@racheldobkin.bsky.social
The GOP is pro-death.
Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The GOP is pro-death.
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The US military has now reportedly struck at least 15 vessels in a made up “war” on “narco-traffickers.” These strikes are plainly unlawful under human rights law.
October 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The US military has now reportedly struck at least 15 vessels in a made up “war” on “narco-traffickers.” These strikes are plainly unlawful under human rights law.
WE'RE JUST GONNA KILL PEOPLE.
The ongoing murder campaign at sea is an utter horror.
The ongoing murder campaign at sea is an utter horror.
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
October 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
WE'RE JUST GONNA KILL PEOPLE.
The ongoing murder campaign at sea is an utter horror.
The ongoing murder campaign at sea is an utter horror.
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The online community of young nihilist losers is something the press and politicians have been failing to understand for more than a decade now. So it goes, so it goes.
September 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The online community of young nihilist losers is something the press and politicians have been failing to understand for more than a decade now. So it goes, so it goes.
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I think you should be able to condemn violence without pretending its victim stood for different ideals than he did.
September 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I think you should be able to condemn violence without pretending its victim stood for different ideals than he did.
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The majority of federal law enforcement has been focused on rounding up and kidnapping day laborers for six months.
September 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The majority of federal law enforcement has been focused on rounding up and kidnapping day laborers for six months.
Get Vaxxed NY! www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...
Governor Hochul Signs Executive Order Expanding Access to Vaccines Amid Uncertainty in Washington
In the face of attacks on science and healthcare from the federal government, Governor Hochul is taking steps to protect vaccine access across New York State.
www.governor.ny.gov
September 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Get Vaxxed NY! www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...
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You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
All of this. Unconscionable that New York For All isn't yet the law, and it IS an emergency.
@zellnor.bsky.social, @joannesimonbk52.bsky.social
@zellnor.bsky.social, @joannesimonbk52.bsky.social
The Democratic establishment confuses triangulation with leadership and treats stability as a virtue in and of itself. There’s a chasm between what we say and what we deliver. We continue asking voters to show up while we refuse to show up for them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...
Opinion | Democrats, This Is Our Moment to Lead. We Can’t Blow It.
www.nytimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
All of this. Unconscionable that New York For All isn't yet the law, and it IS an emergency.
@zellnor.bsky.social, @joannesimonbk52.bsky.social
@zellnor.bsky.social, @joannesimonbk52.bsky.social
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I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
SDCC ‘25: What to do if ICE crashes the con
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
SDCC ‘25: What to do if ICE crashes the con
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
www.comicsbeat.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
This administration is a pack of lawless thugs, and that's exactly how they're "governing". How are institutions like Columbia so unprepared to defend their purported values? To quote (the fictionalized avatar of) a certain Columbia alum: If you stand for nothing what'll you fall for?
...and here is David Pozen, referenced in the Dorf column, going deeper into an important aspect.
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...
The crux: The federal executive branch is engaged in the systematic extortion of institutions it chooses to target.
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...
The crux: The federal executive branch is engaged in the systematic extortion of institutions it chooses to target.
Balkinization: Regulation by Deal Comes to Higher Ed
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This administration is a pack of lawless thugs, and that's exactly how they're "governing". How are institutions like Columbia so unprepared to defend their purported values? To quote (the fictionalized avatar of) a certain Columbia alum: If you stand for nothing what'll you fall for?
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Trump, Miller, Noem et al are disappearing innocent people to a concentration camp to be tortured. They know this is what they're doing. Everyone who has touched this policy belongs in prison.
Those held at CECOT were forced to sleep on cold metal benches (mattresses were brought in for photo ops) and given a single water bucket for washing and drinking.
If anyone was seen washing themselves not at 4:00 AM, they were taken into a cell, tied to a chair, and beaten.
If anyone was seen washing themselves not at 4:00 AM, they were taken into a cell, tied to a chair, and beaten.
July 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Trump, Miller, Noem et al are disappearing innocent people to a concentration camp to be tortured. They know this is what they're doing. Everyone who has touched this policy belongs in prison.
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Four reasons why $200 billion for ICE is a bad, bad idea by @vermontgmg.bsky.social
Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea
I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.
www.motherjones.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Four reasons why $200 billion for ICE is a bad, bad idea by @vermontgmg.bsky.social
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so let me get this straight—the NYT accepted hacked information given to them by a substack white supremacist to be used against a mayoral candidate?
July 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
so let me get this straight—the NYT accepted hacked information given to them by a substack white supremacist to be used against a mayoral candidate?
