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Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."
October 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."
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No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.
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Perhaps CNN is figuring out why no one is watching CNN. It's just one big informercial occasionally interrupted by Scott Jennings lying.
folks they're still at it
(yes, this is happening right now on CNN)
(yes, this is happening right now on CNN)
May 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Perhaps CNN is figuring out why no one is watching CNN. It's just one big informercial occasionally interrupted by Scott Jennings lying.
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Federal judge dresses down Alina Habba:
"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."
"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."
May 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Federal judge dresses down Alina Habba:
"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."
"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."
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Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"
May 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court permanently BLOCKS Trump executive order targeting my former law firm, Perkins Coie.
Executive Order 14230, entitled “Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP,” violates the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and is therefore null and void
Executive Order 14230, entitled “Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP,” violates the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and is therefore null and void
May 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court permanently BLOCKS Trump executive order targeting my former law firm, Perkins Coie.
Executive Order 14230, entitled “Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP,” violates the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and is therefore null and void
Executive Order 14230, entitled “Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP,” violates the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and is therefore null and void
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Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation.
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
April 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation.
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
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This is kidnapping of US citizens—children, in fact. Let’s not refer to this cruel, illegal and repulsive behavior as deportation.
BREAKING: The ACLU says the Trump administration has deported three U.S. citizen children.
April 26, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This is kidnapping of US citizens—children, in fact. Let’s not refer to this cruel, illegal and repulsive behavior as deportation.
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I am almost 82 and very 2nd Wednesday of the month I hold my breath so does my partner. No one should have to live like that; I paid into SS for almost 50 years and started paying into Medicare when it started. SS is an earned benefit and invested in by employee/er contributions.
April 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I am almost 82 and very 2nd Wednesday of the month I hold my breath so does my partner. No one should have to live like that; I paid into SS for almost 50 years and started paying into Medicare when it started. SS is an earned benefit and invested in by employee/er contributions.
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Some horrifying details on the white supremacist book purge at the Naval Academy library:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
April 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Some horrifying details on the white supremacist book purge at the Naval Academy library:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
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This is a concession by the U.S. government that its “arrangement” with El Salvador is irrevocable. To me this has to be grounds to argue that the arrangement itself is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments
BREAKING: Trump administation attests that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is alive and secure but is under the "sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is a concession by the U.S. government that its “arrangement” with El Salvador is irrevocable. To me this has to be grounds to argue that the arrangement itself is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments
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The oligarch playbook
"It's like being on the helicopter out of Saigon...You're either on the helicopter or you're not, & if you're not, you’re screwed"
After @profgalloway.com's spot-on prediction, @karaswisher.bsky.social breaks down what the exemption really means for Apple and, & why others are not out of the woods.
After @profgalloway.com's spot-on prediction, @karaswisher.bsky.social breaks down what the exemption really means for Apple and, & why others are not out of the woods.
April 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The oligarch playbook
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This by @sifill should be a must read and we have to be prepared, each in our own way, to heed her warnings and advice.
I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Americans Must Prepare to Fight for the Citizenship Rights of U.S. Prisoners
Trump's Plan to Render U.S. Citizens to Foreign Jails Seeks to Exploit Americans' Disinterest in the Rights of Prisoners
open.substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This by @sifill should be a must read and we have to be prepared, each in our own way, to heed her warnings and advice.
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NEW: ACLU brings class habeas action in N.Y. challenging Trump’s use of wartime powers for deportations.
The move is a response to Monday's SCOTUS ruling that requires habeas litigation to challenge Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation.
Tonight, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-bring...
The move is a response to Monday's SCOTUS ruling that requires habeas litigation to challenge Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation.
Tonight, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-bring...
ACLU brings class habeas action in N.Y. challenging Trump’s use of wartime powers for deportations
The move is a response to Monday's Supreme Court ruling that requires habeas litigation to challenge Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation.
www.lawdork.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
NEW: ACLU brings class habeas action in N.Y. challenging Trump’s use of wartime powers for deportations.
The move is a response to Monday's SCOTUS ruling that requires habeas litigation to challenge Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation.
Tonight, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-bring...
The move is a response to Monday's SCOTUS ruling that requires habeas litigation to challenge Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation.
Tonight, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-bring...
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he did this just *after* going to the funeral of an 8 year old girl.
he walks away from where the hearse is idling and immediately starts hyping this stuff again.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
he walks away from where the hearse is idling and immediately starts hyping this stuff again.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
April 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
he did this just *after* going to the funeral of an 8 year old girl.
he walks away from where the hearse is idling and immediately starts hyping this stuff again.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
he walks away from where the hearse is idling and immediately starts hyping this stuff again.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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“While in the interrogation room, Makled said, a man in plain clothes entered and began speaking to him. He said he recalls the man telling him: ‘We know you're a lawyer. We know you take on big cases.’”
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 12:55 AM
“While in the interrogation room, Makled said, a man in plain clothes entered and began speaking to him. He said he recalls the man telling him: ‘We know you're a lawyer. We know you take on big cases.’”
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I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
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Peter Marks, the top FDA vaccine official, resigns, saying that RFK Jr.'s stance on vaccines poses a danger to the public. “It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary." @by-cjewett.bsky.social @sherylnyt.bsky.social Noah Weiland www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/h...
Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Peter Marks, the top FDA vaccine official, resigns, saying that RFK Jr.'s stance on vaccines poses a danger to the public. “It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary." @by-cjewett.bsky.social @sherylnyt.bsky.social Noah Weiland www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/h...
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Operation Warp Seed was the single best thing Trump did in his first term.
Now, RFK Jr ousted one of the people who made it happened.
Now, RFK Jr ousted one of the people who made it happened.
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Operation Warp Seed was the single best thing Trump did in his first term.
Now, RFK Jr ousted one of the people who made it happened.
Now, RFK Jr ousted one of the people who made it happened.
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bsky.app/profile/gtco... George Conway: The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”
“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”
Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
bsky.app/profile/gtco... George Conway: The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”
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All part of the Take Down America plan
The situation at the NIH and for all biomedical and cancer cure research in the United States is MUCH MUCH WORSE than you realize.
Ruining studies and potentially harming research subjects...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
March 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
All part of the Take Down America plan
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Not only is Elon ruining the government and ruining this country, he's doing so by buying elections. On the ground here in Wisconsin, these great citizens say their votes aren't for sale! Vote Crawford #WisconsinSupremeCourt
March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Not only is Elon ruining the government and ruining this country, he's doing so by buying elections. On the ground here in Wisconsin, these great citizens say their votes aren't for sale! Vote Crawford #WisconsinSupremeCourt
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If, in fact, the information in the Signal chat isn't classified in this administration it seems to me that's a huge story--why wouldn't these sorts of details that are traditionally classified not be? Do we have a larger problem with how sensitive national security is being handled?
Details about a flight of immigrants that landed many days ago? Too secret to reveal.
Details about an imminent military strike? Not classified, not a breach of national security and not a big deal.
Secrets under Trump depend on who asks and who tells.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
Details about an imminent military strike? Not classified, not a breach of national security and not a big deal.
Secrets under Trump depend on who asks and who tells.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
Signal Leak Shows Trump Only Takes Federal Secrets Seriously When It Suits Him
In the Trump era, the definition of an official secret depends on whatever works best for the president.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
If, in fact, the information in the Signal chat isn't classified in this administration it seems to me that's a huge story--why wouldn't these sorts of details that are traditionally classified not be? Do we have a larger problem with how sensitive national security is being handled?