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@hcrichardson.bsky.social and Senator King lighting all the lamps in the Old North Church.
A thoughtful and constructive conversation for the current moment, very much worth your time.
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A thoughtful and constructive conversation for the current moment, very much worth your time.
bsky.app/profile/noni...
April 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social and Senator King lighting all the lamps in the Old North Church.
A thoughtful and constructive conversation for the current moment, very much worth your time.
bsky.app/profile/noni...
A thoughtful and constructive conversation for the current moment, very much worth your time.
bsky.app/profile/noni...
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Every dictator in history has claimed that they’ll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst.
Every dictator in history has lied.
Donald Trump is no different.
Every dictator in history has lied.
Donald Trump is no different.
April 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Every dictator in history has claimed that they’ll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst.
Every dictator in history has lied.
Donald Trump is no different.
Every dictator in history has lied.
Donald Trump is no different.
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This administration is literally disappearing innocent people off the street and sending them to brutal foreign prisons in defiance of a unanimous Supreme Court. This fact must scare every American who respects the rule of law and loves the ideals on which this country was founded.
#ResistTrump
#ResistTrump
April 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This administration is literally disappearing innocent people off the street and sending them to brutal foreign prisons in defiance of a unanimous Supreme Court. This fact must scare every American who respects the rule of law and loves the ideals on which this country was founded.
#ResistTrump
#ResistTrump
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‘A Loophole That Would Swallow the Constitution’
“If Donald Trump can disappear people to El Salvador without due process, he can do anything.”
By Jonathan Chait
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
“If Donald Trump can disappear people to El Salvador without due process, he can do anything.”
By Jonathan Chait
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
April 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
‘A Loophole That Would Swallow the Constitution’
“If Donald Trump can disappear people to El Salvador without due process, he can do anything.”
By Jonathan Chait
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
“If Donald Trump can disappear people to El Salvador without due process, he can do anything.”
By Jonathan Chait
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Here's Trump saying to Bukele that "homegrown criminals are next" and talking about how El Salvador will need to build "about five more places."
April 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Here's Trump saying to Bukele that "homegrown criminals are next" and talking about how El Salvador will need to build "about five more places."
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For those keeping score at home…
February 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
For those keeping score at home…
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The public broadcaster says it is closing its Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office to comply with a recent executive order from President Donald Trump.
PBS shutters DEI office
The public broadcaster says it is closing its Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office to comply with a recent executive order from President Donald Trump.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The public broadcaster says it is closing its Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office to comply with a recent executive order from President Donald Trump.
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LOUDER FOR THOSE THAT THINK THIS IS A TRAP PROTEST. If someone is trying to tell you to NOT protest, they are most likely a BOT and should be ignored!
Not a trap. They’ve been trying to find backers and supporters.
February 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
LOUDER FOR THOSE THAT THINK THIS IS A TRAP PROTEST. If someone is trying to tell you to NOT protest, they are most likely a BOT and should be ignored!
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Elon Musk is a terrible president.
February 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Elon Musk is a terrible president.
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These DOGE guys' phone numbers & addresses are easy to find, in case anyone wants to file a FOIA request for all their communications (including those on any personal devices used to conduct government business), or serve them with evidence preservation demand letters in anticipation of litigation
Gavin Kliger, Elon's DOGE hitler youth shutting down USAID, is now indirectly responsible for the deaths of thousands of children. His Instagram appears to be @gkliger. He's scrubbing his online footprint.
Here's an archived copy of Kliger's resume: web.archive.org/web/20240418...
Here's an archived copy of Kliger's resume: web.archive.org/web/20240418...
February 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
These DOGE guys' phone numbers & addresses are easy to find, in case anyone wants to file a FOIA request for all their communications (including those on any personal devices used to conduct government business), or serve them with evidence preservation demand letters in anticipation of litigation
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Billionaire Elon Musk has stated that work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency, USAID. Officials have been instructed not to report to work and have been locked out of the building.
February 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Billionaire Elon Musk has stated that work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency, USAID. Officials have been instructed not to report to work and have been locked out of the building.
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A long dark night has begun in America
February 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A long dark night has begun in America
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In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration announced it would remove the New York Times and three other media organizations from dedicated office spaces in the Pentagon to make room for others.
Trump's Pentagon says it will 'rotate' out some media from offices
The memo said that the New York Times, National Public Radio, NBC News and Politico must vacate their spaces by Feb. 14
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February 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration announced it would remove the New York Times and three other media organizations from dedicated office spaces in the Pentagon to make room for others.
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January 31, 2025
January 31, 2025
On February 1, 1862, in the early days of the Civil War, the Atlantic Monthly published Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic,” summing up the cause of freedom for which the United States tro...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
January 31, 2025
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The USA has had two major plane crashes in the last 4 days.
The USA had previously not suffered a major plane crash for 16 years.
‘DEI’ programs have existed for decades.
So what was it that changed in the last 14 days or so to suddenly cause so many crashes?
The USA had previously not suffered a major plane crash for 16 years.
‘DEI’ programs have existed for decades.
So what was it that changed in the last 14 days or so to suddenly cause so many crashes?
February 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The USA has had two major plane crashes in the last 4 days.
The USA had previously not suffered a major plane crash for 16 years.
‘DEI’ programs have existed for decades.
So what was it that changed in the last 14 days or so to suddenly cause so many crashes?
The USA had previously not suffered a major plane crash for 16 years.
‘DEI’ programs have existed for decades.
So what was it that changed in the last 14 days or so to suddenly cause so many crashes?
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The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with allies of Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems.
David A. Lebryk has served in nonpolitical roles at Treasury for several decades. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
David A. Lebryk has served in nonpolitical roles at Treasury for several decades. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with allies of Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems.
David A. Lebryk has served in nonpolitical roles at Treasury for several decades. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
David A. Lebryk has served in nonpolitical roles at Treasury for several decades. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...