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Why would the President meet with (and allow into the country) a head of state who refuses to return a person sent to their custody in error?

submitted 3 hours ago • 94 comments

This Tufts student was grabbed off the street, cuffed and taken out of state solely because she co-wrote a completely respectful oped in the student paper. And Rubio’s State Dept now admits they have nothing more damning than that. Gift link wapo.st/4j8d5Uh

submitted 5 hours ago • 36 comments

Trump’s tariffs are hitting farmers hard — in ways you might not expect. This honey farmer voted for Trump 3X — now costs are through the roof, hiring’s frozen, and he’s lost $150K in government contracts. Asked if he regrets his 2024 vote? “Perhaps I should’ve considered other options.” NO SHIT!

submitted 12 hours ago • 776 comments

Multiply this by millions

submitted 2 hours ago • 5 comments

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 11 hours ago • 198 comments

WSJ Editorial page welcome to the resistance?

submitted 1 day ago • 888 comments

Donald Trump is tanking the value of the U.S. dollar since taking office.

submitted 11 hours ago • 102 comments

Art of the deal 🤣😂🤣😂

submitted 12 hours ago • 185 comments

Marco Rubio just announced 10 more people were sent to be imprisoned in CECOT. They were flown there from Gitmo to be imprisoned potentially for life based not on any crime for which they were convicted, but on unproven allegations of gang membership with no due process. This is not lawful.

submitted 13 hours ago • 2222 comments

New in PN: Yes, they voted for this "Perhaps the most damning commentary about the US electorate and media is that Trump never even tried to conceal his malicious intentions and deranged policy positions."

submitted 2 days ago • 160 comments

America got what it bargained for. Trump's making good on his campaign promise to destroy our Nation's economy, without the squishy compromises in favor of economic rationality he made in the past. As @playtyperguy.com explains, those Trump supporters now complaining deluded themselves in November.

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

So, the Trump admin was able to bring astronauts stuck in space back down to earth, but it won’t lift a finger to bring a Maryland dad they “oopsie” imprisoned in a gulag back from El Salvador? Do I have that just about right?

submitted 15 hours ago • 268 comments

So Trump is using Garcia’s status as an El Salvadoran national to justify doing nothing at all to facilitate his return to the U.S. as required by the 9-0 April 10 SCOTUS order. In the meantime these thugs are planning to designate part of CECOT Prison in El Salvador as U.S. territory!

submitted 16 hours ago • 102 comments

Goodbye global tourism to the US. Who in their right mind would risk this?

submitted 20 hours ago • 59 comments

“For electronics, at least, we’re now putting much higher tariffs on intermediate goods used in manufacturing than on final goods. This actually discourages manufacturing in the United States.”

submitted 20 hours ago • 123 comments

This really is an extinction level event for NASA's science programs. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

submitted 2 days ago • 30 comments

Remarkable worship of “the leader”. A culture of servility. Embarrassing to witness.

submitted 19 hours ago • 7 comments

Make it make sense

submitted 1 day ago • 618 comments

WSJ: The exemptions undermine the Administration’s legal justification that his tariffs are needed to meet a national “emergency.” Imports of glassware and umbrellas from China are an emergency but imports of electronics aren’t? www.wsj.com/opinion/on-t...

submitted 18 hours ago • 9 comments

Learning Resources employs about 500 people, most of them in the United States. It had planned to hire more this year to keep up with its fast-growing business, but has now abandoned some of those plans. “We’re being asphyxiated by our very own government,” he said. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

Me, June 6, 2024: “Conway envisioned [that if reelected] Trump would ‘try to violate every law,’ [and] predicted to host Ronny Chieng … ‘You’re gonna see capital flow, both human and financial, like we’ve never seen from the U.S. before.’”

submitted 17 hours ago • 151 comments

You know who else we’re thinking about? People who have had their visas suddenly revoked, or who have been surreptitiously marched into a Salvadoran prison, without a shred of due process.

submitted 17 hours ago • 111 comments

It’s astounding that the White House’s position appears to be that they’ve never heard of, you know, “negotiating” or “asking.” As if we have no way to reach the El Salvador president and no leverage. So much for The Art of the Deal!

submitted 17 hours ago • 18 comments

If the government can pay a foreign state to imprison you and, in so doing, remove you from the protection of US law, the Constitution is worthless.

submitted 1 day ago • 89 comments

THREAD: Some folks have asked why Donald doesn’t just pick up the phone and bring Abrego Garcia back. Besides the cruelty, what’s the point of defying the lower court’s order? Basically, he wants to see if he can get away with it. 1/

submitted 1 day ago • 350 comments

“.. Notably, this announcement was not made by Trump himself .. but was instead posted to the US Customs and Border Protection Website, suggesting the president isn’t keen to advertise what amounts to his second major tariff retreat in just a few days.” - Vital Knowledge

submitted 1 day ago • 39 comments

From last year’s $DJT 8-K:

submitted 8 days ago • 54 comments

Chag Pesach Sameach — Happy Passover — to all those celebrating! Wishing you a holiday filled with love, laughter, and cherished and delicious traditions.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Should just make it easier for ICE and have them sew yellow stars onto their clothing for identification

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia? Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵

submitted 2 days ago • 226 comments

I agree. In a functioning democracy, we would already be in the midst of an impeachment trial.

submitted 2 days ago • 1066 comments

Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

submitted 2 days ago • 498 comments

I thought these were the people who are fighting antisemitism on college campuses 🤔

submitted 2 days ago • 42 comments

Uncertainty has increased more than ever, per FT:

submitted 2 days ago • 34 comments

If you are a law student or associate who joined one of the Big Law firms that is now collaborating with Trump to do pro bono, ignore the bullshit management is telling you. Here is what Trump has in mind for you. Your spineless leaders will never say no to him.

submitted 2 days ago • 144 comments

Bracketing the issue of willingness to comply. President Trump has hereby admitted he has the capacity to bring Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador. That's the ballgame in current litigation. I assume plaintiffs will cite this statement to Judge Xinis.

submitted 2 days ago • 31 comments

President Trump is using the Abrego Garcia case to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop him from imprisoning anyone he wants anywhere else in the world never to be seen or heard from again. His dream is to preside over a police state. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

submitted 4 days ago • 204 comments

So Trump has conceded he has the ability to bring García back. So not doing so would be contempt of court.

submitted 2 days ago • 75 comments

Donald Trump has made himself—and by extension, us—the laughing stock of the world.

submitted 2 days ago • 357 comments

Friday night Tequila Tweet: Fuck any American President who finds out an innocent man was mistakingly deported to an El Salvador prison and doesn’t IMMEDIATELY demand that man be IMMEDIATELY returned to America. And btw, fuck any American President who’s ok with deporting ANYONE without due process.

submitted 2 days ago • 72 comments