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submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

A reminder that there is no human being in the United States whom it would be legal to disappear to a Salvadoran prison without due process of law.

submitted 12 days ago • 193 comments

We all have to say no at the same time.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Imagine if the government took 30% of your income but you had public transport and education and never paid thousands of dollars for life saving healthcare and there werent homeless encampments* and children werent hungry

submitted 13 days ago • 12 comments

Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?" Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’” “I’M PISSED!”

submitted 13 days ago • 1273 comments

Your regular reminder that almost everything Trump is getting away with is not because of presidential strength, but because of congressional weakness and judicial deference. The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record

submitted 14 days ago • 238 comments

Any word from @schumer.senate.gov ? Can't Dems make all congressional action stop until R's do something about this constitutional crisis?

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Say it with us: “constitutional crisis”

submitted 17 days ago • 794 comments

And here we have it - @schumer.senate.gov said that if Trump defies the Supreme Court, then it's serious. Can't wait to see what serious looks like.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

If you're in congress and you aren't publicly in favor of banning the trading of individual stocks by people in congress, get your head out of your fucking ass.

submitted 18 days ago • 171 comments

If this doesn't lead to actual filibusters in the Senate @schumer.senate.gov then WTF do Democrats get elected for?

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

It is becoming unbelievably difficult to stay both informed and sane

submitted 18 days ago • 335 comments

We’re not even through year one of the Trump presidency and he’s boosted the Chinese economy at the expense of our own by making it clear to the rest of the world that China is a more reliable trading partner than we are.

submitted 18 days ago • 7 comments

Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

submitted 19 days ago • 2266 comments

this is a great example of trying to rationalize a fundamentally irrational decision. you’ll notice that at no point does cass ever articulate what the american public is supposed to get out of the deal here. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...

submitted 20 days ago • 155 comments

a lesson for every college, law firm, business, etc. — if these chodes demand you do something, your first response should be some form of "make me"

submitted 21 days ago • 75 comments

Do not comply in advance Disobey proactively

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.

submitted 21 days ago • 1269 comments

Over 3 million undergraduate students in the US are also parents—nearly 1 in 5 students. Access to affordable childcare can be the difference for them to complete a degree program or not. My bill makes Pell Grants entirely tax-free and expands eligibility to cover childcare costs. 👇

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Me, now on the lookout for "100% A-I free" tags on potential purchases going forward.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Trump can’t figure out how to score a point on Russia or China, so he’s punishing our allies and kicking our own economy in the teeth.

submitted 24 days ago • 155 comments

Hey look even dogs have a better understanding / appreciation for the value of socialized medicine that our current administration does.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

@billjank.bsky.social did you know this was a thing??

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

If there isn't a schedule to do an equivalent something at least every week then the Dems just want to be done.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

I can't help thinking that Musk and Trump cutting off all brain cancer research is just a fuck-you to John McCain. Because some people are just that soulless.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

The only thing being liberated today is money from the bank accounts of hard-working Americans.

submitted 26 days ago • 421 comments

To support the woman arrested in Georgia for her miscarriage, donate here: www.gofundme.com/f/selenas-fa...

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

"Liberation Day" is quite the euphemism for "We're gonna crash the economy, suckers!"

submitted 28 days ago • 20 comments

an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law

submitted 32 days ago • 479 comments

Note to editors and producers: If an executive order demands action that is illegal or outside of the president’s authority, then you should not describe it as ordering something. You should say it seeks to achieve some outcome and then note it is illegal or beyond the power of the president.

submitted 32 days ago • 361 comments

This comes as no surprise to anyone who has been paying attention.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Hey @workingfamilies.org what's the message here? "Republicans will always vote for exploitation before they support living wages and worker protections" ??

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

submitted 34 days ago • 1066 comments

This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. Don't let them get away with it.

submitted 34 days ago • 525 comments

So after Paul Weiss makes a deal, they come for Jenner. No sane person thinks it will stop there. Three choices: fight now, fight later from a weaker position, or give up and let them do whatever they want. No other options.

submitted 34 days ago • 47 comments

Circling back on this…

submitted 35 days ago • 2015 comments

Keep learning the lesson: never think it can't get worse. It's always worse than you thought.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

When the stakes are this high, incompetence is not an option. Pete Hegseth should resign. Mike Waltz should resign.

submitted 34 days ago • 1712 comments

JUST BECAUSE THE CLOWN CAR GOES VERY FAST DOES NOT MEAN IT ISN’T FULL OF CLOWNS

submitted 34 days ago • 58 comments

If Biden had ever tried to prevent lawyers and firms representing Jan. 6 clients from entering federal buildings, or pulled the security clearances of lawyers representing Trump, there would have been calls for impeachment THE NEXT DAY. That’s all

submitted 35 days ago • 112 comments

Thanks @repcasar.bsky.social for the audio.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

US President Donald Trump's administration will revoke the temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States, according to a Federal Register notice on Friday, the latest expansion of his crackdown on immigration reut.rs/4iOkNCC

submitted 37 days ago • 107 comments

Donald Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary has financial advice for Americans: 1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk. 2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.

submitted 38 days ago • 529 comments