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this report from media matters is fucking wild. fox news has aired 424 segments about trans athletes since feb 5. the week democrats vetoed the GOP trans sports ban bill, they aired 59 segments. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

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SCOOP: The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.

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Just days ago, Brad Lander called me to interpret for an Arabic-speaking asylee whose case was approved, yet ICE was still harassing him inside the building. Brad personally escorted him out to safety. He does this kind of work quietly, every day.

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Some background on Brad Lander’s arrest today by ICE agents at immigration court.

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Look, I don’t much care what Tulsi Gabbard says either, but here’s the thing: I didn’t appoint her to be my Director of National Intelligence.

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Tennessee Nazi that threatened No Kings protest had gun with designs mimicking Christchurch mass murderer’s gun AND his hat had patch referencing Curtis Yarvin’s “dark enlightenment” theory, which calls for an end to democracy www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

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With @davidgilbert.bsky.social : We retraced the history of the #TeslaTakedown, which began with a BlueSky post + has evolved into a nationwide movement that's led thousands to protest outside Tesla dealerships. It's laying the infrastructure for other political fights www.wired.com/story/tesla-...

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Just updated my diagram of Trump’s crypto entanglements based on his most recent financial disclosures 😵‍💫

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We’re announcing new legislation — the No Secret Police Act (SB 627) — to ban local/state/federal law enforcement, w/ some exceptions, from covering their faces when interacting w/ the public & require them to wear identifying info. The secret police behavior we’re seeing destroys trust & must end🧵

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1/ Trump's latest financial disclosure reveals how much he and his Trump Organization benefited financially from real estate projects in 2024. No one appears to have paid him more than Saudi real estate developer Dar Al Arkan, chaired by Yousef Al Shelash. www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...

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Trump’s attempts to dehumanize large segments of the American people in order to use military force against them fits the classic definition of “tyranny,” and right wing rhetoric using the phrase “third world” to justify it is no accident (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Great line here: "Considered individually, defendants’ legal arguments are meritless. Considered in the aggregate, they are terrifying."

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At yesterday's protests in Atlanta, police arrested the respected journalist Mario Guevara—clearly ID'd as press and, crucially, known for tirelessly documenting ICE abuses—for livestreaming their crackdown. He was booked on charges of "obstruction" and "pedestrian walking on or along" a roadway.

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The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence? Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue. 1/ A🧵on the danger.

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Wrote a bit more on the Christian education of Vance Boelter. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/on-the-chr...

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The MN assassin's ties to the New Apostolic Reformation begin with his being a graduate of Christ for the Nations Institute. Wired further reports that in 2023 he preached, ”God is going to raise up apostles and prophets in America,” he added, “to correct His church.” www.wired.com/story/shooti...

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Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

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So this week we’ve had a man impersonating an ICE agent tie up a woman and steal $1000; a man impersonating a police officer assassinate a top Democratic politician & her husband (and shoot another Democrat & his wife); and a man impersonating a king hold a military parade for his birthday

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The political assassination of Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, the political prosecution of a federal judge in Wisconsin, political violence against Democratic mayors and Congresspeople in New Jersey, the state violence against Congresspeople in Los Angeles are all part of the same phenomenon.

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Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government. That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.

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I'm in @theguardian.com today, writing about the vice president of the US & DHS posting memes threatening to deport a fashion writer — raising prospect of deportations as a weapon of retribution against critics, & underscoring how X is actually dangerous for users www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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On the eve of Trump’s (definitely not for his birthday!) military parade, I wrote about how to build an authoritarian cult of personality, in four quick steps, drawing on research from Turkmenistan to Togo and North Korea to Washington.

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For anyone who missed this hearing yesterday, a video recording IS NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC!!! It was recorded as a part of the “cameras in the courtroom” pilot program. Watch below (and hear for yourself how Judge Breyer sounds just like his brother) ⬇️ 👇 www.uscourts.gov/court-record...

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🚨New: “Trump Org Keeps Bringing In Foreign Workers To Staff Its Clubs And Winery” It’s sought to import 1,880 foreign workers since 2008, per Labor Dept. records—including 31 farm workers for its vineyard this year. me, for @forbes.com 1/

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NEW: 12 masked armed men try to enter a homeless shelter without saying who they are. ICE agents park outside an elementary school, sparking fear and a car accident. Local police respond to a call about a possible assault, only to find ICE. Inside one day on LI: theintercept.com/2025/06/13/i...

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The Senate bill aims to effectively end all civil rights lawsuits against the federal government except by entities rich enough to potentially pay million/billions in fees. I am not making this up.

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The Treasury Dept imposed a $216 million penalty on CA-based GVA Capital for violating Ukraine/Russia related sanctions and reporting obligations - related to Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov The wife of DOGE team member Sam Corcos used to work for GVA Capital ofac.treasury.gov/media/934366...

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OOPS: Attorney for Proud Boys in their lawsuit against DOJ may not be allowed to practice law because of a prior felony conviction he appears not to have disclosed, according to the magistrate judge handling the case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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