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Trump Is Building a Machine to Disappear People www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Building a Machine to Disappear People
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Trump Is Building a Machine to Disappear People www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
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The UK and foreign ministers from 28 countries issued a joint statement on Monday condemning Israel’s war on Palestinians and calling for an end to the conflict in Gaza.
July 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The UK and foreign ministers from 28 countries issued a joint statement on Monday condemning Israel’s war on Palestinians and calling for an end to the conflict in Gaza.
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Pam Bondi is visiting Alcatraz today to announce a ridiculous plan to reopen it as a prison.
This same administration’s already blowing $450 mill/year on tents & chain-link fences in a swamp.
Speaker Emerita Pelosi didn’t hold back. She called Trump’s Alcatraz stunt his “stupidest initiative yet.”
This same administration’s already blowing $450 mill/year on tents & chain-link fences in a swamp.
Speaker Emerita Pelosi didn’t hold back. She called Trump’s Alcatraz stunt his “stupidest initiative yet.”
July 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Pam Bondi is visiting Alcatraz today to announce a ridiculous plan to reopen it as a prison.
This same administration’s already blowing $450 mill/year on tents & chain-link fences in a swamp.
Speaker Emerita Pelosi didn’t hold back. She called Trump’s Alcatraz stunt his “stupidest initiative yet.”
This same administration’s already blowing $450 mill/year on tents & chain-link fences in a swamp.
Speaker Emerita Pelosi didn’t hold back. She called Trump’s Alcatraz stunt his “stupidest initiative yet.”
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The Great American Heist You’re Paying For
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The Great American Heist You’re Paying For
Rep. Summer Lee on how Trump’s megabill is the biggest wealth transfer in history and how money in politics is fueling authoritarianism.
theintercept.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The Great American Heist You’re Paying For
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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
July 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
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People are dying
Q: "A 75 year old Cuban national died in ICE custody. He had lived in the U.S. for 60 years...Is there anything you can tell us about that?"
Border Czar Tom Homan: "People die in ICE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
Border Czar Tom Homan: "People die in ICE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
July 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
People are dying
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Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all. It comes at a time of near-record inequalities of income and wealth.
This budget bill is a nightmare.
This budget bill is a nightmare.
The Worst Bill in History
Trump’s giant budget-busting, Medicaid-shattering, shafting-the-poor-and-working-class, making-the-rich-even richer bill
robertreich.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all. It comes at a time of near-record inequalities of income and wealth.
This budget bill is a nightmare.
This budget bill is a nightmare.
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Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and curettage procedure, which quickly empties the uterus and allows it to close, protecting against a life-threatening hemorrhage.
NEW: More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
July 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and curettage procedure, which quickly empties the uterus and allows it to close, protecting against a life-threatening hemorrhage.
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Goddamn it
NEW: The Supreme Court's conservatives halt a preliminary injunction that had restricted the Trump administration's ability to rapidly deport migrants to "third countries" where they have never lived and where allegedly face torture. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
![DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. v.
D.V.D., ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[June 23, 2025]
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE JACKSON
and by her referred to the Court is granted. The April 18,
2025, preliminary injunction of the United States District
Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 25–cv–
10676, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is
timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall
terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted,
the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of the Court.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
In matters of life and death, it is best to proceed with caution. In this case, the Government took the opposite approach. It wrongfully deported one plaintiff to Guatemala,
even though an Immigration Judge found he was likely to
face torture there. Then, in clear violation of a court order,
it deported six more to South Sudan, a nation the State Department considers too unsafe for all but its most critical
personnel. An attentive District Court’s timely intervention only narrowly prevented a third set of unlawful removals to Libya.
Rather than allowing our lower court colleagues to manage this high-stakes litigation with the care and attention](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreietxy2onxpw2fhgui4rl6cuor52zfdsq5dirhspuslk7tqxfq4rty@jpeg)
June 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Goddamn it
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Please watch this speech.
It's okay to be frightened in these times. But Canadians will hold firm. We are the front line in the defence of democracy. We will never back down in the face of the threats coming at us from across the border.
True. North. Strong. Free.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esdy...
It's okay to be frightened in these times. But Canadians will hold firm. We are the front line in the defence of democracy. We will never back down in the face of the threats coming at us from across the border.
True. North. Strong. Free.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esdy...
CHARLIE ANGUS - CANADA IS THE LINE IN THE SAND
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Please watch this speech.
It's okay to be frightened in these times. But Canadians will hold firm. We are the front line in the defence of democracy. We will never back down in the face of the threats coming at us from across the border.
True. North. Strong. Free.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esdy...
It's okay to be frightened in these times. But Canadians will hold firm. We are the front line in the defence of democracy. We will never back down in the face of the threats coming at us from across the border.
True. North. Strong. Free.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esdy...
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This is just embarrassing A serial sex offender … Again class solidarity comes first
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It wasn't the plan, but Lamont endorsed Cuomo
Gov. Ned Lamont made an unplanned endorsement of Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York on Monday, saying he'd rank Cuomo first on a ballot.
ctmirror.org
June 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This is just embarrassing A serial sex offender … Again class solidarity comes first
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Brownshirt ICE rolled up to my local Home Depot today and got the F-off treatment.
Shoutout to this woman because this is exactly how it’s done. No badge, face covered = F*ck all the way off.
📌 It’s on us citizens to stand up for our vulnerable brothers and sisters.
Shoutout to this woman because this is exactly how it’s done. No badge, face covered = F*ck all the way off.
📌 It’s on us citizens to stand up for our vulnerable brothers and sisters.
