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Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
February 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
juliewahlstrand.bsky.social
The conservatives who talked all about federalism and states’ rights and the Second Amendment are awfully silent right now. It’s almost like it was never really about that, and it’s always been about Christian white nationalism and Stephen Miller playing out his fascist fantasies instead… Hmm.
January 26, 2026 at 5:40 PM
juliewahlstrand.bsky.social
Mr. Rogers said to look for the helpers. Well, the helpers are being executed by armed unhinged psychos whose unconstitutional actions are being paid for with federal tax dollars.

DHS and ICE are receiving billions. Call your representatives. Elected Republicans in Congress can stop this any time.
January 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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lebassett.bsky.social
The nurses are pissed
nursesonja • 7h & Threads Let us not forget, it was the same administration that reduced us to wearing trash bags as protective gear while we watched the hospital go up in flames around us during the pandemic that just murdered one of our own on the streets in broad daylight. As a nurse & as a person, I will never forgive. I will never forget. I will never back down. This was never about border control. This is about total control. O240 Q5 G34 → 21
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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internethippo.bsky.social
I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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marklemley.bsky.social
Trump traveled on Epstein's jet multiple times, including with underage girls.

Expect this too to be retroactively censored in violation of the law. At least they are ham handed in their lawbreaking
December 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Mar 26
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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barbmcquade.bsky.social
18 USC 793(f) makes it a crime to remove national defense information from its proper place through gross negligence. Doesn’t matter whether info was classified. Signal chat is not a proper place.
Signal Chat Disclosure Poses Early Test for F.B.I. and Justice Dept.
Whether the agencies open an investigation will bring into sharp relief the intended approach of their leaders, Kash Patel and Pam Bondi, who promised to administer impartial justice.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
juliewahlstrand.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
harrowing. includes an account of a young man who sounds like he may be the person we profiled last night on MSNBC.

time.com/7269604/el-s...

www.advocate.com/news/gay-mak...
March 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
You can read Cohen's full statement here: www.linkedin.com/posts/rachel...
I just put in conditional notice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates. I sent that notice firm-wide and anticipate the email will leak. I would rather just share it with you myself. Once, when I was in fifth grade, I failed a test and came home sobbing. My mom was disappointed in me but couldn’t figure out why I was so upset until I choked out, “now I won’t get into Harvard!!” I was a gunner, even then. I’ve spent thirty years working to get into these spaces. I do not give them up lightly, and I have made plenty of moral compromises before. But this moment is existential; whether we get better from an already unacceptable status quo or get worse hinges on how we handle it. If being on this career path demands I accept that my industry—because this is certainly not unique to Skadden—will allow an authoritarian government to ignore the courts, I refuse to take it any further. As I have said before, others stand to lose far, far more than a paycheck. I’m going to go cry and watch the new White Lotus, but rest assured I will be back tomorrow, and the next day, and the next. Thank you.
March 21, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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annabower.bsky.social
UPDATE: I obtained a copy of the firm-wide email and attachment that Brad Karp, the chairman of Paul Weiss, sent to employees on Thursday evening.

The documents detail the agreement Karp reached with the White House before Trump rescinded his executive order targeting the firm.
Dear Members of the Paul, Weiss Community: We are pleased to announce that President Trump's Executive Order related to our firm was withdrawn a short while ago. We want to share with you the fina! agreement between Paul, Weiss and the Administration - it is attached. The commitments reaffirmed today are consistent with Judge Simon H. Rifkind's 1963 "Statement of Firm Principles," which states, among other things, that "we believe in maintaining, by affirmative efforts, a membership of partners and associates reflecting a wide variety of religious, political, ethnic and social backgrounds," and that "through this policy we may bring to the service of our clients greater breadth of understanding and wider contacts with the world at large." Judge Rifkind's Statement of Firm Principles closes by saying that "we are committed to achieving our objectives without wearing any client's collar or any political party's livery. And we believe that in the pursuit of these ends we can maintain a law firm in which all who are associated with it may justly take pride." https://www.paulweiss.com/about-the-firm/principles As a reminder, the firm's policies strictly prohibit firm personnel from speaking to the press or disclosing any confidential information about the firm, whether by posting on social media or otherwise. In addition, given the media attention focused on the firm and the sensitivity of this matter, we request that you refrain from any social media postings or other disclosures relating to the Executive Order or its withdrawäl. Please forward any media outreach to me and our communications director Laura Van Drie Thank you all for your patience during this time. With this behind us, we can devote our complete focus - as we always do - to our clients, our work, our Statement by the White House: Today, President Donald J. Trump agreed to withdraw his March 14, 2025 Executive Order regarding the Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP law firm ("Paul, Weiss*), which has entered into the following agreement with the President: 1. Paul, Weiss agrees that the bedrock principle of American justice is that it must be fair and nonpartisan for all. Our justice system is betrayed when it is misused to achieve political ends. Lawyers and law firms play a vital role in ensuring that we live up to that standard as a Nation. Law firms should not favor any political party when it comes to choosing their clients. Nor should firms make decisions on whom to hire based on a person's political affiliation. To do otherwise is to deny some Americans an equal opportunity for our services while favoring others. Lawyers abandon the profession's highest ideals when they engage in partisan decisionmaking and betray the ethical obligation to represent those who are unpopular or disfavored in a particular moment. 2. Paul, Weiss affirms its unwavering commitment to these core ideals and principles and will not deny representation to clients, including in pro bono matters and in support of non-profits, because of the personal political views of individual lawyers. 3. Paul, Weiss will take on a wide range of pro bono matters that represent the full spectrum of political viewpoints of our society, whether "conservative" or "liberal." 4. Paul, Weiss affirms its commitment to merits-based hiring, promotion, and retention. As part of its commitment, it will engage experts, to be mutually agreed upon within 14 days, to conduct a comprehensive audit of all of its employment practices. 5. Paul, Weiss will dedicate the equivalent of $40 million in pro bono legal services over the course of President Trump's term to support these initiatives: assisting our Nation's veterans, fairness in our justice system, the President's Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, and …
March 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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kwcollins.bsky.social
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.

They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
These are bold and wild allegations from the FBI, which is moving to criminalize organizations like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the EPA.

In a court filing, Citibank disclosed that it had been directed by the FBI to freeze the bank accounts of these groups.
March 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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marklemley.bsky.social
America, 2025
March 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
juliewahlstrand.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘I’m on the side of the workers’: the Minnesota senator calling out Trump and Musk
Tina Smith is leaving at the end of her term, and says she would call Musk a dick even if she had to face re-election
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM