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President Trump has promised to attack drug gangs and called for the death penalty for street dealers. But he has also pardoned more than 20 people serving time for serious drug crimes, some involving violence.
Trump pardons drug kingpins even as he escalates U.S. drug war rhetoric
President Trump has promised to attack drug gangs and called for the death penalty for street dealers. But he has also pardoned more than 20 people serving time for serious drug crimes, some involving violence.
n.pr
June 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
President Trump has promised to attack drug gangs and called for the death penalty for street dealers. But he has also pardoned more than 20 people serving time for serious drug crimes, some involving violence.
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“If we don’t understand what’s happening and why it’s happening, you can’t be adapting. … You’re just going to suffer,” said a member of NOAA’s scientific advisory board. “We’re going to see huge impacts on infrastructure and lives lost in the U.S.”
By @abrahm.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
www.propublica.org
May 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“If we don’t understand what’s happening and why it’s happening, you can’t be adapting. … You’re just going to suffer,” said a member of NOAA’s scientific advisory board. “We’re going to see huge impacts on infrastructure and lives lost in the U.S.”
By @abrahm.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social
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Paying an extortionist -- where do you think it ends? Do you think he honors his side of the supposed "deal"? Really?
Meanwhile, as Big Law ill-advisedly pays the protection racket, there's a huge need for lawyers to help regular people Trump is illegally targeting:
www.cm-life.com/article/2025...
Meanwhile, as Big Law ill-advisedly pays the protection racket, there's a huge need for lawyers to help regular people Trump is illegally targeting:
www.cm-life.com/article/2025...
April 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Paying an extortionist -- where do you think it ends? Do you think he honors his side of the supposed "deal"? Really?
Meanwhile, as Big Law ill-advisedly pays the protection racket, there's a huge need for lawyers to help regular people Trump is illegally targeting:
www.cm-life.com/article/2025...
Meanwhile, as Big Law ill-advisedly pays the protection racket, there's a huge need for lawyers to help regular people Trump is illegally targeting:
www.cm-life.com/article/2025...
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Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate":
"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..."
www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...
"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..."
www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...
Trump’s budget plan eviscerates weather and climate research, and it could be enacted immediately | CNN
The cuts could cripple US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate weather and climate data and expert analysis. It could also halt research on deadly weather, including seve...
www.cnn.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate":
"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..."
www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...
"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..."
www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...
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"Our parents are actively fighting for our country for us to be able to have these rights..."
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
April 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"Our parents are actively fighting for our country for us to be able to have these rights..."
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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"Standing up to abuse of power is difficult. It can also be inspiring. People who do so often look back proudly on their actions and are celebrated for it after a crisis passes. But crises don't usually end on their own. Resolving them requires courage and action..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/o...
Opinion | A Playbook for Law Firms and Colleges to Stand Up to President Trump
Law firms and universities do not need to capitulate. Here’s how they can fight back.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"Standing up to abuse of power is difficult. It can also be inspiring. People who do so often look back proudly on their actions and are celebrated for it after a crisis passes. But crises don't usually end on their own. Resolving them requires courage and action..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/o...
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They're eating the 401ks!
They're eating the Social Security!
They're eating the retirements of the people who live here!
They're eating the Social Security!
They're eating the retirements of the people who live here!
April 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
They're eating the 401ks!
They're eating the Social Security!
They're eating the retirements of the people who live here!
They're eating the Social Security!
They're eating the retirements of the people who live here!
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"The problem with a delayed response is that the more power leaders with authoritarian tendencies accumulate, the harder it is to mount an effective resistance. The opposition is thus more likely to succeed if it acts early..."
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
How to Save a Democracy
Americans can learn from opponents of authoritarianism elsewhere.
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"The problem with a delayed response is that the more power leaders with authoritarian tendencies accumulate, the harder it is to mount an effective resistance. The opposition is thus more likely to succeed if it acts early..."
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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The author of this piece is an American photo journalist who has been embedded in El Salvador. Reading this piece is frightening and it should be. It's who we are in danger of becoming. time.com/7269604/el-s...
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The author of this piece is an American photo journalist who has been embedded in El Salvador. Reading this piece is frightening and it should be. It's who we are in danger of becoming. time.com/7269604/el-s...
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It never got a lot of attention, but Aber put a WHOLE LOT of child predators w/ties to law enforcement in prison.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
Former US attorney for Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber found dead at 43
Jessica Aber, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), was found dead Saturday morning, the Alexandria Police Department said. She was 43 years old. The cause and circumstance...
www.nbcwashington.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It never got a lot of attention, but Aber put a WHOLE LOT of child predators w/ties to law enforcement in prison.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
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Conservative Judge J Michael Luttig explains here why Trump’s battle against the courts will fail. In America, no person is king. Only the law is king.
