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Sanders: What the ruling class of this country does… is essentially tell you that you are powerless. They say, ‘Ain’t nothing you can do — because we, the oligarchs, got all the money, we own the Congress’ Well, we’re here this evening to tell them: hey guys, you got it wrong.

submitted 7 hours ago • 84 comments

I have met thousands across our country who do not feel that our party is fighting for them- there is a reason for that. Many of our elected leaders are not and are failing to meet this moment. It is time for that to change.

submitted 7 hours ago • 118 comments

I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period

submitted 7 hours ago • 1251 comments

Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen (D) says he’s going to El Salvador to check on #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s health and attempt to secure his release

submitted 7 hours ago • 57 comments

I hope y'all are watching Rachel Maddow. What Trump and Elon Musk are doing is straight up Naziesque. What DOGE is doing has nothing to do w/ govmnt efficiency and everything to do w/ destroying ppl's lives. They're erasing ppl in order to round them up and make them disappear.

submitted 9 hours ago • 16 comments

It's possible that the data included sensitive information on unions, ongoing legal cases and corporate secrets This is INSANE www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

submitted 9 hours ago • 7 comments

truly don’t understand why more dems aren’t being as outspoken as AOC when there’s clearly such huge appetite for it. it’s one of those rare times when it’s not just the right thing to do morally and ethically, it’s also super smart politically.

submitted 9 hours ago • 94 comments

My “spidey-sense” is saying we should keep our eyes on this. www.reuters.com/world/us/top...

submitted 9 hours ago • 193 comments

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was illegally deported to El Salvador asks for the U.S. government to return him outside a court hearing on the matter.

submitted 9 hours ago • 21 comments

Stephen Colbert is right: “It doesn’t get more unconstitutional than this, folks.” If they can disappear Kilmar Abrego Garcia—an American—you could be next. That’s why we shout, protest, and demand his return. Silence helps fascism. We won’t be silent. 📣 @colbertlateshow.bsky.social

submitted 9 hours ago • 16 comments

NIGHTSOFBLUESKIES #MomSky DAY 15 APRIL 2025 Tonight, I want to thank and ask you to support Senator Chris Van Hollen Tomorrow, he travels to El Salvador to try to see and try for release Kilmar Abrego Garcia Senator, be safe We support you ://youtube.com/watch?v=O-MHxxQgB0I&feature=shared

submitted 9 hours ago • 39 comments

Shocking that an aspiring autocrat given near total immunity by the Supreme Court is now exercising that immunity to undermine the Supreme Court and democracy altogether. Honestly who could have see this coming??🤔

submitted 9 hours ago • 54 comments

🚨🚨🚨🚨 👀👀👀 Who had the DOGE password and user name in Russia?? Federal employee alleges DOGE activity resulted in data breach at labor board. www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

submitted 9 hours ago • 26 comments

Accurate And Very Well Done….

submitted 9 hours ago • 20 comments

Our newest American hero. This man knows that Trump will come after him but did the right thing. What did Elon and DOGE do in that system that produced this spike??

submitted 9 hours ago • 28 comments

Even though I’m horrified listening to the whistleblower on @maddow.msnbc.com, I’m also a little relieved that somebody was brave enough to come forward with actual data. How can this be explained away or ignored?

submitted 8 hours ago • 9 comments

Bring home Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

submitted 8 hours ago • 80 comments

Stanford and Yale back Harvard in opposition to the Trump administration thehill.com/homenews/edu...

submitted 8 hours ago • 51 comments

Trump could make one call and Garcia would be on his way back to America, where he belongs. Trump's refusal to bring Garcia back as the courts ordered, warrants his immediate removal from office.

submitted 8 hours ago • 37 comments

In a speech at Yale Law, JD Vance's alma mater, Rep. Ro Khanna said Vance's affiliation with the school is a "stain on the degree of every Yale graduate." "As Stephen Kotkin observed in his study of Stalin, strongmen do not fear recessions or even failed wars as much as they fear the university."

submitted 8 hours ago • 11 comments

This is something we can all do.👇🏼 File a complaint with the FL and DC Bar to have Pam Bondi disbarred for not complying with the 9-0 Supreme Court ruling to return Mr. Garcia from El Salvador.

submitted 8 hours ago • 253 comments

Get yourself a senator willing to rescue you in a foreign country after your messy president wrongfully deports you… …seems like a sentence I shouldn’t have to write in 2025 but here we are. Senator Chris Van Hollen leaves for El Salvador tomorrow to initiate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

submitted 8 hours ago • 329 comments

AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.

submitted 8 hours ago • 518 comments

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

submitted 8 hours ago • 226 comments

Whew! Sen Chuck Grassley’s town hall should be a wake-up call for Trump & Republicans. Voters want Kilmar García brought home — and they’re pissed Trump’s thumbing his nose at a Supreme Court ruling. This isn’t “tough on crime,” it’s lawless, un-American trash — and folks know it. This is Iowa!

submitted 8 hours ago • 277 comments

Judge Xinis to DOJ lawyer: “Cancel vacation. Cancel other appointments. I’m usually pretty good about this in my courtroom, but not this time.” She also agreed to allow the plaintiffs to depose up to 6 administration officials. Good first step, but need accountability.

submitted 12 hours ago • 174 comments

Chris Van Hollen isn’t playing games. If Kilmar Garcia isn’t released by midweek, he’s flying to El Salvador himself to demand answers. This is the kind of bold, no-BS leadership we need right now. @vanhollen.senate.gov

submitted 12 hours ago • 350 comments

Out of court. Fascinating to see Judge Xinis in action. My read is that she’s FAST losing patience with the defendants, and skeptical that they will comply with her orders in “good faith” (a phrase she used many times, pointedly). She’ll keep trying, but now she’s building a record for contempt.

submitted 13 hours ago • 51 comments

Even In Deep Red Idaho!

submitted 13 hours ago • 14 comments

📢 HAPPENING NOW: Protesters outside the Maryland courthouse where Judge Xinis is holding a hearing regarding the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. “We want Justice you say how! Bring home Kilmar now!” #3E #USprotests #KilmarAbregoGarcia

submitted 13 hours ago • 22 comments

“.. The Canadian Association of University Teachers, which boasts a membership of 72,000 .. recommended in an advisory published Tuesday that “academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary.” @politico.com #PariahState www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

submitted 13 hours ago • 39 comments

I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you. The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1149 comments

Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime. The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.

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Judge Paula Xinis on Kilmar Abrego Garcia case: “Every day Mr. Abrego Garcia is detained in CECOT is another date of irreparable harm” She says Justice Dept filings so far are “two misguided ships passing in the night."

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What Judge Xinis is banking on is that the government does not want to spend two weeks in discovery. Two big things can happen: (1) They just make the call and get him back (2) They spend two weeks creating a public record of their own fuck ups and then get sanctioned

submitted 13 hours ago • 354 comments

Cinco de Mayo parades in Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Jose have been canceled due to organizers' concerns about ICE raids and anti-immigrant sentiment, as community members fear attending.

submitted 13 hours ago • 362 comments

Trump and Bukele claim they can't release anyone from CECOT BUT THEY ALREADY HAVE: at least 9 detainees El Salvador released back to the US in the last 3 months NINE other people freed. Why not Abrego Garcia, who's there on an "administrative error"? DEMAND HIS FREEDOM NOW

submitted 15 hours ago • 52 comments

Smart strategy: "The compact's funds would be distributed to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement, including legal counsel, expert testimony, legislative advocacy and countersuit actions..." www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

submitted 15 hours ago • 84 comments

"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action. "It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us." www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...

submitted 15 hours ago • 1701 comments

no criminal record no gang ties no tattoos active pending asylum case 19 years old sent by trump to prison (forever?) in el salvador www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 15 hours ago • 435 comments

Some things are worth repeating: Social Security is an EARNED benefit that WE, the American people, pay into. It should not be a political punching bag. Hands all the way off.

submitted 16 hours ago • 204 comments

Well played.

submitted 16 hours ago • 440 comments