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“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” - Hannah Arendt
April 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” - Hannah Arendt
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Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."
April 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."
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Just to add: I've been the Governor's campaign attorney for well over a decade. My family has been to the the residence to celebrate Hanukkah. (He's the third Jewish Gov we've had, but the first to install mezuzahs.) These images are incomprehensible. www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
April 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Just to add: I've been the Governor's campaign attorney for well over a decade. My family has been to the the residence to celebrate Hanukkah. (He's the third Jewish Gov we've had, but the first to install mezuzahs.) These images are incomprehensible. www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
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HASSETT: If you look at the latest jobs report, it was way, way above even what I expected
TAPPER: You know the jobs data was from before the "liberation day"
TAPPER: You know the jobs data was from before the "liberation day"
April 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
HASSETT: If you look at the latest jobs report, it was way, way above even what I expected
TAPPER: You know the jobs data was from before the "liberation day"
TAPPER: You know the jobs data was from before the "liberation day"
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L - The official photo from the Kremlin of US Special Envoy @SteveWitkoff putting his hand over his heart as he greets his friend Vladimir Putin again this week.
R - Putin’s latest missile attack killing at least 21 people, including 7 children, on Palm Sunday.
Putin’s stooge.
R - Putin’s latest missile attack killing at least 21 people, including 7 children, on Palm Sunday.
Putin’s stooge.
April 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
L - The official photo from the Kremlin of US Special Envoy @SteveWitkoff putting his hand over his heart as he greets his friend Vladimir Putin again this week.
R - Putin’s latest missile attack killing at least 21 people, including 7 children, on Palm Sunday.
Putin’s stooge.
R - Putin’s latest missile attack killing at least 21 people, including 7 children, on Palm Sunday.
Putin’s stooge.
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People who say Kilmar Abrego García won't make it back to the US act like they're the only ones who thought of that possibility, they don't mention the larger implications regarding due process, and they seem to want people to give up.
We can NEVER give up.
We can NEVER give up.
April 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
People who say Kilmar Abrego García won't make it back to the US act like they're the only ones who thought of that possibility, they don't mention the larger implications regarding due process, and they seem to want people to give up.
We can NEVER give up.
We can NEVER give up.
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MAGA is just now figuring out the Donald Trump's Supreme Court voted to dump sewage in our waterways.
It happened almost a month ago.
It's like we warned them this would happen with deregulation.
It happened almost a month ago.
It's like we warned them this would happen with deregulation.
April 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
MAGA is just now figuring out the Donald Trump's Supreme Court voted to dump sewage in our waterways.
It happened almost a month ago.
It's like we warned them this would happen with deregulation.
It happened almost a month ago.
It's like we warned them this would happen with deregulation.
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I am old enough to remember when the first Trump administration met to work on healthcare, including maternity and abortion care.
Here is a picture of the event. Do you notice anything?
Here is a picture of the event. Do you notice anything?
April 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I am old enough to remember when the first Trump administration met to work on healthcare, including maternity and abortion care.
Here is a picture of the event. Do you notice anything?
Here is a picture of the event. Do you notice anything?
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We know that smaller class sizes and more resources in schools lead to more academic achievement and more opportunities for kids. This investment in NYC classrooms will make a huge difference. @UFTNYC.bsky.social abc7ny.com/post/nyc-pub...
NYC schools announce plan to hire 3,700 new teachers across 750 schools to reduce class size
NYC Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos and Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a plan to hire over 3,700 new teachers across 750 schools and reduce class sizes.
abc7ny.com
April 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We know that smaller class sizes and more resources in schools lead to more academic achievement and more opportunities for kids. This investment in NYC classrooms will make a huge difference. @UFTNYC.bsky.social abc7ny.com/post/nyc-pub...
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AFT New Hampshire President Deb Howes is right. Students have the right to access a wide array of books and lessons to expand their horizons and help them learn. This “divisive concepts” bill has a chilling effect on what students can learn. indepthnh.org/2025/04/10/p...
Parents Testify on School Libraries ‘Anti-Obscenity’ Bill
In sometimes emotional testimony, parents of school children spoke Thursday at a Senate Education Committee hearing for and against House Bill 324, which would ban “obscene,” “harmful” and “age-inappr...
indepthnh.org
April 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AFT New Hampshire President Deb Howes is right. Students have the right to access a wide array of books and lessons to expand their horizons and help them learn. This “divisive concepts” bill has a chilling effect on what students can learn. indepthnh.org/2025/04/10/p...
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This is disgusting.
Someone set fire to Shapiro’s home while he and his family were sleeping.
I hope this person is caught quickly and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.
Someone set fire to Shapiro’s home while he and his family were sleeping.
I hope this person is caught quickly and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police investigating arson after fire at Pennsylvania governor’s home that forced Gov. Shapiro and family to evacuate.
April 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is disgusting.
Someone set fire to Shapiro’s home while he and his family were sleeping.
I hope this person is caught quickly and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.
Someone set fire to Shapiro’s home while he and his family were sleeping.
I hope this person is caught quickly and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.
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Congress has the power to stop this economic chaos right now.
Here’s the plan to end Trump’s game of red-light, green-light with worldwide tariffs:
Here’s the plan to end Trump’s game of red-light, green-light with worldwide tariffs:
Congress has the power to stop this economic chaos right now.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
April 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Congress has the power to stop this economic chaos right now.
Here’s the plan to end Trump’s game of red-light, green-light with worldwide tariffs:
Here’s the plan to end Trump’s game of red-light, green-light with worldwide tariffs:
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More than 200 civilians killed as Sudan’s RSF assaults Darfur refugee camps
More than 200 civilians killed as Sudan’s RSF assaults Darfur refugee camps
Relief International medics among dead as paramilitaries step up violence against region’s displaced people
Paramilitaries in Sudan have murdered more than 200 civilians in a wave of attacks in refugee camps and around the city of El Fasher, the last big city still in the hands of the Sudanese army in the Darfur region.
The deaths include at least 56 civilians killed by the Rapid Support Forces over two days of attacks in Um Kadadah, a town they seized on the road to El Fasher. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
More than 200 civilians killed as Sudan’s RSF assaults Darfur refugee camps
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The home of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was set on fire this morning — while he and his family were inside — Shapiro says. No one was injured. The incident is being investigated as arson by state police.
April 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The home of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was set on fire this morning — while he and his family were inside — Shapiro says. No one was injured. The incident is being investigated as arson by state police.
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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said his official residence in the state capital was targeted in an arson attack while he and his family were asleep early Sunday morning
Pennsylvania Governor Says Arson Attack Targeted His Residence
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said his official residence in the state capital was targeted in an arson attack while he and his family were asleep early Sunday morning, forcing them to evacuate.
www.bloomberg.com
April 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said his official residence in the state capital was targeted in an arson attack while he and his family were asleep early Sunday morning
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Elon bought the White House, now he's trying to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court. This is exactly what oligarchy looks like.
Wisconsin, on April 1st vote against him by voting Judge Crawford.
Wisconsin, on April 1st vote against him by voting Judge Crawford.
He's Not Like Us
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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March 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Elon bought the White House, now he's trying to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court. This is exactly what oligarchy looks like.
Wisconsin, on April 1st vote against him by voting Judge Crawford.
Wisconsin, on April 1st vote against him by voting Judge Crawford.
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Pryor cites Roudebush, Shelby County, Sandlin, Moore v Harper, Smiley v Holm, Gregory v Ashcroft... I'm very glad that we have firms like @marcelias.bsky.social that refuse to cower. I look forward to their suit against this unlawful & unconstitutional executive order. END/
March 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Pryor cites Roudebush, Shelby County, Sandlin, Moore v Harper, Smiley v Holm, Gregory v Ashcroft... I'm very glad that we have firms like @marcelias.bsky.social that refuse to cower. I look forward to their suit against this unlawful & unconstitutional executive order. END/
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THREAD: Trump just signed an EO about voter registration, but in 2023 the super-conservative Chief Judge Pryor in the 11th Circuit penned an opinion as to why Mark Meadows (and the president) have no role in supervising state elections, and therefore, cannot have his case moved to federal court. 1/
March 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
THREAD: Trump just signed an EO about voter registration, but in 2023 the super-conservative Chief Judge Pryor in the 11th Circuit penned an opinion as to why Mark Meadows (and the president) have no role in supervising state elections, and therefore, cannot have his case moved to federal court. 1/
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "If Pete Hegseth had even a sliver of self respect and sense of honor, he would have already put his resignation on the president's desk. And if he's not willing to do that, then the President of the United States has a moral, and in my view, legal obligation to fire him."
March 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "If Pete Hegseth had even a sliver of self respect and sense of honor, he would have already put his resignation on the president's desk. And if he's not willing to do that, then the President of the United States has a moral, and in my view, legal obligation to fire him."
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“Moments ago, Donald Trump signed a massive voter suppression executive order,” Elias wrote on Bluesky, “This will not stand. We will sue.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Anti-Voting Order Draws Furious Pushback
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“Moments ago, Donald Trump signed a massive voter suppression executive order,” Elias wrote on Bluesky, “This will not stand. We will sue.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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“This was not an anonymous leak or a hack by a foreign adversary, but rather an act of sheer, unfettered, Olympian incompetence,” says Chris Hayes on Trump officials adding a journalist to their group chat about plans to bomb Yemen.
‘Sheer, unfettered, Olympian incompetence’: Hayes on the Trump war plans breach
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“This was not an anonymous leak or a hack by a foreign adversary, but rather an act of sheer, unfettered, Olympian incompetence,” says Chris Hayes on Trump officials adding a journalist to their group chat about plans to bomb Yemen.
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Mike Johnson is now floating eliminating federal courts:
"We do have the authority over the federal courts, as you know. We can eliminate an entire district court. We have power of funding over the courts and all these other things."
"We do have the authority over the federal courts, as you know. We can eliminate an entire district court. We have power of funding over the courts and all these other things."
March 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Mike Johnson is now floating eliminating federal courts:
"We do have the authority over the federal courts, as you know. We can eliminate an entire district court. We have power of funding over the courts and all these other things."
"We do have the authority over the federal courts, as you know. We can eliminate an entire district court. We have power of funding over the courts and all these other things."
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Voting is a fundamental right and sacred responsibility of every American.
Yet, once again Donald Trump is ignoring the rule of law and circumventing Congress.
Yet, once again Donald Trump is ignoring the rule of law and circumventing Congress.
March 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Voting is a fundamental right and sacred responsibility of every American.
Yet, once again Donald Trump is ignoring the rule of law and circumventing Congress.
Yet, once again Donald Trump is ignoring the rule of law and circumventing Congress.
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What does "the most well known person in the world" think "impartiality" means?
March 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
What does "the most well known person in the world" think "impartiality" means?
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Goldberg said the level of detail in the targeting package that he received via Signal was down to the *names of individuals* to be killed.
That’s the good stuff that includes all kinds of sources and methods and never should have been outside a SCIF.
I’d be in prison if I fucked up that bad.
That’s the good stuff that includes all kinds of sources and methods and never should have been outside a SCIF.
I’d be in prison if I fucked up that bad.
March 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Goldberg said the level of detail in the targeting package that he received via Signal was down to the *names of individuals* to be killed.
That’s the good stuff that includes all kinds of sources and methods and never should have been outside a SCIF.
I’d be in prison if I fucked up that bad.
That’s the good stuff that includes all kinds of sources and methods and never should have been outside a SCIF.
I’d be in prison if I fucked up that bad.