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The US government effectively illegally kidnapped a bunch of men without evidence or due process and condemned them indefinitely to a foreign hellhole in open defiance of, with contempt for, every single tenet of US justice you can imagine. The criminals here are ICE, DHS and the White House.

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Speaking as an HIV clinician who knows how far we have come in treating and preventing HIV and how much more work we still have left to do, gutting domestic HIV prevention in the US will be the biggest blow to fighting HIV in recent memory and will erase crucial gains. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

submitted 1 hour ago • 3 comments

Norm Ornstein, one of the foremost experts on Congress, says that Democratic Senators should bring the Senate to a halt. Call your senators, especially in blue states, and tell them to object to unanimous consent. And then write a letter to the local paper saying the same, and post on Facebook.

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British cartoonist Becky Burke who spent 20 days in harsh conditions in a Tacoma detention centre for a trivial visa issue while crossing into America from Canada is finally on her way home. The US needs travel warnings now.

submitted 7 hours ago • 278 comments

One close Trump adviser simply says that the president’s ultimate leverage against certain judges who try to stand in the way of his agenda is that the judiciary does not command an army, while the president of the United States does.

submitted 8 hours ago • 136 comments

We’re about to test that part of the oath of service about defending the Constitution “against all enemies foreign and domestic.”

submitted 7 hours ago • 3 comments

Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly are holding a town hall meeting over worries that the budget resolution recently passed by U.S. House lawmakers could result in cuts to Medicaid. Note: This townhall was carried by Fox10 in Phoenix but it's important to hear the info from the senators.

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Trump's DOJ Lawyers: WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE DEPORTATION! NATIONAL SECURITY! DIPLOMATIC CONSIDERATIONS! Trump's social media feed: LOL LOOK AT US DEPORTING THESE PEOPLE ON THIS VIDEO WE MADE!!!!!

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

Good Lord. Latest from US Institute of Peace:

submitted 1 day ago • 218 comments

to me the most disturbing fact about DOGE’s raid on the US Institute of Peace is that the local cops helped them.

submitted 20 hours ago • 233 comments

NEW — Some US Institute of Peace employees just received an email from the independent agency’s new Trump-installed president, per a copy shared with me. They’ve been told to pass along this email to other employees (???) and to telework indefinitely.

submitted 18 hours ago • 85 comments

to be clear, USIP staff spoke to MPD prior and then called them to report DOGE as trespassers and when the cops showed up they instead held the door open for Musk’s thugs.

submitted 11 hours ago • 69 comments

Genocide.

submitted 11 hours ago • 23 comments

israel is committing genocide against palestine and the foundation of the united states is being torn apart to punish the people who think this is bad.

submitted 11 hours ago • 79 comments

It is human trafficking.

submitted 6 hours ago • 136 comments

This is great. (Will also note that @motherjones.com doesn’t put anything behind a paywall)

submitted 7 hours ago • 4 comments

Donald Trump Jr.'s fawning interview with Vucic eagerly eliciting claims USAID funding was part of a vast international conspiracy aimed at ousting the Serbian president has maybe been overlooked. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 6 hours ago • 5 comments

As Trump’s march toward autocracy continues, @vermontgmg.bsky.social says that America is already beyond a crisis—we’re now facing a “constitutional crash.” Democracy isn’t dead yet, but without greater action it may be soon, he argues. Worth a read. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-s-...

submitted 6 hours ago • 2 comments

"Admin officials have a myriad of feelings toward Musk: they hate him, they’re afraid of him & they think he’s creepy sleeping on a cot in his office...where 5 guards stand outside his door," @tarapalmeri.bsky.social reports: www.tarapalmeri.com/p/fear-and-l...

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“These are attempts to use drug-war tactics against people who share abortion pills with others." www.thecut.com/article/repu...

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Welcome Chief Justice Roberts to the right side of the American Revolution. Hope it's not too late.

submitted 3 hours ago • 7 comments

Mysterious security guys in black SUVs. Who the hell are these guys?

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So it wasn't the US Marshals at all. It was the DC Metro police who provided DOGE with the muscle to roust the staff of the US Institute for Peace out fo their offices. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dc-me...

submitted 5 hours ago • 175 comments

BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. This is a critical victory for trans rights.

submitted 5 hours ago • 127 comments

Ask yourself: Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this? Why would any decent human being do this?

submitted 5 hours ago • 1497 comments

Just hours after President Trump called for the impeachment of a federal judge who ruled against his deportation of hundreds of Venezuelans over the weekend, House Republicans introduced a measure to do just that.

submitted 4 hours ago • 94 comments

the most servile people imaginable. completely unsuited for democratic citizenship. they would be better off under a despot.

submitted 4 hours ago • 119 comments

In a stunning legal rebuke, a federal judge has ruled that Elon Musk and officials from the Department of Government Efficiency must reinstate nearly all functions of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

submitted 3 hours ago • 406 comments

Judge: This action is blatantly unconstitutional DoJ: Which part? Judge: All of it! DoJ: No I mean which part of the constitution does it violate? Judge: ALL OF IT

submitted 3 hours ago • 23 comments

we're not throwing trans people under the bus for any fucking reason. None. There are two sides: the one that throws people under buses and the side that does not. Choose which one you are on.

submitted 2 hours ago • 60 comments

Here's the basis for the urgency behind the takeover of US Institute of Peace. An EO from February 19 saying the heads of these agencies had to self-deport within 14 days. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

submitted 5 hours ago • 16 comments

This guy co-sponsored a bill to have "Trump Derangement Syndrome" classified as a mental illness YESTERDAY.

submitted 4 hours ago • 236 comments

I've been keeping a running list of the nice things we used to have. It is VERY rough. Please tell me what I'm missing. If you want to use this list to do the project better, please do! www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...

submitted 4 hours ago • 54 comments

Re-posting this since I have a few new followers (Hi, folks): I'm eager to speak, confidentially of course, with nonprofit orgs that receive federal $$ who have been asked by the US govt to remove DEI, climate, or other speech from their websites where the govt $$ is not used for the web content

submitted 3 hours ago • 1 comment

DC Metro police is still being cagey. But based on their new statement their role in evicting the staff of the US Institute of Peace considerably worse than I'd suspected. Ed Martin's office intervened, told MPD the staff were intruders and they went with that. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/more-...

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If anyone can arrange an introduction, I would be happy to meet Mr. King. My kids attended Texas public schools and now my grandkids do. I’m also on the board of my local Christian church. I sincerely believe that forcing kids to read the 10 commandments violates the “Love your neighbor” one.

submitted 2 hours ago • 17 comments

Judge rules DOGE is likely Appointments Clause violation. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 3 hours ago • 92 comments

"Thousands of employees returned to the Food and Drug Administration’s headquarters Monday to find overflowing parking lots, long security lines and makeshift office spaces without chairs and other basic supplies..." apnews.com/article/fda-...

submitted 3 hours ago • 605 comments

The TESLA (a/k/a "TESLER") TAKEDOWN is working... WORLDWIDE! Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin Visit www.takedowntesla.com

submitted 1 day ago • 2295 comments

rfk jr's attitude toward anyone or thing that gets sick is "if he dies, he dies."

submitted 3 hours ago • 365 comments

Honestly just shut it down. This is embarrassing. It was a nice thing but it's done. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

submitted 22 hours ago • 405 comments