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JUST IN: Judge Clay Land in Columbus, GA (GWBush) has granted a TRO against Alien Enemies Act deportation for a specific Venezuelan detainee there. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Burn it all down "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led a Christian prayer service in the Pentagon’s auditorium on Wednesday morning, during working hours, in which President Trump was praised as a divinely appointed leader."

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The Big Ugly Bill slashes nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid and SNAP, cutting household resources for working families by up to 4% by 2033. Meanwhile, the top 10% gain from tax breaks. Working families lose healthcare so the wealthy can pay less in taxes.

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Judge Murphy: the removals “obviously” violated his prior order. He said the government notified seven immigrants — from Mexico, Cuba, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam — the day before they were deported that they would be sent to South Sudan, which is on the brink of civil war. wapo.st/4k7T6FS.

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🚨 🚨 Smoking Gun A 🧵 It’s a pretty simple rule of thumb. The forces attacking democracy have been at it for years. They know the gameplan. Which means they know exactly what conditions enable their long-range plan to succeed. 1/

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it seems the government's new strategy to avoid being held in contempt for running unlawful rendition flights is to classify the details of the flights and claim they can't be revealed to courts whose orders are likely being violated www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...

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The Senate stands adjourned until Wednesday, May 21st, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. At 11:30 a.m., the #Senate will vote on the motion to proceed to S.1582, GENIUS Act. Additional votes are expected during Wednesday's session.

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🚨According to litigators, ICE just put a dozen men on a flight (which may have already taken off) to SOUTH SUDAN, a country on the brink of civil war, in direct defiance of a court order requiring ICE to give people an opportunity to raise objections before being sent to a country not their own.

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The extra-extreme members of the House Budget Committee voted "present" tonight so that the Medicaid-cuts-to-fund-tax-giveaways-for-the-rich bill could pass out of committee 17-16. Tomorrow, flood Capitol Hill switchboards to voice your opposition to this monstrosity. 202-224-3121.

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See you at 1 AM, yes, you read that right, when Republicans take up the spending bill, which includes a provision that would restrict courts from holding gov’t officials in contempt for violating court orders—possibly explaining the subterfuge. www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...

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Trump migrant detentions at Guantanamo Bay cost $100,000 per person daily, U.S. Senator Gary Peters said during a hearing. The White House has requested a huge increase in funding for immigration enforcement as it tries to achieve Trump's goal of mass deportations. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Republicans are about to strip 13.7 million Americans of healthcare so does anyone know where I can find some nonstop coverage about the previous president being old??

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He's just flat-out admitting it. And no, the current version of the bill would NOT help GOP states. It would hurt them just as much as Dem states. acasignups.net/25/05/20/red...

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“.. The only problem — many of the books on that list do not exist. The titles — and the book summaries — were dreamed up by artificial intelligence.” @chicago.suntimes.com chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/05...

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One tangible sign of this: Musk signaled in the fall that he would bankroll opposition to Philly DA Larry Krasner. That race is today and... Musk just didn't come in.

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Illinois is reaffirming our commitment to housing equity with $50M to seven permanent supportive housing developments. Not only are we helping our state's most vulnerable achieve long-term housing stability, but also inspiring hope for any Illinoisan to live independently.

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There are THIRTY MILLION Christian Zionists in the US alone and they are extremely powerful and running our government. There are 7.5 million TOTAL Jews in the entire country. And not all of us are Zionists. We are 2.2 percent of the US population. Why are all your fingers pointed at us?

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🔥🔥🔥 @raskin.house.gov is on fire! Powerful speech about the Jan 6th insurrection, & the unconstitutional charges brought by F47's DOJ's Alina Habba against Congresswoman @replamonica.bsky.social. Thank you Congressman. It helps to know & hear you fighting for us. 🙏🔵💪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGk_...

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Even on tip income, there’s only a proposed deduction. So if you don’t itemize, you still pay tax on tip income. See how they fool voters?

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Judge James Ho’s campaign for the Supreme Court enters a new phase—bashing the Supreme Court itself for reversing him, and aligning himself with Alito’s dissent. reason.com/wp-content/u...

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It’s hard to overstate just how wrong he is when he says, “It is not the role of the judiciary to check the excesses of the other branches.” That is precisely the role of the judiciary, and it is the very bedrock of our constitutional system.

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There is a reason why working families are falling further and further behind. The cost of housing, health care and other basic necessities are rising much faster than wages. Learn about an excellent study from the Ludwig Institute.

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🚨🚨🚨 NEW: How many could lose healthcare coverage via the #MedicaidMassacre bill in the 29 most vulnerable GOP-held House districts? acasignups.net/healthcare-r...

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“To be clear we're not accusing anybody of fraud, okay?” Top DOJ lawyer in the climate finding case in appellate court yesterday, just before Lee Zeldin tried to convince Congress otherwise. open.substack.com/pub/allrisen...

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"That leaves the public library as Burnsville’s primary community meeting space, entertainment venue, and adult learning facility. It’s also the only place that can print anything in a 15–20 mile radius, and the only spot in town with free Wi-Fi." www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Rural libraries decimated by IMLS cuts, rural hospital decimated by Medicaid cuts, red states more broadly disproportionately hurt by SNAP cuts, and FEMA cuts. Why do Dems hate rural America? Oh, wait...

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"No one can terrorize a nation unless we are all his accomplices." –Edward R. Murrow

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He got a lot of glowing press because journalists and elites all fall head over heels for random people in hard hats, but let's be clear: Randy Bryce is among the WORST candidates Democrats have ever fielded in a swing seat. If they pick him, they will lose handily.

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New data from the Clean Investment Monitor highlights the significant role in job creation of the 2,369 new manufacturing, utility-scale clean electricity, and industrial decarbonization facilities that have opened across the US since the IRA: www.cleaninvestmentmonitor.org/reports/q1-2...

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The repeal of the energy tax credits in the House’s proposed budget reconciliation package could raise energy costs for American households by as much as 7% in 2035, effectively acting as an energy tax increase. Our preliminary analysis of the energy impacts of the bill: rhg.com/research/way...

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Since the IRA, companies have announced $843bn in investment for clean manufacturing, clean electricity, and industrial facilities. $522bn of that remains to be spent, with 2,217 announced or under-construction facilities that have yet to come online. www.cleaninvestmentmonitor.org/reports/q1-2...

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Under the House budget package, steep reductions in clean energy technology deployment plus the proposed material sourcing constraints on clean manufacturing tax credit eligibility could put a meaningful amount of this $522 billion in outstanding investment at risk. rhg.com/research/way...

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem defended potentially suspending habeas corpus — and flubbed its definition — in a Senate hearing. Habeas corpus is the right of due process to challenge a person’s detention by the government. Noem defined it as a president's right "to remove people from this country.”

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You'll be shocked to learn that mainstream media, amid its frenzied coverage of that Biden book and cancer diagnosis, is missing the story that matters most to Americans A vengeful Trump has shot down Biden's cancer 'moonshot,' with funding down 31%. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

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There are multiple mRNA vaccines to prevent cancer in the pipeline and more on the way and all this administration had to do was hold course and put up banners that say WE CURED CANCER BITCHES but they'd rather kill you out of spite.

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By popular demand, I've removed the paywall from this piece to make it free for everyone since it got so much attention yesterday 👇 Sorry, Tapper and Thompson — voters want Dems to stand up to Trump, not self-flagellate

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We will not win the battle for democracy if those in the pro-democracy movement prize caution over taking risks. We cannot permit ourselves to be deterred by the inevitable defeats and public criticism that are inevitable along the long path of restoring democracy.

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New in PN: Donald Trump and the power of the big (fake) number "Trump repeatedly touted the enormous deals he supposedly obtained from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE — all portrayed as new investments pouring into the US economy — but a close examination shows them to be largely a mirage."

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So much for personal choice, huh?

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ICE and the Tennessee Highway Patrol have been pulling over random Latino-looking motorists on manufactured traffic violations, then detaining those who are undocumented. www.nashvillescene.com/news/citylim...

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"Don't touch Medicaid except for eliminating waste, fraud & abuse." Except to Republicans, Medicaid EXISTING AT ALL is "waste, fraud and abuse."

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