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I want to thank our federal delegation for their efforts to ensure our government adheres to the rule of law. This was never about one person, but about the due process that governs all people in our country. Today due process prevailed.

Incredible how much having to grade final exams motivates me to clean my office!

the fact that we don’t have @aoc.bsky.social running messaging for the democratic party tells you everything that’s wrong with the democratic party

My break from doomscrolling!

To again paraphrase @brendannyhan.bsky.social, we're endangering the future of one of the most stable and prosperous higher education systems (that directly benefits the United States) in the history of humanity. For nothing. Over nothing.

Correct, Harvard today the rest of the universities tomorrow

kids literally wanted to grow up and be public servants because of Richard Scarry.

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Max out your retirement contributions.

Well there’s 195k of you here now so let me introduce myself again. I’m Santiago Mayer, I’m 23 years old and the Executive Director of @votersoftomorrow.org. I have spent the last 6 years working to turn out Gen Z and stop MAGA, and I’m not stopping now. Can you RT and follow to help reach others?

I think we should raise the salience of this.

You know who else possessed that quality of energy that David Brooks can't help admiring...Why, the German word for "lightning" was even used to describe his attacks, "flooding the zone, firing on all cylinders, moving rapidly on all fronts at once[,] operating at a tremendous tempos, taking the ini

The government isn't doing universities a favor by channeling federal funding through them. It's using a private entity to realize public goals, to accomplish things that benefit the entire nation. You'd think conservatives who call for privatization all the time would grasp that.

If you want to see politicians act like this more often, get loud about how much you appreciate Chris Van Hollen’s courage and integrity right now.

Credit to Sen. Van Hollen. As do all decent people, I hope it is a step toward winning back this man's freedom.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.