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Reminder: the Trump admin put a 22-year-old in charge of the country’s domestic terrorism prevention office. He graduated college last year. And has no known national security expertise. But he did work for the Trump campaign. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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<thread> On the left: June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians. On the right: June 13: See for yourself. Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.

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Shameful.

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The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20. (Via Christopher Hale)

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Oil prices are planned to increase. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

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I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

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Every blue state should gerrymander the hell out of their maps asap. www.texastribune.org/2025/06/09/t...

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Wow this is wild.

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Wait... is this the best meme ever made?

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💯 this

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Good for her! FWIW, Iowa's HD-58 is rated as R+23 by @davesredist.bsky.social...but keep in mind Dems have managed to MASSIVELY overperform in several other districts in Iowa this year...

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TX-based Freight Technologies announced they may invest up to $20M in Trump's meme coin with investor ATW Partners Research shows a big Freight Technologies shareholder in 2022 was Andrew Intrater, cousin of Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, my latest:

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Excellent piece from Prof. (& @strictscrutiny.bsky.social co-host) @kateshaw.bsky.social . The Court’s emergency docket decision on the President’s power to fire the NLRB head is one of its worst. It deserves more attention. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/o...

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For those who sacrificed all, and the ones who will never forget them.

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A dog shelter in Kyiv during last night's Russian attack.

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We need a massive “get out the vote” campaign starting now…

submitted 23 days ago • 571 comments

This is the woman who just got promoted to press secretary for the Department of Defense “Proud to be an enemy of globalist Ukraine”

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This is what the immigration police state looks like.

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I hope legacy media covers the connection between last night's memecoin dinner and this morning's social media tariff threats. He's manipulating the stock market.

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As the Supreme Court tips its hand on its intent to officially overrule major precedent, it gifts Trump the all-powerful presidency of his dreams. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...

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While I appreciate the "lock him up" and "impeach him" sentiments (and I'm with you), if Mueller, Garland, and impeachment taught us anything, its that 1) SCOTUS is corrupt and 2) We have to do this ourselves. As I've been saying for nearly 8 years: it's up to us. Always has been.

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Deporting Vietnamese and Burmese migrants to South Sudan, a nation plagued by conflict and poverty, defies legal orders and basic humanity. This isn't just a bureaucratic error; it's a deliberate act of cruelty. #3E

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These are deeply, profoundly, tragically abnormal times riven by cruel, hateful, reckless and ignorant people bent on dismantling our government, strengthening Putin, stoking fear, breaking our spirit, enriching themselves and ruling over the ashes of public liberty. We won’t let them succeed.

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Don't let up. Hold their feet to the fire. (DoJ: I do not mean to literally light feet on fire.)

submitted 28 days ago • 766 comments

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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Some thoughts on the long arc of JD Vance selling out his alleged pro-working-class values to rise to the pinnacle of MAGA, and on why deep Medicaid cuts are in sync with the real goals of Trumpism, properly understood: newrepublic.com/article/1954...

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I stand with Rep. LaMonica McIver. This is a political stunt—point blank.

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MAKE NOISE ON THIS ONE‼️ They didn’t just deport him—they sent him to CECOT in El Salvador. Agelviz came here legally through the refugee resettlement program—fully vetted. But when he landed in Houston, CBP snatched him over a tattoo: a clock and a rose. No charges. No record. Just a suspicion.

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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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Sure, let’s dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we’ve known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.

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It seems to me that this administration will keep firing intelligence analysts until they can find one who will lie to justify the regime disappearing perceived enemies to foreign torture dungeons.

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“There was nothing vague in the gesture he made toward the January 6 attackers. In that brief moment, Josh Hawley’s true character was revealed.” adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/josh-hawle...

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Sotomayor’s support for the aggressive pro-democracy movement is so important at this critical time. She understands that while we must bring difficult cases and be willing to lose, we must always fight to win. And by lending her voice she affirmed that it is “our time to stand up and be heard.”

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"FBI is disbanding a squad that handles investigations into members of Congress and fraud by federal employees...It follows the decimation of [DOJ's] public integrity unit," the firing of Inspectors General & SCt cases defining bribery into nonexistence. Wanna build a kleptocracy? Here's how.

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Here’s what I’ve been up to this past week—and an upcoming live conversation with @rgoodlaw.bsky.social this Saturday 12 ET. Catch up on my new commentary on presidential power, and a look at how legal (but reckless) policies are making us less secure.

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We didn’t expect how awesome this pairing would be, did you? …but we want to see more of it! Don’t you? Watch this very fun conversation between @therickwilson.bsky.social Wilson and @repjasmine.bsky.social Here’s a preview. Full convo: www.lincolnsquare.media/p/rep-jasmin...

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Good morning New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story www.ft.com/content/9019...

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May the new Pope visit Chicago soon and make his way down to New Orleans. And may he take a job in Mississippi. youtu.be/3-dxpinUORo?...

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youtube.com/shorts/O-Zup... IF THIS ISN'T ENOUGH TO GET YOUR FEET IN THE STREET THEN NOTHING IS! #NoKings JUNE 14TH EVERYWHERE!! ENOUGH!!

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