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I have no space in my life for anyone who believes it is okay to treat ANY humans this way. I most certainly do not want my tax dollars going toward funding this. There are no words that can accurately describe how this makes me feel.

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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.

“There is no shortage of fight, in no shortage of people, for no shortage of things that Trump is doing."

Without due process, this could be you. It could be me. It could be any or all of us. It doesn’t matter who you voted for. Or the color of your skin. You must understand what is truly at stake here. All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

Governor Josh Shapiro is back in action just days after the horrific attack

I'm not "inspired" by women with more money than they know what to do with taking an expensive joyride as ordinary Americans go without when women who actually flew aircraft are being erased from history by the Pentagon and women astrophysicists are being besmirches as "DEI hires" and fired.

"Christians who sought asylum from persecution by the Taliban are being told they must leave immediately or be deported. "The news came in an email to a group living legally in north Raleigh... Apostles Church in Raleigh had welcomed them after the Taliban took over... www.wral.com/story/they-f...

Just wanted to send a quick thank-you for standing with us yesterday. Everything went smoothly, and our coalition members are safe. A little good trouble goes a long way.

Fucked up, but true…👇 And. Now. We. Will. All. Suffer. ✨

Chasten and I are relieved that Governor Shapiro and his family are safe. While we wait to learn more, this much is clear: the targeting of a public official and his family - especially a prominent Jewish official on a major Jewish holiday - is unconscionable and has no place in our country.

His name is Andry Hernandez Romero. He is a young professional from Venezuela. He is a makeup artist. He is a gay man. Andry was a target for abuse in his homeland of Venezuela. He was viciously humiliated daily — the victim of discrimination for his sexuality. He was also being persecuted for…

Attacking trans kids won't make groceries cheaper. Gutting funding for schools, libraries, and museums doesn't bring down utility bills. Defunding cancer research doesn't solve the housing crisis. Trump and Musk have no interest in doing anything that actually helps people who works for a living.

The crowd and overflow crowd for the Bernie Sanders/AOC event tonight in Utah. Wow.

Is anybody curious how much AIPAC money the 4 Dems who betrayed voting rights have taken? Because I sure am.

Paying an extortionist -- where do you think it ends? Do you think he honors his side of the supposed "deal"? Really? Meanwhile, as Big Law ill-advisedly pays the protection racket, there's a huge need for lawyers to help regular people Trump is illegally targeting: www.cm-life.com/article/2025...

Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate": "While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..." www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...

Here is an up to date list of Big Law collaborators along with how much in free legal services they have pledged to Trump's causes. Paul Weiss 40M Cadwalader 100M Milbank 100M Skadden Arps 100M Willkie Farr 100M A&O Shearman 125M Kirkland & Ellis 125M Latham & Watkins 125M Simpson Thacher 125M

Eighteen months before the midterms, the Republican National Committee is litigating more than 40 cases aimed at making voting more difficult. In North Carolina, the GOP is literally trying to steal a state Supreme Court seat won by a Democrat last November.

Casar: At the end of the day, this is about taking your hard-earned money and giving it to themselves—or funneling it to their friends. That’s all this is about.

Sen. Bernie Sanders turned to the audience during CNN's town hall with Anderson Cooper to ask if the American health care system is working. The audience included a mix of Democrats, Republicans and Independents.

At a CNN town hall moderated by Anderson Cooper, Sen. Bernie Sanders explained why he believes both political parties are influenced by a corrupt campaign finance system.

Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

I can’t believe how stupid everything is

Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.

You lost your 401k... and did Trump make money doing it? He posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" just hours before pausing the tariffs. It's time for everyone to ask House Republicans why they aren't fighting for an investigation into this.

I spoke to a new group who just started organizing in Kansas City. This is their fourth meeting with about 80 in attendance. They organized an empty seat Townhall last month. Keep at it, friends.

Marielitos selling their race.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

While looking damn good in it!

Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.

Today the likelihood went up that in the next few years you will have friends or colleagues or people in your community or members of your family picked up by the government and sent to a prison or out of the country or otherwise punished for unjust reasons without regard for the rule of law.

One flight attendant recalled being told: “‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off.’” By @mckenziefunk.com

There’s no denying it anymore: the pro-democracy movement is finally back on offense. Trump’s presidency is an unmitigated disaster. MAGA is imploding under the weight of its own lies, grifts, and failures. They’re not strong—they’re desperate. They’re flailing. And they know it.

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.