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'Arrest me': California's governor unfazed by threats of arrest by Tom Homan. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
'Arrest me': California's governor unfazed by threats of arrest from Trump administration official
Both Trump and his "border czar," Tom Homan, have said California officials could face arrest if they're perceived as impeding ICE operations.
www.nbcnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
'Arrest me': California's governor unfazed by threats of arrest by Tom Homan. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.
June 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.
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So WH Press Secretary just asked do we trust Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth or do we trust @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social
Easy answer. I trust my eyes, I trust my ears, I trust my intelligence.
I TRUST JEFFREY GOLDBERG ALL DAY AND EVERY DAY OVER HEGSETH.
Easy answer. I trust my eyes, I trust my ears, I trust my intelligence.
I TRUST JEFFREY GOLDBERG ALL DAY AND EVERY DAY OVER HEGSETH.
March 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
So WH Press Secretary just asked do we trust Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth or do we trust @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social
Easy answer. I trust my eyes, I trust my ears, I trust my intelligence.
I TRUST JEFFREY GOLDBERG ALL DAY AND EVERY DAY OVER HEGSETH.
Easy answer. I trust my eyes, I trust my ears, I trust my intelligence.
I TRUST JEFFREY GOLDBERG ALL DAY AND EVERY DAY OVER HEGSETH.
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“The Trump administration cast them as violent threats against Americans, though a top ICE official admitted in a court filing that “many” of those deported under the act do not have criminal records in the U.S. “
@washingtonpost.com
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They were arrested during routine ICE check-ins. Then they disappeared.
Deportation proceedings are often shrouded in secrecy. But lawyers say the lack of information about the Venezuelan migrants deported under the Alien Enemies Act is nearly unprecedented.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“The Trump administration cast them as violent threats against Americans, though a top ICE official admitted in a court filing that “many” of those deported under the act do not have criminal records in the U.S. “
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With New Decree, Trump Seeks to Cow the Legal Profession
A presidential memorandum aimed at lawyers everywhere struck a menacing tone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
A presidential memorandum aimed at lawyers everywhere struck a menacing tone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
With New Decree, Trump Threatens Lawyers and Law Firms
A presidential memorandum aimed at lawyers everywhere struck a menacing tone.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
With New Decree, Trump Seeks to Cow the Legal Profession
A presidential memorandum aimed at lawyers everywhere struck a menacing tone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
A presidential memorandum aimed at lawyers everywhere struck a menacing tone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
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Perhaps the idea is to streamline the agency and to make it more efficient by focusing it on people Trump doesn’t like.
Maybe it will be renamed the Internal Retribution Service.
Maybe it will be renamed the Internal Retribution Service.
After mass firings, the IRS is poised to close audits of wealthy taxpayers, agents say www.icij.org/inside-icij/... via @ICIJorg
After mass firings, the IRS is poised to close audits of wealthy taxpayers, agents say - ICIJ
The upheaval undermines the agency’s quest to tackle high-end tax cheating.
www.icij.org
March 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Perhaps the idea is to streamline the agency and to make it more efficient by focusing it on people Trump doesn’t like.
Maybe it will be renamed the Internal Retribution Service.
Maybe it will be renamed the Internal Retribution Service.
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“Institutions with resources must resist thuggish bullying, not just for their own sakes, but to protect others who will find it much harder. And for another reason: at an extremely dangerous time in the US and in the world, it’s the right thing to do.”
March 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“Institutions with resources must resist thuggish bullying, not just for their own sakes, but to protect others who will find it much harder. And for another reason: at an extremely dangerous time in the US and in the world, it’s the right thing to do.”
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None of this is normal
“.. The odds of Elon getting whatever Elon wants are much higher today. .. No one ever anticipated that an industry competitor would have access to those kinds of levers of power.”
@nytimes.com
#OligarchEra 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...
@nytimes.com
#OligarchEra 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...
March 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
None of this is normal
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If you have some retirement savings you can call and ask them to take you out of Tesla stock. Why should you be financing an autocratic takeover of your government?
March 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
If you have some retirement savings you can call and ask them to take you out of Tesla stock. Why should you be financing an autocratic takeover of your government?
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"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | DOGE says it’s saving $100 billion. It’s about to lose a lot more.
Cuts to the IRS will backfire by giving tax evaders a free pass.
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March 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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🚨BREAKING: The Trump Administration must immediately offer reinstatement to thousands of probationary federal workers who were recently unlawfully fired, a federal judge ruled Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Judge Orders Trump to Reinstate Thousands of Fired Federal Workers
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Trump Administration must immediately offer reinstatement to thousands of probationary federal workers who were recently unlawfully fired, a federal judge ruled Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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If Democrats don’t protect norms and intuitions, no one else will. You can’t count on Senator Ted Cruz to defend free and fair elections, or Speaker Mike Johnson to stand up for LGBTQ+ rights. And it’s unlikely Senator Susan Collins, despite her…
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
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Democrats Can’t Just Play Dead
The public is frustrated with Trump and Elon’s DOGE-ification of government. It’s time for party leaders to stand up.
www.vanityfair.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If Democrats don’t protect norms and intuitions, no one else will. You can’t count on Senator Ted Cruz to defend free and fair elections, or Speaker Mike Johnson to stand up for LGBTQ+ rights. And it’s unlikely Senator Susan Collins, despite her…
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
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Two market meltdowns.
One common denominator.
One common denominator.
March 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Two market meltdowns.
One common denominator.
One common denominator.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court just weakened the Clean Water Act's limitations on raw sewage discharge into our water in a 5-4 ruling.
March 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just weakened the Clean Water Act's limitations on raw sewage discharge into our water in a 5-4 ruling.
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Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.
March 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.
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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
March 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
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Last week’s staged disrespect of Zelenskyy was a pretext for Donald Trump’s effort to appease Vladimir Putin.
Abandoning allies, bowing down to dictators, and putting democracy at risk – all to what end?
This isn’t leadership, this is cowardice.
Abandoning allies, bowing down to dictators, and putting democracy at risk – all to what end?
This isn’t leadership, this is cowardice.
Trump orders a ‘pause’ of US military aid for Ukraine
President Donald Trump is seeking to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to engage in peace talks with Russia by pausing military aid to Ukraine.
apnews.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Last week’s staged disrespect of Zelenskyy was a pretext for Donald Trump’s effort to appease Vladimir Putin.
Abandoning allies, bowing down to dictators, and putting democracy at risk – all to what end?
This isn’t leadership, this is cowardice.
Abandoning allies, bowing down to dictators, and putting democracy at risk – all to what end?
This isn’t leadership, this is cowardice.
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Trump’s Tax on Working Families will have a devastating impact on Illinois’ manufacturing and agriculture sectors and will hurt hardworking Illinoisans at the grocery store checkout, on their utility bills, and at the gas pump.
March 4, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Trump’s Tax on Working Families will have a devastating impact on Illinois’ manufacturing and agriculture sectors and will hurt hardworking Illinoisans at the grocery store checkout, on their utility bills, and at the gas pump.
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“Illegal” doing a lot of heavy lifting here as Trump matches towards being a dictator. Trump can’t be allowed to define it contrary to the 1st Amendment & rules regarding private property. But beyond that, it should provoke an uproar. Peace protest is an American value.
March 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“Illegal” doing a lot of heavy lifting here as Trump matches towards being a dictator. Trump can’t be allowed to define it contrary to the 1st Amendment & rules regarding private property. But beyond that, it should provoke an uproar. Peace protest is an American value.
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Hiding from the public sounds like a solid plan moving forward 🙄
March 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Hiding from the public sounds like a solid plan moving forward 🙄
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“Illegal protests”
Trump’s crackdown on opposing voices continues.
If you think this is going to be limited to just school campuses, think again.
Trump’s crackdown on opposing voices continues.
If you think this is going to be limited to just school campuses, think again.
March 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“Illegal protests”
Trump’s crackdown on opposing voices continues.
If you think this is going to be limited to just school campuses, think again.
Trump’s crackdown on opposing voices continues.
If you think this is going to be limited to just school campuses, think again.