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NEW: A person is in custody in relation to the fire set to Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence in Harrisburg. Cody Balmer will be charged with attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson and aggravated assault against an enumerated person.

There's a reason ICE agents wear masks in the street. From Kristi Noem's war-crime propaganda to the airport officers harassing innocent tourists, the MAGA deportation regime is not just immoral but increasingly criminal Someday, there must be justice. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

I’ve taught 20 yrs of students Constitutional rights like due process & equal protection. Now, I’d be lying to them to say these laws, literally written into our Constitution, are followed. These basic rights prohibit shipping people off with no due process. All Americans should be outraged.

The Trump administration just got into very deep trouble with the Supreme Court order. On left: DOJ claims USG only needs to "facilitate the return" of Abrego Garcia (via domestic policy) On right: Supreme Court 9-0 held USG must "facilitate Abrego Garcia's RELEASE FROM CUSTODY in El Salvador"

JD was floating this line a week or so ago (not sure they have made it in court before). I thought they might pull this because Bukele is ostensibly “cracking down” on MS-13 and this could be a hook to say that El Salvador has an independent reason to want to keep him there

Yesterday they refused to answer two of the three questions ordered. Today's refuses to address, in any way, all three. None of this has anything to do with the order. This is open defiance of a district court backed by a unanimous three-judge circuit ruling and a unanimous 9-0 Supreme Court ruling.

NEW: The government has filed its daily status report in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. It says it has “no updates for the court beyond what was provided yesterday.”

NEW: DOJ doubles down on refusing to follow Judge Xinis's orders. Today's status report contains nothing new. It again fails to provide information about steps they're taking to bring Mr. Abrego back), and arguably violates her command that a declaration be made by someone with personal knowledge.

The American people's disgust of Trump grows daily. 😳👇

DALIO: “.. I think that right now we are at a decision-making point and very close to a recession. .. And I'm worried about something worse than a recession, if this isn't handled well.” @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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This is so confusing, Don

Trump just posted a new rant claiming the tariff exceptions on electronics announced late Friday aren’t actually exceptions and they’ll still get hit with tariffs.

Serious point: This might be the most interventionist American government in my lifetime. The price of just about every good reflects the good thinking of the Commissars in Washington DC implementing their 5-year plan for National Greatness, rather than market forces.

Some people you meet are truly awe-inspiring. Ralph Carmona is one of them, and with health research cutbacks, he sends a timely and important message. @kffhealthnews.org @doraannemills.bsky.social @tlazarczyk.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social www.pressherald.com/2025/04/12/r...

Remember Fiona Hill? She’s now sounding the alarm again: “We’re definitely on a path toward full-on state repression. There’s no question about it. I’ve thought about this for an extraordinarily long time.” When Fiona speaks, we should all listen.

“She said, ‘I think this is going to be the last time I get to visit you,’” Öztürk’s friend recalled. “I told her, ‘No, no, you’re going to be able to come again, don’t worry, and I’m going to come visit you.’ That all turned out to be wrong.” By @hannahallam.bsky.social @propublica.org

NBC is actively making its viewers dumber by having him on.

The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory. www.ft.com/content/8459...

"What emerges is a more intimate picture of Öztürk and how a child development researcher charged with no crime ended up in a crowded cell in Louisiana." www.propublica.org/article/rume...

NEW: “So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have been detained without criminal charges. By @hannahallam.bsky.social

And at American taxpayers' expense ...

This is minor, and given that all else going on, might even seem benign. But nonetheless: a sitting President attending a UFC match with 4 senior cabinet officials and the richest man in the world is completely nuts. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...

Trump's doctor is a ... Quack. Quack. Quack.

It's about silencing people. This is what mafia mob bosses do. This is what fascists & dictators do. This ISN'T what American Presidents are elected to do. Trump is & always has been a corrupt lawbreaker. He has no respect for U.S. laws or American lives. He's a criminal. He Putin's useful idiot.

What a quack medical report!🦆 Clown show! 🤡 Trump's quack doctor failed to mention that "golf" Trump is playing is costing American taxpayers millions of dollar$ - more than $30 MILLION & counting since Jan. 20, 2025. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Amid all the transparent falsehoods, I don’t think a “bilateral cataract surgery” has previously been reported.

would love to read a portrait of rubio the person, who seems to be the kind of vacuous, amoral ambition addict who excels in tyrannical regimes

Katie, who’s still sad about what happened in gym class last week, has said she would like to speak with Susie, but she has stopped short of requesting a phone call, believing that it’s Susie’s turn to ask for such a call. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...

A scene from the finely tuned, well-oiled machine that is setting global economic policy today www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

L - The official photo from the Kremlin of US Special Envoy @SteveWitkoff putting his hand over his heart as he greets his friend Vladimir Putin again this week. R - Putin’s latest missile attack killing at least 21 people, including 7 children, on Palm Sunday. Putin’s stooge.

Significant arson damage to Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro's home. Looks like what happened to civil rights leaders in the 1950s

Last night at about 2AM, my family and I woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police after an arsonist set fire to the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg.

They definitely voted for this

This happened 48 hours after Witkoff met Putin in Moscow: New - Russian missiles hit the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy in the deadliest attack this year, killing at least 31 people, including two children, as residents gathered for Sunday church services, according to President Zelensky.

New, from me: Marco Rubio used to boast that he was banned from China, calling it a totalitarian state. Now he combines a) new surveillance capabilities to monitor and punish international students, with b) little accountability or due process. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-attack...

The president's tariff policy is as clear as a muddy stream.