Shannon Watts

The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.

A high-powered lawyer representing Meta in a copyright case said he was dropping the company as a client due to CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “descent into toxic masculinity.”

Big-Shot Lawyer: I Won’t Represent Meta Any More Thanks to Zuckerberg

A lawyer representing the social media giant in a copyright dispute with famous writers said he could no longer “in good conscience” keep working with the company.

It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.

"Stop asking why schools don't have bulletproof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That's the question that needs to be asked,” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes

@governor.ca.gov just launched a new site to ensure the public has access to fact-based data around the Southern California wildfires.

Get the facts: californiafirefacts.com

California Fire Facts | Governor Gavin Newsom

Get the facts about the Los Angeles fires.

Over on Twitter…

Dems should call for immediate hearings on what caused tonight’s plane crash, including the impact of the removal of FAA safety protocols and personnel.

Trump Guts Key Aviation Safety Committee, Fires Heads Of TSA, Coast Guard

The committee will technically continue to exist, but it won't have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports.

We can be morally outraged by an assassination and at the same time acknowledge that Charlie Kirk’s racism and misogyny were immoral. Whitewashing his behavior and beliefs betrays the collective by masking how we got to this place in America.

Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was

The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did.

Thank you @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests,” President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, January 6, 1941

Democratic members of
Congress: If you’re on Twitter, you need to be on BlueSky.

Brittany Watts, who was arrested and charged with ‘abuse of a corpse’ after miscarrying at home, has filed a suit against the city of Warren, Ohio, accusing her nurses of conspiring with police to fabricate evidence against her.

BREAKING: Police & Nurses Conspired to Fabricate Evidence Against Brittany Watts, Suit Says

The suit fights back against pregnancy criminalization

Democratic leaders in America: THIS is how you should communicate. Take notes.

Democrats in Congress: WHAT IS THE PLAN?

Going on Sunday shows and spewing consultant speak isn't going to cut it.

Twelve inspectors general fired and there's no sit-in? No filibuster? No direction to voters? And in fact, some of you are actually voting for Trump's agenda?

No women will lead a House committee for the first time in two decades after House Republicans revealed their list of committee leaders for the 119th Congress. No people of color were selected, either.

No women will lead House committees for first time in 2 decades

The 17 standing committees will be dominated by white men when the new Congress is seated on Jan. 3. No people of color were selected, either.

As someone who experienced threats and harassment from armed extremists for over a decade, I have empathy for anyone who feels afraid of retaliation for free speech. But at the end of the day, we all must make a choice: back down or double down.

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"Booker can help rebrand his party as less risk-averse and more willing to try … something. He can rebrand himself, just as the old and ineffective guard falters. Booker’s speech was raw and visceral and real and angry. He did something. Now his colleagues and American voters must do more."

Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Speech Was a Stunt. It Worked.

The New Jersey senator’s display of stamina wasn't just for the Democratic base. It was a message to his colleagues in the Senate.

Our shadow President, everyone.

“Some federal employees at the Education Department have been placed on administrative leave for previously attending a diversity training.”

Education Department employees placed on leave for attending diversity training

Several employees began receiving leave notices late Friday.

Democracy dies in decorum.

Thank you @jasmineforus.bsky.social. THIS is the energy we need from the opposition party during an attack on democracy.

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Indiana congresswoman says, “You violated the law, you don’t get due process.” These are the same lawmakers who oppose Red Flag Laws because they don’t provide armed domestic abusers with … due process.

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"MSNBC's Tom Costello claimed Friday that an air traffic controller who works at Newark airport said, ‘It is not safe. It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public. Don't fly into Newark. Avoid Newark at all costs.’”

Gridlock, massive flight delays at one of the busiest U.S. airports

Travelers at Newark Airport this week faced hours-long delays and disruptions. Tom Costello reports.