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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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I wonder how the Supreme Court feels about granting Donald Trump immunity for official acts now that one of those official acts is telling the Supreme Court to shove their ruling and fuck the fuck off.

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Sanders: He now wants to take away CBS’s license because they did a story that criticized him. Oh my word, CBS criticized him! Oh, let’s drive them out of business, how terrible… If you can’t take criticism, get out of the political process. This is a democracy

submitted 11 hours ago • 259 comments

We Are In A Constitutional Crisis….

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I know we beat this drum daily, but today especially it’s obvious these are not the actions of a party that anticipates ever losing power.

submitted 19 hours ago • 136 comments

In fairness, China's pronouncers of state propaganda have a much better game then America's.

submitted 22 hours ago • 829 comments

Dictatorships grab people off the street and jail them. Dictatorships demonize vulnerable minorities. Dictatorships destroy data. Dictatorships reject independent courts. Dictatorships buy the backing of the super-rich. Dictatorships persecute dissidents. See what’s happening, fellow Americans.

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Poilievre is saying that unless we do consecutive sentences for multiple murders, you get “4 years of jail time per murder.” “That’s insane” he says. It’s actually a lie. They don’t get out. They get a hearing, and the murderers he’s talking about don’t get parole in Canada. He’s rage-farming.

submitted 16 hours ago • 86 comments

Big Law's capitulation to Donald Trump is a billion dollar betrayal of democracy and the rule of law. I write about this and much more in my Tuesday tip-sheet. Join Democracy Docket now to receive it straight to your inbox tomorrow morning. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-signup

submitted 13 hours ago • 41 comments

AOC: Only 2% of people on Medicaid are able-bodied.. I saw Mike Johnson saying we have to stop all the able-bodied men from being on Medicaid — as if it’s a crime for someone to have healthcare in America. Healthcare is a human right, and everyone should have it.

submitted 12 hours ago • 166 comments

We are way past impeachment time

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In defiance of the Supreme Court & without any evidence, the White House claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a “terrorist,” who was “sent to the right place.” This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent. He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.

submitted 15 hours ago • 1164 comments

I recently saw a doctor and asked why no one was wearing masks. Their response? “I’m so over masks. We all are.” I don’t get it. You work in healthcare. It’s literally part of the job. If a surgeon decides they’re “over masks” they don’t get to practice surgery. How is this wear we’ve ended up?

submitted 10 hours ago • 59 comments

So by paying our taxes, we pay for a Central American dictator who runs the 116th-richest nation in the world to build five more supermax concentration camps slated to be filled with our countrymen and wholly innocent legal permanent residents of the United States? Is that right?

submitted 15 hours ago • 652 comments

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

submitted 12 hours ago • 533 comments

Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, in fact, a criminal

submitted 13 hours ago • 623 comments

"Poilievre’s polished daily performances continue to be, primarily, laments for the sorry state of the country, extended complaints about the “lost Liberal decade”—including unconvincing smears directed at Liberal leader Mark Carney" #cdnpoli #canpoli www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

submitted 11 hours ago • 17 comments

If you haven’t figured it out yet, Trump’s not joking, his end game is eliminating “Due Process of Law” for any & all Americans he so chooses… This is Unconstitutional & all Americans need to be prepared to stand up for their rights!

submitted 10 hours ago • 18 comments

Toronto Star: Carney campaigning with the highest likability score since Layton

submitted 11 hours ago • 22 comments

Makes Columbia’s acquiescence look all the more conspicuous and pathetic

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submitted 19 hours ago • 833 comments

Very little surprises me, but I am surprised, shocked, bewildered, flabberfuckinggasted that our elected officials aren’t holding emergency press conferences right now. If we continue like this, we don’t continue…they get that right? RIGHT????!!

submitted 13 hours ago • 151 comments

I would not have predicted that large universities would show more courage than either Big Law or corporate media. Good for them.

submitted 11 hours ago • 797 comments

Folks who are citizens of other countries and are considering travel to the United States for a vacation or work or whatever: I strongly advise against it. You will not have protection from the illegal actions of this administration. It's not worth it. Don't roll the dice by traveling here.

submitted 14 hours ago • 98 comments

AOC: We saw Majorie Taylor Greene buy that dip. How much did you make? How much did you make off of people’s despair? How much did you make off of that panic? How much did you make off of that suffering? No more. We can’t accept it

submitted 12 hours ago • 420 comments

It'll be a good stress test, and one they will fail.

submitted 1 day ago • 58 comments

FYI, if you cannot claim any of the following: - secured billions in federal contracts - received inside information on when to capitalize on stock market corrections - been granted exemptions on tariffs …then you are NOT the beneficiary of Trump’s agenda. You are the victim.

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Canadians say CBC is their most trusted news source. Poilievre wants to kill it. We can't let him. #cdnpoli

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It is, actually...ya know, since it was responsible for deporting him in the first place

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Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.

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John Oliver on the administration's tariff math: "It'd be like trying to figure out the square footage of your home by dividing your phone number by your dog's age."

submitted 23 hours ago • 110 comments

Two weeks to go. Vote in #Ottawa Centre for @yasirnaqvicdn.bsky.social Our riding could lose a Liberal vote if it swings NDP. All the ugly issues with Harden aside, Canada needs a Liberal majority. Let’s be sure that Mark Carney guides Canadians through turbulent times. #ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong 🇨🇦

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If Jeff Bezos can send Katy Perry into space, he can pay a wealth tax so every American has debt-free healthcare.

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"I'm not sure whether he doesn't understand that he's in a race here for his seat, or if he's just trying to pretend that it's not happening," Fanjoy said. "What makes this election here in Carleton so unique is that we have an opportunity to defeat him." www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/fed...

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Prime Minister Mark Carney announces new research in AI and Quantum Computing

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My government will rebuild and rearm our military to prepare Canada for an increasingly divided world. By boosting domestic production, using Canadian materials, and backing new Canadian technologies, we’ll get the job done.

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The latest from this weekend in North Carolina. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 22 hours ago • 100 comments

Well thankfully we have a constitution and first amendment that will endure long past you fat self

submitted 1 day ago • 1652 comments

Pierre Poilievre’s American-style politics have no place in Canada. Advance Polls are this weekend, Carleton — Go vote for Bruce! #TogetherWeCan #FanjoyVsPoilievre

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Guys, guys, guys. It’s not math. It’s not finance. It’s not economics. It’s all about psychology. Abnormal psychology. Read the DSM-5’s chapters on Cluster B personality disorders. And then it all becomes clear. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/b...

submitted 6 days ago • 1356 comments

BREAKING: AOC bringing the house down in Utah. “It will never be just institutions and officials alone who uphold our democracy. It will always be the people, the masses who refused to comply with authoritarian regimes who are the last and strongest defense of our country and our freedom.”

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