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First, Trump signed an executive order that places restrictions on voter registration. Then, House Republicans passed the anti-voter SAVE Act. Now, Trump wants to undermine grassroots fundraising power by going after ActBlue. This is what avoiding accountability from voters looks like.

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Trump signs order targeting Democrats’ fundraising platform, sparking authoritarian fears Sometimes, the president’s authoritarian tactics are subtle. His new offensive against the ActBlue donation platform is far more overt. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Encryption is one of the most important tools we have to protect privacy online. It keeps conversations safe from surveillance, abuse, and data breaches. Florida’s SB 868 will destroy encryption for young people and everyone they talk to. Tell FL lawmakers to protect digital privacy.

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Despite Russia, Israel, Iran and China’s best attempts to crush it, the Syrian revolution succeeded. Today Syria proudly flies the true flag over the UN. Historic moment.

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You may come across someone who could use a hand today. It may be a small thing, but is any kindness small? May this song help orient your morning, so you see the opportunity when it arises. youtu.be/zxjvNUNXhkU

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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

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Two bars of three, two bars of four... what could possibly go wrong? Nothing. It comes off smooth and sensible when played by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. youtu.be/xmaC4WwspS4

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A generation of infants are being born HIV+ today who should have been born HIV-free because one of the principal propagandists of AI bullshit in the world dismantled PEPFAR and USAID.

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I need a recommendation for a search engine. Bing is M$, DuckDuckGo has become too close to M$, Brave is spotty unless all I wanted was crypto news, and Google is, well Google. What else can I assign to my browser?

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US Federal judge Royce Lambeth, ordered trump to restore all jobs & funding for Voice of America, ruling efforts to dismantle VOA violated the law & Constitution. Adding the admin likely violated Congress power to appropriate funding. VOA was set up in WWII to counter Nazi propaganda.

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Roger Parloff on the "evidence" that Abrego Garcia is a gang member: "It's double hearsay stemming from a document written by somebody indicted for misconduct."

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🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.

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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

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This is how real conservatives feel, not the con artists in office, Fox News, podcast grifters, MAGA cultists and their Russia / India propagandist collaborators online. This is the real US. Chuck Grassley was completely stunned. (part 1) #3E

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Lately it seems to me that so much of our issues stem from impositions of social conformity. I'm starting to see this everywhere. It seems multigenerational. Please find your freak flag, and be at peace with it, whether you fly it proudly or wrap yourself in it like a warm blanket. You're okay.

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Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."

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Requiring REAL IDs and passports and birth certificates to vote?!? Imagine if these were required to buy a gun.

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Kinda wild to see Morgan Stanley pretty much saying that investors are screwed. It’s not a surprise but still jarring to see people whose job is to provide sober financial analysis just going “sucks to be you” if you have money in the market.

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NEW: Supreme Court upholds bulk of judge's order requiring Trump administration to seek return of Maryland man erroneously deported to notorious El Salvador prison www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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Cults can be fun. youtu.be/icTrzUuWlHI

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Trump: “Tariffs will bring factories back!” Reality: Microsoft just killed a $1B data center project in Ohio—1,000 jobs and $150M/year gone days after his tariff stunt. But sure. Any day now, the factory fairies will come.🧚

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Republicans in Congress can repeal every tariff tomorrow and take Trump’s tariff authority away from him. But they choose not to. So every Republican in Congress owns EVERY SINGLE BIT of this. You can’t hide from the voters forever.

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There is absolutely no way the US can host the World Cup or the Olympics

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The harmonics of the engine of the universe have not yet been fully measured, but we hear them in the songs of all children. Even the grown-up ones. Not even The Time of Stupid can take away our songs. Sing. Please sing. And then again. This is the season of new growth. youtu.be/A2r-uspx6LM

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If you're heading out to a protest, there are a number of concepts to keep in mind to keep yourself—and your data—safe.

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NEW: Maryland federal judge Paula Xinis orders the Trump administration to "facilitate and effectuate the return" of Kilmar Abrego Garcia—the man the govt admits it erroneously deported to El Salvador—by no later than Monday. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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"Apple’s iOS apps catering to the sugardating, BDSM, and LGBTQ+ communities – where privacy is often paramount– have leaked highly sensitive content, putting users at risk... BDSM People, CHICA, TRANSLOVE, PINK, and BRISH apps had publicly accessible secrets published together with the apps’ code"