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Everyone should say it: The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism. Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy. But that's not what's interesting about Miller. It's not brains. It's bile.

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For fuck's sake people, he's ramping all this up to keep the military in D.C. permanently after his charade. America as we've known it is over.

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At ~6:15 p.m. tonight the Los Angeles City Attorney sent out a statement on the ICE raids. "The dangerous escalation of the tactics being used across Los Angeles undermines trust between our immigrant communities and government, and makes us all less safe." cityattorney.lacity.gov/updates/la-c...

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One apparent reason why GOP legislators are getting cold feet about proof of citizenship laws for voter registration: They’re worried about disenfranchising their own voters, advocates say. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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1/ If accurate, this is almost certainly a conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of the military for domestic law enforcement, including the National Guard if they are federalized.

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Since the AG doesn't seem to be getting ethics guidance from her team these days, I wanted to make sure she has the rule in the Justice Manual in front of her, which expressly prohibits this.

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This is in dead-red Florida. Hurricane season is starting. Veteran weatherman John Morales is rightly concerned that federal cuts to NOAA and the National Weather Service means we’re flying blind into the storm — literally — and people are at mortal risk. Thank you for your courage, John.

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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

submitted 5 days ago • 863 comments

The Incompetence Is Believable!

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Really poignant piece of street art from artist TopZ out of Seattle!

submitted 3 days ago • 156 comments

I need new memes! Please share a meme that made you laugh out loud…here’s the one that got me. 🤣 @tomadelsbach.bsky.social

submitted 3 days ago • 38 comments

“I think his legacy is not going to be an EV or putting rockets into space. I think it’s going to be unnecessary death, disease & disability. That's not what it means to be an innovator, that's not what it means to be an American, that's not what it means to be a man" ~Scott Galloway #ElonMusk

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DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one

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Turns out the vast majority of the 238 Venezuelan immigrants that the administration deported to high security Salvadoran prison—whom Trump characterized as “the worst of the worst”—had not been convicted of any crimes here, and they knew it. The whole Administration is one huge bitcoin swindle.

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The Trump regime wants us to believe there’s an emergency that justifies ignoring due process to rid the country of undesirables. The only emergency is their disgraceful, illegal violation of due process and the rule of law.

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Silicon Valley tech guys who have never read philosophy, bothered to vote, or made eye contact with a woman, have amazingly strong opinions on all three

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Imagine dedicating your career to hurting the most in need.

submitted 5 days ago • 135 comments

Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today. I'm so angry.

submitted 6 days ago • 1185 comments

Jonathan Joss was Comanche and Apache and an openly gay actor. He was murdered while looking at the remains of his dogs at his own house that was burnt down. The killer yelled homophobic slurs before shooting him. This is the real world consequences of the hatred that the right commodifies