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You can argue the merits of deporting Marcelo—a young man brought here at age 5—if you want to. But this is someone we should be proud to call American. He’s solid on every level. And if you’re really a Christian, you should be lifting him up, not casting him out.
Listen w/an open mind—and heart.
Listen w/an open mind—and heart.
June 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
You can argue the merits of deporting Marcelo—a young man brought here at age 5—if you want to. But this is someone we should be proud to call American. He’s solid on every level. And if you’re really a Christian, you should be lifting him up, not casting him out.
Listen w/an open mind—and heart.
Listen w/an open mind—and heart.
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House Republicans just voted to make it harder for elderly & disabled Granite Staters to vote absentee.
No printer? No notary? No ride?
❌ NO BALLOT.
This is voter suppression—plain and simple. #NHPolitics
No printer? No notary? No ride?
❌ NO BALLOT.
This is voter suppression—plain and simple. #NHPolitics
June 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
House Republicans just voted to make it harder for elderly & disabled Granite Staters to vote absentee.
No printer? No notary? No ride?
❌ NO BALLOT.
This is voter suppression—plain and simple. #NHPolitics
No printer? No notary? No ride?
❌ NO BALLOT.
This is voter suppression—plain and simple. #NHPolitics
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VICTORY: NH Lawmakers in both chambers voted against legislative provisions in HB 10 and SB 72 that could have banned confidential birth control for Granite Staters under the age of 18. This is a win for bodily autonomy and personal, private medical decision-making. #nhpolitics
June 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
VICTORY: NH Lawmakers in both chambers voted against legislative provisions in HB 10 and SB 72 that could have banned confidential birth control for Granite Staters under the age of 18. This is a win for bodily autonomy and personal, private medical decision-making. #nhpolitics
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Some good news. SB54—a bill that would have raised penalties for people suspected of DUI who refuse a chemical test that was inexplicably amended by GOP lawmakers to include mandatory firearms safety training for K-12 public school kids—was tabled Thursday in the NH House. #NHPolitics
June 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Some good news. SB54—a bill that would have raised penalties for people suspected of DUI who refuse a chemical test that was inexplicably amended by GOP lawmakers to include mandatory firearms safety training for K-12 public school kids—was tabled Thursday in the NH House. #NHPolitics
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Get out your wallets folks. Wealthy people want subsidies from taxpayers like you to send their kids to private schools. On Thursday, our GOP-majority legislature decided that they’re going to get them—and you’re going to pay for them. #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2025/06/05/e...
Education Freedom Accounts Expanded by House
The House once again voted to expand the Education Freedom Account program, opening it to any New Hampshire child regardless of his or her parents’ income.
indepthnh.org
June 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Get out your wallets folks. Wealthy people want subsidies from taxpayers like you to send their kids to private schools. On Thursday, our GOP-majority legislature decided that they’re going to get them—and you’re going to pay for them. #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2025/06/05/e...
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The extra-extreme members of the House Budget Committee voted "present" tonight so that the Medicaid-cuts-to-fund-tax-giveaways-for-the-rich bill could pass out of committee 17-16.
Tomorrow, flood Capitol Hill switchboards to voice your opposition to this monstrosity.
202-224-3121.
Tomorrow, flood Capitol Hill switchboards to voice your opposition to this monstrosity.
202-224-3121.
May 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The extra-extreme members of the House Budget Committee voted "present" tonight so that the Medicaid-cuts-to-fund-tax-giveaways-for-the-rich bill could pass out of committee 17-16.
Tomorrow, flood Capitol Hill switchboards to voice your opposition to this monstrosity.
202-224-3121.
Tomorrow, flood Capitol Hill switchboards to voice your opposition to this monstrosity.
202-224-3121.
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Sure, let’s dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we’ve known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.
May 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Sure, let’s dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we’ve known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.
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Guy who got a "free" $400M plane from Qatar was up late tweeting about corruption.
