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They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.

submitted 4 days ago • 3493 comments

"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." - John Burroughs

submitted 4 days ago • 530 comments

In Pope Francis’s last public address, he preached care of the marginalized, the vulnerable, and migrants, saying: “I would like all of us to hope anew and to revive our trust in others, including those who are different than ourselves.” May we heed his wish.

submitted 4 days ago • 548 comments

I don't know who besides the White House needs to hear this, but spraying cheap, Chinese-made foam wall decorations with gold spray paint isn’t classy, it’s tacky as hell and prodigiously embarrassing Right now the Oval Office looks like the dumpster behind a Michael’s

submitted 5 days ago • 1015 comments

Raskin: We've got a guy who wants to act like a mob boss and use all of the resources of the taxpayers, all of the resources of the government in order to coerce people into doing his will

submitted 5 days ago • 159 comments

📌UNDERSTAND: Now that we have learned Pete Hegseth shared classified information about imminent strikes in Yemen in another group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, he should be arrested. 📌This was no one-off, this was treason.

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I mean, it's not like we didn't point out that a loudmouth drunkard with poor impulse control and a history of abuse wouldn't make a great SECDEF...

submitted 5 days ago • 358 comments

It can be true that both tariffs are bad and denying due process is also bad

submitted 5 days ago • 303 comments

Raskin: The president derives his powers only either from the Constitution explicitly or from an act of Congress and Congress certainly has never given the president the power to relocate prisoners to foreign countries and there's nothing in the constitution that remotely vests that power…

submitted 5 days ago • 425 comments

This

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Van Hollen: "I'm very glad that the killed of Rachel Morin has been convicted in a court of law. That is how we hold guilty people accountable ... I'm not sure why Abrego Garcia's rights should be denied based on an awful murder he had absolutely nothing to do with."

submitted 5 days ago • 466 comments

Its sad when you have to give School House Rock info ....

submitted 7 days ago • 39 comments

This "WHO'S NEVER COMING BACK" document published by the White House should be "EXHIBIT A" in any forthcoming hearing where a judge/justice has asked the White House to prove how it is "facilitating" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

submitted 7 days ago • 1354 comments

Van Hollen: And it's also important that people understand this case is not just about one man. It's about protecting the constitutional rights of everybody who resides in the United States of America.

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Unemployment up. Stock market down. Mortgage rates up. Consumer confidence at worst levels since the Great Depression. Are we great again yet?

submitted 8 days ago • 778 comments

Truth, right here…👇 Everyone. Grab. Their. Bible. ✨

submitted 7 days ago • 266 comments

What ‘should be’ done?! 👇 Whatcha thinkin’?! 🤔

submitted 7 days ago • 589 comments

Hey maga, without due process, anyone could accuse you of anything (you probably did in the past anyway) and keep your ass in jail unless you have tons of money to pay an attorney. Good job creating your own prison!!

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

I miss when the economy was booming, stocks were soaring, and we actually funded cancer research... Three months ago.

submitted 7 days ago • 162 comments

"Religion is often used to justify the most wicked actions." ~ Lucretius

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Absolutely! Who else agrees?

submitted 8 days ago • 274 comments

The good news is that the constitution provides ways for Congress and the Judiciary to reign in a power-hungry president. The bad news is those people are all scared of him.

submitted 8 days ago • 2058 comments

Columbia is proof that appeasement doesn’t work. Harvard is doing the right thing.

submitted 8 days ago • 420 comments

Goldman: "Think about whether any of us want to vote a certain way but bc we fear for our personal safety, we decide to vote differently. We are no longer representing our constituents. We are representing something else more like the bully threatening us. That is more like Vladimir Putin operates"

submitted 8 days ago • 543 comments

when he sends citizens to foreign concentration camps, it’s no longer a slide to authoritarianism—it’s full blown fascism! 😔 this is not an administration, it’s a criminal regime in a hostile takeover of 🇺🇸 democracy. #FightFascism #TraitorTrump #DefendLiberty 🔔

submitted 9 days ago • 539 comments

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring all removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

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Joan Baez at the Bernie Rally in LA. There must have 40,000 people there

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

How many people have cancelled vacations and business trips to the US?

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The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024. This isn't due to luck or skill. Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.

submitted 13 days ago • 824 comments

There is no one's face in the world outside of my children or two grandchildren that I would wear a pin in the shape of their face and even then, I'm not sure why. I have way too much self-respect to do something this sad and pathetic.

submitted 14 days ago • 10 comments

Lady Liberty is no more…👇 Is she?! America. Is. Lost. 🇺🇸✨

submitted 13 days ago • 17 comments