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“Elon Musk is now effectively in charge of America’s public lands.”

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💥 BREAKING: Pfizer shareholders voted 98-2 percent today to reject anti-DEI proposal to evaluate risk of religious discrimination and promote "faith-based ERGs." Pfizer Board recommended shareholders vote to reject the proposal, citing Pfizer's Merit-Based Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies.

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"Should any trusted Afghan ally be deported, the Taliban will almost certainly execute them." That's what deportation means for Afghans in America. Will Selber on the Trump administration's shameful Afghan refugee reversal:

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Hundreds of Michiganders who’d been automatically sentenced to life without parole now have a shot at a new sentence. But the next step may vary greatly for each depending on where they were originally prosecuted—and what local prosecutors decide to do. boltsmag.org/michiga...

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They are evil incarnate.

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Of course advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this. The Secretary is unfit to lead.

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Simultaneously the most wholesome response to RFK so far and also somehow the biggest flex

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So the White House story is now: “We didn’t mean to threaten Harvard, because we didn’t mean to send the threatening letter we sent, but when Harvard rejected the threats we made but didn’t mean to make, we decided to threaten them twice more.” The country is now run by thugs and idiots.

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"Was scaring trans kids worth losing your retirement?"

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Happy Easter to all who are celebrating today. This season of renewal invites us all to believe in the triumph of light over darkness, life over death, love over hate.

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Source at VA tells me an emergency data request went out demanding info any on relationships the 2nd largest Fed department and largest healthcare system in the US has with Harvard. We know there are significant research connections. This won't hurt Harvard. It will kill veterans. They don't care.

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Showing off clearly doctored photos with a dumb look on your face? Wow, it really is McCarthyism all over. Roy Cohn would be so proud of you, sir!

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So… this was supposed to be about Paul Revere’s ride, but the Senator just unloaded about the Trump administration and its Republican enablers. Far more newsworthy than I expected. (You can probably see me shifting to “crap, this was not the interview I prepped!” but the result was memorable.)

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The whole operation sounds treasonous to me.

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To say a little more about this: Texas abortion advocates warned from jump that this bill was awful. It criminalizes private citizens and non-gov't nonprofits who fund abortion care and travel (though of course it'll also be used to go after city-level spending on repro initiatives).

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I’M GOING TO KEEP POSTING THIS STORY UNTIL ANDRY IS FREED: Gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced cop's report Andry Hernandez Romero sought shelter in the U.S. because he was persecuted as a gay man, one of the "particular social groups" allowed to claim asylum.

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Judge Xinis in Tuesday eve order homes in on key issue: "Abrego Garcia appears to remain inexplicably detained in CECOT." She cites text in written agreement with El Salvador showing US control: That detainees are kept in CECOT “pending the United States’ decision on their long-term disposition.”

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The inside of the nutshell summed up by @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

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BREAKING: Days before she was detained by ICE, the State Department had determined Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk did NOT engage in antisemitic or terrorist activities. Rubio revoked her visa anyhow. Gift article: wapo.st/4j8d5Uh

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BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year. Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.

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It is very good question and one I’ve been asking for months. If there is an international agreement with El Salvador for these renditions, the Trump administration is legally required under the Case-Zablocki Act to share it with Congress. To my knowledge, they have not done so.

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Keep calling your republican senators! Please!

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Remember: Republicans in Congress can put a stop to this at any time.

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April 6, 2025

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They are evil incarnate for what they are doing to innocent people.

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You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.

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April 5, 2025

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This whole thread makes my fine arts heart happy.

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Note the heavy traffic -

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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Congratulations to all the people who voted for Trump because they thought he’d be good for the economy

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Government as retribution.

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Thank you Wisconsin!

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Breaking: Federal judge keeps Mahmoud Khalil’s habeas case in New Jersey, denying DOJ’s motion to dismiss it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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