Peter Lee

[Zaid Jilani @ZaidJilani]

We have a whites-only “refugee” policy and now we are paying those people, who are already some of the richest people in their country?

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

Mehmet, you know as well as I do what happened: Children died of measles in the year of our lord 2026 in the richest, most powerful country on Earth. And your boy’s trying to make it * harder* for kids to get their vaccines…

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

Yesterday, the Supreme Court permitted Trump to move forward with an Executive Order to restrict voters’ access to mail-in ballots. This EO gives the Department of Homeland Security the power to create "state citizenship lists" for who is eligible to vote & requires the US Postal Service to mail ballots only to those on the Trump Administration's list.

The Supreme Court’s order does not resolve the legality of the administration’s proposal, and as it currently stands, voters who intend on voting in the midterm elections by mail do not need to change their plans.

Still, the uncertainty that comes from a President using his power to force citizens off the voter rolls is itself voter suppression. Trump is creating chaos to make it harder for people to vote.

Our Founders intended on elections being managed by the states, not a central power. Our current Supreme Court, however, has yet again caved to Trump's overreach.

The Court has completely lost its moral authority as a guardian of the Constitution.

We need to expand the court from 9 to 13 justices. We need to impose term limits on these justices. 18 years and you are out.

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest. Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and necessary dialogue is then dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel. To be clear, my views come from my own political convictions and should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people, for whom I have deep love and respect.  Everything I know about acting, activism, and humanism has been profoundly shaped by the Jewish friends, colleagues, and loved ones who have been integral and family throughout every point of my life.

This merger has real consequences for real people, and for the entire country. Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts, and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary. The $111 billion deal would hand one family control over CNN, HBO and Warner Bros., backed in part by foreign money whose influence on editorial decisions has never been fully explained to the public. 

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for serious national security review, and regulators still haven’t given the public a real answer. Until they do, the merger shouldn’t move forward. Now is the time to dive boldly into all these issues, not step back or concede.

[Isaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin]

I went on a rant last night

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs.

We lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives.

What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

NEW: 72 hours before the Michigan polls close, I asked @AbdulElSayed why he thinks Gretchen Whitmer, Chuck Schumer & Gary Peters are trying to stop him — and whether he thinks corporate Dems are using the primary to try to crush the party’s populist wing.

[Chris Wright @ChrisCWright1]

This is why the establishment was so determined to stop him. As soon as people find out that the left can be much more competent and less corrupt than the status quo, the latter’s days are numbered.

[DEI speedwagon🌹🇵🇸 〽️ YES on I, NO on 43 @uhshanti]

oh my god lmao

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

New State Department report on foreign "subversion" is a virtual government blacklist that names 43 Americans + domestic orgs, including:
- Mamdani
- DSA
- Hasan Piker
- Amy Goodman

Full list:
https://t.co/Bexn6D7gpz

[Jesse Cox @JesseCox]

I don't know why execs are confused why this is happening. The vast majority of Netflix is background noise with a few great shows in the mix. And most of these shows get canceled. Those that make it, take years to get new seasons. People just aren't invested in your content.

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

I know I'm old-fashioned this way, but I still think due process is the best way (ie: the only reliable way) to determine guilt and the truth of accusations.

Online mobs and trial by media are infinitely more unreliable for all sorts of reasons that should be obvious.

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

Graham Platner is the Dem nominee because Maine voters chose him over the stale, old, empty Democratic establishment hack that the DNC tried shoving down their throats.

He has every right to ensure that, if he drops out, his replacement reflect the views Maine voters chose.

[Trevor Noah @Trevornoah]

I completely understand where you’re coming from, but for a lot of gamers physical discs are the only way they could afford to play games because they could get them secondhand. You can also give games to your younger siblings Which is a great way to introduce them to the games you were playing.

Most importantly though, as we saw from PlayStation this past week, if the media we buy is only digital, it can be taken away from us at a moment’s notice with no recourse. Imagine that, one day your entire library of games could be deleted overnight because technically you don’t own it.

[Henry Burke @burkehenryt]

Sean Duffy and his family got a vacation paid for by the big airlines and got Delta to pay for his son in law's congressional campaign. In return he's allowing them to screw you over by disguising prices, removing a requirement that they reimburse you with actual money and more

[Dean Baker @DeanBaker13]

There is nothing complicated here. We had a program in place that was saving millions of lives. Musk ended the program, and now millions will die. That might be too complicated for Elon Musk and his groupies to understand, but normal people can figure it out.

[ettingermentum @ettingermentum]

This is exactly why the issue has had such an outsized impact in Dem primaries despite registering as a low salience issue according to traditional polling metrics. It’s 100% a credibility thing.

[Mina Kimes @minakimes]

I know an NFL version is impossible but a sick part of me wants to see 20 kids trying to gang tackle Derrick Henry

[Dodge This Security @shotgunner101]

Anyone who can't see what is happening is blind.

1) Banning of the ability to have privacy with a cellphone
2) Banning of the ability to own a foreign router (which may not "comply" with future "required" legislation )
3) Identity checks at the OS, App Store and Service provider levels.
4) Ability to restrict individuals access to the internet, to given types of content, etc
5) Forced front and center "official" news media forced into online services.
6) Control over AI algorithms
7) Control over algorithms for visibility/sharing of content
8) Control over peoples cars (remote kill switches, embedded biometrics, automated reporting to LEO, inebriation checks).
9) Forced biometrics to login to computers, phones, etc
10) Digital ID to replace physical ID.
11) Digital cash to replace physical cash
12) Millions of biometrics and license place cameras + millions of "gun shot detection" systems
13) Banning of mobile applications and endpoint software the government deems wrong, dangerous, or incorrect, etc. (Tiktok, Kaspersky, etc)
14) AI being embedded in every processor, mobile device, desktop OS, etc.
15) Laws demanding "backdoored" encryption.
16) Laws demanding client side scanning.
17) Laws demanding control over speech deemed harmful, violent, dangerous, upsetting, etc
18) Charges and convictions against anyone releasing privacy focused software (tornado cash).
19) AI predictive policing and predictive dissent detection
20) Centralizing of all healthcare, psychological, financial, online, offline, travel and government records.
21) Forced biometrics collection to travel, attend public events, etc