Austen
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Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."
April 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."
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The United States stands for — or is supposed to stand for — freedom. Freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of assembly, freedom to petition to government to redress grievances.
It is Noem and people like her who truly despise our country’s founding values.
It is Noem and people like her who truly despise our country’s founding values.
April 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The United States stands for — or is supposed to stand for — freedom. Freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of assembly, freedom to petition to government to redress grievances.
It is Noem and people like her who truly despise our country’s founding values.
It is Noem and people like her who truly despise our country’s founding values.
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Very bad that mainstream media keeps accepting the premise the Trump admin is “cracking down on antisemitism”. Everyone knows none of this has anything to do with “antisemitism” it has to do with snuffing out any dissent over Israel’s genocide in Gaza and purging brown people from society
On campuses nationwide, many students are saying that the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on antisemitism have caused a chilling effect on speech and political activity. By @elenamoore.bsky.social
For some students who protested war in Gaza, fear and silence is a new campus reality
On campuses nationwide, many students are saying that the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on antisemitism have caused a chilling effect on speech and political activity.
www.npr.org
April 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Very bad that mainstream media keeps accepting the premise the Trump admin is “cracking down on antisemitism”. Everyone knows none of this has anything to do with “antisemitism” it has to do with snuffing out any dissent over Israel’s genocide in Gaza and purging brown people from society
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No!
Stop this, major media!
That’s _not_ what just happened!
DOJ at _no_ point made _any_ commitment to “bring Garcia home,” nor did it ask for “more time” to “bring Garcia home.”
It said that Garcia is in the custody of El Salvador and the court has no jurisdiction there.
Get it right, dammit!
Stop this, major media!
That’s _not_ what just happened!
DOJ at _no_ point made _any_ commitment to “bring Garcia home,” nor did it ask for “more time” to “bring Garcia home.”
It said that Garcia is in the custody of El Salvador and the court has no jurisdiction there.
Get it right, dammit!
April 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
No!
Stop this, major media!
That’s _not_ what just happened!
DOJ at _no_ point made _any_ commitment to “bring Garcia home,” nor did it ask for “more time” to “bring Garcia home.”
It said that Garcia is in the custody of El Salvador and the court has no jurisdiction there.
Get it right, dammit!
Stop this, major media!
That’s _not_ what just happened!
DOJ at _no_ point made _any_ commitment to “bring Garcia home,” nor did it ask for “more time” to “bring Garcia home.”
It said that Garcia is in the custody of El Salvador and the court has no jurisdiction there.
Get it right, dammit!
Incredibly cruel. Imprisoning people without due process or recourse to justice.
"I think we made the right decision" -- Tom Homan on the deportation of a Maryland dad to a gulag in El Salvador that the administration has already admitted was a mistake
April 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Incredibly cruel. Imprisoning people without due process or recourse to justice.
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"I think we made the right decision" -- Tom Homan on the deportation of a Maryland dad to a gulag in El Salvador that the administration has already admitted was a mistake
April 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"I think we made the right decision" -- Tom Homan on the deportation of a Maryland dad to a gulag in El Salvador that the administration has already admitted was a mistake
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I would say more broadly that as policy you really shouldn’t allow government officials to accuse people of *terrorism* anonymously.
You’re not supposed to grant anonymity to liars. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
April 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I would say more broadly that as policy you really shouldn’t allow government officials to accuse people of *terrorism* anonymously.
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Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
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I agree.
In a functioning democracy, we would already be in the midst of an impeachment trial.
In a functioning democracy, we would already be in the midst of an impeachment trial.
April 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I agree.
In a functioning democracy, we would already be in the midst of an impeachment trial.
In a functioning democracy, we would already be in the midst of an impeachment trial.
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United States Disappeared Tracker: 1214 and growing.
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April 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
United States Disappeared Tracker: 1214 and growing.
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
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Jasmine Crockett spitting that hot fire!
April 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Jasmine Crockett spitting that hot fire!
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NEWS: The House GOP just passed the "MAGA Hates Married Women" Act.
This bill would make it very hard for women to vote if their birth certificates don't match married names.
In our society, women often take their husband's last name after marriage. This clear is voter suppression.
This bill would make it very hard for women to vote if their birth certificates don't match married names.
In our society, women often take their husband's last name after marriage. This clear is voter suppression.
April 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
NEWS: The House GOP just passed the "MAGA Hates Married Women" Act.
This bill would make it very hard for women to vote if their birth certificates don't match married names.
In our society, women often take their husband's last name after marriage. This clear is voter suppression.
This bill would make it very hard for women to vote if their birth certificates don't match married names.
In our society, women often take their husband's last name after marriage. This clear is voter suppression.
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manipulating the markets so that it wrecks as many people as possible while you and your insider trading cronies hoover up as much money as possible. who needs factories when all you gotta manufacture is chaos.
April 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
manipulating the markets so that it wrecks as many people as possible while you and your insider trading cronies hoover up as much money as possible. who needs factories when all you gotta manufacture is chaos.
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The Smart People said "Abolish ICE" was too radical. Then ICE kidnapped students, sent innocent people to a mega prison, broke into a car to take a mom from her daughter, and tried questioning elementary kids while lying that they had parents permission.
Ask yourself: which part is more "radical"?
Ask yourself: which part is more "radical"?
April 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The Smart People said "Abolish ICE" was too radical. Then ICE kidnapped students, sent innocent people to a mega prison, broke into a car to take a mom from her daughter, and tried questioning elementary kids while lying that they had parents permission.
Ask yourself: which part is more "radical"?
Ask yourself: which part is more "radical"?
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Lawlessness and shamelessness.
“Mommy, no. Mommy.”
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Lawlessness and shamelessness.
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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is a father, a husband, a SMART Union apprentice — and it’s long past time for him to be reunited with his family in Maryland.
He was wrongly deported by Donald Trump and left to rot in an El Salvador prison.
Bring him home.
He was wrongly deported by Donald Trump and left to rot in an El Salvador prison.
Bring him home.
Judge allows Trump administration to require everyone in the country illegally to register. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe
The move will have far-reaching repercussions for immigrants across the country. The requirement goes into effect Friday.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is a father, a husband, a SMART Union apprentice — and it’s long past time for him to be reunited with his family in Maryland.
He was wrongly deported by Donald Trump and left to rot in an El Salvador prison.
Bring him home.
He was wrongly deported by Donald Trump and left to rot in an El Salvador prison.
Bring him home.
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Plainclothes agents. Trying to question elementary-aged kids. And lying that they had parents permission to do so.
April 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Plainclothes agents. Trying to question elementary-aged kids. And lying that they had parents permission to do so.
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THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
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At a minimum, blatant market manipulation. Like his first term he commits crimes we never even imagined anyone would do so we don’t have enough laws to capture all his criminal behavior
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA):
"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
April 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
At a minimum, blatant market manipulation. Like his first term he commits crimes we never even imagined anyone would do so we don’t have enough laws to capture all his criminal behavior
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1) Do something autocratic
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
April 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
1) Do something autocratic
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
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We found the government “waste, fraud, and abuse”.
April 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We found the government “waste, fraud, and abuse”.
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We should refer to the El Salvador prison as a concentration camp, because it is.
We should refer to the process by which we're disappearing people as kidnapping, because it is.
We should refer to the process by which we're disappearing people as kidnapping, because it is.
April 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
We should refer to the El Salvador prison as a concentration camp, because it is.
We should refer to the process by which we're disappearing people as kidnapping, because it is.
We should refer to the process by which we're disappearing people as kidnapping, because it is.
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I'm calling for an investigation into whether President Trump manipulated the market to benefit his Wall Street donors—all while working people and small businesses paid the price.
Did Trump help insiders cash in on his tariff flip-flopping? It sure looks like corruption.
Did Trump help insiders cash in on his tariff flip-flopping? It sure looks like corruption.
Did Trump help insiders cash in on his tariff flip-flopping?
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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April 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I'm calling for an investigation into whether President Trump manipulated the market to benefit his Wall Street donors—all while working people and small businesses paid the price.
Did Trump help insiders cash in on his tariff flip-flopping? It sure looks like corruption.
Did Trump help insiders cash in on his tariff flip-flopping? It sure looks like corruption.