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Their dismantling of NOAA is as disturbing as their dismantling of NIH. NOAA is the hub of climate & weather science & they’re destroying its capacity. To fill the void & bolster California’s science leadership, we’re pursuing legislation (SB 829) to create the CA Institute for Scientific Research.

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Trump is waging war against professionals, intellectuals, scientists, education, writes Franklin Foer. We've seen this movie before - in Mao's China www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Of course TLDR—but just file it under "Insurance Companies, Abetted By Both Political Parties, Screw Patients, Again." To spend any time in a country with a civilized health care system, like Japan, then face our rapacious & predatory mockery of a system leaves one seething with rage.

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🚨BREAKING: Four more Big Law firms join the ranks of Trump collaborators. A&O Shearman, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins and Simpson Thacher all capitulated. In a sign of growing inflation, each firm agreed to $125m in Trump approved pro bono. Shameful.

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The unjustified and unconstitutional revocation of student visas for expressing their opinions sends a stunning message to campuses across the nation: fall in line or face deportation. I urge the court to put a swift stop to this policy before it can do further damage. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

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April 11, 2025

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The upheaval in stocks has been grabbing all the headlines, but there is a bigger problem looming in another corner of the financial markets that rarely gets headlines: Investors are dumping U.S. government bonds.

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“Labeling people dead strips them of the privacy protections granted to living individuals — and knowingly classifying living people as dead counts as falsifying government records, they said. This is in addition to the harm inflicted on those suddenly declared dead” wapo.st/3RKSQQt

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This is white supremacy. This is fascism. This is UNACCEPTABLE. #bookbans www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

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While Trump says manufacturing will return to the US because of tariffs, the far more likely outcome is lower productivity, less innovation, and higher costs for consumers. Welcome to Brazil. www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

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Required reading for everyone, including Peter Navarro/Ron Vara. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...

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If you're a billionaire, then you'll barely notice a few thousand dollars a year in higher prices at the store from these Trump tariffs - plus you can count on him to get you another big tax break for the wealthy. But for everyone else, this is a big deal, and a bad one.

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Is X a state actor?

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Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.

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This is exactly why we need to be organized in our defense of the freedom to read. The book banners are organized & we'll funded. But they are also unpopular. Our numbers can beat their money

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Our libraries and library professionals are keystones of our communities fostering minds and offering services to individuals regardless of background. We must lift them up, especially this National Library Week, and demand that Trump and DOGE do not gut support for these vital institutions.

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Just a reminder that these are the people purporting to be outraged by antisemitism on campus. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

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“This [would be] an extinction-level event for NASA science,” says Casey Dreier (Planetary Society), and I agree. 🔭 🧪 🛰️ NASA SMD $7.3b -> $3.9b Astrophysics $1.5b -> $0.5b, no telescopes except HST & JWST Planetary $2.7b -> $1.9b, no Mars sample return Earth Science $2.2b -> $1.0b

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Beijing’s retaliation came after the White House raised its tariff on Chinese goods to 125 percent, on top of an existing 20 percent tax. messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend... #China #USA #Tariffs #usapoli

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Read about this brilliant young scientist whom ICE has detained and considers a “threat to U.S. security.”

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One of the greatest ongoing scandals of today is that our elected officials — Democrats included — continue to refuse to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.

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Hard to believe the hill the Justice Department wants to die on, we don’t want to comply with your order so we aren’t going to. Nothing like engaging in explicitly lawless behavior they don’t even pretend to regret.

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court says the Trump administration must facilitate the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

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Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don't match their birth certificates. Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.

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“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history,” Wilentz said. “This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...

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The President’s unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the President’s most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date.

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Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.

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The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this. We can't. We need answers.

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🚨🚨 NEW Congressional Budget Office analysis shows Republicans' tax giveaways add $52 TRILLION to the national debt over 30 years. www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

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The House just passed its budget resolution, so reconciliation is now officially underway. This is their bill to destroy Medicaid and SNAP while cutting taxes disproportionately for the rich. THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no. Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.

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Every damned word of this 4-graf brief, except “By WSJ Staff,” should scare the bejeesus out of you this morning. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

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The NCSC and partners have revealed new details about how malicious cyber actors are using two forms of spyware to target individuals in Uyghur, Tibetan and Taiwanese communities as well as civil society groups. www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/ncsc-pa...

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The DOJ has barred employees from participating in ABA events. I am very proud to have served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of New Jersey (2001-04). The current leadership of the DOJ stains the legacy of the Justice Department.

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We are all Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor. It’s just a matter of time: www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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FT and other media saw documents that appear to support Zelensky's claims. It is important that independent media do more research on this:

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How many times will the GOP bail out billionaires while working Americans foot the bill? Tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy. Special treatment for corporations. Market games that leave families behind. This isn’t about helping people it’s about protecting power and profit at any cost.

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Resistance is working!!! Keep it up! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

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