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Buckle up, folks. This is a constitutional crisis unfolding before our eyes.

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As I’ve said, yes, this was their aim all along. That’s why they didn’t just send these people to Gitmo. This is an attempt to find a step beyond Gitmo where the court says, “Well, our hands are tied.” It’s an awful, lawless gambit that must fail, but that is what they want it to be.

submitted 13 hours ago • 54 comments

Local planners: 7 years and $1.2 million. #Beavers: just vibes and sticks. Nature's engineers get it done. No permits required

submitted 17 hours ago • 131 comments

BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year. Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.

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AOC: How can anyone possibly make an objective vote on healthcare, energy, or war when their personal wealth is tied up in pharmaceutical, oil and gas, or defense company stock?

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The committee subsequently withdrew its request – a move that a Thursday press release from the Center for Constitutional Rights described as a “victory for academic freedom, the rule of law, and bedrock constitutional principles”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Stay strong & free #Maine Gov Mills!!

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Happy Record Store Day, everybody. Make sure to shop local.

submitted 18 hours ago • 425 comments

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

submitted 16 hours ago • 169 comments

History will remember

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Democracy isn’t dying in darkness it’s being dismantled at the hands of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. @allisonjriggs.bsky.social won this election fair and square back in November. Her opponent is a petulant Confederate cosplayer who can’t handle losing. Concede Jefferson Griffin.

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🍺🎙️ Against the Law: Inside Trump's Attack on Law & Lawyers Live panel discussion hosted at Hideout. This month, Show Up Chicago features Ed Yohnka of ACLU of IL and Professor Sheila Bedi, Community Justice & Civil Rights Clinic at Northwestern U law school. Monday, April 28th, 7 pm. Info/Sign-up:

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Hey #Illionois General Assembly & @govpritzker.illinois.gov Please hold town hall meetings across the state with IL Cong delegation👇👇 IL AG please set up a page like Michigan's AG @dananessel.bsky.social to report problems with #socialsecurity & #medicaid Thanks ! cc: @annecaprara.bsky.social

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There are many places you can get a flag for Pride, but when you get yours from Project Rainbow you're supporting events and programs for LGBTQ+ folks across our state. This year Project Rainbow awarded more than $36,000 to 32 different organizations and individuals to uplift and empower queer folks

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Resplendent Quetzal #CostaRica #birds #nature 🌿

submitted 22 hours ago • 209 comments

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

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Join me for a Town Hall Event! 📅 TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH ⌚️5:30-6:30pm ✅ RSVP REQUIRED: www.eventbrite.com/e/town-hall-...

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Rep. Al Green’s response to a congressman saying God opposes trans rights: “You used God to enslave my foreparents!” #MomSky #Voices4Victory #TransRights

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Here’s an idea for Passover, the Freedom Holiday: When El Salvador’s President Bukele enters the White House Monday April 14 for an “official working visit,” he should BRING MR. GARCIA WITH HIM, HOPEFULLY ALIVE, AND RETURN THE RANSOM HE COLLECTED FOR ENSLAVING THAT LAWLESSLY SEIZED INNOCENT MAN.

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STAND STRONG JANET MILLS! Especially if you are a resident of Maine, please email her and thank her! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

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It’s surreal how fast the United States has fallen into a dictatorial regime. Checks and balances are gone, the president disappears innocent people into foreign prison camps, words get banned, and the Overton window shifts at light speed. I honestly wonder these days when they will come for me.

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Wishing everyone happiness and peace. Chag Sameach! ✡️

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Keep talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not.

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How quickly free speech is disappearing. I was a grad student at U of C when the Bell Curve came out. My professors held seminars critiquing the book's analysis & very sloppy stats. It was tense, disagreement was hot & it occurred. We are close to the time when such a debate would be outlawed.

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Great news, everyone. A surveillance company started by Peter Thiel is part of the hackathon playing with our data at IRS. www.wired.com/story/palant...

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The VA is having mental health clinicians work in cubicle farms and tell veterans they can’t guarantee their privacy because of SecVA’s asinine return to work order. There isn’t room! Veterans will suffer. That’s the real goal. Force VA to fail. The price? Veterans. Enough is enough.

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73 million people rely on Social Security

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Donald Trump doesn't understand the importance or value of the arts. But the students at Equity Arc Pathways Orchestra won't be held down by his attempts to silence their instruments. Honored to hear them at the @chicagosymphony.bsky.social to kick off the Chicago Youth in Music Festival.

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It's essential now more than ever that Illinois continue to build and maintain healthy relationships with our major trading partners, such as the UK. Our two powerful economies have far more to gain through collaboration than through isolation.

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UPDATE: ICE has awarded a new contract worth up to $3.8 billion for the company to operate a migrant detention camp on Fort Bliss — its largest contract yet. It's the first time ICE is moving ahead with plans to detain thousands of people arrested on U.S. military bases in tents before deportation.

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Maine won a TRO against the feds for attempting to withhold federal funds based on Title IX without following the proper procedure. This was all triggered by Governor Mills standing up to Trump re the state's inclusive policies for trans athletes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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UPDATE: Justice Allison Riggs asks the federal court to temporarily block this order, which could disenfranchise the 5k military/overseas voters and ultimately turn the election in Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin’s favor. www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...

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🚨🚨🚨 Coup in process in North Carolina 🚨🚨🚨

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🚨NEW: The NC Supreme Court's GOP majority will retroactively nullify 2,000 to 7,000 ballots from military and overseas voters unless they quickly prove their identity—but only those who voted in a few Democratic counties. Could overturn Justice Riggs' victory. appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t...

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The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine is stepping down. Her exit comes as the Trump administration pushes for a diplomatic end to the Russia-Ukraine war.

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Threats to US biomedical research grants at the NIH are coming thick and fast — and so are the lawsuits. Here, Nature unpacks the legal claims. https://go.nature.com/4idgY9d

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NEW: Entire scientific fields have been wiped out by the nearly 800 grants cancelled at NIH, finds a @nature.com analysis of the unprecedented cuts. About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone. See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:

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We are losing control of our data. Private companies now will have everything. We should be outraged!!! Call your member of congress.

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RFK just eliminated the CDC's entire Lead program. This is truly devastating. It will impact children across the country.

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The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index just hit such a historic high under Trump that it’s literally exploding off the chart.

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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

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1st step in privatization of SSA. The question we also need to ask is do you want Musk to have access to SSA funds?!

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Oh shit.

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Read this, and know that there are countless cases like this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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