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We should mandate a work requirement for House Republicans to get their health care. How about they have to work at least one week a month to keep their government health insurance?
October 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We should mandate a work requirement for House Republicans to get their health care. How about they have to work at least one week a month to keep their government health insurance?
Paper Clip Protest
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Paper Clip Protest
On Thursday, E.
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September 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Paper Clip Protest
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shh! don’t wake the elderly golfer. funerals make him sleepy.
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shh! don’t wake the elderly golfer. funerals make him sleepy.
way to represent America, dumb-ass
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April 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
shh! don’t wake the elderly golfer. funerals make him sleepy.
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When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.
April 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.
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This, in a nutshell, is why the Justice Department remains independent from the White House when it comes to directing criminal prosecution. A country that fails to take to heart the lessons of Watergate ends up with Trump.
If this were a report about any other country in the world, the headline would be something more like "Trump Expands Efforts to Crackdown on Political Opposition."
Trump Directs Justice Dept. to Investigate ActBlue, Democrats’ Cash Engine
The president ordered an inquiry into ActBlue, the main Democratic fund-raising platform, in his latest move using the government to target political opponents.
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April 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This, in a nutshell, is why the Justice Department remains independent from the White House when it comes to directing criminal prosecution. A country that fails to take to heart the lessons of Watergate ends up with Trump.
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I agree that this is the logical endpoint, but it is also likely its Kryptonite because then it makes our courts impotent. Courts don’t like giving up their power (see post 9/11). So the endgame, if the courts want to stay relevant, is to say the whole thing is unconstitutional from the jump
Why? Because if Trump can legally say “We can’t bring him home” without having to prove it, that means he doesn’t have to bring anyone home. And if he doesn’t have to bring anyone home, he can send anyone there forever. END/
April 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I agree that this is the logical endpoint, but it is also likely its Kryptonite because then it makes our courts impotent. Courts don’t like giving up their power (see post 9/11). So the endgame, if the courts want to stay relevant, is to say the whole thing is unconstitutional from the jump
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20 important lessons
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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April 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
20 important lessons
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There’s a special place in HELL for anyone who stands before the Supreme Court and argues that a man they wrongfully sent to an El Salvadorian death camp should stay there.
April 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
There’s a special place in HELL for anyone who stands before the Supreme Court and argues that a man they wrongfully sent to an El Salvadorian death camp should stay there.
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Exactly
Raskin: If they can just sweep someone off the street, put them on an airplane, and send them to a torturer’s prison in an authoritarian state like El Salvador without due process… then they could do it to anybody.
April 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Exactly
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Followed all and reposted. Thank you, Foxy!! 🌺
The path to GOP stupidity is now complete.
The path to GOP stupidity is now complete.
April 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Followed all and reposted. Thank you, Foxy!! 🌺
The path to GOP stupidity is now complete.
The path to GOP stupidity is now complete.
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Democracy isn’t dying in darkness it’s being dismantled at the hands of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. @allisonjriggs.bsky.social won this election fair and square back in November. Her opponent is a petulant Confederate cosplayer who can’t handle losing. Concede Jefferson Griffin.
April 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Democracy isn’t dying in darkness it’s being dismantled at the hands of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. @allisonjriggs.bsky.social won this election fair and square back in November. Her opponent is a petulant Confederate cosplayer who can’t handle losing. Concede Jefferson Griffin.
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Good way to see the current tariffs, as of literally today, is no tariffs on high value add manufactured goods marketed to middle and upper middle classes. Massive tariffs for cheap consumer items which amount to the biggest economic privilege of working class/middle class life in US.
April 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Good way to see the current tariffs, as of literally today, is no tariffs on high value add manufactured goods marketed to middle and upper middle classes. Massive tariffs for cheap consumer items which amount to the biggest economic privilege of working class/middle class life in US.
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You don’t have to agree with someone’s views to defend their right to say it. This is what authoritarian regimes do, not us.
If this ruling stands, it’s not just the end of a legal case, it’s the end to free speech.
