Jessica Brand

As I've been saying for a while now, the only way to carry out a mass deportation operation of 4% of the population is to transform the United States into a surveillance state.

Georgia's gov signs a comically transparent law. It makes local elections in 5 big blue counties nonpartisan, for GOP candidates to have chance to win without a party label. It doesn't change anything elsewhere, for red county-voters to know who's R. ajc.com/politics/2026/…

“Remigration” is a far-right concept that proposes ethnically cleansing non-white immigrants from Western countries. The State Department is infested with groypers.

Supreme Court today: We'll allow Alabama Republicans to change the congressional map in the primary election even though absentee voting has literally already started Supreme Court last December: November's too late to strike down the GOP's map in TX's March primary election!!

The FCC wants to require ID verification for every phone activation in America, including prepaid phones. Those are the phones journalists, abuse survivors, and whistleblowers depend on to stay anonymous. The excuse is robocalls. The result is a national identity check on one of the last semi-anonymous communication tools we have. reclaimthenet.org/the-fcc-wants-…

@mattyglesias @DistractedAnna There was a Free Press story a while back about how the crazy left wing DA was behind rising crime, but crime fell so it became a story of the sensible GOP legislature stopping the crazy left.

New: A federal judge ruled that @actblue's countersuit against Texas AG Ken Paxton is likely to prevail on the merits, including their allegation that his lawsuit against the Dem fundraising behemoth violates the 1A. Prelim injunction hearing set for June 4 in Mass. #txlege

MS NOW Exclusive: The FBI has launched a criminal leak investigation focusing on Atlantic magazine journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick, who wrote that deeply unflattering account of Kash Patel's work habits. There is deep concern about this approach among some of the FBI agents. ms.now/news/fbi-inves…

Georgia ADA files brief in murder case, cites fake cases generated by AI. The trial court denied the defendant's motion for a new trial, and issued an order citing the fake cases! Then, in response to his appeal, the ADA cited even more fake, AI-hallucinated cases! Unbelievable.

Across the country, we are watching legislative and executive branches try to take control of the judiciary in an attempt to collapse what should be a coequal branch of government. It's a terrifying moment that threatens what remains of our rule of law. You can read here:

This is *insane.* Even if you are too tired to follow the news you have to understand this. The Louisiana governor has *suspended an active congressional election with 42k votes already cast* — it's insane.

Texas Monthly senior editor Aaron Parsley has been awarded the @PulitzerPrizes for feature writing, for his heartrending, first-person account of his family’s fight for survival during last year’s devastating Central Texas floods. texasmonthly.com/press-room/sen…

This photo deserves a Pulitzer.

How is this being treated as normal? A Republican governor is declaring a state of emergency to cancel an ongoing election for Congress. If you think this is ends with redistricting, you are not paying attention.

Not Tadej Pogacar, the greatest cyclist to ever live?

Applications are open through June 12 for The New York Times Corps. It’s a talent-mentorship program for college students pursuing journalism to receive career guidance from @nytimes journalists. nytco.com/press/journali…

I'll be kicking off my book tour in Austin at Book People, in partnership with @texasbookfest. Come join me and the brilliant Rachel Monroe on July 13! From there, I'll be heading to Houston, Dallas, NYC, DC & Florida. More details to come. RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople-p…

New: A push to restrict local governments’ ability to decide how they spend their money and which policies they can adopt is having downstream effects in tiny towns and big cities like Dallas. propub.li/4225yzw

Absolutely spot on from @MauriceWFP 👇🏽

Not one of us in Texas is the least bit surprised. Tim Dunn is also behind the new mandated Texas reading list, and likely behind the new federal book banning bill. Because money is king and Trump has put every part of our government up for sale.