May 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Guy who got a "free" $400M plane from Qatar was up late tweeting about corruption.
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Great Replacement Theory in action…
On day one, Donald Trump suspended the refugee settlement admissions program. But now he’s giving white Afrikaners U.S. citizenship because they “could be assimilated easily into our country”?
This isn’t a dog whistle—it’s a freaking bullhorn!
On day one, Donald Trump suspended the refugee settlement admissions program. But now he’s giving white Afrikaners U.S. citizenship because they “could be assimilated easily into our country”?
This isn’t a dog whistle—it’s a freaking bullhorn!
May 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Great Replacement Theory in action…
On day one, Donald Trump suspended the refugee settlement admissions program. But now he’s giving white Afrikaners U.S. citizenship because they “could be assimilated easily into our country”?
This isn’t a dog whistle—it’s a freaking bullhorn!
On day one, Donald Trump suspended the refugee settlement admissions program. But now he’s giving white Afrikaners U.S. citizenship because they “could be assimilated easily into our country”?
This isn’t a dog whistle—it’s a freaking bullhorn!
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1955: Whites-only water fountains
2025: Whites-only immigration.
2025: Whites-only immigration.
May 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
1955: Whites-only water fountains
2025: Whites-only immigration.
2025: Whites-only immigration.
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
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It's almost as if granting a criminal blanket immunity was a bad idea.
Rule of law is ‘endangered,’ chief justice says
Speaking at Georgetown Law, Chief Justice John Roberts denounced “ad hominem” criticism of the justices.
www.politico.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It's almost as if granting a criminal blanket immunity was a bad idea.
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73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need:
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
May 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need:
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
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Donald Trump knows that he owns these cowardly law firms. Here are a few recommendations:
Paul Weiss can litigate to bring children back in the mines.
Milbank can challenge clean air rules.
Willkie Farr can lead on spoiling the water.
Skadden is perfect to break the unions.
Shameful all.
Paul Weiss can litigate to bring children back in the mines.
Milbank can challenge clean air rules.
Willkie Farr can lead on spoiling the water.
Skadden is perfect to break the unions.
Shameful all.
Trump announced that as part of tens of millions of dollars of pro bono services law firms will be providing to him as a result of his shakedowns, law firms will work with coal companies on "leasing and other things"
April 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Donald Trump knows that he owns these cowardly law firms. Here are a few recommendations:
Paul Weiss can litigate to bring children back in the mines.
Milbank can challenge clean air rules.
Willkie Farr can lead on spoiling the water.
Skadden is perfect to break the unions.
Shameful all.
Paul Weiss can litigate to bring children back in the mines.
Milbank can challenge clean air rules.
Willkie Farr can lead on spoiling the water.
Skadden is perfect to break the unions.
Shameful all.
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We are back in court today to defend our victory in our classroom censorship case against the state of New Hampshire. #nhpolitics
April 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We are back in court today to defend our victory in our classroom censorship case against the state of New Hampshire. #nhpolitics
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"The implication...is that not only noncitizens but also U.S. citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal. History is no stranger to such lawless regimes..."
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
April 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"The implication...is that not only noncitizens but also U.S. citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal. History is no stranger to such lawless regimes..."
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This is hugely horrifying.
NEW: Yesterday, the Justice Department sent armed marshals to warn former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer not to disclose internal DOJ information during her Senate testimony.
Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.
Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.
April 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This is hugely horrifying.
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OK patriots, "each fat-cat firm that caves in response to Trump’s demands makes next capitulation that much easier, & puts the whole industry more firmly under Trump’s thumb."
Paul, Weiss and Skadden: Capitulating Cowards of the Legal Profession newrepublic.com/article/1935... via @newrepublic.com
Paul, Weiss and Skadden: Capitulating Cowards of the Legal Profession newrepublic.com/article/1935... via @newrepublic.com
Paul, Weiss and Skadden: Capitulating Cowards of the Legal Profession
Some firms have caved to Trump’s blatantly unconstitutional demands. Others have stood and fought. We know which ones deserve our admiration.
newrepublic.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
OK patriots, "each fat-cat firm that caves in response to Trump’s demands makes next capitulation that much easier, & puts the whole industry more firmly under Trump’s thumb."
Paul, Weiss and Skadden: Capitulating Cowards of the Legal Profession newrepublic.com/article/1935... via @newrepublic.com
Paul, Weiss and Skadden: Capitulating Cowards of the Legal Profession newrepublic.com/article/1935... via @newrepublic.com
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Looking at the flow of posts about Tr*mp's #tariffs and utterly staggered by how anyone could be that much of an incompetently spoiled narcissist, to bankrupt a country because they're throwing a tantrum...
...oh wait, no I'm not.
This is awful, and utterly terrifying. My love to my friends...
...oh wait, no I'm not.
This is awful, and utterly terrifying. My love to my friends...
April 3, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Looking at the flow of posts about Tr*mp's #tariffs and utterly staggered by how anyone could be that much of an incompetently spoiled narcissist, to bankrupt a country because they're throwing a tantrum...
...oh wait, no I'm not.
This is awful, and utterly terrifying. My love to my friends...
...oh wait, no I'm not.
This is awful, and utterly terrifying. My love to my friends...
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@washingtonpost.com and @nytimes.com apparently don’t find it newsworthy that the nation’s public health infrastructure was summarily imploded yesterday, a move which will kill untold thousands of Americans and sicken and immiserate millions more.
Ho hum.
Ho hum.
April 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
@washingtonpost.com and @nytimes.com apparently don’t find it newsworthy that the nation’s public health infrastructure was summarily imploded yesterday, a move which will kill untold thousands of Americans and sicken and immiserate millions more.
Ho hum.
Ho hum.
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When we strangle higher education, we strangle opportunity and growth. We also give young people in an aging state no reason to come here or stay here. As for the paranoid right-wing grievances fueling this disaster in the making? 🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻 #NHPolitics www.wmur.com/article/hous...
House lawmakers advance 30% budget cut to University System of New Hampshire
Citing a tough budget environment, New Hampshire lawmakers gave initial approval Friday to a two-year, $50 million cut to the state university system.
www.wmur.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
When we strangle higher education, we strangle opportunity and growth. We also give young people in an aging state no reason to come here or stay here. As for the paranoid right-wing grievances fueling this disaster in the making? 🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻 #NHPolitics www.wmur.com/article/hous...
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Cory Booker is STILL going. This is what resisting fascism looks like.
I don’t care if it’s not a “real” filibuster. Booker is taking drastic action to show his constituents that they are not alone. More of this, please.
I don’t care if it’s not a “real” filibuster. Booker is taking drastic action to show his constituents that they are not alone. More of this, please.
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Cory Booker is STILL going. This is what resisting fascism looks like.
I don’t care if it’s not a “real” filibuster. Booker is taking drastic action to show his constituents that they are not alone. More of this, please.
I don’t care if it’s not a “real” filibuster. Booker is taking drastic action to show his constituents that they are not alone. More of this, please.
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It’s well known that I was on The Apprentice. We were all covered by NDAs at the time, but mine has now expired. And do I ever have some tea to spill. I’ll post it later today after consulting once again with my attorneys.
April 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It’s well known that I was on The Apprentice. We were all covered by NDAs at the time, but mine has now expired. And do I ever have some tea to spill. I’ll post it later today after consulting once again with my attorneys.
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You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
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I was elected in 2010 with Kristie Noem. She used to be kind, compassionate, and put her faith above any personal gain.
She like so many others, is now broken
She like so many others, is now broken
March 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I was elected in 2010 with Kristie Noem. She used to be kind, compassionate, and put her faith above any personal gain.
She like so many others, is now broken
She like so many others, is now broken