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Had a great conversation with Terry Gross/Fresh Air to walk through the whole landscape of Trump family conflicts of interest that have emerged. Real estate. Golf clubs. Crypto, Foreign government deals. Even a $500,000-a-head private club in DC. @nprfreshair.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1...

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Walz: We don’t need to run government like a business, because we’re not in the profit-making business. We’re in the business of improving lives and looking toward the future. And second, this guy has a proven track record of being an absolute failure.

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I am at a loss to understand why the Trump WH is so committed to weakening US intelligience operations - or why my Republican colleagues who long prided themselves on being the “daddy party” are so quiet on this. But it’s a BFD, and not limited to CIA cuts. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...

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This!!!

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In “Public Sentiment is Everything,” @reptedlieu.bsky.social, @betoorourke.bsky.social, & @tarasetmayer.bsky.social join Harry to assess Trump’s betrayal of Zelensky, the disaster that is Hegseth, and the outrages of the AEA cases before canvassing some reasons for optimism. Link: bit.ly/SentimentTF

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This story on all the waste and abuse Elon engaged in by carrying out firings so incompetently is something I've said over and over: DOGE was absolutely terrible. But it was also a gift bc had Russ Vought done it himself, it would have been quiet and more legal. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...

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On #EarthDay, we’re publishing an interview with @earthjustice.bsky.social President Abigail Dillen. 🌎 She talks about the targeting of environmental groups, how the second Trump administration is different from the first and what keeps her up at night. By @fastlerner.bsky.social

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

Musk’s cost-cutting goals are getting exponentially smaller as he’s slowly realizing that the government is not a car company. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

submitted 21 days ago • 53 comments

Another Trump Administration defeat in court Federal judge in DC orders the Voice of America to return fired workers back to the job and to restore Voice of America's programming ... pending further order of the court storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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On the first Earth Day in 1970, there was no: 🚫 Environmental Protection Agency 🚫 Clean Water Act 🚫 Endangered Species Act The following year, Earthjustice was founded by a small group of attorneys who believed that the earth needs a good lawyer.

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I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.

submitted 17 days ago • 251 comments

How the Republic Falls Constitutional protections suspended. The government purging “alien enemies” and the “enemy within.” Three months into Trumpist rule, despotism is rising in America. New piece:

submitted 18 days ago • 8 comments

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.

submitted 18 days ago • 1360 comments

Every Republican on talk shows today should be ruthlessly interrogated on whether they'd vote to kill the Medicaid expansion that has made health insurance possible for millions, created jobs, and stabilized family and hospital finances. Details from @citizencohn.bsky.social ⬇️

submitted 18 days ago • 4 comments

This is asinine. “They look down on you because you live in rural America!” is a right-wing myth and Democrats’ policies are objectively better for working class white people than Republicans’. These people aren’t victims of ‘both parties,’ they’re victims of propaganda.

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"Abrego Garcia’s case isn’t about his alleged gang membership. It’s about the rule of law, and whether it will hold." By @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social and @rgoodlaw.bsky.social #AbregoGarcia #DueProcess

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Your Members of Congress must hear from you. Demand that they speak out against Trump’s defiance of the Supreme Court, push for an end to the lawless abductions and move to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home immediately. Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal... Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/constit...

submitted 19 days ago • 25 comments

DEVELOPING: There is chatter coming out of the White House that as early as next week Donald Trump may issue as many as 5 Executive Orders targeting US-based nonprofits and civil society organizations.

submitted 20 days ago • 84 comments

Last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined. wapo.st/4luJyph

submitted 23 days ago • 61 comments

"It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power" From David Brooks www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...

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Murray Osorio PLLC, counsel for Kilmar Abrego Garcia: "If the government believes there is a legitimate case to be made, it should present that case in a court of law … not on social media. But that cannot happen until Mr. Abrego Garcia is returned to the United States and given full due process."

submitted 21 days ago • 80 comments

Kidnapping people off the street, flying them to a foreign country and paying to have them locked up in a brutal prison is not just outrageous. It's criminal. Criminal on many levels. Criminal in ways from which it cannot possibly be argued the president has immunity for his behavior.

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During an already very dark time in US history, I unfortunately have more bad news this #TaxDay2025: Despite what some say, the tax bill moving through Congress right now will make everything worse! 🧵 1/ #BillionaireTaxBailout

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“Many people don’t realize how high the American quality of life is because of the competent & stable enforcement of regulations, &if that goes away a lot of lives are at risk,” said Steve Cicala… “This affects airplane safety, baby formula safety, the safety of meat, vegetables and packaged foods…”

submitted 24 days ago • 52 comments

Bone chilling. A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0. 1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.

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If you feel like being inspired by a big law firm, here's the opening to Sussman Godfrey's lawsuit against Trump and his executive order targeting the firm. It still is amazing other firms caved quickly to Trump's mob-like and unconstitutional shakedown. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 27 days ago • 126 comments

Resistance, resolve and a branded plan. Call it Contract to Restore America or even (sound familiar?) Be Best America. Here's my stab at a midterms-and-beyond agenda, plus strategic wisdom from Raskin and Booker. We. Can. Do. This. @thebulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/time-democ...

submitted 31 days ago • 61 comments

Once not an issue, the fate of the us economy, the dollar and the bond market may now wrest on Congress taking away Trump’s power to tariff. You’ve got to keep the matches away from the kid.

submitted 26 days ago • 19 comments

I'm calling for an investigation into whether President Trump manipulated the market to benefit his Wall Street donors—all while working people and small businesses paid the price. Did Trump help insiders cash in on his tariff flip-flopping? It sure looks like corruption.

submitted 29 days ago • 858 comments

Citizens United turned our campaign finance system on its head by legalizing bribery and opening the door for corruption.

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Raskin’s opening statement was spectacular.

submitted 31 days ago • 12 comments

At least 20 people lost their lives over the weekend as storms ravaged the country. Meanwhile, Trump & DOGE have terminated 1,000 employees from NOAA — the agency that provides severe weather forecasting and warnings. Make no mistake: these cuts put people's lives in danger.

submitted 31 days ago • 97 comments

Brava! More courage, please.

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

submitted 31 days ago • 321 comments

Truth!

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Roadmap: Third-Year Students Who Will Soon Work for Judges Share Tips on How to Land Coveted Clerkships www.law.berkeley.edu/article/thir...

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Just four days after JD Vance's Greenland visit, Maersk of Denmark bought the railway connecting the Panama Canal's two ports. In key business areas, Denmark is a giant. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe... Me @prospectmagazine.co.uk. No paywall.

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NEW: There's no reason to act like Trump is pursuing a trade policy or an industrial revitalization strategy. These are just sanctions, imposed to intimidate countries and companies into submission like they're universities or law firms. They're what a mob boss would do. prospect.org/economy/2025...

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