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ℍ𝕦𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥: "True morality is doing what is right without the threat of divine retribution nor the possibility of divine reward." ~ Arthur Paliden Public ed advocate, retired educator, global citizen attitude, crunchy liberal, atheist, pretty sweary.
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Gwen Walz on RFK Jr. comments: People with autism ‘contribute more to this nation than this man ever will’ thehill.com/policy/healt...

submitted 8 hours ago • 3 comments

So, this guy obviously doesn't have MS13 on his knuckles. What an absurd claim! But as a tattoo historian, I can say: even if he did, it's all absolutely no evidence that he's affiliated with the gang anyway. Tattooing a Nike logo on you doesn't mean you make shoes.

submitted 9 hours ago • 48 comments

Trump just posted a photo of himself holding up a piece of paper claiming to show tattoos on Kilmar Abrego Garcia that are related to MS-13. The paper he’s holding up has been digitally altered to add the characters MS-13. The claim comes from neo-Nazis on X who say the tattoos cover up “MS-13.”

submitted 9 hours ago • 216 comments

The Trump administration purged the story of the Coloradan who became the first female fighter pilot to join the Thunderbirds. Then they backed down after @marcsallinger.bsky.social’s story about Col Nicole Malachowski went viral. #copolitics youtu.be/pvJX_V-nGWg?...

submitted 4 hours ago • 19 comments

If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.

submitted 6 hours ago • 1025 comments

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration from deporting foreign nationals under the Alien Enemies Act. Thomas, Alito dissent.

submitted 3 hours ago • 181 comments

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

submitted 9 hours ago • 1227 comments

Not what you'll hear on Fox News: Sen. Van Hollen said El Salvador’s vice president had told him that there was no evidence or indication that Abrego Garcia had committed a crime in El Salvador.

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

Exclusive: Immigrants falsely labeled dead by the Social Security Administration are showing up at field offices with documents proving they are alive, leading staff to reinstate nearly three dozen people over the past week, according to records obtained by The Post.

submitted 15 hours ago • 454 comments

Man films and confronts two suspected undercover ICE officers (potentially NYPD) after they racially profiled and handcuffed a random civilian. Keep doing this shit. Make these fuckers famous. Make all police and immigration officers fear having their faces known to the masses.

submitted 3 days ago • 192 comments

Trump's trade war: Volvo plans lay off up to 800 workers at three plants in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania because of concern that Trump's tariffs will cut into sales. This is how we get to a recession (or are in one already).

submitted 6 hours ago • 10 comments

I remember this from the first season of the Trump presidency

submitted 6 hours ago • 69 comments

⚡️Lithuania to strengthen border infrastructure amid security concerns, Politico reports. Lithuania will upgrade and fortify a second route through the Suwałki Gap, a strategic stretch of land along the Polish border viewed as one of the most likely targets for a future Russian attack on NATO.

submitted 6 hours ago • 6 comments

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced that the Trump administration will be taking over the reconstruction of Penn Station, removing it from the care of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). How much $$$ will Trump make on this one? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 6 hours ago • 17 comments

NEW: The NYT reports that Abrego Garcia was actually moved to a lower security detention center 9 days ago, but the Trump Administration signed a sworn declaration 6 days ago that he was at CECOT. Here's a gift link to the story: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...

submitted 10 hours ago • 92 comments

For someone that spends a large portion of their day consuming news, I feel like I live under a rock when I discover this kind of shit 🧵 www.npr.org/sections/the... Think it can't happen to you? You may want to reconsider because shit ain't getting any better in this respect, for sure.

submitted 5 hours ago • 5 comments

A co-worker of mine (who is a judge), traveled by train from Montana to North Dakota for work this week. The train made a stop in Havre, MT, where ICE agents—armed and dressed in full military-style tactical gear—boarded the train.

submitted 17 hours ago • 409 comments

I don’t see why Trump couldn’t get a peace deal in Ukraine in 24 hours. He destroyed the entire world’s economy in a matter of minutes

submitted 5 hours ago • 6 comments

NEW: A soccer coach and legal permanent resident flying home to Colorado from overseas has been detained. His family thinks it's a result of 15-20-year-old court cases. An immigration attorney says this situation is a warning to all non-citizens. #copolitics www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrxw...

