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Sean Dunn, aka DC Sandwich Guy, speaks outside court after his not guilty verdict:

“I am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everything….

“That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants…

Every life matters, no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here…”
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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An embarrassingly obvious point, but...

This. Is. Illegal.

If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed.

In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
Trump says he’s increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario’s Reagan ad | CNN Business
President Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-...
www.cnn.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends
October 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Democrats need to seriously consider an impeachment inquiry into now-Judge Emil Bove if/when they take back the House.

He led the brazenly corrupt Eric Adams quid pro quo.

He facilitated the Tom Homan bribery cover-up.

And there’s probably more! He was Trump’s hatchet man at DOJ for months!
lol. Emil Bove intervened. The guy that Senate Republicans just confirmed for a lifetime position on the federal bench.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
September 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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162,000 doctors strong: The American College of Physicians demands RFK Jr. be removed as HHS Secretary, warning he is undermining vaccines, science, and public health.

www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom...
#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #NurseSky #SciSky
American College of Physicians Calls for Removal of Secretary Kennedy at HHS | ACP Online
Statement attributable to:Jason M. Goldman, MD, MACPPresident, American College of Physicians
www.acponline.org
September 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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on the electoral side of things, this is why you need a loud opposition party saying they reject this and will not stand for it. that this country should be safe for people from korea as new immigrants but also for longstanding korean americans.
Folks, the Korean American community is going fucking nuts btw
September 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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The next Democratic president should declare that the National Emergencies Act and Article II of the Constitution allow him to:

•admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states
•abolish ICE
•grant citizenship to any immigrant
•disband the 5th Circuit
•expand the Supreme Court

Seriously: Why the hell not?
September 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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The secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits!
Nadler is a mensch and this is an apt tribute
My statement on @nadler.house.gov’s decision not to seek re-election next year.
September 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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what's happening in Baltimore really gives the game away. a Dem major has drastically cut violent crime with a services-focused approach, even including police too, and none of these people give a shit popular.info/p/the-secret...
The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year
This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.
popular.info
August 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Why don’t more scientists support Republicans? We may never know
Mace: I would support any action to remove fluoride from the water. And ban also chemtrails
August 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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If the Supreme Court rules that the president can just ignore birthright citizenship, then the Supreme Court is ruling that the president can ignore the constitution—an unconstitutional ruling on the face of it. A Supreme Court that makes unconstitutional rulings is an illegitimate court.
July 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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KBJ is basically uniformly correct about everything and ACB is a zealot betraying the public trust in service of a fascist project, anyway, do go on
I’m not sure why Justice Jackson’s “unusually large number of concurring and dissenting opinions” are said to have “prompted a rebuke,’ especially one “that did not stint on condescension.” Comey Barrett’s “rebuke” was a choice, an act of agency.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes Herself Heard, Prompting a Rebuke
www.nytimes.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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In a functioning democracy, Emil Bove would be closer to contempt proceedings and disbarment than he is to a life-tenured seat on a federal appeals court ballsandstrikes.org/nominations/...
Emil Bove Is Everything Trump Wants In a Federal Judge
A whistleblower report alleges that during his time at the Justice Department, Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove suggested telling a federal judge “fuck you” in response to a court order he did not like...
ballsandstrikes.org
June 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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“I’m a lawyer and I’m going to give you the legal term for what’s happening: It’s fucking ridiculous.” @zellnor.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.

He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.

He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.

This is political intimidation.
Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant.

This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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it’s crazy how life for everyone has just gotten noticably worse immediately as trump became president again
June 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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This is the energy we need to beat these fascist fucks.
Here's another angle from Fox News reporter Bill Melugin of Sen. Alex Padilla getting roughed up by law enforcement after he tries to question Kristi Noem at her presser:

“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
June 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.

Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
June 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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I have as much time for the "debate over transgender rights" as I do for the "debate over interracial marriage" or the "debate over child labor": none. Transgender people have rights, as we all do.
May 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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“Trans dignity is a losing issue for Democrats, Palestine freedom is a losing issue, the dignity of the homeless and immigrants is a losing issue.”

I do not fucking care! Fight for it anyway or give up. What else are we fighting for if not?
May 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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I keep getting asked if it’s legal to spend our campaign funds on food drives or our high school public service grants and the answer is YES. It is.

Politicians and Democratic organizations need to use their coffers to help people NOW and fill in the gaps that Trump has created.
if dems want messaging help, stop telling people you're "fighting back." it sounds like you're being mugged. call off the podcaster search, take your ridiculous money pile and try opening some food banks and free clinics. hurricanes are coming and the feds have no plan. looks like an opening to me.
May 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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The only hope we have for the Supreme Court to enforce limits on the executive is a Democratic president
May 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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This is absolutely terrible news.

With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.

h/t @merz.bsky.social
Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine
Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
www.reuters.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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I say without any irony or sarcasm: yes, thank you, we want parliamentary sabotage.

Again, I'm 100% serious. It's one of the few things a minority party can do, and which Republicans themselves did. It's essential.
They wanted to pass this evil budget to take away healthcare from millions earlier today. It’s still stuck in the rules committee cause House Dems introduced over 500 amendments and we are lined up to debate on them. Delaying is important. Keep up the pressure on these Congressional Republicans.
May 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM