Presidential appointee in Obama and Biden administrations. Served as United States Public Delegate to United Nations. DNC Lawyers Council Chair. Trial Lawyer. Music & Hockey Fan. Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Democracy, Journalism, and Citizenship.
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When unions are strong, our communities and our country are strong. Every person in our nation has benefited from the labor movement. This Labor Day, we celebrate the workers and unions who have fought for fair wages, safe workplaces, and sick leave for all of us.
Seems like a good day for a reminder about the thousands of lawsuits against Donald Trump and his companies, millions in fines for unpaid work, 24 violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, countless liens for stiffing contractors, and 4 corporate bankruptcies.
Let’s be blunt: the president who cut pediatric cancer research isn’t going to do anything to prevent kids from being shot in school either. Our children deserve so much better than Donald Trump.
You’d think we could get bipartisan support for preventing and controlling disease, but in the Trump era even that’s controversial.
Other countries have crime and mental health challenges. What they don’t have is more guns than people. Only America has that. Enough with the excuses. It’s the guns.
Another community torn apart by senseless gun violence. My heart breaks for Minneapolis. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Nope, still not distracted. Release the Epstein files.
We really haven’t talked nearly enough about just how much of a disaster the Alaska summit was for Donald Trump and American leadership.
Why would Jim Jordan take the word of a convicted sex offender over the statement of a victim? Oh, wait…
For the January 6th mob: "Get-out-of-jail-free" cards. For American citizens on the streets of DC: Armed troops. This isn't law and order or leadership-it's authoritarianism. Call it what it is.
Keep it up @gavinnewsom.bsky.social. It’s clearly working.
Welcome to the Trump era where radioactive shrimp are the very least of our worries.
Make no mistake: deploying the National Guard and federalizing police in DC isn't about addressing crime—it's a calculated step toward authoritarian control. This is a warning for cities nationwide.
Donald Trump voted by mail in both New York and Florida, something both the headline and the article omit.
We are witnessing the erosion of global leadership in real-time. When American diplomacy projects weakness and unreliability, it creates a vacuum that our adversaries are only too eager to fill.
In return for this propaganda victory, the U.S. received nothing—no ceasefire, no deal, and no concessions. This sends a dangerous signal to the world: adversaries are rewarded with a presidential welcome without cost, while allies are excluded from discussions about their own survival.
The Alaska summit was more than a failed negotiation; it was a public abdication of American leadership. By rolling out a red-carpet welcome for Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump offered legitimacy to an indicted war criminal and shattered the international consensus of his diplomatic isolation.
Trump rolled out the red carpet for a war criminal. Gave him a ride in The Beast. Let him control the press conference. Putin flew to US soil for the first time in a decade, broke his international isolation, got a massive propaganda win, and gave up nothing. That’s not diplomacy. It’s surrender.
The human costs of Putin’s illegal, unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine are staggering. The world must continue to stand with Ukraine and ensure that Russia is held accountable for its atrocities.
The White House directive for the Smithsonian to "align messaging" with a political task force is a sanitized term for creating a ministry of truth. This is how democratic erosion accelerates. We must not be silent.
Having served on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, I can tell you that state control of historical narrative is a bright red line.
A state demanding its museums reflect a leader's "view of history" has a dark past. • Nazi Germany had its "Great German Art" exhibitions. • The USSR had Socialist Realism. • Now, the WH demands the Smithsonian promote “Americanism". History is warning us. Are we listening?
This isn't about unity or progress. It's about narrative control. They want to replace our history with a Trump-approved mythology of "American exceptionalism". This is how democracies start to die.
Today would be a great day to release the Epstein files.
At some point we’re going to need to figure out why millions of Americans readily believe every objectively untrue word that comes out of Donald Trump’s mouth. Saying that they’re brainwashed or in a cult isn’t the answer.
Make no mistake: federalizing the police and deploying the National Guard to DC isn't about a non-existent crime wave. It's an authoritarian move to crush dissent and strip Americans of their right to self-govern. This is a chilling precedent for every city in America.
This was seven months ago.