submitted 5 hours ago • 10 comments

people just want to live their damn lives free from all this monstrous shit

submitted 10 hours ago • 17 comments

Ah - Trump said that their letter allowing them to take over Harvard was sent in error. That is some pretty furious backpeddling. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

submitted 6 hours ago • 31 comments

Imagine if in the middle of WWII, FDR had told Churchill that we would cut off support in the fight against Hitler and the Nazis unless the UK gave us 50% of their coal and mineral reserves. Our world would be a different place — but that’s exactly what Trump is doing with Ukraine⬇️

submitted 59 days ago • 17 comments

Breaking: @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and @nlanard.bsky.social speak ro relatives and lawyers of men the Trump administration is trying to send to Venezuela tonight: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 5 hours ago • 7 comments

Boasberg is right now conducting another emergency hearing after hours, in response to the ACLU filing an emergency motion for TRO concerning DHS plans to conduct further removals Hard working judge

submitted 9 hours ago • 11 comments

This op-ed by my Rep, together with former Rep Fred Upton, hits hard at the insanity unleashed by the current administration at NIH & HHS. Gift article. Thank you Rep Diana Degette. @degette.house.gov wapo.st/3EdN2fr

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Jessica: Abrego Garcia's legal status was approved by the Trump administration in 2019, and every year since then, he has checked in with the departed of homeland security, and no one has said anything about him being a gang banger.

submitted 11 hours ago • 111 comments

Van Hollen: I should also just say, I mentioned the fake margarita, they actually wanted to have the meeting by the side of the pool in the hotel. They want to create this appearance that life was just lovely for Kilmar. Which of course is a big, fat lie.

submitted 11 hours ago • 473 comments

Van Hollen: In other words, put up in court or shut up.

submitted 11 hours ago • 60 comments

Van Hollen: When I told him that his wife and family sent their love and were fighting for him to return home every day, he said that he was worried about all of you. He spoke several times about your 5-year-old son who has autism.

submitted 11 hours ago • 56 comments

Van Hollen details why he thinks the government of El Salvador is making a huge mistake in turning itself into a concentration camp for Trump

submitted 11 hours ago • 175 comments

This is: (a) correct; (b) a demonstration of Van Hollen's political skills, which are stronger than most of us realized; (c) a sign to other politicians that bold action will bring outsized attention, as it has with Booker and AOC.

submitted 11 hours ago • 49 comments

This op-ed by my Rep, together with former Rep Fred Upton, hits hard at the insanity unleashed by the current administration at NIH & HHS. Gift article. Thank you Rep Diana Degette. @degette.house.gov wapo.st/3EdN2fr

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Last week, House Republicans greenlit gutting vital programs like Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. That's over 150k Denverites who could lose this lifeline. As the top Democrat on the Health Subcommittee, I will fight with every fiber of my being to stop their extreme & cruel agenda.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

So… this was supposed to be about Paul Revere’s ride, but the Senator just unloaded about the Trump administration and its Republican enablers. Far more newsworthy than I expected. (You can probably see me shifting to “crap, this was not the interview I prepped!” but the result was memorable.)

submitted 1 day ago • 176 comments

The Texas Senate has approved a new film incentive program that rewards films which are "faith-based," promote "family values" or "portrays Texas in a positive fashion." I may be new here but that sure sounds like government-funded religious propaganda. apnews.com/us-news/bill...

submitted 1 day ago • 76 comments

As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation.

submitted 1 day ago • 1564 comments

Chris Krebs is America’s next profile in courage. The entire nation should support this honorable and courageous fellow citizen.

submitted 1 day ago • 204 comments

The lawsuits are beginning. The president does not have to constitutional authority to regulate elections. Once again, judges will have to help because the feckless GOP is afraid of daddy's belt. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

CHUCK SCHUMER: I call, in very strong words, on Trump Administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to United States. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN: I went to El Salvador, and met with Kumar, he is alive.

submitted 1 day ago • 51 comments

American Oversight put together a timeline showing how participants in the Waltz/Hegseth Signal chat continued to make changes AFTER Judge Boasberg ordered them to preserve the chat. But that's ALSO after Wicker and Reed asked DOD IG to investigate. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 1 day ago • 39 comments

This is the completely foreseeable consequence of being a credulous nation that makes medical decision based on politics/capitalism instead of science.

submitted 1 day ago • 45 comments

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

submitted 1 day ago • 8496 comments