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This "WHO'S NEVER COMING BACK" document published by the White House should be "EXHIBIT A" in any forthcoming hearing where a judge/justice has asked the White House to prove how it is "facilitating" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1096 comments

Auchincloss: "This issue about the Maryland man is not about border security or immigration. It's about freedom. Freedom in the US means that if your feet are on American soil, you get to stand in front of a judge on an equal basis to the awesome power of the state and put forward the facts."

submitted 10 hours ago • 372 comments

#Trump calling @vanhollen.senate.gov a grandstander is comical. Grandstanding is literally all Trump does. It’s not the pot calling the kettle black; it’s the pot calling the kettle a pot. Meanwhile, Senator Van Hollen is fighting for our constitutional right to due process.

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

With these posts, they’ve made it essentially inarguable that they’re deliberately defying the Supreme Court.

submitted 9 hours ago • 963 comments

and, the lies, go on and on and on

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

The White House just posted this on X.

submitted 9 hours ago • 996 comments

🚨Rubio’s New Motto: ‘If at First You Don’t Succeed, Quit’ Marco Rubio warns the U.S. will abandon Ukraine peace efforts if no progress is made. Because nothing says leadership like giving up when things get tough.

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The El Salvador story is less about Abrego Garcia himself than about the right to due process. The assault on Harvard is less about the school itself (there are and will be others) but attempted federal control of private universities. 1/

submitted 1 day ago • 65 comments

Guys: I think the tide is actually turning. Trump was spanked by a judge who didn't even say his name. Historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social reports on it here: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Alt headline: TRUMP FAILS TO END WAR IN UKRAINE. "Mr. Rubio said Mr. Trump “has spent 87 days at the highest level of this government repeatedly making efforts to bring this war to an end. We are now reaching a point when we need to decide and determine whether this is even possible or not.”

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Clinical trials across the U.S. have suddenly stopped due to actions by the Trump administration. I talked to several researchers involved in such studies, a patient advocate & @apha.org about the impacts #NIH #HHS #Trump #ClinicalResearch #ClinicalTrials #COVID #HIV #SexualHealth #MaternalHealth 🧪

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🧪I can’t even begin to describe this situation. Institutions are facing funding cuts. Scientists can’t work. Harvard faces losing its non-profit status. Scientists coming here are canceling trips. Bobby thinks he can find the cause of autism. Broken is the word. www.nature.com/articlesd415...

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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards. 🧪 www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

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Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.

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From Skylar Grayson/Cole Meldorf/Abby Lee/Drew Lapeer/Catherine Slaughter: NASA is facing severe budget cuts that would cancel missions ready for launch, put tens of thousands out of jobs, and set science back decades. We need your help to ask Congress to prevent this! astrobites.org/2025/04/15/h...

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While I was trying to wrangle reports of signs of life beyond Earth, @dangaristo.bsky.social was reporting on how ALL NEW RESEARCH GRANTS ARE BEING FROZEN AT THE NSF 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

The DOJ is meddling in science publishing by going after academic journals, asking editors to explain how they entertain diverse viewpoints and not publish misinformation. We usually mention studies that show opposite findings in the discussion. We see RFK Jr. and Bhattacharya doing the same crap🧪

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

I guess he doesn't care about that wall anymore

submitted 23 hours ago • 13 comments

FDA fires most negotiators for pharma user fee talks. The firings of most of the negotiators and their project managers throw into disarray the complex process of reauthorizing the agreements, overseen by Congress. #MomSky #Voices4Victory www.reuters.com/business/hea...

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Arresting him as he was coming for his fucking appointment? Such fuckers. Is it a conscious effort by ICE to make enemies of all these people? Of their families? Their friends? Their neighbors? Their native country people?

submitted 4 days ago • 10 comments

The Republican tax plan is now projected to cost up to $5.5 TRILLION with 70% of the benefits going to the richest 5% of Americans. Republicans will either blow a giant hole in the deficit or go after our earned benefits to pay for it. This isn't just a scam—it's a heist.

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

Elon is firing 1500 CFPB workers and shifting their priorities away from enforcement, supervision and consumer protection… … while building his own digital payment system and giving himself access to competitors’ data. In an oligarchy, the criminals get to fire the cops.

submitted 23 hours ago • 15 comments

Now #Elon has his tentacles in the GSA... apnews.com/article/doge...

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A Loophole That Would Swallow the Constitution If Trump can disappear people to El Salvador without due process, he can do anything.

submitted 1 day ago • 48 comments

Confirmed that there is in fact a current TRO barring enforcement of this law, which makes this potentially double-illegal. assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s town hall went as well as you’d expect. 9 people were removed, 3 arrested and one is facing a misdemeanor for using vulgar language. Really? That’s ironic because Marge herself is as vulgar as it gets.

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MAGA media rules White House briefings after Trump purge #Trump

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If you want to join the US Dept. of Justice, “you should expect that appearing on the state television outlet of a neofascist dictatorship and engaging in conspiracy-laden anti-American rants might attract some attention—especially if it seems like you’ve tried to hide those from the Senate.”

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American Meteorological Society (@ametsoc.org) just issued a (fully justified) dire statement regarding rapidly accelerating & potentially disastrous efforts to decimate weather & climate enterprise in U.S. If implemented, this would cost many lives & cause major/ long-term economic harm.

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If Harvard is a political entity, then every Church needs to have their tax exempt status revoked. Evangelical Churches cannot stop trying to force their religion on the masses and are constantly involved in our politics. TAX THE CHURCHES. #ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue

submitted 1 day ago • 62 comments

“We have a system of checks and balances. A tyrant can always be stopped as long as congress has a spine.” Congress:

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“Every step he takes is aimed at concentrating the power of government in his own hands…”

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trump wants to gut all protections for endangered species, allowing someone who logs in a forest or builds a development to just claim they didn’t intend to harm an endangered species and then get away with it. Note: christian nationalists believe humans have 'Dominion Over the Earth'

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WOW. One of the Venezuelans whom Kristi Noem tried to render to El Salvador's slave prison managed to avoid removal and was able to make it to immigration court, and you'll never guess what happened: THE GOVERNMENT GAVE NO EVIDENCE OF HIS GANG MEMBERSHIP. Due process ftw

submitted 1 day ago • 254 comments

The good news is that the constitution provides ways for Congress and the Judiciary to reign in a power-hungry president. The bad news is those people are all scared of him.

submitted 1 day ago • 2055 comments

Oh, gee… would you look at that? The startup supposedly helps seniors choose Medicare health plans analyzing doctors, hospitals, and prescription drug coverage. Chapter claims to prioritize client needs over insurer profits. And we all know that’s bullshit.

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

Using an emergency declaration to impose tariffs is a clear abuse of presidential emergency powers. It joins a long list of overreach and lawlessness by the current administration.

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

Nothing says teaching critical thinking like state-level bans on what topics can be taught

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Just a reminder that a tariff/tax on tea started this whole experiment

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🚨Michiganders Experiencing Social Security Issues🚨 AG Dana Nessel has released an online form where you can report disruptions to your payments and problems getting support in person, online, or on the phone. She's fighting for us! Link to form is in the notice: www.michigan.gov/ag/news/pres...

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Roger Parloff on the "evidence" that Abrego Garcia is a gang member: "It's double hearsay stemming from a document written by somebody indicted for misconduct."

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Worse than that, this double hearsay filtered through a known criminal alleges Garcia was a key player in an organization in a state... ...he's never lived in. It's utter nonsense from an Administration that not only doesn't know how to make a case to prove something but has no interest in proof.

submitted 1 day ago • 49 comments