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Too many members of Congress keep letting us down. This is about more than opposing Trump’s bad nominees — it’s about treating this administration like the authoritarian threat it is and using every inch of power to fight back: indivisible.org/campaign/tru...
April 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Too many members of Congress keep letting us down. This is about more than opposing Trump’s bad nominees — it’s about treating this administration like the authoritarian threat it is and using every inch of power to fight back: indivisible.org/campaign/tru...
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April 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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If the government can “deport” you for having beliefs they don’t like, none of us is free. Call it what you want, but it sure as shit ain’t democracy.
April 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
If the government can “deport” you for having beliefs they don’t like, none of us is free. Call it what you want, but it sure as shit ain’t democracy.
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Paying an extortionist -- where do you think it ends? Do you think he honors his side of the supposed "deal"? Really?
Meanwhile, as Big Law ill-advisedly pays the protection racket, there's a huge need for lawyers to help regular people Trump is illegally targeting:
www.cm-life.com/article/2025...
Meanwhile, as Big Law ill-advisedly pays the protection racket, there's a huge need for lawyers to help regular people Trump is illegally targeting:
www.cm-life.com/article/2025...
April 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Paying an extortionist -- where do you think it ends? Do you think he honors his side of the supposed "deal"? Really?
Meanwhile, as Big Law ill-advisedly pays the protection racket, there's a huge need for lawyers to help regular people Trump is illegally targeting:
www.cm-life.com/article/2025...
Meanwhile, as Big Law ill-advisedly pays the protection racket, there's a huge need for lawyers to help regular people Trump is illegally targeting:
www.cm-life.com/article/2025...
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Watch this page 👀
April 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Watch this page 👀
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Wait til Trump figures out that the Kochs, using Leo, actually picked “Trump’s Supreme Court justices” and that Trump was the chump in the equation.
Challenge to Trump’s Tariffs Funded by Groups Linked to Charles Koch and Leonard Leo
The legal organization behind a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s tariffs is funded by groups linked to Charles Koch and Leonard A. Leo.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Wait til Trump figures out that the Kochs, using Leo, actually picked “Trump’s Supreme Court justices” and that Trump was the chump in the equation.
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Democratic lawmakers are calling for federal agencies and state attorneys general to investigate whether President Donald Trump, members of his administration, or any of his associates manipulated markets or helped enrich allies in connection with Trump’s sudden reversal on tariff polices.
Democrats home in on trading activity before Trump flip on tariffs
“Every Attorney General must immediately investigate."
www.motherjones.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Democratic lawmakers are calling for federal agencies and state attorneys general to investigate whether President Donald Trump, members of his administration, or any of his associates manipulated markets or helped enrich allies in connection with Trump’s sudden reversal on tariff polices.
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A Louisiana immigration judge ruled Friday that recent Columbia graduate and Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported—even though Khalil has a green card, is a lawful permanent resident, and has not been charged with any crimes.
Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, immigration judge rules
The fight is far from over.
www.motherjones.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A Louisiana immigration judge ruled Friday that recent Columbia graduate and Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported—even though Khalil has a green card, is a lawful permanent resident, and has not been charged with any crimes.
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We keep hearing about "agreements" btw Trump and law firms or Trump and universities. Where are they? What are they? Are they really committed to paper? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-a...
Why Aren’t We Seeing Any of These ‘Agreements’?
Here’s one thing that’s hardly been discussed as far as I can...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We keep hearing about "agreements" btw Trump and law firms or Trump and universities. Where are they? What are they? Are they really committed to paper? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-a...
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Big one for military folks ...
Hegseth's Pentagon looking to hand on-base grocery stores and shops designed to save service members and their families money to the private sector.
Story by @ktoropin.bsky.social + @tomnovelly.bsky.social
Hegseth's Pentagon looking to hand on-base grocery stores and shops designed to save service members and their families money to the private sector.
Story by @ktoropin.bsky.social + @tomnovelly.bsky.social
Privatized Commissaries? Pentagon Looking to Turn Over Retail, Recreation Services to Companies
The Pentagon’s newest push to trim its workforce and spending could mean that on-base grocery stores and shops designed to save service members and their families money could ultimately be sold off to...
www.military.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Big one for military folks ...
Hegseth's Pentagon looking to hand on-base grocery stores and shops designed to save service members and their families money to the private sector.
Story by @ktoropin.bsky.social + @tomnovelly.bsky.social
Hegseth's Pentagon looking to hand on-base grocery stores and shops designed to save service members and their families money to the private sector.
Story by @ktoropin.bsky.social + @tomnovelly.bsky.social
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Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
April 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
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Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
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Trump is forcing Americans who are seeking their earned benefits to sign up for Elon Musk's app.
