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exdirectora
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Retired from career, but not from life. Resister. Advocate. Wants to save democracy & the US from clowndom.
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If Trump's tariff regime endures, the world economy will lose $1 trillion by 2030, and will cost the US 650,000 jobs, Bloomberg Economics predicts
Trump Ripping Up the Free Trade Playbook Comes With $1 Trillion Cost
The ominous trajectory of the US president’s tariff overhaul looms over the G-7 gathering.
bloom.bg
June 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Citibank is dropping its policy restricting banking services to businesses that sell firearms to those under 21
Citi Drops Gun Policy After Trump Accuses Banks of Discriminating
The president has fueled allegations that banks discriminate on political grounds.
buff.ly
June 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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"I just didn't think it would take this long," one veteran head of diversity, who's been job-hunting since last summer, tells NPR.
Corporate America's retreat from DEI has eliminated thousands of jobs
"I just didn't think it would take this long," one veteran head of diversity, who's been job-hunting since last summer, tells NPR.
n.pr
June 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Donald Trump Saturday evening reposted an online message from someone claiming that former President Joe Biden was "executed in 2020" and replaced by a clone.
'Clone': Trump shares conspiracy theory about Joe Biden being 'executed in 2020'
Donald Trump Saturday evening reposted an online message from someone claiming that former President Joe Biden was "executed in 2020" and replaced by a clone.The president took to his own social media site, Truth Social, over the weekend, first to withdraw his own nominee to head NASA and then to re...
bit.ly
June 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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A federal judge on Tuesday barred the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan immigrants without a hearing, saying the White House has failed to prove the existence of an “invasion” or another conflict that would justify invoking the centuries-old law.
N.Y. judge finds Alien Enemies Act use illegal, blocks removals to ‘evil’ jail
A federal judge in New York ruled that the Trump administration does not have legal justification to deport Venezuelan immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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ICE is increasingly looking like it is operating in the half space between secret police and paramilitary group. Yet another authoritarianism klaxon.
April 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Donald Trump appeared to be snubbed by Emmanuel Macron at Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday.
Trump left hanging by Macron in humiliating moment at Pope's funeral
www.irishstar.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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A federal judge blocked part of an expansive executive order signed last month seeking to overhaul election laws, writing on Thursday that President Trump did not have the authority to require documentary proof of citizenship for all voters.
Trump’s Executive Order on Proof of Citizenship for Elections Is Partly Blocked by Judge
The president does not have the authority to require proof of citizenship for all voters, a federal judge ruled.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Republicans in Congress have a difficult few months ahead of them as they look to broker agreement within their exceptionally narrow majority on policy issues that have already begun to divide centrists from far-right members of the party. buff.ly/LmkRQjc
Tax policy, Medicaid funding cuts could scuttle Republicans' ‘big, beautiful bill’ • Ohio Capital Journal
Republicans in Congress have a difficult few months ahead of them as they look to broker agreement within their exceptionally narrow majority on policy issues that have already begun to divide…
buff.ly
April 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Breaking News: Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia student activist who is a legal permanent resident, was arrested by ICE at a meeting he thought was a step to becoming a U.S. citizen. nyti.ms/4cxlwG4
April 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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A provision passed in the Ohio House's budget that schools say will require them to go back to the voters more frequently to ask for money buff.ly/CxBO1a0
Why you could see more school levies in Ohio's future • Ohio Capital Journal
A provision passed in the Ohio House's budget that schools say will require them to go back to the voters more frequently to ask for money.
buff.ly
April 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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The House of Representatives voted to approve resolutions striking down a $5 cap on bank overdraft fees.
Donald Trump set to change bank overdraft fees: What to know
www.newsweek.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Colleges around the country are reporting cases of international students suddenly learning their visas have been revoked.
International students file legal challenges over widespread US visa revocations
Several international students who have had their visas revoked in recent weeks have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration.
bit.ly
April 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Probably a higher percentage than that…
April 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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🔻 78 days into Trump’s second term and bitcoin continues to plummet
April 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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More than 1,800 academics, including art historians and art professors, have committed to boycotting Columbia University in an open letter denouncing the school’s compliance with Trump administration crackdowns on pro-Palestinian dissent.
Art Scholars Pledge to Boycott Columbia University
Art historians and professors are among the hundreds who signed an open letter denouncing the school’s capitulation to Trump’s demands.
hyperallergic.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban said on Bluesky that Trump's aggressive tariffs, combined with DOGE cuts, could cause long-term economic harm.
Mark Cuban warns that Trump's tariff plan plus DOGE cuts could lead the country to 'a far worse situation than 2008'
Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban said on Bluesky that Trump's aggressive tariffs, combined with DOGE cuts, could cause long-term economic harm.
www.businessinsider.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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A BBC News presenter has taken to TikTok to hit back at trolls sending her cruel comments about her appearance.
BBC star hits back at cruel comments about her appearance after viral interview
www.mirror.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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“The Legislature’s priorities, helping the rich get richer and leaving the victimized out in the cold, do not, as is so often the case, reflect the values of their constituents,” writes The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board.
Tribune editorial: Utah Legislature turns its back on victims of domestic and sexual violence
“The Legislature’s priorities, helping the rich get richer and leaving the victimized out in the cold, do not, as is so often the case, reflect the values of their constituents,” writes The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board.
www.sltrib.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off."
Nationwide 'Hands Off' protests erupt against Trump and Musk
Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off."
www.kuow.org
April 6, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Jaguar Land Rover will pause shipments of its Britain-made cars to the United States for a month, it says, as it considers how to mitigate the cost of President Trump’s 25% tariff.
Jaguar Land Rover to pause shipments to U.S. over tariffs
Britain’s car industry, which employs 200,000 people directly, is highly exposed to the new tariffs.
nbcnews.to
April 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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"There’s no messiah who will sweep in and make everything better. That’s up to you and me."

Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance | Ordinary people have more power than they know.

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Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance
Ordinary people have more power than they know.
newrepublic.com
March 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday stressed the importance of an independent judiciary and fealty to the rule of law amid harsh rhetoric from the Trump administration against judges who have impeded its policies.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor defends 'fearlessly independent' judiciary amid Trump attacks
Remarks by the liberal justice came as President Donald Trump and his allies have harshly criticized judges for blocking his agenda.
nbcnews.to
March 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM