Normalizing military in the streets, masked agents grabbing people, and everything being an emergency that only the president can deal with by force are all part of the authoritarian playbook. As I wrote months ago:

The Democrats seem to think they, and the country, can wait to see what happens in the 2026 midterms. That’s not how this works. There will be fake and real crises every day, each one a power grab, a breaking & bending of laws and norms, all in the name of national security.

Violence will increase and will be manufactured if insufficiently bad to justify the successive outrages against the Constitution. As I wrote in April, Trump and his gang are moving so fast they will cross the point at which they deem a coup to be less risky than losing power.

Staff vacancies hit Texas weather offices as they brace for a busy hurricane season. Houston’s National Weather Service office has lost its head meteorologist amid a federal requirement to cut 10% of NOAA’s staff. bit.ly/4mTDCaf

Re the ACIP "purge" to "restore public trust". As many have noted, ACIP members are independent, vetted, & follow strict COI rules. Those dismissed? Almost all are MDs & specialists in pediatrics, infectious diseases, epi, and others head primary care centers.

NYT: “If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived.” 😳🇺🇸 nytimes.com/2025/06/09/opi…

Incredible work being done by the press to keep facts building on facts. Grateful. This entire WSJ report overnight starting with this lede on how White House orders sparked LA crackdown is both chilling and informative. /1

It is illegal in all 50 states to do this and it’s not a gray area

We’re saddened to share the news of the passing of acclaimed actor Harris Yulin, who died June 10 in New York City at the age of 87. For Ghostbusters fans, Yulin is remembered for portraying the no-nonsense Judge Stephen Wexler, aka “The Hammer,” in Ghostbusters II. Across his

Spotted one of our most stunning summer residents in Central Park! I'm a huge fan of Orioles and love that they choose to have a family here! #Orioles #CentralPark #birdcpp

I’ve issued two letters – including one with Governor Josh Stein Josh Stein – calling for our coast to remain protected from offshore drilling.  South Carolina’s coastline is one of the most pristine in the country, and offshore drilling is simply not in its best interest.

RIP US Department of Justice Tax Division zeroed out in the new DOJ budget memo Cutting prosecutions of tax cheats is one of the most short-sighted and least efficient moves any government can make

🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands. Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵

“the US public needs to know that routine vaccination of approximately 117M children from 1994-2023 likely prevented around 508M lifetime cases of illness, 32M hospitalizations, and 1 ,129, 000 deaths, at a net savings of $540B in direct costs and $2.7T in societal costs.”

Worst governmental discrimination a judge had seen in his 40 years on the bench and it won't even be a story by tomorrow. 🙃

Of course he was surprised to be confronted. Mike Lee has become a textbook keyboard warrior: spews bile from behind a screen, assumes he won’t have to answer for it in person. Congress is full of overgrown teenagers. (Good for Tina Smith for saying something.)

This is well stated. Mike Lee will forever be associated in my mind with his unbelievably cruel and stupid tweets about the Hortman assassination. He is a disgrace to the Senate and Utah.

Omg this whole thread is amazing

Maybe getting the absolutely most bonkers and clownish cat at a shelter really is a good idea. She's given my first smiles in days.

Keith Edwards Oh no we all saw it.