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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

submitted 2 days ago • 714 comments

this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview

submitted 2 days ago • 388 comments

This can’t happen soon enough. He’s an aspiring, modern-day Heinrich Himmler.

submitted 3 days ago • 369 comments

Privacy is power.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

The stupidity of these policy choices continue to astound.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

It's easy to see how he went bankrupt so many times.

submitted 8 days ago • 55 comments

Nazi legal theorist Carl Schmitt — one of Peter Thiel's favorites — wrote about a "state of exception." That's when an "emergency" allows a dictator to suspend rules & seize power. Trump's strategy is clear: Create fake emergencies to justify extreme policies. www.theframelab.org/unveiling-tr...

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

This regime has blood on its hands.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Honestly, I'm just so over these goons wanting to roll us back to the Bronze Age

submitted 8 days ago • 21 comments

unironically i think we could have prevented a lot of this by not letting anyone hold any of the highest offices in the country unless they can pass the united states citizenship civics test, at minimum

submitted 9 days ago • 34 comments

In just two months, DOGE has —lost— the government an estimated half a trillion dollars. I propose that Musk pay it back personally.

submitted 10 days ago • 157 comments

Many of us are losing our nest eggs and livelihoods. Take time to acknowledge those losing their liberties. None of this is sustainable.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

One man just wiped out $10 trillion in wealth, is destroying centuries-old legal protections, and seems determined to unravel humanity’s greatest public health achievement. In 3 months. I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.

submitted 9 days ago • 1705 comments

Core truth.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Lesson 13: "Practice corporeal politics... Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them." There will be chances to practice corporeal politics all over the USA on April 5th. Find yours here: handsoff2025.com

submitted 13 days ago • 67 comments

If a deranged president intentionally destroying the country's economy with a ludicrous obsession (and misunderstanding) of tariffs isn't justification for invoking the 25th Amendment, I honestly can't imagine any scenario that would be.

submitted 13 days ago • 1321 comments

PROTEST - Call to Action! All across the US on Saturday, April 5th. Please attend. Visit map and zoom in to find your nearest protest. Pls repost. www.mobilize.us/handsoff/map/

submitted 13 days ago • 6 comments

Since the current iteration of the GOP has not been able to acknowledge the madness and nakedness of the emperor, shall we now move on to calling it the Lemming Party?

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Can someone please explain why journalists have stopped pointing out that the executive branch has no constitutional authority to end these programs?

submitted 16 days ago • 15 comments

Hey NBC and Seth Meyers, y’all need to book the largest possible venue in D.C. on April 26th and do a competing fundraiser and comedy show that actually celebrates the First Amendment. Televise it. Make Amber Ruffin the central act. Send a message that free speech is non-negotiable.

submitted 18 days ago • 213 comments

an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law

submitted 19 days ago • 483 comments

We are deporting innocent men without any due process to a foreign gulag because they have tattoos about soccer, autism awareness, and loving their mothers.

submitted 20 days ago • 74 comments

The Venn Diagram of people who chanted “lock her up” and the people who want to move on from Signalgate is a circle.

submitted 20 days ago • 8 comments

Trump is trying to weaponize IRS data to target undocumented immigrants who file in good faith. I’m proud to join @wassermanschultz.house.gov, @repdangoldman.bsky.social , and Rep. Linda Sanchez in demanding the IRS and DHS reject Trump's misuse of taxpayer data.

submitted 21 days ago • 4 comments

No matter your station in life, there is astoundingly little separating you from those men in that cage behind Kristi Noem. No charges, no attorneys, no hearings, no trial. Just conjecture and brute force could be enough to justify completely dehumanizing you, too.

submitted 20 days ago • 598 comments

Closing rural post offices will do the same thing that closing rural schools has done: Empty out rural towns. Why? To sell off farmland for rock bottom prices to the oligarchs. Water and mineral rights and CAFOs polluting with impunity. It’s been the plan for decades.

submitted 20 days ago • 738 comments

This is a fantastic piece of rigorous, in-depth reporting. It will make you want to pass out with rage. But definitely read it. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 21 days ago • 121 comments

Just look at how sanctimonious these Christian Nationalists get when they are killing people.

submitted 21 days ago • 444 comments

I think this is probably right.

submitted 22 days ago • 53 comments

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

submitted 22 days ago • 1070 comments

This is what happens when you have an entire cabinet full of folks who would NEVER pass a regular security clearance. Led by a president who would never be able to pass one either.

submitted 22 days ago • 819 comments

As I explain here, security isn't even the biggest part of the Signal Scandal. This is to keep actions secret from the US government. It's how to do crimes, bribes and more. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/signa...

submitted 22 days ago • 136 comments

Incompetent people do not understand their incompetence.

submitted 22 days ago • 83 comments

Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type. snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...

submitted 30 days ago • 128 comments

This is going to be important: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

submitted 33 days ago • 625 comments

When I heard this I wanted to applaud. This is how you do it.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody. We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud

submitted 37 days ago • 215 comments

A crowd has gathered for the NYC protest against the illegal ICE arrest of Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil. Protesters are chanting and calling for his immediate release. Multiple helicopters overhead.

submitted 37 days ago • 120 comments

My fear is that the Trump administration arrested Mahmoud Khalil to make an example out of him because they’re gambling Dems won’t put their jobs and lives on the line to protect a Palestinian.

submitted 38 days ago • 302 comments

Your kids are not safe Your health is not safe Your money is not safe Your job is not safe Your home is not safe Your national parks are not safe Your water is not safe Your air is not safe Your family is not safe Our Veterans are not safe Our country is not safe Your life is Not Safe Under Trump

submitted 41 days ago • 199 comments