Joan Schaefer Richmond
@shireshepherd33.bsky.social
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Senator Booker has been speaking since 7:00 p.m. Monday evening; he just hit 10 hours.
He has been joined by Democratic Leader Schumer, Senators Blunt Rochester, Murphy and Kim.
Next vote: TBA.
He has been joined by Democratic Leader Schumer, Senators Blunt Rochester, Murphy and Kim.
Next vote: TBA.
April 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Senator Booker has been speaking since 7:00 p.m. Monday evening; he just hit 10 hours.
He has been joined by Democratic Leader Schumer, Senators Blunt Rochester, Murphy and Kim.
Next vote: TBA.
He has been joined by Democratic Leader Schumer, Senators Blunt Rochester, Murphy and Kim.
Next vote: TBA.
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The man was likely subject to deportation — just not to El Salvador — but the Trump administration says the judge has no authority to order an effort to seek his return to U.S. custody.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Trump administration admits ‘error’ in deporting Maryland resident to El Salvador
The Department of Justice says it has no recourse now that the man is in his home country, where he’d previously feared torture and persecution.
www.politico.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The man was likely subject to deportation — just not to El Salvador — but the Trump administration says the judge has no authority to order an effort to seek his return to U.S. custody.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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The man was deemed by an immigration judge in 2019 to be part of the MS-13 gang but to have credible fear of persecution in El Salvador, his home country.
He has been residing in MD with his U.S. citizen wife and child. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
He has been residing in MD with his U.S. citizen wife and child. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The man was deemed by an immigration judge in 2019 to be part of the MS-13 gang but to have credible fear of persecution in El Salvador, his home country.
He has been residing in MD with his U.S. citizen wife and child. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
He has been residing in MD with his U.S. citizen wife and child. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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NEW: The Trump administration acknowledged deporting a man to El Salvador in “error” but said there was nothing it could do to seek his return to U.S. custody.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
NEW: The Trump administration acknowledged deporting a man to El Salvador in “error” but said there was nothing it could do to seek his return to U.S. custody.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
Marine Le Pen barred from running for French presidency in 2027
Far-right leader found guilty of embezzlement of European funds and immediately barred from running for office
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
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Thank you, @timmiller.bsky.social, for recording this last night, and for speaking so powerfully on behalf of many of us against his shameful act by the Trump administration, which means--and one hates to say this--by the government of the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LSc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LSc...
This Isn’t a Mistake — It’s Evil
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Thank you, @timmiller.bsky.social, for recording this last night, and for speaking so powerfully on behalf of many of us against his shameful act by the Trump administration, which means--and one hates to say this--by the government of the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LSc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LSc...
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Cory Booker tomorrow at 6 a.m.
April 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Cory Booker tomorrow at 6 a.m.
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Senator Cory Booker spoke in an all-night session on the Senate floor early Tuesday, in an effort to seize the national spotlight and criticize the Trump administration's policies for Social Security, education and health care. He was still speaking in the predawn hours.
Cory Booker Slams Trump’s Policies in Marathon Senate Floor Speech
The New Jersey senator criticized the president’s plans for Social Security, education and health care, saying the “nation is in crisis.” He was still speaking in the predawn hours.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Senator Cory Booker spoke in an all-night session on the Senate floor early Tuesday, in an effort to seize the national spotlight and criticize the Trump administration's policies for Social Security, education and health care. He was still speaking in the predawn hours.
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A Wisconsin Trump voter is questioning his MAGA support after ICE deported his Peruvian wife upon returning from their honeymoon.
Earlier this month, a Trump supporter in Virginia was racially profiled and interrogated by ICE agents with their guns drawn.
Earlier this month, a Trump supporter in Virginia was racially profiled and interrogated by ICE agents with their guns drawn.
Trump Supporter Questions His Vote After ICE Detains Immigrant Wife
A Wisconsin resident voted for Donald Trump. Then ICE agents detained his Peruvian wife at the airport.
newrepublic.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A Wisconsin Trump voter is questioning his MAGA support after ICE deported his Peruvian wife upon returning from their honeymoon.
Earlier this month, a Trump supporter in Virginia was racially profiled and interrogated by ICE agents with their guns drawn.
Earlier this month, a Trump supporter in Virginia was racially profiled and interrogated by ICE agents with their guns drawn.
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"I don't care what the judges think" should be grounds for impeachment for any public official, but especially for key actors in the national security system.
Homan: "We're not stopping. I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We're coming."
March 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"I don't care what the judges think" should be grounds for impeachment for any public official, but especially for key actors in the national security system.
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Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
snyder.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
What could go wrong?
Donald Trump: Iran will be held responsible for Houthi attacks
Donald Trump: Iran will be held responsible for Houthi attacks
US president says consequences of any future attacks by Yemen’s Tehran-backed rebels will be ‘dire’
The US president, Donald Trump, has declared he will hold Iran directly responsible for any future attacks by Yemen’s Tehran-backed Houthi rebels, who…
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What could go wrong?
