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Nailed it…🎯😞 🎯 Heartbreaking Infuriating Illegal and Immoral This is Donald Trump’s America.

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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

submitted 3 hours ago • 265 comments

NEW SUBSTACK! Jan 6, Tree of Life, El Paso Walmart, Cesar Sayoc, Paul Pelosi attack,Pizzagate. Now Gov Shapiro. MAGAs commit stochastic terrorism daily We can keep ignoring or call 'em out DAILY w examples of their inciting domestic terrorism. Tell ppl WHO THEY ARE open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/...

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Turns out autocracy is bad for business

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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵What if I told you that in 1921, there was another prosperous Black community (not Tulsa) that was destroyed, but without fatalities? Oh yes, it was racially motivated. Isn't it always? (cont) www.dentoncountymagazine.com/time_machine...

submitted 2 days ago • 57 comments

"Pictures are famous for their humanness, not for their pictureness." Kurt Vonnegut discussion of art in his 1997 novel Timequake offers one explanation why people might find AI creations unsatisfying.

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

submitted 3 days ago • 2333 comments

NEW: I confirmed w/ CBP that the email @nicolemicheroni.bsky.social receive telling her to self-deport is real, not a scam. It's also is very weird and likely causing fear and chaos. I spoke w/ Micheroni—a US citizen and immigration attorney—about her experience. www.wired.com/story/homela...

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As I’ve said, yes, this was their aim all along. That’s why they didn’t just send these people to Gitmo. This is an attempt to find a step beyond Gitmo where the court says, “Well, our hands are tied.” It’s an awful, lawless gambit that must fail, but that is what they want it to be.

submitted 2 days ago • 55 comments

Make it make sense

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•••••••NEW••••••• In February, RFK Jr. downplayed the measles outbreak raging through western Texas — calling it "not unusual.” Now he’s claiming the measles outbreaks expanding across the U.S. have reached a “plateau.” WARNING: Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy’s claims..

submitted 3 days ago • 114 comments

The backlash to DOGE is HUGE... but the allure of "getting rid of government waste" remains strong. Beyond fighting DOGE, advancing progressive alternative makes sense. The focus should EFFECTIVENESS--making government work for people, in a visibly effective way. 1/19 www.salon.com/2025/04/12/c...

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The Constitutional crisis all Americans fear is here. A battle between the executive and judicial branches is underway. The Trump regime defiantly refused to meet another court-issued deadline in the case of Kilmar Abrego García. Dismissed was a federal judge’s deadline to disclose steps…

submitted 3 days ago • 178 comments

Queen Zara will accept your adoration now. But make it zippy. 👑

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🚨We are facing a crisis of confidence🚨 Stephanie Ruhle @stephruhle.bsky.social “& what Trump has done… has set fire to everybody’s pension plans, everybody’s value, everybody’s long term futures.” Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social Professor of Global History at Oxford University. 1/4🧵

submitted 3 days ago • 59 comments

just a simple breakfast at home: scrambled eggs on tortillas with cheese, sauteed onion, salsa, Cholula hot sauce and fresh cilantro with a side of baked beans, and coffee ☕

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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.

submitted 3 days ago • 305 comments

To Trump GOP, nothing is sacred. And they don't give a damn about religious freedom, just White supremacy. Theocrats are racist thugs. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

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Great news, everyone. A surveillance company started by Peter Thiel is part of the hackathon playing with our data at IRS. www.wired.com/story/palant...

submitted 4 days ago • 222 comments

I just got back from a couple days in Montreal and the city is wonderful but it's a little weird being around unarmed citizens with healthcare who understand three syllable words.

submitted 3 days ago • 291 comments

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

submitted 3 days ago • 1655 comments

🎙️ A Life Line for the Trans community!? In conversation with kai alviar horton, Executive Director of Trans Lifeline The first Transgender crisis hotline in the US or Canada and the only suicide hotline with 100% Trans operators, trained to assist without police open.spotify.com/episode/5WV1...

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We didn't deport your family members, screw up your 401(k), or fire you from your job. So, why are you more angry at us for saying "we told you so" than you are at the felon? He's the one causing your grief, not us. Serious question. sip🔥☕️

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1/4 Check out the amici brief filed by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (@NACDLorg) and the New York Council of Defense Lawyers in Perkins Coie v. DOJ. It's a powerful statement in support of Perkins Coie's motion for summary judgment. www.nacdl.org/brief/Perkin...

