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Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal

A MORAL CRISIS “The rule of law is being trampled. Innocent people are being disappeared. Court orders are being ignored. If you claim to love this country—if you believe in the Constitution, due process, order, and justice—this must be your line in the sand.” Take 3 minutes. This is important.

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EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

Imbecile: "We are the strongest nation in the world. Everyone will do what we tell them to do, or else." Imbecile's Government Officials": "We cannot bring back the man we accidentally deported to a infamous prison in a tiny country. It's a sovereign nation. There's nothing we can do."

The constitutional crisis is here. The President is disobeying lawful court orders. His advisors and allies are cheering him on. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains trapped in a jail in El Salvador. youtu.be/HGTIELDTHOo?...

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

🔔 Hey WILLIAMSON COUNTY — Republicans are close to passing a bill intended to make it harder to remove the confederate flag from your county seal. Bowling passed it in the senate. Rep. Dave Wright is bringing HB1071 to the floor soon, calendar and rules today.

"if Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release,” said Senator Van Hollen www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-r...

DOJ: Courts have ‘no authority’ to force Abrego Garcia’s return Source: The Hill Exactly what part of the constitutional crisis is difficult to comprehend?

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This is terrifying in America. ICE agents are showing up masked—these abductions must stop. If you’re going to detain someone, show your face, present a warrant, and proper ID. Disappearing people from their families without evidence or accountability isn’t law enforcement—it’s state-sponsored fear.

Oh look. Another bribery and extortion scheme.

The Librarians is a must-see documentary about the recent history of book banning in the US

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NEW: VoteVets Endorses Maura Sullivan for Congress #NH01🇺🇸 "With her historic election - as the first female Marine to serve in Congress - we will see part of a new generation of leaders come to DC who are focused on delivering results and upholding the values of our democracy."

Ohio Senator Used Cars (Bernie Moreno) said the other day if you are near retirement age you shouldn't be playing the market and that by the end of the year the market will be all unicorns and puppies. It was the GOP that forced people into 401ks when they got rid of pensions

For whatever reason this part of the 'kid who killed his parents and wanted to assassinate Trump story' doesn't seem to be getting as much play. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

We’re in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vermont for Rümeysa Öztürk’s hearing. Today, the legal team is asking the judge to release her from detention. Ideas aren’t illegal. Rümeysa must be released.

BREAKING: AOC bringing the house down in Utah. “It will never be just institutions and officials alone who uphold our democracy. It will always be the people, the masses who refused to comply with authoritarian regimes who are the last and strongest defense of our country and our freedom.”

The ACLU is no longer posting on Twitter. They have abandoned their 1.6 million follower account and are now posting on Bluesky. bsky.app/profile/aclu...

If the president can spend a quarter of his days in office golfing, corporations can give workers a four-day work week.

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Dear Decent Human Beings in the Military and Law Enforcement, If you are ordered to violate the Constitution by this president, please disobey. The millions who served, suffered, and died before you deserve your courage now.

TODAY: The 7th Circuit will hear oral argument in the DOJ's lawsuit against Thornapple, Wisconsin. DOJ says Thornapple banned voting machines in violation of federal voting rights and accessibility law. A lower court agreed, but the town appealed. www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...

Tariffs war halts US beef exports to China as Australia fills the gap - ABC News The United States's $2.5 billion beef trade to China has come to a halt. Australia's cattle industry is enjoying a surge in demand from China for grain-fed beef to fill the gap. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

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

Does anyone but a Trumper actually believe things are getting better under the “leadership” of the orange slimeball? www.barrons.com/articles/tre...

Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.

Great appearance by Alex on @maddow.msnbc.com. We @socialsecurityworks.org are suitably proud. But the reality remains sobering.