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Early signals. Sharp analysis. Truth under pressure.
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May 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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May 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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When calling your Senators and Representatives to vocalize your concerns, here are a few tips:

1) Be specific - limit the interaction to one concern per call and/or email
2) Have notes - stay on topic
3) Request a response
4) Ask for action items

You can call multiple times/day.

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February 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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May 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Whether seen in person or captured in a photograph, this enormous eagle never fails to leave people speechless. It is a true embodiment of strength, pride, and majesty. 😍😍😍
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A Massive Harpy Eagle That Leaves Everyone in Awe.
Whether seen in person or captured in a photograph, this enormous eagle never fails to leave people speechless. It is a true embodiment of strength, p
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April 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The Rise of the MAGA Mafia: Intimidation, Lawlessness, and the Death of Due Process
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The Rise of the MAGA Mafia: Intimidation, Lawlessness, and the Death of Due Process
What begins with threats against judges could end in the collapse of the Constitution. This is how it happens.
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May 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
May 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Federal judges say unsolicited pizza deliveries to jurists' homes that began in February may number in the hundreds across at least 7 states — prompting increased security concerns.

Many have gone to judges presiding over lawsuits challenging Trump policies. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Judges say unsolicited pizza deliveries are meant to intimidate them
Judges in several states say they have faced threats and intimidation tactics associated with pizza deliveries.
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May 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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May 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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The Last Branch Standing: Why Our Courts Matter More Than Ever
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The Last Branch Standing: Why Our Courts Matter More Than Ever
The Tree of Democracy is dying. If we lose the judiciary, we lose everything. But there is still hope — if we act now.
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May 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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AP, in a legal filing this morning, says the new White House policy removing all wire services from the daily press pool rotation clearly violates the court's injunction and asks Federal District Court Judge Trevor McFadden to enforce his order. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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April 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Trump's call to revive Alcatraz may be a far-fetched publicity stunt, but his efforts to reopen shuttered prisons are well underway across the US.

Five closed jails and prisons have reopened for ICE or will soon. More are being targeted. My breakdown of their scandals + the private firms profiting:
Not just Alcatraz: the notorious US prisons Trump is already reopening
Amid outrage over ‘far-fetched’ plans to revive Alcatraz, Trump is pushing to expand Ice detention to other closed lockups marked by scandals
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May 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Ira Shapiro was the chief trade negotiator with Japan and Canada during the Clinton administration. He knows what he’s talking about. This article is a must read.

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IRA
My parents gave me an uncommon name.
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April 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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A Nation Distracted: What We’re Missing While Democracy Slips
A personal reflection and a warning on what Trump's second term is doing to American institutions, alliances, and the people who call this country home.
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May 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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"This House bill marks a potential seismic shift in federal higher education funding, resulting in overall cuts to critical student aid programs in order to expand costly tax breaks to billionaires and corporations." www.newamerica.org/education-po...
How the House Reconciliation Bill Harms the Average American Family
The House reconciliation bill makes college less affordable — ignoring Americans’ top higher ed concern
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April 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Last Branch Standing: Why Our Courts Matter More Than Ever
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The Last Branch Standing: Why Our Courts Matter More Than Ever
The Tree of Democracy is dying. If we lose the judiciary, we lose everything. But there is still hope — if we act now.
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May 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM