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If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029: - $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion - $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million - $8 billion for hiring/retention - Billions more.

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Transgender medicaid ban and definition of sex are back in the federal bill - Dems can raise a point of order and force a vote, and as long as we don't lose 7 dems on this, Dems can keep it out. Definitely worth some phone calls folks. bsky.app/profile/eric...

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The former mayor of a town in Arizona has managed to organize a recall election against the current mayor and city council this summer because — and this is his explicit reason — they are trying to work on affordable housing: www.kgun9.com/news/communi...

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A North Carolina emergency manager said he has resorted to searching for clues about the future of federal funding — and FEMA itself. “We’re all having to be like, hey, what have you heard? What do you know? What’s going on? Nobody knows,” he said. By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social

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on my days off I start drinking at noon you don't get to interrupt that

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part of the reason you boil your campaign down to a theme like "affordability" that you hammer with the same talking points over and over is that when you face an unexpected situation - "crackhead barney" ambushing you on a livestream - you can react without thinking about what you're going to say

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This morning.

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The federal government could announce tomorrow that it will no longer recognize same-sex marriages and every single person in one would need to sue to enforce the recognition of their marriage. If you can't sue, it won't be recognized. No right is safe.

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god damn he's cooking

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“We’re the good guys,” I tell myself as a 6-year-old leukemia patient pees his pants in fear. I adjust my black mask and sunglasses in the mirror, making sure to hide my identity. “I am not evil,” I whisper.

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Stripping birthright citizenship from people born in this country goes against rights guaranteed in the Constitution. We must stand against unconstitutional actions and stand up for the fundamental rights granted to people in the United States of America.

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Finishing off the week with a post on the excellent Woodbine station in Toronto which will be great for the airport, and maybe terrible for the airport. Read now: nextmetro.substack.com/p/toronto-th...

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The Supreme Court clearly believes that lower courts will act to block the birthright citizenship EO through other means (including class actions) in the next 30 days, and therefore feels like it's okay partially staying these injunctions. But man, they are playing with fire.

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NEW: In the latest batch of Byrd Rule rulings, the Senate Parliamentarian has struck several significant immigration-related provisions. This includes a $1,000 mandatory fee to apply for asylum, which would have applied even to children and to people detained making $1/day.

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The summer tour almost coming to an end with only 6 shows left is quite sad. But right after (a break) We're back on the road with The Flaming Lips! Are you going?

submitted 2 days ago • 44 comments

Holy Crap. Just straight up looting at this point. Or like was already looting. But just bringing in a semi to haul out the loot faster.

submitted 1 day ago • 408 comments

The Supreme Court is about to go on an extended summer vacation, after having blown up the docket of every single lower court judge who has been working like a dog to deal with the firehose of illegal orders coming out of this administration.

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Riot turns to sports betting to help fund its esports leagues

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They're just televising the construction of concentration camps like it's a good thing. This is unimaginably dark.

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this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?

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“When introduced early this year, Bellevue’s draft middle housing code was one of the most ambitious in the region, going much further than the state-mandated baseline.”

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So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?

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“More diverse and more first-generation” means “fewer spots for legacy admits” and that is just unfair if you don’t think about it at all

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Let’s be absolutely clear. This decision, based on fringe conspiracy theories, will kill children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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Don’t get it twisted—today’s SCOTUS ruling makes it harder for courts to fully block dangerous policies like Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship. Once again, they’re bending the law to serve him instead of defending the Constitution. It’s shameful.

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Just a reminder that if you’re an author and you’re feeling a certain way about the Mahmoud decision, there’s a place for you: www.authorsagainstbookbans.com

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So just to recap: - Parents can force schools to erase LGBTQ+ existence because ??? - The Court's opinion on birthright citizenship is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. - We're reverting back to the Articles of Confederation ig ??? Except our population is now 340 million and every court might be its own country.

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Supreme Court Rules 6-3 To Open Evil Tomb Of Batibat

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looking forward to some parents suing to demand segregated schools because integration violates their religious beliefs

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During Jim Crow, incarcerated men and children were leased to tar companies in the Everglades as part of convict leasing. They got malaria. It was so bad many tried to escape despite alligators. This is what these people celebrate. Rank Jim Crow shit.

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Alito in Mahmoud: every other parents' religion now dictates what your kid's public school can do.

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at the same time conservatives push laws that require bible verses on the walls of every public school

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The Supreme Court's fifth decision is Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton. By a 6–3 vote, the court UPHOLDS age-verification laws for online porn, holding that they are only subject to intermediate scrutiny. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets. He'll make a great mayor

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Jake Sherman is reporting that the Medicaid gender affirming care ban has been removed from the reconciliation bill! Huge news!

submitted 2 days ago • 91 comments

Twitter is not real life

submitted 2 days ago • 137 comments

Holy crap I missed this story a few weeks ago.

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Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. What's happened since? A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.

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“Tonight, we made history … I will be your democratic nominee for mayor of New York City” - Zohran Mamdani

submitted 3 days ago • 94 comments

Strong night for left: —Mamdani will finish well ahead in 1st round. —All challenged NYC Progressive Caucus councilors will win, that's 10 of them. —Left may add new councilors (e.g. some AOC- or WFP-endorsed non-incumbents up) —The more liberal (WFP-endorsed) candidates up in Syracuse and Buffalo

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The main lessons to me of Mamdani’s win: 1. Democratic voters really are fed up with their fossilized, incompetent establishment. 2. Housing is by far the number one issue, and if you want to beat that establishment, own the housing issue by pledging to make it easier to build housing of all kinds

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

Primary every Democrat who is not meeting this moment. Get rid of them all.

submitted 3 days ago • 57 comments

"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

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There's virtually no doubt left that Mamdani will finish first in the 1st-round of this primary, ahead of Cuomo.

submitted 3 days ago • 26 comments

Demand an affidavit ballot and submit it. Your vote will count.

submitted 4 days ago • 60 comments