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🚨Heard about this earlier today; ICE is expanding to arrests at ATD (alternatives to detention) case management check-ins. Dozens of people got texts to show up weeks in advance of their normal check-in, and ended up detained. Three women let go were told to come back tomorrow with their kids.

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Says the top peer reviewed American Medical Association journal JAMA, Trump’s $500 billion in NIH cuts will cost the US $8.2 trillion in lost health and will “destroy the equivalent of one-quarter of annual gross domestic product in the US." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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"Once you elect a sociopath and agree with his jaundiced view that everyone is corrupt, you've lost any chance of upholding basic values. If you treasure honesty, integrity, the rule of law, and decency, you must be prepared to reject whataboutism." www.thebulwark.com/p/whatabouti...

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Why aren’t Dems on everything talking about the Joni Ernst “you can die” bill?

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This is insane.

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NEW: Three-judge panel of the Court of International Trade rules that Congress did not delegate to Trump unbounded authority to set tariffs. The challenged tariff orders are enjoined. cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/fi...

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NEWS: This evening, Judge Brian Murphy — with some fire — denied DOJ’s request that he reconsider his decision that the Trump administration violated his prior order by trying to send people to South Sudan in a plane that left the U.S. and got to Africa. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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A top scientist quit RFK's NIH after it demanded his science be reviewed, not by top peers, but by "political appointees," and forbade him from telling a reporter the truth that ultra-processed foods are less addictive than drugs...because that is not an RFK belief. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...

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More of this please, fellow attorneys.

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Corruption on a massive scale, all in plain sight. The GOP is too craven and greedy for its own tax breaks to call it out.

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open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

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www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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Are we great yet?

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Right now, Republicans in Congress are trying to push through a bill that would put millions of Americans at risk of losing their health care. They want to cut federal funding for Medicaid, take away tax credits that help more people afford coverage, and raise costs for working class families.

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"Assistance to the poor should be seen less as spending on people and more as investment in people." - @kedseconomist.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Friday fabulousness! 🐸💚 Kermit the Frog gave the greenest graduation speech ever at UMD! Full of puns, heart, and wisdom, the legendary Muppet reminded grads it’s not easy being green—but it is worth it. From ping-pong balls to podiums, Jim Henson’s legacy lives on. 🎓🌟

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You really have to see the clips from this presser to believe it. 😳 open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

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Good time to remember: The last time Trump was president, he ran up more than 25% of ALL the debt in the entire history of America $7.8 TRILLION DOLLARS And he’s about to do it again — so he and his billionaire friends, Musk and Bezos and Zuckerberg, can get tax cuts

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This whole transaction makes me ill. www.cnbc.com/2025/05/21/t...

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What a disgrace by our "Justice" Dept. The family of Ashli Babbit to recieve nearly 5 million dollars.

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BRING KILMAR HOME! Today we protested alongside @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social , La Villita Community, Barrio de La Villita, and other organizations fighting for Immigrants Rights to demand Kilmar Ábrigo García be returned immediately!

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Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery.

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Van Hollen: "Trump's visit to the Middle East- my view is the narrative here was selling out US national interests for the private gain of his business. He essentially gave away the crown jewels of US AI and semiconductor tech to the gulf in exchange for a $2b investment in his stablecoin venture"

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Abigail Spanberger poised to become the Virginia's first woman governor. Cook Political Report calls this closely-watched race a toss-up. Early support for our candidate is so important. Please donate and share this link! https://secure.actbl... .

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Reuters: Food rations that could feed 3.5 million people for a month are rotting in warehouses around the world because of U.S. aid cuts and risk becoming unusable, according to five people familiar with the situation.

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Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"

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Buttigieg: I’m not even an elected official or running for anything— I’m here. I can’t help but notice a lot of people who are elected officials aren’t. There’s a reason for that. They don’t want to have to explain this stuff

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Chris Murphy: "Let's be clear what this trip is all about. This is President Trump's corruption tour of the Middle East. He is going to the gulf to collect tribute. What's happening here is an extraordinary level of corruption. We shouldn't pretend this is business as usual."

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The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

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"Under the annual appropriations act, lawmakers are permitted to enter 'any facility operated by or for DHS used to detain or otherwise house aliens.' The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..." www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...

submitted 24 days ago • 734 comments

We are not under invasion. There is no justification for suspending our constitutional rights. Every single American should speak out against this, loudly and forcefully.

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Make it make sense

submitted 25 days ago • 668 comments

New Pope Leo XIV finally getting some rest after a long eventful day

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chicago pope joke day is a top 5 bluesky day, I think

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Chicago Pope's here

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NEWS: Earlier today, the three-judge district court in Alabama again ruled that Alabama's congressional map — with its refusal to add a second majority-Black district — violates the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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THE AMERICAN CENTURY IS OVER THE ILLINOIS CENTURY IS JUST BEGINNING

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Who did this? 😆

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Second City to Vatican City! #popeleoXIV

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The Bulwark called us up to pontificate on memes, and the Great Khan www.thebulwark.com/p/jb-pritzke...

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Holy crap. The D.V.D. litigators say the planned flight to Libya was going to be for Southeast Asian nationals!

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