Joanna L. Grossman

Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 8h

Gotta remind yourself not to cry when you see the kid's signs.

It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.

"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"

"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"

Two small children hold signs they made. "LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!" "ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"

Mary Ziegler @maryrziegler.bsky.social · 13h

Curious what's to come for state ballot initiative battles in 2026? Check out my latest for the Brennan Institute:

statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...

2026 Abortion-Related Ballot Measures

Ballot measures continue to be a tool in the fight over abortion rights, with some states attempting to expand rights and others looking to shore up restrictions.

statecourtreport.org

Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 14h

Like Ted Cruz, I left Texas for California to avoid the storm. Only difference is I do not hold an elected office where taxpayers pay me to care about the welfare of 29 million constituents.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d

Ted Cruz has been caught on camera flying to Laguna Beach, California as Texas is expected to experience another dangerous winter storm.

Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 16h

Undaunted Women
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Undaunted Women

Two governors take office and inspire hope

open.substack.com

Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 1d

They’re admitting a lot when they say the truth about the US is “inappropriate” and “disparaging.”

Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 1d

President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed.

The slavery exhibits at the President’s House have been removed following Trump administration push

www.inquirer.com

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

This is happening within the larger context of state attacks on reproductive rights and the right’s focus on creating the perfect conditions for its ideal heterosexual, cisgender, and white family with multiple kids.” trib.al/Ptt9sl1

Trump Has Made Pregnancy in America Harder Than Ever

An intertwined tangle of devastating policies has wrecked reproductive health care for everyone.

trib.al

Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 1d

A first-of-its-kind bill in Wisconsin would protect women from miscarriage criminalization. Meanwhile, Gov. Tony Evers pledges to veto Republicans’ sweeping fetal personhood law that treats women like incubators, not people.

As Wisconsin Democrats Push First-Ever Pregnancy Loss Protections, State Republicans Advance Embryo ‘Personhood’

Wisconsin Democrat Kelda Roys' first-of-its-kind bill would protect women from miscarriage criminalization. Republicans push fetal personhood law.

msmagazine.com

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously, @people.com has been meeting the moment better than 90% of publications with direct reporting and crystal clear headlines.

This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

What America will read this weekend while in line at the grocery checkout:

@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...

Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 1d

President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed.

The slavery exhibits at the President’s House have been removed following Trump administration push

www.inquirer.com

Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Fact check: you don’t turn it around at all. It sinks.

Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 1d

It’s exactly what he said. “Absolute immunity.” I agree that it is absurd, since that isn’t the relevant legal standard. If Republicans merely had to tell the truth, they would be finished.

Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Minnesota is really getting a double whammy this weekend with ice ❄️ and ICE ☠️.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Vance: "We have a ton of ICE agents in Minneapolis right now that I would rather us not have. I'd love to send those guys home. They are not even doing targeted immigration enforcement. They're trying to protect ICE officers who are doing immigration enforcement."

Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 1d

One of the most powerful books I have ever read. www.thegirlswhowentaway.com Also a good time to rewatch the move Philomena.

The Girls Who Went Away - Ann Fessler

www.thegirlswhowentaway.com

Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Srsly. I have to yet to see a change that is an improvement.

Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, yeah, sometimes they shoot people in the head for no reason, but don’t forget they kidnap 5 year olds and use them as bait to capture their parents—and that is the job we hired them to do.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Vance: "We have a ton of ICE agents in Minneapolis right now that I would rather us not have. I'd love to send those guys home. They are not even doing targeted immigration enforcement. They're trying to protect ICE officers who are doing immigration enforcement."

Amy Littlefield @amylittlefield.bsky.social · 1d

Today would have marked the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

My book, Killers of Roe, reveals the little-known figures responsible for the demise of Roe...and for all the preventable deaths that have happened as a result.

Preorder now, on sale March 10:

bookshop.org/p/books/kill...

Killers of Roe: My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights

My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights

bookshop.org

Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Reporting from Dallas—it is 50/50 whether people are taking this storm seriously because meteorologists say they should or because they heard that Ted Cruz flew to Laguna Beach, California.

Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact: not only is Sinema not the first US Senator to be sued for allegedly destroying someone else’s marriage, she’s not even the first US Senator from Arizona to be sued for this.

Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Need a break from the truly distressing news? Here’s an explainer on the lawsuit against Kyrsten Sinema for allegedly destroying her security guard’s marriage. verdict.justia.com/2026/01/22/n...

North Carolina and the Wages of Sin: Kyrsten Sinema and Her Security Guard

SMU Dedman School of Law professor Joanna L. Grossman and Stanford Law professor emeritus Lawrence M. Friedman discuss a lawsuit filed in North Carolina by Heather Ammel against former U.S. Senator Ky...

verdict.justia.com

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d

BREAKING: A federal court rules Virginia's lifetime voting ban for people with certain prior felony convictions unlawfully strips voting rights beyond what Congress allows.

The decision could restore voting rights to hundreds of thousands of voters, especially Black voters long targeted by the ban.

Judge rules Virginia unlawfully denied voting rights to hundreds of thousands

The landmark decision could restore voting rights to hundreds of thousands of Virginians, especially Black residents.

www.democracydocket.com

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 1d

NEW: An Atlanta-area crisis pregnancy center has raked in more than $1 million from an unusual source: the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The CPC is opening a maternity home, worrying advocates that residents may be coerced into relinquishing children for adoption.
@autonomynews.co

One Crisis Pregnancy Center Has Received $1.1 Million in Federal Housing Funds Since 2020

A Georgia anti-abortion organization is building a maternity home. Public opposition surfaced allegations of false advertising and medical licensing issues—and resulted in cease and desist letters.

www.autonomynews.co

Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 2d

Very fine people on both sides.

Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 2d

This was the guy that Donald Trump and Elon Musk wanted to make Attorney General of the United States.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.

Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 2d

This was the guy that Donald Trump and Elon Musk wanted to make Attorney General of the United States.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.

Steve Merelman @smerelman.bsky.social · 2d

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

Court Removes Restrictions on ICE’s Use of Pepper Spray, For Now

www.nytimes.com

Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 2d

Liam is one of four Columbia Heights, MN school district students who have been taken by ICE in the last two weeks, the school district said. Liam's teacher: “He is so kind and loving, and his classmates miss him. He ... just brightens the room. All I want is for him to be back here and safe.”

smiling portrait of Liam, age 5, in a school picture

witness photo, courtesy of the school district, showing Liam outside his front door with a masked agent by his side.

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 2d

I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

Senator Gallego weighs in as well. Note that at the start of 2025 he was considered a *moderate* on immigration and co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act. Him and many other Dems have been increasingly horrified at what ICE is doing and shifted away from a "more enforcement" focus.

Ruben Gallego
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Yeah I am not voting to give whatever ICE has become more tax payer money.

It’s no longer an immigration enforcement arm of the US government.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

We Need Diverse Books has launched the Unbanned Book Network to counteract book bans in schools and libraries.

We Need Diverse Books launches Unbanned Book Network to fight school bans

We Need Diverse Books has launched the Unbanned Book Network to counteract book bans in schools and libraries.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

Senator Gallego weighs in as well. Note that at the start of 2025 he was considered a *moderate* on immigration and co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act. Him and many other Dems have been increasingly horrified at what ICE is doing and shifted away from a "more enforcement" focus.

Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes there is a wolf to be cried about.

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 2d

I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.

Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.

It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!

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