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Via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social: “I’m Sen. Alex Padilla and I have questions for the secretary,” he said as four federal law enforcement officers grabbed him and shoved him to the ground. “Hands off.”

Update: reports today that multiple legal observers were arrested today in New York at two separate immigration courts, for allegedly “obstructing” ICE. Not only that, apparently some immigration courts are barring the public from attending hearings. This mess is escalating fast.

El Salvador's top anti-gang official has joined others who are skeptical over President Donald Trump's claims that tattoos prove a Maryland father wrongly deported in March is a member of the notorious MS-13 gang, according to media reports.

The fear among academics and lawyers now talking on the record on just about any topic that involves the federal government or the White House is really extraordinary and worrisome, and getting worse, it seems to me, every week. Dissent by an establishment figures becoming verboten in the US

A conundrum! They will very soon have to make a choice. If they support the Maroon Moron, they will render themselves irrelevant and lose their powers, because they'll only be able to rule in his favor. Or - they will be the vehicle of justice but will then probably also instigate a civil war.

@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social Piddle Down Economics.

Since Trump came to power, cowardice has become contagious. From the tech bros to the leaders of Ivy League universities, the great grovel to Trump is well underway. What we need now more than ever is for people to show courage. The American people themselves led the way with the #HandsOffProtests.

One of my favorite signs from today

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

This is the 20th straight hour of Booker speaking. This is the energy and honesty we need in a Senate leader, not what we have been getting. bsky.app/profile/atru...

💰 “Last year was a good year for New York's financial industry as Wall Street bonuses reached a record $47.5 billion in 2024…” #SecondGildedAge

They sent a guy to a Salvadoran torture camp because he had an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his brother www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The fact that the Department of Justice has not, and will never, launch an investigation into this massive national security breach tells you all you need to know about this lawless and profoundly corrupt Administration.

👇🏻 Will the cult ever see through it?

Bravo. These kids are showing more spine and character than a lot of the people they work for.

WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works — and how DOGE is doing the opposite.

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Joe Biden on life support would have been better than this

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

This is the country in which we now live!

What Trump is attempting is not new. In recent history, Trump's role model leaders have undermined their nation's judicial systems to consolidate power. 🇭🇺Hungary - Viktor Orbán 🇵🇱Poland - Andrzej Duda 🇹🇷Turkey - Tayyip Erdoğan 🇻🇪Venezuela - Nicolás Maduro 🇷🇺Russia - Vladimir Putin