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Centrist Democrat living in Downeast Maine. I support the rule of law. I dislike tech bros and demagogues. Resist cynicism.
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The United States Supreme Court, as packed by the Federalist Society, as supported by the Randy Barretts and Ilya Shapiros and Jonathan Turleys of America, is suited to squabble over what “facilitate” means but not to achieve justice or protect or defend the United States Constitution.

submitted 11 hours ago • 58 comments

“Labeling people dead strips them of the privacy protections granted to living individuals—and knowingly classifying living people as dead counts as falsifying government records… [T]hose suddenly declared dead… become unable to legally earn a living wage or draw benefits they may be eligible for.”

submitted 23 hours ago • 9 comments

Trump and Republicans in Congress have devised an amazing fiscal plan - massive tax cuts, no spending cuts, while substantially reducing the deficit. Now they just have to find a math formula to make that work. Maybe Elon can work on that for them.

submitted 2 days ago • 142 comments

Carr is the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds district court order that the Trump administration "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was improperly sent to El Salvador. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com

submitted 2 days ago • 120 comments

The modern Republican Party is not going to do anything to improve your life. They’re going to lie, cheat, and steal, and put money in the pockets of corrupt billionaires like Trump and Musk. Democrats aren’t perfect, and we make a lot of mistakes, but at least we’re fucking trying to help people.

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

Authoritarian leader cult alert

submitted 2 days ago • 129 comments

BREAKING: I’m demanding answers from the White House and Office of Government Ethics about whether anyone in the Trump family or administration profited off of this tariff chaos through insider trading.

submitted 2 days ago • 605 comments

Scoop: The White House is choosing to censor some White House pool reports. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...

submitted 3 days ago • 23 comments

You would think from watching network news tonight that today’s “historic rally” on Wall Street marks a significant gain. Total lack of context.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Maybe the real tariffs are the friends we made along the way

submitted 3 days ago • 111 comments

Superb interview w/ Princeton president Chris Eisgruber - a model of resistance that is thoughtful, clear-eyed, but adamant of ultimate lines to draw -- applies for all univ and law and media too. Really worth a listen. The University President Willing to Fight Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

i cant believe trump and MAGA destroyed every advantage the US had in the global econ in 3 months

submitted 3 days ago • 18 comments

Trump says the US has spent $350 billion in Ukraine, and Europe has done less than us. Is this true? Nope, take a look and be sure to like and subscribe to my new YT channel youtu.be/ZROD0LjN3HU?...

submitted 4 days ago • 203 comments

Q: 60 Minutes found 75% of the migrants who were sent to El Salvador do not have criminal records. That true? BONDI: They're not Venezuelan migrants. They're illegal aliens from Venezuela who should not have been in our country Q: So you're confirming they didn't commit a crime? BONDI: *leaves*

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