Drea Thorn
@dreathorn.bsky.social
Retired Lawyer & Mom, Harvard Law, Dartmouth, Loves Patriots, Bruins & Red Sox and living in NH
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Darnella Frazier was 17 when she had the presence of mind to document what was happening to George Floyd.
These ICE abduction videos differ but also convey an out-of-control state abusing its power.
Sometimes bearing witness is among the most important forms of civil resistance.
These ICE abduction videos differ but also convey an out-of-control state abusing its power.
Sometimes bearing witness is among the most important forms of civil resistance.
20-year-old U.S. citizen Adrian Andrew Martinez was swarmed by ICE in Pico Rivera while defending someone. He never hit back—just struggled—before being slammed into a CBP van. No records. No lawyer. His mom can’t find him. This is abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop.
June 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Darnella Frazier was 17 when she had the presence of mind to document what was happening to George Floyd.
These ICE abduction videos differ but also convey an out-of-control state abusing its power.
Sometimes bearing witness is among the most important forms of civil resistance.
These ICE abduction videos differ but also convey an out-of-control state abusing its power.
Sometimes bearing witness is among the most important forms of civil resistance.
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This is more notice than they are prepared to give people before deporting them
The Department of Homeland Security is asking members of Congress to provide 72 hours of notice before visiting detention centers, according to new guidance: cnn.it/4edTalh
DHS issues new guidance for lawmakers visiting ICE facilities after tense confrontations | CNN Politics
The agency’s new memo seeks to differentiate ICE field offices from detention facilities, noting that “ICE Field Offices are not detention facilities” and therefore do not fall under the appropriation...
cnn.it
June 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is more notice than they are prepared to give people before deporting them
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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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There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Elon Musk says he wants to “eliminate” programs like Social Security and Medicare: “Entitlements... That’s the big one to eliminate”
March 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
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This is so dark. @radiofreetom.bsky.social wrote well about the previous four (Pompeo, Bolton, Miller, and Hook) who got their security clearances pulled.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/p...
Trump revokes Esper’s security detail, continuing his retribution against former officials
Trump revokes Esper’s security detail, continuing his retribution against former officials
Trump revokes Esper’s security detail, continuing his retribution against former officials | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has revoked the security detail assigned to his former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, a person familiar with the matter confirmed Wednesday, adding to the growing list of officia...
www.cnn.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is so dark. @radiofreetom.bsky.social wrote well about the previous four (Pompeo, Bolton, Miller, and Hook) who got their security clearances pulled.
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an important column. This won't revert back to normal by acting like its normal.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | There Is No Going Back (Gift Article)
The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
an important column. This won't revert back to normal by acting like its normal.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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It is both the most and least surprising part of all this: GOP members of Congress - ostensibly power hungry monsters eager for the limelight - are doing the human equivalent of rolling over and showing Trump & Musk their tummies.
Congressional Republicans have managed barely a whimper as President Donald Trump pushes to expand executive branch power, steamrolling them along the way and unleashing anxiety across the federal government
GOP Lawmakers Cede to Trump, Musk Power Grab Without a Challenge
Congressional Republicans have managed barely a whimper as President Donald Trump wages a historic push to expand executive branch power, steamrolling them along the way and unleashing anxiety across ...
www.bloomberg.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It is both the most and least surprising part of all this: GOP members of Congress - ostensibly power hungry monsters eager for the limelight - are doing the human equivalent of rolling over and showing Trump & Musk their tummies.
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"Elon Musk is not the president, but it appears that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by Congress—is exercising profound influence over the federal government of the United States...It is nothing short of an administrative coup."
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’ of the United States Government
Elon Musk’s bureaucratic coup is under way.
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"Elon Musk is not the president, but it appears that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by Congress—is exercising profound influence over the federal government of the United States...It is nothing short of an administrative coup."
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Signs. Of. Life.
Protest outside Treasury Dept. tonight.
Protest outside Treasury Dept. tonight.
February 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Signs. Of. Life.
Protest outside Treasury Dept. tonight.
Protest outside Treasury Dept. tonight.
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Jennings: This salute trutherism is outrageous.
Rampell: Do it right now on TV! If you think it’s a normal way to greet people, do it right now on TV. Why won’t you?!
Rampell: Do it right now on TV! If you think it’s a normal way to greet people, do it right now on TV. Why won’t you?!
January 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Jennings: This salute trutherism is outrageous.
Rampell: Do it right now on TV! If you think it’s a normal way to greet people, do it right now on TV. Why won’t you?!
Rampell: Do it right now on TV! If you think it’s a normal way to greet people, do it right now on TV. Why won’t you?!
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First they ruined the favorite movies of our childhood, and then we have to live through it?
January 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
First they ruined the favorite movies of our childhood, and then we have to live through it?
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edupol has gotten so bad that the median Trump staffer not only likes tariffs but can't even spell the country they're tariffing smh
Indeed.
January 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
edupol has gotten so bad that the median Trump staffer not only likes tariffs but can't even spell the country they're tariffing smh
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Anyone an expert in coffee futures and prices, that could comment on the impact of a 25 PCT tariff on Columbia on the price of coffee for American consumers ?
January 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Anyone an expert in coffee futures and prices, that could comment on the impact of a 25 PCT tariff on Columbia on the price of coffee for American consumers ?
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Harris beat Trump 54% to 43% among voters ages 18-24.
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Fact check: Trump litters Oval Office interview with false claims | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump littered a Wednesday interview on Fox News with many of the same false claims he made earlier in his first three days back in the White House.
www.cnn.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Harris beat Trump 54% to 43% among voters ages 18-24.
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
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January 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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There’s a tendency of some to roll their eyes at arguments that Trump is breaking the law. “Of course he is! But calling it illegal didn’t work last time.” (Really?) If you give you give up on law, you’re unilaterally disarming against an authoritarian movement that will surely invoke law against us
January 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
There’s a tendency of some to roll their eyes at arguments that Trump is breaking the law. “Of course he is! But calling it illegal didn’t work last time.” (Really?) If you give you give up on law, you’re unilaterally disarming against an authoritarian movement that will surely invoke law against us
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“Absolute idealism must be couched in irony in order to be taken seriously.”
Andrew Anglin, Founder of the Daily Stormer
This is what people like Beauchamp miss, despite the fact they are paid to write about antisemitism online. Trolling is not a sign of lack of belief, just the opposite.
Andrew Anglin, Founder of the Daily Stormer
This is what people like Beauchamp miss, despite the fact they are paid to write about antisemitism online. Trolling is not a sign of lack of belief, just the opposite.
This is my theory of what happened: Elon is an overgrown adolescent who thinks Nazi trolling is just hilarious www.vox.com/politics/396...
January 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“Absolute idealism must be couched in irony in order to be taken seriously.”
Andrew Anglin, Founder of the Daily Stormer
This is what people like Beauchamp miss, despite the fact they are paid to write about antisemitism online. Trolling is not a sign of lack of belief, just the opposite.
Andrew Anglin, Founder of the Daily Stormer
This is what people like Beauchamp miss, despite the fact they are paid to write about antisemitism online. Trolling is not a sign of lack of belief, just the opposite.
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Stop with the "Harris didn't offer anything to the lower middle class" lies.
She offered:
-caps on price gouging for food;
-protections for health insurance, social security, and civil rights;
-lower taxes for low earners, higher for billionaires;
-student loan relief;
-assistance buying a home
She offered:
-caps on price gouging for food;
-protections for health insurance, social security, and civil rights;
-lower taxes for low earners, higher for billionaires;
-student loan relief;
-assistance buying a home
November 18, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Stop with the "Harris didn't offer anything to the lower middle class" lies.
She offered:
-caps on price gouging for food;
-protections for health insurance, social security, and civil rights;
-lower taxes for low earners, higher for billionaires;
-student loan relief;
-assistance buying a home
She offered:
-caps on price gouging for food;
-protections for health insurance, social security, and civil rights;
-lower taxes for low earners, higher for billionaires;
-student loan relief;
-assistance buying a home
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This is sickening.
There are currently 67,102 studies registered at clinicaltrials.gov that are (well, were, probably, until this week) actively recruiting participants, and 20,690 studies that are active but not recruiting right now. This is SO many people we're talking about.
This is happening to thousands of people fighting for their lives because in real life, government does a lot of good and important shit.
January 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This is sickening.
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what would you do differently if you were trying to legalize discrimination?
Friday night inbox: Department of Labor to cease and desist all enforcement actions under Equal Employment Opportunity Act
January 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
what would you do differently if you were trying to legalize discrimination?
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There are a lot of Republican senators who know Pete Hegseth is a danger to lead the Department of Defense . . . yet they voted for him anyway.
When fear of a Nazi billionaire supporting a primary against you makes you vote for your own self-interest over America's, you should not be in Congress.
When fear of a Nazi billionaire supporting a primary against you makes you vote for your own self-interest over America's, you should not be in Congress.
January 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
There are a lot of Republican senators who know Pete Hegseth is a danger to lead the Department of Defense . . . yet they voted for him anyway.
When fear of a Nazi billionaire supporting a primary against you makes you vote for your own self-interest over America's, you should not be in Congress.
When fear of a Nazi billionaire supporting a primary against you makes you vote for your own self-interest over America's, you should not be in Congress.
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This really pisses me off…
Republicans are trying to repeal the $35 cap on insulin.
Please spread the word.
Republicans are trying to repeal the $35 cap on insulin.
Please spread the word.
January 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This really pisses me off…
Republicans are trying to repeal the $35 cap on insulin.
Please spread the word.
Republicans are trying to repeal the $35 cap on insulin.
Please spread the word.
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trump revoking desegregation in federal contracting
BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.
January 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
trump revoking desegregation in federal contracting