Florence?

Mayor Adams wants to sign a 5-year contract extension for NYC Schools's 45-year-old year old school bus contract.

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and I ran the numbers. Here's why the contract is harmful to NYC students—and why extending it for another 5 years is a mistake 👇

"The anti‑vax movement, once seen as confined to the U.S., is now spreading globally." An excellent, if sobering, piece from Rivka Galchen.

Help the Humanitarian Research Lab Keep Finding Ukraine’s Abducted Children The Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at Yale helps to locate and bring back Ukraine’s children who have been abducted by Russia. But without additional funding,

Russia has abducted thousands of Ukrainian children, plunging families into every parent's worst nightmare.

Now, Trump funding cuts threaten to close a Yale center that helps identify these children and bring them home.

Please consider donating to help continue this work: sph.yale.edu/give-hrl

Reuters: Belarus opposition leader freed from jail in US-brokered deal

Finally, good news out of Belarus. Sending my best wishes to Sergei Tsikhanouski and Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

A group of us have arrived on the Senate floor to challenge our colleagues - on both sides of the aside - to rise to this moment and jointly condemn what has happened to Sen. Padilla. Yes we still need to collect the full facts, but this appears to be a defining moment for the country.

If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.

Hegseth orders renaming of ship named after gay rights icon Harvey Milk | CNN Politics Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the secretary of the Navy to rename the oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk, according to a defense official.

This is absolutely shameful. Harvey Milk was a hero. He died for our community. Brave LGBTQ veterans worked for years to achieve the naming of a ship for Harvey. Now they’re wiping it away due to straight up bigotry.

They’re determined to erase LGBTQ people from all aspects of public life.

Plaintiffs' [103] Motion for Class Certification is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE as to the Criminal Custody Class and GRANTED as to the CECOT Class with modifications. The latter Class shall be defined as follows: All noncitizens removed from U.S. custody and transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador on March 15 and 16, 2025, pursuant solely to the Presidential Proclamation entitled, "Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua"; and 3. By June 11, 2025, Defendants shall submit a Notice to the Court advising how they intend to facilitate the ability of the CECOT Class to seek habeas relief. Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 147 Filed 06/04/25 Page 2 of 2 Is/ James E. Boasberg JAMES E. BOASBERG Chief Judge

BREAKING: Chief Judge James Boasberg finds that those people sent to CECOT under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15-16 had their due process rights violates and certifies them as a class. He orders that the government "facilitate" the ability for them to seek habeas relief.

Nawrocki is the Holocaust revisionist historian dedicated to constructing a historical narrative whereby no Poles bear any responsibility for the murder of three million Jews in the Holocaust. He is also the candidate supported by the Trump administration.

The American Government Sides with the Party of German Neo-Nazis The MAGA-AfD alliance of extremists is not surprising, but it remains outrageous. If democracy is to prevail, America needs to establish a robust anti-fascist consensus

Weekend reading: I wrote about the MAGA government siding with the German Neo-Nazi party. They share the same enemy: liberal democracy.

What a moment in U.S. history.

This week’s piece:

I conducted unannounced oversight of the Northwest Detention Center. What I witnessed was devastating. Trump is detaining our neighbors, coworkers, & loved ones without guaranteed due process & no accountability. That's not American; that's authoritarianism. I will fight back with everything I have.

BREAKING: ICE and private prison contractor GEO Group are refusing to allow Mahmoud Khalil to hold his newborn son for the first time, even after his wife flew them over 1,000 miles to visit.

We just asked a federal court to order ICE to grant Mahmoud's request for a contact visit with his family.

My new @lawfaremedia.org article "Trump's 'Emergencies' Are Pretexts for Undermining the Constitution." Why these claims to emergency powers are illegal and dangerous, why they are worse than previous abuses of emergency powers, and how to stop them: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trum...

Andrew Cuomo’s Cruelty Should Not Be Rewarded With New York City's Mayoralty Here are five of the biggest reasons the disgraced former governor should be denied a political comeback.

I was a public defender in Brooklyn during Cuomo’s governorship. I saw up close how he impacted the city I love, and the people and communities I represented.

I wrote here on the 5 biggest public safety reasons Cuomo is patently unqualified to lead NYC. zeteo.com/p/andrew-cuo...

The administration is saying they can do this because they "fired" most of the existing USIP board, and the remaining board picked new leadership.

But the law is crystal clear (www.usip.org/sites/defaul...) that the president can fire USIP board members only under the following circumstances: 2/

NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.

These are the kind of reckless decisions that are being made that will harm people at just the time they need government.

Stephen Miller is lying through his teeth. The Supreme Court has emphasized for generations that EVERY person gets due process.

Here's none other than Antonin Scalia in 1993: "It is well established that the Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law in deportation proceedings."

I am so angry & upset about this. I worked with the ATF to create this memorial wall. Jaime, and some others from Parkland, were on this memorial wall. Where is Jaime's picture now? In the trash? If you are someone who voted for Trump, you voted for this.
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JUST IN: Trump orders the reopening of Alcatraz prison to house "America's most ruthless and violent offenders"

“Everyone's got a right to a lawyer. Everyone's got a right to go to court. And it's something we've always assumed to be true, and now it's threatened,” says former Bush Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer. https://cbsn.ws/43btfGV

The GOP wants to hand out $7T in tax breaks to billionaires while taking food from our kids.

Cutting SNAP isn’t about “balancing the budget” — it’s a cruel agenda that will impact millions of children, seniors, and families.

That’s why these cuts are not only unconscionable, they’re disgusting.

We at the Labor Campaign for Single Payer are about to head out to our nearby rallies & marches, but we’re part of this #MayDayStrong coalition & wish every one a Happy May Day!

The Labor Movement helped win Medicare 60 years ago, now unions can help safeguard, improve, & guarantee it for all!

"think hard about whether you want to be responsible for enabling the descent of America into fascism" - a question that should be asked of everyone involved

Harvard University sues the Trump administration | CNN Harvard University has sued the Trump administration, according to a letter addressed to the university community.

Breaking - Harvard University sues the Trump administration

www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/u...

He’s never been a prosecutor. He’s about to lead the top prosecutorial office in the country. Will Jay Clayton succumb to pressure from Trump’s DOJ, or will he defend his future office’s maverick streak?

NEW: Word has spread within SDNY that before Danielle Sassoon resigned, Jay Clayton privately advised her to follow the order from Main Justice to drop the Eric Adams case, per four ppl familiar
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