Opinion | Trump Won’t Win a War Against the Courts
The judiciary will never surrender to the president its constitutional role to interpret the Constitution.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Conservative Judge J Michael Luttig explains here why Trump’s battle against the courts will fail. In America, no person is king. Only the law is king.
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“Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
Marc Elias
Marc Elias
March 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
“Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
Marc Elias
Marc Elias
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Let's send the #DOGE team over to #TESLA HQ to find out why Tesla's corporate filings show a missing $1.4 Billion.
Sounds like a shit-ton of waste, fraud and abuse for a publicly-traded company!
futurism.com/huge-amount-...
Sounds like a shit-ton of waste, fraud and abuse for a publicly-traded company!
futurism.com/huge-amount-...
A Huge Amount of Money Is Missing From Tesla
As the Financial Times reports, a whopping $1.4 billion is unaccounted for in Tesla's financial statements.
futurism.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Let's send the #DOGE team over to #TESLA HQ to find out why Tesla's corporate filings show a missing $1.4 Billion.
Sounds like a shit-ton of waste, fraud and abuse for a publicly-traded company!
futurism.com/huge-amount-...
Sounds like a shit-ton of waste, fraud and abuse for a publicly-traded company!
futurism.com/huge-amount-...
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This government is deeply racist. Prove me wrong!
March 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This government is deeply racist. Prove me wrong!
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I will fearlessly and unapologetically continue to stand up for democracy, no matter what the president says about me.
Democracy Docket will do the same: www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
Democracy Docket will do the same: www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
March 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I will fearlessly and unapologetically continue to stand up for democracy, no matter what the president says about me.
Democracy Docket will do the same: www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
Democracy Docket will do the same: www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
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Sanders: In our form a government, unless you are a coward, you don’t sue the media because they report on things you don’t like.
March 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Sanders: In our form a government, unless you are a coward, you don’t sue the media because they report on things you don’t like.
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I’m proud to picket alongside workers to defend every New Mexican who relies on the vital services post offices provide. @apwu.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I’m proud to picket alongside workers to defend every New Mexican who relies on the vital services post offices provide. @apwu.bsky.social
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Sue Gordon shared her concerns about her son's firing from the Department of Education. There is a noticeable sense of frustration at this Scott Perry town hall. Attendees appear to be quite displeased.
🎥 Sean Kitchen
🎥 Sean Kitchen
March 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sue Gordon shared her concerns about her son's firing from the Department of Education. There is a noticeable sense of frustration at this Scott Perry town hall. Attendees appear to be quite displeased.
🎥 Sean Kitchen
🎥 Sean Kitchen
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“They will be found,” warns U.S. President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser as White House lashes out at the media.” www.politico.eu/article/elon...
Elon Musk threatens Pentagon leakers after NYT report on secret China war briefing
“They will be found,” warns U.S. President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser as White House lashes out at the media.
www.politico.eu
March 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“They will be found,” warns U.S. President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser as White House lashes out at the media.” www.politico.eu/article/elon...
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"What would America be without Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis; Marilyn Monroe and Clint Eastwood, hip hop and jazz, Michael Jordan, Shaq, Lebron James and Venus and Serena Williams. America is Whitney Houston and Ella Fitzgerald; Frank Sinatra, Rock Hudson and The Rock."
My latest, on the maga culture vultures who are trying to erase Black people, women and LGBTQ people from American history. Also the Evers family responds. www.joyannreid.com/p/a-nightly-...
A Nightly Reid: what is America without us?
As American democracy falls apart, those who aren't actively emigrating are digging in for the fight, while the maga regime deletes all but the herrenvolk
www.joyannreid.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"What would America be without Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis; Marilyn Monroe and Clint Eastwood, hip hop and jazz, Michael Jordan, Shaq, Lebron James and Venus and Serena Williams. America is Whitney Houston and Ella Fitzgerald; Frank Sinatra, Rock Hudson and The Rock."
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This just doesn’t do it.
March 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This just doesn’t do it.
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"If a foreign country was to learn how the United States planned to fight a war against them, it could reinforce its defenses and address its weaknesses, making the plans far less likely to succeed."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
"If a foreign country was to learn how the United States planned to fight a war against them, it could reinforce its defenses and address its weaknesses, making the plans far less likely to succeed."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
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i like that trump has basically made segregation a condition of everything he touches.
This is wild. Trump says he’s withdrawing his executive order targeting the Paul Weiss law firm because they acknowledged “wrongdoing.”
They’re also going to provide “$40 million in pro bono legal services over the course of President Trump's term to support the Administration's initiatives”
They’re also going to provide “$40 million in pro bono legal services over the course of President Trump's term to support the Administration's initiatives”
March 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
i like that trump has basically made segregation a condition of everything he touches.