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UPDATE: The Supreme Court has paused a deadline to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, after a federal district judge ordered the administration to bring him back by tonight.

I’ve been attacked by BOTs following me. Makes me want to delete the account

Financial advice is NOT universal. It’s why somebody needs to take a tire iron to Dave Ramsey’s knee caps. Stop being impressed by white men.

Fear has a way of being contagious. But courage is also contagious.

The Trump administration is firing hundreds and perhaps thousands of federal workers as part of a crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Many of the fired weren't in DEI jobs.

The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Revealed: The shocking far-right agenda behind the surveillance tech used by ICE and the FBI

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ICC sent Hungary a request to arrest and surrender Netanyahu hours after his arrival. Netanyahu has now touched down in Washington, having flown through France, Italy & Croatia unchallenged. International Law has been ripped up in front of our eyes. www.timesofisrael.com/icc-sent-hun...

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

Let's repeat it for folks in the back. When Bill Clinton cut 300,000 + jobs from the federal workforce, he did it with the APPROVAL of Congress after review and a VOTE! He did NOT illegally take it upon himself to drastically slash entire agencies and programs - with NO plan for continued service.

Confirmed cases of measles in the US. 2020: 13 2021: 49 2022: 121 2023: 59 2024: 285 Total cases: 527 (5-years) 2025: (first 90 days) 628 confirmed cases of measles, and 3 deaths.

Trade deficit. I have bought food from say, Chilis. They have never bought food from me. There is a trade deficit with Chilis. I’m still doing fine. The trade deficit argument SOUNDS compelling, but it’s a straw man with no relevancy

See you on April 19. #NationalDayOfProtest

oh they’re BOTHERED 🤭🤣

Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI. “Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.

The Trump admin is dismantling Freedom of Information Act offices. Then the offices send out emails like, “Hello, the FOIA office has been placed on admin leave and is unable to respond to any emails.” The lengths this admin will go to ensure zero transparency with the American people is astounding.

We have a winner…🏆

DOGE has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide. In communities across the US, the cuts threaten student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to popular digital services, such as the ebook app Libby.

His mistake was taking the assignment to begin with rather than resigning. The wisest lawyer so far is SDNY's Hagan Scotten who said when resigning: “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

America got rid of kings only to replace them with elected monarchs. That's a big problem for them, and another is that they turned their constitution into an immutable faith. Place chaotic actors into that mix and you're fucked. What was good for 1776 isn't necessarily going to function in 2025

So many options! 💙 good trouble.

We’ve gotten an early estimate that as many as 5 MILLION Americans showed up today. Thank you!

Hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of people peacefully protesting across the country — including in deep red areas — and I have yet to see any reports of violence or crackdowns. Don’t be afraid, and keep turning out.

It's about fucking time! Many more states should be standing up too! What the fuck are we marching a screaming for if elected officials are just caving to this racist??? GET ACTIVE LOCALLY! DEMAND COURAGE!

Trump says he "couldn't care less" if car prices go up. But it's not just American consumers that are footing the bill. His #tariffs hurt American manufacturers & workers too. Take a look at how many components from all over the world go into an American-made F150: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLpU...

In the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between Elon Musk’s DOGE team and the United States Institute of Peace, a federal judge has ruled that DOGE can take over USIP’s $500 million office building—for free.

#handsoff2025 - Today. This was just the start. Today starts a new movement to get our Country back from the grips of authoritarianism. Today starts the movement to save Democracy. Hope you participated today. If you did, THANK YOU. If you didn’t, join the next one. We’ve only just begun !!

Of course they fucking did.

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West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

Until now, citizen frustration with the Trump administration “has registered nationally as little more than a distant rumble,” @elainegodfrey.bsky.social writes. The “Hands Off” protest in Washington, D.C., was an attempt to raise the volume:

YAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!

I snort laughed at this protest sign at a Hands Off! event. Bwahahahahahaah!

Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING #handsoff

In Sacramento today fighting against fascism. #Handsoff @50501movement.bsky.social

Mahmoud Khalil's new op-ed from detention— "Faced with a movement for divestment they couldn't crush, your trustees opted to set fire to the institution they're entrusted with…History will redeem us, while those who were content to wait on the sidelines will be forever remembered for their silence."

I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”

A GOP electoral warning points to Elon Musk in the hot seat, and President Trump employed a third-term distraction. Also, a trade war rages, and there were mass firings at key scientific agencies.

Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two. By @jonakimehta.bsky.social

Exclusive: Elon Musk's SpaceX and ULA are expected to each win a US Space Force rocket launch contract worth billions over the next several years to send some of the Pentagon's most sensitive satellites into space, two people familiar with the decision say reut.rs/3RoWyiN