This isn't an isolated incident. It's a deliberate pattern: install loyalists, ignore expertise. We saw it at the Pentagon, and now we're seeing it at the UN. When you staff your government based on who praises you on TV, you're broadcasting weakness and incompetence to the world.
This nomination is a perfect example of something that should worry everyone, regardless of politics. It's the replacement of basic competence with political loyalty. You don't need to be a foreign policy expert to know that sending a TV host to do a diplomat's job is a bad idea for America.
Nope, still not distracted. Release the Epstein files.
He’s turning the Rose Garden into Dollar Tree Mar-a-Lago.
A core economic truth getting lost in Trump's noise: tariffs are a tax on the country that imposes them. When the U.S. puts a tariff on a product, a U.S. importer pays the bill. And that cost doesn't just disappear—it shows up in the prices we all pay. It’s Donald Trump’s tax on American families.
In Texas, Gov. Abbott is trying to weaponize the law, threatening to arrest and expel duly-elected Democrats for using a legitimate form of protest. Meanwhile, in D.C., the “drain the swamp" party shut down the government to avoid transparency on the Epstein files. The hypocrisy is staggering.
Happy Birthday to a president who served the American people with dignity and grace and continues to inspire us by his example. Enjoy your day @barackobama.bsky.social
One was a courageous effort by a minority party to protect voting rights. The other was a cowardly move by a majority party to shut down Congress and avoid a vote on releasing the Epstein files. It's a clear choice between fighting for democracy and hiding from accountability.
The difference between Texas Democrats leaving the state and House Republicans fleeing D.C. is a perfect example of what separates the two parties.
How a party uses its power says everything. Democrats use it to protect voters. Republicans use it to protect themselves. Don't let anyone tell you they’re the same.
The images from Gaza are unbearable. An Israeli hostage, Evyatar David, emaciated, forced to dig his own grave. Innocent Palestinian children starving to death. Our hearts must be big enough to break for all of them. Suffering is not a competition. Empathy is not a finite resource.
The BLS isn't one person. It's 2,100+ professional public servants dedicated to one thing: getting the facts right. They are economists, statisticians, and researchers who serve our country regardless of who is in power. Firing their leader to intimidate them is a deliberate assault on the truth.
These numbers are RIGGED! America is always 75 degrees and breezy. Fire the meteorologists!
The BLS does the same thing. They release a timely estimate, then update it as more complete data arrives. This process is public and designed to ensure accuracy. Using it as a reason to fire someone is profoundly dishonest and straight from the authoritarian playbook.
Think of it like this: A news outlet reports the initial score of a game. Later, an official review changes a call, and the final score is updated. The initial report wasn't "fake," it was just the best information available at the time. The revision makes it more accurate.
You're going to hear a lot from the MAGA crowd about how the BLS "manipulated" jobs numbers. It's a lie, and it's important to understand why. The President is pointing to data revisions as "proof." But revisions are a normal, healthy part of producing accurate statistics.
This is how democracies die. Step 1: Dislike the facts. Step 2: Attack the fact-finders. Step 3: Replace them with loyalists. Step 4: Control the "truth."
Happy Birthday, Katie!
This is how democracies die.
Donald Trump is going to make 200 trade deals when Mexico pays for the wall.
7% of Americans think chocolate milk comes from brown cows. Maybe they’ll believe this.
In April, Donald Trump said he had made 200 tariff deals. Now he says you can’t make 200 deals. So which is it? Oh, and by the way, there aren’t even 200 countries in the world.
Nope, still not distracted. Release the Epstein files.
What’s happening in Gaza is unimaginable and unsustainable. Desperately needed aid must be surged now. And it’s long past time for a deal to release the hostages and end the hostilities. This cannot continue.
Refusing to consider a pardon for a convicted child sex trafficker seems like the lowest of bars, and yet…
Oh…
You know who’s not in the Epstein files? These guys.
The U.S. rejoined UNESCO in 2023 specifically to counter China’s growing influence in setting global standards for Al and tech education. By leaving again, we are letting our primary strategic rival write the rules of the 21st century. An empty chair is not a viable foreign policy.
