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The state of California needs to arrest the DHS "security" forces for assault and every Democrat in the U.S. Senate needs to sign onto a campaign to impeach Kristi Noem.
Right fucking now.
Right fucking now.
June 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The state of California needs to arrest the DHS "security" forces for assault and every Democrat in the U.S. Senate needs to sign onto a campaign to impeach Kristi Noem.
Right fucking now.
Right fucking now.
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one thing that Democratic politicians should take note of is that the overlap between “great political optics” and “actual morally good stuff” is really big right now
April 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
one thing that Democratic politicians should take note of is that the overlap between “great political optics” and “actual morally good stuff” is really big right now
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In his 1957 filibuster, Strom Thurmond said "Negroes ... are not so well qualified to vote as are the white people.”
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate
Only two men have spoken on the floor of the U.S. Senate...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
In his 1957 filibuster, Strom Thurmond said "Negroes ... are not so well qualified to vote as are the white people.”
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
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The student group cites, as inspiration, Dean Treanor refusing to capitulate to the Trump administration's bullying earlier this month! Georgetown Law standing strong these days.
Student group I'm in cancelled an event with Skadden.
March 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The student group cites, as inspiration, Dean Treanor refusing to capitulate to the Trump administration's bullying earlier this month! Georgetown Law standing strong these days.
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Do you think you’re safe because you’re a US citizen? What guarantees your citizenship rights? The Constitution, the rule of law, & the institutions that protect them. If the regime breaks that rule of law by deporting non-citizens without trial or due process, defying court order, how safe are you?
March 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Do you think you’re safe because you’re a US citizen? What guarantees your citizenship rights? The Constitution, the rule of law, & the institutions that protect them. If the regime breaks that rule of law by deporting non-citizens without trial or due process, defying court order, how safe are you?
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Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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My YES vote is *not* an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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whether they’re retiring or not this should be the last term for each of them
The final tally to advance the CR is 62-38.
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
March 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
whether they’re retiring or not this should be the last term for each of them
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Alright fuck it. Who’s launching the democratic version of the Tea Party? I’m in.
March 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Alright fuck it. Who’s launching the democratic version of the Tea Party? I’m in.
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James: Whenever he issues an executive order, it’s the blue wall of defense. The attorneys general all across this country are responding in record time—defending the rights of individuals, defending the rule of law, and standing up for our democracy and for our freedom. We’ll continue to do that
March 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
James: Whenever he issues an executive order, it’s the blue wall of defense. The attorneys general all across this country are responding in record time—defending the rights of individuals, defending the rule of law, and standing up for our democracy and for our freedom. We’ll continue to do that
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It should be very clear to every Senate Democrat that any vote for Cloture will also be considered a vote for the bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
March 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It should be very clear to every Senate Democrat that any vote for Cloture will also be considered a vote for the bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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This, precisely, is what I think Dem voters want from their representatives: direct confrontation with people who are used to bullying others both as a matter of substance and style. You don't have to back down to these fucking clowns.
Texas Republican Keithself storms out of the meeting he's supposed to be running because a Democrat asked him to treat his colleague Sarah McBride with respect. These people would not last one day as a trans person.
March 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This, precisely, is what I think Dem voters want from their representatives: direct confrontation with people who are used to bullying others both as a matter of substance and style. You don't have to back down to these fucking clowns.
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NEW: Trump's threats to condition disaster relief on promises from states undermines federalism and disregards established law preventing federal overreach into state matters. @georgetownlaw.bsky.social's Meryl Justin Chertoff examines this unprecedented quid pro quo approach to disaster relief.
Trump’s Threats to Withhold Disaster Relief Undermine Federalism Principles
The administration’s attempt to extract promises from states in exchange for federal funds also disregards established law preventing federal overreach into state matters.
statecourtreport.org
March 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
NEW: Trump's threats to condition disaster relief on promises from states undermines federalism and disregards established law preventing federal overreach into state matters. @georgetownlaw.bsky.social's Meryl Justin Chertoff examines this unprecedented quid pro quo approach to disaster relief.
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An appeal to journalists and editors.
Calling illegal impoundments “savings” or even “cuts” is journalistic malpractice.
This is not time to to shy away from calling things as they are because you are worried about “balance.” Going along with the con that DOGE is about efficiency is unethical.
Calling illegal impoundments “savings” or even “cuts” is journalistic malpractice.
This is not time to to shy away from calling things as they are because you are worried about “balance.” Going along with the con that DOGE is about efficiency is unethical.
March 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
An appeal to journalists and editors.
Calling illegal impoundments “savings” or even “cuts” is journalistic malpractice.
This is not time to to shy away from calling things as they are because you are worried about “balance.” Going along with the con that DOGE is about efficiency is unethical.
Calling illegal impoundments “savings” or even “cuts” is journalistic malpractice.
This is not time to to shy away from calling things as they are because you are worried about “balance.” Going along with the con that DOGE is about efficiency is unethical.
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Ripping a student from their home, challenging their immigration status, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint will chill student speech and advocacy across campuses nationwide.
Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.
Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.
The Trump administration’s detention of Mahmoud Khalil — a green card holder studying in this country legally — is targeted, retaliatory, and an extreme attack on his First Amendment rights.
apnews.com/article/colu...
apnews.com/article/colu...
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Ripping a student from their home, challenging their immigration status, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint will chill student speech and advocacy across campuses nationwide.
Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.
Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.
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I am proud of my former Dean (at both Fordham and Georgetown Law), who is standing up for the values of those Jesuit institutions. The anti-DEI dictates are unconstitutional and just plain ridiculous in their sweep. I hope every university leader has the guts to stand up to this bullying.
This week, Edward Martin, the interim US attorney for Washington, DC, sent a letter to the dean of Georgetown Law School threatening to investigate the school if it did not scrub its policies and curriculum of diversity and inclusion initiatives. Here is the Dean's response....
March 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I am proud of my former Dean (at both Fordham and Georgetown Law), who is standing up for the values of those Jesuit institutions. The anti-DEI dictates are unconstitutional and just plain ridiculous in their sweep. I hope every university leader has the guts to stand up to this bullying.
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These people are all going to the same retreats with the same small set of consultants & pundits & being shown the same bullshit opinion polls & being persuaded of the same lame-ass talking points. Reality doesn't matter.
This is so profoundly strange from @slotkin.senate.gov. The Harris campaign ran one of the most aggressive outreach efforts to moderates, independents, and soft Republicans in recent memory!
March 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
These people are all going to the same retreats with the same small set of consultants & pundits & being shown the same bullshit opinion polls & being persuaded of the same lame-ass talking points. Reality doesn't matter.
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I was someone praising Newsom for having some fighting spirit in him last year - eg vs DeSantis - but can’t really take him seriously after this, especially as he seems not to have pushed back on Kirk on a number of issues.
March 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I was someone praising Newsom for having some fighting spirit in him last year - eg vs DeSantis - but can’t really take him seriously after this, especially as he seems not to have pushed back on Kirk on a number of issues.
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i’m sorry, i’m tired of this shit. there was no pronoun policing. i have encountered exactly three or four land acknowledgments in like ten years, and the most you’ll hear about “intersectionality” is in liberal nonprofits. this is just freefloating resentment masquerading as analysis.
Elissa Slotkin told Tim Alberta why her response to Trump's joint address did not touch on a laundry list of priorities from various advocacy groups.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
March 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
i’m sorry, i’m tired of this shit. there was no pronoun policing. i have encountered exactly three or four land acknowledgments in like ten years, and the most you’ll hear about “intersectionality” is in liberal nonprofits. this is just freefloating resentment masquerading as analysis.
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Violated decorum?
Lying to the world for 100 minutes straight?
Dismantling the federal government?
Purging the DOJ?
Withholding money that the Congress already appropriated?
That deserved you following decorum?
Get a clue dumbass, @schumer.senate.gov. Excuse me, sir dumbass.
Lying to the world for 100 minutes straight?
Dismantling the federal government?
Purging the DOJ?
Withholding money that the Congress already appropriated?
That deserved you following decorum?
Get a clue dumbass, @schumer.senate.gov. Excuse me, sir dumbass.
CNN reporting that Senate Democrats are “disappointed” in House members for violating “decorum” at Trump’s speech last night.
Just utterly clueless. And worth remembering next time those senators wax reverently about John Lewis.
Just utterly clueless. And worth remembering next time those senators wax reverently about John Lewis.
March 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Violated decorum?
Lying to the world for 100 minutes straight?
Dismantling the federal government?
Purging the DOJ?
Withholding money that the Congress already appropriated?
That deserved you following decorum?
Get a clue dumbass, @schumer.senate.gov. Excuse me, sir dumbass.
Lying to the world for 100 minutes straight?
Dismantling the federal government?
Purging the DOJ?
Withholding money that the Congress already appropriated?
That deserved you following decorum?
Get a clue dumbass, @schumer.senate.gov. Excuse me, sir dumbass.
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We can all learn how to get in "good trouble " as the late great John Lewis taught us. #goodtrouble
Green: I will suffer whatever the consequences are because I don't believe in the richest country in the world people should be without good health care. I stood up for my constituents then. I'm standing up for them now. I would do it again.
March 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
We can all learn how to get in "good trouble " as the late great John Lewis taught us. #goodtrouble
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This is the most pathetic charade I've ever witnessed, and weakest reaction from the opposition.
March 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is the most pathetic charade I've ever witnessed, and weakest reaction from the opposition.
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Like I said. The party needs new leaders.
I’m most galled by the up-is-down chutzpah. In Jeffries’s world, swaddling chickenshit frontliners by making the party captive to Trump’s abuse is a power move, while taking unprecedented steps to express contempt is getting “run off the block” like cowards. That’s piss on your leg, not rain.
Jeffries sends a letter to Democrats saying "The decision to attend the Joint Session is a personal one and we understand that members will come to different conclusions. However, it is important to have a strong, determined and dignified Democratic presence in the chamber."
March 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Like I said. The party needs new leaders.
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The US Congress is applauding Trump for withdrawing from the fricking World Health Organization. We live in Idiocracy.
March 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The US Congress is applauding Trump for withdrawing from the fricking World Health Organization. We live in Idiocracy.