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Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands. Ganka fled the war to the U.S. to find safety. But now the country that was her refuge may tell her to leave. Trump may issue an order that could send 280,000 Ukrainians back to nightly explosions and shattered homes.

submitted 22 hours ago • 5 comments

Trump has just replaced President Obama’s official presidential portrait in the White House with a painting of himself.

submitted 1 day ago • 1727 comments

There are numerous calls to investigate whether Trump and his cronies engaged in insider trading, pump and dumps, etc. But it won't be DOJ. It won't be the SEC. It won't be Congress. You know who CAN investigate this? NY AG Letitia James - who has jurisdiction over Wall St.

submitted 1 day ago • 162 comments

As Trump demands $125m in services from top grossing law firms, his attacks seem to be morphing from punitive bills of attainder, aimed at perceived enemies, to a broader, mob-style, protection racket. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

submitted 1 day ago • 46 comments

NEW: The Board of Immigration Appeals has been formally reduced from 28 members to 15 members, an action which "coincidentally" purges every single Board member appointed during the Biden administration. This comes as the BIA faces record backlogs — which will now get much worse.

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

Last night's #SCOTUS ruling in Abrego Garcia rightly rejected the government's extreme arguments against judicial power. The *problem* with the ruling is that its efficacy may ultimately depend upon the Trump DOJ turning square corners. Me, via "One First": www.stevevladeck.com/p/141-abrego...

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

Not one reporter asked about the Executive Orders targeting Chris Krebs & Miles Taylor during today’s Cabinet press conference. Not one. A president using DOJ to punish those who spoke out? That’s banana republic territory. I waited. The question never came. Why? Has the fear already taken hold?

submitted 2 days ago • 1231 comments

Positive outcome from Supreme Court: The Government must facilitate the return of Maryland man wrongly sent to El Salvador prison. Sets up Judge Boasberg to order same for detainees sent in defiance of his orders. Good judicial confrontation with lawlessness.

submitted 2 days ago • 65 comments

The House just passed its budget resolution, so reconciliation is now officially underway. This is their bill to destroy Medicaid and SNAP while cutting taxes disproportionately for the rich. THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no. Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.

submitted 2 days ago • 416 comments

Small potatoes compared to the immeasurable damage these idiots have caused (in lost cash and prestige and potential). But fuck them for this, too.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

More than $3 million in damage done to the US Capitol because of these 1/6 insurrectionists and THEY are owed a refund?!

submitted 3 days ago • 113 comments

The credibility of the US government is completely shot. Gone. Annihilated. Nobody anywhere in the world can believe a single word that comes out of this Administration. Ever.

submitted 3 days ago • 2347 comments

Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"

submitted 3 days ago • 1943 comments

"What the U.S. is doing now is not reform. It is rejecting the very system it created." - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (April 8, 2025)

submitted 4 days ago • 526 comments

Trump: "We're gonna tariff our pharmaceuticals ... we're going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals."

submitted 4 days ago • 408 comments