9+ hour, 16+ min ago   (327+ words) I am not ashamed to be an American. I am proud. Even, especially, in this moment with Donald Trump as president, I’m proud to continue to fight for what is good and what is decent in this country, and to…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (686+ words) Nor do I agree with most of the remainder of Reagan’s message, although there is a quote at the end I particularly like: “Well, as President Eisenhower told us once: A crisis can be deadly when inert men are smothered…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (503+ words) Everyone remembers Liam Ramos. Blue bunny hat. Spider-Man backpack. Sure, we’re all safer now that that dangerous kid is off of American streets. Last week, the family’s attorney explained that Liam and his father had been deported to Mexico. That’s…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (214+ words) Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Do You Have Questions About The Weather And Climate Change? Join Meteorologist John Morales and me for a Substack Live Monday at 9pm ET As of this morning, the remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly are moving…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (511+ words) What to expect from the Supreme Court: What to expect in the lower courts: Donald Trump is trying to erase his pal Steve Bannon’s criminal conviction. This is just another verse in the same song: Use the Justice Department to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (416+ words) Today, the Supreme Court ruled in the case brought by state attorneys general challenging Trump’s executive order on elections. In this case, the government wants an injunction to stop Judge Indira Talwani’s injunction, which stops the administration from implementing the…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (221+ words) In March 2025, shortly after his return to power, Donald Trump’s administration postponed the compliance deadline for the FDA’s Food Traceability Rule by 30 months. That moved it back from January 20, 2026, to July 20, 2028. We are now paying the price. At the time,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (81+ words) Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Five Questions with Ambassador Nina Hachigan Tonight’s guest is retired Ambassador Nina Hachigian. Nina is the CEO and Founder of the Alliance for Local Leaders International. Three of her recent posts include serving as the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (304+ words) Jeff Bezos’ newspaper, The Washington Post, went all in on the unitary executive theory today. Ironic that the newspaper that revealed the Watergate scandal is willing to vest such absolute authority in the presidency, even as this administration’s corruption of…...

4+ week, 14+ hour ago   (520+ words) Deeply Disgusted Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Newly anointed Attorney General Todd Blanche has been busy. But instead of doing justice, he’s been doing the president’s political bidding. A violation of the Hatch Act, if…...