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One aspect of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" that isn't getting enough attention? It would give ICE tens of billions in additional funding to conduct more violent raids and abductions across the country. A big, ugly, authoritarian nightmare.

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Launched in April, the Meta AI platform offers a “discover” feed that includes user queries containing medical, legal, and other seemingly sensitive information. www.wired.com/story/meta-a...

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Trump's regime has now committed at least 16 of King George III's 27 offenses specified in the Declaration of Independence. Armed occupation of a city/state over its government's supposed ideology: "He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us."

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Palmer: Charges should be brought against each one of you AOC: Raising the prospect of charges against witnesses is a form of intimidation is it not? Palmer: I strike those words

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Trump’s Moves Toward Martial Law Fulfill MAGA Insiders’ Desire for American Caesar

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This is not hard. Every Republican member of Congress should join Democrats in condemning this administration’s vicious arrest of Sen Padilla. “A Republic if you can keep it” is now.

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So lemme get this straight you think there are answers that explain assault. This has nothing to do with him being a Senator even, he was thrown to the ground for talking. It's assault Chuck. OK, pretend this happened to a carton of eggs. Maybe that framing will help you understand

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This is the term we must use now, yes.

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And if you're worried about violence this weekend, imagine how much worse it'll be if there's no immediate action to hold these assholes accountable. If they get away with roughing up a senator at a press conference, then protesters will be killed. It's a straight line.

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In the past week, a union leader has been arrested, a U.S. Rep charged with a crime, a U.S. Senator violently handcuffed, and reporters shot with rubber bullets and detained. There is no ambiguity. This is a regime operating as an authoritarian. Americans who believe in liberty must oppose it.

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Listen I want a JBP-AOC ticket so fucking much

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If the feds’ objective is to “liberate” Los Angeles and California from its democratically elected leadership, then this not a peacekeeping mission but a program of invasion.

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Senate Republicans have unveiled legislation that would require the sale of millions of acres of U.S. public land in Western states, a proposal that conservation groups slammed as a giveaway to corporate interests disguised as an attempt to alleviate the housing crisis.

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El Faro, a Salvadoran publication, has led the way on the reporting on this: elfaro.net/es/201806/el... elfaro.net/en/202205/el... beta.elfaro.net/las-confesio...

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BREAKING Consumer privacy ombudsman for 23andMe’s bankruptcy sale: 23andMe should get individuals’ "separate, affirmative consent" before peddling genetic data of millions - its biggest asset - to bidders. Ombuds: Unclear data sale adheres to 23andMe privacy policy/statements, per @bloomberglaw.com

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Wow, Turner REALLY tried here.

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Meta launched a stand-alone AI app and now it is full of sensitive content from Facebook users who appear to be unaware that they have made their conversations public: www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerb...

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Looks like an academic freedom catastrophe from beginning to end: because of (real or perceived) pressure from the state, Tulane’s leadership barred a scientist from talking about her research apnews.com/article/canc...

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This is — and I cannot stress this enough — a real government website right now. It is hosted on the Department of Commerce website (the Department of Commerce has no immigration functions whatsoever that I am aware of).

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NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorneys ask Judge Xinis to impose sanctions on the govt for evading discovery. They ask that she compel production of certain info/docs (or appoint a special master to investigate) and impose fines for civil contempt. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Amazon, Coinbase, Lockheed Martin, Oracle, Palantir and other corporations are supporting Trump’s military parade. These companies sponsor the America250 Foundation, which is handling spectator logistics and putting on a festival for the controversial Trump parade. www.theverge.com/policy/68569...

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Warren to Bessent: "The only people who are saying publicly that it's not gonna add to the national debt are you, Donald Trump, the Republican in Congress. Do you have an independent group that has put forward numbers that disagrees with all of these conservatives groups & the Wall Street Journal?"

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A really great piece by @pogo.org on the harms of RFK's massive cuts to the HHS Office of the General Counsel: www.pogo.org/investigatio...

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HOLY SHIT

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Warren to Bessent: "Why is the national debt so very important that you're trying to kick 16 million off their health insurance, but increasing the national debt doesn't seem to matter if you're cutting taxes for billionaires? ... you don't want to answer the question."

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“He will be able to replicate this militarized approach to Los Angeles across maybe dozens of American cities.” More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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1. A United States Congressman has accepted a job with a private firm. He won't disclose the name of the firm. But, despite all this, HE WILL REMAIN IN CONGRESS INDEFINITELY It is an unprecedented situation that creates a severe conflict of interest Follow along for details

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WOW! Trump and Hegseth ordered the military to screen attendees for his Fort Bragg rally to exclude any soldier who might disagree with Trump's politics, as well as anyone who was overweight — because Hegseth/Trump didn't want them seen in the crowd by the cameras. Outrageous!

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The Environmental Protection Agency moved to roll back emissions standards for power plants—the second-largest source of CO2 emissions in the US—on Wednesday, claiming that the US power sector does not “contribute significantly” to air pollution.

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Be right back. I'm unpacking about 20 years of I Told You So past blog posts.

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One-third of the 3,600 western soldiers who died in Afghanistan were from non-US ISAF contingents. Some countries whose militaries bore especially heavy burdens relative to their size and fought in difficult provinces include the UK, Canada, Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Georgia, and Romania

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Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.

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There’s no rebellion

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BREAKING: Judge says Mahmoud Khalil cannot be detained or deported based on Rubio’s determination. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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The Center for Constitutional Rights warns the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation that continuing operations will expose it to "liability for aiding and abetting and otherwise being complicit in war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in violation of international law and U.S. law."

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Maybe they really were ICE officers. Or maybe they were a band of vigilantes, arbitrarily snatching brown-looking people off the street. All eyes are now on LA, but secret police are descending upon smaller towns nationwide too. Masked and armed, they refuse to show IDs or warrants. wapo.st/4kIGFke

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Are we in a sci-fi movie? Is this the Twilight Zone? Unfortunately, it’s worse. Not only is our data at risk due to DOGE and the Administration—but Congress itself is currently trying to deregulate AI and data privacy protections across the country in the big abomination of a bill.

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MURPHY: Do you think it was right to deploy Nat Guard to defend the Capitol on J6? HEGSETH: All I know is it's the right decision to be deploying the NG in LA M: So you do not support the decision to send NG to defend the Capitol. That speaks to the worry many have that there's a double standard

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THOMPSON: Did the 2001 Bush tax cuts add to our debt? BESSENT: Sorry? T: Did they add to our debt? B: I think it's important to look at framing-- T: It's clear you're not going to answer the questions & let me make it simple- the Bush tax cuts added to the debt. So will the second Trump tax cuts

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As someone said prior, the only reason Greta got released is because people were very loud about her specifically. There are still 8 other flotilla members detained, apparently without fresh water in bedbug infested prison. They all deserve to be fought for, too.

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NEW: Following a ProPublica investigation into how DOGE had developed an error-prone AI tool to determine which VA contracts should be killed, a trio of lawmakers said the Trump administration continues to “stonewall” their requests for details. By @bxroberts.org & @vernalcoleman.bsky.social

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Soft-power self-destruction watch, an ongoing saga: (Fulbright program one of most successful forms of US engagement with the world. Trump nihilists/ Red Guards mindlessly tearing it down.) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

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Sanchez to Bessent: "Please don't interrupt me during my time. I know I'm a woman."

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