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Masterfully done, Judge Ho: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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“They’re scared shitless about death threats and Gestapo-like stuff,” a former member of Trump’s first administration tells me. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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BREAKING NEWS: Donald J. Trump threatens to deport all the nation’s chickens unless they immediately lower the price of eggs: “We are not going to be held ransom by some birds that are, quite frankly, disgusting,” he said. “This should never be allowed to happen in this country.” — Andy Borowitz

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Today in Constitutional Law:

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To the shock of all our allies, “Vance told a series of misleading stories designed to demonstrate that European democracies aren’t democratic.” www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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Typical Trump lie: He said Zelensky’s approval rating was 4% when in fact it hovers around 57%, far higher than Trump’s has ever reached. Another: He called Ukraine’s democratically elected leader a “dictator.” Yet another: He blamed Ukraine for Russia’s military invasion of its sovereign territory

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Young people are constantly confronted by divisive messages, hate and disinformation – and it's on adults to help them build resilience 📣. Learning For Justice's #ResistingHateInEducation series offers resources and strategies to help 📲: www.learningforjustice.org/the-learning...

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Former George W Bush US Attorney Carol Lam blasts DOJ leadership for politicizing prosecution of NYC Mayor Eric Adams.

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I hope the hockey fans in Boston sing O Canada good and loud so they annoy the hell out of the Orange Blob who may watch it on TV. Go Team Canada!

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Trump handed massive tax cuts to the rich in 2017. Now he's planning even more cuts. How are Trump and MAGA Republicans planning to pay for them? By making it harder for millions of Americans to access Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal programs. Trickle up economics.

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A reminder, from February 25th, 2022:

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Christians should never have supported such a man. It has been a tragic display of willful defiance. He’s everything we were told to stand against and yet has practically been deified by Christians. Whatever harm he wreaks is, in part, on the hands of a wayward Church.

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Trump/Russia pays off for Putin again as Trump says Ukraine “started it,” spouting Moscow’s biggest lie. Trump/Russia was never a “hoax”; it is and always was real.

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Trump’s Golden Era risks becoming tarnished with corruption. My thoughts on the pause on the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in The Contrarian.

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“Trump’s name will be remembered in history as a surrender artist just like Neville Chamberlain,” says Charles Kupperman, Trump's own former deputy national security adviser. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...

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Stopping the Madness robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hou...

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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American. Today's news read to us by Heather (audio). She has excellent info sources, and incisive analysis. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1...

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Opportunities to force answers under oath from this BS-peddling administration for any controversial issue are likely to be few and far between. The hearing today in Judge Ho’s courtroom is a rare opportunity.

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged for allegedly helping to mastermind far right coup plot to upset the country's 2022 election result.

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Congressman John Larson (who had a stroke on the House floor earlier this month) speaking on DOGE in a virtual town hall today advises people to write letters to the president saying "this is not what you signed up for"

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We become what we support.

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Aviation workers. Nuclear safety experts. Disease investigators. Power grid operators. Maternal health specialists. Bird flu experts. They work to keep Americans safe—without fame or fanfare. Now, Trump and Musk are gutting their agencies and firing them. Here are the facts 🧵

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On 9/11, Trump called into Fox News -- to brag about how one of his buildings was now the tallest in lower Manhattan Now, Trump is slashing healthcare for 9/11 victims and first responders He doesn't care about America -- he only cares about HIMSELF THE WHOLE THING IS A CON

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I hope Marco understands how dangerous, dishonest and amoral Lavrov is. This is looking more and more like Trump/Russia payday for Russia.

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When they’ll use fake grand jury investigations as a pretext to claw back funds illegally, there’s a rot at the top.

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“As far as Mr. Trump is concerned, Russia is not responsible for the war that has devastated its neighbor. Instead, he suggests that Ukraine is to blame for Russia’s invasion of it.” Like all the weakest bullies, Trump specializes in blaming the victim. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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We stand with the @apnews.com which is resisting government pressure attempting to dictate how it writes about the news. This is exactly what the founders had in mind when they crafted the First Amendment.

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They can’t help lying. Lying is a key element of corruption. Buckle up.

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Dear Republican members of Congress from NY and NJ: Do you support Trump and Musk's 20% cut to vital healthcare for 9/11 survivors, firefighters, police officers, first responders, and rescue workers? Please explain. Right now. Sincerely, We the People

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“Move fast and break things” may work for a tech startup, but it is no way to run our government. It will take decades for America to recover from this mindless mess.

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Musk, Sunday, 3:31 p.m.: “One of the first things Hitler did upon gaining power was apply aggressive censorship.” Musk, Sunday, 9:15 p.m.: “60 Minutes are the biggest liars in the world! They engaged in deliberate deception to interfere with the last election. They deserve a long prison sentence.”

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Trump has nothing good in him. Nothing. In all the decades he has been in the public eye, he has shown himself to be utterly debased, morally decrepit. And Christians who are called to what is right, virtuous, just, and good made that man president, to the Church’s lasting shame.

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Earlier this month, Sheinbaum shared a letter addressed to Google with reporters, arguing that the U.S. had no authority to unilaterally rename the Gulf.

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Trump toadie, Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury, opposes raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25, which was last raised on July 4th, 2009. Bessent's net worth is over $520M, which is, apparently, not enough. Bernie exposes him. 1min www.youtube.com/shorts/TkGZX...

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What Trump promised: - helping reduce cost of living - helping working class folks generally What Trump is delivering: - costs keep going up, up, up - working class folks losing their jobs - healthcare and medication costs explode - yet Elon Musk is getting MILLIONS in govt $

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BREAKING: Utah BANNING firefighters, police, teachers, and other govt workers from negotiating for better pay and benefits for them and their families This is MAGA: 1) False promises to help people against elites 2) Destroy middle class workers and families -- to benefit elites

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Good takedown of the instant weaponization of a DOJ prosecution by Trump regime — shameful work from his suck-ups and sycophants. We deserve better. nymag.com/intelligence...

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@meganjherbert.bsky.social in SMH

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New Trump Hat just dropped.

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COBOL w

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I want to save billions of your money and make our government more efficient. Rummaging through your personal shit is not that. A party of chaos loses—always.

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this is from one of my summer electives at UBC, because how as a dual could I resist. This textbook is going to need like five new edition.

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Within the administration, one strain wants a sleek state that narrowly seeks to maximize investment returns; one, a shackled state unable to promote social justice; and one, a shattered state that cedes authority to competing projects of decentralized private rule. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

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