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History always has a lesson.
April 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
History always has a lesson.
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If the IRS deprives Harvard of its tax-exempt status, that's very bad for Harvard but it's also a catastrophe for the IRS. Instead of a neutral agency that enforces tax law, it will become a tool of partisan warfare. It may never recover.
April 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
If the IRS deprives Harvard of its tax-exempt status, that's very bad for Harvard but it's also a catastrophe for the IRS. Instead of a neutral agency that enforces tax law, it will become a tool of partisan warfare. It may never recover.
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We had the reporter on tonight; @maddow has the whistleblower
There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:
April 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We had the reporter on tonight; @maddow has the whistleblower
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Dictators disappear people – that’s what they do.
The Supreme Court ordered Trump to work to bring Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia home to his family + three kids in a 9-0 unanimous decision.
Trump’s defying that order and refusing to take responsibility for his mistake. That’s complete lawlessness.
The Supreme Court ordered Trump to work to bring Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia home to his family + three kids in a 9-0 unanimous decision.
Trump’s defying that order and refusing to take responsibility for his mistake. That’s complete lawlessness.
April 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Dictators disappear people – that’s what they do.
The Supreme Court ordered Trump to work to bring Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia home to his family + three kids in a 9-0 unanimous decision.
Trump’s defying that order and refusing to take responsibility for his mistake. That’s complete lawlessness.
The Supreme Court ordered Trump to work to bring Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia home to his family + three kids in a 9-0 unanimous decision.
Trump’s defying that order and refusing to take responsibility for his mistake. That’s complete lawlessness.
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A user with a Russian IP address tried to log into National Labor Relations Board systems just minutes after the Department of Government Efficiency moved to access and extract troves of sensitive data from inside the agency, according to an extensive whistleblower disclosure released Tuesday.
User with Russian IP address tried to log into NLRB systems following DOGE access, whistleblower says
The blocked login attempts, detailed in an extensive whistleblower complaint filed to the Senate Intelligence Committee and others, may indicate foreign adversaries have begun leveraging DOGE inroads ...
www.nextgov.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
A user with a Russian IP address tried to log into National Labor Relations Board systems just minutes after the Department of Government Efficiency moved to access and extract troves of sensitive data from inside the agency, according to an extensive whistleblower disclosure released Tuesday.
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COLLINS: Can President Bukele weigh in on this? Do you plan to return Garcia?
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
April 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
COLLINS: Can President Bukele weigh in on this? Do you plan to return Garcia?
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
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Basically: I don’t think people understand that 36 hours from now it’s possible that America will have a formalized system for abducting enemies of the regime and stashing them in foreign gulags, indefinitely.
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
Bukele, Abrego Garcia, and Red Lines
Emergency Triad: Are we now a country of political prisoners and gulags?
www.thebulwark.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Basically: I don’t think people understand that 36 hours from now it’s possible that America will have a formalized system for abducting enemies of the regime and stashing them in foreign gulags, indefinitely.
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
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Bookmarking this valuable tracker on student visa revocations, from @insidehighered.com
As of right now, IHE database shows that more than 1,000 international students & recent graduates have had their legal status changed by State Dept.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
As of right now, IHE database shows that more than 1,000 international students & recent graduates have had their legal status changed by State Dept.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
April 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Bookmarking this valuable tracker on student visa revocations, from @insidehighered.com
As of right now, IHE database shows that more than 1,000 international students & recent graduates have had their legal status changed by State Dept.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
As of right now, IHE database shows that more than 1,000 international students & recent graduates have had their legal status changed by State Dept.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
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political cartoon circa 1908
April 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
political cartoon circa 1908
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Trump's tariffs will translate into a 2.3 percentage point increase to overall inflation this year, according to new estimates from the Yale Budget Lab — or about a $3,800 impact for the average household.
April 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Trump's tariffs will translate into a 2.3 percentage point increase to overall inflation this year, according to new estimates from the Yale Budget Lab — or about a $3,800 impact for the average household.
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Influencer Paid by Russia Added to White House Press Pool www.thedailybeast.com/tim-pool-was...
Influencer Paid by Russia Added to White House Press Pool
Tim Pool was one of several conservative social media stars who says he was duped into taking Russian money during the election.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Influencer Paid by Russia Added to White House Press Pool www.thedailybeast.com/tim-pool-was...
