our politics is what got us here, and it's also the most likely way out. It will take national partisan Democratic hardball to enact anti-hardball.
California’s Prop 50 passed. Now, here’s how to end partisan redistricting once and for all
OPINION: We need a new federal statute of mutual disarmament — ideally before we reach the point where there are zero California Republicans and zero Texas Democrats, Joseph Fishkin writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I did not write the headline, but I have an op ed on Prop 50 over at the @sfchronicle.com.
Shorter version: the nationalization and polarization of our politics is what got us here, and it's also the most likely way out. It will take national partisan Democratic hardball to enact anti-hardball.
Shorter version: the nationalization and polarization of our politics is what got us here, and it's also the most likely way out. It will take national partisan Democratic hardball to enact anti-hardball.
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“Historians, librarians and volunteers are racing to document museum displays and historical records they fear the Trump administration will remove or alter.”
A small army is racing against time and Trump to preserve U.S. history
Like 'monks' in the Middle Ages, volunteers are working to preserve cultural treasures they fear are under threat from President Trump’s war against 'woke.'
www.latimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“Historians, librarians and volunteers are racing to document museum displays and historical records they fear the Trump administration will remove or alter.”
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Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
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Well done to all of the folks who worked tirelessly for the last 8 weeks to get Prop 50 passed.
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Well done to all of the folks who worked tirelessly for the last 8 weeks to get Prop 50 passed.
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I used to work elections in San Francisco. Election Day, I drove a van full of replacement supplies as a Field Election Deputy. We counted ballots afterwards in a warehouse under the Civic Center. I loved it. We are so lucky to have free, fair elections run by our conscientious fellow citizens.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I used to work elections in San Francisco. Election Day, I drove a van full of replacement supplies as a Field Election Deputy. We counted ballots afterwards in a warehouse under the Civic Center. I loved it. We are so lucky to have free, fair elections run by our conscientious fellow citizens.
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“Putting a powerful surveillance tool like this in the hands of state & local law enforcement officials around the country will only further erode peoples’ Fourth Amendment rights, for citizens & non-citizens alike,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @404Media.co.
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly...
CBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration Enforcement
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Putting a powerful surveillance tool like this in the hands of state & local law enforcement officials around the country will only further erode peoples’ Fourth Amendment rights, for citizens & non-citizens alike,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @404Media.co.
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly...
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LISTEN: EFF’s @tsnvaa.bsky.social joined @KPFA.org’s @realcatbrooks.bsky.social on Tuesday to discuss how Flock Safety’s automated license plate readers are enabling warrantless, mass surveillance that threatens our privacy and civil rights. kpfa.org/episode/law...
What is FLOCK surveillance w/ EFF's Sarah Hamid; Oakland Police Commission w/ Ricardo Garcia Acosta and Omar Farmer | KPFA
Flock Surveillance refers to the camera and data systems developed by Flock Safety, a private technology company that provides automated license plate recognition and vehicle-tracking networks to police departments, homeowners’ associations, and private businesses across the U.S. This system enables mass tracking of drivers and data sharing across police and private networks without sufficient oversight, … Continued
kpfa.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
LISTEN: EFF’s @tsnvaa.bsky.social joined @KPFA.org’s @realcatbrooks.bsky.social on Tuesday to discuss how Flock Safety’s automated license plate readers are enabling warrantless, mass surveillance that threatens our privacy and civil rights. kpfa.org/episode/law...