@sheryldkelley.bsky.social
Reposted
November 21, 2025
November 21, 2025
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
November 21, 2025
Reposted
A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench
A judge explains his reasons for resigning.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Reposted
November 5, 2025
November 5, 2025
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a member of both the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, began his victory speech last night with a nod to Eugene V.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
November 5, 2025
Reposted
October 31, 2025
October 31, 2025
Yesterday a reporter asked Representative Joe Neguse, a Democrat of Colorado, about the administration’s withholding of reserve funds Congress intended would fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
October 31, 2025
Reposted
October 30, 2025
October 30, 2025
House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to try to pin the upcoming catastrophic lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding on the Democrats.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 AM
October 30, 2025
Reposted
October 25, 2025
October 25, 2025
Yesterday the Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
October 25, 2025
Reposted
October 23, 2025
October 23, 2025
Julia Ainsley and Didi Martinez of NBC News reported today that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s rush to get new recruits onto the street has meant they have pushed into their training program mo...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
October 23, 2025
Reposted
October 22, 2025
October 22, 2025
“It’s not his house.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 AM
October 22, 2025
Reposted
October 20, 2025
October 20, 2025
Over the weekend, as millions of Americans attended “No Kings” protests, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
October 20, 2025
Reposted
Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Reposted
We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy
steady.page
October 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
Reposted
Bryan Stevenson spoke to the New York Times about telling the truth in the face of fear and anger, and expanding the Legacy Sites to include Elevation, a convening center and hotel.
Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told
The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative says it would be “dishonorable” to remain silent in the face of President Trump’s efforts.
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Bryan Stevenson spoke to the New York Times about telling the truth in the face of fear and anger, and expanding the Legacy Sites to include Elevation, a convening center and hotel.
Reposted
October 7, 2025
October 7, 2025
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
October 7, 2025
Reposted
I highlight findings from the latest Bright Line Watch Survey on democracy in my latest post. Under the Trump presidency, the US is no longer ranked as a liberal democracy such as the UK or Canada.
www.whitetoolong.net/p/all-the-br...
www.whitetoolong.net/p/all-the-br...
All the Bright Lines Behind Us
There is still time to act before the darkness fully overtakes us.
www.whitetoolong.net
October 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I highlight findings from the latest Bright Line Watch Survey on democracy in my latest post. Under the Trump presidency, the US is no longer ranked as a liberal democracy such as the UK or Canada.
www.whitetoolong.net/p/all-the-br...
www.whitetoolong.net/p/all-the-br...
Reposted
October 3, 2025
Although President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Reposted
This is why you shouldn’t be chickenshit. You’re not saving anything. You’re dooming everything you claim to love. bsky.app/profile/thef...
"Autocrats take over countries when elites — business leaders, media figures, civil society — accommodate rather than resist."
Trump is racing against time
The president's approval rating is closer to Nicolás Maduro's than Vladimir Putin’s
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This is why you shouldn’t be chickenshit. You’re not saving anything. You’re dooming everything you claim to love. bsky.app/profile/thef...
Reposted
October 2, 2025
October 2, 2025
At about 1:00 on Tuesday morning, federal agents from Border Patrol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) raided an apartment b...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:48 AM
October 2, 2025
Reposted
October 1, 2025
October 1, 2025
Last night, as the government barreled toward a shutdown, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
October 1, 2025
Reposted
September 30, 2025
September 30, 2025
Last Thursday, September 25, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suddenly announced he was calling about 800 of the nation’s top military generals and admirals, along with their top enlisted advisors, to m...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
September 30, 2025
Reposted
Reposted
September 25, 2025
September 25, 2025
Today, with the popularity of President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
September 25, 2025
Reposted
a few thoughts (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
Opinion | The MAGA Movement Is Not a Debating Society
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
a few thoughts (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
Reposted
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was engaging in good faith. Perhaps the perfect example of this is Ezra Klein’s silly eulogy claiming that Kirk was “
www.techdirt.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
Reposted
Ezra Klein went beyond opposing political violence to extol Charlie Kirk for doing politics "exactly the right way," making up a fictional version of Kirk to praise.
That distortion, with its indulgence of bad faith, is a perfect illustration of the larger media failure that helps Trump.
My latest
That distortion, with its indulgence of bad faith, is a perfect illustration of the larger media failure that helps Trump.
My latest
Ezra Klein Accidentally Shows How the Media Brought Us Trump
The prominent liberal pundit made up a fake version of Charlie Kirk to praise, laundering his reputation the way a lot of mainstream media launders MAGA
www.arcdigital.media
September 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ezra Klein went beyond opposing political violence to extol Charlie Kirk for doing politics "exactly the right way," making up a fictional version of Kirk to praise.
That distortion, with its indulgence of bad faith, is a perfect illustration of the larger media failure that helps Trump.
My latest
That distortion, with its indulgence of bad faith, is a perfect illustration of the larger media failure that helps Trump.
My latest