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Marco Rubio says that Americans living in Europe shouldn't ever have to face any ramifications for their political speech online. The chutzpah is jaw-dropping, as he is PERSONALLY trying to deport legal immigrants for their political speech in the United States.

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Oh. "This is about whether we have functional constitutional government in this country. If the IRS can go after you because of what you think or what you believe or what you do, we'd no longer live in a free country.“

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The “death of secrecy” in military affairs reflects shifts in today's climate of war due to the erosion of strategic surprise in the pervasive omnipresence of information exchange, explains CSIS expert Matthew Slusher. Read more:

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Some background on why Defense Sec Pete Hegseth’s top advisor was escorted from the Pentagon yesterday and growing animosity for Musk.

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They keep accusing Kilmar Abrego Garcia of being a gang member (and most recently, a human trafficker) without presenting any evidence. That's what due process is for, to prevent the government from doing awful things to any one of us without having to make its case. Due process protects us all.

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The ones who support dictatorship abroad support dictatorship here. The ones who lie for Putin lie for Trump.

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JUST IN: Judge Boasberg finds probable cause to hold administration in contempt of court for defying his order to turn around planes, demands new details in order for officials to “purge” their contempt. Details TK

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HERE WE GO: Chief Judge James Boasberg finds probable cause for contempt of court against the Trump administration. In a masterclass move, he asks the government whether they’ll purge the contempt (by complying) or identify the people in the administration who should be subject to sanctions.

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Northrop Grumman’s final assembly plant in Promontory, Utah, for the vastly-over-budget, well-behind-schedule, partially-suspended new Sentinel ICBM somehow exploded earlier this morning.

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Breaking News: The man charged in the arson attack on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence staged the attack because he believed Shapiro’s stance on the war in Gaza was leading to the deaths of Palestinians, according to the police.

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The DC attorney nominee has appeared dozens of times on Russian state media www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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This is brave This is good Thank you

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Eighty-five days in, and we’ve officially entered Phase Two of the second Trump presidency. Here’s what that means, by @dgraham.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record

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Important thread.

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Bone chilling. A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0. 1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.

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I don't think it's an exaggeration that it's an existential moment for the U.S. Supreme Court, when the President works with a foreign dictator to openly disobey a 9-0 ruling.

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Another tough morning for the “Trump will be good for free speech” crowd.

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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?

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“So Trump not only refuses to comply with the Roberts ruling, but he has now completely mischaracterized it. What will the Supreme Court do in response? That’s the question we’re working through today. So let’s dig in.”

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Its true that America citizens can’t legally be deported. It’s equally clear that this administration doesn’t care about what the law says. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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Trump is doing this right now btw

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Turns out autocracy is bad for business

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2024 Town hall Question: How do people go to Congress and become multimillionaires.. Greene: I do not know. I haven’t found that money tree up there.. that they all seem to have.. Pelosi supposedly has some great stock tips

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100%. It really is time to go there. Again.

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This is a concession by the U.S. government that its “arrangement” with El Salvador is irrevocable. To me this has to be grounds to argue that the arrangement itself is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments

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What dictators do, not presidents: “the new, striking artwork depicting Mr. Trump drew criticism from some presidential historians, who could not recall another president hanging a painting of himself during his term in the White House.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

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L.A. imposed a so-called mansion tax on real estate transactions > $5 million. Surprise! It covers, and has helped to depress, multifamily residential -- i.e., apartment construction -- along with commercial and industrial. Revenues are less than half expected. [@uclalewiscenter.bsky.social]

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It’s been much more than 24 hours. Seems like this was fake news.

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I wasn’t aware the U.S. had outlawed any “ideas” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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1. A #measles 🧵: #CDC reports that as of 4/10, there were 712 confirmed measles cases & 3 measles deaths in 25 states across the US to date this year. Many of them are linked to the West Texas outbreak, with individual states reporting: Texas, 541; New Mexico, 58; Kansas, 32; Oklahoma, 12.

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REPORTER: President Trump looks healthier than ever before. I'm sure everybody in this room could agree. Is he working out with Bobby Kennedy and is he eating less McDonald's? LEAVITT: I can confirm the president is in very good shape

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A friend who understands these matters said last night that we’ll be lucky to get out of this with a normal recession, as opposed to a real international economic crisis. As Kyle Rodda said, 'This goes beyond pricing in a growth slowdown and trade uncertainty.'” www.thebulwark.com/p/not-seriou...

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"Doomsayers like me worried that his 'retribution' mindset would lead him to sic gov't agencies on his...enemies and harass them whether or not they’re credibly suspected of wrongdoing. Well, here we are. It took less than three months." Krebs's offense: to call the 2020 election honest. [Catoggio]

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Not one reporter asked about the Executive Orders targeting Chris Krebs & Miles Taylor during today’s Cabinet press conference. Not one. A president using DOJ to punish those who spoke out? That’s banana republic territory. I waited. The question never came. Why? Has the fear already taken hold?

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Seriously? Because we were told they were going to deport violent criminals.

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We are literally being led by the dumbest people alive

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My family got these payments when my dad died at 34 years old after serving in the Navy for a decade from what he had paid in. I was five. Jeanine is an incurious ignoramus. Thanks @jessicatarlov.bsky.social for correcting her, which is God’s work.

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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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Illegal ideas.

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Cult of personality watch. These are not the habits of a democratic movement.

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I am absolutely not a fan of this man, that said, he’s completely correct and the messaging here is 💯

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All this "fraud" and yet still not a single fraud charge filed.

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The tiny scraps of plastic were found in the olfactory bulb, the part of the brain responsible for processing smell.

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Trump said this today

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An @mtsw.bsky.social observation I think about a lot is that future generations absolutely will not believe that Immortan Joe predated the Trump presidency

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"They handed the country over to a guy who seems to regard it as some sort of achievement that markets skyrocketed the moment he aborted his signature economic policy." [Nick Catoggio]

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