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The open secret has always been that many industries rely on undocumented immigrants whose precarity they can exploit to increase profits. But these essential workers should be able to both legalize their status and have a pathway to citizenship. apple.news/AJeVfrxUWRYi...

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The movement against Trump is unstoppable.

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It’s time to read or re-read M. Gessen. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o...

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“A 2010 study that analyzed 40 years of protest coverage in five major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, found that the papers depicted protests — even peaceful ones — as nuisances rather than as necessary functions of democracy.”

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Listen to Trump's former DHS chief of staff @milestaylor.bsky.social He knows "What is happening in Los Angeles is exactly what Trump has been hoping for so he can unleash the military on Americans" Everything Taylor says has dictator written all over it Most important quotes summarized below

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Q: "Isn't the point that Abrego Garcia or anyone should have due process first before they are deported?" Sen. Lankford: "Every person is given due process, but someone who is not a citizen of the U.S. has very different due process than someone who is a citizen."

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They’re peaceful protests. They are not riots. Use our terms, not theirs.

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Critical Thinking ▶️ @michellegoldberg.bsky.social @nytopinion.nytimes.com

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U.S. employers added 139,000 jobs in May — a modest slowdown from the previous month. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%, as the workforce shrank.

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Since day 1, Pam Bondi has treated DOJ like a political weapon That’s why we @democracydefendersfund.org & a coalition of legal experts have filed a complaint with the FL Bar The nation’s top lawyer must be held to the highest standards—no Trumpery allowed!

submitted 11 days ago • 110 comments

Reminder that Republicans don't care about YOU - only their billionaire donors. #TrumpsBillWillKill

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Eleven Million Americans will lose health insurance if the GOP Senate votes with the GOP House and Trump. Nursing homes will close. Hospitals and clinics, too. We must stop this! @ossoff.senate.gov @warnock.senate.gov

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The documents show other vessels named after prominent leaders on the Navy's renaming "recommended list”….The USNS Thurgood Marshall, USNS Ruth Bader Ginsburg, USNS Harriet Tubman, USNS Dolores Huerta, USNS Lucy Stone, USNS Cesar Chavez and USNS Medgar Evers. www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-ne...

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The strategic planning. The brilliant execution. Whew.

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Joni Ernst is a sociopath. @electdemocrats.bsky.social

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@cobbcounty.bsky.social @georgiademocrat.bsky.social @newgeorgiaproject.bsky.social @whenweallvote.bsky.social @fairfightaction.bsky.social @erickallen.bsky.social @cobbcountydems.bsky.social

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No one’s surprised that Stephen Miller married up. Sadly for them though, the threshold was really low.

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Congratulations, David: you’re a Harvard grad! Good job! Keep going! @davidhogg.bsky.social

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Are you a scientist and not sure what to do to help with all the awfulness all around us? Inspired by Vietnam era activism, @standupforscience.bsky.social is hosting a series of "teach ins," in which scientists share a bit about their area of expertise and why it's important with the public. 🧪🦑🌎

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Wait, wait, wait: swag actually means “stolen without a gun”?! That’s fantastic!

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NEWS: DOJ filed its motion to dismiss Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case tonight. The argument basically comes down to a lot of what is before Boasberg in the Alien Enemies Act case over the would-be class at CECOT already. Filing: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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He is a human Hiroshima: Our self-inflicted annihilation in a cloud of smut, filth and grift.

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It's Endorsement Day!! Meet 51 amazing new millennial + gen Z leaders running for state and local office right this very minute. runforsomething.medium.com/51-local-lea...

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court just effectively overruled 90 years of precedent on the shadow docket, greenlighting Trump's firing of multi-member agency leaders while their cases are pending—despite Congress' effort to protect them against removal. A huge decision. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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@nowthisimpact.bsky.social

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Planned Parenthood says 1/3 of ALL their clinics will close if this bill passes

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EMOLUMENTS EVIDENCE ALERT Not "we" would take the plane "I would"... because the Qatar plane is a gift to HIM not the US as we've been saying Save this for the litigation file....

submitted 26 days ago • 67 comments

ATTENTION: Buried in this bill is a provision that forbids federal judges from challenging the Trump administration with citations. This is the END of the concept of checks and balances in America. Trump will be a full blown dictator with nothing stopping him.

submitted 25 days ago • 6 comments

Trump’s team tried to axe 1,300 jobs and gut the Education Dept. A federal judge blocked it—calling it what it was: an illegal hit on public schools. This isn’t policy. It’s a slow, quiet demolition.

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@robertgarcia.bsky.social

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Wow, the “New Right” is going to blow a gasket: “Split US Supreme Court blocks taxpayer-funded religious charter school” Amy Coney Barrett recused. 5/22/25 1/ www.reuters.com/world/us/spl...

submitted 25 days ago • 23 comments

It’s hardly surprising that the same people who were fine with older Americans dying from Covid have no issues with cutting Medicare.

submitted 25 days ago • 367 comments

Proposed bill is “no tax on CASH tips” which is useless. Cash tips aren’t reported. Useless.

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Kill the Bill, not Americans.

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Paul Ingrassia is White House liaison to DHS. The top of his Instagram includes a photo of himself w/ self-professed “misogynist” Andrew Tate, who has tweeted: “I don’t listen to women Mexicans or Jews,” said that “we shld bring the Nazi salute back” & performed the salute (in defense of Elon). 1/

submitted 27 days ago • 38 comments

The “legal basis” for Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship involves semantic tomfoolery by Claremont Institute Fellow Michael Anton (a Peter Thiel ally) who wrote an Op-Ed that added the bracketed word “or” to a quote from one of the original supporters of the 14th Amendment. 1/

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At 9:00 AM this morning the entire Pentagon got an email inviting them to a “Christian prayer and worship service” from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. A Cabinet member directly violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

submitted 26 days ago • 1113 comments

Republican Budget Bill Will Tear Apart Medicare as We Know It newrepublic.com/post/195553/...

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Trump's Brain Drain: Scientists Look to Move Abroad as DOGE Slashes Research Funding in U.S.

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This Is What True Privilege Looks Like. The Arrogance Of Such Statements!

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NEW: The Trump administration abruptly deported as many as 12 migrants to South Sudan on a flight that departed Tuesday, lawyers say, accusing the administration of violating a court order. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

submitted 27 days ago • 61 comments

We spent last week in Grand Teton and Yellowstone Parks. My Lord, the grandeur of these places. I want more than ever to protect our public lands. For all of us. [photo: Jenny Lake in WY]

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These years will be remembered as the WTF Years, won’t they? I read it or hear it every day. The lies, injustice, horror and outrage just pour out in a constant stream of wtf. No wonder the “end times” insanity is catchy. Unbelievable.

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Alabama is my home state. Wm Lunsford is the multimillionaire lawyer in Huntsville, The Rocket City. www.al.com/news/2025/05...

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