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At 9:00 AM this morning the entire Pentagon got an email inviting them to a “Christian prayer and worship service” from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. A Cabinet member directly violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
May 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
At 9:00 AM this morning the entire Pentagon got an email inviting them to a “Christian prayer and worship service” from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. A Cabinet member directly violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
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Angie Craig: "I have no idea why we think it's a good idea to repeal a tax on silencers when we are going to feed fewer children in our country as a result of this. It's a moral damn failure is what it is."
May 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Angie Craig: "I have no idea why we think it's a good idea to repeal a tax on silencers when we are going to feed fewer children in our country as a result of this. It's a moral damn failure is what it is."
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House Republican leaders worked through dawn on Wednesday to win over holdouts for their sweeping domestic policy bill to deliver President Trump’s agenda. If passed, the legislation is projected to cause around 10 million people to become uninsured, the Congressional Budget Office said.
House G.O.P. Races to Revamp Major Policy Bill, Grasping for Votes to Pass It
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
House Republican leaders worked through dawn on Wednesday to win over holdouts for their sweeping domestic policy bill to deliver President Trump’s agenda. If passed, the legislation is projected to cause around 10 million people to become uninsured, the Congressional Budget Office said.
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The end of the separation of church and state could arrive this summer, in the form of a Supreme Court ruling requiring Oklahoma to fund the nation’s first religious charter school. Ruth Marcus reports.
Is This the End of the Separation of Church and State?
The Justices, who have steadily eroded prohibitions on government sponsorship of religious schools, now seem ready to end them entirely.
www.newyorker.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The end of the separation of church and state could arrive this summer, in the form of a Supreme Court ruling requiring Oklahoma to fund the nation’s first religious charter school. Ruth Marcus reports.
The number of people jailed pretrial has nearly quadrupled since the 1980s; people with mental-health issues tend to be detained much longer than the rest of the population. Sarah Stillman reports on a crisis of care in county jails across the nation.
Starved in Jail
Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?
www.newyorker.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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NEW VIDEO: The U.S. House of Representatives passed a major voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions of eligible voters and badly undermine democracy.
Paige and I break it down. youtu.be/XS8aePRgFU4?...
Paige and I break it down. youtu.be/XS8aePRgFU4?...
BREAKING: House Passes SAVE Act, Major Voting Suppression Bill
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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April 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
NEW VIDEO: The U.S. House of Representatives passed a major voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions of eligible voters and badly undermine democracy.
Paige and I break it down. youtu.be/XS8aePRgFU4?...
Paige and I break it down. youtu.be/XS8aePRgFU4?...
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Not one reporter asked about the Executive Orders targeting Chris Krebs & Miles Taylor during today’s Cabinet press conference. Not one. A president using DOJ to punish those who spoke out? That’s banana republic territory. I waited. The question never came.
Why? Has the fear already taken hold?
Why? Has the fear already taken hold?
April 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Not one reporter asked about the Executive Orders targeting Chris Krebs & Miles Taylor during today’s Cabinet press conference. Not one. A president using DOJ to punish those who spoke out? That’s banana republic territory. I waited. The question never came.
Why? Has the fear already taken hold?
Why? Has the fear already taken hold?
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“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history,” Wilentz said. “This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...
‘The most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history’: How the SAVE Act upends over a century and a half of protecting voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history,” Wilentz said. “This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...
Breaking News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the Pentagon to halt offensive cyberoperations against Russia, officials said.
Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia
The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war.
nyti.ms
March 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Democrats should not vote for a continuing resolution without language mandating the release of military aid to Ukraine. Because a Putin stooge is in the White House, and the GOP is in his thrall, Ds in Congress are the only backstop against the U.S. becoming an agent of Russia.
White House clash boosts pressure on Europe to aid Ukraine without U.S.
European leaders rallied around Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after the brawl with President Donald Trump. But arming Kyiv alone would be a struggle.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
March 1, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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President Trump has ordered a radical set of changes to the federal government. Some are within the traditionally understood scope of a president’s power, but many appear to purposely violate statutes. Here’s a close look at the biggest actions so far. nyti.ms/4gTFEmo
February 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
President Trump has ordered a radical set of changes to the federal government. Some are within the traditionally understood scope of a president’s power, but many appear to purposely violate statutes. Here’s a close look at the biggest actions so far. nyti.ms/4gTFEmo
Donald Trump’s embrace of America’s adversary and rejection of its ally has been so swift and complete that even top Kremlin officials are astonished.
