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wajali.bsky.social
Brain and money drain to make America hated and isolated again.

White supremacy is always self-destructive.
May 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
House Republicans smuggled this👇attack on the federal judiciary into their reconciliation bill. Courts rarely require plaintiffs to post security, so this provision, if passed into law, would render a vast number of existing judgments—including Boasberg's contempt order—effectively unenforceable.
SEC. 70302. RESTRICTION ON ENFORCEMENT. 20 No court of the United States may enforce a con21 tempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or 22 temporary restraining order if no security was given when 23 the injunction or order was issued pursuant to Federal 24 Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c), whether issued prior to, on, 25 or subsequent to the date of enactment of this section.
May 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Here's the letter Noem sent Harvard, as posted on X. Nothing alleges ANY specific violation of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. Nothing. She cites no law violated, no regulation broken, no policy ignored.

I don't care what you think of Harvard; this is clear weaponization of government.
Secretary Kristi Noem @Sec_Noem This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus. It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments. Harvard had plenty of opportunity to do the right thing. It refused. They have lost their Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification as a result of their failure to adhere to the law. Let this serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country. Harvard's Student and Exchange Visitor Program Decertification I am writing to inform you that effective immediately, Harvard University's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification is revoked. As I explained to you in my April letter, it is a privilege to enroll foreign students, and it is also a privilege to employ aliens on campus. All universities must comply with Department of Homeland Security requirements, including reporting requirements under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program regulations, to maintain this privilege. As a result of your refusal to comply with multiple requests to provide the Department of Homeland Security pertinent information while perpetuating an unsafe campus environment that is hostile to Jewish students, promotes pro-Hamas sympathies, and employs racist "diversity, equity, and inclusion" policies, you have lost this privilege. The revocation of your Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification means that Harvard is prohibited from having any aliens on F- or J- nonimmigrant status for the 2025-2026 academic school year. This decertification also means that existing aliens on F- or J- nonimmigrant status must transfer to another university in order to maintain their nonimmigrant status. This action should not surprise you and is the unfortunate result of Harvard's failure to comply with simple reporting requirements. On April 16, 2025, I requested records pertaining to nonimmigrant students enrolled at Harvard University, including information regarding misconduct and other offenses that would render foreign students inadmissible or removable. On April 30, 2025, Harvard's counsel provided information that he represented as responsive to my request. It was not. As a courtesy that Harvard was not legally entitled to, the Acting DHS General Counsel responded on my behalf and afforded Harvard another opportunity to comply. Harvard again provided an insufficient response. Consequences must follow to send a clear signal to… If Harvard would like the opportunity of regaining Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification before the upcoming academic school year, you must provide all of the information requested below within 72 hours. Please be advised that providing materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent information may subject you to criminal prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 1001. Other criminal and civil sanctions may also apply. I expect full and complete responses to the following requests: 1. Any and all records, whether official or informal, in the possession of Harvard University, including electronic records and audio or video footage, regarding illegal activity whether on or off campus, by a nonimmigrant student enrolled in Harvard University in the last five years. 2. Any and all records, whether official or informal, in the possession of Harvard University, including electronic records and audio or video footage, regarding dangerous or violent activity whether on or off campus, by a nonimmigrant student enrolled in Harvard University in the last five years. 3. Any and all records, whether official or informal, in the possession of Harvard University, including electronic records and audio or video footage, regarding threats to other students or university personnel whether on or off campus, by a nonimmigrant student enrolled in Harvard University in the last five years. 4. Any and all records, whether official or informal, in the possession of Harvard University, including electronic records and audio or video footage, regarding deprivation of rights of other classmates or university personnel whether on or off campus, by a nonimmigrant student enrolled in Harvard University in the last five years. 5. Any and all disciplinary records of all nonimmigrant students enrolled in Harvard University in the last five years. 6. Any and all audio or video footage, in the possession of Harvard University, of any protest activity involving a nonimmigrant student on a Harvard Univer…
May 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
The fact that the attorney general's last job before this one was lobbying for the Qataris is a little on the nose.
May 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
“Arrests, Investigations, and the Trump 'Revenge Machine'”

This week in democracy, from Zeteo:
This Week in Democracy – Week 16: Arrests, Investigations, and the Trump 'Revenge Machine'
Zeteo's project to document the ongoing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in the Trump second term.
zeteo.com
May 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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jamellebouie.net
in addition to him repeating insane racist conspiracy theories, it occurs to me that the reason he has time to hold long press conferences everyday is that he doesn’t actually do anything
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 12
REPORTER: Why are you creating an expedited path into the country for Afrikaners but not others?

TRUMP: Because they're being killed. And we don't want to see people be killed ... it's a genocide that's taking place. Farmers are being killed. They happen to be white.
May 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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jbendery.bsky.social
Fresh off a trip to El Salvador, Dem Rep. Maxwell Frost says he can confirm firsthand that Trump isn’t doing anything "at all" to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

"They are blatantly disobeying the Supreme Court order" and should be held in contempt. www.huffpost.com/entry/maxwel...
Maxwell Frost: Trump Isn’t Doing Anything To Bring Back Abrego Garcia
Back from El Salvador, the Florida Democrat says Trump is "blatantly disobeying” the Supreme Court, and his administration should be held in contempt.
www.huffpost.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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briantylercohen.bsky.social
Sarah Palin just lost her defamation case against the New York Times again.

🔗: www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
April 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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pauletteparis1.bsky.social
WOW! Eggs are 54 cents per dozen according to this Humpty. 🥴
mollyploofkins.bsky.social Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · Apr 22
"As you know, the cost of eggs has come down like 93, 94% since we took office."
April 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. Musk’s tone was noticeably downbeat and he didn’t have the same carnival-style salesmanship that often accompanies any public facing announcement for Tesla.”

@paleofuture.bsky.social $TSLA
gizmodo.com/elon-sounds-...
April 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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veertjephilips.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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colin0reilly.bsky.social
Fun Fact - Moscow Mike Johnson got his law degree from Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
If you’ve never heard of it it’s because it’s a fraudulent quack academy 🦆 where Moscow Mikey had only three other classmates who also coincidentally work for the GOP now 🤣 🤷 🤔 🍊 💩
April 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
golden230.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Vance’s whopper on alleged Social Security fraud
The vice president falsely claims 40 percent of calls to a retirement program involve fraud.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Now that’s a split-screen. ⛳️

@wsj.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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diane2024.bsky.social
#HandsOff Protests
All 50 States

Social Security
Medicaid
Medicare
Voting Rights
Civil Rights
LGBTQ Rights
Education
Science
Healthcare
The Arts
Truth
Handsoff2025.com
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
Handsoff2025.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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ezralevin.bsky.social
Hands Off! That's the skeet. handsoff2025.com
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
handsoff2025.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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chrisdjackson.bsky.social
You really can't make this stuff up. 🤦
April 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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rotterdamvvg.bsky.social
Former President Obama brings his calm and steady leadership style to us once again to remind us of our power:

“It is up to all of us to fix this. It's not going to be because somebody comes and saves you. The most important office in this democracy is the citizen—who says, no, that's not right.”
April 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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axidentaliberal.bsky.social
I'm here in Mount Kisco, NY to tell Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the GOP

HANDS OFF AMERICA

Much of the focus on today's events will probably be the large rallies in big cities

But make no mistake

It is the smaller rallies

The local rallies

That will be the backbone of this movement
April 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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realtuckfrumper.bsky.social
Trump’s Stubborn Ignorance Shines Bright https://twp.ai/4imMtp
Trump’s Stubborn Ignorance Shines Bright
What You Missed This Week From The Bulwark
twp.ai
April 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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tommasinaresist.bsky.social
This is not a partisan moment. This is a moral moment.

Where do you stand?

Now who's ready to get into good trouble and redeem the soul of the nation?

It starts on April 5th! LFG!
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
social.demcast.com/s/Dka101oE
April 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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sethabramson.bsky.social
Worst two-day stock market crashes in the U.S. by percentage loss:

1. 1929 (the Great Depression)

2. 1987 (Black Monday)

3. 2008 (the Great Recession)

4. YESTERDAY AND TODAY

And while this happened, the man responsible for it was golfing and dining with enemies of America.
April 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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skontheisland.bsky.social
It’s called The $Conman’s Revenge Tour. He doesn’t mind if he burns it all down to get that revenge. He was never included with who he calls “elites,” in Hollywood, Europe and elsewhere and he wanted to be accepted by those people so badly. He never was becz he was such a blowhard, nasty man.
April 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM