THREE EQUAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. It’s in our Constitution and at the very heart of our democracy. Article 3 establishes the judicial branch. It’s the job of judges to determine if the actions of the Administration violate our laws. Full. Stop. That’s how our democracy works.

"Surprise, Surprise, Surprise."

What a brave guy.

Huge protests are the most important thing we can do right now. As MLK said: “there is no noise as powerful as the sound of marching feet of a determined people.”

I’m talking numbers so large they shock people — friend and foe and media alike

Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...

Note that most of the hospitals in Boston are affiliated with Harvard. When Trump says he's "going after Harvard", he's actually going after our medical care.

By @hcrichardson.bsky.social:

Speaking now from El Salvador, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says he was denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia by El Salvador leaders. And was denied a phone call to him

Van Hollen: "The Trump Administration is lying about Abrego Garcia"

"After all these years in and around politics, I’d like to think I have a pretty strong stomach, but yesterday was sickening... This was not newsreel footage of two dictators meeting somewhere far away and long ago. This was yesterday. Here in the Oval Office."

www.thebulwark.com/p/two-dictat...

NEW: Alliance Defending Freedom is urging Trump to cut ties with the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, org that helps recommend which women's preventive services to cover—including birth control. Letter cites "items that can prevent the implantation of embryos after conception"

WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government may not use federal benefits or funds to coerce parties to surrender their constitutional rights. This is what the Administration is doing ..”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

We've reached the point where Republicans are flying to El Salvador to visit one of the most vicious prisons in the world to have photo ops so they can prove their loyalty to the President of the United States.

Musk staffers are in the process of seizing control of the Peace Corps’ headquarters.

We are very far over the cliff here, folks

Front page of today’s NY Post

It’s a few days old but a great long sit down interview with @hcrichardson.bsky.social

youtu.be/f-78R0monV4?...