✅ @andrewjweinstein.com has been verified by @bsky.app.
“These findings were affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by then-Chairman Marco Rubio.”
“These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction. “Nothing in the document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes.”
Statement from the Office of President Barack Obama: “Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one.”
Gotta feel for the White House staff that will be cleaning ketchup off the walls tomorrow.
Nope, still not distracted. Release the Epstein files.
It’s a full-court press by the GOP to distract from the Epstein story. Wonder what they’re hiding.
Not going to work. Release the Epstein files.
We all know Donald Trump is trying to distract from the Epstein story with his racist and unhinged social media posts. It’s obvious. But when the corporate media just shrugs and moves on, it emboldens Trump and his followers. None of this is normal. It shouldn’t be covered that way.
Not going to work. Release the Epstein files.
The food we eat, the air we breathe, the healthcare we receive, and the rights guaranteed by our constitution are all less safe because Donald Trump is President.
I’m not idolizing anyone. But I’ve met him and he was very decent. And he consistently uses his platform for good.
This is what integrity looks like.
“…and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
The purge at the State Department means fewer people investigating passport fraud, fewer experts to help Americans in crises abroad, and fewer intelligence analysts to stop the next attack. Hollowing out our diplomatic readiness makes us all less safe.
What is happening??
Not going to work. Release the Epstein files.
An UNPRECEDENTED 75 former Federal judges signed on to a letter opposing Bove’s nomination The Senate must listen to the experts. The rule of law is at stake. I explained @msnbc.com
He’s Deep State Donald from here on out.
This is the best use of his time.
It seems rather unlikely that the conspiracy theorists who claimed that Hillary Clinton and a satanic cabal of elites operated an international child sex trafficking ring out of a DC pizza shop are just going to let the Epstein story fade away.
This seems like it should be a much bigger story.
Well, that’s one way to deal with the problem of not having ethics.
Tell that to Elvis! 😀
I continue to be shook by the abject cruelty of so many on Team MAGA who couldn’t care less about families being torn apart, government workers losing their jobs, or millions of Americans no longer having access to healthcare. Where is their humanity?
There is no bottom to this barrel.
It sure is something watching the MAGA crowd justify gutting our diplomatic corps to “save money” while simultaneously championing a bill that explodes our national debt. The depraved hypocrisy is staggering.
As a former US Delegate to the UN, I saw firsthand how American leadership shapes the world. Now, as we fire our diplomats and slash our diplomatic presence, I see who is celebrating: Beijing and Moscow. Trump's policy is a gift to our strategic rivals.
A diplomat's expertise is built over decades, not hired overnight. When the Trump admin purges our most senior diplomats, it’s not just firing people-it’s erasing a generation of knowledge and relationships. This is a self-inflicted wound that weakens America for decades to come.
A diplomat's expertise is built over decades, not hired overnight. When the Trump admin purges our most senior diplomats, it’s not just firing people-it’s erasing a generation of knowledge and relationships. This is a self-inflicted wound that weakens America for decades to come.
Our brave servicemembers deserve so much better than this.
This is abhorrent. Islamophobia is neither the answer nor the antidote to antisemitism. It’s just hate.
The audacity and depravity of slashing funding for emergency services while handing out tax breaks to billionaires is absolutely staggering.
Grok now has dozens of tweets referring to itself as "MechaHitler" and is saying Elon Musk built the chatbot this way "from the start"
Al-fueled hate speech is not a future problem. It's here, normalizing bigotry and endangering lives. Social media platforms must act now to stop this poison from spreading.
More dangerous rhetoric from Donald Trump. Non-Jews determining who is and is not Jewish is a story we’ve all seen before and it does not end well.
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In ways both great and small, we are starting to see the basic functions of government unravel. And all of it can be attributed directly to the policies and personnel choices of Donald Trump.
Such horrible, unimaginable news coming out of Texas. We will, of course, need to figure out if this tragedy could have been mitigated or prevented. But for now, just holding the victims and their families in my thoughts.
Trump just says shit and doesn't care what the words mean—beyond achieving for him what he believes he needs to achieve at that moment in time.