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They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.
Deeply concerning: US citizen lawyer getting detained and his phone searched on reentering the U.S. at Customs. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.
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Wilmer Hale partners now have a choice. Disgrace yourself or fight. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Addressing Risks From WilmerHale
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:Section 1. Background.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Wilmer Hale partners now have a choice. Disgrace yourself or fight. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Pilot to Hegseth: "You’re going to kill somebody.”
For the safety of our troops, Hegseth has got to go.
For the safety of our troops, Hegseth has got to go.
March 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Pilot to Hegseth: "You’re going to kill somebody.”
For the safety of our troops, Hegseth has got to go.
For the safety of our troops, Hegseth has got to go.
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“The Trump administration is refusing to provide information to Judge Boasberg — a former presiding judge of the nation’s national security surveillance court — even privately and in a secure facility for handling classified information.”
DOJ’s position is absurd.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
DOJ’s position is absurd.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
Judge Maintains Block on Trump Administration’s Deportations Under Wartime Law
The extraordinary move by the Justice Department was an escalation of its conflict with the judge in the case and, by extension, the federal judiciary.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“The Trump administration is refusing to provide information to Judge Boasberg — a former presiding judge of the nation’s national security surveillance court — even privately and in a secure facility for handling classified information.”
DOJ’s position is absurd.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
DOJ’s position is absurd.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
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Tesla's Autopilot has a well-documented tendency to disengage right before a crash.
This raised concerns over Tesla trying to evade guilt by automatically turning off any possibly incriminating driver assistance features before a crash. FFS.🤦
#teslatakedown March 29.
futurism.com/tesla-fans-f...
This raised concerns over Tesla trying to evade guilt by automatically turning off any possibly incriminating driver assistance features before a crash. FFS.🤦
#teslatakedown March 29.
futurism.com/tesla-fans-f...
Tesla Fans Furious at Video of Tesla Crashing Into Wall Painted Like Road
YouTuber Mark Rober has kicked the hornet's nest with his latest video. But are Tesla fanboys right mistakes were made?
futurism.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Tesla's Autopilot has a well-documented tendency to disengage right before a crash.
This raised concerns over Tesla trying to evade guilt by automatically turning off any possibly incriminating driver assistance features before a crash. FFS.🤦
#teslatakedown March 29.
futurism.com/tesla-fans-f...
This raised concerns over Tesla trying to evade guilt by automatically turning off any possibly incriminating driver assistance features before a crash. FFS.🤦
#teslatakedown March 29.
futurism.com/tesla-fans-f...
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This aged badly
March 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This aged badly
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Trump’s Plan:
Let’s put a bunch of loyalist clowns in charge of our national defense.
What could possibly go wrong?
Let’s put a bunch of loyalist clowns in charge of our national defense.
What could possibly go wrong?
March 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trump’s Plan:
Let’s put a bunch of loyalist clowns in charge of our national defense.
What could possibly go wrong?
Let’s put a bunch of loyalist clowns in charge of our national defense.
What could possibly go wrong?
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The Fifth Amendment says due process is due all persons, whether the number eight or eight million.
And if there were a mass-violation exception to the Constitution, why have a constitutional at all?
And if there were a mass-violation exception to the Constitution, why have a constitutional at all?
And here we go -- Fox News is now saying we should get rid of "due process" because it's too cumbersome.
Brian Kilmeade: "But I also think it's not practical to think that we can do due process on 8 million people."
www.mediamatters.org/brian-kilmea...
Brian Kilmeade: "But I also think it's not practical to think that we can do due process on 8 million people."
www.mediamatters.org/brian-kilmea...
Fox's Brian Kilmeade: “It's not practical to think that we can do due process on 8 million people” Co-host Lawrence Jones: Constitutional rights “are afforded to illegals in this country. We should re...
www.mediamatters.org
March 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Fifth Amendment says due process is due all persons, whether the number eight or eight million.
And if there were a mass-violation exception to the Constitution, why have a constitutional at all?
And if there were a mass-violation exception to the Constitution, why have a constitutional at all?
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The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.
My full interview here:
My full interview here:
Pete Responds Live to Trump Admin’s Major Security Failure
YouTube video by Pete Buttigieg
www.youtube.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.
My full interview here:
My full interview here:
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First they came for your due process rights, and you said nothing for you had not committed a crime.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
First they came for your due process rights, and you said nothing for you had not committed a crime.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
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Jeopardizing our national security.
Putting the lives of pilots and the success of operations at risk — via text chat.
The Trump Administration’s arrogance is only exceeded by its dangerous incompetence.
Putting the lives of pilots and the success of operations at risk — via text chat.
The Trump Administration’s arrogance is only exceeded by its dangerous incompetence.
March 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Jeopardizing our national security.
Putting the lives of pilots and the success of operations at risk — via text chat.
The Trump Administration’s arrogance is only exceeded by its dangerous incompetence.
Putting the lives of pilots and the success of operations at risk — via text chat.
The Trump Administration’s arrogance is only exceeded by its dangerous incompetence.
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jeffrey goldberg deserves credit for his handling of the war plan group chat, not to be smeared by hegseth
well-trained journalists have professional standards, and we shouldn’t undervalue that
well-trained journalists have professional standards, and we shouldn’t undervalue that
March 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
jeffrey goldberg deserves credit for his handling of the war plan group chat, not to be smeared by hegseth
well-trained journalists have professional standards, and we shouldn’t undervalue that
well-trained journalists have professional standards, and we shouldn’t undervalue that
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Circling back on this…
March 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Circling back on this…
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I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
March 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
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“George Conway, a frequent Trump critic and a former partner at a major law firm, told NBC News that firms need to look beyond the bottom line:
“‘They have a moral duty to defend the very system that has allowed them to make the kind of money that they make. …
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“‘They have a moral duty to defend the very system that has allowed them to make the kind of money that they make. …
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Legal community shaken by a powerful law firm's decision to give in to Trump's demands
President Donald Trump rescinded his executive order targeting Paul Weiss — after the law firm agreed to certain conditions.
www.nbcnews.com
March 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“George Conway, a frequent Trump critic and a former partner at a major law firm, told NBC News that firms need to look beyond the bottom line:
“‘They have a moral duty to defend the very system that has allowed them to make the kind of money that they make. …
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“‘They have a moral duty to defend the very system that has allowed them to make the kind of money that they make. …
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Well Done Governor!
March 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Well Done Governor!
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Same story, posted same time:
Bluesky - 393 reposts, 551 likes
Twitter/X - 3 retweets, 7 likes
Bluesky - 393 reposts, 551 likes
Twitter/X - 3 retweets, 7 likes
March 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Same story, posted same time:
Bluesky - 393 reposts, 551 likes
Twitter/X - 3 retweets, 7 likes
Bluesky - 393 reposts, 551 likes
Twitter/X - 3 retweets, 7 likes
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Donald Trump’s policies shatter Wall Street’s ‘US exceptionalism’ trade
https://www.ft.com/content/c02df9e1-10e0-4dfa-a3b5-0477cce3b98c
https://www.ft.com/content/c02df9e1-10e0-4dfa-a3b5-0477cce3b98c
Donald Trump’s policies shatter Wall Street’s ‘US exceptionalism’ trade
Stocks and dollar fall in tandem as tariffs dent outlook for American economy
www.ft.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Donald Trump’s policies shatter Wall Street’s ‘US exceptionalism’ trade
https://www.ft.com/content/c02df9e1-10e0-4dfa-a3b5-0477cce3b98c
https://www.ft.com/content/c02df9e1-10e0-4dfa-a3b5-0477cce3b98c
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March 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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If I could speak to the heads of big law firms, I would ask: Is the risk of losing some clients worth betraying your oath to the rule of law?
To everyone nodding but refusing to take a stand, I say: You are ignoring Martin Niemöller’s message. It is you that Martin Luther King Jr. was condemning.
To everyone nodding but refusing to take a stand, I say: You are ignoring Martin Niemöller’s message. It is you that Martin Luther King Jr. was condemning.
We Can’t Give In to Fear
From Marc | No one wants to speak up. Everyone wants to hide or lay low.
www.democracydocket.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If I could speak to the heads of big law firms, I would ask: Is the risk of losing some clients worth betraying your oath to the rule of law?
To everyone nodding but refusing to take a stand, I say: You are ignoring Martin Niemöller’s message. It is you that Martin Luther King Jr. was condemning.
To everyone nodding but refusing to take a stand, I say: You are ignoring Martin Niemöller’s message. It is you that Martin Luther King Jr. was condemning.
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lmao getting fact checked irl
March 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
lmao getting fact checked irl
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When are you and the other living former Presidents (Biden, Bush, Clinton) going to join forces and publicly condemn what this current Administration is doing to our country? Signed: Millions of concerned, worried and panicking citizens. Much of the the free world is worried too.
March 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
When are you and the other living former Presidents (Biden, Bush, Clinton) going to join forces and publicly condemn what this current Administration is doing to our country? Signed: Millions of concerned, worried and panicking citizens. Much of the the free world is worried too.
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“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 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“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.”
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He told 33,000+ lies in his first term.
Since math is not my strongest subject, can someone more capable please figure how many lies-per-day that averages?
🙏 Thanking you in advance, Mar🐫
Since math is not my strongest subject, can someone more capable please figure how many lies-per-day that averages?
🙏 Thanking you in advance, Mar🐫
March 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
He told 33,000+ lies in his first term.
Since math is not my strongest subject, can someone more capable please figure how many lies-per-day that averages?
🙏 Thanking you in advance, Mar🐫
Since math is not my strongest subject, can someone more capable please figure how many lies-per-day that averages?
🙏 Thanking you in advance, Mar🐫