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Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

We read this at our Seder.

Today El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukeke will visit the White House - no doubt to advance plans to imprison incarcerated U.S. citizens in El Salvador.We need to stop this before it happens. Call both your Senators and your Rep. & tell them NO! 202-224-3121 open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

"Trump has always been obsessed with elections because he knows they pose the greatest threat to his authoritarian ambitions. That’s why election denialism is central to his movement." www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

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The crowd and overflow crowd for the Bernie Sanders/AOC event tonight in Utah. Wow.

20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world. A better world is possible.

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If you haven't joined a HandsOff / 50501 rally to protect our democracy, now is the time to do it. Check their websites for one near you on April 19th. We had somewhere between 3.2M and 5M on the 5th. We need to triple that to start hitting the 3.5% of the population to defeat authoritarianism.

Nationwide Anti-Trump Protest Planned for April 19—What to Know - Newsweek www.newsweek.com/nationwide-t...

Nationwide Anti-Trump Protest Planned for April 19—What to Know - Newsweek www.newsweek.com/nationwide-t...

Good reminder (thanks to those who showed me). You can turn on a reminder to require Alt Text for all photos before posting. For those not visually disabled, it’s easy to forget. For those who are, Alt Text makes Bluesky accessible. Settings —> Accessibility —> Require Alt Text before posting.

Crucial point made here — we should learn from others rather than imagine that everything is new and therefore shocking and impossible to resist. www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...

there is simply no amount of child death that will move RFK to change his mind because he is a predatory narcissist who cares less about health than the gratification of his own ego

Remember Fiona Hill? She’s now sounding the alarm again: “We’re definitely on a path toward full-on state repression. There’s no question about it. I’ve thought about this for an extraordinarily long time.” When Fiona speaks, we should all listen.

I’m grateful the Shapiro family is safe. It’s despicable for this to happen as the Jewish community is celebrating Passover. Political violence has no place in our country.

Big numbers like this lead to local quotas and the desire to fill them which leads to haste and abuse and lawlessness and terror. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

NEW: With today's filings, it appears the Trump administration has decided on a showdown with the federal court. At this point, a finding of contempt seems likely. Then we are in uncharted territory. Sign-up for Democracy Docket to stay informed. newsletters.democracydocket.com/all-newslett...

Seems pretty clear that doge is a total scam

Another congressional recess is here — in the middle of GOP efforts to craft a massively unpopular reconciliation bill that guts Medicaid and SNAP to fund tax cuts for billionaires. Help us turn up the heat on Republicans and mobilize the public against this heinous bill: indivisible.org/muskorus

The Vermont independent told a crowd of thousands of supporters that the U.S. was facing a moment of "extraordinary danger."

Marc gives an EXCELLENT pep talk at the end for patriots…you know, ACTUAL patriots, not the nationalists who want to restrict who actually votes. 😏

Sergei Beseda, said to have provided Putin with the (flawed) intelligence that persuaded him to invade Ukraine, is now one of the chief negotiators with the US. from @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/russia...

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