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PRO PUBLICA: Of the 238 men sent to an El Salvador mega prison, only 6 had prior violent crime convictions.
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
June 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
PRO PUBLICA: Of the 238 men sent to an El Salvador mega prison, only 6 had prior violent crime convictions.
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
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You don’t need a think tank to figure this out.
Every single person in the world wants to be safe and comfortably afford housing, groceries, and healthcare. It’s really that simple.
Every single person in the world wants to be safe and comfortably afford housing, groceries, and healthcare. It’s really that simple.
EXCLUSIVE: A top Democratic strategist has launched new policy research and messaging hub, called Searchlight, with a goal of pushing the party toward the most effective, broadly popular positions.
Dems are quietly forming a think tank to help them win again
Searchlight, a name inspired by the birthplace of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, comes at a precarious moment for a Democratic Party.
www.politico.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
You don’t need a think tank to figure this out.
Every single person in the world wants to be safe and comfortably afford housing, groceries, and healthcare. It’s really that simple.
Every single person in the world wants to be safe and comfortably afford housing, groceries, and healthcare. It’s really that simple.
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Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate the leading platform through which Democrats raise money for their campaigns. Less that 100 days in, Trump is weaponizing DOJ to prevent his political opponents from funding opposition campaigns.
Where is the outrage?
Where is the outrage?
April 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate the leading platform through which Democrats raise money for their campaigns. Less that 100 days in, Trump is weaponizing DOJ to prevent his political opponents from funding opposition campaigns.
Where is the outrage?
Where is the outrage?
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Children as young as *four* are being put in the position of representing themselves without lawyers/parents present in front of immigration judges in cases that will determine whether they are deported.
gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
April 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Children as young as *four* are being put in the position of representing themselves without lawyers/parents present in front of immigration judges in cases that will determine whether they are deported.
gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
Did he think we were going to thank him for destroying our government?
Boo hoo poor Elon, he really thinks he can just walk away after all the damage he did. The world won’t rest until everything around him crashes and he ends up the poorest man in the world.
There will be no forgiveness. Musk should just flee back to South Africa. #endoligarchy #teslatakedown
There will be no forgiveness. Musk should just flee back to South Africa. #endoligarchy #teslatakedown
April 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Did he think we were going to thank him for destroying our government?
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
April 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
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i am going to keep coming back to this piece i think. trump is fighting a retribution campaign against the entire american people. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
Opinion | Trump Promised Retribution. Turns Out He Had a Very Big Target in Mind.
It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
i am going to keep coming back to this piece i think. trump is fighting a retribution campaign against the entire american people. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
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It's pretty wild to see what the Tesla Takedown people have built from nothing, totally organically in just two months.
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
Join me at the TeslaTakedown
The #TeslaTakedown movement is growing! Join us for an event in our community—or find one of more than 100 events every week across the country. And if there's not one near you, it's easy to sign up t...
actionnetwork.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It's pretty wild to see what the Tesla Takedown people have built from nothing, totally organically in just two months.
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
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Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop them from forming. Keep up the fight.
March 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop them from forming. Keep up the fight.
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He's right. They played it too safe and muzzled him.
Tim Walz has some sharp critiques of the Dem 2024 campaign politi.co/3DmN6Je
Tim Walz has some sharp critiques of the Dem 2024 campaign politi.co/3DmN6Je
Tim Walz has some sharp critiques of the Dem 2024 campaign
The Harris-Walz campaign should have “rolled the dice” more, he told POLITICO.
politi.co
March 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
He's right. They played it too safe and muzzled him.
Tim Walz has some sharp critiques of the Dem 2024 campaign politi.co/3DmN6Je
Tim Walz has some sharp critiques of the Dem 2024 campaign politi.co/3DmN6Je
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Imagine if Joe Biden had reposted a liberal pundit saying ‘shut up about gas prices’ in 2022. It would have led the news, all of the news, for days, weeks, on end.
March 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Imagine if Joe Biden had reposted a liberal pundit saying ‘shut up about gas prices’ in 2022. It would have led the news, all of the news, for days, weeks, on end.
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its wild that elissa slotkin (and democratic leadership) has this as their takeaway from the 2024 election, when kamala harris did more campaigning with liz cheney than she did with bernie sanders and aoc. they hate their own voters. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
March 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
its wild that elissa slotkin (and democratic leadership) has this as their takeaway from the 2024 election, when kamala harris did more campaigning with liz cheney than she did with bernie sanders and aoc. they hate their own voters. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I’m asking “Denocratic strategists” who are advocating this warmed over loser shit to state their names on the record so we can all ignore them from now on.
