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This past week, the Chinese learned
1) exactly where Trump's pain points are;
2) how much to squeeze them before he flinches;
and
3) how little America's partners and allies want to help this president.
Highly useful information.
1) exactly where Trump's pain points are;
2) how much to squeeze them before he flinches;
and
3) how little America's partners and allies want to help this president.
Highly useful information.
April 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This past week, the Chinese learned
1) exactly where Trump's pain points are;
2) how much to squeeze them before he flinches;
and
3) how little America's partners and allies want to help this president.
Highly useful information.
1) exactly where Trump's pain points are;
2) how much to squeeze them before he flinches;
and
3) how little America's partners and allies want to help this president.
Highly useful information.
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BIG UPDATE TODAY: This afternoon, the ACLU filed a new "class action habeas" lawsuit in New York challenging the Alien Enemies Act removals. They are seeking a temporary restraining order which would basically replicate the same thing they previously had with Judge Boasberg's order.
NY judge will hold a hearing tomorrow at 10am on the ACLU's new lawsuit challenging Alien Enemies Act deportations of people located in that state
Judge ordered that the named plaintiffs not be removed or transferred out of his district before then
Judge ordered that the named plaintiffs not be removed or transferred out of his district before then
April 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Fantastic
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Big turnouts for today's #HandsOff! protests nationwide, including in smaller towns and cities — here's Portland, Maine
We have the momentum
We have the momentum
April 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Big turnouts for today's #HandsOff! protests nationwide, including in smaller towns and cities — here's Portland, Maine
We have the momentum
We have the momentum
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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TODAY: Our friends @moveon.org are hosting a safety and de-escalation training. A core principle behind all of Saturday’s Hands Off! events is a commitment to nonviolent action. This training will teach you how to recognize, respond to, and diffuse tensions while staying focused on your goals. 👇
Hands Off: De-escalation Training · MoveOn
Getting ready for your mobilization? Join us for a security and de-escalation training to get ready for your action!
A core principle behind all Hands Off! events is a commitment to nonviolent actio...
www.mobilize.us
April 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
TODAY: Our friends @moveon.org are hosting a safety and de-escalation training. A core principle behind all of Saturday’s Hands Off! events is a commitment to nonviolent action. This training will teach you how to recognize, respond to, and diffuse tensions while staying focused on your goals. 👇
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Every single American should watch this. John Lithgow reading Tim Snyder's On Tyranny 20 Lessons. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Every single American should watch this. John Lithgow reading Tim Snyder's On Tyranny 20 Lessons. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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So, this happened at the Byron Donald's event where he announced his run for governor. The pig with the MAGA hat...😂
@indivisible.org
@indivisible.org
March 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
So, this happened at the Byron Donald's event where he announced his run for governor. The pig with the MAGA hat...😂
@indivisible.org
@indivisible.org
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is that bad? Seems bad
March 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
is that bad? Seems bad
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No, this is about "hostile attitudes" toward Donald personally. He's such a small, brittle, meritless dilettante, the only way he can acquire respect is to coerce it out of people, and he's pathologically deluded enough to believe the results are genuine.
The Trump administration may soon scan the social media accounts of green card and citizenship applicants for “hostile attitudes” toward the U.S.
Trump Admin Wants to Inspect Immigrants’ Social Media Profiles
Immigration authorities would be tasked with scanning applicants for “hostile attitudes” toward the U.S.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
No, this is about "hostile attitudes" toward Donald personally. He's such a small, brittle, meritless dilettante, the only way he can acquire respect is to coerce it out of people, and he's pathologically deluded enough to believe the results are genuine.
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Chants of TAX THE RICH! From today’s Indivisible empty chair town hall for Darrell Issa - who just so happens to be the richest person in Congress. @velshi.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com @indivisible.org
March 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Chants of TAX THE RICH! From today’s Indivisible empty chair town hall for Darrell Issa - who just so happens to be the richest person in Congress. @velshi.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com @indivisible.org
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"IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA"
"in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending..."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
"in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending..."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA"
"in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending..."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
"in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending..."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
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This is chilling. It harkens back to Nazi era activities. It is illegal! The cruelty is the point and meant to induce fear. This is why we
speak out, march, confront lawmakers, write letters, protest and anything else that draws attention to the barbarism of this administration.
speak out, march, confront lawmakers, write letters, protest and anything else that draws attention to the barbarism of this administration.
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
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 9:30 AM
This is chilling. It harkens back to Nazi era activities. It is illegal! The cruelty is the point and meant to induce fear. This is why we
speak out, march, confront lawmakers, write letters, protest and anything else that draws attention to the barbarism of this administration.
speak out, march, confront lawmakers, write letters, protest and anything else that draws attention to the barbarism of this administration.
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Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
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For those sitting at home, watching their country careen towards autocracy, wondering, "what can I do?", start by calling your representatives in Congress. This does all the work for you. 5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
March 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For those sitting at home, watching their country careen towards autocracy, wondering, "what can I do?", start by calling your representatives in Congress. This does all the work for you. 5calls.org
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The whole point is not just the state disappearing whoever they want, it's you being in the habit of accepting the state choosing whom to disappear, without question. It's submission to the state. Same as with Gitmo after 9/11. The state's judgment must not be questioned.
March 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The whole point is not just the state disappearing whoever they want, it's you being in the habit of accepting the state choosing whom to disappear, without question. It's submission to the state. Same as with Gitmo after 9/11. The state's judgment must not be questioned.
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So, if you’re not a good ally, we can takeover your territory? Sounds like the German approach ahead of the start of WW II.
JD Vance, "Denmark is not being a good ally"
"If we need to take Greenland that is what President Trump will do because he doesn't care about what Europeans scream at us"
"If we need to take Greenland that is what President Trump will do because he doesn't care about what Europeans scream at us"
March 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
So, if you’re not a good ally, we can takeover your territory? Sounds like the German approach ahead of the start of WW II.
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"He's been absent. I haven't seen him," said Snyder, an Army veteran. "He hasn't had a town hall. It's been a decade."
Snyder said the last town hall Rep. Austin Scott held in 2015 was restricted to veterans only, and she wasn't invited despite her military service."
www.13wmaz.com/article/news...
Snyder said the last town hall Rep. Austin Scott held in 2015 was restricted to veterans only, and she wasn't invited despite her military service."
www.13wmaz.com/article/news...
Frustrated voters in Georgia's District 8 to hold town hall outside Rep. Scott's office
Some Central Georgia residents plan to hold a town hall outside the congressman's Warner Robins office. Here's why
www.13wmaz.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"He's been absent. I haven't seen him," said Snyder, an Army veteran. "He hasn't had a town hall. It's been a decade."
Snyder said the last town hall Rep. Austin Scott held in 2015 was restricted to veterans only, and she wasn't invited despite her military service."
www.13wmaz.com/article/news...
Snyder said the last town hall Rep. Austin Scott held in 2015 was restricted to veterans only, and she wasn't invited despite her military service."
www.13wmaz.com/article/news...
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FBI telling Citibank to freeze accounts of Habitat for Humanity, the United Way, and the State of NY Dept of Taxation, among a few dozen others.
And here are more specifics from the FBI letters to Citibank:
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
March 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
FBI telling Citibank to freeze accounts of Habitat for Humanity, the United Way, and the State of NY Dept of Taxation, among a few dozen others.
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Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
January 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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Manhattan smog: fog + pollutants. From 1971-77, the Documerica project captured 20,000 images of America’s environmental impact. Explore these through the National Archives. The photo below is from Documerica—join the movement! Let’s not forget our past, or we’re bound to repeat it.
January 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Manhattan smog: fog + pollutants. From 1971-77, the Documerica project captured 20,000 images of America’s environmental impact. Explore these through the National Archives. The photo below is from Documerica—join the movement! Let’s not forget our past, or we’re bound to repeat it.