What a shock! The Everglades Concentration Camp is a huge gift to a DeSantis donor.
A critical investigation of the private DeSantis donor reaping the most reward from helping build the Everglades concentration camp.
Incredible independent journalism from @floridatrident.bsky.social.
Incredible independent journalism from @floridatrident.bsky.social.
Governor DeSantis is building “Alligator Alcatraz” with little oversight – and this big campaign donor is set to reap millions from it
As the large commercial trucks roar one after another onto the airfield property in the Everglades where a massive detention camp for immigrants is being
floridatrident.org
July 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What a shock! The Everglades Concentration Camp is a huge gift to a DeSantis donor.
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I’ve been trying to articulate to myself why I find the discourse around Mamdani so upsetting and I think beyond the fact that it is/encourages racism, xenophobia, and Islamophobia, it also makes a mockery of what I consider to be real issues, namely antisemitism and Jewish safety.
June 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I’ve been trying to articulate to myself why I find the discourse around Mamdani so upsetting and I think beyond the fact that it is/encourages racism, xenophobia, and Islamophobia, it also makes a mockery of what I consider to be real issues, namely antisemitism and Jewish safety.
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Imagine if the Democratic Party actually helped Zohran instead of trying to kneecap him at every step. A better party is immediately possible if they stop shoving money into the anti-trans combination Racism Dial/Money Toilet and instead get behind candidates people actually want.
June 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Imagine if the Democratic Party actually helped Zohran instead of trying to kneecap him at every step. A better party is immediately possible if they stop shoving money into the anti-trans combination Racism Dial/Money Toilet and instead get behind candidates people actually want.
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I am looking for congressional leaders to come out quickly and forcefully against this. We need unequivocal opposition. We need theatric demonstrations of defiance. We need to see leadership. Trump will steamroll us all if we display weakness. Where are our leaders?
An act of war weeks in planning but unauthorized by Congress against a country that Trump's own director of intelligence testified under oath was not close to getting a nuclear weapon.
BREAKING: U.S. strikes Iran's nuclear facilities
June 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am looking for congressional leaders to come out quickly and forcefully against this. We need unequivocal opposition. We need theatric demonstrations of defiance. We need to see leadership. Trump will steamroll us all if we display weakness. Where are our leaders?
Seriously NYC Dems! This is not a drill. Vote early starting TOMORROW (Saturday 6/14), or vote on primary day (6/24). Rank Brad, then Zohran, or Zohran then Brad. Most of all: DO NOT RANK CUOMO. You got this.
We know what we have to do to save our city from Andrew Cuomo.
We're cross endorsing 🤝
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
We're cross endorsing 🤝
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Seriously NYC Dems! This is not a drill. Vote early starting TOMORROW (Saturday 6/14), or vote on primary day (6/24). Rank Brad, then Zohran, or Zohran then Brad. Most of all: DO NOT RANK CUOMO. You got this.
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It’s just mindblowing and infuriating that we still don’t have any actual contempt orders against this administration. Judges, you have to enforce your orders.
May 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It’s just mindblowing and infuriating that we still don’t have any actual contempt orders against this administration. Judges, you have to enforce your orders.
Democratic members of Congress should probably be made to understand that unless they throw everything they have at this, they are next.
Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."
April 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.
April 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.
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When you are one hundred percent committed to battling anti-semitism:
April 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
When you are one hundred percent committed to battling anti-semitism:
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Mayoral hopeful Brad Lander says he'll speed up the city's slowest-in-the-nation buses by reviving a program that was killed in 2018 by — wait for it — then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who just happens to Lander's rival in the June Democratic primary for mayor.
Brad vs. Andrew: Lander Wants Faster Buses Initiative Eliminated Under Gov. Cuomo - Streetsblog New York City
It's time to revive the Select Bus Service eliminated in 2018 by then-Gov. Cuomo, according to a new report from Comptroller Brad Lander.
buff.ly
April 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Mayoral hopeful Brad Lander says he'll speed up the city's slowest-in-the-nation buses by reviving a program that was killed in 2018 by — wait for it — then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who just happens to Lander's rival in the June Democratic primary for mayor.
He is completely insane.
🚨 JFC, per pool:
Trump complained that the U.S. doesn't produce its own pharmaceuticals any more and talked about disparities in global prices.
“We’re going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals.”
He said that will bring pharmaceutical production back to the U.S.
Trump complained that the U.S. doesn't produce its own pharmaceuticals any more and talked about disparities in global prices.
“We’re going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals.”
He said that will bring pharmaceutical production back to the U.S.
April 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
He is completely insane.