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“President Trump’s goal is clear. He wants lawyers and law firms to capitulate and cower until there is no one left to oppose his administration in court,” Mr. Elias said. “There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf.”

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Anna Paulina Luna didn’t want to talk to her constituents. So I did.

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"Trump is lawlessly attempting to uproot permanent actions Biden took just two months ago. The ink is barely dry on the pardons. Trump’s claim may be stupid, but it’s anything but small."

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MAHA thinking we can dispense with vaccines and drugs and medical research is like fire chiefs thinking we can cut the red tape of sprinkler codes

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You are living in fascist America.

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The IRS is nearing an agreement to allow immigration officials to use tax data to confirm the names and addresses of people suspected of being in the country illegally. The IRS has for years reassured undocumented workers that their tax info is confidential. www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/20...

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Millions cancelling their trips and businesses in the United States due to Trump’s illegal ICE ethnic cleansing operations. The damages created by Trump will exceed in the trillions of dollars. #3E #EndImpunity

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I keep thinking back to Project 2025's Kevin Roberts saying last July that "the second American Revolution ... will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.” Trump didn't win a majority of the popular vote last year. His fascist movement aims to make its dominance appear inevitable. It's not.

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Saturday protest outside Jerry Moran’s office Wichita Kansas. About 200 people.

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Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination—a reminder that racial justice must be protected, not undone. The fight continues, and collective action is key. Read more on Hopewatch: www.splcenter.org/re... #TheMarchContinues

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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

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Only Congress can close the Department of Education, and Republicans are going to try | via Shauneen Miranda #ksleg

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The Social Security Administration will require people filing benefit applications who cannot prove their identities online to visit a field office to complete the claim in person in an effort to combat fraud, the agency announced.

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Would ghostbusters work in the White House?

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Gird your loins for another treacherous week of Musk and his mini me. From Kansas.

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Yale just confirmed to me that the State Department did indeed cancel this contract for one of its research labs, which was tracking Ukrainian kids kidnapped by Russia:

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WYDEN: Do you believe in a nursing home there should be a registered nurse available around the clock? DR OZ: As you know, that's a complicated question WYDEN: No it's not. We need a nurse in a nursing home. Not too complicated.

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The head of the U.S. Postal Service has agreed to allow Elon Musk's DOGE team to help find "further efficiencies" at the mail agency. But the agreement limits DOGE's access to USPS employee records.

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Remember!

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BREAKING: Wall Street’s sell-off drags the S&P 500 more than 10% below its record for its first so-called "correction" since 2023.

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@raskin.house.gov: "If Vladimir Putin himself had invaded America and come up with a plan to try to destroy our economy and wreck the cohesion of our society, he could not have done better than Donald Trump has done on his own with the help of Elon Musk."

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My generation.

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This week either ends with a shutdown or a bipartisan act of congress. This is my attempt to summarize what the GOP is doing, what leverage the Dems have, and all the ways this could play out. As always, we end the newsletter with lots of practical action items! open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...

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In June 2020, the phrase "Black Lives Matter" had been painted on the pavement by the city in uppercase, yellow letters, covering two blocks on 16th Street, about a quarter mile from the White House.

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Introducing unlimited money into politics didn't obviously lead us to where we are now - few thought it would get this bad at the time - but looking back, you can see how it got us here.

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"US stock market loses $4 trillion in value as Trump plows ahead on tariffs" www.reuters.com/markets/us/i...

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EXCLUSIVE: Mark Kelly SMACKS DOWN Elon After He Calls Astronaut Senator A TRAITOR

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In so many ways, Trump isn't just bad himself; he defines deviancy down and thereby makes us worse. @aselrod.bsky.social from the archives... www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...

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Hegseth says Pentagon 'does not do climate change crap,' doubling down on ignorance www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

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NEW: DHS spent $30k to air an ad in the West Palm Beach market urging migrants to leave and thanking Trump for his work. It ran from Feb. 25 through March 5. Trump was in Mar-a-Lago then. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-cabi...

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heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-6-2025 Please subscribe.

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Eurostar trains to London and all trains heading to northern France were brought to a halt following the discovery of an unexploded bomb dating back to World War II near the tracks.

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Trump puts new limits on Elon Musk's authority amid backlash to DOGE cuts www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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Trump raids will now target migrant families who entered the U.S. with their children www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

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There’s been zero explanation for this given but it seems exceedingly likely it’s pure retaliation for the Maine governor challenging Trump. Really sick. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/06/s...

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