@democracyprofdc
Professor at American University. Defender of democracy. Lover of decency. Seeker of truth. Author/co-editor of books on Nigeria, constitution-making, and the American national security state. Editorial boards: Governance, Journal of Modern African Studies
DC Councilmember White introduced "Full Accountability in Arrest Reporting Amendment Act of 2026," an emergency bill to require police to document (1) federal agents present at scene of arrest (2) incidents of federal use of force. And (3) publish MPD body camera footage when fed agents use force
I agree, first for greater good of democratic accountability. Second, having lived through the Gingrich takeover: often not appreciated how Democrats lost House in 1994 partly because they failed to enforce internal accountability; you don't want candidates tainted by such serious, bad judgement
Do you want vaccines based on randomized control trials? Foreign policy shaped by intelligence and facts? How about weather forecasts from a fully staffed NOAA? Joins us in DC on March 7 @standupforscience.bsky.social
"It took one year for Black MAGA to crater." This article focuses on policy failures as a source of disappointment among Black supporters. It should have focused more on racism, which is consistent with Trump's record going back to the 70s.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: @freedcproject.bsky.social DC Candidate Forum. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/free-...
This betrayal is so utterly unsurprising I'm almost surprised it's news.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...
CSI Aviation is ICE's top contractor.
Its CEO and his family contributed $460,000 to Trump’s 2024 campaign.
Since Trump's inauguration, CSI Aviation has seen its revenues rise by 238% compared to the year before, from $363.9 million to $1.23 billion.
I guess his view on equal time or whatever has evolved?
youtu.be/PkLzSLkYnGc?...
Wow.
Props to my peeps in Winona, Wisconsin just next door to Minneapolis, who went out on a frozen lake with lights to spell "love melts #ICE" youtu.be/4JR6Stkrwyg?...
Lots of people in DC and beyond working on this. This is a great introduction
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After 35 attacks and 131 deaths, we’re normalizing the illegal boat strikes, erasing the dead as "narco-terrorists"—even while drug supplies appear unaffected. Some in the military are growing comfortable with this. But the slippery slope is clear: impunity breeds escalation, perhaps even at home.
CREW and 7 organizations sent a letter to Congress opposing the Stop Insider Trading Act, which *hides* insider trading instead of stopping it.
Congress should instead pass the Restore Trust in Congress Act, a bipartisan bill that actually prevents congressional stock trading. Read our full letter:
It turns out, "affordability" is not fake new. Trump might have to veto a bill that prevents a tax increase. You can't make this stuff up. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
When @padilla.senate.gov and I visited the California City Detention Center, we met with people who were held without basic medical treatment or, in many cases, no medical attention at all. 🧵
www.latimes.com/california/s...
As a measure of how weird Washington is right now, it is news when 6 Republicans vote against a tax increase -- in this case the #tariff bill yesterday (are tariffs taxes? The Congressional Budget Office recently explained why)
Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, fires a US AG in New York by saying “See Article II of our Constitution. You are fired, Donald Kinsella.” After seeing Pam Bondi's testimony today, someone should tell her See Article I
Looking forward to this documentary dealing with Babangida's annulment of #Nigeria 1993 election. Hope it doesn't revert to the counterfactual "if only Abiola had won." Discussed this event extensively in my 2015 book "Dictators and Democracy in African Development"
youtu.be/fCpz84C8Kp0?...
Pirro loses again. Now, repeat the advice, and elaborate on it. But do it on the floor where your speech is protected by separation of powers.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
At Jim Mittleman's book launch on "Runaway Capitalism." I getting discussion on telecom companies recently receiving an exemption from #ICE raids after lobbying Trump that they were concerned about ability to lay down telecom lines
How do #immigrants impact US economy? New study by conservative @cato.org finds immigrants (1) pay more in taxes than receive in benefits, (2) have reduced #deficit every year since 1994 (3) pay MORE in taxes than the average American. So #ICE should stop kidnaping them.
www.cato.org/blog/cato-st...
U.S. troops on the ground in #Nigeria. Advisors? Soldiers? How many? What's the scope of mission? Congressional notification? www.reuters.com/world/africa...
@epi.org @aflcio.org @publiccitizen.bsky.social @piie.com #trade #tariffs #humanrights
Save the data! Who has experience with X's API and a bunch of memory?
www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...
That wasn't so hard, right? Paging Mayor Bowser...and all the candidates running to replace her.
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
