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Cis married female, mother of LGTBQIA person, supporter of ALL, Progressive Jew, multiethnic family who is also interfaith,no faith. 15 years in higher education. Part time medical patient. AF GF DF baker, cook, Gardener, fibre arts, writer,warrior queen.
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If it’s not leaving there, it’s not coming here. Once these forces are set in motion, the lost time can’t be replaced. We can’t scare up a bunch more freight capacity; the harm is baked in. Now it’s just about who he’s going to blame when Americans are ready to blame him. youtu.be/cJWAWGtiqOY

Tomorrow: Join @freedom.press' @harloholm.es and @kamccudden.bsky.social at the 2025 NABJ Emerging and Investigative Journalists Summit to learn how journalists can survive and thrive amid attacks on press freedom. 🕓 1 pm to 2 pm ET 📍620 8th Ave, New York, NY RSVP: bit.ly/NABJEmerge25

I think customs enforcement is a very important job, especially in such areas as helping to fight illegal wildlife trade. But ICE… they’re just a massive black eye on the Statue of Liberty and the entire agency needs demolished.

Trump is arresting judges, extorting law firms, and weaponizing the DOJ to target anyone he views as a political enemy. America, we can't be intimidated. This is still a democracy and your voice matters. Keep speaking out any way you can.

Let’s be clear. Trump's arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee has nothing to do with immigration. This latest attack is about one thing: unchecked power. It is time for my colleagues in the Republican Party to stand up to his growing authoritarianism.

Wells Fargo has repeatedly ripped off customers, including by opening thousands of fake accounts in customers' names. The Administration is letting executives responsible off the hook by paying just pennies on the dollar. President Trump doesn't care if banks rip you off.

DNC Vice Chair for Civic Engagement & Voter Participation, @reynawaltersmorgan.com, on the Republican Party: “They are too scared to show up and face the people who elected them, and that is unacceptable.”

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Judge Hannah Dugan was elected to the bench with 65% of the vote. Maybe Trump is jealous.

Every Democrat who put the PRESS Act on the back burner when they had the opportunity to codify journalist-source confidentiality should be ashamed. Everyone predicted this, yet those in a position to prevent it prioritized talking over doing.

Voters hate everything Trump is doing. Everything. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

That’s the most disappointing element of this whole MAGA thing; the hatefulness and selfishness of so many Americans

CECOT El Salvador Before the building of the mass burial pits. Does this strike anybody else as bodies? 13.53209982518097, -88.80205125810627 maps.app.goo.gl/RjKqwgrTHJL6...

Nonprofit agencies that assist ALS patients and support research sent a letter to the bipartisan ALS Congressional Caucus after a leaked proposed budget memo from the Health and Human Services Department called for defunding the registry and a biorepository with thousands of lab specimens.

Is Donald Trump trying to fire the chair of the Federal Reserve? Every day it seems like there's a different answer – but either way it hurts you. Let's break it down: youtu.be/MWy-gytawhc?...

17% “don’t know”: This is an edu problem. If you approve however, you’re just anti-Constitution and you’re fine with it.

Yay! The #altGov family keeps growing! Welcome to the resistance, @roguecvm.bsky.social. We - and our furry little monsters - are glad you’re here.

I strongly support this push by FDA to phase-out artificial food dyes, which have had years of evidence of concerning links to health harms. The industry should move quickly to remove these petroleum-based dyes from their products. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/22/f...

JPMORGAN: “.. Positive headlines around negotiations support risk assets in the short term, although the lingering risk of recession will cap the upside .. We call for range-bound equity markets .. (5,200 – 5,800 for S&P 500) and have a bias to sell risk assets on strength ..”

I am saddened to hear about the passing of Secretary Alexis Herman—my Soror, a trailblazer, and the first Black woman to lead the Dept. of Labor. Her impact on this country and the fight for working people runs deep. Rest in power, Madam Secretary.

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Can’t make it any clearer

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Today's clownshow... www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

A group of Wyoming voters, former political candidates and a retired lawmaker are challenging several state election laws in a sweeping complaint filed in Laramie County District Court this month. Read the story at ➡️ WyoFile.com

PACIFIC SCOREBOARD | Summaries from baseball, softball and soccer matches involving DODEA-Pacific teams April 25. Check out what you missed:

Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) "The FBI cannot be allowed to arrest a judge because she won’t assist President Trump in carrying out his illegal deportation agenda. This is a gross violation of the power of the executive."

FBI arrest of a sitting judge is a big deal, but the looming question is what type of warrant was ICE executing: judicial or administrative. Judge Dugan is now front & center in the ongoing escalation of ICE's ready fire aim method of law enforcement.

Step 1: Assume TdA membership based on tattoos. Step 2: Assume criminal history based on assumed TdA membership. Step 3: Assume heightened danger because assumed TdA member with assumed criminal history has somehow managed to avoid leaving behind any evidence of assumed criminality!

Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social on People’s Town Halls: We have Republicans, Democrats, and people who haven't voted before who are upset with what's going on right now.

erome Powell has been called by President Donald Trump as “Mr. Too Late,” but for the Fed chair, that’s better than being Mr. Wrong

Pam Bondi is not the President’s personal lawyer and DOJ is not a cudgel to target whoever the President doesn’t like. This is a democracy and We The People will not let this President trample over our constitution. I’m not afraid of Donald Trump and you shouldn’t be either.

I don’t know what’s worse, arresting judges over a nothingburger or having an AG who seems to think her office is on Fox News. This entire administration is deranged.

As we leave you tonight, we are energized to see pushback working. We will remain vigilant. The power of the people is stronger than the people in power.

The Trump admin is waging war on groundbreaking programs, services, and research that could help millions of women. For women in America, these cuts will mean more pain, more suffering, more uncertainty and, in some cases, death.

DOJ memo to officers: “Alien Enemies" are “not entitled to a hearing, appeal or judicial review” It also authorized officers to enter homes without a judicial warrant, ignoring the most bedrock principle of the 4th Amendment & opened the door allowing searches of homes without warrants. #MomSky

JKJK: 9th Circuit panel withdraws order yesterday denying en banc review in case over Trump shutdown of federally-supported legal services for migrant children. No explanation given. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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BLOG: Trump can't change the medical reality of trans by removing CDC web pages — it's like a dog barking at the Moon — Mayo clinic, John Hopkins, Cleveland Clinic etc continue to cover the truth in the USA READ HERE: robertinventor.substack.com/p/the-medica...

Trump lashes out at Fox News, calling them ‘Trump Hating' with their 'Fake Pollsters’ after survey reveals record-low job performance approval ratings of 44%, in the first 100 days in office. This is compared to Biden's 54% and Obama's 62%. Trump calls this 'Fake news' in his online temper tantrum.

Students & faculty at our nation's universities should be able to learn and exchange ideas without fear of retribution. America is not an autocracy. Thank you to UW & Seattle U for standing up to Trump's political interference in higher education. I've got your backs.

The wife and children of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident recently deported to El Salvador, have relocated to a safe house after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted court documents online that included the family’s home address. ⁠