Donald Trump’s Putinization of America
It’s not just in foreign policy that the President is turning Russia’s way.
www.newyorker.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Breaking News: The Trump administration plans to cut 84% of staff at the office that funds the U.S.'s disaster recovery, raising questions about how the country will rebuild from hurricanes, wildfires and other calamities made worse by climate change.
Trump Team Plans Cuts at HUD Office That Funds Disaster Recovery
Staff at the office, a branch of the U.S. housing department that Congress uses to address the worst catastrophes, would be reduced by 84 percent.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
President Trump's suggestion that he would seek to stay in office beyond the constitutional limit comes as he has pushed to expand executive authority.
Trump Muses About a Third Term, Over and Over Again
The president’s suggestion that he would seek to stay in office beyond the constitutional limit comes as he has pushed to expand executive authority.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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“This president prefers to lead a nation in which belonging is constantly up for grabs, in which certain people are the wrong kind and others are the right kind, in which some are real Americans and others never will be,” writes Carlos Lozada.
Opinion | America Is Full of People Trump Doesn’t Like
If, according to the president, so many people in the United States are the wrong kind, who makes up the right kind?
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
“This president prefers to lead a nation in which belonging is constantly up for grabs, in which certain people are the wrong kind and others are the right kind, in which some are real Americans and others never will be,” writes Carlos Lozada.
Pope Francis’ letter to U.S. Bishops is incedibly powerful. This stands out to me especially. Every purported Christian faith leader who has endorsed or stood silent before Trump’s ugly immigration policies needs to be confronted with this statement.
www.vatican.va/content/fran...
www.vatican.va/content/fran...
February 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.
February 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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BREAKING: We submitted FOIA requests to more than 40 federal agencies demanding answers about the so-called Department of Government Efficiency's unrestricted access to Americans' data.
We're also calling on Congress to conduct immediate oversight of DOGE's invasion of privacy.
We're also calling on Congress to conduct immediate oversight of DOGE's invasion of privacy.
February 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
BREAKING: We submitted FOIA requests to more than 40 federal agencies demanding answers about the so-called Department of Government Efficiency's unrestricted access to Americans' data.
We're also calling on Congress to conduct immediate oversight of DOGE's invasion of privacy.
We're also calling on Congress to conduct immediate oversight of DOGE's invasion of privacy.
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We can't ignore the racial equity implications of HB 134.
This bill will disproportionately impact youth of color in New Mexico, who already face higher rates of arrest and prosecution. It's a green light for more harm in our communities.
This bill will disproportionately impact youth of color in New Mexico, who already face higher rates of arrest and prosecution. It's a green light for more harm in our communities.
February 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
We can't ignore the racial equity implications of HB 134.
This bill will disproportionately impact youth of color in New Mexico, who already face higher rates of arrest and prosecution. It's a green light for more harm in our communities.
This bill will disproportionately impact youth of color in New Mexico, who already face higher rates of arrest and prosecution. It's a green light for more harm in our communities.
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FACT: The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any independent democracy in the world and New Mexico's incarceration rate is above the national average.
If incarceration were the answer to crime, why hasn't it worked yet?
If incarceration were the answer to crime, why hasn't it worked yet?
February 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
FACT: The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any independent democracy in the world and New Mexico's incarceration rate is above the national average.
If incarceration were the answer to crime, why hasn't it worked yet?
If incarceration were the answer to crime, why hasn't it worked yet?
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Breaking News: President Trump said he planned to take control of the Kennedy Center and intended to fire several board members and install himself as chair.
Trump Says He Will Install Himself as Kennedy Center Chairman
The move by the president, whose authority to make the changes was not clear, is the latest attempt to bring a Washington institution under his control.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Breaking News: President Trump said he planned to take control of the Kennedy Center and intended to fire several board members and install himself as chair.
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NEW: We sent a letter to the Trump administration demanding access to immigrants detained at Guantánamo Bay and answers about plans to expand immigration detention there.
The government cannot use Guantánamo as a legal black hole to violate immigrants' rights.
The government cannot use Guantánamo as a legal black hole to violate immigrants' rights.
February 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NEW: We sent a letter to the Trump administration demanding access to immigrants detained at Guantánamo Bay and answers about plans to expand immigration detention there.
The government cannot use Guantánamo as a legal black hole to violate immigrants' rights.
The government cannot use Guantánamo as a legal black hole to violate immigrants' rights.