New: Last month, a group of moderate Democratic consultants, campaign staffers, elected officials & party leaders gathered in Loudoun County, Virginia, for a retreat where they plotted their party’s comeback.
We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM
We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM
March 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I’m asking “Denocratic strategists” who are advocating this warmed over loser shit to state their names on the record so we can all ignore them from now on.
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WATCH: One of President Donald Trump’s most damaging strikes against U.S. climate policy is buried in an executive order that would obliterate the critically important “social cost of carbon” calculation the government uses to gauge the real-world costs that climate change imposes on the economy.
Trump Executive Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals
One of President Donald Trump’s most damaging strikes against U.S. climate policy is buried in an executive order that would obliterate the critically import...
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March 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
WATCH: One of President Donald Trump’s most damaging strikes against U.S. climate policy is buried in an executive order that would obliterate the critically important “social cost of carbon” calculation the government uses to gauge the real-world costs that climate change imposes on the economy.
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New York Times, Jan. 26, 1935.
March 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New York Times, Jan. 26, 1935.
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What happens when your son is labeled “the worst of the worst” and shipped to Guantanamo?
This mother spent almost two agonizing weeks worried about her son’s wellbeing after he was sent to the infamous military base.
This mother spent almost two agonizing weeks worried about her son’s wellbeing after he was sent to the infamous military base.
Mother Speaks Out Against Trump’s Detention of Her Son at Guantanamo
The Trump administration detained Yoiker Sequera at Guantanamo Bay for almost two weeks before he was deported to Venezuela. His mother reflects on finding out her son had been sent to the infamous…
propub.li
March 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What happens when your son is labeled “the worst of the worst” and shipped to Guantanamo?
This mother spent almost two agonizing weeks worried about her son’s wellbeing after he was sent to the infamous military base.
This mother spent almost two agonizing weeks worried about her son’s wellbeing after he was sent to the infamous military base.
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Democratic Party leadership putting on a masterclass in quiet quitting
March 1, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Democratic Party leadership putting on a masterclass in quiet quitting
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What’s interesting about the Oval Office fiasco is that it was Trump who repeatedly claimed during the campaign that he would end the war in ‘24 hours’ and that he was a master negotiator.
Did the guy sulking, then berating Zelensky, then kicking him out, look or sound like a master negotiator?
Did the guy sulking, then berating Zelensky, then kicking him out, look or sound like a master negotiator?
March 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
What’s interesting about the Oval Office fiasco is that it was Trump who repeatedly claimed during the campaign that he would end the war in ‘24 hours’ and that he was a master negotiator.
Did the guy sulking, then berating Zelensky, then kicking him out, look or sound like a master negotiator?
Did the guy sulking, then berating Zelensky, then kicking him out, look or sound like a master negotiator?
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MAGA are mad at Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit for an official White House meeting.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
February 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
MAGA are mad at Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit for an official White House meeting.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
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Trying to understand all of the ins and outs of digital security can be overwhelming, but our team at EFF is here to help. With our security starter pack, you can take a few simple steps to improve your digital privacy.
Want a security starter pack?
Start from the beginning with a selection of simple steps.
Surveillance impacts all of us, no matter where we live or what we do. While some of us might be directly affected, others may simply want t...
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February 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trying to understand all of the ins and outs of digital security can be overwhelming, but our team at EFF is here to help. With our security starter pack, you can take a few simple steps to improve your digital privacy.
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You all should read this book to understand the diverse nexus of right wing players and funders that are actively committed to undoing our democracy for sake of power, money and ideology.
February 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
You all should read this book to understand the diverse nexus of right wing players and funders that are actively committed to undoing our democracy for sake of power, money and ideology.
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I wrote a post about the Klan 100 years ago and how the grip they held on the US seemed impossible to break, but people fought them anyway. And it’s been read by tens of thousands of you (!!!). I guess people want stories of hope right now. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I wrote a post about the Klan 100 years ago and how the grip they held on the US seemed impossible to break, but people fought them anyway. And it’s been read by tens of thousands of you (!!!). I guess people want stories of hope right now. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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The Elon Musk backed pro-Russian candidate in Romania, Calin Georgescu has been arrested. Authorities raided him like the crook he is and found at least $10 million in cash and tickets to Moscow. He may have also bumped his head a little bit too.
February 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Elon Musk backed pro-Russian candidate in Romania, Calin Georgescu has been arrested. Authorities raided him like the crook he is and found at least $10 million in cash and tickets to Moscow. He may have also bumped his head a little bit too.