@rickragan.bsky.social
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If the Senate confirms the wildly unqualified Emil Bove, it will be responsible for the even Trumpier and more lawless Supreme Court for which the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is potentially but a Bovean stepping stone. He is an antijudge extraordinaire
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...
Opinion | Revenge, Thy Name Is Emil Bove
www.nytimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
If the Senate confirms the wildly unqualified Emil Bove, it will be responsible for the even Trumpier and more lawless Supreme Court for which the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is potentially but a Bovean stepping stone. He is an antijudge extraordinaire
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...
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We fought the good fight from emoluments to impeachment to criminal prosecution but Congress failed us and the Supreme Court has been fully complicit. We must keep invoking the lower courts’ fidelity to law but will need massive political mobilization.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
It’s Not Just a Constitutional Crisis in the Trump Era. It’s Constitutional Failure | Washington Monthly
While Trump defies constitutional norms, Congress remains conspicuously silent and the Supreme Court has abdicated its responsibility.
washingtonmonthly.com
June 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We fought the good fight from emoluments to impeachment to criminal prosecution but Congress failed us and the Supreme Court has been fully complicit. We must keep invoking the lower courts’ fidelity to law but will need massive political mobilization.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
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It is actually nuts that even when the NYC political establishment was presented with a broad field of talented candidates w/ many ideas, in a time of generational change & anti-corruption, they STILL chose to line up behind scandal-ridden Andrew Cuomo.
It’s cowardice.
It’s cowardice.
June 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It is actually nuts that even when the NYC political establishment was presented with a broad field of talented candidates w/ many ideas, in a time of generational change & anti-corruption, they STILL chose to line up behind scandal-ridden Andrew Cuomo.
It’s cowardice.
It’s cowardice.
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Ahead of No Kings Day, a couple trainings we have coming up that might be useful:
Safety and Deescalation: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Know Your Rights (w/ACLU): act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
Safety and Deescalation: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Know Your Rights (w/ACLU): act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
No Kings: Safety and Deescalation Training for Hosts & Core Teams · No Kings
_**Gather in-person with your planning and safety team to participate in this virtual training.**_
Get together a team of fellow No Kings organizers IN PERSON and dial in as a group for this virtual ...
www.mobilize.us
June 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Ahead of No Kings Day, a couple trainings we have coming up that might be useful:
Safety and Deescalation: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Know Your Rights (w/ACLU): act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
Safety and Deescalation: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Know Your Rights (w/ACLU): act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
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Since the federal minimum wage hasn't been raised since 2009, 30 states and Washington, DC have increased their minimum wages above the federal level. Check out your state in our Minimum Wage Tracker! 🤓
www.epi.org/minimum-wage...
www.epi.org/minimum-wage...
Minimum Wage Tracker
www.epi.org
April 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Since the federal minimum wage hasn't been raised since 2009, 30 states and Washington, DC have increased their minimum wages above the federal level. Check out your state in our Minimum Wage Tracker! 🤓
www.epi.org/minimum-wage...
www.epi.org/minimum-wage...
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I'm so over this lying, puritanical pixie.
June 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I'm so over this lying, puritanical pixie.
So it looks like the GOP doesn't mind if many of us perish in the next pandemic...
U.S. Cancels Contract With Moderna to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/h...
U.S. Cancels Contract With Moderna to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/h...
U.S. Cancels Contract With Moderna to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
So it looks like the GOP doesn't mind if many of us perish in the next pandemic...
U.S. Cancels Contract With Moderna to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/h...
U.S. Cancels Contract With Moderna to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/h...
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"In the broadest terms, the bill is an enormous upward transfer of wealth — perhaps the largest in history — taking from those with lower incomes and giving to the rich. And in its details there are dozens if not hundreds of blows to the economy." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
The Republican budget is an attack on the American economy
Everywhere you look, it delivers blows to America's economic future.
www.publicnotice.co
May 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"In the broadest terms, the bill is an enormous upward transfer of wealth — perhaps the largest in history — taking from those with lower incomes and giving to the rich. And in its details there are dozens if not hundreds of blows to the economy." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
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I cannot stress enough how much of a Def Con 1 moment this is. Federal judges fear that the President of the United States will stand down security for judges in retaliation for adverse decisions.
This is such a huge story.
This is such a huge story.
This should be seen as evidence of the crisis: federal judges fear that Trump will order U.S. Marshals to stand down on securing the safety of judges whose decision they don’t like. This is just devastating.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
May 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I cannot stress enough how much of a Def Con 1 moment this is. Federal judges fear that the President of the United States will stand down security for judges in retaliation for adverse decisions.
This is such a huge story.
This is such a huge story.
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As part of the NO KINGS national day of action, @handsoffcentraltx.bsky.social will be leading a protest at the Texas Capitol grounds on Saturday, June 14th, 5-8pm. Our group will be there, and we hope you'll join us! Details here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS - HANDS OFF CENTRAL TX · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his alli...
www.mobilize.us
May 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
As part of the NO KINGS national day of action, @handsoffcentraltx.bsky.social will be leading a protest at the Texas Capitol grounds on Saturday, June 14th, 5-8pm. Our group will be there, and we hope you'll join us! Details here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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The bottom 60% of US households can’t afford the basic costs of living.
How do Trump and Republicans respond?
Cutting Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP.
For Trump, tax cuts for billionaires are more important than Americans being able to afford the basics.
How do Trump and Republicans respond?
Cutting Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP.
For Trump, tax cuts for billionaires are more important than Americans being able to afford the basics.
Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.
www.cbsnews.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The bottom 60% of US households can’t afford the basic costs of living.
How do Trump and Republicans respond?
Cutting Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP.
For Trump, tax cuts for billionaires are more important than Americans being able to afford the basics.
How do Trump and Republicans respond?
Cutting Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP.
For Trump, tax cuts for billionaires are more important than Americans being able to afford the basics.
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It’s 2 am and we’re still marking up massive cuts to Medicaid.
While their constituents are asleep, Republicans are trying to take away health care from 13.7 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
They want you to tune out. Don’t ⬇️
x.com/i/broadcasts...
While their constituents are asleep, Republicans are trying to take away health care from 13.7 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
They want you to tune out. Don’t ⬇️
x.com/i/broadcasts...
HAPPENING NOW: Republicans are putting health care on the chopping block / X
HAPPENING NOW: Republicans are putting health care on the chopping block
x.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
It’s 2 am and we’re still marking up massive cuts to Medicaid.
While their constituents are asleep, Republicans are trying to take away health care from 13.7 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
They want you to tune out. Don’t ⬇️
x.com/i/broadcasts...
While their constituents are asleep, Republicans are trying to take away health care from 13.7 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
They want you to tune out. Don’t ⬇️
x.com/i/broadcasts...
I am horrified that Trump is destroying the USA (economically, trade, defense, education, health) and no one in the GOP, who are elected to represent Americans, will lift of finger to save our country. Have they no sense of honor or integrity? Living in the Twilight Zone.
#gop #republican
#gop #republican
April 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I am horrified that Trump is destroying the USA (economically, trade, defense, education, health) and no one in the GOP, who are elected to represent Americans, will lift of finger to save our country. Have they no sense of honor or integrity? Living in the Twilight Zone.
#gop #republican
#gop #republican
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As Democratic leadership, led by Chuck Schumer, fails to counter Donald Trump, the danger to American democracy grows. I break down the need for new Senate leadership, and the urgent fight against rising fascism.
Watch Here: youtu.be/NOw9YigU2bU
Watch Here: youtu.be/NOw9YigU2bU
Chuck Schumer’s Failed Strategy Is a Gift to Trump and the MAGA Extremists
YouTube video by The Warning with Steve Schmidt
youtu.be
April 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
As Democratic leadership, led by Chuck Schumer, fails to counter Donald Trump, the danger to American democracy grows. I break down the need for new Senate leadership, and the urgent fight against rising fascism.
Watch Here: youtu.be/NOw9YigU2bU
Watch Here: youtu.be/NOw9YigU2bU
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The Supreme Court has ruled.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be returned home. Now.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be returned home. Now.
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The Supreme Court has ruled.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be returned home. Now.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be returned home. Now.
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There are principled conservatives. But Supreme Court justices have been selected specifically to filter those out, and pick only the biggest partisan hacks available. That's what we have. There's a psychological need to see these people as responsible parental figures, but it's all projection.
SCOTUS doesn't have pragmatic, principled conservatives now because the goal of the Federalist Society was to find people without independent principles, because that was perceived as the failure of earlier generations of nominees. The justices/judges we get are pre-screened to be hacks.
April 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
There are principled conservatives. But Supreme Court justices have been selected specifically to filter those out, and pick only the biggest partisan hacks available. That's what we have. There's a psychological need to see these people as responsible parental figures, but it's all projection.
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It seems that Trump wants a recession. Why?
A recession will drive down the prices of real estate, companies, and shares of stock.
Trump and his fellow billionaires want to buy up everything on the cheap and then enjoy the ride upward — no matter the cost to working people.
A recession will drive down the prices of real estate, companies, and shares of stock.
Trump and his fellow billionaires want to buy up everything on the cheap and then enjoy the ride upward — no matter the cost to working people.
April 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It seems that Trump wants a recession. Why?
A recession will drive down the prices of real estate, companies, and shares of stock.
Trump and his fellow billionaires want to buy up everything on the cheap and then enjoy the ride upward — no matter the cost to working people.
A recession will drive down the prices of real estate, companies, and shares of stock.
Trump and his fellow billionaires want to buy up everything on the cheap and then enjoy the ride upward — no matter the cost to working people.
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38% of people living in Mike Johnson's district were enrolled in Medicaid last year.
Yet Johnson is pushing for devastating cuts to Medicaid — all to pay for tax cuts that will predominantly go to the rich.
Is there a better encapsulation of the Republican Party?
Yet Johnson is pushing for devastating cuts to Medicaid — all to pay for tax cuts that will predominantly go to the rich.
Is there a better encapsulation of the Republican Party?
April 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
38% of people living in Mike Johnson's district were enrolled in Medicaid last year.
Yet Johnson is pushing for devastating cuts to Medicaid — all to pay for tax cuts that will predominantly go to the rich.
Is there a better encapsulation of the Republican Party?
Yet Johnson is pushing for devastating cuts to Medicaid — all to pay for tax cuts that will predominantly go to the rich.
Is there a better encapsulation of the Republican Party?
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15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.
Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.
We must overturn Citizens United.
Every day, it corrupts our politics and erodes our democracy.
Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.
We must overturn Citizens United.
Every day, it corrupts our politics and erodes our democracy.
April 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.
Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.
We must overturn Citizens United.
Every day, it corrupts our politics and erodes our democracy.
Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.
We must overturn Citizens United.
Every day, it corrupts our politics and erodes our democracy.
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Firing a DOJ lawyer for admitting a government error when the lawyer’s duty to the court requires exactly that admission is about as wrong as anything can be.
Only in the lawless, topsy-turvy world of Trump and Vance is such absurdity imaginable.
Yet here we are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Only in the lawless, topsy-turvy world of Trump and Vance is such absurdity imaginable.
Yet here we are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Justice Department Lawyers Are Struggling to Defend Trump’s Policies in Court
Inside the department’s civil division, litigators are squeezed between judges demanding answers and bosses’ instructions to protect the Trump agenda at all costs.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Firing a DOJ lawyer for admitting a government error when the lawyer’s duty to the court requires exactly that admission is about as wrong as anything can be.
Only in the lawless, topsy-turvy world of Trump and Vance is such absurdity imaginable.
Yet here we are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Only in the lawless, topsy-turvy world of Trump and Vance is such absurdity imaginable.
Yet here we are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
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FEMA just cut Austin's $50 million grant for flood prevention and disaster recovery.
Trump and Musk think that money should go towards tax cuts for billionaires.
Austinites shouldn't be at risk of raw sewage flooding our communities so billionaires can buy a bigger yacht.
Trump and Musk think that money should go towards tax cuts for billionaires.
Austinites shouldn't be at risk of raw sewage flooding our communities so billionaires can buy a bigger yacht.
April 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
FEMA just cut Austin's $50 million grant for flood prevention and disaster recovery.
Trump and Musk think that money should go towards tax cuts for billionaires.
Austinites shouldn't be at risk of raw sewage flooding our communities so billionaires can buy a bigger yacht.
Trump and Musk think that money should go towards tax cuts for billionaires.
Austinites shouldn't be at risk of raw sewage flooding our communities so billionaires can buy a bigger yacht.
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The upcoming congressional recess will fall in the middle of GOP efforts to craft a massively unpopular reconciliation bill that guts Medicaid and SNAP programs to fund tax cuts for billionaires. Our goal is to organize hundreds of rallies to turn up the heat on Republicans: indivisible.org/muskorus
April 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The upcoming congressional recess will fall in the middle of GOP efforts to craft a massively unpopular reconciliation bill that guts Medicaid and SNAP programs to fund tax cuts for billionaires. Our goal is to organize hundreds of rallies to turn up the heat on Republicans: indivisible.org/muskorus
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If you're interested in the work being done through @indivisible.org and you live in central Texas, please check out the local chapters: @indivisible1431.org (us), @indivisibleaustin.bsky.social, @indivisiblecentex.bsky.social, @indivisiblenb.bsky.social, or @satx-indivisible.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If you're interested in the work being done through @indivisible.org and you live in central Texas, please check out the local chapters: @indivisible1431.org (us), @indivisibleaustin.bsky.social, @indivisiblecentex.bsky.social, @indivisiblenb.bsky.social, or @satx-indivisible.bsky.social
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Collective action doesn't happen on its own. It needs you! We are grateful to all the groups and chapters of @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org and many others that have stepped up to help focus this movement. Visit their sites, find your local chapter, register, and join or donate!
April 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Collective action doesn't happen on its own. It needs you! We are grateful to all the groups and chapters of @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org and many others that have stepped up to help focus this movement. Visit their sites, find your local chapter, register, and join or donate!