Pure corruption.
Pure corruption.
April 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Trump is forcing Americans who are seeking their earned benefits to sign up for Elon Musk's app.
Pure corruption.
Pure corruption.
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Yesterday, House Republicans (with the help of four Democrats) passed a bill that would restrict access to the ballot and eliminate online and mail-in voter registration.
We must speak up to stop this GOP voter suppression bill in the Senate. Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
We must speak up to stop this GOP voter suppression bill in the Senate. Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
House Republicans just passed a voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions
“It’s a five-alarm fire for American voters and for election officials.”
www.motherjones.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Yesterday, House Republicans (with the help of four Democrats) passed a bill that would restrict access to the ballot and eliminate online and mail-in voter registration.
We must speak up to stop this GOP voter suppression bill in the Senate. Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
We must speak up to stop this GOP voter suppression bill in the Senate. Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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Evil, evil, evil
NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul...
April 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Evil, evil, evil
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“The customs official canceled Ms. Petrova’s visa on the spot and began deportation proceedings.” One way to understand Trump effect in govt: an ever widening circle of people, like low-level customs officials, get to make categorical decisions abt lives of others. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s...
She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her
President Trump’s immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. She fears arrest if she is deported there.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“The customs official canceled Ms. Petrova’s visa on the spot and began deportation proceedings.” One way to understand Trump effect in govt: an ever widening circle of people, like low-level customs officials, get to make categorical decisions abt lives of others. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s...
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“I get angry, I get sad, I get depressed about the country being taken apart. I’m trying to keep it together, but it’s really hard, to be honest.”
Inside Trump's federal "probie" purge
Some federal workers are bracing to be fired for a second time after a pair of court orders this week allowed their terminations to resume.
www.motherjones.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“I get angry, I get sad, I get depressed about the country being taken apart. I’m trying to keep it together, but it’s really hard, to be honest.”
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While Donald Trump throws our economy into chaos, Republicans in Congress just advanced Trump's plan to cut health care for millions of people to pay for tax handouts for billionaires and giant corporations.
We're going to fight it with everything we've got.
We're going to fight it with everything we've got.
April 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
While Donald Trump throws our economy into chaos, Republicans in Congress just advanced Trump's plan to cut health care for millions of people to pay for tax handouts for billionaires and giant corporations.
We're going to fight it with everything we've got.
We're going to fight it with everything we've got.
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"Our parents are actively fighting for our country for us to be able to have these rights..."
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
April 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"Our parents are actively fighting for our country for us to be able to have these rights..."
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
April 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
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Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
April 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
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Did President Trump tip off big donors or family to cash in on his tariff chaos?
Today with @schumer.senate.gov and Senate Democrats, I officially called for an SEC investigation to find out.
Presidents are not kings.
Today with @schumer.senate.gov and Senate Democrats, I officially called for an SEC investigation to find out.
Presidents are not kings.
Warren Urges S.E.C. to Investigate Trading Around Trump’s Tariff Pause
The president told his social media followers it was a “GREAT TIME TO BUY” hours before announcing a reversal on tariffs that sent markets soaring.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Did President Trump tip off big donors or family to cash in on his tariff chaos?
Today with @schumer.senate.gov and Senate Democrats, I officially called for an SEC investigation to find out.
Presidents are not kings.
Today with @schumer.senate.gov and Senate Democrats, I officially called for an SEC investigation to find out.
Presidents are not kings.
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A disgraced former Milwaukee cop with credibility issues helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to El Salvador's notorious prison. Cross was fired from his position as a Milwaukee Police Sergeant in 2012 after driving his car into a family’s home while intoxicated.
Gay Venezuelan stylist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced Milwaukee cop's report
Now a contractor for ICE, the officer was on the Brady list of disgraced cops in Milwaukee. His report helped send a man to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
www.jsonline.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A disgraced former Milwaukee cop with credibility issues helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to El Salvador's notorious prison. Cross was fired from his position as a Milwaukee Police Sergeant in 2012 after driving his car into a family’s home while intoxicated.
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I was a social security recipient from the age of 12 through 18. That’s not some weird thing or corruption. It’s called survivors’ benefits. You don’t have to know this. You’re blessed if you don’t. But if you’re going to speak publicly abt the program you need to know this.
Jeanine: We found out there are people who are between the ages of one and four who are getting social security
Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.
Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.
April 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I was a social security recipient from the age of 12 through 18. That’s not some weird thing or corruption. It’s called survivors’ benefits. You don’t have to know this. You’re blessed if you don’t. But if you’re going to speak publicly abt the program you need to know this.