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Trump Claims Power to Fire Administrative Law Judges at Will despite a statute that protects such officials from being removed without a cause like misconduct. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u... @charliesavage.bsky.social

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“In some ways that’s even more chilling than firing the four stars,” Rosa Brooks, a professor at Georgetown Law. “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down.” By NYT Greg Jaffe www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

submitted 6 days ago • 613 comments

UNREAL: The United States State Department has forced employees to cancel subscriptions to any media considered unfriendly to Trump, including Politico, The New York Times, Reuters and the Associated Press. That's what fascists do.

submitted 8 days ago • 59 comments

BREAKING: In a stunning moment of defiance, Maine's Governor Janet Mills stands up to Trump, saying she is complying with state and federal (anti-discrimination) law, and will see him in court over his threat to withhold federal funds. This is incredible.

submitted 7 days ago • 259 comments

Heads Up!

submitted 54 days ago • 65 comments

Ditto Uyghiurs.

submitted 32 days ago • 73 comments

Please pay attention to this case being argued in the 4th Circuit tomorrow. It could determine whether the GOP succeeds in stealing a NC Supreme Court seat by disenfranchising 60,000 voters. Follow @democracydocket.com for full coverage of this critical case. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 33 days ago • 548 comments

🇺🇸👇👇🇺🇸

submitted 33 days ago • 973 comments

Slow. Clap.

submitted 95 days ago • 872 comments

Bird flu virus has been found in raw milk sold in California

submitted 96 days ago • 30 comments

Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance. Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.

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In case you ever thought your vote didn’t matter… Check out the current vote totals in CA-13. LESS THAN 200 VOTE DIFFERENCE. Now we ALL can help cure ballots in the few undecided races left, including CA-13. EVERY BLUE SEAT MAKES THE HOUSE MARGIN TIGHTER. Volunteer: linktr.ee/teampelosi

submitted 99 days ago • 117 comments

So the GOP is just currently covering up potential sex crimes against children by one of their members and instead of releasing the report, they are trying to make that person the Attorney General of the United States? Do we have that right?

submitted 105 days ago • 1068 comments

The Democracy killer, Leonard Leo!! www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

submitted 105 days ago • 9 comments

Real shocker here 🙄 www.cnn.com/2024/11/15/p...

submitted 105 days ago • 565 comments

Matt Gaetz could be a recess appointment www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/u...

submitted 106 days ago • 88 comments

Leopards eating faces.

submitted 106 days ago • 29 comments

Per reporter Reese Gorman, The attorney for the minor who Gaetz is accused of having sex with calls for the Ethics Committee to release their report on Gaetz. “We would support the House Ethics Committee immediately releasing their report. She was a high school student and there were witnesses.”

submitted 106 days ago • 44 comments

for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌

submitted 109 days ago • 335 comments

Dems will likely have 47 Senators. That means we'll need to persuade 4 GOPers to stop bad Trump Cabinet nominees. Those who might be persuaded: AK - Lisa Murkowski/Dan Sullivan ME - Susan Collins LA - Bill Cassidy NC - Thom Tillis Live in these states? Start making calls.

submitted 107 days ago • 37 comments

Some good news from Texas. #Texas #bookbans #freedomtoread @txfreedomread.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social

submitted 107 days ago • 58 comments

Looking for an alternative to PayPal/Venmo owned by Elon Musk? May I recommend UK-based Revolut. So great for instantly transferring $£€ between my family members and me (US/UK/Spain). www.revolut.com/en-US/divers...

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

👀

submitted 107 days ago • 48 comments

Ok now it’s making sense. This AG pick comes at a very convenient moment for Matt Gaetz.

submitted 107 days ago • 15 comments

Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.

submitted 107 days ago • 1071 comments

people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙

submitted 107 days ago • 1553 comments