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The unitary executive theory is really just a way to cloak the morphing of a democratically elected president into a dictator with the appearance of legality. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
The Week Ahead
March 16, 2025
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March 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The unitary executive theory is really just a way to cloak the morphing of a democratically elected president into a dictator with the appearance of legality. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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The Energy Department, along with EPA and NOAA, hired back many probationary employees who had been laid off in a round of cuts last month.
Climate, energy agencies bring back probationary employees
The moves were in response to recent court decisions, the administration said.
www.axios.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Energy Department, along with EPA and NOAA, hired back many probationary employees who had been laid off in a round of cuts last month.
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I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
March 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
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You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that.
March 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that.
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"Instead of going through that [legal] process, which of course the President would do if he were confident that these individuals shouldn't belong in the country, he has sought to circumvent it with a lawless action to invoke the Alien Enemies Act," said CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social on @msnbc.com
The Trump Admin's Lawless Action to Invoke the Alien Enemies Act
YouTube video by Democracy Forward
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March 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"Instead of going through that [legal] process, which of course the President would do if he were confident that these individuals shouldn't belong in the country, he has sought to circumvent it with a lawless action to invoke the Alien Enemies Act," said CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social on @msnbc.com
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If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
March 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
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Today’s hearing in J.G.G. v. Trump shows that this is far from over, but Democracy Forward will do whatever it takes to push back against the president’s unprecedented and unlawful actions to invoke the Alien Enemies Act during peacetime.
March 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Today’s hearing in J.G.G. v. Trump shows that this is far from over, but Democracy Forward will do whatever it takes to push back against the president’s unprecedented and unlawful actions to invoke the Alien Enemies Act during peacetime.
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Chuck Schumer was damned if he did and damned if he didn't. Eventually the wheel of karma will turn again in the favor of sensible people, but God, am I tired of waiting.
March 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Chuck Schumer was damned if he did and damned if he didn't. Eventually the wheel of karma will turn again in the favor of sensible people, but God, am I tired of waiting.
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Education Department’s workforce. Additionally, the order requires agencies to offer reinstatement to recently laid-off probationary employees and expands its scope to 18 agencies, up from the six mentioned in the earlier case.
March 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Education Department’s workforce. Additionally, the order requires agencies to offer reinstatement to recently laid-off probationary employees and expands its scope to 18 agencies, up from the six mentioned in the earlier case.
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A federal judge in Maryland issued an even more sweeping restraining order on Thursday, surpassing an earlier one from the same day. The order broadly prohibits the Trump administration from implementing any future “reductions in force,” such as this week’s directive to terminate half of the
March 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
A federal judge in Maryland issued an even more sweeping restraining order on Thursday, surpassing an earlier one from the same day. The order broadly prohibits the Trump administration from implementing any future “reductions in force,” such as this week’s directive to terminate half of the
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. “A TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.”
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
March 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. “A TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.”
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
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DOGE/SSA marked this person dead and *removed his savings from his bank account,* cancelled his social security and Medicare. #seattle https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/
March 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
DOGE/SSA marked this person dead and *removed his savings from his bank account,* cancelled his social security and Medicare. #seattle https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/
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Can’t know specifically why this happened. But the DOGE boys were leafing thru the files and canceling some individual accounts that didn’t look right to them and there have been daily computer crashes at SSA after DOGErs canceled a number of the computer servicing/maintenance contracts
Oklahoma man says Social Security benefits terminated without warning or explanation www.wkrn.com/news/nationa...
Oklahoma man says Social Security benefits terminated without warning or explanation
An Oklahoma City retiree said his Social Security benefits were suspended without warning — and with no explanation given when he reached out. He worries it may have to do with the place he was bor…
www.wkrn.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Can’t know specifically why this happened. But the DOGE boys were leafing thru the files and canceling some individual accounts that didn’t look right to them and there have been daily computer crashes at SSA after DOGErs canceled a number of the computer servicing/maintenance contracts
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CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social was on @msnbc.com with
@aliciamenendez.bsky.social last night to highlight the ways in which litigation is working and judges of all stripes are standing up for the American people. Learn more about our work at democracyforward.org.
@aliciamenendez.bsky.social last night to highlight the ways in which litigation is working and judges of all stripes are standing up for the American people. Learn more about our work at democracyforward.org.
March 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social was on @msnbc.com with
@aliciamenendez.bsky.social last night to highlight the ways in which litigation is working and judges of all stripes are standing up for the American people. Learn more about our work at democracyforward.org.
@aliciamenendez.bsky.social last night to highlight the ways in which litigation is working and judges of all stripes are standing up for the American people. Learn more about our work at democracyforward.org.
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UPDATE: Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Trump from Removing Some Immigrants in U.S. Using Alien Enemies Act
“We will work to ensure those impacted by this dangerous move — to invoke war time powers when the nation is not at war — are protected.” said CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social bit.ly/4iSwAzD
“We will work to ensure those impacted by this dangerous move — to invoke war time powers when the nation is not at war — are protected.” said CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social bit.ly/4iSwAzD
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
UPDATE: Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Trump from Removing Some Immigrants in U.S. Using Alien Enemies Act
“We will work to ensure those impacted by this dangerous move — to invoke war time powers when the nation is not at war — are protected.” said CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social bit.ly/4iSwAzD
“We will work to ensure those impacted by this dangerous move — to invoke war time powers when the nation is not at war — are protected.” said CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social bit.ly/4iSwAzD
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This is how you know things are bad...
Woman Stunned After Learning Why Her Spirit Airlines Flight Was Forced To Deplane
You know things are bad when...
www.comicsands.com
March 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This is how you know things are bad...
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They are all about erasure, but they are also the stupidest people ever put in charge.
March 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
They are all about erasure, but they are also the stupidest people ever put in charge.
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Oooh! Oooh! I know! Mar-a-Lago.
March 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Oooh! Oooh! I know! Mar-a-Lago.
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Oh they are so going to fake DOGE find some connection. Calling it now. They’re going in with a hoped for result that validates RFK’s whack job conspiracies.
March 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Oh they are so going to fake DOGE find some connection. Calling it now. They’re going in with a hoped for result that validates RFK’s whack job conspiracies.
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Donald Trump is blocking the development of life-saving medicine.
How does that help you?
How does that help you?
NIH has paused patenting of discoveries, slowing their use in developing treatments
Freeze on communications and contracts blocks NIH from sharing research materials with collaborators and patenting discoveries.
www.statnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Donald Trump is blocking the development of life-saving medicine.
How does that help you?
How does that help you?
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This Sunday, the whole country needs to spring forward from 1939.
March 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This Sunday, the whole country needs to spring forward from 1939.
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Finally, social media that's billionaire-proof. ⚡
Bluesky's first IRL ads spotted in @boston.gov @mbta.com.
Bluesky's first IRL ads spotted in @boston.gov @mbta.com.
March 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Finally, social media that's billionaire-proof. ⚡
Bluesky's first IRL ads spotted in @boston.gov @mbta.com.
Bluesky's first IRL ads spotted in @boston.gov @mbta.com.
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Trump plans to sign an executive order barring certain student loan borrowers from eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. This popular federal program forgives a portion of student debt for individuals who work in government or qualifying nonprofit jobs for ten years.
March 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Trump plans to sign an executive order barring certain student loan borrowers from eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. This popular federal program forgives a portion of student debt for individuals who work in government or qualifying nonprofit jobs for ten years.