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Federal officers entered Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides. The confrontation happened shortly after the aide observed federal agents detaining migrants in a public hallway outside an immigration courtroom.

submitted 11 hours ago • 545 comments

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

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Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people

submitted 1 day ago • 1109 comments

I had not seen this WSJ article from earlier this week. The 1st Amendment violation admitted in the last paragraph of this passage would be too obvious to use on a law school exam. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

submitted 16 hours ago • 30 comments

Damn it. www.energy.gov/articles/sec...

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

We need Natasha Lyonne ( Poker Face ) to be present every time Karoline Leavitt has a press conference to fact check in real-time and respond appropriately: ‘BULLSHIT’

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

I have a duty to fight against laws and lawmakers who would use my daughters and granddaughters as incubators. Full stop.

submitted 1 day ago • 132 comments

I keep thinking about all of the FedSoc lawyers who very quietly told me in 2016 that they were voting for Trump because they were worried about who Hillary would nominate for judgeships. Hope you’re all happy now.

submitted 1 day ago • 33 comments

Trump administration cuts to NSF will result in more than 200,000 FEWER people per year involved in basic science, training, and education - what should have been the next generation of US scientists. This isn't even eating your seed corn, it is setting your seed corn on fire and salting the earth.

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

This is what happens when you give an interview while you're hungry. #TACO #BURRITO #CHURRO #SALSA #ENCHILADA (Also, #economics)

submitted 1 day ago • 82 comments

Take a moment to read and share The Big Beautiful Bend Over Bill $BILLION. Yes BILLION to subsidize private and religious schools So public schools will suffer (ty @bannerite.bsky.social)

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BREAKING: In Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case, Judge Xinis denies DOJ’s request for an extension of the discovery deadline after plaintiffs say the Trump administration has only turned over one document during this period. The May 30 deadline will stand. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 2 days ago • 70 comments

Fiona Hill: "The United States is on a path toward full-on state repression."

submitted 2 days ago • 446 comments

NEW: House Republicans’ Billionaire Tax Scam will raise grocery costs for more than 4 million Americans by reducing or taking away the food assistance they count on. www.agriculture.senate.gov/newsroom/dem...

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“.. He also expressed dismay over the reputational hit his companies took: ‘People were burning Teslas. Why would you do that? That’s really uncool.’” @washingtonpost.com $TSLA www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 3 days ago • 271 comments

Hateful woman in Palmdale, California, keeps threatening to call ICE on a man—for flying a Mexican flag. Except, he’s an American citizen and flies the flag because he sells Mexican food. That’s it.

submitted 4 days ago • 768 comments

Just in: Texas' former solicitor general has left the AG's office amid sex misconduct allegations and a lawsuit outlining his apparent, months of detailed disclosures to colleagues about his sexual obsession with watching an asteroid anally rape the agency's No. 2 attorney in front of his kids.

submitted 3 days ago • 470 comments

elie is here inside my head

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Fifty years after he was graduated from Princeton University, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered the baccalaureate address at his alma mater. This is how he ended the speech:

submitted 5 days ago • 48 comments

lol

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Wow. This is major news. Judges discuss moving the U.S. marshals from the executive to the judicial branch. Not only would they protect judges from trump threats, but it would also make it easier for courts to order marshals to carry out court orders.

submitted 7 days ago • 443 comments

In the new Mission Impossible movie, President Kamala Harris and the deep state save the world by rejecting belligerent nationalism.

submitted 6 days ago • 25 comments

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but something good happened, in Ohio of all places, and I wanted to share…

submitted 7 days ago • 115 comments

Earlier today Democracy Docket premium members got my latest in which I try to decode if the Trump administration is filled with monsters or morons. To access it and receive all my premium content -- including tomorrow's reading list -- subscribe now. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-meblu...

submitted 8 days ago • 56 comments

NEW: Voting rights groups filed suit Friday to block a new law that forces Montana voters to include their date of birth on both their absentee ballot application and the ballot envelope, or risk having their vote tossed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 8 days ago • 41 comments

Hundreds of Ukrainian Soldiers Freed by Russia: What to Know https://twp.ai/4imklw

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

"We should make no mistake about President Donald Trump’s strategy: He is trying to install himself as provost of our university. He seemingly wants to dictate who can be admitted, what classes can be taught and which professors should be fired." wapo.st/3FfIHsx

submitted 7 days ago • 19 comments

When someone as evil as Dick Cheney openly calls the orange felon the greatest threat to the United States, you know we are in some terrifyingly serious shit.

submitted 8 days ago • 394 comments

The “Big Beautiful Bill” is disastrous. It will harm working families, low-income Americans, and the millions of people who rely on public assistance to make ends meet. Trump continues to inflict chaos, and Republicans are letting him get away with it. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

submitted 7 days ago • 24 comments

Those who commit their life to public service deserve to retire with dignity and security. That’s why I just signed a bill to boost pensions for Minnesota teachers, police officers, and firefighters.

submitted 8 days ago • 269 comments