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BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove from the country, for the time being, any of the individuals slated for possible deportation to El Salvador. The vote is apparently 7-2, with Justices Thomas and Alito in dissent

About this time at night, exactly 250 years ago, Joseph Warren informed Paul Revere & William Dawes that British were boarding boats bound for Cambridge on the road to Lexington & Concord. At Lexington they were joined by Samuel Prescott, who was the only one to make it through to Concord.

I do believe the lantern has been lit. Hopefully these are arranged in the correct order. Here’s a link to historical event referenced in the pics: www.paulreverehouse.org/the-real-sto...

The IRS will be on its fifth Commissioner since January. It turns out that the new acting Commissioner, announced 2 days ago, was selected by Musk. Bessent, the Treasury Secretary who oversees IRS, was not told. He persuaded Trump to reverse the decision. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/this-tax-d...

“The Trump administration recently negotiated the transfer of immigrants from the U.S. into El Salvador’s notorious prison system. In a draft of the forthcoming report on that country reviewed by NPR, the section on prison conditions is erased.” www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...

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.

🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read. He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:

Bear in mind, Judge Wilkinson is a Reagan appointee who was repeatedly on SCOTUS shortlists. This is both an admonition and a dire warning.

The League of Women Voters declares a constitutional crisis - and we're doing something about it. If there's a cardinal rule of protecting American democracy, it's that you do not eff with the LWV.

The good news is that the constitution provides ways for Congress and the Judiciary to reign in a power-hungry president. The bad news is those people are all scared of him.

🚨NEW: Soldiers prevent Senator Chris van Hollen from visiting Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Hollen & the Garcia family attorney were pulled over, after the military were ordered to stop them, 3km from CECOT. NO-ONE is able to verify if Garcia is still alive and, if he is, what condition he is in.

Despite a court order, Donald Trump is still refusing to allow journalists from the Associated Press into the White House press pool. This is a direct assault on the First Amendment, free speech, and freedom of the press.

Oh. "This is about whether we have functional constitutional government in this country. If the IRS can go after you because of what you think or what you believe or what you do, we'd no longer live in a free country.“

IN EL SALVADOR: Senator Van Hollen says Trump is in violation of court orders — and is paying El Salvador to imprison an innocent man. (And #KilmarÁbregoGarcía is not the only one)

tl:dr One of the Muskrats in DOGE exposed his credentials and somebody from Russia immediately used them to access the network. Either their network is compromised, the machines have been compromised, or that user is compromised. www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...

Dictators disappear people – that’s what they do. The Supreme Court ordered Trump to work to bring Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia home to his family + three kids in a 9-0 unanimous decision. Trump’s defying that order and refusing to take responsibility for his mistake. That’s complete lawlessness.

We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.

Once again sharing this info. Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.

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.

A massive congressional delegation should join him with international human rights lawyers. This moment absolutely requires this.

🧵 I just want to clear up some misconceptions about what Social Security actually is and how it works. You, as an individual, do not have an "account" with SSA where your FICA contributions have been saved for when you retire. It's not at all comparable to an investment account.

🚨TARIFF UPDATE: Tariffs are non-negotiable, negotiable, but not a negotiating tactic. They are permanent until they are paused but they will never be paused, until they are paused which means they increase. Permanent exemptions already announced are temporary, but nothing has been announced. 🤡🎪

This part

A helpful guide to the current state of US trade policy:

If Kristi Noem can go down to El Salvador and take concentration camp selfies, then DOJ can figure out where Abrego Garcia is. Just start jailing people for contempt of court until they find out.

NEW: Palantir is helping DOGE with a massive IRS data project. @makenakelly.bsky.social has the scoop:

solid headline www.jsonline.com/story/news/i...

This is very big. Now we get our first biggest test of whether Trump will obey scotus.

Donald Trump in a nutshell: doing everything he can to make the ultra-rich even richer. We need to find out if Trump's tariff chaos was used as cover for insider trading.

Trade doesn't matter, deficits don't matter, family values don't matter, law-and-order doesn't matter, the Fourth Amendment doesn't matter, free speech doesn't matter, excessive federal power doesn't matter. The GOP is the anti-matter party now.

“He made 2.5 million today and he made $900 million. That’s not bad.” Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.

The insiders seem to have had a 20min warning before the public

Well at least he has a specific and technical reason.

Still tripping out over this

"Eventually, the facts of his incompetence will overwhelm even the vast propaganda network that defends him. I just hope the economy doesn’t have to collapse for that to happen."

The discourse around tariffs has been “things will get more expensive” but I am here to tell you that I am knee deep in reporting on this subject and I strongly suspect that if super high tariffs endure, it will shift to *certain items cease to be available at any price*

A very succinct explanation of why DOGE isn’t actually cutting the size of government at all. youtu.be/KpNg98tezbE?...

The announcement and implementation of unconstitutional tariffs has sent global markets spiraling. The United States is in a trade war with the entire globe. The international order has collapsed. Legal residents are being kidnapped and shipped to foreign prison labor camps. It is day 85.

We are definitely getting screwed.

On TV at the same time: NAVARRO: “This is not a negotiation.” LUTNICK: “Of course they are” open to negotiation. 🤡

This is a video of PBS travel guy Rick Steves at the Edmonds WA Hands Off event, giving a speech which I think is one of the BEST explanations I've seen for the average person of what is going on now and it is 🔥🔥🔥. You are going to want to watch this. youtu.be/86hnPrWozUo?...

You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is. It’s Everywhere. https://twp.ai/4imLek

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