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AOC: If Senator Fetterman or anybody else is concerned with law and order, we should be looking at one of the most law breaking agencies and administrations that we've seen in the United States.
June 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Just inexcusable. “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer… sensitive defense information could have been put at risk of potential hacking or surveillance.”
Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer.
apnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action.

"It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."

www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...
‘Treated like a criminal': US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada
Bachir Atallah, a real estate attorney from New Hampshire, says he and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were stopped crossing from Canada into Vermont
www.nbcboston.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Bone chilling.

A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.

The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.

1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
April 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Arson at the home of the Jewish governor of Pennsylvania on the first night of Passover.

Seems like the Trump administration might be looking for anti-Semitism in all the wrong places.
Last night at about 2AM, my family and I woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police after an arsonist set fire to the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg.
April 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Two-thirds of both houses of Congress could undo this whenever they want by passing a bill over Trump's veto taking all power to set tariff rates away from him. Tariffs are set by law. The Constitution gives the president no power over tariffs--only our current laws do that.
Tariffs are actually controlled by law. Trump can only raise tariffs because the current law says the president can declare an emergency and change rates. Congress could actually pass a law that repeals **all** presidential discretion on tariff rates.
A pivotal group of Senate Republicans is set to deliver a symbolic rebuke to President Trump's tariffs on Canadian products.

Support from four Republicans would give a Democratic resolution to block Trump's Canadian tariffs enough votes to pass in the Senate if all 47 Democrats also vote in favor.
April 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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If you think it’ll stop at Columbia and Harvard, you’re wrong. If you think it won’t go beyond universities to infiltrate all schools, you’re wrong. If you think it won’t demand compliance at media, medical, and non-profit organizations, you’re wrong. Fascism is here. Fight it.
April 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Our Democratic senators need to step up and call for new leadership. Send your senators an email and urge them to publicly demand that Sen. Schumer steps aside.
March 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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The terrible CR Budget bill — written by right-wing House Republicans with no input from anybody but themselves — was passed tonight with the support of 10 Democrats.
 
An absolute failure of Democratic leadership. NOBODY in the Senate should have voted for this dangerous bill.
March 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?

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My YES vote is *not* an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR.

My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.

I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
 
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Here’s a link to the actual post for anyone who tried clicking on the picture.
DOGE Privacy Act Requests
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (...
jamieraskin.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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The Trump administration is escalating its attacks on students and immigrants. DHS just arrested Columbia student activist Mahmoud Khalil — a lawful permanent resident — inside his own building. His wife is eight months pregnant. DHS and Trump do NOT have the power to revoke a green card. 🧵
Protests erupt after Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil taken by ICE, Trump says arrest is first of many
The Columbia University graduate, who helped organize the school’s pro-Palestinian protests, was detained Saturday night and told that his student visa was being revoked, his attorney said.
www.nbcnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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This article might dampen your weekend mood, but it's a must read.

The situation in the US government is already dire, but trying to comprehend what comes next is even more unsettling.
The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think
What’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse.
buff.ly
March 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Absolutely disgusted with Ohio State today. Another powerful institution complies in advance with these fascists. www.wosu.org/politics-gov...
Ohio State University students protest decision to close diversity and inclusion offices
Dozens of students and some faculty protested the decision by Ohio State University President Ted Carter to close the university's diversity, equity and inclusion offices. Many said Carter is closing ...
www.wosu.org
March 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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lancaster pennsylvania -- pretty good "brrrr-ccccaakk!" chicken impression in the embedded video...

lancasteronline.com/news/politic...
Smucker absent for mock town hall in downtown Lancaster [video]
Chants of “Smucker’s a chicken” and “Where’s Lloyd?” echoed from downtown Lancaster’s Penn Square on Saturday morning as more than 150 people staged a mock town hall for U.S. Rep.
lancasteronline.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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If you have a:

- Credit card
- Checking account
- Savings account
- Mortgage
- Car loan
- Student loan
- Venmo account

The fight to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is your fight.
February 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM