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Musk groups are up to $13 million to a guy who supports an 1849 abortion law- when women couldn’t vote. And they’re giving out $100 checks to influence people

Wisconsin-you have the chance to show that money is not power and that billionaires don’t get to decide elections

Vote 👉🏽 Susan Crawford
Musk and Trump ratchet up involvement in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
The court is expected to decide the future of abortion in the state and could redraw a congressional map that has given Republicans six of the state’s eight seats.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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POV: You lose the guy who wrote the 2002 memos justifying extraordinary rendition and torture on the treatment of aliens.
March 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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1/ This one graf in the Paul, Weiss CEO's latest excuse for capitulation to Trump is the problem of systemic and moral collapse in every institution in the last decade of Trump.
March 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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My friend @davidlat.bsky.social just published an email Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp sent to the firm. This excerpt is the most chilling. This is how constitutional republics die -- when rivals see a violation of fundamental rights not as an injustice, but as a business opportunity:
March 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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it’s been four days and i am still dead over this
March 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Some pages about figures like Jackie Robinson, the Tuskegee Airmen, the Navajo Code Talkers and Desert Storm-era Gen. Colin Powell have been restored to Pentagon websites following public outrage.

But many remain down.
Historical figures cut from military websites while others are restored following ‘DEI’ ban
Doris Miller, the first Black sailor to earn a Navy Cross, is one of many from marginalized backgrounds whose contributions have been scrubbed from Pentagon websites.
nbcnews.to
March 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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The law firm, founded and chaired by Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias, said in a statement Saturday that there would be "no negotiation" with the White House about the clients it represents or the lawsuits it brings on their behalf. www.aol.com/no-negotiati...
'No negotiation': A law firm targeted by Trump says it won't change who it represents
The Elias Law Group hit back at Trump after it was namedropped in a White House memo targeting law firms' "frivolous" suits against his administration.
www.aol.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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So could capitulation to fascism.
The law firm that says: If we won't fight for ourselves, we won't fight for you.
Paul Weiss chair says Trump executive order could have destroyed law firm
www.ft.com/content/38b6...
Paul Weiss chair says Trump executive order could have destroyed law firm
Chair Brad Karp defends decision to cut a deal with White House in note to colleagues
www.ft.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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A few decent zingers emerging from the Mark Twain Prize ceremony honoring Conan O’Brien at the Kennedy Center. Right-hand quote is Conan himself. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...
March 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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If you ever wondered how the KGB manipulated foreigners and got them to repeat Soviet propaganda, spend some time listening to Steve Witkoff talk about his wonderful conversations with Vladimir Putin.
March 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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If Biden had ever tried to prevent lawyers and firms representing Jan. 6 clients from entering federal buildings, or pulled the security clearances of lawyers representing Trump, there would have been calls for impeachment THE NEXT DAY.

That’s all
March 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Hey, Politico --

I consider myself to have "long-term standing in the private legal community" and I have been willing to speak out almost every single day. And, I'm not alone.

Yes, there is widespread cowardice among law firms, but don't ignore those refusing to bow down.

Defiantly,

Marc Elias
March 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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ARIZONA — Bernie on the Oligarchy: “From the bottom of my heart, I am convinced they can be defeated.”
March 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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He’s a habitual, shameless liar. As this shows. And thousands of clips before this showed. But everyone knew that already, so Shameless Habitual Liars is the American Brand now. Make America Full of Shit Again. bsky.app/profile/meid...
Donald Trump's shifting positions on H-1B visas.

2016 vs. 2020 vs. 2024
January 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Today, defending Musk, Trump claimed he "always" has supported H1B Visas. But on June 22, 2020, Trump issued an executive action suspending H1B Visas because he said the program was taking jobs from American workers

trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential...
December 29, 2024 at 1:25 AM
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Now THIS is really cool…
Major kudos to Mat Ishbia and the Suns. All teams should do this.
December 18, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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Criticizing Trump in a book just isn't fair.

It's like criticizing the Amish on television.
November 29, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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Now, more than ever, we could all use some good news.

From climate wins on Election Day in California and Washington to Massachusetts passing a sweeping climate bill, here are our top #GoodClimateNews stories from the month of November 👇 🌎
Good Climate News Roundup - November 2024
Some good election news (yes, really!), climate wins for states and Indigenous communities, and more!
www.lcv.org
November 29, 2024 at 7:12 PM