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The SEVIS stuff, where ICE went after thousands of foreign students, tied up likely hundreds of lawyers nationwide and dozens of judges, and likely generated thousands of hours of wasted effort, all for the backlash to lead ICE to rescind their actions in the first place. Just an ENORMOUS waste.

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The port of Seattle right now. It's completely empty with no new ships coming in. We're going to have disruptions to access of basic goods unlike anything we have ever experienced in our lifetimes.

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If more people decline face scans, TSA might rethink “whether it’s actually effective to roll out programs like these,” EFF’s Saira Hussain told @huffpost.com. Without pushback, they're "just going to keep instituting more and more invasive techniques.”

submitted 14 hours ago • 8 comments

Interesting, frustrating article in the group chats that unified Simicon Valley and the fringe right. www.semafor.com/article/04/2... First thought is how they always whine about “censorship” when what they mean is “regular folks will hear what we want to do with them and talk back”. 🧵

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Let’s chat about DOGE’s newest cost-cutting shitshow victims: AmeriCorps. Do you know why AmeriCorps is being targeted? Take a look at this 1995 article from the Heritage Foundation. They think that AmeriCorps… www.heritage.org/budget-and-s...

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Musk’s staffers are now forcing federal employees at several agencies including the FAA to sign non-disclosure agreements. The goal is simple: silence the resistance through more threats and now, forced agreements. Maybe we’re not supposed to be talking about being forced to sign NDAs… oops, lol.

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recent polling is just a total repudiation of the idea that full spectrum opposition to trump across every area was/is a bad idea

submitted 3 days ago • 189 comments

Now that Trump is starting to arrest judges, remember that he is losing support rapidly and suffered defeat in the supreme court. Arresting judges is not the next step in Project 2025, but a desperate last attempt to turn the ship away from hitting the iceberg. Like Titanic. #trump #uspolitics

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European MPs urge an end to "the policy of appeasement"& call for a united stance against Russia's terrorist regime. In a joint statement, the Chairs of 7 Foreign Affairs Committees said: "We must not repeat the mistakes of Munich in 1938.Negotiating with the war criminal Putin is evidently futile;

submitted 3 days ago • 94 comments

Chris Van Hollen has pointed out that because El Salvador is a member of the ICC, not allowing Abrego Garcia access to legal representation is a violation, and places ES dictator, Bukele, in possible legal jeopardy, as well as possible legal sanctions.

submitted 4 days ago • 141 comments

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

submitted 3 days ago • 606 comments

What would a national civic uprising really look like? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-would-a-national-civic-uprising

submitted 3 days ago • 323 comments

Dude wrote up a fucking spreadsheet of the race, gender, age, and religion of half the Senate, but thinks Democratic voters are the ones choosing leaders based solely on “identity politics” 🤦🏾‍♀️ It’d almost be hilarious if these psychopaths weren’t conspiring to literally construct a racist theocracy

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ICYMI: I’m working to force a vote on my Taxpayer Data Protection Act, legislation that ensures US private citizens’ data is not subject to reckless and unlawful interference. Read more: casten.house.gov/media/press-...

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"Republicans still hold the constitutional power to remove Trump from office, but that’s meaningless if they’re paralyzed by fear of MAGA mob violence. Trump’s hold over his party and the Congress it currently controls is inherently corrupt, not legitimately persuasive." — @playtyperguy.com

submitted 3 days ago • 351 comments

so, arresting judges should be more than enough reason for complete obstruction at in the house and senate. complete obstruction. anything you can do. interrupt proceedings, deny consent, holds on nominations. everything.

submitted 3 days ago • 68 comments

NEW: ICE says it is restoring the legal status of thousands of international students in the SEVIS database (used jointly by the govt and universities) after continuing court losses. (h/t @johnhawkinson.bsky.social) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.

submitted 3 days ago • 1646 comments

It is so incredibly dangerous to allow AI videos to proliferate. It can and WILL so easily be used to wreak the highest levels of havoc in spreading disinformation. Its sincerely so incredibly dangerous that we need to unanimously agree to block/report/create lists of any1 normalizing it now.

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Cognitive dissonance exemplified

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If there is truly an energy emergency justifying side-stepping normal permitting requirements from NEPA, ESA, NHPA, it is outrageous not to apply it to the main sources of near term capacity: solar, storage, wind. And transmission. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

bsky.app/profile/sena... "My big thing is at least just write down the crimes! The American people need to be able to see his crimes written down." #impeach

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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

submitted 6 days ago • 1650 comments

I'm suing the Trump administration with a multistate coalition of AGs for imposing worldwide illegal tariffs. These tariffs are unlawful and if not stopped, they will raise taxes on Americans and lead to more inflation, unemployment, and economic damage.

submitted 5 days ago • 15 comments