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“How can I return an innocent man to the United States when I don’t have the ability to feel empathy or compassion?” said Nayib Bukele theonion.com/salvado...

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When the rule of law breaks down, violence becomes inevitable. This administration appears to be aiming for that outcome. Perhaps to consolidate power. This is a moment when every college, university, major company, media outfit, law firm, etc. must stand up. Be the sand in the gears. Fight back.

bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record

#booksky 📚 #walkies

Walked to the Chesapeake Bay with the hound, and sat for a brief minute with Tao te Ching. Opened it to #27. Hit the jackpot!

How much harm Kennedy himself may do by promoting these doctors and treatments is hard to predict. “I don’t know, because I don’t know that we’ve ever seen anything like this before,” Elizabeth Murray, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at the University of Rochester, said.

ATTN, Maryland Public TV fans: Check out this documentary from Craig Sewell, Sunday 4/13, at 3:30pm. Highly recommended! youtu.be/waIwnmfF3I8?...

Elon Musk’s team is leading an effort to link government databases, to the alarm of privacy and security experts. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

Bernie Sanders rally in LA draws thousands to protest Trump: ‘We can’t just let this happen’

The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10% with most new plastic still made from fossil fuels, a Chinese study said. In full: buff.ly/iRs0HVw

There’s a special place in HELL for anyone who stands before the Supreme Court and argues that a man they wrongfully sent to an El Salvadorian death camp should stay there.

This is a concession by the U.S. government that its “arrangement” with El Salvador is irrevocable. To me this has to be grounds to argue that the arrangement itself is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments

Who are the 5 writers who made you? Miguel De Cervantes William Bartram Walt Whitman Jack Kerouac Wendell Berry

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ATTN, Maryland Public TV fans: Check out this documentary from Craig Sewell, Sunday 4/13, at 3:30pm. Highly recommended! youtu.be/waIwnmfF3I8?...

Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine could be partitioned like Berlin after second world war, says US envoy

BREAKING: the heroes at Susman Godfrey sue the Trump administration over the illegal retaliation against them They have more integrity in their pinky finger than these other firms that have been capitulating have in their entire partnerships And kudos to the team at Munger for representing them

weird, what could explain this

An innocent man, picked up by “mistake,” must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.

Raskin: If they can just sweep someone off the street, put them on an airplane, and send them to a torturer’s prison in an authoritarian state like El Salvador without due process… then they could do it to anybody.

JUST IN: President Trump is authorizing the military to occupy and take jurisdiction over public land along the southern border.

If this recent report is accurate, the Trump administration isn’t just dismantling PFAS regulations at the federal level. It’s trying to prevent states from limiting PFAS too.

If I were Judge Xinis, I would order the government to produce, in her courtroom, officials who were in a position to answer her questions and to do so under oath. Letting DOJ continue to prevaricate and deflect responsibility in written submissions seems ... insufficient at this point.

Star of India specializes in northern Indian food, particularly from the state of Punjab, where owner Paramjit Kaur’s extended family lives. Traditional Punjabi-style foods on the menu includes dishes like bhindi masala (made with okra), chicken curry and tandoori chicken.

Romanian presidential candidate and former Prime Minister Victor Ponta is facing calls to withdraw from the race after revealing he allowed several local villages on the Danube to be flooded in 2014 to avoid flooding the Serbian capital of Belgrade.

State Sen. Arthur Orr has once again identified Alabama’s biggest problems: Poor people trying to eat and survive.

I’m not an economist, nor do I play one on TV, but seems like a lot of opportunity for some folks to make money in this market. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

The White House is clearly scared of the power states have to build the clean energy economy and is resorting to blatantly unconstitutional tactics. The Trump administration is hoping that pro-climate state governments back down in fear. How should states respond? Simple. Ramp up instead. 🧵

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today that Kyiv’s forces have captured two Chinese nationals who were fighting alongside Russian troops. ow.ly/A5Vz50VwF0g

💀 Russia loses 1,290 soldiers and 43 artillery systems over past day

One educator said the board members’ decision to remove chapters related to diversity has been painful for students. “What they are seeing is that unless you fit into the mold and you are like them, you are not valued,” the teacher said.

⚡️US neo-Nazi terrorist group pays recruits to carry out attacks in Ukraine, Guardian reports. A U.S. neo-Nazi terrorist group with links to Russia is offering locals payment to carry out attacks, the Guardian reported on April 5.

Protesters rallied around the US against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, seeking to defend the country from an administration they say threatens basic civil rights and calling for a halt to efforts to downsize the government.

Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off."

In the ten days since Rümeysa Öztürk was detained by US ICE agents, her lawyers say their client has had three asthma attacks. During that time, ICE has not provided the detained student her inhaler, per her lawyers and three US Senators, or other medication required by law.