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Expat, lifelong Dem since my teens in the East Bay of CA
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🚨It’s keeping me up at night. Gen. Tim Haugh led U.S. Cyber Command & the NSA—two of the most powerful surveillance agencies in the world. Trump fired him w/ no explanation. Your privacy & civil liberties are at risk. My nat’l security colleagues & I are very worried. You need to know this.

When Stephen Miller is running immigration policy, Don Bongino is operating FBI surveillance, Pete Hegseth is deciding who to bomb, and Laura Loomer is firing top national security aides, you don’t have an administration. You have an asylum.

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social. #TrumpMarketCrash #TrumpTariffs

Introducing Tesla Model V: the first self-vandalizing car. With self-smashing headlights and self-slashing tires! I think that'll work. 😉🤑 #teslatakedown

Too funny!! 🤣🤣🤣

While Republicans hide, Cory Booker shows up and gives his constituents a voice. Who’s cutting onions?

Props to George Soros. Hundreds of thousands of paid protestors yesterday, and yet not a single copy of a check or any evidence of electronic transfers to them.

Howard Lutnick, Trump sycophant, is an embarrassing buffoon. We should trust Trump on tariffs? We should believe he knows what’s good for the economy? Take this nonsense as fuel for the resistance.

Please shoot me

DJT has probably never been in a single national forest in his life. So much more than trees would be lost if this happens!

Teachers get capped at $300 for tax write-offs. Elon gets $11 Billion. #TaxTheRich

One of my favorites so far! 🤣🤣🤣

SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data. Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner. www.wired.com/story/doge-h...

15-year-old Ariana Hollow Horn rode 300 miles on horseback to honor those lost at Wounded Knee. Her strength, spirit, and dedication show what the next generation is made of. A true warrior. We honor you, Ariana.

Norm Eisen is fighting hard for our country 24/7. He's an amazing lawyer and activist - thanks Norm!! #NormEisen

Watch live on C-Span now! www.c-span.org/event/public... #handsoff

Join Contrarians across the globe this Saturday, April 5 at a Hands Off! rally near you HANDS OFF OUR PERSONAL DATA HANDS OFF OUR SOCIAL SECURITY HANDS OFF OUR MEDICAID HANDS OFF OUR SCHOOLS HANDS OFF OUR FREE SPEECH Learn more by visiting handsoff2025.com

Crowd now beginning to march, leaving Capitol Square, and starting down 9th Street here in Richmond. Horns honking, crowds chanting. Y'all, I'm 55 years old. I've never seen anything like this. #HandsOff

DOJ attorneys who are going into courts and arguing that Trump's unconstitutional executive orders are constitutional are violating their oath to "support and defend the Constitution" and are abdicating their responsibility to represent the interests of the American people. Absolutely SHAMEFUL!

What is taught to senior military leaders at our nation’s War Colleges is that a nation’s power emanates from four areas: -Strength of diplomacy -Strength of economy -Strength of its military -Strength of truthful public information. All combine to determine power on the global stage.

The trouble with tarrifs

Finally, a Democrat who doesn’t shy away from the obvious Republican end game: the end of democracy. This is no over-reaction, it’s terrifying reality.

If Orbán blocks the sanctions extension in June, they’ll expire, forcing the EU to return €240B in frozen assets to Russia, says Estonia’s FM Margus Tsahkna.

Perfect response! 🤣🤣🤣

JUST IN: We asked a federal court to stop DOGE’s ongoing unlawful access to SSA data after new facts expose the breadth & urgency of harm to millions. DOGE is putting Americans at risk – not only of privacy violations but of losing access to the benefits they depend on. We will keep up the fight!

On Nir & Rupar, @davidnir.com & @atrupar.com just spoke with pioneering journalist @juddlegum.bsky.social, the creator of Musk Watch, about all things Elon Musk. It's an extremely insightful conversation about the most influential man in America. Watch the whole thing here →

So beautiful. A ray of light in the darkness...

SCOOP: Trump personally selected now widely-mocked formula for determining country-specific tariffs from a menu Numerous aides had for weeks been at work crafting country-specific tariffs that took into account a broad range of tariff & non-tariff barriers www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

BOOM!! Bluesky now has more than 34 MILLION users! Share the good news!! 💙 🦋 bsky-users.theo.io

A must-read, as usual - Krugman on point: How a Con Man President Is Destroying Confidence open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... #paulkrugman #tariffs

🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

🤣🤣🤣 In reality, I weep for my country...

Read of the day. A bitter pill to swallow (and is it the right pill to swallow?), but swallow it we should

@leahgreenberg.bsky.social on the Indivisible call just now: "We need to encourage people to be creative and experiment." Yes!! I have a whole video on this very subject from 2 days ago: We ALL need to try things and tell electeds, "Take a risk, you’ll be rewarded by the people for it!”

Trueism: Presidents don't have a lot of impact on the economy. Fine Print: Because most don't do totally insane things.

These are the tariffs of the Republican Party-not just Trump. Congress voted to give Trump the authority to do this, & can vote to repeal them at any time. But they won’t, even though many know this will be a disaster, because they are afraid of Trump. So now they own this mess.

unprecedented protests this morning on heard and macdonald islands, as the population rises up against trump imposition of 10% across the board tariffs.

Karma is a ... 😂

Finally some action from the Democrats (this and Cory Booker's marathon filibuster yesterday)! That's what we want to see more of...a fighting spirit!

Amen! Thank you, @corybooker.com, for YOUR leadership and FIGHT on behalf of the Democratic Party! +…

A must-read piece from Paul Krugman: Stop Looking for Methods in the [tariffs] Madness open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Omg this is a fantastic idea 😂😂

We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one. Let’s go.

My advice is if your law firm can't say this, get yourself a new law firm. "Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."