Senators don't need to know anything more than what they saw yesterday to know Blanche is not fit to be AG. It was a long day of questions, but juxtaposing a few of them, which I've done in this piece, makes that clear. joycevance.substack.com/p/mr-blanche...

Todd Blanche about Judge Kathleen Williams in Florida: She didn’t refer me [to the state bar] Read full details in the Judge’s order here, context is everything: joycevance.substack.com/p/judge-is-a...

Judge Williams is absolutely unstinting in her criticism of the government in the "original" slush fund case. This is the one Trump filed in Florida against the IRS, which I wrote about here if you want a refresher on the backstory: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

More: www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...

What do the cases of Davey Hearn, the Olympian charged with damaging the reflecting pool, and the shooting death of a Mexican immigrant, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, have in common? Read here: joycevance.substack.com/p/doj-not-do...

Here’s the problem: we can no longer believe the government when it makes these kinds of statements after its agents kill someone. That’s a very dangerous place for a democracy to be. Read the full analysis here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

ICE may have moved off the front page, but another man is dead after an encounter with agents, and the administration is still defending detention without bond. This is why we keep watching, even when the headlines move on. Read today’s Civil Discourse: joycevance.substack.com/p/ice-still-...

It's still our country. If you were disgusted by the way Trump tried to make 250 about him, not about America, join me in planning a Celebrate Your Vote party for November. Let's make sure we keep the Republic. joycevance.substack.com/p/its-our-co...

In an order released by SCOTUS we learned the Court will hear a case on whether semi-automatic weapons bans are constitutional. Read here for my assessment of how bad this is for people who are already scared every time the send their kids off to school. joycevance.substack.com/p/beyond-the...

“I do think people are beginning to understand that this Court is really problematic and maybe even anti-democratic in certain ways.” @profmmurray.bsky.social joins @preetbharara.bsky.social & me to discuss this SCOTUS term on a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider episode: cafe.visitlink.me/NTvc44

Possibly the weirdest line up of Justices in a surprising day at the Court comes in Trump v. Cook. Trump can't fire a Fed Governor for no reason. 5-4, Justices Roberts, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh & Jackson. I'll write about all of today's cases tonight: joycevance.substack.com

The Alabama lawyer suing Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, who wants to be the state’s next Governor, joins me. In the clip we discuss Tuberville’s claim the courts can’t review his candidacy since the Alabama GOP has said it's ok. Full video here: joycevance.substack.com/p/can-tommy-...

4/So, here's the plan folks. Everything that's broken in our country can be fixed with a new golf course. Happy 250th, America.

3/Trump is going to build a golf course, or at least "we" are & he says it'll be open to the public & also available to host high end tournaments. It's known as "East Potomac Golf Links," but not for long—the Trump Grand course? When he says "we will build," you know that's your & my tax dollars.

2/In the fantasyland in of Trump's head, the algae in the pool was "criminally made." He doesn't offer any evidence, but since his US Atty arrested people for touching the surface of the water, don't you feel like they would have done at least that much for the algae criminals?

1/ Trump is engaging in a deranged rant on Truth Social, trying to make a case that vandals, who somehow got to the reflecting pool, are responsible for damage to it--as opposed to his heavy vehicle trip down the new paint shortly after it was put down. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

1/ Tonight, @katiephang.bsky.social & I joined @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social on @allinwithchris.bsky.social to discuss new House Oversight Comm subpoenas to a key Epstein figure & the newly granted injunction in her lawsuit, which requires DOJ to release items they’ve withheld in violation of law.

A federal judge has just ordered DOJ to turnover five categories of items from the Epstein Files that it previously failed to disclose by July 2 in a lawsuit brought by Katie Phang. Read the details here: joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-a-...

DOJ appears to have missed its filing deadline in @katiephang.bsky.social’s lawsuit against Todd Blanche.

Trump is trying to shift the decision about who gets to vote from the states to his administration, using benign sounding rules changes. There’s nothing more important to be aware of right now than this. Details here: substack.com/@joycevance/...

You and your vote are powerful—and this administration knows it. They’re afraid of it. Subscribe to my Newsletter, Civil Discourse, to stay informed. JoyceVance.Substack.com

It’s game on in Alabama, where two military veterans are challenging Senator “Coach” Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility to run for governor because he’s not actually an Alabama resident. joycevance.substack.com/p/can-you-be...

New lawsuit just filed challenging Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility to run for Governor in Alabama because he’s a … Florida man.

Some women at a Turning Point USA summit talked about relinquishing their right to vote to create a “more conservative” country. Here’s why we can’t afford to laugh it off as ridiculous. substack.com/home/post/p-...

The question inside Trump's White House wasn't whether suspending habeas corpus was a good idea. It was how much the administration could get away with before the courts stopped them. That's a warning worth paying attention to. Read here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-questi...

Chyron should say: Trump hosts, lavish cage, match for 80th birthday at taxpayer expense

From Tonight’s Column: I have never forgotten Roberts’ comments...I remembered his comments when Renee Good and Alex Pretti were shot execution style on the streets of Minneapolis, because comments like that aren’t something you just move on from. joycevance.substack.com/p/autocracy-...

Here’s the breakdown of the new lawsuit filed to stop Trump from continuing to build “the claw“ on the south lawn of the White House and hold the UFC cage fights planned for his birthday. The details in the lawsuit are astonishing. We work through them: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

In case you missed any Civil Discourse columns this past week, here they are, collected in one post for easy catch up. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

In last night‘s post, I concluded that we really are making progress; that Trump is losing ground. Just now, the House voted the first limitations on his war powers. Let’s keep going joycevance.substack.com/p/if-you-tho...