June 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Brownshirt ICE rolled up to my local Home Depot today and got the F-off treatment.
Shoutout to this woman because this is exactly how it’s done. No badge, face covered = F*ck all the way off.
📌 It’s on us citizens to stand up for our vulnerable brothers and sisters.
Shoutout to this woman because this is exactly how it’s done. No badge, face covered = F*ck all the way off.
📌 It’s on us citizens to stand up for our vulnerable brothers and sisters.
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Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
June 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
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A must must-read by @billmckibben.bsky.social on the interlocking nature of the science, economics, & politics of our climate crisis, where we really are today, and why its the biggest story on planet earth, esp if you like breakfast (and thus the folly of America) open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
So many moving pieces
Trying to understand the planet and its politics on the longest day
open.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A must must-read by @billmckibben.bsky.social on the interlocking nature of the science, economics, & politics of our climate crisis, where we really are today, and why its the biggest story on planet earth, esp if you like breakfast (and thus the folly of America) open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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On Juneteenth and forever…
Honor, don’t bury or whitewash the history of our ancestors who were lynched.
(National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama)
Honor, don’t bury or whitewash the history of our ancestors who were lynched.
(National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama)
June 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
On Juneteenth and forever…
Honor, don’t bury or whitewash the history of our ancestors who were lynched.
(National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama)
Honor, don’t bury or whitewash the history of our ancestors who were lynched.
(National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama)
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Not to alarm everyone, but there’s a lot going on right now…
June 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Not to alarm everyone, but there’s a lot going on right now…
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Thank you Charlie Angus You really put to words what I’m feeling right now.
On the day that millions march in the streets.
When police threaten to shoot protesters "graveyard dead".
On the day that we witness horrific political assassinations it's time to talk about the rise of fascist threat in the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Gl...
When police threaten to shoot protesters "graveyard dead".
On the day that we witness horrific political assassinations it's time to talk about the rise of fascist threat in the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Gl...
CHARLIE ANGUS - AMERICAN FASCISM CAUSES POLITICAL VIOLENCE
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
June 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Thank you Charlie Angus You really put to words what I’m feeling right now.
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Democrats should introduce articles of impeachment for RFK jr
Even if it doesn’t work, which it probably won’t, democrats need to make clear that he’s not gonna get away with it
Even if it doesn’t work, which it probably won’t, democrats need to make clear that he’s not gonna get away with it
RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.
apnews.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Democrats should introduce articles of impeachment for RFK jr
Even if it doesn’t work, which it probably won’t, democrats need to make clear that he’s not gonna get away with it
Even if it doesn’t work, which it probably won’t, democrats need to make clear that he’s not gonna get away with it
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A civil society doesn't allow the strong to brutalize the weak. It moves as far as possible away from brutality.
It's the exact opposite of what Trump seeks.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-dictators-revenge
It's the exact opposite of what Trump seeks.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-dictators-revenge
The Coward Goes to War Against America
Trump wants Americans to turn violent. We will be steadfast.
robertreich.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A civil society doesn't allow the strong to brutalize the weak. It moves as far as possible away from brutality.
It's the exact opposite of what Trump seeks.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-dictators-revenge
It's the exact opposite of what Trump seeks.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-dictators-revenge
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If Trump ends the contempt power of judges with his “big, beautiful bill,” no one will be able to stop him.
A future Congress would need the power of the courts to enforce their investigations, subpoenas, and laws.
It would be the end of American democracy.
A future Congress would need the power of the courts to enforce their investigations, subpoenas, and laws.
It would be the end of American democracy.
May 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If Trump ends the contempt power of judges with his “big, beautiful bill,” no one will be able to stop him.
A future Congress would need the power of the courts to enforce their investigations, subpoenas, and laws.
It would be the end of American democracy.
A future Congress would need the power of the courts to enforce their investigations, subpoenas, and laws.
It would be the end of American democracy.
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By Calling More Than Half the Country ‘Scum,’ Trump Is Raising a Bright Red Flag www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
By Calling More Than Half the Country ‘Scum,’ Trump Is Raising a Bright Red Flag | Common Dreams
When political leaders use dehumanizing language to vilify their opponents, they’re in actuality laying the groundwork for authoritarianism, repression, and violence.
www.commondreams.org
May 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
By Calling More Than Half the Country ‘Scum,’ Trump Is Raising a Bright Red Flag www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
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“John Rowland left an indelible stain on our state and its government,” Lawlor told The Courant. “Donald Trump is the least credible person in the country to remove it.”
Trump pardons former Gov. John G. Rowland - "wonderful final resolution'' www.courant.com/2025/05/28/r...
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Trump pardons former Gov. John G. Rowland - "wonderful final resolution'' www.courant.com/2025/05/28/r...
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President Trump pardons former Gov. John G. Rowland – “wonderful final resolution”
Twice-convicted Republican Gov. John G. Rowland has been pardoned by President Donald Trump, according to multiple media sources. Rowland’s possible pardon had been rumored in political circl…
www.courant.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“John Rowland left an indelible stain on our state and its government,” Lawlor told The Courant. “Donald Trump is the least credible person in the country to remove it.”
Trump pardons former Gov. John G. Rowland - "wonderful final resolution'' www.courant.com/2025/05/28/r...
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Trump pardons former Gov. John G. Rowland - "wonderful final resolution'' www.courant.com/2025/05/28/r...
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“Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires the government to provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason.”
Does Kristi Noem even know what habeas corpus is?
The Homeland Security secretary's word salad raised even more questions about the administration's assault on fundamental rights.
www.motherjones.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires the government to provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason.”