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That perfect moment when Pope Francis stopped the car to embrace Sophie Cruz. I cried my fuckin eyes out. After all the pain this country puts migrants through, this moment the little Mexican girl broke through was ... everything (video cred: AP). He was a real one. Obit below.

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DOGE is a few different things. But one of the biggest is take control of the federal bureaucracy and hand out all the contracts to yours and your friends companies. Then privatize a bunch more stuff and gives those contracts to your cos and your friends' too. Smash and Grab, national edition.

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Gift article: The ‘Great Moose Migration’ Livestream Captivates Sweden www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...

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Senator Chris Van Hollen has landed in El Salvador to go check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Love him!

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Rutgers Senate Proposes Big Ten 'Mutual Defense Compact' to Block Trump's Campus Attacks www.commondreams.org/news/rutgers...

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NEW: Maryland Slams Door on ICE Raids House passes bill to shield schools, churches from warrantless entry migrantinsider.com/p/maryland-s...

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New — ICE will release the mother and children they shackled and unlawfully abducted from Sackets Harbor, NY in late March after relentless pressure from the town. I write how the incredible outcome of this horrifying story should give fuel us to fight back: www.thehandbasket.co/p/sackets-ha...

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The doubters said we had to choose between economic depression and political oppression. Once again Trump has proven the doubters wrong. by Steve Bannon

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"The fact remains that neither the centre nor the far right can offer a pathway out of America’s institutional decay. A left cultural world has been built before, in the US and elsewhere, and there is no alternative to building it again." Needed ☕️☕️☕️ and all my brain cells to get thru, but worth it!

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#trillium Saw this beauty on a suburban footpath in a smallish wooded area in MD. An unexpected treat!

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Three million Americans marched today. Here’s why we wrote about one American who didn’t.

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“Tubman’s photograph is now gone. In its place are images of Postal Service stamps that highlight “Black/White cooperation” in the secret network and that feature Tubman among abolitionists of both races.” wapo.st/4jdXL8m

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Sammelthread der "Hands Off" Proteste in den USA. Gerne ergänzen... Louisville, Kentucky

submitted 19 days ago • 380 comments

I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”

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#OTD in 1859. Charles Darwin sent John Murray the first three chapters, and a proposal for the book's title. An early draft title page suggests On the Mutability of Species. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_... On the Origin of Species at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1228 #books #naturalhistory

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I keep thinking about that moment in Labyrinth when Sarah tells the Goblin King "you have no power over me" and everything crumbles - the castle, the world, her chains, the seeming inevitability of his victory. All of it. It was all imagined power that could be broken at any time. Similar situation

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Some quick and dirty thoughts on the geopolitical calculus/impact of the tariffs. Besides Brazil and Colombia, no real surprises on the base rate list. The US needs Saudi, UAE, Turkey for regional stability & El Salvador for migration. Trump shares ideological affinity w/ El Sal and Argentina. 1/

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This whole thread is worth reading.

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"So why can’t liberals more broadly, and elected Democrats in particular, say this? And say it loudly and repeatedly? "

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"If America hasn't broken your heart, you haven't loved her enough." Corey Booker, just now.

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One of the men sent to El Salvador lives here in MD and was sent by mistake--he's had protected status since 2019.

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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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Few people write with @philklay.bsky.social's power. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...

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Trump says he can invoke the wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 because the nation is at “war” w/Venezuelan gangs. At yesterday’s House hearing on the newly published Annual Worldwide Threats Assessment, Rep. Castro asked a blunt question: Why is there no mention of it the official threat assessment?

submitted 28 days ago • 49 comments

They're the same picture.

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This is a fantastic piece of rigorous, in-depth reporting. It will make you want to pass out with rage. But definitely read it. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 29 days ago • 121 comments

Just turned onto the nearest large street that connects to powderhouse and the sidewalks are FULL. We are all headed there.

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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

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This is skillful political communication. 1. He cuts across partisan political divides by addressing them personally through shared experiences. 2. He uses those shared experiences to explain why they know they're lying. 3. He ends by saying it's a lie not to the committee but to the country.

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Ugh.

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"I’m always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it’s very shocking to the system" A good reminder to read some Flannery O'Connor sometime soon.

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SCOOP: The Trump administration is planning to eliminate an entire team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology responsible for publishing critical data that underpins advanced scientific research around the world. from me and @willknight.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/nist-d...

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One thing that most people are missing in the group text scandal: The Trump officials don’t appear clear on what exactly Trump approved, which is a huge problem in using military force. Stephen Miller says “as I heard it … green light.” 😱😬 www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-short-...

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