Bone chilling. A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0. 1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.

If you grasp the danger of the present moment, you have a responsibility to speak up and urge your representatives to make it a top priority.

Starving a civilian population isn’t a “tool of pressure,” it’s a crime against humanity.

BREAKING: Senator Senator Chris Van Hollen just met with El Salvador's Vice President Félix Ulloa, and get this... The VP told Van Hollen that the reason they are holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia at CECOT is because the Trump administration is paying them to do so. They also provided no

5thUSMC Justin Wolfers Justin Wolfers' claim that DOGE is a failure seems largely supported by evidence. DOGE promised $2 trillion in savings but official claims are only $160 billion, and independent analyses suggest the real figure is closer to $2 billion due to inflated numbers and errors. Key

Reading Ron Charles Book Club is my Friday morning breath of fresh air, and today is a good one: s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?track…

Religious leaders, What is stopping you from looking like this?

It seems like we're going to need a lot more human journalists in the age of AI: notus.org/health-science…

there's absolutely no reason for New York Magazine to anonymize them –– the Columbia student and professor who were trying to get Mahmoud deported are David Lederer and Shai Davidai: zeteo.com/p/scoop-emails…

Thanks Anna Diamond and The New York Times for this fantastic article about summer reading fun for all, including National Book Foundation Summer Reading Adventure! nytimes.com/2025/05/30/boo…

A paper of record reports that I take summer reading challenges very seriously: nytimes.com/2025/05/30/boo…

This is a great illustration of why I'm skeptical of writers and analysts who put slogans and political messaging before policy substance. Good policy makes it easier to do good messaging. Putting your name on shitty laws makes it easier to get stuck in bad messaging. You

“They killed my mother — and before that, my brother. I urge everyone: do not go to the American aid distribution points soaked in blood. This bag only contains 2 empty flour sacks — nothing else — & yet they shot & killed my mother as she tried to get us something to eat today.”

Israel really spent forever saying UNRWA can't be trusted to deliver aid because it is a "terrorist organisation" and the moment the IDF became responsible for the aid, it started gunning down civilians in queues

We, UN Independent Experts, urge Member States to protect the Flotilla—whose members are doing what humanity demands, international law protects, and governments too often choose to forget. Breaking the siege is a collective responsibility.

What can you do to protest what this administration is doing to rip families apart and selectively destroy people’s lives? Find your ways. Find inspiration in others. Make a statement when others are silent. Let them know it’s not okay.

.Secretary Chris Wright agrees — electric transmission lines that carry clean energy should get the same streamlined application process as natural gas pipelines. It's time we make it a reality.

With the world looking elsewhere, the militarization of aid adds another layer to Israel’s deliberate imposition of genocidal conditions against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed and injured at or near aid distribution points

Yesterday during peak demand, batteries were the top contributor to California’s grid. Those batteries were charged by solar. “What’s there at peak demand?” Clean.

The plan calls for policy to "Optimize existing grid resources as much as possible" and to explore solutions like "upgrades to power lines that can increase the amount of electricity transmitted along existing routes." Sound like Grid Enhancing Technologies to anyone?