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Everything was fine until Trump decided to unleash violent raids w/o grounds in elementary schools, shopping areas, & peaceful public spaces.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
June 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Everything was fine until Trump decided to unleash violent raids w/o grounds in elementary schools, shopping areas, & peaceful public spaces.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.
Let’s start there.
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
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We’re not sure what separates the Trump admin from the “terrorists” it claims to be fighting. You watch whats happening and can’t even process it—what the hell is going on is all we can think. Our Constitution grants everyone within this country the same legal protections, regardless of citizenship.
April 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
We’re not sure what separates the Trump admin from the “terrorists” it claims to be fighting. You watch whats happening and can’t even process it—what the hell is going on is all we can think. Our Constitution grants everyone within this country the same legal protections, regardless of citizenship.
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It is becoming unbelievably difficult to stay both informed and sane
April 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It is becoming unbelievably difficult to stay both informed and sane
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This is crazy because I was told very strictly and no uncertain terms that killing is never the solution.
BBC News - US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione
The 26-year-old is accused of shooting dead healthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel.
www.bbc.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is crazy because I was told very strictly and no uncertain terms that killing is never the solution.
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I know I've said this before, but installing a billionaire to an unelected position to basically completely dismantle the Executive Branch is not in any way shape or form "conservative", big or little C. It's EXTREMELY RADICAL. And I wish people would describe it that way!
March 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I know I've said this before, but installing a billionaire to an unelected position to basically completely dismantle the Executive Branch is not in any way shape or form "conservative", big or little C. It's EXTREMELY RADICAL. And I wish people would describe it that way!
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One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.
Dereliction of responsibility by the court. It is so flagrantly illegal. www.huffpost.com/entry/us-wis...
Wisconsin Appeals Court Won't Stop Musk's $1 Million Payments To Voters After AG Sues
A Wisconsin appellate court has denied the state Democratic attorney general’s request to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters at a rally planned for Sunday, ju...
www.huffpost.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.
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Was speaking with a USAID person yesterday explaining how at any other time countless phone lines wld be buzzing, working groups stood up, go-teams and aid being dispatched to after the Myanmar quake. Now ... nothing.
March 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Was speaking with a USAID person yesterday explaining how at any other time countless phone lines wld be buzzing, working groups stood up, go-teams and aid being dispatched to after the Myanmar quake. Now ... nothing.
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The America I know and love is strong enough to tolerate a ruckus or two, even from foreigners.
I've visited countries where as a foreigner I wouldn't say anything negative about their government in public. I've never felt that was a sign of strength, certainly not something to emulate.
I've visited countries where as a foreigner I wouldn't say anything negative about their government in public. I've never felt that was a sign of strength, certainly not something to emulate.
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
March 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The America I know and love is strong enough to tolerate a ruckus or two, even from foreigners.
I've visited countries where as a foreigner I wouldn't say anything negative about their government in public. I've never felt that was a sign of strength, certainly not something to emulate.
I've visited countries where as a foreigner I wouldn't say anything negative about their government in public. I've never felt that was a sign of strength, certainly not something to emulate.
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There is no scenario where this goes well for anyone.
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
There is no scenario where this goes well for anyone.
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The U of Arizona was building a new medical research facility in Phoenix, but it’s now on hold because of uncertain federal funding.
It was proposed as a research hub to “find new ways to diagnose, prevent and treat cancers, infectious disease and autoimmune disorders”.
Great job DOGE!
It was proposed as a research hub to “find new ways to diagnose, prevent and treat cancers, infectious disease and autoimmune disorders”.
Great job DOGE!
March 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The U of Arizona was building a new medical research facility in Phoenix, but it’s now on hold because of uncertain federal funding.
It was proposed as a research hub to “find new ways to diagnose, prevent and treat cancers, infectious disease and autoimmune disorders”.
Great job DOGE!
It was proposed as a research hub to “find new ways to diagnose, prevent and treat cancers, infectious disease and autoimmune disorders”.
Great job DOGE!
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I don’t want AI to make me 10x more productive, I want it to give me Fridays off.
March 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I don’t want AI to make me 10x more productive, I want it to give me Fridays off.
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In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.
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It’s almost like actually humanizing trans people—letting us be in the room—creates real change and deescalates the culture war instead of treating as pawns to elicits support over, problems for being “too controversial”, or villains for being vocal about our issues to people who aren’t listening.
Rep Zephyr’s speech flips 13 GOPs, trans bills die in Montana
Trans people have been scapegoated so effectively (among older people) that we're flooded with models of how to hate.
But when people hear the love behind why we stand up for each other, we win.
Bravo, @zoandbehold.bsky.social!
Trans people have been scapegoated so effectively (among older people) that we're flooded with models of how to hate.
But when people hear the love behind why we stand up for each other, we win.
Bravo, @zoandbehold.bsky.social!
Rep Zephyr’s speech flips 13 Republicans, trans bills die in Montana
YouTube video by Erin In The Morning
www.youtube.com
March 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It’s almost like actually humanizing trans people—letting us be in the room—creates real change and deescalates the culture war instead of treating as pawns to elicits support over, problems for being “too controversial”, or villains for being vocal about our issues to people who aren’t listening.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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this is a historic level of bad and we are only beginning to learn about what is happening.
i hope journalists uncover the true story, because the whispers i’ve heard in dc make my skin crawl and stomach boil.
i hope journalists uncover the true story, because the whispers i’ve heard in dc make my skin crawl and stomach boil.
New, from me: Tulsi Gabbard purged trans intelligence officers after a Chris Rufo smear campaign.
They were targeted because they were trans, their words were mischaracterized, and they were offered no due process.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-era-of...
They were targeted because they were trans, their words were mischaracterized, and they were offered no due process.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-era-of...
The Era of Purges
The firing of trans officials is part of a broader pattern of exclusion
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
this is a historic level of bad and we are only beginning to learn about what is happening.
i hope journalists uncover the true story, because the whispers i’ve heard in dc make my skin crawl and stomach boil.
i hope journalists uncover the true story, because the whispers i’ve heard in dc make my skin crawl and stomach boil.
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This is devastatingly cruel. Whatever happens to these individuals if transferred will be 100% Trump administration’s fault.
www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...
Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as next week
The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is devastatingly cruel. Whatever happens to these individuals if transferred will be 100% Trump administration’s fault.
www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...
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Very proud to announce the Department of Health will now process all requests to change gender designation on birth certificates within three business days. Previously, there was as much as a 10 month wait.
February 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Very proud to announce the Department of Health will now process all requests to change gender designation on birth certificates within three business days. Previously, there was as much as a 10 month wait.
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Musk is closely following the Curtis Yarvin playbook. If you don't know who Curtis Yarvin is yet, you should.
'Reboot' Revealed: Elon Musk's CEO-Dictator Playbook
In 2022, one of Peter Thiel's favorite thinkers envisioned a second Trump Administration in which the federal government would be run by a “CEO”
www.thenerdreich.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Musk is closely following the Curtis Yarvin playbook. If you don't know who Curtis Yarvin is yet, you should.