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The US is not a safe country to visit. Going there right now is simply unfathomable to me
July 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The US is not a safe country to visit. Going there right now is simply unfathomable to me
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🚨This needs repeating:
When they go low, we need to go lower.
We are already in a Civil War.
No one ever won a war because they were nice.
Every time a Red state gerrymanders districts to give them an advantage, EVERY Blue state needs to gerrymander to give Democrats the advantage. #Resist
When they go low, we need to go lower.
We are already in a Civil War.
No one ever won a war because they were nice.
Every time a Red state gerrymanders districts to give them an advantage, EVERY Blue state needs to gerrymander to give Democrats the advantage. #Resist
July 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🚨This needs repeating:
When they go low, we need to go lower.
We are already in a Civil War.
No one ever won a war because they were nice.
Every time a Red state gerrymanders districts to give them an advantage, EVERY Blue state needs to gerrymander to give Democrats the advantage. #Resist
When they go low, we need to go lower.
We are already in a Civil War.
No one ever won a war because they were nice.
Every time a Red state gerrymanders districts to give them an advantage, EVERY Blue state needs to gerrymander to give Democrats the advantage. #Resist
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You’ll notice ICE Gestapo never detain the owners of businesses who hire the hard working undocumented workers that the orange felon wants to terrorize on an hourly basis. Funny how that works.
July 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
You’ll notice ICE Gestapo never detain the owners of businesses who hire the hard working undocumented workers that the orange felon wants to terrorize on an hourly basis. Funny how that works.
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this angers me to no end. so many people are incarcerated for being poor. and now many are too poor to even call their families. there's a special place in hell for prison telecom companies.
NEW: The FCC blocked Biden-era limits on the exorbitant rates and fees charged by prison telecom companies, leaving incarcerated people and their families to fight for state-level reforms.
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Priced Out of Phone Calls Home
The FCC blocked Biden-era limits on the exorbitant rates and fees charged by prison telecom companies, leaving incarcerated people and their families to fight for state-level reforms.
boltsmag.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
this angers me to no end. so many people are incarcerated for being poor. and now many are too poor to even call their families. there's a special place in hell for prison telecom companies.
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Breaking: per FEMA sources Kristi Noem was responsible for THREE DAY DELAY in deploying search-and-rescue in Texas
Fire her. Blood on her hands.
Fire her. Blood on her hands.
July 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Breaking: per FEMA sources Kristi Noem was responsible for THREE DAY DELAY in deploying search-and-rescue in Texas
Fire her. Blood on her hands.
Fire her. Blood on her hands.
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Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
June 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
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My daughter’s speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. I’m going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut *everyone* loses services.
May 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My daughter’s speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. I’m going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut *everyone* loses services.
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Sadly, this is not new! CBP for many decades routinely confiscated any medication migrants had on them and toss it in the trash. It was a part of our lawsuit against the Tucson Sector BP in 2015.
More details are emerging as Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the deported family of the 11yo U.S. citizen girl in Mexico.
CBP agents *confiscated her seizure meds.*
That’s not law enforcement—it’s abuse.
Keep reposting.
Keep raising hell.
Be a voice for the voiceless.
#OnYourSide
CBP agents *confiscated her seizure meds.*
That’s not law enforcement—it’s abuse.
Keep reposting.
Keep raising hell.
Be a voice for the voiceless.
#OnYourSide
May 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Sadly, this is not new! CBP for many decades routinely confiscated any medication migrants had on them and toss it in the trash. It was a part of our lawsuit against the Tucson Sector BP in 2015.
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It’s important to pay attention to the fact that there are simultaneous efforts to criminalize mask-wearing by citizens and to standardize the wearing of face-obscuring gaiters by people purporting to be law enforcement.
May 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It’s important to pay attention to the fact that there are simultaneous efforts to criminalize mask-wearing by citizens and to standardize the wearing of face-obscuring gaiters by people purporting to be law enforcement.
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almost all scrolling is now doomscrolling (except fashion, flowers, and pets). however, you should still avoid staying up late doing it, because sleep deprivation makes everything worse. you still deserve time to rest and recover.
May 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
almost all scrolling is now doomscrolling (except fashion, flowers, and pets). however, you should still avoid staying up late doing it, because sleep deprivation makes everything worse. you still deserve time to rest and recover.
