@ccollier.bsky.social
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the trump administration, obviously concerned with racial equality, thinks its illegal discrimination to spend federal dollars protecting a predominantly black community from raw sewage
Calling it "illegal DEI," Trump issues EO to shut down a program redirecting human waste away from a rural Alabama area regularly flooded with sewage during climate-change-amplified storms.
The area's population is over 72% Black.
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
The area's population is over 72% Black.
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Trump shut down program to end human waste backing into Alabama homes, calling it 'illegal DEI'
A $26 million federal program to help residents of Lowndes County, Alabama, who have dealt with inadequate sewage systems for decades was stopped by an executive order.
www.nbcnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
the trump administration, obviously concerned with racial equality, thinks its illegal discrimination to spend federal dollars protecting a predominantly black community from raw sewage
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the corruption unfolding in plain sight is of a massive scale.
dems should be all over this.
dems should be all over this.
An Abu Dhabi-backed company will use a digital coin affiliated with President Trump in a $2 billion deal, a founder of his family crypto firm said on Thursday. The transaction is a public and vivid illustration of the ethical conflicts swirling around Trump’s crypto firm.
At a Dubai Conference, Trump’s Conflicts Take Center Stage
A deal for a state-backed Emirati firm to use a Trump-affiliated digital coin was announced in a panel that included the president’s son and his business partner, who promised, “This is only the begin...
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
the corruption unfolding in plain sight is of a massive scale.
dems should be all over this.
dems should be all over this.
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"A federal judge is raising alarms that the Trump administration deported a two-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with “no meaningful process,” even as the child’s father was frantically petitioning the courts to keep her in the country."
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’
The girl was deported Friday with her mother to Honduras, despite her father’s efforts to keep her in the United States.
www.politico.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
"A federal judge is raising alarms that the Trump administration deported a two-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with “no meaningful process,” even as the child’s father was frantically petitioning the courts to keep her in the country."
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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MyPillow CEO's Lawyer Embarrassed In Court After Judge Grills Him Over Using AI In Legal Filing https://twp.ai/4ilykE
www.huffpost.com
MyPillow CEO's Lawyer Embarrassed In Court After Judge Grills Him Over Using AI In Legal Filing
twp.ai
April 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
MyPillow CEO's Lawyer Embarrassed In Court After Judge Grills Him Over Using AI In Legal Filing https://twp.ai/4ilykE
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Agents descended on an attorney’s home, used an electronic jamming device to kill his Wi-Fi, disabled his Ring camera, and refused to show ID. All because he did some pro bono immigration work to help out an undocumented family. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
The courage to be decent
The Trump administration wants to make us too afraid to look out for one another. Don't let them.
radleybalko.substack.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Agents descended on an attorney’s home, used an electronic jamming device to kill his Wi-Fi, disabled his Ring camera, and refused to show ID. All because he did some pro bono immigration work to help out an undocumented family. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
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US consumer sentiment sees largest drop since 1990 after Trump tariff chaos
US consumer sentiment sees largest drop since 1990 after Trump tariff chaos
Experts warn of slowing economy after score based on Americans’ financial outlooks fell by 32% since January
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
US consumer sentiment sees largest drop since 1990 after Trump tariff chaos
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My Deep Dive: This Isn’t Just About Arresting a Judge—It’s an Authoritarianism Test Run
Sitting judge, Hannah Dugan, was arrested under murky pretenses. She DID NOT break the law—she questioned an unenforceable ICE warrant, as any judge should. This is testing unadulterated federal power.
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Sitting judge, Hannah Dugan, was arrested under murky pretenses. She DID NOT break the law—she questioned an unenforceable ICE warrant, as any judge should. This is testing unadulterated federal power.
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April 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
My Deep Dive: This Isn’t Just About Arresting a Judge—It’s an Authoritarianism Test Run
Sitting judge, Hannah Dugan, was arrested under murky pretenses. She DID NOT break the law—she questioned an unenforceable ICE warrant, as any judge should. This is testing unadulterated federal power.
🧵(1/9)
Sitting judge, Hannah Dugan, was arrested under murky pretenses. She DID NOT break the law—she questioned an unenforceable ICE warrant, as any judge should. This is testing unadulterated federal power.
