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They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.
Deeply concerning: US citizen lawyer getting detained and his phone searched on reentering the U.S. at Customs. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.
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It’s a recalibration of economic control.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
April 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It’s a recalibration of economic control.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
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Boat derangement syndrome
April 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Boat derangement syndrome
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Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
April 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
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Out of all the moments that show Trump's disdain for US troops, I think the highlight was when he was confronted directly about Russia supplying arms to Taliban and offering bounties for our soldiers and his response was "we did that to them in the 80s..."
A Commander-in-Chief said that. Unreal.
A Commander-in-Chief said that. Unreal.
April 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Out of all the moments that show Trump's disdain for US troops, I think the highlight was when he was confronted directly about Russia supplying arms to Taliban and offering bounties for our soldiers and his response was "we did that to them in the 80s..."
A Commander-in-Chief said that. Unreal.
A Commander-in-Chief said that. Unreal.
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Heard quote on a pod just now:
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” - Theodore Roosevelt
Seems applicable. I dig it
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” - Theodore Roosevelt
Seems applicable. I dig it
March 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Heard quote on a pod just now:
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” - Theodore Roosevelt
Seems applicable. I dig it
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” - Theodore Roosevelt
Seems applicable. I dig it
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Trump signed an executive order that he said would “begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all,” although the agency cannot be closed without the approval of Congress.
March 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trump signed an executive order that he said would “begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all,” although the agency cannot be closed without the approval of Congress.
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Got this in the inbox this morning from our statewide immigration rights coalition.
Please share far and wide. Green card holders are being conned into signing away their status.
Please share far and wide. Green card holders are being conned into signing away their status.
March 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Got this in the inbox this morning from our statewide immigration rights coalition.
Please share far and wide. Green card holders are being conned into signing away their status.
Please share far and wide. Green card holders are being conned into signing away their status.
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Children's Health Defense is taking advantage of grieving parents whose child died to push their anti-vaccine bullshit.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old's measles death
Anti-vaccine influencers see the child’s death as proof — not of the danger of measles, but of their own debunked theories.
www.nbcnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Children's Health Defense is taking advantage of grieving parents whose child died to push their anti-vaccine bullshit.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Nearly all Cybertrucks have been recalled because Tesla used the wrong glue.
March 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Nearly all Cybertrucks have been recalled because Tesla used the wrong glue.
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Numerous Social Security numbers — including those belonging to a U.S. ambassador, congressional staffers and intelligence researchers — were revealed to be included in the trove of J.F.K papers released.
March 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Numerous Social Security numbers — including those belonging to a U.S. ambassador, congressional staffers and intelligence researchers — were revealed to be included in the trove of J.F.K papers released.
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The FDA is running out of liquid Nitrogen to maintain samples and alcohol wipes. The IRS cannot buy pens. I could go on.
NEW: An anonymous source has told me that because of the suspension of government purchase cards, a VA hospital is unable to buy supplies like bleach and batteries.
March 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The FDA is running out of liquid Nitrogen to maintain samples and alcohol wipes. The IRS cannot buy pens. I could go on.
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JUST IN: USDA probationary employee was terminated last month and reported to us that they were told by their State Unemployment Office that USDA reported the employee VOLUNTARILY RESIGNED, when in fact they had not. Who else is in this situation and what advice might you have? Quick advice is ⬇️
March 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
JUST IN: USDA probationary employee was terminated last month and reported to us that they were told by their State Unemployment Office that USDA reported the employee VOLUNTARILY RESIGNED, when in fact they had not. Who else is in this situation and what advice might you have? Quick advice is ⬇️
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The Sargent at Arms is removing Rep. Al Green. Holy shit.
March 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The Sargent at Arms is removing Rep. Al Green. Holy shit.
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“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries — WIRED
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
apple.news
March 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”
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Our hearts go out to our friends at NOAA. We are horrified and disgusted by these illegal terminations. You do important work and we will all suffer without it.
an astronaut in a space suit is making a heart shape with his hands while wearing a helmet .
ALT: an astronaut in a space suit is making a heart shape with his hands while wearing a helmet .
media.tenor.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Our hearts go out to our friends at NOAA. We are horrified and disgusted by these illegal terminations. You do important work and we will all suffer without it.
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RIP U.S. Department of Education. Education Secretary Linda McMahon introduced herself to department employees with an email calling on them to join her in a “historic final mission” to downsize the agency and shift control to the states.
March 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
RIP U.S. Department of Education. Education Secretary Linda McMahon introduced herself to department employees with an email calling on them to join her in a “historic final mission” to downsize the agency and shift control to the states.
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The order could allow the Trump administration to make mail voting — which was used by tens of millions of voters last year — more difficult. Trump has repeatedly said he’d like to end the practice, falsely claiming it allows for widespread fraud. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...
Trump Bid to Take Over Postal Service Could Threaten Mail Voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The order could allow the Trump administration to make mail voting — which was used by tens of millions of voters last year — more difficult. Trump has repeatedly said he’d like to end the practice, falsely claiming it allows for widespread fraud. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...
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NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.
March 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.
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This is not law. It couldn’t withstand legal scrutiny.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
Real question. What is an “illegal protest”? Real question. He was convicted of a crime. Why hasn’t he been expelled?
March 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is not law. It couldn’t withstand legal scrutiny.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
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This is today, March 4, the year or our Lord 2025. He’s threatening to remove federal funding and arrest people for exercising 1A rights (speaking against *him*) and to “expel” *Americans* … from what? The colleges he doesn’t run or the country he thinks he does? Impeach/convict/remove @resist.bot
"I'm burning America down and making it illegal for you to complain about it."
March 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is today, March 4, the year or our Lord 2025. He’s threatening to remove federal funding and arrest people for exercising 1A rights (speaking against *him*) and to “expel” *Americans* … from what? The colleges he doesn’t run or the country he thinks he does? Impeach/convict/remove @resist.bot
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This morning Donald Trump has further entrenched himself into autocratic power. He has declared that he'll stop all funding to EDU institutions if they don't stop "illegal" protests and threatened to expel or imprison the 'agitators'.
We must not remain silent.
#americadoesnthavekings #nokings
We must not remain silent.
#americadoesnthavekings #nokings
March 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This morning Donald Trump has further entrenched himself into autocratic power. He has declared that he'll stop all funding to EDU institutions if they don't stop "illegal" protests and threatened to expel or imprison the 'agitators'.
We must not remain silent.
#americadoesnthavekings #nokings
We must not remain silent.
#americadoesnthavekings #nokings
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Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His “energy emergency” declaration lets him override regulations entirely.
March 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His “energy emergency” declaration lets him override regulations entirely.
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"Big Balls'" grandfather was KGB agent Valery Fedorovich Martynov, executed by the USSR in 1987.
Source: The Independent
Source: The Independent
March 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Big Balls'" grandfather was KGB agent Valery Fedorovich Martynov, executed by the USSR in 1987.
Source: The Independent
Source: The Independent