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The Democratic Party needs to find a way to make its tent bigger, at least at the national level. As long as we have autocracy, policy disagreements are irrelevant because Congress is impotent. It d...
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The Democratic Party needs to make its tent bigger to fight autocracy. We need to reconfigure the opposition party to include liberals , progressives, conservatives, libertarians, independents and others, all with a seat at the table. substack.com/@ellen1966/n...
I swear this shot was not staged.
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I swear this shot was not staged.
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Donald Trump, a weak and dangerously reckless president, has put the United States on a path to a war in the Middle East that the country does not want, the law does not allow, and our security does not demand.
June 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Donald Trump, a weak and dangerously reckless president, has put the United States on a path to a war in the Middle East that the country does not want, the law does not allow, and our security does not demand.
The SAVE Act will disenfranchise a large number of women who changed their last names. Call today to oppose it. For women calling Republican legislators, try saying, “I’ll give up my husband’s last name before I’ll give up my right to vote.” I’m guessing that will make their heads explode.
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April 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The SAVE Act will disenfranchise a large number of women who changed their last names. Call today to oppose it. For women calling Republican legislators, try saying, “I’ll give up my husband’s last name before I’ll give up my right to vote.” I’m guessing that will make their heads explode.
Curtailing illegal immigration, which a majority of Americans support, is not the same as revoking the status of legal immigrants because of their speech, race, religion, or country of origin, and deporting them without charges or due process. One is law enforcement. The other is lawlessness.
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March 31, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Curtailing illegal immigration, which a majority of Americans support, is not the same as revoking the status of legal immigrants because of their speech, race, religion, or country of origin, and deporting them without charges or due process. One is law enforcement. The other is lawlessness.
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Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.
March 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.
Anytime the government is allowed to take someone’s rights here on American soil—to freedom, safety, life—without due process, we have lost the rule of law.
March 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Anytime the government is allowed to take someone’s rights here on American soil—to freedom, safety, life—without due process, we have lost the rule of law.
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This THREAD. He is bent on war.
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SCOOP—Trump plans to issue an executive order designating fentanyl as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per copy of EO reviewed by me. Source at State speculates purpose is to designate cartels as terrorist orgs/justify military ops in Mexico/Canada.
Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:
Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:
Trump to declare fentanyl “Weapon of Mass Destruction," per draft EO
A copy of the draft was obtained and reviewed by The Handbasket.
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March 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This THREAD. He is bent on war.
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WSJ reports the Trump administration paid El Salvador $6,000,000 to enslave the approximately 300 Venezuelan men deported this weekend in violation of court orders and without due process. How’s that for fraud, abuse, and waste?
Opinion | Trump, Deportations and the Law - The Wall Street Journal
Opinion | Trump, Deportations and the Law - The Wall Street Journal
March 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
WSJ reports the Trump administration paid El Salvador $6,000,000 to enslave the approximately 300 Venezuelan men deported this weekend in violation of court orders and without due process. How’s that for fraud, abuse, and waste?
Opinion | Trump, Deportations and the Law - The Wall Street Journal
Opinion | Trump, Deportations and the Law - The Wall Street Journal
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Send Jasmine home.
March 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Send Jasmine home.
Every time a large group of protestors show up to demand answers from their members of Congress, we hear about “paid protesters.” If we had the money to pay protesters all over the country, why wouldn’t we have just spent it on buying Congressional seats, like Republicans do?
March 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Every time a large group of protestors show up to demand answers from their members of Congress, we hear about “paid protesters.” If we had the money to pay protesters all over the country, why wouldn’t we have just spent it on buying Congressional seats, like Republicans do?
Democracy is a chess game. Policy choices are moves. Democrats are focused on policy, but Republicans are eating some of the pieces and nibbling on the board. Strategy around policy doesn’t matter if the game is destroyed. We need everyone—left, right and center—to work together to defend it.
March 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Democracy is a chess game. Policy choices are moves. Democrats are focused on policy, but Republicans are eating some of the pieces and nibbling on the board. Strategy around policy doesn’t matter if the game is destroyed. We need everyone—left, right and center—to work together to defend it.