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Wow, finally we get some answer as to what happened! They really did just run all names through law enforcement databases and terminate SEVIS status for anyone with a match, no matter the circumstances or magnitude of the "offense" (including things like speeding tickets and even dropped charges).
HAPPENING NOW: DHS official tells court that agency diverted 10-20 employees to run *1.3 million* names of foreign students through database that tracks criminal charges. Took 2-3 weeks.
There were ~6,400 hits (0.004%). But thousands were for charges that never led to convictions or were dropped.
There were ~6,400 hits (0.004%). But thousands were for charges that never led to convictions or were dropped.
April 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Wow, finally we get some answer as to what happened! They really did just run all names through law enforcement databases and terminate SEVIS status for anyone with a match, no matter the circumstances or magnitude of the "offense" (including things like speeding tickets and even dropped charges).
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I got lots of advice, some very specific. But one thing I heard again and again: America, you are running out of time.
Here is what I learned:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Here is what I learned:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Ticking Clock on American Freedom
Autocracy is no longer something that happens only in other countries.
www.theatlantic.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I got lots of advice, some very specific. But one thing I heard again and again: America, you are running out of time.
Here is what I learned:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Here is what I learned:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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1. Why are falling birthrates a problem?
2. If "smaller workforce bad for economy" is your main answer, then why not open up immigration?
These are the questions every journalist writing about US natality-boosting efforts should highlight before getting into the weeds of policy options. 1/2
2. If "smaller workforce bad for economy" is your main answer, then why not open up immigration?
These are the questions every journalist writing about US natality-boosting efforts should highlight before getting into the weeds of policy options. 1/2
"...a smaller work force cannot support an aging population and the social safety net..." 🤔 Oh really?
So, um, I wonder if, say, bringing more people into the workforce through less restrictive immigration might solve this problem?
Oh no? How come?
So, um, I wonder if, say, bringing more people into the workforce through less restrictive immigration might solve this problem?
Oh no? How come?
April 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
1. Why are falling birthrates a problem?
2. If "smaller workforce bad for economy" is your main answer, then why not open up immigration?
These are the questions every journalist writing about US natality-boosting efforts should highlight before getting into the weeds of policy options. 1/2
2. If "smaller workforce bad for economy" is your main answer, then why not open up immigration?
These are the questions every journalist writing about US natality-boosting efforts should highlight before getting into the weeds of policy options. 1/2
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If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
April 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
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Stop calling it deporting, so MAYBE more Americans will get it. "Deporting" is sending someone back, after due process, to the country they came from, where they arrive a free person. This is human trafficking to a foreign torture prison for the rest of their lives. GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.
April 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Stop calling it deporting, so MAYBE more Americans will get it. "Deporting" is sending someone back, after due process, to the country they came from, where they arrive a free person. This is human trafficking to a foreign torture prison for the rest of their lives. GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.
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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
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When the Supreme Court issued its order in JGG, I joked that they had turned "habeas corpus" into a Latin shibboleth. Well now ICE has done exactly that. Nothing on this form tells the person they can seek habeas corpus relief; they have to know to say the right Latin word, or they go to CECOT.
April 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When the Supreme Court issued its order in JGG, I joked that they had turned "habeas corpus" into a Latin shibboleth. Well now ICE has done exactly that. Nothing on this form tells the person they can seek habeas corpus relief; they have to know to say the right Latin word, or they go to CECOT.
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fighting tears
April 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
fighting tears
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If you receive one of these bizarre, unethical, poorly written letters from Ed Martin, please send it to me so that I can write about how bizarre, unethical, and poorly written it is.
Signal: annabower.24
Email: anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
Signal: annabower.24
Email: anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
April 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you receive one of these bizarre, unethical, poorly written letters from Ed Martin, please send it to me so that I can write about how bizarre, unethical, and poorly written it is.
Signal: annabower.24
Email: anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
Signal: annabower.24
Email: anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
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They are literally putting children, our children, in handcuffs and kidnapping them on their way to school... #revolution2025
What have we become....
What have we become....
April 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
They are literally putting children, our children, in handcuffs and kidnapping them on their way to school... #revolution2025
What have we become....
What have we become....
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This is, hands down, the most useful piece of political information to obtain on a daily based. I wish I had summations like this from day one, exactly in this format.
April 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is, hands down, the most useful piece of political information to obtain on a daily based. I wish I had summations like this from day one, exactly in this format.
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It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
April 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
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