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Where Things Stand Now In The Abrego Garcia Case talkingpointsmemo.com/news/where-t...

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Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi was released from US immigration custody, after a judge ruled he should be free on bail to challenge the Trump administration's efforts to deport him over his participation in pro-Palestinian protests reut.rs/42RuBoT

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Because "Texas Regulators" is an oxymoron.

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Pritzker: If you're not out there protesting in front of a Republican congressman's office, or out in the street making your voice heard, or calling your friends in another state to have them do it.. then you're not doing what's necessary to put pressure on them to vote the right way.

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www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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“When we’re up against the state or powerful corporations, patriarchal or racial structures, we can’t take success…for granted. What we do and how—our strategy and tactics, our understanding and skill—matters for the outcome.” @wagingnv.bsky.social wagingnonviolence.org/rs/2022/05/m...

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Another terrible monthly report from the Dallas Fed. "The current economic environment is confusing. President Trump keeps things in turmoil, and we do not know what he will do next..." (We see a) probable recession soon."

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This week's class featured the one and only Changa Higgins of Dallas Action, a fixture in the local DFW organizing scene and owner of one of the best backstories of how that happened. He discussed the creation and bird-dogging of the Dallas Police Oversight Board.

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The Dallas County GOP started a new PAC. On official filing documents, they called it the Committee for a Strong Econcomy. Covfefe! www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...

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"It’s hybrid in the sense that its members engage in both electoral and non-electoral organizing, and independent because it’s beholden solely to its members and the community, not to the old-school Chicago Democratic Party machine or powerful moneyed interests." convergencemag.com/articles/uni...

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When you've lost Art Laffer..... www.axios.com/2025/04/24/l...

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It's possible Downwinders at Risk and other non-profits who'd already received these grants at the end of 2024 will eventually be able to operate off the money won in damages against the Trump Administration for this boneheaded move. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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Please read. This happened in Dallas and it's equal parts infuriating and scary. "One of the more pernicious effects of authoritarianism is to make the everyday participation in civic life we take for granted feel subversive." radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...

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"A protester in a life-sized Pikachu costume was spotted marching with the crowds and then sprinting away as riot police charged. Footage of the Pokémon character dodging water cannon blasts and outpacing officers has since amassed over 15 million views." wagingnonviolence.org/2025/04/the-...

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“Defending Women!”

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This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...

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Two headlines in the New York Times today.

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“The manual is full of tips on how to disrupt the smooth operation of industry, government and society. They called their suggestions 'simple sabotage' because they could be carried out by ordinary folks and didn’t require any special tools or expertise.” nonviolence3.com/top-15/

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Your friendly reminder that it is literally a federal felony punishable by up to five years in prison for the President, Vice President, or any employee of the White House to directly or indirectly ask the IRS to open an investigation into any specific taxpayer.

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A great summary of where candidates in Dallas Council districts facing important Environmental Justice issues stand. Hint: the chosen successors of the incumbents responsible for these messes aren't to be trusted. www.dallasnews.com/news/environ...

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“The Nihilism is the Throughline”

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How to tell the serious ones from the performative ones: Senator Van Hollen has so far not sent a single fundraising email referencing his work to free wrongly imprisoned Abrego Garcia. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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Deepening connections between U.S. labor unions and renters has helped spur the creation of tenants unions that are winning concessions across the country, writes @franquigley.bsky.social.

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Heads-Up: dallasvoice.com/rally-to-def...

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"Former Dallas City Council Member David Blewett said it's all about who votes for your issues — and “if you can’t count to eight, you can’t get policy put through." www.keranews.org/news/2025-04...

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Sad & mystifying that it's Earth Day 2025 & the only local protest against Trump's destruction of the EPA has been sponsored by Region 6 HQ employees themselves. Not one DFW environmental group is raising a public battle cry to defend the agency. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...

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A new study finds that wind, solar, & battery projects are creating enormous tax revenue for small Texas towns that don't have many other sources.

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