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Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?" Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’” “I’M PISSED!”

Damn right!

So we had an earthquake today, and something amazing happened…

🟠‘s financial attack on Harvard & other universities is an assault upon us all. This affects the university‘s ability to move forward with studies on disease & disorders, psychological & sociological issues while also isolating education to only those w/ the greatest wealth, not most gifted minds.

The crazy thing about humans is this: We could provide food, water, shelter, healthcare, & education to everyone on earth. The reason we don’t is because we’ve decided to put profits first. That’s it. The acquisition of bits of green paper over all else is a choice. Greed is holding us back.

They’re turning us into a terrorist country

China is openly mocking us because we are openly mockable right now.

The very best of America’s shitposters are now outgunned by their Chinese peers. Balance of power has shifted.

. Korea’s parliament vowed to impeach their president every single week until his party stopped covering for him or he resigned in disgrace. No other business got done. Meanwhile in America, we’re just…vibing through the collapse. 🥴 .

This is in fact what we have done. Foolish, shortsighted, appalling.

I'm no conspiracy freak, but I'm starting to think maybe he didn't legit win the 2024 election.

Exactly! That’s my line in the sand! Do you have one?

We knew exactly what this administration was going to do because it was written in Project 2025. Folks can be surprised at how quickly it has moved, but no one can act like they didn't know.

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Courage is contagious. #Harvard Have the day you deserve.

This is it. We’ve abandoned Europe and our allies for a Third World tinpot dictator.

More of this please

The North American Building Trade Unions are calling for the return of their member, Kilmer Abrego Garcia, who is the victim of human trafficking by our government.

Correct.

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

Utah passed a law forbidding State union members from collective bargaining. Teachers are now collecting signatures to put it on the ballot as a citizen initiative. Most states, it would pass widely. Utah? We gotta try.

Oh, it was *Zelensky* that started the war? Like when a bully claims their victim started the fight because their face hurt his fist?

. Talking to a woman yesterday daycare costs $1500 a month, due on the 1st (right next to rent). That’s just for 7 AM to 3 PM. Want more hours? Pay extra. This is what we’re calling “affordable childcare” in 2025? .

DOGE keeps cutting agencies and funding and personnel, but no one I know has saved a dime on taxes. It’s almost like they are stripping the public good of resources to send that money to the oligarchs in tax cuts…

Say @schumer.senate.gov, ya gonna do something now? Like, anything?

It didn't work in the 1980s and it won't work now.

Are you paying ATTENTION, yet? 👇 Well, are you?!

All we wanted was goddamn healthcare

The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes per year — enough to end homelessness, hunger, and pay for universal childcare. 👆🏻 This is the crime wave we should be talking more about.

A MORAL CRISIS “The rule of law is being trampled. Innocent people are being disappeared. Court orders are being ignored. If you claim to love this country—if you believe in the Constitution, due process, order, and justice—this must be your line in the sand.” Take 3 minutes. This is important.

Republicans want to auction off your retirement. Not on Democrats' watch. Today, we're standing with Americans across the nation to say: Hands Off Social Security. #SocialSecurityDayOfAction

No Kings

He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. He’s defying the Supreme Court. Don’t you see what’s happening here?

160 years ago tonight, just days after the Confederate surrender, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next morning, April 15, at 7:22 a.m.

. The U.S. is already set to lose billions as foreign tourists stay away and it’s only year ONE of Trump’s second term. Imagine what year three will look like when the damage is baked in. Isolation has a price.

I would not have predicted that large universities would show more courage than either Big Law or corporate media. Good for them.

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

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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We haven’t forgotten.