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The most revolting Oval Office presser since Feb. 28 (the Zelensky one). Even just hitting a few of the lowlights of this will leave you sickened and dismayed. BUT it's also clarifying. Anyone who has been talking about "the road to authoritarianism" can stop that now. The road is behind us.

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Here's Trump saying to Bukele that "homegrown criminals are next" and talking about how El Salvador will need to build "about five more places."

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Tomorrow’s going to be a good stress test of the press. El Salvadoran President Bukele will visit the White House. At the press availability, every Q ought to be about Abrego Garcia: where is he now? Did US ask you to return him? etc. WH will hate, maybe try to prevent, so all should band together.

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NEW YORK (AP) — FAA says helicopter company whose sightseeing chopper crashed, killing 5, is shutting down operations immediately.

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I can not begin to understand the mind of someone who thinks this is how you handle your own personal disappointments in life.

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Beautiful magic indeed! I'm guessing that these are Black Jacobin Hummingbirds native to South America. #birds

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Our rising seas. This is only going to get harder to ignore. This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/

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Forgive the rant, but what the hell is this Administration doing? Not gonna be easy to undo the damage, folks. But I’ve got some ideas on where to start.

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We'll find out how disastrous the cuts to the CDC and installing Kennedy as HHS head will be when the next virus epidemic hits. And it will come.

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Vaccines save lives. And no, they do not cause autism.

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"This is another example of Kennedy being an ignoramus about vaccination, if not other things as well. And you can quote me on that." www.statnews.com/2025/04/10/r... via @statnews.com

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"For at least 600 yrs, residents marked the depth of winter by celebrating a natural phenomenon revered as the trail of a wandering god. But ...for the past 7 winters, the Miwatari has failed to appear because the lake didn’t freeze. This has happened only once before, half a millennium ago."

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Law firms that aren't joining the fight -- even if you cared nothing for our profession and only for the dollars in your pocket -- do you think that you can ask your handsomely rates in a system where decisions are made by whim and personal favor and not legal argument?

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Listening to Judge Salas on Deadline WH and the tremendous increase in threats to judges is a five alarm fire. 300% increase since Inauguration Day.

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A fifth law firm capitulated today and agreed to become a Trump collaborator. Shameful.

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Trump’s administration has falsely declared more than 6,300 immigrants dead—adding the names and ss numbers of thousands of living, breathing people to the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File. They will no longer be able to access their bank accounts or use their credit cards.

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White-fronted Bee-eater at Kruger National Park, South Africa. #birds #nature 🌿

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TL cleanser #birds

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TL cleanser #birds

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Fox demonizing kids who get SS benefits due to the heartbreaking circumstances of losing one or both parents is shockingly evil.

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“Living people who the government believes should be treated as if they are dead” is a gasp-worthy concept with far-reaching potential applications.

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We are literally being led by the dumbest people alive

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'The rules were withdrawn by Trump's first administration and then re-implimented by EO under Biden. Now, they've been withdrawn by Trump for the second time.' grist.org/extreme-weat...

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NEW: @nytimes.com reports that the Trump admin is moving to strip hundreds of thousands of immigrants of Social Security Numbers they got when they were granted work authorization, repurposing a "death master file" to try to erase their previous legal presence in the United States.

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Plainclothes agents. Trying to question elementary-aged kids. And lying that they had parents permission to do so.

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NEW: The Trump administration wants federal supervision of Columbia University—a consent decree—which could last for years and subject the university to contempt penalties if it doesn't conform to Trump admin demands. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

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BREAKING — All FDIC employees just received an email confirming DOGE presence at the agency. "The DOGE team has neither requested nor been granted access to sensitive bank information." We'll see how long that remains true. Text of email shared with me:

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BREAKING — DOGE will descend upon Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) buildings tomorrow, an agency source tells me. FDIC is responsible for insuring all commercial/personal US bank accounts for up to $250k and regulating banks. Scary in light of Trump’s manipulation of markets this week.

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#BushtitoftheDay Female Bushtit checking me out. #birds #nature 🌿

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It’s been a full week, and not a single penguin has backed down or sold out. Could there be a lesson here for America’s law firms and universities?

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If you watched the Oval Office, Trump targeted two individuals whose only offense was saying the truth. Then he targeted a law firm because it sued FoxNews. It ended with him totaling the money Big Law firms that have capitulated owe him in pro bono. We cannot give up. We must all commit to fight.

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We have 3 branches of federal government. Usually, if one is not working properly, the other 2 can step in. Have we ever had another time in our nation's history when none of the branches were working? Yes, the judiciary seemed prepared to step into the breach--until SCOTUS ruined things again.

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I'm so sick of hearing about the 2020 election being stolen. He just cannot let anything go, so here we are.

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This is the fire we need from the democrats. If you're not following @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social you should be. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

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