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You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

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This piece from @jvl.bsky.social is one of the most important insightful I have read since January 20th 2025.

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NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.

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Hundreds of international students in the US are getting an email from the State Department asking them to self-deport owing to campus activism — for something as innocuous as sharing a social media post.

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🚨🚨🚨 Trump tells NBC in a new interview he "couldn't care less" if auto companies raise prices and adds that he hopes they do raise their prices.

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The case for Trump becoming a Forever King is being made by his fascist lackeys brick by brick, day by day, lie by lie. Another day, another lie. Another brick.

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Bill Maher: “A cult is really a cult when the leader asks you to turn on friends and family…Which brings me to America, suddenly saying to our closest friend in the world, you know what? ‘Fu*k Canada,’ for no particular reason…” #cdnpoli

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“‘It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,’ Dr. Peter Marks wrote in a resignation letter referring to HHS Secretary RFK Jr.”

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Hey NBC and Seth Meyers, y’all need to book the largest possible venue in D.C. on April 26th and do a competing fundraiser and comedy show that actually celebrates the First Amendment. Televise it. Make Amber Ruffin the central act. Send a message that free speech is non-negotiable.

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So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?

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Today is Saturday, March 29th The first filing deadline for the 2025 Va. elections is Thursday, April 3rd at 5:00 pm. There are 49 GOP held HDs; 46 have Dem challengers, (so far). There are 51 Dem held HDs; 14 have GOP challengers, (so far). 🚨Which party would you rather be ?

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Evil is cutting pediatric cancer research Evil is taking food from starving kids Evil is vilifying Social Security recipients Evil is firing thousands of hardworking civil servants-knowing that 30% of them are veterans Those are verifiable things Elon Musk did Evil things

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Indiana Rep Spartz (R): “You violated the law, you are not entitled to due process.” Dangerously ignorant. 🇺🇸

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What is the best way to get ahold of local media? Television, magazines, newspapers. How do we reach out so often, they do not ignore the protests that are happening daily? How do we deploy people who want to do more, but may be unable to physically attend these protests? Thoughts please?

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Support local news

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Writing an op-ed is not illegal activity. They are revoking visas for thought crimes and for constitutionally protected expression.

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Garcia: Nancy Mace is trying to censure me, Donald Trump is trying to arrest me, Elon Musk has promised us a primary in the next election. If this is my enemy list, then we are probably doing something right

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I just spoke with Homeland Security to get more information and I will share when I learn more. The University of Minnesota is an international destination for education and research. We have any number of students studying here with visas, and we need answers. www.startribune.com/u-graduate-s...

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UPDATE: Apparently Twitter is now owned by a MEMPHIS-based company👀 As Memphis folks fight XAI’s runaway expansion, with no community input, at the cost of their health and well-being. Context: www.instagram.com/p/DHiy2vtus9...

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Too many judges will happily let Donald Trump fuck over dedicated American public servants. This is an ABSOLUTE disgrace.

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We've heard concerning things about the Social Security Administration lately, so I decided to check for myself. SSA says Wednesday is the best day to call, so I called then. Their system told me there would be a two-hour wait time, told me to call back, and then just hung up.

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Trump and Vought told us that revoking telework is about getting people to quit and put them in trauma. And they're proceeding exactly as they described. Roaches and mold edition:

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NEW: Internal staff email from Smithsonian secretary Lonnie Bunch addressing Trump’s executive order. “As always, our work will be shaped by the best scholarship, free of partisanship, to help the American public better understand our nation’s history, challenges and trumphs.”

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Yep

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NEW via FOX: Delta plane, Air Force jet nearly crash in 'loss of separation' during Arlington National Cemetery flyover The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating after a Delta Air Lines plane nearly crashed midair with a T-38 Air Force jet Friday near DC

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Rumeysa Ozturk must not be deported. You can't kidnap someone off the street for their political views — this isn't Moscow. She has every right to speak her mind. I've contacted the Administration. I want answers.

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Martial Law. It’s the elephant in the room. It’s what authoritarians resort to when the tide turns against them. It’s what the authoritarian in this White House is setting the stage for. 🧵…

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“There is no reason why they’re being held,” the judge said. “If this was a criminal case. … I’d throw you out of my chambers.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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IT GETS WORSE Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions. New via @wsj.com:

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Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator. In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

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He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.

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The thing I admire most about Jeffery Goldberg right now is that he didn't sit on his incendiary scoop, waiting to reveal it only when he could make money from it in a book, like so many other selfish people who know shocking things about this administration have done and will continue to do.

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Bondi says she thinks Signal is a safe way to communicate and foreign adversaries can’t hack it (the US intelligence community begs to differ … )

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Union of Concerned Scientists on RFK announcing plans to cut 10,000 more HHS employees -- after another 10,000 were pushed out. "Shocking." "There is no way that HHS will be able to continue providing the lifesaving services and research it is mandated to provide."

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Any member of the House can, by invoking Rule IX, force a floor vote on anything relating to impeachment. Johnson can't stop it. At most he can intervene with a resolution of his own to do something else with it, but that then requires a floor vote also, which becomes effectively the same thing.

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