Lauren
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1/ 80 years ago yesterday, US forces liberated #Dachau concentration camp. My maternal grandfather #DavidMaxEichhorn, a Jewish Chaplain, was there. I will spend next week documenting from contemporaneous reports what he saw & did.
#NeverForget #NeverAgain
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#NeverForget #NeverAgain
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U.S. Army liberates Dachau concentration camp | April 29, 1945 | HISTORY
On April 29, 1945, the U.S. Seventh Army’s 45th Infantry Division liberates Dachau, the first concentration camp established by Germany’s Nazi regime. A major Dachau subcamp was liberated the same day...
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April 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
1/ 80 years ago yesterday, US forces liberated #Dachau concentration camp. My maternal grandfather #DavidMaxEichhorn, a Jewish Chaplain, was there. I will spend next week documenting from contemporaneous reports what he saw & did.
#NeverForget #NeverAgain
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#NeverForget #NeverAgain
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Something I hope everyone covers this tomorrow notes is that...the President has no authority whatsoever to make trade deals without congress. None. Not even the pretext of one.
New: Trump is expected to announce on Thursday that the US will strike a trade deal with the UK, according to a person familiar with the matter, the first agreement for the administration since it imposed sweeping tariffs against its trading partners last month @theguardian.com story TK
May 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Something I hope everyone covers this tomorrow notes is that...the President has no authority whatsoever to make trade deals without congress. None. Not even the pretext of one.
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the primary reason you impeach him is because every waking moment of American civic and political life should be about the incompetence and tyranny of Donald Trump
What would the point be of another Trump impeachment when he’s a lame duck and Rs won’t convict him?
Dems need an answer for the remnant of resistance people who are demanding impeachment but far more important for them to use normal Oversight powers effectively.
Dems need an answer for the remnant of resistance people who are demanding impeachment but far more important for them to use normal Oversight powers effectively.
Schumer on CNN stops short of saying impeaching Trump would be a priority for Dems if they retake Congress
April 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
the primary reason you impeach him is because every waking moment of American civic and political life should be about the incompetence and tyranny of Donald Trump
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Congress says it's antisemitic to say Jesus wouldn't approve of killing Palestinian children but not antisemitic to say Jews killed Jesus
SCOOP: The Antisemitism Awareness Act — up for vote in Senate committee tomorrow — now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements by Christian conservatives.
New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections.
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New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections.
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Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements
The Antisemitism Awareness Act's added language says it would not infringe on religious liberty to protect the claim that Jews killed Jesus.
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April 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Congress says it's antisemitic to say Jesus wouldn't approve of killing Palestinian children but not antisemitic to say Jews killed Jesus
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This line is going to stick with me for a very long time.
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
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April 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This line is going to stick with me for a very long time.
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
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This is a remarkable letter and everyone should read it.
April 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is a remarkable letter and everyone should read it.
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This is how you accurately write a headline. Rolling Stone gets it.
April 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This is how you accurately write a headline. Rolling Stone gets it.
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I have gotten confirmation from sources inside the Coast Guard that this is in fact true and happened in Key West.
ICE went into military housing and took the spouse of a USCG member who is currently out to sea.
ICE went into military housing and took the spouse of a USCG member who is currently out to sea.
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS: Was just passed this from a fellow service academy grad. A Coast Guard Academy graduate posted this. They are reporting that ICE entered base housing and took a USCG spouse. I can’t confirm this but I’m calling for answers from the Coast Guard and Congress. This is unacceptable.
April 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I have gotten confirmation from sources inside the Coast Guard that this is in fact true and happened in Key West.
ICE went into military housing and took the spouse of a USCG member who is currently out to sea.
ICE went into military housing and took the spouse of a USCG member who is currently out to sea.
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Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish
A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
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We pay tribute to the men & women who stood to fight the Russian invaders.
They will not be forgotten.
RIP – Dmytro Minaiev (31), American fighter Cedric Charles Hamm, Roman Babanskyi, Serhii Balabko
These put their bodies
Between us and the flaming skies,
Eternal Memory!
They will not be forgotten.
RIP – Dmytro Minaiev (31), American fighter Cedric Charles Hamm, Roman Babanskyi, Serhii Balabko
These put their bodies
Between us and the flaming skies,
Eternal Memory!
April 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
We pay tribute to the men & women who stood to fight the Russian invaders.
They will not be forgotten.
RIP – Dmytro Minaiev (31), American fighter Cedric Charles Hamm, Roman Babanskyi, Serhii Balabko
These put their bodies
Between us and the flaming skies,
Eternal Memory!
They will not be forgotten.
RIP – Dmytro Minaiev (31), American fighter Cedric Charles Hamm, Roman Babanskyi, Serhii Balabko
These put their bodies
Between us and the flaming skies,
Eternal Memory!
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“i’ve always been an ignorant piece of shit my entire life guys”
RFK JR: ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.
April 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“i’ve always been an ignorant piece of shit my entire life guys”
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A few weeks ago, chemical lobbyists asked the Trump administration to shut down an EPA website showing the locations of thousands of dangerous chemical facilities.
The EPA just took it down.
The EPA just took it down.
The Government’s Chemical Disaster Tracking Tool Just Went Dark
The chemical lobby demanded Trump make the locations of high-risk chemical plants secret. The EPA did just that.
www.levernews.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A few weeks ago, chemical lobbyists asked the Trump administration to shut down an EPA website showing the locations of thousands of dangerous chemical facilities.
