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Looks like legal aid orgs will be very busy this week helping people who sold it all but weren’t raptured apply for public benefits.
September 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Feeling down? Rather hopeless? Read on!
Chef’s kiss to this delicious article that reminds us there are principled judges acknowledging - even excoriating - the shamelessness and incompetence of the naked emperor and his supplicants.
Opinion | ‘Egregious.’ ‘Brazen.’ ‘Lawless.’ How 48 Judges Describe Trump’s Actions, in Their Own Words
Dozens of judges, appointed by presidents of both parties, have stood up to the administration’s lawlessness.
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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After masked agents snatched Rümeysa Öztürk in Mass., they took her that night to NH, then VE that same night. Then, to Louisiana in morning

All in less than 24hrs

"Immigration attorneys say the late-night hopscotch was an ICE tactic to complicate jurisdiction"

www.propublica.org/article/rume...
April 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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NEW: Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
www.propublica.org
February 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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These cowardly puppets would’ve stayed mute if their guy had blamed Poland for Germany’s 1939 invasion — something not even Adolf Hitler dared to do
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
As Trump Turns Against Ukraine, Republicans in Congress Stay Quiet
Congressional Republicans have mostly tempered their criticism or deferred to the president as he topples what were once their party’s core foreign policy principles.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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I have long believed that not enough has been written about how GOP members have felt physically intimidated by Trump supporters. It doesn’t excuse their cowardice, but it still deserves more attention.
“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress
With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.
www.vanityfair.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Trump II has begun. Many people are asking: “What can I do now?”

Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.
What you can do
Ten ways to resist Trump II
robertreich.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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hey Elon, quick question. wtf is this?
January 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM