AZ Sen. Priya Sundareshan
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Proud that AZ Democratic legislators walked out of the joint legislative session today as ICE Director Homan spoke, in order to highlight the people who are being disappeared without due process and often without any criminal history.
Check out this story from @azcentral.com
Check out this story from @azcentral.com
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"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
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I'll be blunt; if we're wrong and they overturn birthright citizenship then my biggest fear is that we're on the path to a new civil war. After all, that's what happened with Dred Scott 1.0, and this would be Dred Scott 2.0.
I don’t necessarily disagree with this prediction, but I do think it would be helpful for people if litigators and legal scholars wrote about what happens if they’re wrong and the court does rule in the administration’s favor
To give some sense of why I am so confident about this, I have talked to MANY other litigators on these issues, some of the top people in the country, and my views are almost universally held. The broad consensus among pretty much everyone I know is that the Court will rule against him on this.
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I'll be blunt; if we're wrong and they overturn birthright citizenship then my biggest fear is that we're on the path to a new civil war. After all, that's what happened with Dred Scott 1.0, and this would be Dred Scott 2.0.
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To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
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Yes, the Supreme Court has failed to protect us from Trump. But it’s worse than that: The Supreme Court is imposing its own fascism. It invented presidential immunity. It has gutted the Voting Rights Act, passed by a bipartisan Congress. It’s as bad as Trump, and moving in the same direction.
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Yes, the Supreme Court has failed to protect us from Trump. But it’s worse than that: The Supreme Court is imposing its own fascism. It invented presidential immunity. It has gutted the Voting Rights Act, passed by a bipartisan Congress. It’s as bad as Trump, and moving in the same direction.
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The Cruelty Is the Point (™Adam Serwer).
How can it *possibly* bother a grown-up person that someone else has chosen a different path?
I can understand, though I strongly disagree with, anti-abortion rights fervor. But this? How does it hurt anyone else? Jeesh.
How can it *possibly* bother a grown-up person that someone else has chosen a different path?
I can understand, though I strongly disagree with, anti-abortion rights fervor. But this? How does it hurt anyone else? Jeesh.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The Cruelty Is the Point (™Adam Serwer).
How can it *possibly* bother a grown-up person that someone else has chosen a different path?
I can understand, though I strongly disagree with, anti-abortion rights fervor. But this? How does it hurt anyone else? Jeesh.
How can it *possibly* bother a grown-up person that someone else has chosen a different path?
I can understand, though I strongly disagree with, anti-abortion rights fervor. But this? How does it hurt anyone else? Jeesh.
"some of them alive" when buried - absolutely horrific crimes against humanity
A horrifying CNN investigation reveals how Israel buried hundreds of starving Palestinians some of them alive using bulldozers and unmarked graves.
Missing in Gaza: CNN investigation points to the Israeli military bulldozing the dead bodies of Palestinians seeking aid | CNN
A CNN investigation into Palestinians who went missing near the Zikim crossing in Gaza this year points to aid seekers being killed and, in some cases, bulldozed into unmarked graves by Israeli forces...
edition.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"some of them alive" when buried - absolutely horrific crimes against humanity
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You could write this. Or you could write: “That notion, which has been the rule in nearly every country in the Western Hemisphere for over a century, is grounded in the language of the 14th Amendment.”
All how you choose to frame it.
All how you choose to frame it.
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
You could write this. Or you could write: “That notion, which has been the rule in nearly every country in the Western Hemisphere for over a century, is grounded in the language of the 14th Amendment.”
All how you choose to frame it.
All how you choose to frame it.
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NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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these clowns are REALLY going to say that Texas’s map - which targeted majority minority districts - was NOT discrimination on the basis of race.
But they’ll say Louisiana’s map - drawn to comply with the Voting Rights Act and give Black voters representation- DID discriminate on the basis of race
But they’ll say Louisiana’s map - drawn to comply with the Voting Rights Act and give Black voters representation- DID discriminate on the basis of race
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
these clowns are REALLY going to say that Texas’s map - which targeted majority minority districts - was NOT discrimination on the basis of race.
But they’ll say Louisiana’s map - drawn to comply with the Voting Rights Act and give Black voters representation- DID discriminate on the basis of race
But they’ll say Louisiana’s map - drawn to comply with the Voting Rights Act and give Black voters representation- DID discriminate on the basis of race
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TLDR: SCOTUS rules, 6-3, that racial gerrymandering is totally okay when Republicans do it. And if a district court suggests otherwise, they were dumb and too mean to Republicans (specifically “not presuming their good faith”).
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
TLDR: SCOTUS rules, 6-3, that racial gerrymandering is totally okay when Republicans do it. And if a district court suggests otherwise, they were dumb and too mean to Republicans (specifically “not presuming their good faith”).
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When Pete Hegseth tweeted he was investigating me, Gabby laughed and laughed.
December 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
When Pete Hegseth tweeted he was investigating me, Gabby laughed and laughed.
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4.) Just now: Officers used bear spray against multiple people who were protesting here on the southside, the federal officers sprayed from behind a locked 10 foot gate.
Street medics are administering first aid.
Street medics are administering first aid.
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
4.) Just now: Officers used bear spray against multiple people who were protesting here on the southside, the federal officers sprayed from behind a locked 10 foot gate.
Street medics are administering first aid.
Street medics are administering first aid.
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The result is that our society is full of hype men gaining ever more power, manipulating us in ever-more-insidious ways, and tearing down our democracy's ability to combat the hype cycle.
This ability is called financial regulation and it is super boring, is the problem.
This ability is called financial regulation and it is super boring, is the problem.
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The result is that our society is full of hype men gaining ever more power, manipulating us in ever-more-insidious ways, and tearing down our democracy's ability to combat the hype cycle.
This ability is called financial regulation and it is super boring, is the problem.
This ability is called financial regulation and it is super boring, is the problem.
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DHS’s post suggesting “if you help kick people out of the country you’ll be able to afford housing” is OG Nazism.
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
DHS’s post suggesting “if you help kick people out of the country you’ll be able to afford housing” is OG Nazism.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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As the mom of a five-year-old reading this and imagining what this family is going through made me physically ill. Unimaginable evil is being perpetrated before our eyes and with our tax dollars.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
As the mom of a five-year-old reading this and imagining what this family is going through made me physically ill. Unimaginable evil is being perpetrated before our eyes and with our tax dollars.
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"I've been through a lot worse in service to my country. The president and Pete Hegseth are not gonna silence me."
Yesterday, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) addressed the Pentagon investigation against him:
Yesterday, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) addressed the Pentagon investigation against him:
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"I've been through a lot worse in service to my country. The president and Pete Hegseth are not gonna silence me."
Yesterday, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) addressed the Pentagon investigation against him:
Yesterday, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) addressed the Pentagon investigation against him:
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This is what happens when you have the least qualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history.
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This is what happens when you have the least qualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history.
There's power in community engagement. Without concrete policies to protect residential customers from more rate increases💲, or legal guarantees from the #DataCenter company, I submitted my serious concerns to the ACC about the energy and water impacts of TEP's proposal.
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
There's power in community engagement. Without concrete policies to protect residential customers from more rate increases💲, or legal guarantees from the #DataCenter company, I submitted my serious concerns to the ACC about the energy and water impacts of TEP's proposal.
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Sen. Mark Kelly to NBC: "When I heard the Secretary say that they're going to pause immigration from 'third world' countries, I mean, I take that as a message that they don't want brown people coming to the United States. And I find that disturbing."
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Sen. Mark Kelly to NBC: "When I heard the Secretary say that they're going to pause immigration from 'third world' countries, I mean, I take that as a message that they don't want brown people coming to the United States. And I find that disturbing."
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The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
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The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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National Guard aren’t ICE or Border Patrol. They didn’t sign up looking to harass and repress people. They’re volunteers, part time, in case of emergency. They didn’t ask for this.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
National Guard aren’t ICE or Border Patrol. They didn’t sign up looking to harass and repress people. They’re volunteers, part time, in case of emergency. They didn’t ask for this.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
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Democrats should ask: when residential natural gas prices are at their highest ever, why are we exporting a record amount? Why not use it to make energy more affordable here?
The GOP has no answer for this; it contradicts everything they claim they're doing.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The GOP has no answer for this; it contradicts everything they claim they're doing.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Democrats should ask: when residential natural gas prices are at their highest ever, why are we exporting a record amount? Why not use it to make energy more affordable here?
The GOP has no answer for this; it contradicts everything they claim they're doing.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The GOP has no answer for this; it contradicts everything they claim they're doing.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...