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Reminder that words matter. You can’t “deport” a US citizen. You might be kidnapping, disappearing, exiling, expelling, illegally removing, etc., but you’re not “deporting” a US citizen.

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We hid in the bathroom as bombs fell on Kyiv. Is this Trump’s idea of peace?

submitted 1 hour ago • 14 comments

There is a growing discomfort from federal judges that their security is handled by an agency that ultimately answers to President Trump, and whose funding, in their view, has not kept pace with rising threats.

submitted 1 day ago • 62 comments

Here it is, a wrap up of the whole meshuggeneh disaster that is the Trump administration. A great read. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Donald Trump is going after small donor fundraising platforms that support progressive candidates, because he knows that while he might have the billionaires, we have the people on our side.

submitted 1 day ago • 54 comments

People are being too hard on Donald Trump for crying out “Vladimir, stop!” Anybody can forget their safe word.

submitted 1 day ago • 44 comments

President Donald Trump has directed his attorney general to investigate fundraising platforms such as ActBlue, the central fundraising apparatus of the Democratic Party — escalating his effort to use his powers to target his political opponents and the core machinery of the opposition party.

submitted 1 day ago • 110 comments

As a recovering computer science major, I’m very aware that basically everything is susceptible to being hacked. But SecDef Hegseth makes it much easier for America’s enemies to hack him because he repeatedly plays fast and loose with operational security. He needs to resign.

submitted 1 day ago • 26 comments

This right here. 💯 Also, don’t forget to subscribe: www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

So, that new give Putin all he wants "peace" plan Rubio floated this week? It appears to be illegal under a 2022 American law Rubio himself helped pass. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

submitted 2 days ago • 126 comments

Please note. Rubio has not only done a complete, unprincipled and irresponsible reversal on Ukraine, he is doing so in a way that could lead us to violate a law he himself helped write. Once upon a time he knew how dangerous it would be to reward Russian aggression.

submitted 2 days ago • 18 comments

GOP trying to pretend their racism is patriotism.........

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Walz: "This is how government is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be one old man in the Oval Office sending out middle of the night tweets that shock markets into free fall. It's not supposed to be a bunch of 20 somethings unelected and firing everyone. It's not supposed to be chaos."

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Let’s dream up to ways to shit on women. Oh hey, let’s cancel the largest clinical trial ever for women www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 3 days ago • 48 comments

#ProudBlue As a very young girl, The Diary of Anne Frank was one of my favorite books. Never in a million years did I think we would be living through something like this. 😢

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“The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, was forced to move to a safe house with her children after the government posted their home address to social media.” 4/23/25 newrepublic.com/post/194289/...

submitted 3 days ago • 387 comments

When older adults lose access to vital services, the ripple effects are vast. The Trump admin is trying to do just that. Here's why young people should care: www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...

submitted 3 days ago • 18 comments

MAGA just killed science.

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

Really good article for our friends in the US. One other thing to think about is if trumps age catches up with him or the GOP stop backing him, vance will be president. Opposition needs to organise to stop both of them

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Harvard continues to do the right thing: standing up to Trump’s bullying and lawlessness. Now we hear reports that some of its donors want to cave to Trump. Let’s be clear: they would be remembered as cowards who surrendered at this perilous moment.

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A top official in the Department of Labor this week informed all staff members that they could face criminal charges if they speak to journalists, former employees or others about agency business. Speaking to reporters is not a crime!

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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.

submitted 4 days ago • 351 comments

I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.

submitted 4 days ago • 251 comments

Local student newspaper editors said they are handling a surge of requests to take down or alter published articles, primarily from international students who fear pieces they wrote might attract the attention of ICE and endanger their legal statuses on campus. (1/4)

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

As someone pointed out, what is a sitting U.S. Senator doing on the podcast of someone who was caught taking Russian influence money, in the first place?

submitted 4 days ago • 91 comments

Trump/Russia was not a hoax.

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Pope Francis questioned JD Vance’s ethical schema by arguing that extended meditation on the parable of the Good Samaritan will ultimately cut against it. Published February 12, 2025:

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It's been 51 days since ANY humanitarian aid has entered Gaza. Israeli Minister of Defense Katz has said: "Israel’s policy is clear: no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza." This is a war crime. We must end our complicity. NO more military aid for Netanyahu's war machine.

submitted 5 days ago • 131 comments

Sad news, but we knew he was doomed when Vance said, "I pray for you every day." 😢

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Of course advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this. The Secretary is unfit to lead.

submitted 5 days ago • 1364 comments

He would have never been appointed by a president who cared about our military. He’s a disgrace to the people in uniform who serve www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I think what’s really concerning is that an idiot like Trump has been allowed to sabotage the global economy without anyone stepping in to say, “Whoa, Donald—what the heck are you doing?”

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Vying to be America's #1 security risk, SecDef Hegseth shared details about planned military strikes in Yemen on March 15 in an unsecure Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer. This was after the Pentagon had warned against using Signal. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

submitted 5 days ago • 39 comments

250 Years With No Kings Philly protest at Independence Hall

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So the White House story is now: “We didn’t mean to threaten Harvard, because we didn’t mean to send the threatening letter we sent, but when Harvard rejected the threats we made but didn’t mean to make, we decided to threaten them twice more.” The country is now run by thugs and idiots.

submitted 7 days ago • 820 comments

I can’t tell you how bad this would be

submitted 7 days ago • 45 comments

The entire Republican Party is complicit with this regime’s fascism. #RiseUp #April19th

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

It is time for Trump to put up or shut up in Court. A FEDERAL JUDGE said “no evidence before the court connects Abrego Garcia to MS-13 or any criminal organization.” No one is vouching for one man. We are standing up for EVERYONE’s right to due process under the Constitution.

submitted 7 days ago • 288 comments

JUST IN: Lawyers for Venezuelan nationals say they’re being loaded onto buses this hour in anticipation of a new wave of Alien Enemies Act deportations, w less than 24 hours notice. They’re asking Judge Boasberg for an immediate restraining order requiring 30 days notice.

submitted 7 days ago • 82 comments

Trump is reportedly preparing to disappear about another 200 immigrants to El Salvador without offering evidence to justify their deportation. Families cruelly torn apart as loved ones are snatched. This unlawful cruelty must not stand.

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"Residents packed a meeting of the Washtenaw County (Michigan) Board of Commissioners Wednesday night. "Many became emotional as they pleaded with county officials to protect immigrants... 'We don’t want you to cave from the pressure you are under'...” www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

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