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Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

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"The June 14, 2025 parade and celebration will be the successor to January 6, 2021—a celebration of 'patriotism' that is deeply anti-democratic, and of a man who is the most authoritarian president in American history." www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-t...

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Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

submitted 23 hours ago • 2686 comments

Sen. Alex Padilla: "If this is how this DHS responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable."

submitted 1 day ago • 296 comments

WTF!

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Can’t keep track of everything in the ridiculous GOP budget bill? You’re not alone. Here are five crazy facts about the bill to get you caught up:

submitted 8 days ago • 23 comments

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

submitted 10 days ago • 859 comments

This right here is the problem with the current U.S. administration: dodging the simple truth that Putin is a war criminal In a Senate hearing: Sen. Keating: Is Putin a war criminal? Rubio: “We’re trying to end the war.” Keating: It’s a yes or no. Rubio: “He’s someone we negotiate with.” Shameful

submitted 23 days ago • 153 comments

🚨 CNN published intercepted calls revealing Russian forces directing the execution of Ukrainian POWs: “Capture the commander, kill the others.” These atrocities happened late last year, with over 20 investigations now underway into POW executions ordered by senior commanders.

submitted 23 days ago • 56 comments

"These are heartless, cruel, totally unconstitutional, illegal actions... he has violated, more than anyone, the Constitution...and he needs to be held accountable." Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social anna doesn't hold back on Elon Musk in his interview with me. Full interview: zeteo.com/p/heartless-...

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Rep. Jim Himes: "You have a very serious allegation of the compromising of intelligence for political purposes — something DNI Gabbard said she would not permit. Here is a textbook example of twisting intelligence to achieve a political end. That is not okay."

submitted 22 days ago • 50 comments

"It's such a luxury to live here. And to ruin it, to sabotage it in the way it’s being sabotaged...is really like some barbarian ruler comes in and doesn’t like the Library at Alexandria and destroys it...except it’s an entire society we’ve built over 250 years." open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...

submitted 28 days ago • 21 comments

Murphy: "There's no guarantee that we are gonna have a free and fair election in 2026. He's trying to rig our democracy, to destroy dissent, to cripple the opposition, so that even if his approval ratings are in the 30s next year, there isn't the ability for his opposition to muster a real campaign"

submitted 30 days ago • 781 comments

1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans. These are their stories 🧵

submitted 37 days ago • 162 comments

⚡️ Poland faces 'unprecedented' Russian interference ahead of presidential election, minister says. The country will hold presidential elections on May 18, with a potential runoff on June 1.

submitted 38 days ago • 43 comments

They were kids and cops and other victims of gun violence. Trump can take down their faces, but he’ll never erase memories of them. wapo.st/3Yu9wzH

submitted 39 days ago • 66 comments

Trump "is using the mechanisms of justice to go after political opponents; he is using those same mechanisms to reward allies; and he is eliminating internal opposition within the department,” @rosenzweigp.bsky.social writes:

submitted 40 days ago • 14 comments

Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption. Breathtaking. Heartbreaking. We cannot let this stand.

submitted 43 days ago • 605 comments

Someone just flagged this to me. Top of my reading list tonight. Probably the most in the open example of presidential corruption in US history. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...

submitted 44 days ago • 35 comments

Very lengthy investigative piece by @npr.org & @tomdreisbach.bsky.social concerning how Trump and his Administration has targeted his enemies, whether political, perceived, real, or legal adversaries like me. www.npr.org/2025/04/29/n...

submitted 45 days ago • 3 comments

⚡️Zelensky slams Putin's 3-day truce proposal as 'manipulation,' reiterates calls for 30-day unconditional ceasefire. President Volodymyr Zelensky on April 28 slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin's Victory Day truce as "another attempt at manipulation" amid efforts to continue peace talks.

