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Tomorrow marks 5 years since George Floyd’s murder. I was skeptical then that protest and performative solidarity would lead to lasting change. I share some thoughts in this @washingtonpost.com piece, alongside others reflecting on the moment: wapo.st/43DsEgq

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Judge warns of Trump’s ‘pernicious’ law firm targeting in ruling against it flip.it/9JxRzo

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“We’re international students at Harvard. We’re afraid to write this. But we have to speak up. Three student leaders on Trump’s attempts to throw them out of the country.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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When Elena Kagan is This Angry, You Know Something Has Gone Badly. flip.it/iENK6r

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In a week where the reality of antisemitism resulted in the gun violence murder of two people in DC, the Secretary of Defense just made a known antisemite his new Deputy Press Secretary. For the Jewish people who voted for this, help me understand why? www.npr.org/2025/03/06/n...

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Reveal the hypocrisy!!!!!

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Trump has turned ICE into a lawless army of vigilantes. He will do the same way with your National Guard and police force. It is time to shut everything down. It is time for national strikes. Complacency is complicity. www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

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Trump promised to end the war in 24 hours, has threatened Russia with additional sanctions 4 times in 4 months, has done nothing, Russia continues to bomb civilians indiscriminately, Trump refuses to condemn Putin for any of it, and only has harsh words for Zelensky and Biden.

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Nancy Mace Hit With Shock Accusation After Waving Nudes in Congress flip.it/UsO3Wi

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Trump Calls His Own Aid Cuts “Devastating.” Has He Forgotten He Signed Them? flip.it/lb0nxy

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Our Defenders have already called their families Dmytro was in captivity for more than a year,finally managed to hear his mother's voice.His young son is waiting for him at home According to ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets,the oldest person released from Russian captivity is 61yrs old,the youngest is 25

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Pass it on….

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GOP Budget Would Make It Even Harder to Hold Trump Administration in Contempt flip.it/hiGOwy

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I haven’t watched even a second of CNN since Election Day. I don’t miss it at all. Not one bit. Anyone else out there like me?

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DHS is asking border shelters, run by nonprofits, to house immigrants. DHS is threatening to charge the same nonprofits with crimes for housing the immigrants DHS asked them to. apnews.com/article/bord...

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More than a dozen people who were injured in a stabbing attack at the central train station in the German city of Hamburg are reported in stable condition.

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One of President Donald Trump's top staffers is costing American taxpayers around $1 million a month, according to a reporter.

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A federal judge struck down Trump’s executive order sanctioning the law firm Jenner & Block, the second time a court has quashed one of Trump’s efforts to punish a firm. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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I am the ex ADA from #Uvalde who warned everyone of a cover up the day after the shooting. Texas should be ashamed of ourselves in the lack of transparency and accountability for the tragedy.

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The bill is a litany of horrors beyond just the topline cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

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Head Start works. It is a vital lifeline for affordable child care and early childhood education that we should be working to expand, not defund. It was great to be in Racine today to hear about what Head Start means to these Wisconsin families.

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WHAT THE FUCK?? us.yahoo.com/news/supreme...

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The orange felon and his MAGA regime just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA aid regarding storm damage done by Hurricane Helene. FAFO, they voted for this and they falsely blamed President Biden for doing this, so they are getting exactly what they chose. No sympathy.

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When elected officials like Thom Tillis and Rep. McDowell don’t show up, it’s up to us to organize and make our voices heard. I was proud to join the NC-06 Empty Chair Town Hall in Rowan County to hear from the community. Let’s show them what real leadership looks like.

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Firm tapped to modify Qatar jet for Trump admin agrees to $62 million settlement in false claims case flip.it/91eFcE IT SHOULD NOT SURPRISE ANYBODY. TRUMP IS NOTHING MORE THAN A EVIL MOBSTER BOSS. HE ONLY LIKES TO COLLUDE WITH FELLOW CRIMINALS. HE IS INCAPABLE OF FLYING STRAIGHT FOR A SECOND.

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GOP, Republican Party is dead. Don't call it that. Call it the Magat Party.

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Boyle: We just verified with the congressional budget office and of 13.7 million Americans who will lose their health care because of their bill, exactly zero are undocumented immigrants

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"He’s simply not able to defend the policy because it’s clearly racially motivated. I think this is someone who can’t imagine that the public might be alienated by overt white nationalism." https://trib.al/SdsHLLe

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George Floyd's murder by a Minneapolis police officer shocked the national conscience. But what looked like historic momentum for racial justice has collapsed — eclipsed by a reactionary movement backed by the full force of the U.S. government.

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New, from me: Quick explainer on why the Supreme Court (likely) decision to overturn Humphrey's Executor and move toward unitary executive theory will undermine any future efforts to rebuild state capacity. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-the-su...

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"This bill highlights a truism: In the United States, racism has always gone hand in hand with the concentration of wealth among the very richest people."

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NEW — Kelvin Membreño will be deported to El Salvador by ICE tomorrow. He’s the birth father of three US citizen daughters and has become an important part of their lives. Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:

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Is someone posting this on Truth Social and X?

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This is from The Atlantic. This is exactly how Democrats should message Trump‘s bill. 👇🏻

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Medicaid is the primary funder of residency programs training the new generation of doctors, which is necessary as we are in a NATIONAL SHORTAGE of physicians and nurses. Medicaid funds rural hospitals & ERs (hospitals are nonprofits) which WILL CLOSE without these funds.

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This bill will make you and your family poorer and sicker so that Donald Trump, Elon Musk and their buddies can get richer. Republicans are launching a war on working families, and I’m going to be battling like hell to stop them in their tracks.

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