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Judge Xinis has entered a written order following today’s hearing. Orders the government to supplement support for its assertion of the state secrets privilege and grants Abrego Garcia’s request to take three additional 30(b)(6) depositions.

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"The future of biomedical research [amounts to] a race to see whether the biomedical research community can mobilize politically, access that vast but latent political power, before the White House can do enough sustained damage to make the whole question moot." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-pat...

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These guys are paying $18,000 to go LARP as a private in a pretend boot camp At the end, they get a certificate that confirms they're an "alpha male" Paying someone to abuse and humiliate you doesn't make you "alpha" It's like a child's conception of what it means to be a man

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Art of the deal.

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“This bill confirms what we’ve been saying all along, Trump and Republicans have been lying when they claim they aren’t going to cut Medicaid and take away people’s health care,” Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), the ranking Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, said.

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“We have a constitutional system, and Trump took an oath to uphold it. Yes, he is going to keep taking actions that disregard the limits placed upon him. But it is not up to him to decide that he can do so.”

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Poland will close the Russian consulate in Krakow after finding “proof” that Moscow was behind an “act of arson” last year.

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We have the legislative text that House Energy & Commerce Republicans have written. I'll be going through it quickly, posting about it here 🧵 The first thing their plan does? Block a rule that would make it easier for Americans to enroll in Medicaid who are lawfully entitled to enroll in Medicaid.

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According to ABC, the White House and Department of Justice concluded that the gift does not constitute bribery because it is “not conditioned on any official act.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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On the NSF's 75th: “‘NSF investments have driven groundbreaking innovations, from the internet and LASIK eye surgery to the first image of a black hole... The foundation has also played a key role in the work of 268 Nobel Prize laureates, helping to shape many of their landmark achievements.’”

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Trump and DOGE are trying to gut FEMA. They just fired their own acting administrator who dared to challenge them even once. And installed a new one whose plans will risk lives and hurt communities when they need help the most.

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If you didn’t know, there’s a race for governor in Jersey right now and Baraka is running. He jumped to the top of the ranks overnight. Every Dem that stands up to Trump and becomes wildly popular is confirming what we’ve all been saying: voters don’t want Schumer-style leadership.

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Zero! 😳

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It’s called the Digital Equity Act. That word—“equity”—caught the White House’s attention. So now Trump is moving to nix funding—but it could cut off millions destined for red America.

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So, who are we gonna believe? 🎁 Gift link: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

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Ninety-two.

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Donald Trump just ordered the Department of Homeland Security to add 20,000 officers to the country's deportation forces. You can expect more of this—in neighborhoods across America. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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New Acting FEMA Chief David Richardson tells staff, "I will run right over you." "20% of [the staff] are a problem and they have to be sidelined." "Don't get in my way if you are those 20% of people."

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We just wanted to say, we love you. This week has been rough, and we’ve felt every moment of it with you. But everyone in our coalition is safe means everything. We’re so grateful! 🥹 💚

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The Library of Congress is in the news for sad reasons, but one of my favorite early American factoids is about its inception Thomas Jefferson was deep in debt, and the British burned the Capitol, so he sold his books to Congress for $23,950 They were the origin of the Library of Congress

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House Republicans are now targeting federal workers’ retirement benefits to help fund their massive tax cuts. Last week, the House Oversight Committee approved a plan to slash $50 billion from the retirement system over the next decade by changing

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Please spread the correct information about Mayor Baraka's arrest. He had apparently been trying for a few days to visit the ICE prison and was rebuffed. Then the members of Congress tried to visit today and were made to wait in the waiting area for 90 minutes. Then 20 ICE Gestapo showed up...

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The rule of law is all or nothing and must apply equally to everyone. If there's no rule of law for some people in America, then there's no rule of law for any of us.

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Thanks, @onthemedia.bsky.social and @micahloewinger.bsky.social for having me on to talk about covering the courts and the law in the second Trump administration. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

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This is what ICE does: just like they stalked the family’s car and smashed the windows in to kidnap them. They attack people on the streets grab them and take them to concentration camps. Entire neighborhoods gather to protect little babies & their moms from being separated & kidnapped.

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"All I can hear are the screams—the deafening desperate screams, from a mother, from her daughter, from the woman holding the daughter’s baby." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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No one should lose their job or be punished for getting sick. But certain DFLers join the GOP to try to take earned benefits away from workers. minnesotareformer.com/2025/05/09/y...

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Collaborative artwork, 2019 by the senior Indigenous women artists of Amata in the APY Lands of Australia, who founded an art centre for Indigenous artists #WomensArt

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“colin and chris see a show”

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A federal court says Alabama can't use a congressional map it found unconstitutional. The ruling comes in a voting rights case that resulted in the state getting a second Black member of Congress.

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Terminal Island’s Japanese American residents rally to save its last standing buildings. After bulldozing an entire Japanese American village during WWII, San Pedro is about to destroy the only two buildings that survived – unless preservationists can stop the clock.

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Watching the hearing over Rumeysa Ozturk's request to be released from ICE detention on Friday morning, more than six weeks after she was nabbed of the street, painted yet another stark picture of the Trump's administration's actions in her case and others' cases. www.lawdork.com/p/rumeysa-oz...

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Bottom trawling is horribly destructive to coastal ocean ecosystems, and deep-sea mining will do the same to the open ocean. #OceanFilm 🌊

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Again, Mayor Baraka was arrested for trespassing in his own city on the grounds of an unpermitted private prison being unlawfully operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Every time you talk about this story you need to mention that part

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NJPP is profoundly alarmed over Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest. This incident underscores longstanding concerns about the privatization of immigration enforcement and the dangerous lack of accountability that comes with it. Read the full statement: www.njpp.org/media/statem...

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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

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HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of protesters chant “Free our Mayor!” outside the DHS building in Newark, NJ where Mayor Ras Baraka is being held (Video: @spydermonkeywatch.bsky.social)

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I’m standing with @warren.senate.gov to lead Democrats in helping the lawsuit against Trump’s attempts to dismantle the CFPB. Trump’s entire slash and burn agenda is geared toward making life better for billionaires and big banks and worse for working families.

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This will NEVER get old‼️🤣🤣🤣

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1000 measles cases. It’s no coincidence that this has happened after DOGE cancelled $11 billion that went to state and local public health departments. It’s no coincidence that this has happened after the CDC fired infectious disease experts. Trump and RFK Jr. must act to stop measles now.

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She’s out!! They have released Ozturk from ICE custody!

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BREAKING: The Second Circuit panel unanimously denies DOJ's request to stay the order granting Moshen Mahdawi's release pending his habeas proceedings. The panel notes that granting DOJ's request "would be Mahdawi's re-detention." Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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