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My strong instinct is that Trump's threats against Americans' first amendment right to peaceably assemble is going to massively juice attendance at Saturday's protests. www.nokings.org

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WTF? Trump is now threatening the American people. He warned protesters to stay away from his birthday/military parade in D.C. this Saturday, claiming anyone who shows up to protest “hates our country” and will be met with “very heavy force.” This is authoritarian behavior, plain and simple.

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The Trump admin has illegally fired THOUSANDS of federal employees who work every day to deliver for the American people. People like Keri in MD — whose work promoted US manufacturing & jobs, until she was fired. I shared her story in a hearing with Sec. Lutnick this morning:

submitted 8 days ago • 15 comments

Republicans like to call their legislation a “Big, Beautiful Bill.” Today the nonpartisan CBO showed us the truth: their bill would kick almost 11 million people off their health insurance & balloon the deficit by $2.4T. That’s not “beautiful”—it’s the Great Betrayal in action.

submitted 7 days ago • 22 comments

NEW: In the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, Judge Xinis grants the plaintiff’s request to file a motion for sanctions. Motion due June 11.

submitted 8 days ago • 67 comments

Must corrupt President in history.

submitted 8 days ago • 18 comments

DOGE brought nothing but chaos, inefficiency and destruction — wreaking havoc at vital government services and weakening our influence around the world. Now Trump wants to cement some of those harmful cuts into law. We must fight this.

submitted 8 days ago • 18 comments

The Medicaid cuts proposed by the GOP are awful on their own. But they could also reduce economic activity — resulting in a loss of 850,000 jobs across the country in both the healthcare industry and beyond. All for tax cuts that will mostly benefit the richest Americans.

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BREAKING: Chief Judge James Boasberg finds that those people sent to CECOT under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15-16 had their due process rights violates and certifies them as a class. He orders that the government "facilitate" the ability for them to seek habeas relief.

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Thanks to everyone who came out to last night’s book talk at NYU with Loretta Lynch and Ryan Goodman.Wonderful to see so many of my former @UMichLaw students there! ⁦‪⁦‪@nyuniversity‬⁩ ⁦‪@rgoodlaw‬⁩ www.barbaramcquade.com

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

As we would expect, the government efficiency czar zeroed in on efficiency in order to root it out.

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To preserve our oceans, the waterways and the vibrant ecosystems they support, we need NOAA. We must defend government scientists and researchers against the Trump Administration's full-blown assault on science, government and environmental laws.

submitted 8 days ago • 23 comments

Agreeing with Kennedy seem so. . .wrong.😕

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Truly shocking. I thought I was typical of Jeopardy fans, & I haven't stopped brooding about the shadow docket since you first told us about it! (Thanks, by the way.)🙄

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Stop me if you heard this before: DOJ filed this totally collusive suit against Texas (which settled in six hours) in Wichita Falls—where it had a 100% chance of being assigned to Judge Reed O’Connor. Once again, it’s the Trump administration that’s judge-shopping, not its challengers.

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BREAKING: Over 130 former federal & state judges have filed an amicus brief urging the court to drop charges against Judge Dugan in Wisconsin The charges seek to criminalize judicial discretion & set a dangerous precedent for executive overreach We MUST defend judicial independence👇

submitted 13 days ago • 182 comments

Trump hands Dept of Interior to Russia-linked oil exec: "... given sweeping powers to overhaul the department that manages public lands "...hasn’t divested his investments or filed an ethics commitment to break ties with companies that pose a conflict of interest" apnews.com/article/hass...

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RIP to a legend. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...

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'Couldn't care less if he's upset': Critical number of GOP senators now oppose Trump bill https://twp.ai/4imoFQ

submitted 21 days ago • 16 comments

"In all then, the Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to end the legal status of more than 1 million people on the shadow docket and in opposition to four court rulings ...." Read @chrisgeidner.bsky.social at Law Dork —>

submitted 13 days ago • 12 comments

"'If they attempt to deport the Afghans, you’re going to see actual physical conflict between U.S. veterans and ICE,' he predicted..." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 14 days ago • 271 comments

This is such a good example of "turn every page" journalism - nothing less fun/glam than clicking through every footnote. And it's roughly 10,000x more newsy than the thumbsucker RFK profiles reported with big travel budgets.

submitted 14 days ago • 90 comments

A recent report found that Elon Musk faced at least $2.37B in potential legal liability from 11 fed agencies as of Inauguration Day. As he exits, these agencies are still on DOGE's chopping block or have dropped investigations into his corporations. See what this was about?

submitted 14 days ago • 141 comments

Couldn't agree more with this. It's jaw-dropping to see the patty cake people are playing with him after what was a full constitutional assault that, oh by the way, is almost certainly going to lead to tens of thousands of people in the global south dying needlessly.

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Yes. I was being very very very conservative. A lot depends on what happens next.

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Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill have taken social Darwinism to a new level of absurdity. The America they seek is the one we last had in the Gilded Age of the late 19th century. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-reemergence-of-social-darwinism

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A judge orders the return of O.C.G. after finding stunning due process violation. DHS targets Harvard. And executive power expands at the Supreme Court. My latest Week in Review is up now. Stay engaged.

submitted 14 days ago • 21 comments

In my experience, when one person stands up for the right thing, it helps others stands up with you. You won't be standing alone for long

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Whoever made this deserves a medal.

submitted 14 days ago • 365 comments

Elon Musk made your life worse. Elon Musk made your life worse. Elon Musk made your life worse. Elon Musk made your life worse. Elon Musk made your life worse. Elon Musk made your life worse. Elon Musk made your life worse.

submitted 14 days ago • 167 comments

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submitted 19 days ago • 1183 comments

No kings, masters, overlords or any of that bullshit. Time to take the country back.

submitted 15 days ago • 242 comments

Spread the word, wide and far…👇 Enjoy. 😎✨

submitted 14 days ago • 228 comments

Looking forward to the confirmation hearing.

submitted 14 days ago • 25 comments

My t-shirt says "86 45." Does that still work, or do I need to add "2.0" in Magic Marker?

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TIME TO 86 47. eigh·ty-six verb: 86 1. eject or bar (someone) from a restaurant, bar, etc. "they were accused of cheating, and eighty-sixed from their favorite casino" 2. reject, discard, or cancel. "the passwords will be 86ed by next October".

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the modern information environment

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Trump’s HHS is canceling a contract to develop an mRNA bird flu vaccine, even as the disease continues to spread through dairy cows across the U.S. Make no mistake: delaying the development of this vaccine puts people’s lives at risk.

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Thanks to Trump's latest flurry of pardons, he's now pardoned most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century. The new total is nine — and counting. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 14 days ago • 68 comments

What do we expect? Doesn't MAHA generate agency reports by making bitcoin payments to a fringe AI service (like the ones that hallucinate cites for nonexistent legal precedents)?

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