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Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said that the US had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized US President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like ‘a Roman emperor’ reut.rs/4iRDMfK
Costa Rican former President Oscar Arias says US revoked his visa
Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said on Tuesday that the U.S. had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized U.S. President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like "a Roman emperor."
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April 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said that the US had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized US President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like ‘a Roman emperor’ reut.rs/4iRDMfK
No evidence. No due process. I am warning you now that this is a “test case” to see what they can get away with. If you don’t care because you think it doesn’t affect you - it does, and it will. This is how rule of law is eroded. They start with vulnerable populations and expand out.
JUST IN: It was not immediately clear if the deportations happened before or after a federal judge in D.C. on Saturday issued an emergency order that told the administration to stop using wartime powers to deport anyone, and turn around any planes already in the air.
Hundreds of alleged gang members deported from U.S. despite court order
It was not immediately clear if the deportations happened before or after a federal judge in D.C. on Saturday issued an emergency order that told the administration to stop using wartime powers to dep...
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March 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
No evidence. No due process. I am warning you now that this is a “test case” to see what they can get away with. If you don’t care because you think it doesn’t affect you - it does, and it will. This is how rule of law is eroded. They start with vulnerable populations and expand out.
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I would support this! We need to primary the dinosaurs.
AOC should announce a primary against Schumer tonight.
March 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I would support this! We need to primary the dinosaurs.
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This is exactly right. They don’t get to enjoy concerts or restaurants or anything while they destroy the country.
JD Vance just got massively booed after arriving at the Kennedy Center.
(video per Andrew Roth)
(video per Andrew Roth)
March 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This is exactly right. They don’t get to enjoy concerts or restaurants or anything while they destroy the country.
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
March 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
This is wild.
March 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This is wild.
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This is Alvin. He is 19 years old but still likes to be held like a baby. Because he still is a baby. 13/10 #SeniorPupSaturday
February 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is Alvin. He is 19 years old but still likes to be held like a baby. Because he still is a baby. 13/10 #SeniorPupSaturday
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This is Buster. He's having the best day ever. Gets to play in the pool AND get rained on at the same time. 13/10 every lab's dream
February 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is Buster. He's having the best day ever. Gets to play in the pool AND get rained on at the same time. 13/10 every lab's dream
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This is Chewy. He is a skater boy. She said see you later boy. He was way too good for her. All of her friends, stuck pup their nose. They had a pawblem with his doggy clothes. 12/10
February 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is Chewy. He is a skater boy. She said see you later boy. He was way too good for her. All of her friends, stuck pup their nose. They had a pawblem with his doggy clothes. 12/10
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Donald Trump signed a bunch of executive orders rolling back abortion protections in the middle of the night, hoping that no one would notice.
This is — and always has been — about controlling women’s bodies. I’m fighting back.
This is — and always has been — about controlling women’s bodies. I’m fighting back.
February 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Donald Trump signed a bunch of executive orders rolling back abortion protections in the middle of the night, hoping that no one would notice.
This is — and always has been — about controlling women’s bodies. I’m fighting back.
This is — and always has been — about controlling women’s bodies. I’m fighting back.
When I was in law school I took a seminar called Presidential Powers that examined the expansion of Executive power through the 20th/21st century. We talked frequently about the danger of Congress doing this. Six years ago. In LAW SCHOOL. Most of them are lawyers. They know what they’re doing.
This. Especially Senate Republicans.
The greatest political scandal today is not what Trump is doing. It is the fact that congressional Republicans have given up their role in the constitutional system as a check on the executive branch. If we are in a constitutional crisis, it is as much on Mike Johnson and John Thune as anyone else.
February 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
When I was in law school I took a seminar called Presidential Powers that examined the expansion of Executive power through the 20th/21st century. We talked frequently about the danger of Congress doing this. Six years ago. In LAW SCHOOL. Most of them are lawyers. They know what they’re doing.
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Trump *also* seems to think those he casts as destroying the Country violate the Law by their very being. Trump calls immigrants from Latin America, Asia, and Africa “illegals.” Trump frames queer people as “groomers.” 1/2
February 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Trump *also* seems to think those he casts as destroying the Country violate the Law by their very being. Trump calls immigrants from Latin America, Asia, and Africa “illegals.” Trump frames queer people as “groomers.” 1/2
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A point to consider.
February 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A point to consider.
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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
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Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
Good for them.
The Kennedy Center was created by bipartisan legislation signed by former President Eisenhower in 1958. President Trump appointed himself and members of his administration to the board.
Shonda Rhimes, Issa Rae have cut ties with the Kennedy Center now that Trump is chair
The Kennedy Center was created by bipartisan legislation signed by former President Eisenhower in 1958. President Trump appointed himself and members of his administration to the board.
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February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Good for them.
How about…because he knew RFK Jr. would get confirmed anyway, and therefore his sudden development of personal integrity wouldn’t matter for shit. You don’t get to play saint or martyr when you’re a chief architect of this entire dystopia we’re in right now. Too little, too late.
A survivor of childhood polio, Sen. Mitch McConnell was the only Republican in the Senate to vote No. Here's how he explained his vote.
Why Mitch McConnell voted against RFK Jr. for health secretary
A survivor of childhood polio, Sen. Mitch McConnell was the only Republican in the Senate to vote No. Here's how he explained his vote.
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February 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
How about…because he knew RFK Jr. would get confirmed anyway, and therefore his sudden development of personal integrity wouldn’t matter for shit. You don’t get to play saint or martyr when you’re a chief architect of this entire dystopia we’re in right now. Too little, too late.
Literally only 5 years after a global pandemic hit. This has got to be the dumbest timeline. Grateful I don’t have children.
Putting RFK Jr. in charge of the nation’s public health is a huge mistake.
When dangerous diseases resurface and people can’t access lifesaving vaccines, all Americans will suffer — and RFK Jr.’s family could keep getting richer thanks to his serious conflicts of interest.
When dangerous diseases resurface and people can’t access lifesaving vaccines, all Americans will suffer — and RFK Jr.’s family could keep getting richer thanks to his serious conflicts of interest.
February 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Literally only 5 years after a global pandemic hit. This has got to be the dumbest timeline. Grateful I don’t have children.
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This.
The AP must refuse this but more importantly the rest of the White House Correspondents Association should back them.
Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case.
Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.
Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case.
Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.
"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office."
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February 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This.
Cue “Karma” by Taylor Swift.
The Chiefs have totally collapsed. Karma is real.
February 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Cue “Karma” by Taylor Swift.
Judicial review, bitches. Judicial review. Separation of Powers 101.
February 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Judicial review, bitches. Judicial review. Separation of Powers 101.