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BREAKING: Days after a Louisiana judge ruled that the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil can proceed, thousands are holding an emergency Passover Seder at the ICE headquarters in New York City, saying: If you come for one, you face us all.

#GVerse #Food4Thought 😉

I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

The DOJ lawyer who made the mistake of answering the court's questions about Abrego-Garcia candidly (eg yes he was mistakenly deported, a fact the Administration already has acknowledged), which got him put on administrative leave, has now been fired, ending his 15-year DOJ career..

Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps. This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped" snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

The United States is Disappearing Human Beings. Disappeared People Tracker: 1402 and growing. public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

Authoritarianism

What a contrast between how our allies get treated versus little dictators like Bukele. Not a word about him not wearing a suit either, as he petitions the US to expand his country’s mercenary penal colony by sending him more money.

Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

This article and comments are worth the time to read.

The Sonoma County mycological club does amazing things! So wonderful to see the hard work and generosity in this community 🤗

“American government, American foreign policy, and American trade policy are slowly being transformed, not to benefit Americans but to benefit the president, his family, and his friends.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump is defying a 9-0 Supreme Court ruling against him. The Constitutional Crisis is no longer some abstract idea, it's right here staring us in the face.

#quoteoftheday but sadly, in this case there’s nothing funny about this particular orange clown…

At least one US president cares to denounce this attack.

He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. He’s defying the Supreme Court. Don’t you see what’s happening here?

#TheFarSide by Gary Larson || est. #comic publication: 1986-88 || series run: 1979-95 & 2017-23

What we all just witnessed had all the earmarks of a criminal conspiracy to deprive Abrego-Garcia of his constitutional rights, as well as an impeachable offense. The fraud scheme was a phony agreement engineered by the US to have Bukele say he lacks power to return Abrego Garcia and he won't do it.

What do these corporations have in common? Netflix Ford Tesla T-Mobile Duke Energy DISH Network Metlife Dominion Energy United States Steel In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes. This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

Trump orders government to stop tracking cancers in U.S. firefighters. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Its true that America citizens can’t legally be deported. It’s equally clear that this administration doesn’t care about what the law says. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

I’ve just posted this video message to members of the DC Bar, urging them to vote *AGAINST* AG Pam Bondi’s brother to be its next president. Please pass this on to anyone who is eligible to vote. www.instagram.com/reel/DIcQFxt...

Day 20 of 'choose 20'. #BlueskyArt #Art #art #Painting #shareart

In Oval Office meeting, Bukele s said that he has no plans to return Abrego Garcia, telling reporters, “Of course I’m not going to do it.” Obviously that was engineered with Trump, who is ready to again double down with his rank confrontation with the courts. Very very ugly situation.

It's that time again, folks! New volume, new theme, looking for your work! . Please share far and wide. . . . . . . #litmag #indiepress #litjournal #opencallforartists #submissions #submissionsopen #thequarterly #quarterpress #poetry #prose #comics #chillsubs

The Librarians is a must-see documentary about the recent history of book banning in the US

Today we mourn the loss of Mrs. Edna Pemberton—a fierce advocate, a fearless voice, and a true community leader. She didn’t just believe in change—she was the change. North Texas and the world are better because of the work she did and the lives she touched. May she rest in power.

Abandoned?

From mycologist Matt Kasson for @popsci.com, about the zombie-ant fungus Ophiocordyceps & its fictional human-infecting counterpart in #TheLastOfUs. If you watched S1 & thought "needs more zombies" (aka "the Infected" in the show), prepare to be delighted by S2 (the trailer shows airborne spores!) 🧪

If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him? No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens. Fascism is here.

Our federal judiciary remains a vital check on tyrannical threats to liberty. Join the April 15 nationwide rally for justice speakupforjustice.law

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

Ya think?

Day 19 of 'choose 20'. #BlueskyArt #Art #art #Painting #shareart

That’s the national emergency??????????????????

Physics. Levity. Rules.

Sunday, April 13, 2025 Today missed being Easter by 22 minutes. Gregorian Calendar’s definition: First Sunday after the first Full Moon after the March Equinox. If the Full Moon had occurred 22 minutes earlier, landing yesterday (GMT), then today would have been that first Sunday.

Bernie is actually a potent weapon against Trump because there is a meaningful section of voters that are Bernie/Trump voters. They see both men as taking a hammer to “the system.”

As always, twice on Sundays