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HERE WE GO: Chief Judge James Boasberg finds probable cause for contempt of court against the Trump administration. In a masterclass move, he asks the government whether they’ll purge the contempt (by complying) or identify the people in the administration who should be subject to sanctions.

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This administration is literally disappearing innocent people off the street and sending them to brutal foreign prisons in defiance of a unanimous Supreme Court. This fact must scare every American who respects the rule of law and loves the ideals on which this country was founded. #ResistTrump

submitted 8 hours ago • 84 comments

Molly Jong-Fast: “I'm going to respectfully push back on this. This is thought policing 101. This is not okay. They are using anti-antisemitism as a cloak. This is about targeting speech. It has nothing to do with anti-antisemitism and everything to do with authoritarianism.” #HarvardUniversity

submitted 1 day ago • 297 comments

I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.

submitted 9 hours ago • 4115 comments

New revelations from our Signalgate lawsuit reveal that key messages on CIA Director Ratcliffe's phone were deleted by someone with access to the discussion. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...

submitted 4 hours ago • 27 comments

This was 100% predictable (and predicted). The big firms that capitulated will cave and do whatever Trump wants. He owns them and will humiliate them for the next 3+ years. If you are a lawyer at one of these firms, leave now with your dignity. If you are a law student -- is this what you want?

submitted 4 hours ago • 312 comments

Notice that once Canada including @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social stood up to our psycho 34x felon-potus, the disrespect and aggressive talk from him ceased. The way you deal with bullies is to give them no quarter. Lesson for other countries, companies, & institutions.

submitted 4 hours ago • 3 comments

Says the guy whose charity was shut down by the state of New York for making illegal campaign contributions.

submitted 5 hours ago • 1174 comments

Direct File, the free tax-reporting tool built by IRS, is working incredibly well. Its an example of the type of low-cost, high-value product that skilled technologists can create in govt. It is also under threat from IRS layoffs. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/this-tax-d...

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So what is China's tariff rate? 145% got thrown around a lot, but In a "fact sheet" yesterday it was "up to 245%" based on existing Section 301 tariffs. I'm no fan of the CCP, but I am a fan of consistency. I'm glad I am not an importer right now trying to navigate these Kafkaesque changes.

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

Wow it’s almost as if this was an entirely predictable outcome, you fools

submitted 5 hours ago • 183 comments

Hell isn't freezing over. This is theatre to make R voters think that they are taxing the rich. If they are serious, they would reform tax laws that would actually tax the rich. But they won't do that.

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After ICE Agents Realized They Arrested the Wrong Teen in N.Y.C., They Were Told to 'Take Him Anyway': Report people.com/ice-agents-a...

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I think it’s worse than that. They want to break it because they know it does work, and they don’t want it to work for anyone but them.

submitted 5 hours ago • 4 comments

A Republican lawmaker wants to rename Greenland “Red, White, and Blueland.”

submitted 5 hours ago • 8 comments

Calling Congress isn't always easy, people like @novicsara.bsky.social, who is deaf, who use relay services get hung up on. For @motherjones.com, I looked into limits with urges to call Congress, and one cool solution: @autisticadvocacy.org's proxy calling system. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 5 hours ago • 7 comments

Ed Martin cannot be confirmed.

submitted 6 hours ago • 21 comments

A federal judge has ruled that five government agencies must release billions in funding for climate and infrastructure projects paused under Trump. Judge Mary McElroy — a Trump appointee — issued the temporary injunction. It instructs the admin to release the funds while a lawsuit proceeds.

submitted 5 hours ago • 7 comments

they're attacking states over transgender athletes to "protect women" when there are only a handful of transgender athletes in the entire country meanwhile thousands of athletes are sexually assaulted, often by their male coaches, and there's no outrage there it's not about protecting women

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

Back Market and iFixit are partnering to encourage consumers to keep their phones in service for at least five years—and to pressure manufacturers to extend smartphone support to 10 years. www.wired.com/story/back-m...

submitted 6 hours ago • 26 comments

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

submitted 17 hours ago • 382 comments

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

submitted 12 hours ago • 735 comments

According to a memo shared with PBS News by a group of both former and current NOAA employees, an early draft of the White House budget plan envisions a far “leaner NOAA,” cutting more than a quarter of the agency’s 2026 budget. buff.ly/IA29exb

submitted 6 hours ago • 8 comments

SCOTUS, in a 9-0 vote ruled to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. He refused. Judge Xinis ordered him to report back to her on his status. He refused. Only dictators ignore the judiciary and rule of law. Who's next? It could be anyone, if we don't continue to speak out and take to the streets.

submitted 6 hours ago • 136 comments

Thank you @jeffjarvis.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 330 comments

A MORAL CRISIS “The rule of law is being trampled. Innocent people are being disappeared. Court orders are being ignored. If you claim to love this country—if you believe in the Constitution, due process, order, and justice—this must be your line in the sand.” Take 3 minutes. This is important.

submitted 1 day ago • 392 comments

First they came for the innocent man deported to a Salvadoran gulag on an “administrative error” they falsely claim they’re powerless to reverse, flouting court orders even from the Supreme Court — and I spoke out, because I know how the damn poem ends.

submitted 1 day ago • 195 comments

So you can take over Greenland and Canada but can’t send a plane to pick up someone you are paying another country to hold for a year? Weird take on sovereignty.

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🚨Attention Members of the DC Bar🚨 Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for: Diane Seltzer for President Amanda Molina for Treasurer Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother. Get your ballot and vote ASAP.

submitted 19 hours ago • 209 comments

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled in a massive fundraising haul amid progressive calls for her to launch a 2028 primary challenge against Sen. Chuck Schumer

submitted 23 hours ago • 659 comments

NEWS: Hong Kong has suspended postal service for all goods being sent to the United States, saying the U.S is "unreasonable, bullying, and imposing tariffs abusively."

submitted 17 hours ago • 719 comments

There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:

submitted 1 day ago • 151 comments

via @brianstelter.bsky.social Instead of restoring access to The Associated Press newswire, as required by a federal judge, the Trump administration is removing the wire position in the daily press corps rotation altogether. www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/m...

submitted 18 hours ago • 11 comments

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submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Mr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Admin and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family. I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.

submitted 20 hours ago • 1455 comments

Trump just signed an executive order on drug prices, handing a win to Big Pharma. He's directing Congress to delay Medicare drug price negotiation for pill-based drugs by four years. Pharma lobbied for the change after Medicare was allowed to negotiate drug prices under Biden.

submitted 19 hours ago • 20 comments

"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action. "It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us." www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...

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This is positively Soviet. Vera is a nonprofit organization that funds lawyers for indigent people. The government sought to embed people there like political commissars, and only pulled back when they found out Vera's federal grants had already been cut. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 18 hours ago • 27 comments

When ICE agents descended upon 19-year-old Merwil Guttiérez in New York City, they realized he was not the intended target of their operation — but they arrested the boy anyway. Merwil was, in fact, in the United States legally — from Venezuela, seeking asylum. Merwil’s father, Wilmer Guttiérez,…

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