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Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back?
The answer is due process.
The answer is due process.
April 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back?
The answer is due process.
The answer is due process.
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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
April 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
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Van Hollen: "If the president gets to shred the Constitution and ignore the Supreme Court in this case, it is a very short path to the president ignoring court orders in other cases. So every American should care about this."
April 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Van Hollen: "If the president gets to shred the Constitution and ignore the Supreme Court in this case, it is a very short path to the president ignoring court orders in other cases. So every American should care about this."
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
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NEW:
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS.
newrepublic.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NEW:
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
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First they came for the federal employees,
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a federal employee
...
You know the rest of the poem.
Act accordingly.
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a federal employee
...
You know the rest of the poem.
Act accordingly.
February 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
First they came for the federal employees,
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a federal employee
...
You know the rest of the poem.
Act accordingly.
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a federal employee
...
You know the rest of the poem.
Act accordingly.
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This was always about cutting the federal government so the tax cuts for the very wealthy don’t expire. This was never about “efficacy.”
February 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This was always about cutting the federal government so the tax cuts for the very wealthy don’t expire. This was never about “efficacy.”
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Van Hollen: "There's no Article 4 in the Constitution that gives Elon Musk that authority, and the way he's been 'delegated' this authority is illegal, and the actions he's taking are illegal, and we need to shut down this illegal operation."
February 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Van Hollen: "There's no Article 4 in the Constitution that gives Elon Musk that authority, and the way he's been 'delegated' this authority is illegal, and the actions he's taking are illegal, and we need to shut down this illegal operation."
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He is admitting that he doesn’t want lawyers to stop him from breaking the law. No one would stop him from issuing lawful orders, so this has to be about unlawful ones.
Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
February 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
He is admitting that he doesn’t want lawyers to stop him from breaking the law. No one would stop him from issuing lawful orders, so this has to be about unlawful ones.
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The quickening pace of corruption - the brazen use of the White House to enrich himself and his friends - is stunning.
Soon, before we know it, government will no longer serve us at all. It will just be a mechanism to enrich billionaires loyal to Trump.
Soon, before we know it, government will no longer serve us at all. It will just be a mechanism to enrich billionaires loyal to Trump.
With Congress Pliant, an Emboldened Trump Pushes His Business Interests
Norms recognized for decades in Washington by both parties no longer appear to apply to the Trump White House, former prosecutors and ethics lawyers say.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The quickening pace of corruption - the brazen use of the White House to enrich himself and his friends - is stunning.
Soon, before we know it, government will no longer serve us at all. It will just be a mechanism to enrich billionaires loyal to Trump.
Soon, before we know it, government will no longer serve us at all. It will just be a mechanism to enrich billionaires loyal to Trump.
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They learned something from their first term.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a grift is a good guy with principles.
So this time they're firing all the good guys with principles.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a grift is a good guy with principles.
So this time they're firing all the good guys with principles.
February 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
They learned something from their first term.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a grift is a good guy with principles.
So this time they're firing all the good guys with principles.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a grift is a good guy with principles.
So this time they're firing all the good guys with principles.
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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
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All Pete Hegseth talks about is being a warrior and instilling a warrior mindset in the military. Personal courage is the cornerstone of the warrior ethos. I wonder how that fits with being such a coward as to fire generals with 35 or more years of service in a press release on a Friday night.
February 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
All Pete Hegseth talks about is being a warrior and instilling a warrior mindset in the military. Personal courage is the cornerstone of the warrior ethos. I wonder how that fits with being such a coward as to fire generals with 35 or more years of service in a press release on a Friday night.
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Yo DOGE,
Found your waste! 👇🏼
Found your waste! 👇🏼
February 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Yo DOGE,
Found your waste! 👇🏼
Found your waste! 👇🏼
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This is exactly how every Democrat should be talking.
A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.
February 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This is exactly how every Democrat should be talking.
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ProPublica has released another study related to the effects of abortion bans in the U.S., this time showing a spike in sepsis cases in Texas following the implementation of that state's "heartbeat" abortion ban in 2021.
Sepsis Rates Soared in Texas After Abortion Ban: Report
Women in Texas are forced to wait with dangerous infections due to extremist anti-choice laws
meidasnews.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
ProPublica has released another study related to the effects of abortion bans in the U.S., this time showing a spike in sepsis cases in Texas following the implementation of that state's "heartbeat" abortion ban in 2021.
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Always stand up to a bully
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Always stand up to a bully
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This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
They Are a Minority
Get your mind right.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
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Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post
February 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post
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I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.
Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.
February 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.
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Trump just fired USAID inspector general Paul Martin—one day after he exposed how Trump’s foreign aid freeze & mass firings have made it easier for U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund terrorist groups like Hamas & ISIS.
Trump just fired USAID inspector general Paul Martin—one day after he exposed how Trump’s foreign aid freeze & mass firings have made it easier for U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund terrorist groups like Hamas & ISIS.
February 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Trump just fired USAID inspector general Paul Martin—one day after he exposed how Trump’s foreign aid freeze & mass firings have made it easier for U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund terrorist groups like Hamas & ISIS.
Trump just fired USAID inspector general Paul Martin—one day after he exposed how Trump’s foreign aid freeze & mass firings have made it easier for U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund terrorist groups like Hamas & ISIS.
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"Daddy says he owns you. Can you get me an ice cream?"
February 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"Daddy says he owns you. Can you get me an ice cream?"