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“Remember his name,” the wife of Kilmar Abrego García tells the world. The Supreme Court has ordered the Trump regime to "facilitate" the return to the United States of Kilmar Armando Abrego García, the Maryland man whom the U.S. government abducted and sent to a hell-hole, torture-laden…

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I got to work just a little with Steve Susman, and he was one of the best lawyers I ever met, and over the years I have been co-counsel with some remarkable lawyers there. While I don't always agree with the cases this firm takes on, I hate to see them targeted for being enemies of the regime

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"So in the spirit of solidarity, I thought it’d be an appropriate time to list all the entities... who have come out in support of Perkins Coie.... [I]n recent weeks a slew of entities have filed amicus briefs in support of Perkins Coie." (Citing @nacdl.org et al.) www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/10/t...

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⚖️ DISSENT IS NOT UNLAWFUL ⚖️ EVERY TIME WE DON'T SAY, HEY!!! YOU CAN'T DO THAT, THEY DO MORE! #TrumpCrimeSyndicate You've got to make your voices heard 🗽 You've got to speak up 🗽 Next Worldwide Day Of Action April 1️⃣9️⃣✊🏻 #HandsOff2025 #WeThePeople #April19 #DEFENDDEMOCRACY Thread 1/3🧵

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Donald Trump was recorded in the Oval Office happily bragging about how much money his billionaire buddies made off of his shady tariff scheme. (Insider trading amuses and delights this group.) “He made $2.5 million today, and he made $900 million! That’s not bad,” Trump said, pointing to…

submitted 5 days ago • 258 comments

1/2 I denounce Brad Bondi, candidate for DC Bar president & the brother of Trump Attorney General Pam Bondi, as ideologically unsound for donating $100,000 to the University of Florida Levin College of Law "to create and permanently endow a Bradley J. Bondi Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship Fund."

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

Soon the hermit crab will outgrow its shell 🐚 and seek a new home.

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😘 smooch!

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Today I launch “Amped Up w/ Cliff Schecter,” my new Substack show every Thur 2pm et! @ 2pm et TODAY I talk to fab co-host David Shuster & great guest @walshfreedom.bsky.social! Join us for righteous anger & cutting humor re Trumpy & Co Exclusively on Substack open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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How Trump plans to disappear people whose opinions or skin color he dislikes, by shipping them, without a trial, to foreign hellholes. Reminiscent of Hitler shipping people from Germany to Treblinka and Auschwitz in Poland. We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

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🇺🇸THE ENVY OF THE WORLD TO THE ENEMY OF THE WORLD🇺🇸 “Donald Trump Was The Dumbest Goddam Student I Ever Had.“ ~ Professor William T. Kelley, Wharton School of Business & Finance Thread 1/3🧵 2/3 🎥 SignalGate🔥 @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @nicollewallace.bsky.social 3/3 🎥 @melaniejoly.bsky.social 🇨🇦

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How Trump plans to disappear people whose opinions or skin color he dislikes, by shipping them, without a trial, to foreign hellholes. Reminiscent of Hitler shipping people from Germany to Treblinka and Auschwitz in Poland. We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

submitted 5 days ago • 30 comments

Trump is claiming the powers of a tyrant. Not an exaggeration, not a joke. Literally what his administration has argued in court. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

submitted 6 days ago • 10 comments

This is incredibly dangerous. If he can get away with this he will open a flood gate of targeted investigations of private citizens. We are stepping through the looking glass of fascism in real time! Congress needs to act immediately.

submitted 5 days ago • 246 comments

Every Democrat should back @schiff.senate.gov and demand an investigation. Do what Republicans do: flood cable news, light up social & drop every detail you’ve got. Republicans won’t hold hearings? Fine—hold your own. Do it in red districts. Live stream it and we’ll make it go viral.

submitted 5 days ago • 148 comments

“He made 2.5 million today and he made $900 million. That’s not bad.” Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.

submitted 5 days ago • 2373 comments

Just out! The video of our webinar, "What to do about the NAR." vimeo.com/1073574722 Featuring Naomi Washington-Leapheart, Scot Nakagawa, Matthew D. Taylor, John C. Dorhauer, Frederick Clarkson and Katherine Stewart, author of Money, Lies and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy.

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••••••••BREAKING•••••••• SOCIAL SECURITY UPDATES Public outrage and demands by lawmakers seem to have resulted in telephone access to Social Security services being restored. An internal memo reveals the Trump regime and DOGE have suddenly ditched their plans to force people awarded retirement,…

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I WILL BURN THE COUNTRY TO THE GROUND TO SAVE MY OWN ASS. BELIEVE ME. #Felon 🦆 Thread 1/3🧵 2/3 • Stephanie Ruhle fact-checks Trump's tariff claims 🎥 3/3 • Fierce backlash against Trump's agenda seen in sweeping, nationwide protests 📸

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