Efforts like these create the perfect opportunity for Congressional Democrats to demand statehood for DC. Just point to the absurdity of Congress’s time being spent on micromanaging the classrooms in a single, medium sized city.

Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 5d ago

NEWS: Sen. Ashley Moody (R-Florida) has a new bill to require the U.S. flag be displayed in all D.C. school classrooms and mandate the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of the day, though students could opt out. "We should be teaching kids why America is worth loving," she says.

DoorDash trying to end home rule for 700,000 people over a TWENTY CENT FEE

Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 2w ago

In a statement, DoorDash tells me that the council passed the "arbitrary" new fee without holding any hearings. "We have always supported home rule for D.C.," says the company. "But will continue to defend D.C.'s small businesses, local economy, and underserved residents."

I gasped in horror multiple times in reading this, and then immediately looked up how far I live from a nuclear reactor.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 3w ago

A DOGE staffer convened a meeting with Department of Energy officials to discuss the future of nuclear power and downplayed the risk of radiation exposure at nuclear test sites: “They are testing in Utah. … I don’t know, like 70 people live there.” (Published March)

At least when they forced National Airport to be renamed after the other President that fired air traffic controllers, they didn’t force those same air traffic controllers to honor him in the airport codes.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4w ago

CNN: “The FAA is alerting air traffic controllers nationwide that Palm Beach International Airport’s three-letter identifier changes overnight from PBI to DJT as the airport is officially renamed Donald J. Trump International Airport.” @cnn.com

Every disgusting scandal and reveal is another opportunity to take stock and wonder how you might have been drawn into something unseemly. The way we view politicians and parties is detrimental to democracy and it’s time we recognized that and made a change for the better.

700k+ people of DC are forced into role as ground-zero for Trump's wanton destructiveness. Again: We pay *more*, per capita, in federal taxes than any other Americans. For real. Greatest tax burden. Zero representation. Statehood for DC needs to be #1 on Dem agenda.

Lindsay Beyerstein@beyerstein.bsky.social · last mo.

They're sending a wave of aircraft ever ten minutes for eight hours. This is some airborne North Korea-level shit.

Overwhelmed trying to unpack 100 pages of right wing trolling and ahistorical fictions masquerading as legal analysis all by yourself? Read this!!

Anna O. Law@unlawfulentries.bsky.social · last mo.

This is my lane. I went through the 194 Trump v Barbara opinion from yesterday section by section, noting what they got right about US migration and citizenship history, and what the dissents get wrong. Please share if you think it is helpful to others.

With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win.

We need court reform now. This is a disgrace.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last mo.

The outcome is thus: 5–4 that the Constitution protects birthright citizenship for the children of all immigrants. 6–3 that Trump's order is unlawful (because Kavanaugh says it violates a statute, NOT the 14th Amendment.) www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Trans rights are human rights always and forever.

“The Reflecting Pool story cannot get any stupider” say the skeptics. Ha ha, wrong again.

amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · last mo.

“Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to a designated location. Thank you for your cooperation,” a surveillance machine tells a small cluster of National Guard members as they patrol the fenced off Reflecting Pool in the rain.

Jesus. This has to stop.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2mo ago

“Officials in Kansas City, Missouri, are preparing to equip some public buses with facial recognition cameras capable of detecting whether a passenger appears on a list of banned riders or missing persons.”

The bill that does this has to prohibit the use of mandatory arbitration clauses and class action waivers. Unless we want the highways full of cars with huge safety defects that the manufacturers can keep hidden (like Tesla does already)

Vituperative Erb@vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I feel it’s sort of underrated the extent to which a Dem Congress and/or states could (1) absolutely destroy car dealerships as a business, and (2) this would cripple a lot of GOP state and local parties

i hope media executives are taking note of the tens of thousands of people who for several hours on a friday night have stayed glued to livestreams of scaffolding being built just so they could witness his name getting knocked off a building

It took them less time to take down the East Wing

One hour until Supreme Court opinions.

We are not angry enough--a whistleblower provided evidence a DOGE brat stole social sec data & sold it to a Palantir contractor. Our data is used to sell services back to the govt at taxpayer expense for big profits. That is OUR data. Instead of investigating the whisteblower is threatened 😠

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Terror and retribution are a core part of how the Trump administration has governed. DOGE whistleblower had threatening note taped to his door and his brakes cut after Elon Musk accused him of lying. www.wired.com/story/he-ble...

Really fantastic @jamellebouie.net column today. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...

Opinion | America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance

nytimes.com

Add to the Project 2029 to do list a plan for how to rehabilitate DOJ so that it can ethically and competently prosecute this administration’s many crimes.

Popehat@kenwhite.bsky.social · 3mo ago

/7 This encapsulates how Trumpism and Trumpist prosecutors have destroyed, probably for a generation at least, the reputation of DoJ and federal prosecutors.

This New Yorker cartoon is accurate but a gut punch.

🎯🎯🎯

David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Trump did not reach a settlement with the government. There was no case to settle. He has not created a slush fund. He has colluded with Todd Blanche to steal money from the US Treasury. This is not a “deal.” This is a crime for which Trump & Blanche must be prosecuted. It ia a crime.

In a sane world being “tough on crime” would mean unwavering support for more money and power to CFPB and FTC to protect people from increasingly pervasive crimes like pig butchering, identity theft, and illegal gambling and investment schemes. Not overcrowding federal prisons for the benefit of CVS

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In a response to the long-debunked "retail theft epidemic," the House voted 348 to 60 for a bill that would exacerbate mass incarceration by sweeping more low-level crime into the federal system and exacerbate the criminalization of poverty. TY to the 59 Democrats who voted NO (see below).

Team Bulldozer, but if it were possible to prevent the next GOP administration from undoing this and turning into into a museum of lies, then maybe.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Dems running for president in 2028 should consider pledging to replace Trump's ballroom with a museum devoted to American democracy and all our struggles over it. For good measure, let's throw in an exhibit about Jan 6. END newrepublic.com/article/2101...

And with that, the NYT paves the way for Tucker Carlson to become a serious contender for president in 2028

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Oh good. Another glossy @nytimes.com profile of a conservative media figure. It had been a full five minutes since the last one.

This is correct. There is no future of democratic self government in the US with an unreformed Supreme Court. The Court is riddled with corruption and abuses of power and rooting out that corruption is a sine qua non of civic democracy in the United States.

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Again - the Roberts #SCOTUS is the Hormuz problem for Democrats or anyone concerned about democracy in U.S. It doesn’t matter what agenda Dems have, they’d be negligent if they don’t plan to act on an all out push to reform, rebalance (expand) to rein in the MAGA Court when they get back in power.

If you like what happened in Virginia, you’re gonna love DC statehood

One quick thought is that in recent decisions in Trump’s favor there’s a lot of talk about the government automatically facing irreparable harm when its policies are blocked but here all the talk from Roberts is the irreparable harm facing those challenging the plan.

Lawrence Hurley@lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Some fascinating reading for SCOTUS nerds: internal memos discussing the eventual decision to stay Obama’s Clean Power Plan, a modern shadow docket origin story www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Jon is absolutely right about this! B of A is planning to force its customers into mandatory arbitration, a rigged system that would make it a lot easier for the Bank to break the law and get away with it. But people can avoid this, and opt out, and they SHOULD.

Jon Hutson@jonhutson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

If you have a Bank of America account, do this. Call Bank of America at 800.283.8875, enter the last 4 digits of your SSN, listen to their recorded spiel, & say "Yes" to opt out of their unfair mandatory arbitration agreement that bars you from joining any lawsuit or class action against the bank.

ONLY 50. And what, just 2 senators?

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Breaking MS NOW: More than 50 House Democrats are now calling for Trump's removal through impeachment or the 25th Amendment.

Hegseth talks like how you’d imagine the husband in that Peloton ad talks. We are all her now.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

Hegseth: "Some in the press can't stop. Allow me to make suggestions. People look at the TV and they see banners, 'Mideast War Intensifies.' What should it read instead? How about, 'Iran increasingly desperate.' More fake news from CNN. The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better"