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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. —Voltaire Guess that makes me part of the resistance.
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Are you watching @maddow.msnbc.com tonight? Cause….wow.

ETTD Universities can submit and die, or fight and evolve.

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

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.

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.

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It seems DOGE has failed to renew the contract for MITRE to manage the CVE database. This is the central database of software vulnerabilities used across the world to identify and track software security issues. Without it, most efforts to identify and fix security vulnerabilities stops cold. 🤬🤬🤬

This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.

DOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance. Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.

I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I’ve just posted this video message to members of the DC Bar, urging them to vote *AGAINST* AG Pam Bondi’s brother to be its next president. Please pass this on to anyone who is eligible to vote. www.instagram.com/reel/DIcQFxt...

I’m never going to be in a position to hire any of these law firms… but anyone who might be, should look for firms that have the backbone to fight. If they’re not willing to stand up for themselves, they’re certainly not going to stand up for you.

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It's important for people to understand that we're on a trajectory that eventually leads to political prisoners (first non-citizens, then citizens) being sent to these camps.

I'll say it again: in a country where due process is individually denied and then broadly eroded and eventually eliminated, being a citizen will not protect you from the terror of this administration.

Pro-natalists: you need to have at least 10 kids Normal people: why, are you expecting half of them to die before puberty due to lack of modern health and sanitation? Pro-natalists: you're never gonna believe what we also advocate

There is no clearer way to say it. Letters from an American - April 13 @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Well… That says quite a bit.

“.. judging only from price action, we are suddenly witnessing a comprehensive turn away from US assets (stocks, USTs, corporate credit and the dollar). this is the single most important theme to monitor over coming weeks. .. for the moment capital is flowing out of the US.” - GS Desk/Pasquariello

If it weren’t dystopian, it’d be hilarious. Folks… don’t trust LLMs. They are not what you think.

Wow… this certainly wasn’t the minor event that media is portraying.

Dear Decent Human Beings in the Military and Law Enforcement, If you are ordered to violate the Constitution by this president, please disobey. The millions who served, suffered, and died before you deserve your courage now.

"To move forward with focus, we must first understand this simple fact: we are up against an ideology that has given up not only on the premise and promise of liberal democracy but on the livability of our shared world – on its beauty, on its people, on our children, on other species."

Disappearing Federal Data: I'm sure one of many examples, but FEMA removed coastal erosion prediction maps that had become widely used by planners, public works offices, insurance cos., real estate, etc. whatsupnewp.com/2025/04/fema...

Doge not saving you money

There’s a special place in HELL for anyone who stands before the Supreme Court and argues that a man they wrongfully sent to an El Salvadorian death camp should stay there.

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If you think about it, this alone explains 99% of the politically nonsensical things they do. Extracting as much as they possibly can, before they retreat to their bunkers to watch the rest of the world burn.

The ultra wealthy are building bunkers to insulate themselves from the world they're rapidly destroying. It's why we have to work together because it really is a 0.1% vs the 99.9% situation www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

Meet Anthony Schmidt, a 16-year-old with #autism who turns #miniature #cars into life-sized works of #art through his incredible #photography

Imagine being a small business with debt, that you used to import products you had manufactured in china. In the time it took to make the products, tariffs were added, that more than doubled your cost. They are crushed Are there any states offering support for their businesses ?

This is a difficult time in financial markets but the real victims are the countless numbers of faceless small and mid-sized businesses who import from China and are getting vaporized overnight, and the White House would never take their calls.

3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie). Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development

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