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Sanders: A woman is walking down the street, a car stops, and these guys ā€” in plain clothes and masks ā€” grab her, throw her into the car, and take off. That happened in Vermont today. Thatā€™s the kind of thing that happens in dictatorships, not in a democracy.

They donā€™t care. They donā€™t care that the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to bring an innocent man home to his family. They donā€™t care. They think itā€™s funny.

When Toad woke up in the morning, he put the hat on his head. It was just the right size.

Public sentiment wants you to get on a plane and bring Garcia home today.

To the all ok ice, ICE agents, & military doing what the Supreme Court of the United States has told you NOT to do, remember you will be prosecuted for contravening your oath to the constitution. Remember the Germans were prosecuting Nazis in their 90s. We will never forget your actions & failures.

ā€œI was just following ordersā€ was not a defense at Nuremberg. And it wonā€™t be a defense in the future here.

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He wants to deport US citizens...

Any Americans planning vacations that include El Salvador I beg you to reconsider. Itā€™s like visiting Auschwitz while it was operating.

BREAKING: Days after a Louisiana judge ruled that the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil can proceed, thousands are holding an emergency Passover Seder at the ICE headquarters in New York City, saying: If you come for one, you face us all.

We Are In A Constitutional Crisisā€¦.

No point in sugarcoating the truth open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Good for Harvard

On this day, April 14, 2025, the President of the United States openly defied the Supreme Courtā€™s unanimous opinion of April 10, 2025, ordering him to ā€œfacilitate Abrego Garciaā€™s release from custody in El Salvador

Jon Stewart has a message for his Bluesky critics: 'My bad'

So we had an earthquake today, and something amazing happenedā€¦

AOC: When he talks about rapists and criminals, he should look in the mirror

I mean, yes, I would too bsky.app/profile/fina...

Welcome to Bluesky Mohamed ! If you don't know him, he is literally one of the smartest minds on international trade and economics !

This and the anticipation of other exemptions to follow will reinforce the view that it is only a matter of time until the main narrative on the tariff regime will be how and when to secure concessions. #economy #markets #tariffs

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

Please repost!!

If you love your library, listen upā€¦

Absolutely GTFO with any of this, not having it.

1/4. On the White Houseā€™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.

Sadly yes

I donā€™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. Letā€™s hope others follow suit.

This is a time for Canadians to pull together ā€” not threaten to break us apart #Canada #ElbowsUP #WeGotThis www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

In a few days the 250 th anniversary of the American Revolution will take place. Massachusetts, where it all began, must lead. Our universities have helped realize the potential of some of the countries brightest minds (not Ted Cruz). MIT & Harvard are doing the right thing.

There we go.

BOSTON (AP) ā€” Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard after university defies its demands over campus protests.

Selma. The Trump administration pulled funding meant for Selmaā€™s schools, along with $5 million in additional funding for a statewide reading program. www.al.com/educationlab...

Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal

Itā€™s been less than two weeks since Donald Trumpā€™s ā€œLiberation Day,ā€ and the president has already literally melted trillions of dollars in American wealth. The majority of the country believes Trumpā€™s tariffs hurt the US economy, whileā€¦.. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...