If this ruling stands, it’s not just the end of a legal case, it’s the end to free speech.
April 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
You don’t have to agree with someone’s views to defend their right to say it. This is what authoritarian regimes do, not us.
If this ruling stands, it’s not just the end of a legal case, it’s the end to free speech.
If this ruling stands, it’s not just the end of a legal case, it’s the end to free speech.
No mention of this on mainstream media!
Louisiana researchers leave labs to rally for science at State Capitol lailluminator.com/2025/03/08/l...
Louisiana researchers leave labs to rally for science at State Capitol lailluminator.com/2025/03/08/l...
Louisiana researchers leave labs to rally for science at State Capitol • Louisiana Illuminator
Louisiana scientists gathered for a rally at the State Capitol to protest the Trump administration’s proposed research funding cuts.
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March 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
No mention of this on mainstream media!
Louisiana researchers leave labs to rally for science at State Capitol lailluminator.com/2025/03/08/l...
Louisiana researchers leave labs to rally for science at State Capitol lailluminator.com/2025/03/08/l...
If you don’t follow Marc Elias, you should …
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My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
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February 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If you don’t follow Marc Elias, you should …
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Van Hollen: "Can you imagine FDR in the middle of WW2 saying to Churchill, 'you know, we're not going to continue to help you until you turn over half of your coal and mineral reserves.' That's not how you behave when you want to support a friend who's under attack by an authoritarian like Putin."
February 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Van Hollen: "Can you imagine FDR in the middle of WW2 saying to Churchill, 'you know, we're not going to continue to help you until you turn over half of your coal and mineral reserves.' That's not how you behave when you want to support a friend who's under attack by an authoritarian like Putin."
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From @hcrichardson.bsky.social Letters From An American newsletter. This belongs on a billboard in every city and town in America.
February 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
From @hcrichardson.bsky.social Letters From An American newsletter. This belongs on a billboard in every city and town in America.
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A time for ‘a look inward’, if ever there was one…👇
Thanks Canada, for a reminder that needs to be said, out loud!
Introspection. Defined. ✨
Thanks Canada, for a reminder that needs to be said, out loud!
Introspection. Defined. ✨
February 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A time for ‘a look inward’, if ever there was one…👇
Thanks Canada, for a reminder that needs to be said, out loud!
Introspection. Defined. ✨
Thanks Canada, for a reminder that needs to be said, out loud!
Introspection. Defined. ✨
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Why isn’t DOGE looking at the budget instead of our actual tax dollars? There is no legitimate reason for him to have access to our data or our money!
Arrest Musk for the largest data breach in US history! Impeach the Secretary of Treasury!
Arrest Musk for the largest data breach in US history! Impeach the Secretary of Treasury!
February 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Why isn’t DOGE looking at the budget instead of our actual tax dollars? There is no legitimate reason for him to have access to our data or our money!
Arrest Musk for the largest data breach in US history! Impeach the Secretary of Treasury!
Arrest Musk for the largest data breach in US history! Impeach the Secretary of Treasury!
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"At 9:21 a.m. on Monday, E.P.A. employees received another email notifying them of that the agencywide intranet was out of service. Without the internal agency network, employees cannot access documents or other information needed for their jobs." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...
Over 1,000 EPA Workers on Climate Change and More Could Be Fired ‘Immediately’
A spokeswoman for Lee Zeldin, the new head of the agency, said the goal was to create an “effective and efficient” federal work force.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"At 9:21 a.m. on Monday, E.P.A. employees received another email notifying them of that the agencywide intranet was out of service. Without the internal agency network, employees cannot access documents or other information needed for their jobs." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...
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Irony is dead in this moment along with common sense. Trump who squawked “but her emails” incessantly, let Musk (unelected/not a govt employee) send his crew of kids in to review classified information & plug devices of unknown origin into the government computer system, compromising everything.
February 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Irony is dead in this moment along with common sense. Trump who squawked “but her emails” incessantly, let Musk (unelected/not a govt employee) send his crew of kids in to review classified information & plug devices of unknown origin into the government computer system, compromising everything.