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Says the guy whose charity was shut down by the state of New York for making illegal campaign contributions.

submitted 23 hours ago • 1388 comments

"We have instances now in western countries where people are being arrested [...] the cop comes knocking on their door, you're going to go to jail for 60 days for posting something online. You know, this is crazy stuff that's happening all over." Marco Rubio on April 16, 2025, if you can believe it

submitted 18 hours ago • 1657 comments

AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.

submitted 1 day ago • 1083 comments

Too funny... www.facebook.com/groups/73496...

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

This from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 2 days ago • 502 comments

We are on Russias side. The orange fatty is straight traitor

submitted 1 day ago • 552 comments

Van Hollen: "If the president gets to shred the Constitution and ignore the Supreme Court in this case, it is a very short path to the president ignoring court orders in other cases. So every American should care about this."

submitted 1 day ago • 629 comments

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submitted 2 days ago • 1660 comments

Hmmm..... l.smartnews.com/p-kkSS1OU/0t...

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We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.

submitted 2 days ago • 368 comments

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

submitted 2 days ago • 1627 comments

Sanders: He now wants to take away CBS’s license because they did a story that criticized him. Oh my word, CBS criticized him! Oh, let’s drive them out of business, how terrible… If you can’t take criticism, get out of the political process. This is a democracy

submitted 2 days ago • 364 comments

The president who in 2020 had unidentified federal agents deployed against protesters is now encouraging a foreign dictator to build more prisons to accommodate "homegrown" "criminals," as he ignores a court order to effect the return of a guy sent to a foreign prison without any due process.

submitted 2 days ago • 70 comments

bookmark this chyron

submitted 2 days ago • 427 comments

What we all just witnessed had all the earmarks of a criminal conspiracy to deprive Abrego-Garcia of his constitutional rights, as well as an impeachable offense. The fraud scheme was a phony agreement engineered by the US to have Bukele say he lacks power to return Abrego Garcia and he won't do it.

submitted 2 days ago • 925 comments

I’ve just posted this video message to members of the DC Bar, urging them to vote AGAINST AG Pam Bondi’s brother to be its next president. Please pass this on to anyone who is eligible to vote. www.instagram.com/reel/DIcQFxt...

submitted 2 days ago • 364 comments

Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸

submitted 2 days ago • 2844 comments

We haven’t forgotten.

submitted 3 days ago • 958 comments

This video shows the fire damage inside the Pennsylvania Governor’s mansion. Governor Shapiro’s reaction to the arson attack is on my timeline.

submitted 3 days ago • 303 comments

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.

submitted 3 days ago • 914 comments

Tomorrow’s going to be a good stress test of the press. El Salvadoran President Bukele will visit the White House. At the press availability, every Q ought to be about Abrego Garcia: where is he now? Did US ask you to return him? etc. WH will hate, maybe try to prevent, so all should band together.

submitted 3 days ago • 1330 comments

This was three months ago.

submitted 6 days ago • 846 comments

Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration. So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives. So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory

submitted 6 days ago • 3629 comments

And so it begins again... l.smartnews.com/p-kdPd7Yd/93...

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submitted 7 days ago • 161 comments

If China decided to stop all export shipments to the USA tomorrow, it would reduce their exports by ~10%, like their economy getting a cold. We, on the other hand, would shrivel up on the vine and blow away in the wind.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

imagine being this pathetic, servile and eager to gulp up the slop

submitted 7 days ago • 1654 comments

Restrictions on voter registration can determine who wins and who loses. So can limits on early voting and vote-by-mail access. Close elections often hinge on which votes are counted — and which are disqualified. Even when results aren’t close, Republicans increasingly contest outcomes they dislike.

submitted 7 days ago • 65 comments

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WARNER: Can you explain how it helps natl security or our trade balance - I loved your fancy Greek formula which was bad math on steroids - how with a trade surplus Australia got hit with a 10% tariff as well? GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available WARNER: We have a trade surplus!

submitted 8 days ago • 1109 comments

Here's the webpage put up by the office of Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes for people to notify her office if they're havig problems dealing with Social Security. Every state AG's office could do this. Might help. www.azag.gov/socialsecurity

submitted 8 days ago • 305 comments

38% of people living in Mike Johnson's district were enrolled in Medicaid last year. Yet Johnson is pushing for devastating cuts to Medicaid — all to pay for tax cuts that will predominantly go to the rich. Is there a better encapsulation of the Republican Party?

submitted 8 days ago • 146 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

submitted 8 days ago • 1997 comments

Moskowitz: When President Zelenskyy came to the White House, we heard a lot about what he was wearing. Oh my God, the precious Oval Office—he didn’t wear a suit! I mean, here’s a picture of Kid Rock in the Oval Office—he looks like he’s about to jump over 10 buses on the White House lawn.

submitted 8 days ago • 915 comments

Of course he does. #GoldenAgeOfCorruption abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

submitted 9 days ago • 61 comments

Last night in my newsletter, I wrote about an important court case you probably haven't heard about. An Alabama group, the Yellowhammer Fund, helps women go to states where abortion is legal to obtain one. They sued the state's AG for threatening to prosecute joycevance.substack.com/p/a-case-to-...

submitted 9 days ago • 56 comments

Lawyers have ethical obligations to courts regardless of what their bosses say. If a government lawyer is asked to violate their oath, they should resign. There is no excuse for caving to Trump.

submitted 9 days ago • 190 comments

Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued used underwear. His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking. ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...

submitted 8 days ago • 185 comments

It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident. We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.

submitted 8 days ago • 788 comments

Surprise, surprise. readsludge.com/2025/04/07/m...

submitted 9 days ago • 932 comments

Nice try.

submitted 8 days ago • 934 comments

FACT CHECK: Canada Proud is run by Jeff Ballingall. These aren’t grassroots movements — they’re well-funded propaganda pipelines built to smear opponents and flood your feed with rage bait and falsehoods. They’re part of the same operation Poilievre’s team has brought on to run digital comms.

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As I wrote last night, in her opinion, Judge Xinis was careful to point out the government's evidence Abrego Garcia belongs to MS-13 was so weak as to be nonexistant. More here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

submitted 9 days ago • 48 comments

"The implication...is that not only noncitizens but also U.S. citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal. History is no stranger to such lawless regimes..."

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submitted 9 days ago • 1324 comments

White House: we want reciprocal tariffs Vietnam: fine, let’s do zero percent White House: fuck you Absolute clown car administration

submitted 9 days ago • 769 comments