🧵(1/9)
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President Biden takes up a lot of space in the shrinking gray matter of Trump. Jealousy is a b*tch.
🤡 Trump has mentioned Biden on average 6 times every day of his presidency
Trump has repeatedly said TARIFF is the most beautiful word in the dictionary
Seems that JOE is too, Trump has mentioned President Biden at least 580 times since he's been in the WH
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump has repeatedly said TARIFF is the most beautiful word in the dictionary
Seems that JOE is too, Trump has mentioned President Biden at least 580 times since he's been in the WH
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump has mentioned Biden on average six times every day of his presidency
President has made reference to his Democratic predecessor 580 times since returning to office in January
www.independent.co.uk
April 26, 2025 at 6:46 AM
President Biden takes up a lot of space in the shrinking gray matter of Trump. Jealousy is a b*tch.
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Trump news at a glance: Battle with judiciary escalates as FBI arrests county judge
Trump news at a glance: Battle with judiciary escalates as FBI arrests county judge
FBI director Kash Patel accuses judge Hannah Dugan of helping an ‘illegal alien' evade arrest – key US politics stories from 25 April at a glance
The Trump administration’s war on the judiciary deepened on Friday as the FBI arrested a county circuit judge on charges of obstruction, accusing her of helping a man evade immigration authorities as they sought his arrest at her courthouse.
The judge, Hannah Dugan, was apprehended in the courthouse where she works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a spokesperson for the US Marshals Service confirmed to the Guardian. Kash Patel, the Trump-appointed FBI director, wrote on X that he believed Dugan “intentionally misdirected federal agents away from” Eduardo Flores Ruiz, who he called an “illegal alien”. Agents “chased down” the man and arrested him later, he added. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Trump news at a glance: Battle with judiciary escalates as FBI arrests county judge
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Texas Mom Accused Of Serving Boozy Jell-O Shots At Elementary School Party https://twp.ai/4ilykC
www.huffpost.com
Texas Mom Accused Of Serving What?!? At School Party
twp.ai
April 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Texas Mom Accused Of Serving Boozy Jell-O Shots At Elementary School Party https://twp.ai/4ilykC
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We already have a dictatorship, the signs are everywhere!! Get your marching shoes ready! 👟
This requires sustained protests!
This requires sustained protests!
BREAKING NEWS: Kennedy Center events scheduled for the World Pride celebration in Washington have been canceled, organizers say.
Kennedy Center events scheduled for LGBTQ+ pride celebration have been canceled, organizers say
Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington, D.C.
bit.ly
April 26, 2025 at 6:54 AM
We already have a dictatorship, the signs are everywhere!! Get your marching shoes ready! 👟
This requires sustained protests!
This requires sustained protests!
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Someone on TikTok pointed out that Pedro Pascal’s two sentence Instagram comment got more press for trans rights than all trans people combined in the wake of this ruling- which is infuriating but also a reason for more cis people to speak out
If you want an objective lesson in disgustingly reframing and argument, read that in full and see what they do in the last paragraphs.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ap...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ap...
Pedro Pascal calls JK Rowling a ‘heinous loser’ in wake of supreme court gender ruling
The actor has long been an activist for LGBTQ+ rights and has a transgender sister who often accompanies him on the red carpet
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Someone on TikTok pointed out that Pedro Pascal’s two sentence Instagram comment got more press for trans rights than all trans people combined in the wake of this ruling- which is infuriating but also a reason for more cis people to speak out
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The FT’s Martin Wolf does not give investment advice in WhatsApp groups, but he does call out Meta for profiting from the fraudsters impersonating him who are.
Playing ‘whack-a-mole’ with Meta over my fraudulent avatars
How is it possible that a company with such huge resources, including artificial intelligence tools, cannot deal with this?
on.ft.com
April 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The FT’s Martin Wolf does not give investment advice in WhatsApp groups, but he does call out Meta for profiting from the fraudsters impersonating him who are.
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George Santos Sentenced To Over 7 Years In Prison For Fraud And Identity Theft https://twp.ai/4ilykG
www.huffpost.com
George Santos Sentenced To Over 7 Years In Prison For Fraud And Identity Theft
twp.ai
April 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
George Santos Sentenced To Over 7 Years In Prison For Fraud And Identity Theft https://twp.ai/4ilykG
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Wisconsin Judge Arrested By FBI Accused Of Helping Undocumented Immigrant ‘Evade Arrest’ https://twp.ai/4ilykF
www.huffpost.com
Wisconsin Judge Arrested By FBI Accused Of Helping Undocumented Immigrant ‘Evade Arrest’
twp.ai
April 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Wisconsin Judge Arrested By FBI Accused Of Helping Undocumented Immigrant ‘Evade Arrest’ https://twp.ai/4ilykF
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On This Day, April 26: Syrian ends 29-year military presence in Lebanon https://twp.ai/4ilyj3
www.upi.com
On This Day, April 26: Syrian ends 29-year military presence in Lebanon - UPI.com
twp.ai
April 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
On This Day, April 26: Syrian ends 29-year military presence in Lebanon https://twp.ai/4ilyj3
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so I guess for the foreseeable future I’m going to have to wake up every couple of hours in the middle of every night to refresh supremecourt.gov to see if anything new has happened in the ongoing case of 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝙭 𝙧𝙚𝙡. 𝘽𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙫. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙪𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙖𝙬
Supreme Court of the United States Home
supremecourt.gov
April 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
so I guess for the foreseeable future I’m going to have to wake up every couple of hours in the middle of every night to refresh supremecourt.gov to see if anything new has happened in the ongoing case of 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝙭 𝙧𝙚𝙡. 𝘽𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙫. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙪𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙖𝙬
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"I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again"
@maddow.msnbc.com
My dad is 98, WWII USNavy Veteran. Showed up for democracy in San Diego today. "I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again!" 💙🇺🇸💙 THIS is what democracy looks like!!!!
My dad is 98, WWII USNavy Veteran. Showed up for democracy in San Diego today. "I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again!" 💙🇺🇸💙 THIS is what democracy looks like!!!!
April 20, 2025 at 4:50 AM
"I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again"
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Kremlin forces of violating a 30-hour Easter Sunday truce declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin, and reiterated his proposal to extend the ceasefire for another month.
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Accuses Russia of Violating Easter Truce
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Kremlin forces of violating a 30-hour Easter Sunday truce declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin, and reiterated his proposal to extend the ceasefire for another month.
bloom.bg
April 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Kremlin forces of violating a 30-hour Easter Sunday truce declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin, and reiterated his proposal to extend the ceasefire for another month.
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Our union sister, Rümeysa Öztürk, has been detained by ICE for exercising her right to free speech. Please consider contributing to or sharing this fundraiser organized by Rümeysa's immigration court legal team:
Justice for Rümeysa Öztürk
Dear Friends, Allies, and Supporters,
chuffed.org
April 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Our union sister, Rümeysa Öztürk, has been detained by ICE for exercising her right to free speech. Please consider contributing to or sharing this fundraiser organized by Rümeysa's immigration court legal team:
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19-year-old Merwil Gutiérrez was arrested just steps from his apartment in the Bronx.
“The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.’”
“The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.’”
April 17, 2025 at 5:48 AM
19-year-old Merwil Gutiérrez was arrested just steps from his apartment in the Bronx.
“The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.’”
“The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.’”
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I wrote to Democracy Docket members in February about the exact scenario now playing out in federal court -- including what happens next if the Trump administration tries to ignore a finding of contempt.
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April 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I wrote to Democracy Docket members in February about the exact scenario now playing out in federal court -- including what happens next if the Trump administration tries to ignore a finding of contempt.
Sign up now to stay informed. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-signup
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Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said authorities in El Salvador had denied him access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man mistakenly deported and being held in a notorious prison in the country.
April 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said authorities in El Salvador had denied him access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man mistakenly deported and being held in a notorious prison in the country.
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Fighting the oligarchy with 36,000 new friends today. Thanks for pulling us together, Bernie.
April 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Fighting the oligarchy with 36,000 new friends today. Thanks for pulling us together, Bernie.