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The US military did NOT use bunker-buster bombs on one of Iran’s largest nuclear sites last weekend because the site is so deep that the bombs likely would not have been effective, the US’ top general told senators during a briefing on Thursday.

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This is Trump's America.

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The Rogue Court vs Modern Democracy I wrote this two years ago, after the Court effectively abolished affirmative action. It’s even more obvious now: America can accept the Roberts Court as legitimate and its rulings as the final word - or it can have democracy in a pluralistic society. Not both.

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You would think, but no. Published 3 yrs ago under Heliotrope Books. After reading it, all this will make sense. Problem is I have been shadow banned by both right and left bc I was an agent for 6 yrs. This book has caused more problems for Border Patrol than anything media reported.

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When you take away rights from some groups, you open the door to taking away rights from everyone.

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Similar to Alan, my parents adopted me from South Korea when I was a baby. I have no recollection of Seoul or my biological mother. I also do not know her name or have any details. To echo: if birthright citizenship becomes a patchwork right, what’s someone like me to do?

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I keep hearing from highly educated friends, including Ivy League attorneys, that I’m overreacting to the authoritarian onslaught of this era; I would ask them what they think they know that she does not

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Republicans are in a full panic trying to get carve-outs for their own states. You don’t beg for exemptions from good bills. Funny how they never worried whether Democrats were governing for everyone, just about ideological stunts like whether you’re allowed to watch people pee.

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Echoes www.loc.gov/item/2021771...

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Taken: LA immigration raids Masked men pull up quickly and approach Latino men. When someone runs, they’re taken. When they don’t answer a question, they’re taken. When they can’t produce papers, they’re taken. calmatters.org/investigatio... @wendyfry.bsky.social @addonohue.bsky.social

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Due to the vigilance of Republican governor Greg Abbott, the only time Texans won't have air conditioning this summer is when it is dangerously hot.

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New in PN: The MAGA mind virus "77 million Americans surrendered moments of shared humanity when they put Trump back in the White House. The tragedies that once united Americans now only further divide us. No one, including his supporters, should have expected anything else."

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Such a good point on SCOTUS hypocrisy when it comes to Trump vs Biden: They let a nationwide injunction kill Biden’s student loan relief when they had a chance to rule on it. 5 months into Trump’s presidency, suddenly nationwide injunctions are a grave threat to executive power and they must rule.

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📌NOTE: Most of the trouble we're in is due to weak, whiny white Republican men -- young and old -- who can't compete on an equal playing field. Better then to just cut everybody else's legs off than to stand up, grow up and contribute to America's common cause.

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I’ve got a message for Mike Lee: Hands off our public lands. Mike is still working to sneak in his plan to sell off America’s public lands into Trump’s big bill. We can’t let him succeed.

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Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump’s ex-wife Ivana wasn’t an American citizen until 1988. She gave birth to Don Junior in 1977, Ivanka in 1981, and Eric in 1984. — Let’s cancel their birthright citizenship first.

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"This should be obvious, but let’s be clear: Neither the White House nor the U.S. Department of Justice has the authority to hire or fire university presidents. But if you claim a power and everyone acts like you really have power, you totally have that power."

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The Justice Department on Friday fired at least three prosecutors involved in U.S. Capitol riot criminal cases, the latest moves by the Trump administration targeting attorneys connected to the massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. apnews.com/article/jan-...

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When ordinary Republicans understand how Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” would affect the after-tax incomes of American families, it turns out they don’t find it beautiful at all. “I was really shocked."

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“Americans deserve to know if Big Oil paid for these Republicans in Congress to carve out tax breaks just for them.” Democratic lawmakers led by Sen. Warren are pressing two energy companies about their efforts to “win a $1.1 billion tax loophole” in Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill.

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Just called Senator Gillibrand’s office to express how upset I was by her comments on the Brian Lehrer show the other day and got the impression from the tone of the person answering the phone that they’ve been getting a lot of calls like this

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Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ could mean slower Wi-Fi for you

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Monstrous: "They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."

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MUST WATCH: Oceanside CA: Militarized DHS (HSI) smashed windows, assault rifles drawn, tossed flashbangs and sent drones into the apartment which had 2 kids inside. They then told neighbors they were going to use tear gas, and they’d probably be exposed. Please share widely. WTF

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Alito's choice to retain scare quotes around "LGBTQ+-inclusive" throughout his opinion in Mahmoud v Taylor, even AFTER he defines the term, pretty clearly gives the game away: He thinks the books are sinister pro-gay agitprop designed to indoctrinate children www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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When Obergefell was decided a decade ago, the Christian right immediately declared it the new Roe, pledging to eventually overrule it, even if that meant, like with Roe, they would spend decades chipping away at LGBTQ equality in a multitude of ways. They got a chip with Mahmoud v Taylor today

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Editors and producers: Stop referring to the divide on the court as conservative vs. liberal. What the justices on the right wing are doing is hardly conservative, indeed they are often radical, anti-rule of law, pro-king, anti-democracy.

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Biden tries to forgive student loans SCOTUS: Whoa there, that is, uh, a major question. Which means you can't do it. Trump revokes part of the constitution SCOTUS: Obviously, we got to give the President the benefit of the doubt on this one.

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This is not normal, unacceptable, 8th person to die in ICE custody this year… Johnny Noviello 49, was found unresponsive June 23 at Bureau of Prisons Federal Detention Center in Miami, according to ICE. Noviello is the eighth person to die in ICE custody in 2025. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

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just listened to Kirsten Gillibrand imply that Zohran wants to murder all Jews and destroy Israel. like an order of magnitude more racist than anything George W. Bush ever said about Muslims

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The constitutional order I was taught in law school—which was only six years ago—is largely gone

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Don’t get it twisted—today’s SCOTUS ruling makes it harder for courts to fully block dangerous policies like Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship. Once again, they’re bending the law to serve him instead of defending the Constitution. It’s shameful.

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Just pointing out that conservative judges on this court liked nationwide injunctions just fine when those injunctions furthered right-wing ideology.

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Please know this is not a book banning case. This is a case about public education. That distinction does matter–doesn't make it easier to take, but this isn't carte blanche for book banning. It is more likely it allows for further opting out of public education based on 'religious' claims.

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What happens when it’s family tree presentation day, do a bunch of kids leave the classroom when my daughter presents her family tree? Every time she recaps her weekend? If she wants to read her favorite book (My Moms Love Me) in class?

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court just allowed parents to opt out their public school students from reading LGBTQ+ stories—a devastating decision that will force many schools to censor books. This decision sends a cruel message to LGBTQ+ students & their families: Your stories are not equally important.

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We need something new

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We murdered the Constitution the day we inaugurated an insurrectionist

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As Sotomayor pointed out, it's a direct attack on the basic principles of public education in America.

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They're just televising the construction of concentration camps like it's a good thing. This is unimaginably dark.

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Remember when Trump had a full-blown meltdown because as part of the nuclear agreement the Obama administration gave Iran back their money that had been frozen? He never shut up about it. Get a load of this:

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In this photo, Trump is standing next to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands at the NATO Summit. The king is 6'2" and Trump is clearly SHORTER than him. It looks like Trump is 5’11” at most. That means Trump has been LYING for years when he claimed he is 6’3” tall. What a pathetic little man!

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"Hegseth’s take on the operation was a literal erasure of the woman involved, of course, but it was his doubling down that it’s fine to refer to a woman as 'a boy' that raised eyebrows."

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