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The biggest story on June 14 won’t be Trump’s $100 million birthday parade in DC — it will be what happens everywhere else. We’re mobilizing nationwide on No Kings Day with more than 1,000 events planned in all 50 states. Sign up to join our national day of defiance: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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JFC

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Three weeks from today. You can stand in solidarity, or you can wave a sign and voice your feelings. Show you care about the future of the country!

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Huh. Maybe Alex Thompson or Jake Tapper could take a moment from their media blitz on how Joe Biden is old to report on the current president having no idea what is going on.

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Seems bad!

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Remember how Trump accused Biden of abandoning North Carolina's Republican communities after Hurricane Helene? Well their governor was just denied additional FEMA aid by Trump today. Josh Hawley is publicly begging for FEMA aid for Missouri. So is Sarah Huckabee Sanders in Arkansas.

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House Republicans smuggled this👇attack on the federal judiciary into their reconciliation bill. Courts rarely require plaintiffs to post security, so this provision, if passed into law, would render a vast number of existing judgments—including Boasberg's contempt order—effectively unenforceable.

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This framing is all wrong Our international students are not a “crucial funding source” They are our STUDENTS They are the reason we EXIST We teach STUDENTS

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If you're picking up "illegals" as they show up to scheduled immigration meetings; then you're not actually catching anyone of consequence. You're just harassing future citizens.

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See you at 1 AM, yes, you read that right, when Republicans take up the spending bill, which includes a provision that would restrict courts from holding gov’t officials in contempt for violating court orders—possibly explaining the subterfuge. www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...

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Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and a key financial supporter of President Trump, said Tuesday that he’ll be spending “a lot less” on political campaigns, a reversal that could be a setback for Republicans ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

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👀 Good lord. Give yourself 3 mins to watch this. Elizabeth Warren breathes 🔥 leaving a Trump toadie - IRS commissioner nominee Billy Long - speechless.

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“you should have a choice” means “we get to choose for you”

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No, this is not a deepfake. The president of the United States is an Oompa Loompa.

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Chris Murphy: "There's just no doubt that it was Donald Trump who added more to the deficit than any president in the history of the country, and he is on pace to do it for a second time. It's gonna crater to the economy, and it won't have an impact on his billionaire friends."

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At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts. www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...

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There are 435 congressional districts — and in every one of them, our groups are organizing the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power. Find your local group: indivisible.org/groups Or let us help you get started: indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/organi...

submitted 7 days ago • 82 comments

Well done, Miss Feldman.

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Pete Buttigieg is correct: Americans bow to no king. On June 14, we’re taking to the streets across the country to reject Trump's authoritarianism and say NO KINGS. Don’t see an event in your area yet? We’ve got everything you need to start one yourself: www.nokings.org/?SQF...

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OUR FINANCIAL IMPLOSION CONTINUES #Moody’s has downgraded the United States’ debt, stripping the country of its last perfect #credit rating. The move could rattle financial markets next week and push up interest rates. Moody’s held a perfect credit rating for the United States -- AAA -- since 1917.

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds that the Trump administration violated the due process rights of Venezuelan migrants last month in its rushed effort to expel them to El Salvador in the middle of the night (which SCOTUS blocked). Alito and Thomas dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

submitted 9 days ago • 251 comments

I’m reliably told this is cutting edge research with lots of commercial and defense applications that no one in their right mind would shutter.

submitted 10 days ago • 168 comments

TRUTH: Trump cannot pardon Derek Chauvin for his state court convictions and sentencing for second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.

submitted 10 days ago • 117 comments

everyone should read this piece by @judgeluttig.bsky.social "[Trump] will continue his assault on America, its democracy, and rule of law until the American people finally rise up and say, 'No more.'" gift link 🎁: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 11 days ago • 13 comments

WOW. The Trump admin said they will review social media and deny immigration benefits to people saying antisemitic claims. They're even trying to deport people with green cards on alleged claims of antisemitism. Anyway, here's a tweet from an Afrikaner they flew here on Monday.

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Promises made, promises kept: Trump promised transparency, and he’s delivering 100% transparent corruption. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...

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JUNE 14: As Trump hosts his un-American military parade in DC, we’re rising up everywhere else to show him and our fellow Americans what real power looks like. Join a local protest on No Kings Day to defy Trump’s tyranny and ruin his self-serving birthday parade: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts. Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.

submitted 12 days ago • 1297 comments

Art of the deal.

submitted 13 days ago • 162 comments

🤷🏼‍♂️

submitted 13 days ago • 492 comments

So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

submitted 15 days ago • 1027 comments

Hands Off! was the biggest day of civic protest in years, and we want No Kings Day on June 14 to be even bigger — with more people in more places driving even more defiance of Trump’s fascist agenda.

submitted 14 days ago • 59 comments

NEW from me: Trump’s trade “deal” with the UK is a farce—it only affects 0.3% of US imports, got basically no “concessions” from the UK, and barely lowered overall US tariff rates That’s an extremely bad sign for “deals” to come www.apricitas.io/p/farce-of-t...

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Every Republican in Congress should be asked if they agree with Trump that it’s a “good thing” if truck drivers and dockworkers lose their jobs

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It’s casting desire for affordable household goods as both feminine and childish. Funny how they didn’t do that under Biden

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Very smart analysis of what's motivating various of the Trump folks to destroy the scientific research enterprise. The Continuing Crisis, Part XIV: The Trumpist Worldview | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...

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