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The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage — and solidarity. Be prepared.
April 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage — and solidarity. Be prepared.
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When no less than staid, conservative columnist David Brooks is calling for a national uprising, you know things have gotten very dire, very high stakes.
April 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
When no less than staid, conservative columnist David Brooks is calling for a national uprising, you know things have gotten very dire, very high stakes.
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Volvo to cut up to 800 US jobs as Trump's tariffs bite reut.rs/42ioA5F
April 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Volvo to cut up to 800 US jobs as Trump's tariffs bite reut.rs/42ioA5F
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Per the Times, the president of El Salvador asked hotel staff to stage the salt rimmed glasses to try and troll the two men. What a fool.
April 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Per the Times, the president of El Salvador asked hotel staff to stage the salt rimmed glasses to try and troll the two men. What a fool.
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Trump has pretty good instincts about when he's going to be in trouble, politically or otherwise, so him explicitly giving himself plausible deniability now in his statements should be interpreted as an acknowledgment that he sees some danger in the policy in general & re Abrego Garcia specifically
Trump: "You're talking about Abrego Garcia -- is an illegal alien MS-13 gang member and foreign terrorist. This comes out of the State Department and very legitimate sources I assume. I'm just giving you what they handed to me but this is supposed to be certified stuff."
April 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Trump has pretty good instincts about when he's going to be in trouble, politically or otherwise, so him explicitly giving himself plausible deniability now in his statements should be interpreted as an acknowledgment that he sees some danger in the policy in general & re Abrego Garcia specifically
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Measles cases in 25 US jurisdictions rise to 800 in 2025, CDC says reut.rs/3EB0lq8
April 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Measles cases in 25 US jurisdictions rise to 800 in 2025, CDC says reut.rs/3EB0lq8
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NEWS: Mack Trucks has announced layoffs at Lehigh Valley, PA plant, due to Trump's tariffs.
April 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
NEWS: Mack Trucks has announced layoffs at Lehigh Valley, PA plant, due to Trump's tariffs.
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It’s rare that a court opinion draws national attention, and even rarer when one does so with such eloquence and conviction. Yet that is what happened yesterday with Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson’s opinion in the Abrego García matter. I break it down, and lift it up, in today’s piece, linked below.
April 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It’s rare that a court opinion draws national attention, and even rarer when one does so with such eloquence and conviction. Yet that is what happened yesterday with Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson’s opinion in the Abrego García matter. I break it down, and lift it up, in today’s piece, linked below.
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"I'm just giving you what they handed me."
Translation: I told my Cabinet to lie about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and they did it, and I'm happy to repeat their lies, but I take no responsibility for the lies because I'm just little old me, an innocent bystander, the president of the United States.
Translation: I told my Cabinet to lie about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and they did it, and I'm happy to repeat their lies, but I take no responsibility for the lies because I'm just little old me, an innocent bystander, the president of the United States.
Trump: "You're talking about Abrego Garcia -- is an illegal alien MS-13 gang member and foreign terrorist. This comes out of the State Department and very legitimate sources I assume. I'm just giving you what they handed to me but this is supposed to be certified stuff."
April 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"I'm just giving you what they handed me."
Translation: I told my Cabinet to lie about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and they did it, and I'm happy to repeat their lies, but I take no responsibility for the lies because I'm just little old me, an innocent bystander, the president of the United States.
Translation: I told my Cabinet to lie about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and they did it, and I'm happy to repeat their lies, but I take no responsibility for the lies because I'm just little old me, an innocent bystander, the president of the United States.
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Donald Trump on the campaign trail:
"I'm going to lower your prices on day one."
Donald Trump in office:
"Actually, you're not paying *enough* for eggs."
"I'm going to lower your prices on day one."
Donald Trump in office:
"Actually, you're not paying *enough* for eggs."
Trump: "You can have all the eggs you want. We have too many eggs. In fact, if anything the prices are getting too low."
April 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Donald Trump on the campaign trail:
"I'm going to lower your prices on day one."
Donald Trump in office:
"Actually, you're not paying *enough* for eggs."
"I'm going to lower your prices on day one."
Donald Trump in office:
"Actually, you're not paying *enough* for eggs."
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Definitely let's put these people in charge:
"During the tour, an incensed Lewandowski pushed to fire an official who briefly turned his back on Noem while answering a question from another person in the group.
"Lewandowski argued it was grounds for dismissal..."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
"During the tour, an incensed Lewandowski pushed to fire an official who briefly turned his back on Noem while answering a question from another person in the group.
"Lewandowski argued it was grounds for dismissal..."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | How Corey Lewandowski Became Kristi Noem’s Gatekeeper at DHS
Trump’s former campaign chief is working as her de facto chief of staff despite White House concerns about their relationship.
www.wsj.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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And of course, for women, pregnancy tests at the border.
Feels like we aren’t too far away from Stalin-style internal passports. Got to keep the kulaks in check.
A co-worker of mine (who is a judge), traveled by train from Montana to North Dakota for work this week. The train made a stop in Havre, MT, where ICE agents—armed and dressed in full military-style tactical gear—boarded the train.
April 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
And of course, for women, pregnancy tests at the border.
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Bizarrely, they designed the website so it looks like Trump is the creature who leaked from the lab.
April 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Bizarrely, they designed the website so it looks like Trump is the creature who leaked from the lab.
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Trump team reveals lack of expertise – and patience – as it threatens to abandon Ukraine peace talks
Trump team reveals lack of expertise – and patience – as it threatens to abandon Ukraine peace talks
Trump said he could stop war in 24 hours, but team appears daunted by negotiation with ‘a lot of detail attached to it’
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Trump team reveals lack of expertise – and patience – as it threatens to abandon Ukraine peace talks
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Trump promised to end the war in 24 hours. He lied. Again.
Marco Rubio is now acknowledging that it might not be possible for Trump to end Russia's war on Ukraine (Trump promised to end it before he took office!)
April 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Trump promised to end the war in 24 hours. He lied. Again.
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Trump propaganda stations Fox News and Newsmax are not taking Van Hollen's news conference live
April 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Trump propaganda stations Fox News and Newsmax are not taking Van Hollen's news conference live
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Van Hollen to the Trump administration: "Put up in court or shut up"
April 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Van Hollen to the Trump administration: "Put up in court or shut up"
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Just weeks after creating a $50 million tax credit to help families pay for private school tuition and homeschooling, Idaho has shut down a program that helped public school students pay for laptops, school supplies, tutoring and other educational costs. @audreydutton.bsky.social
Idaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families.
A Republican lawmaker said ending an Idaho program that helped public school students buy laptops and other materials wasn’t linked to the creation of a private school tax credit. The state’s most pro...
www.propublica.org
April 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Just weeks after creating a $50 million tax credit to help families pay for private school tuition and homeschooling, Idaho has shut down a program that helped public school students pay for laptops, school supplies, tutoring and other educational costs. @audreydutton.bsky.social
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"They haven't told him anything about why he was sent" -- Van Hollen says Abrego Garcia doesn't know why he's being held but adds that he's there because the Trump administration is paying for it
April 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"They haven't told him anything about why he was sent" -- Van Hollen says Abrego Garcia doesn't know why he's being held but adds that he's there because the Trump administration is paying for it
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Americans are entitled to and should demand better than this from the President of the United States.
April 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Americans are entitled to and should demand better than this from the President of the United States.
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Worth reading.
And....not surprisingly...worth being alarmed about.
And....not surprisingly...worth being alarmed about.
How Musk and Trump Are Working to Consolidate Government Data About You (Gift Article)
Databases that Elon Musk’s team is trying to access include more than 300 personal details about members of the U.S. public.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Worth reading.
And....not surprisingly...worth being alarmed about.
And....not surprisingly...worth being alarmed about.
Illegal acts from the party of Law and Order.
Worth reading.
And....not surprisingly...worth being alarmed about.
And....not surprisingly...worth being alarmed about.
How Musk and Trump Are Working to Consolidate Government Data About You (Gift Article)
Databases that Elon Musk’s team is trying to access include more than 300 personal details about members of the U.S. public.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Illegal acts from the party of Law and Order.
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The simultaneous crash of the stock market and the bond market is super ominous. But also a totally foreseeable consequence of this insane tariff policy.
So is it incompetence or part of a plan to crash the economy? An increasingly important question.
So is it incompetence or part of a plan to crash the economy? An increasingly important question.
April 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The simultaneous crash of the stock market and the bond market is super ominous. But also a totally foreseeable consequence of this insane tariff policy.
So is it incompetence or part of a plan to crash the economy? An increasingly important question.
So is it incompetence or part of a plan to crash the economy? An increasingly important question.
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Former top legal executives at large companies including Microsoft, Intel and Eli Lilly submitted a legal brief on April 8 accusing US President Donald Trump of undermining the rule of law and threatening American businesses with his executive orders targeting law firms reut.rs/4cqj0Bt 1/6
April 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Former top legal executives at large companies including Microsoft, Intel and Eli Lilly submitted a legal brief on April 8 accusing US President Donald Trump of undermining the rule of law and threatening American businesses with his executive orders targeting law firms reut.rs/4cqj0Bt 1/6
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Call your Republican senators and reps and tell them their emperor is buck naked
April 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Call your Republican senators and reps and tell them their emperor is buck naked