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Ruin a dictator's birthday this weekend. Find your local No Kings protest at lcv.org/nokings 😎

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Congress has been asleep at the wheel on consumer data protection basically since the dawn of the internet

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There's no way the courts can function as a coequal branch of government if every individual court starts from the position of "we have no information about how this admin comports itself, let's start at the beginning". Courts need to use the admin's behavior in other courts to inform their rulings

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Things are pretty bad but if you’re On Here to yell at us about how nothing will work and all is already lost, log off and touch grass. For your own sake as much as the movement’s.

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I wish whenever Democrats did the boilerplate "Of course I believe that violent or destructive protesters should be arrested," they'd add, "Unlike our president who pardons them if they are beating on cops for him."

submitted 8 hours ago • 29 comments

Judges who’ve spent their whole careers assuming some baseline level of good faith from DOJ need to recalibrate for a while

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YouGov poll, just out: "Should ICE agents be required to wear uniforms while making arrests?" Yes: 68% No: 18

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The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III, and I count at least 15 of them that Donald Trump has also committed in whole or in part. Particularly notable right now: "He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures."

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The Soviet coup of 1991 failed in part because soldiers refused orders to harm protestors. Soon after that, the regime fell.

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Honoring Confederate Heritage has nothing to do with racism, slavery, or treason. Tuscaloosa just had a really cool art scene in 1862, okay?

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Grocery stores used to have cashiers. Then they replaced the cashiers with self-check-out machines that constantly malfunction and require a store employee to troubleshoot, but they're always understaffed, so everything is slower and worse. Now imagine that dynamic applied to air traffic control.

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Democrats always take responsibility for real policy and Republicans always use it against them. This dynamic includes both actual events (e.g., debt ceiling fights) and vibes (e.g., who was in charge of covid response)

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i'm so old i remember when tech companies invested in stuff that wasn't just competing with every other big tech company for The Official Next Big Thing™

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www.wnep.com/article/news...

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Still waiting for the article that’s like “these right wing militia members are in a bubble and it would be healthier if they exposed themselves to left wing ideas”

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Three things about this comment: 1. Homan is a White House adviser who doesn't have the power to arrest anyone. Neither does Trump. 2. Trump once again acts like he's not in charge. "If I were Tom, I'd do it." Uh, doesn't he work for you? 3. THREATENING TO ARREST A GOVERNOR IS A FIVE ALARM FIRE

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MAGA is using the troops but does not actually care about them, and that’s an important thing for anyone who might receive illegal orders to know

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Congratulations DC Bar President-Elect Diane Seltzer!! So well deserved. A victory for the American people’s freedoms as well as the DC legal community.

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Has anyone told ICE that First Lady Melania Trump and First Frenemy Elon Musk broke immigration laws?

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So you agree? Insurrectionists belong in jail?

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DC lawyers reject MAGA attack on democracy by 10 to 1. Good reminder that Washington, DC is not the politicians you hate. The rest of the country elects them. DC is a big, vibrant city largely populated by well-meaning public servants who act in good faith but lack equal rights. Make it a state.

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Still true

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Not all political strategy is about median voters. Base mobilization has become the bigger factor. And the median voter does not think like beltway centrist pundits.

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Cities are good and Trump is bad

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500% tariff on blue shells

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If it happens, it's not a bribe, because that would be a Very Serious Accusation and you have to assume people are operating in good faith. You have to assume that. You just have to.

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"Peace through strength" in "domestic affairs" is not a slogan used in a free society.

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Congrats to ABC and Disney for paying Trump that $15 million “settlement”. Look what it bought you!

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Less “peace through strength” and more “force in lieu of legitimacy”

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Congress cannot allow any president to threaten government retaliation against private citizens for supporting his political rivals

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Guy who did a Hitler salute at Trump’s inauguration surprised to learn fascists demand obedience

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Big Michael Bay energy

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It's the Washington Monument in the background that really takes this to next-level dystopian

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