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1/ The exact language of the oath lawyers take when they become members of the bar varies from state to state, but the intention is the same. It's a solemn oath to uphold the Constitution, and to refuse to act for "lucre and malice." The intent is plain. We are a country of laws, not of men.

submitted 2 days ago • 166 comments

Did not really want the answer all the times I said “what happens when the full force of these surveillance tools are at the disposal of fascists”

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

Today is April 24th, 2025. Fuck Ron Johnson 🖕

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

New in PN: Laws are for the little people "Wealth has always been a shield against consequences. But never at this scale."

submitted 7 days ago • 47 comments

BREAKING: we won! A federal judge has enjoined the administration's shut down of Voice of America Another success for the Constitution and for us @sddaction.bsky.social & our many wonderful partners & clients More details to follow--stay tuned!

submitted 9 days ago • 653 comments

Van Orden Comes To Hegseth’s Rescue https://twp.ai/4ilpIC

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

The last guy to show off his military access by sharing classified military intel with unauthorized people on a consumer chat app, Jack Teixeira, will be in prison until 2036

submitted 9 days ago • 39 comments

CNN added two details to updated story on Whiskey Pete. 1) Reference to April 4 NYT story that POSTDATES both Hegseth's own witch hunt (3/21) and IG investigation (3/26). 2) Discussion of FBI. FBI discussion SHOULD have happened w/original investigation, bc that's how you DO leak investigations.

submitted 10 days ago • 13 comments

Heading out today? Check out the WIRED guide to safe protesting. From 2020, now updated to include advice specific to mass action, rights & protections of US citizens, protesting in or around government property, and laws about defacing property (like certain cars). #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

submitted 12 days ago • 9 comments

I’ve seen this movie before and it didn’t end well.

submitted 12 days ago • 250 comments

A Trump administration document, cited by news reports, proposes eliminating funding for Head Start, which is dedicated to early child care services. An advocate says the move would be "catastrophic."

submitted 12 days ago • 70 comments

19 April 1935 | A French Jewish boy, Bernard Nugelman, was born in Paris. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 21 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 817 people murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

submitted 12 days ago • 13 comments

Never forget: Sen. Elizabeth Warren kicked off her career as a college professor.

submitted 13 days ago • 166 comments

An absolute must-read from @stevevladeck.bsky.social this morning: “Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances.”

submitted 12 days ago • 689 comments

Watch this WH video again—this time knowing her grandkids are suing because they haven’t seen a dime from the GoFundMe or four fundraisers held after their mom, Rachel Morin, was killed. Looks like a grift—and Trump’s team still used Patty Morin to smear an immigrant who had nothing to do with it.

submitted 12 days ago • 151 comments

BREAKING: Early this morning in a 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked the deportation of any Venezuelan men held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center in northern Texas under the Alien Enemies Act. We'll keep fighting to defend due process.

submitted 12 days ago • 69 comments

A terrifying thought I have is that one of the things that's keeping Trump/Miller from the kind of deportations they want is a lack of trucks. This solves that, as Republicans in Congress want to give him $45,000,000,000 for an exile machine.

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

Trump has a tattoo theory — a digitally altered tattoo theory to make it seem like Abrego Garcia is a member of MS13 :: Garcia does NOT have this tattoo! The cruelty. The lies. The deception. Disobeying courts. Altering photos. 🤬

submitted 12 days ago • 120 comments

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

submitted 12 days ago • 509 comments

Doge took over the Department of the Interior?!? So many bad things will come of this alone that I can’t even list them.

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

#GVerse #Attention via @calltoactivism.bsky.social: After another tragic shooting took the lives of at least 5 innocent people in Florida, remember the shooter didn't act alone. He was assisted by 225 House members, 53 Senators, 6 Supreme Court Justices, and the NRA.

submitted 14 days ago • 37 comments

1/2: We have reason to believe that events on 4/19 and/or the 50501 Movement may be misrepresented by the Trump admin in an attempt to justify the use of military force. Let us be clear: our movement is pro-democracy and firmly grounded in non-violence.

submitted 12 days ago • 95 comments

Possible signs of change? "the full Court didn’t wait for the Fifth Circuit—or act through the individual Circuit Justice ... didn’t hide behind any procedural technicalities... seemed to not be content with relying upon representations by the government’s lawyers"

submitted 12 days ago • 11 comments

Former Trump lawyer adds name to open letter calling out president as a 'despot" https://twp.ai/4ileo7

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🧵 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:

submitted 14 days ago • 340 comments

Things are still moving along in the Signalgate lawsuit. This morning, Judge Boasberg told feds they must respond by Apr. 23 to the watchdog's request that CIA dir. Ratcliffe be found out of compliance with an order to preserve msgs.

submitted 13 days ago • 11 comments

A conservative federal judge issued a dire warning on Thursday: The government must bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the US, or else the country will descend into lawlessness.

submitted 13 days ago • 20 comments

As we fight tyranny, we build solidarity. From solidarity, we draw courage. Surrounded by courageous people and institutions, we more easily find courage within ourselves to keep fighting. Remember: tyranny is only possible if people submit to it.

submitted 13 days ago • 174 comments

here's a face representing useless democratic party consultants this kind of world view is why the party acts like gutless wonders and gets their asses handed to them by fascists like trump and bush ii

submitted 13 days ago • 101 comments

18 April 1932 | A Czech Jewish girl, Doris Kindlerová, was born in Prague. In #Theresienstadt Ghetto from 17 December 1942. Deported to #Auschwitz on 18 May 1944. Registered in the Theresienstadt family camp in Birkenau. She did not survive.

submitted 13 days ago • 12 comments

the boycott will continue until morale improves

submitted 17 days ago • 17 comments

The American Concentration Camps, sponsored by American taxpayers, and endorsed by the Republican Party, Jill Stein, and non-voters.

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

Today is April 14th, 2025. Fuck Ron Johnson 🖕

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

I've managed to live without Amazon. I used to get Amazon deliveries practically daily. Now I just plan ahead a little and order stuff direct. I realized I put up with a lot of shitty products I don't even really need just because they were shipped to me quickly

submitted 17 days ago • 26 comments

It's almost woodpecker time. Stay vigilant

submitted 17 days ago • 7 comments

One little-known company has made billions running detention camps for asylum-seekers at the border. It's now repurposing its tents to hold some of the thousands of people arrested by ICE and facing deportation. By @micarosenberg.bsky.social, @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro

submitted 17 days ago • 51 comments

Which one of the surrender monkey law firms will be stepping up to hire him?

submitted 17 days ago • 14 comments

Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration. So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives. So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory

submitted 20 days ago • 3614 comments

If they could get Noem there for a photo op, they can go rescue the innocent guy they shipped there.

submitted 20 days ago • 76 comments

According to media reports, the list of Trump collaborator Big Law firms may grow to include: A&O Shearman Cadwalader Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins Simpson Thacher If they do, they would join the already disgraced: Skadden Arps Paul Weiss Milbank Willkie Farr

submitted 21 days ago • 367 comments

TERMINATED BY TRUMP—Huge number of workers terminated at NOAA—Millions around the 🌎 depend on NOAA satellites, studies, intelligence, including data-sharing that tracks severe weather, coordination for disaster response, deforestation, and more. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 20 days ago • 28 comments

Friends, my very good friend, @mikesacks.bsky.social, is running for Congress in the NY-17th (Putnam Valley area). I vouch for him personally, and while we hardly agree on everything, he is a true believer Supreme Court reformer. And his opening ad is fire. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=20U5...

submitted 22 days ago • 54 comments