The EPA just took it down.
The EPA just took it down.
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Hi! You're seeing this because someone noticed you posting an image that doesn't contain alt text. This is not a scolding! You are loved! But everyone needs to be convinced using alt text is socially mandatory. (I sure had to be shown the way as well!) Would you mind reading this🧵 about it and why?
November 22, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Hi! You're seeing this because someone noticed you posting an image that doesn't contain alt text. This is not a scolding! You are loved! But everyone needs to be convinced using alt text is socially mandatory. (I sure had to be shown the way as well!) Would you mind reading this🧵 about it and why?
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I'm a lawyer and this is correct. Straight line of "blatantly illegal constitutional end-runs to violate human rights" from Iran–Contra to Gitmo to CECOT paved by the only consequences the perpetrators suffering being more money, more power, and more prestige.
I’m not a lawyer or anything but I feel like you can draw a pretty direct line from John Yoo being allowed to slip back into the comforts of tenure and the occasional NYT oped to what’s happening with the CECOT and doj
April 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I'm a lawyer and this is correct. Straight line of "blatantly illegal constitutional end-runs to violate human rights" from Iran–Contra to Gitmo to CECOT paved by the only consequences the perpetrators suffering being more money, more power, and more prestige.
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This isn't going to end until the judges start holding lawyers and DOJ officials in contempt and throwing them in jail.
Even that might not end it, but there's no point trying to delay the inevitable. They're just getting bolder and more destructive as they go.
Even that might not end it, but there's no point trying to delay the inevitable. They're just getting bolder and more destructive as they go.
NEW: DOJ doubles down on refusing to follow Judge Xinis's orders. Today's status report contains nothing new. It again fails to provide information about steps they're taking to bring Mr. Abrego back), and arguably violates her command that a declaration be made by someone with personal knowledge.
April 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This isn't going to end until the judges start holding lawyers and DOJ officials in contempt and throwing them in jail.
Even that might not end it, but there's no point trying to delay the inevitable. They're just getting bolder and more destructive as they go.
Even that might not end it, but there's no point trying to delay the inevitable. They're just getting bolder and more destructive as they go.
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“Hey, hey, Elon, How many kids did you kill today?” admittedly doesn’t rhyme as well as the original.
But that’s not as important as Elon being responsible for the needless deaths of tens of thousands of kids.
But that’s not as important as Elon being responsible for the needless deaths of tens of thousands of kids.
New data point foe the Elon body count www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/w...
Children Seeking Cholera Care Die After U.S. Cuts Aid, Charity Says
The victims died on a grueling three-hour walk in scorching heat as they tried to reach the nearest remaining health facility, officials of Save the Children said.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“Hey, hey, Elon, How many kids did you kill today?” admittedly doesn’t rhyme as well as the original.
But that’s not as important as Elon being responsible for the needless deaths of tens of thousands of kids.
But that’s not as important as Elon being responsible for the needless deaths of tens of thousands of kids.
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Power, Obligation and the Universities talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/power...
Power, Obligation and the Universities
In the mid-80s, when I was a teenager, I had a brief...
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April 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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DEMOCRATIC ELECTEDS: You need to be holding hearings like Raskin/Schiff did but on the bloodbaths at Social Security and IRS. DOGE can now pocket everyone's personal information. IRS is being set up to make billionaire taxes optional; no more phone support # at SSA. HOLD THE HEARINGS.
April 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
DEMOCRATIC ELECTEDS: You need to be holding hearings like Raskin/Schiff did but on the bloodbaths at Social Security and IRS. DOGE can now pocket everyone's personal information. IRS is being set up to make billionaire taxes optional; no more phone support # at SSA. HOLD THE HEARINGS.
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Weird how the same party that insisted undocumented immigrants don't pay any taxes is now using the records of undocumented immigrants paying their taxes to find them.
Of course they think it's *great* they won't be adding to our tax revenues anymore. Damn freeloaders, giving us money for nothing.
Of course they think it's *great* they won't be adding to our tax revenues anymore. Damn freeloaders, giving us money for nothing.
The IRS has agreed to share information with ICE to help locate people for deportation, court records show, a fundamental change in how the tax collector uses its tightly regulated records. nyti.ms/3XQ9vWk
April 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Weird how the same party that insisted undocumented immigrants don't pay any taxes is now using the records of undocumented immigrants paying their taxes to find them.
Of course they think it's *great* they won't be adding to our tax revenues anymore. Damn freeloaders, giving us money for nothing.
Of course they think it's *great* they won't be adding to our tax revenues anymore. Damn freeloaders, giving us money for nothing.
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This funny 'American Pie' parody bites hard — from a comedy show that went out a few days ago in the UK
April 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This funny 'American Pie' parody bites hard — from a comedy show that went out a few days ago in the UK
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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 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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.
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This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.
I would be making a big deal out of this if I were an elected Democrat
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.
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"If the admittedly mistaken word of someone somewhere in the vast government bureaucracy is enough to pluck a man from Maryland and deliver him to a foreign prison in mere days—what is there to protect lawful immigrants, American citizens, or anyone?"
Where Does Kilmar Abrego Garcia Get His Due Process?
The Trump administration’s admitted “error” could have been avoided if they’d followed the rules.
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April 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"If the admittedly mistaken word of someone somewhere in the vast government bureaucracy is enough to pluck a man from Maryland and deliver him to a foreign prison in mere days—what is there to protect lawful immigrants, American citizens, or anyone?"