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Jerry Nadler is the former chair of the House Judiciary Committee. Today DHS agents stormed his office looking for protesters, and terrorized and handcuffed a staffer.
Department of Homeland Security officers invading a congressman's offices and arresting a staffer who tried to stop them is very, very bad. gothamist.com/news/homelan...
May 31, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Jerry Nadler is the former chair of the House Judiciary Committee. Today DHS agents stormed his office looking for protesters, and terrorized and handcuffed a staffer.
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Beth was a Shark Tanker (opted not to take a funding offer and built her business on her own). The tariffs are killing her business. She may lose everything.
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How the Trump tariffs are killing one business, and likely causing this entrepreneur to lose everything.
Her Business Was Thriving. Then Came the Tariffs. (Gift Article)
An interview with Beth Benike, who fears for the survival of her small business under Trump’s tariffs.
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April 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Beth was a Shark Tanker (opted not to take a funding offer and built her business on her own). The tariffs are killing her business. She may lose everything.
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But, let’s not mince words. The threat we face is vast, coordinated and dangerous.
Trump doesn’t run a normal administration — those follow the law. He runs a regime that’s wreaking havoc on our economy, democracy and national security and meant to enrich and protect himself and his friends.
Trump doesn’t run a normal administration — those follow the law. He runs a regime that’s wreaking havoc on our economy, democracy and national security and meant to enrich and protect himself and his friends.
25 Hours: All Gas, No Brakes in the Fight for Democracy
Opinion | Momentum is on our side. The people are on our side. We’re louder, smarter and more relentless than they are.
www.democracydocket.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
But, let’s not mince words. The threat we face is vast, coordinated and dangerous.
Trump doesn’t run a normal administration — those follow the law. He runs a regime that’s wreaking havoc on our economy, democracy and national security and meant to enrich and protect himself and his friends.
Trump doesn’t run a normal administration — those follow the law. He runs a regime that’s wreaking havoc on our economy, democracy and national security and meant to enrich and protect himself and his friends.
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““[T]his surprising win in the biggest swing state in the country should be a reminder that we don’t have to accept that Trump and his allies will prevail. We have agency, and we aren’t alone in being repulsed by what we are seeing in Washington.”
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Last night’s big PA Surprise
Short 🧵
I chatted with a PA Dem strategist who wears the opposite of rose-colored glasses about last night’s surprise upset in PA.
He was not involved in the race.
A few quotes:
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Last night’s big PA Surprise
Short 🧵
I chatted with a PA Dem strategist who wears the opposite of rose-colored glasses about last night’s surprise upset in PA.
He was not involved in the race.
A few quotes:
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March 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
““[T]his surprising win in the biggest swing state in the country should be a reminder that we don’t have to accept that Trump and his allies will prevail. We have agency, and we aren’t alone in being repulsed by what we are seeing in Washington.”
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This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
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SCOOP: The Trump admin appears to be going into a visa database to quietly change students' immigration status. It's coming entirely by surprise — setting students up to be detained without warning.
It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
SCOOP: ICE Revoking Students’ Immigration Statuses Without Their or the University’s Knowledge
“Never seen something like this,” say university officials about the secret targeting of Middle Eastern students.
zeteo.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
SCOOP: The Trump admin appears to be going into a visa database to quietly change students' immigration status. It's coming entirely by surprise — setting students up to be detained without warning.
It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
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NEVER.
I don't care how you feel about campus anti-Israel protests, or about antisemitism on campus. Fighting antisemitism cannot mean disappearing foreign citizens in the US on green cards for Wrongthink. It just cannot. Not in my name. Never. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who led Columbia University protests, lawyer says
Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University's student encampment protests, has been arrested by ICE, his lawyer says.
www.cbsnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
NEVER.
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To be absolutely, 100% clear, THIS is something that ends in “then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out”
This extreme escalation is an egregious violation of first amendment rights. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.
March 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
To be absolutely, 100% clear, THIS is something that ends in “then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out”
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Amanda Seyfried taught a ‘Tonight Show’ audience what a dulcimer is on late night recently as she covered the Joni Mitchell song ‘California.’
Amanda Seyfried Should Do a Joni Mitchell Biopic
Amanda Seyfried taught a ‘Tonight Show’ audience what a dulcimer is on late night recently as she covered the Joni Mitchell song ‘California.’
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March 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Amanda Seyfried taught a ‘Tonight Show’ audience what a dulcimer is on late night recently as she covered the Joni Mitchell song ‘California.’
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It's not just that she is an agent of fascism. It's not just that she targeted universities and their students.
It's also that she is an antisemite.
She spreads the same conspiracy theories and tropes that get Jews killed.
The ADL is choosing the antisemites they prefer. And the Jews they don't.
It's also that she is an antisemite.
She spreads the same conspiracy theories and tropes that get Jews killed.
The ADL is choosing the antisemites they prefer. And the Jews they don't.
March 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It's not just that she is an agent of fascism. It's not just that she targeted universities and their students.
It's also that she is an antisemite.
She spreads the same conspiracy theories and tropes that get Jews killed.
The ADL is choosing the antisemites they prefer. And the Jews they don't.
It's also that she is an antisemite.
She spreads the same conspiracy theories and tropes that get Jews killed.
The ADL is choosing the antisemites they prefer. And the Jews they don't.
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Immigrants. DEI. The transgender community. It’s all about making you hate your neighbors instead of the billionaires getting rich off our backs.
February 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Immigrants. DEI. The transgender community. It’s all about making you hate your neighbors instead of the billionaires getting rich off our backs.
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Richest guy in the world is doing this
Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
February 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Richest guy in the world is doing this
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This is extraordinarily dangerous. Tomorrow, the legacy media will ask Republican officials about this. Those officials will lie and obfuscate. And the legacy media will move on.
That is part of the crisis we face.
That is part of the crisis we face.
February 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is extraordinarily dangerous. Tomorrow, the legacy media will ask Republican officials about this. Those officials will lie and obfuscate. And the legacy media will move on.
That is part of the crisis we face.
That is part of the crisis we face.
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the richest man in the world decided that you don't deserve safe drinking water
February 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
the richest man in the world decided that you don't deserve safe drinking water
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This is insane. Musk, the world's richest man, owner of the most influential political messaging platform, and a de facto government member and top ally to the president, is accusing a journalist of being a criminal, because she reported on one of his racist DOGE staffers. This is fascist behavior.
February 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This is insane. Musk, the world's richest man, owner of the most influential political messaging platform, and a de facto government member and top ally to the president, is accusing a journalist of being a criminal, because she reported on one of his racist DOGE staffers. This is fascist behavior.
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Another reminder of the power of rightwing propaganda and the failure of mainstream media coverage: more people probably have heard about USAID ‘funding’ Politico (it isn’t) than about USAID funding anti-malaria programs which were just cut off and frozen by Musk and Trump.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Another reminder of the power of rightwing propaganda and the failure of mainstream media coverage: more people probably have heard about USAID ‘funding’ Politico (it isn’t) than about USAID funding anti-malaria programs which were just cut off and frozen by Musk and Trump.
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February 4, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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“You’ve got to call off your weekend plans, you’ve got to piss off your colleagues. But the tools are there.”
Democrats aren’t helpless. They have tools at their disposal that can grind Senate business to a halt if the GOP tries to ram through Trump’s extreme agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
Democrats aren’t helpless. They have tools at their disposal that can grind Senate business to a halt if the GOP tries to ram through Trump’s extreme agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
February 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“You’ve got to call off your weekend plans, you’ve got to piss off your colleagues. But the tools are there.”
Democrats aren’t helpless. They have tools at their disposal that can grind Senate business to a halt if the GOP tries to ram through Trump’s extreme agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
Democrats aren’t helpless. They have tools at their disposal that can grind Senate business to a halt if the GOP tries to ram through Trump’s extreme agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
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The Senate takes 3 votes this afternoon:
1) Go into executive session to consider Russell Vought to be OMB Director
2) Cloture vote for Pam Bondi for Attorney General
3) Confirmation of Christopher Wright for Energy Sec
These should be 3 easy NO votes for Dems. Watch yours and provide that input.
1) Go into executive session to consider Russell Vought to be OMB Director
2) Cloture vote for Pam Bondi for Attorney General
3) Confirmation of Christopher Wright for Energy Sec
These should be 3 easy NO votes for Dems. Watch yours and provide that input.
February 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Senate takes 3 votes this afternoon:
1) Go into executive session to consider Russell Vought to be OMB Director
2) Cloture vote for Pam Bondi for Attorney General
3) Confirmation of Christopher Wright for Energy Sec
These should be 3 easy NO votes for Dems. Watch yours and provide that input.
1) Go into executive session to consider Russell Vought to be OMB Director
2) Cloture vote for Pam Bondi for Attorney General
3) Confirmation of Christopher Wright for Energy Sec
These should be 3 easy NO votes for Dems. Watch yours and provide that input.
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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This is Mad King territory.
January 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is Mad King territory.
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Many things can be true at once.
We need make space for that in the coming times.
1) I am not at all surprised that man did a N*zi salute. He is a Fascist.
2) I am horrified that he did it such a public way with so many explaining it away.
We need make space for that in the coming times.
1) I am not at all surprised that man did a N*zi salute. He is a Fascist.
2) I am horrified that he did it such a public way with so many explaining it away.
January 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Many things can be true at once.
We need make space for that in the coming times.
1) I am not at all surprised that man did a N*zi salute. He is a Fascist.
2) I am horrified that he did it such a public way with so many explaining it away.
We need make space for that in the coming times.
1) I am not at all surprised that man did a N*zi salute. He is a Fascist.
2) I am horrified that he did it such a public way with so many explaining it away.
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Correct
it’s becoming increasingly clear the goal of the far right is to defund and buy up every source of reliable information until there is no more objective reality to counter them
January 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Correct