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What ICE is engaging in is not immigration, it's torture.
March 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What ICE is engaging in is not immigration, it's torture.
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“‘I was put in a cell, and I had to sleep on a mat with no blanket, no pillow, with an aluminum foil wrapped over my body like a dead body for two and a half days.’”
Canadian woman put in chains, detained by ICE after entering San Diego border
A Canadian entrepreneur detained by ICE is speaking out after she got arrested while trying to enter the San Diego border to obtain a visa last Monday.
www.10news.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“‘I was put in a cell, and I had to sleep on a mat with no blanket, no pillow, with an aluminum foil wrapped over my body like a dead body for two and a half days.’”
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“This is a terrible case to raise this issue,” said U of Virginia law professor Amanda Frost. “Without a nationwide injunction, it would be chaos.” Pregnant women might have to cross state borders to ensure their babies were registered as citizens at birth.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Legal experts pan Trump's Supreme Court appeal on birthright citizenship
Trump administration lawyers argue that district judges should not be allowed to issue rulings that apply nationwide.
www.latimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“This is a terrible case to raise this issue,” said U of Virginia law professor Amanda Frost. “Without a nationwide injunction, it would be chaos.” Pregnant women might have to cross state borders to ensure their babies were registered as citizens at birth.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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The bad news is that Chuck Schumer is not up for re-election until 2028. The good news is that he can resign right now—in fact, he should do that twice.
Chuck Schumer Should Resign to Spend More Time With His Imaginary Friends
The bad news is that the Democratic Senate leader isn’t up for reelection until 2028. The good news is that he can resign right now, and should do so—twice.
www.thenation.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The bad news is that Chuck Schumer is not up for re-election until 2028. The good news is that he can resign right now—in fact, he should do that twice.
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“Simply put,” the officials added, “we are quickly heading toward an environmental and life-threatening catastrophe.”
(Dioxin! It's really, freaking bad ☠️)
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
(Dioxin! It's really, freaking bad ☠️)
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.
Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic pa...
www.propublica.org
March 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“Simply put,” the officials added, “we are quickly heading toward an environmental and life-threatening catastrophe.”
(Dioxin! It's really, freaking bad ☠️)
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
(Dioxin! It's really, freaking bad ☠️)
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Cartoonists stepping up.
Christopher Weyant @christopherweyant1.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Cartoonists stepping up.
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The members of the Jan 6 Committee are all proud of our work.
Your threats will not intimidate us.
Or silence us.
Your threats will not intimidate us.
Or silence us.
March 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The members of the Jan 6 Committee are all proud of our work.
Your threats will not intimidate us.
Or silence us.
Your threats will not intimidate us.
Or silence us.
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If the stock market gets a whiff of the executive branch blatantly defying court orders, how long before it figures out that private property rights are endangered?
March 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If the stock market gets a whiff of the executive branch blatantly defying court orders, how long before it figures out that private property rights are endangered?
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Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.
March 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.
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"The Trump administration says it ignored a Saturday court order to turn around two planeloads of alleged Venezuelan gang members because the flights were over international waters and therefore the ruling didn't apply."
That legal "theory" won't hold up.
That legal "theory" won't hold up.
Exclusive: How the White House defied a judge's order to turn back deportation flights
"This is headed to the Supreme Court. And we're going to win."
www.axios.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"The Trump administration says it ignored a Saturday court order to turn around two planeloads of alleged Venezuelan gang members because the flights were over international waters and therefore the ruling didn't apply."
That legal "theory" won't hold up.
That legal "theory" won't hold up.
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Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Belgrade, Serbia, demanding the resignation of pro-Russia President Aleksandar Vučić.
March 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Belgrade, Serbia, demanding the resignation of pro-Russia President Aleksandar Vučić.
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2/ "At that point, about 6:51 p.m., both flights were off the Yucatan Peninsula, according to flight paths posted on X.
Inside the White House, officials discussed whether to order the planes to turn around. On advice from a team of administration lawyers, the administration pressed ahead."
Inside the White House, officials discussed whether to order the planes to turn around. On advice from a team of administration lawyers, the administration pressed ahead."
Exclusive: How the White House defied a judge's order to turn back deportation flights
"This is headed to the Supreme Court. And we're going to win."
www.axios.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
2/ "At that point, about 6:51 p.m., both flights were off the Yucatan Peninsula, according to flight paths posted on X.
Inside the White House, officials discussed whether to order the planes to turn around. On advice from a team of administration lawyers, the administration pressed ahead."
Inside the White House, officials discussed whether to order the planes to turn around. On advice from a team of administration lawyers, the administration pressed ahead."