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whither those "constitutional conservatives"?
March 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
whither those "constitutional conservatives"?
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International students are huge assets to the University of Minnesota. They move thousands of miles away from their families and support systems to learn from the best and the brightest.
I can’t imagine how terrified they are after learning ICE has detained one of their classmates.
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I can’t imagine how terrified they are after learning ICE has detained one of their classmates.
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March 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
International students are huge assets to the University of Minnesota. They move thousands of miles away from their families and support systems to learn from the best and the brightest.
I can’t imagine how terrified they are after learning ICE has detained one of their classmates.
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I can’t imagine how terrified they are after learning ICE has detained one of their classmates.
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Goldman's Q1 estimates in recent weeks have gone from 1.8% ..
.. to 1.6%
.. to 1.3%
.. to 1.0%
.. to 0.6%.
.. to 1.6%
.. to 1.3%
.. to 1.0%
.. to 0.6%.
GOLDMAN cuts its Q1 GDP estimate almost in half from yesterday’s. 🇺🇸
March 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Goldman's Q1 estimates in recent weeks have gone from 1.8% ..
.. to 1.6%
.. to 1.3%
.. to 1.0%
.. to 0.6%.
.. to 1.6%
.. to 1.3%
.. to 1.0%
.. to 0.6%.
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Trump being able to pick the White House pool reporters is having the desired effect. Get a load of this question.
March 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Trump, himself a convicted felon, commutes the sentence of Carlos Watson, co-founder of the now-defunct digital media company Ozy Media, on the day he was to surrender to prison for trying to defraud lenders and investors. @danielledkaye.bsky.social Maggie Haberman www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/b...
Trump Commutes Ozy Media Founder’s Sentence Just Before His Surrender
Carlos Watson, who started the now-defunct digital media company, had been sentenced to almost 10 years in prison for trying to defraud investors and lenders.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Trump, himself a convicted felon, commutes the sentence of Carlos Watson, co-founder of the now-defunct digital media company Ozy Media, on the day he was to surrender to prison for trying to defraud lenders and investors. @danielledkaye.bsky.social Maggie Haberman www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/b...
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Univ of Minn student taken by ICE. mndaily.com/293237/top-s...
ICE detains UMN student
A University of Minnesota graduate student was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers Thursday night, according to a statement from University leadership. The international gra...
mndaily.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Univ of Minn student taken by ICE. mndaily.com/293237/top-s...
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I think this has actually become a common shot for far-right influencers. Bukele will let you in and then you can take a fun Instagram picture in front of the human rights atrocity
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I think this has actually become a common shot for far-right influencers. Bukele will let you in and then you can take a fun Instagram picture in front of the human rights atrocity
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Yeah…Why does Pete Hegseth have a Russian email address?
March 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Yeah…Why does Pete Hegseth have a Russian email address?
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"A terrified young student, snatched off the street by a masked police force taken thousands of miles across the country without anyone knowing. It is as flatly authoritarian as anything we have ever seen in this country," says Chris Hayes on Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's detention.
‘Flatly authoritarian’: New video shows masked agents arresting Tufts student
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
March 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
"A terrified young student, snatched off the street by a masked police force taken thousands of miles across the country without anyone knowing. It is as flatly authoritarian as anything we have ever seen in this country," says Chris Hayes on Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's detention.
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All you need to know about Twitter
March 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
All you need to know about Twitter
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More proof that “Make America Healthy Again” agenda — which blamed poor health outcomes on things like enviro toxins, rather than healthcare access — was a lie
EPA research office that safeguards public health eliminating 50-75% of its 1,500 or so chemists, toxicologists, biologists, & other experts
EPA research office that safeguards public health eliminating 50-75% of its 1,500 or so chemists, toxicologists, biologists, & other experts
‘Caught off guard’: EPA proposes to fire hundreds of scientists
“This is not designed to cut expenses, it's designed to destroy,” one official said.
grist.org
March 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
More proof that “Make America Healthy Again” agenda — which blamed poor health outcomes on things like enviro toxins, rather than healthcare access — was a lie
EPA research office that safeguards public health eliminating 50-75% of its 1,500 or so chemists, toxicologists, biologists, & other experts
EPA research office that safeguards public health eliminating 50-75% of its 1,500 or so chemists, toxicologists, biologists, & other experts