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⚡️Ukraine's allies will 'increase pressure on Russia' in coming days, Macron says. Ukraine's allies will "increase pressure on Russia" in the coming days to reach a ceasefire in Russia's war, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview released on April 28.

submitted 45 days ago • 13 comments

You all need to read this. The Signal chat of the world's worst people trying to impose their sociopathic fascist rule on the rest of us. www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

submitted 46 days ago • 22 comments

Still growing in numbers! Way to go, everyone! Thank you to all involved keep making good trouble!

submitted 47 days ago • 223 comments

New AP-Norc poll is first major poll with Trump's job approval in the 30s, 39%-59% (-20). apnorc.org/projects/100...

submitted 47 days ago • 209 comments

"One thing that happens when you have that much lying is that people begin to ask, is anything true? How do we know whether anything is ever true?" Don't let Trump's lies fatigue you or turn you cynical. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social joins @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on the The Focus Group pod:

submitted 48 days ago • 67 comments

Note how much of what Trump is trying to destroy, from Radio Free Europe to transatlantic trade, is precisely what the Russians most want him to destroy www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...

submitted 48 days ago • 90 comments

A headline from Hell. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

submitted 48 days ago • 1014 comments

Via Christo Grozev at Xitter, Russia's SVR is trying to preempt French and Brit reports of ties between Trump and Russian business interests. svr.gov.ru/smi/2025/04/...

submitted 48 days ago • 19 comments

House Rep. Gerry Connolly is pushing CDC leadership to explain why the personnel who handle FOIA requests lost their jobs, noting that that the public has a right to access federal records.

submitted 50 days ago • 313 comments

THIS IS WILD‼️ Florida got $67M from a Medicaid fraud settlement. Instead of using it for actual health care, Casey DeSantis funneled $10M to a “charity” she controls. That “charity” passed it to anti-abortion and anti-marijuana groups—who then helped fund GOP campaigns. Both measures lost!

submitted 51 days ago • 1123 comments

@radleybalko.bsky.social slate.com/news-and-pol...

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submitted 53 days ago • 119 comments

GOP Rep. Nancy Mace told a constituent “fuck you” after he asked if she will do a town hall this year

submitted 54 days ago • 424 comments

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV

submitted 53 days ago • 1605 comments

It doesn’t matter what your politics are. You should care that the Secretary of Defense is dangerously unqualified for this position.

submitted 53 days ago • 51 comments

This is astonishing. Like every other nominee in the health policy area, utterly unqualified, but in this case even worse. The nominee for surgeon General! Odds of the Republican Senate will still confirm her: 90%. lastcampaign.substack.com/p/trumps-sur...

submitted 53 days ago • 54 comments

I went to El Salvador hoping to meet with Kilmar and check on his well-being, and I had the chance to do that last night. Our courts have been clear: this was an ILLEGAL abduction. I’m speaking now about my meeting with Kilmar and our work to bring him home:

submitted 56 days ago • 694 comments

Sunday morning April 20, 2025 Fox News Sunday — Van Hollen NBC's Meet the Press — Van Hollen CNN's State of the Union — Van Hollen CBS’ Face the Nation — Van Hollen ABC’s This Week — Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov #AbregoGarcia #RuleOfLaw

submitted 54 days ago • 278 comments

"This is a lesson into the lengths that President Bukele will go to deceive people about what's going on. And it also shows the lengths Trump will go to" -- Van Hollen details how the photos appearing to show him and Abrego Garcia with margaritas were staged by the government of El Salvador

submitted 56 days ago • 186 comments

I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to be a check on Donald Trump's attacks on democracy. Five years later, its work is more important than ever before. Please consider joining today to help support its vital work. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member

submitted 55 days ago • 21 comments

NOW: Judge Boasberg has called an emergency hearing regarding the imminent movement of detainees to CECOT in El Salvador. I'm on the public line and I'll post what I can about the hearing here. 1/

submitted 55 days ago • 253 comments

These two paras from the 4th Circuit decision yesterday are haunting.

submitted 56 days ago • 11 comments

If the IRS deprives Harvard of its tax-exempt status, that's very bad for Harvard but it's also a catastrophe for the IRS. Instead of a neutral agency that enforces tax law, it will become a tool of partisan warfare. It may never recover.

submitted 57 days ago • 647 comments

JUST IN: @aclu and @democracyfwd ask Boasberg to reimpose nationwide TRO on Alien Enemjes Act deportations. They also want to refile habeas corpus claims in DC for the roughly 130 men deported March 15 despite Boasberg's order to turn planes around. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

submitted 57 days ago • 45 comments