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“…Oh, how one judge can just say all these workers have to come back in…” Well, just one guy who knows nothing about what all those workers did said they had to go.

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Trump and his DoD are arguing that trans people are not fit to serve. Not fit to serve? What? It not like they have bone spurs.

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Can you have 677 dictators in one country? I feel like once you have more than one, you’re already out of dictator status.

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️ STARTING TOMORROW. Nevada. Arizona. Colorado. You, me, and Bernie. Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙 See you there 💪🏽🌞

submitted 11 hours ago • 2034 comments

SCOOP: Before the IRS fired nearly 7,000 probationary employees, a senior lawyer raised the alarm that: - the terminations contained "false" information - they amounted to a "fraud" on the US judicial system Don't miss this @propublica.org exclusive: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

submitted 12 hours ago • 60 comments

“State secret privilege” - someone should tell the Secretary of State not to gleefully retweet promo films of state secrets. I would’ve thought that would be covered in his first day on the job pamphlet.

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If our government doesn’t feel compelled to answer in court why they are detaining or deporting someone, then it can happen to any of us.

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Again, today would be an excellent day for Ivy League, Big Ten, & all the other chancellors & university presidents to start speaking loudly & collectively against the all-out existential crisis that this assault on US higher ed represents. The silence is deafening. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

submitted 11 hours ago • 27 comments

Watch who and what they are attacking first.

submitted 11 hours ago • 79 comments

Trump and musk want to take away your SS and Medicaid/medicare to allow them to renew tax cuts for both them and billionaire friends

submitted 11 hours ago • 374 comments

Keep saying HABEAS CORPUS until the press twigs to this. It's taking wayyyyy too long. WAY. This is your assignment today: talk to someone about habeas. And be honest, if you don't know what it is, look it up quickly, and get it right!

submitted 20 hours ago • 9 comments

These were not just terrorists loose on our streets. They were detained. There is absolutely no reason for them not to have due process before being deported to find out if they’d even committed any crimes, let alone if they are actually terrorists. Isn’t ignoring court orders illegal?

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Trump just illegally fired the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission – an independent agency that Congress created to protect your rights as consumers.

submitted 1 day ago • 143 comments

The Poisoning of the American Mind: How Fox News Conditioned A Nation for Tyranny 🚨In this video, we expose how Fox News conditioned millions to accept authoritarianism. Through fear and repetition, it eroded trust in democracy and normalized lawlessness. youtu.be/9fonZx8ai1g

submitted 1 day ago • 113 comments

Breaking via @kyledcheney.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 188 comments

Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more. Taking back our power starts now.

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After the Trump administration abruptly cut $400 million in funding to Columbia University, dozens of medical and scientific studies are ending or at risk of ending, leaving researchers scrambling to find alternative funding.

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Thank you, Larry, for having the courage to listen, to publicly change your mind, and then choose empathy. Thank you, too, to everyone who had the courage to share their stories with open hearts that allowed Larry to hear.

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Yep. China and Russian love us now. We must be doing something right.

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Efficient. And I feel like our food and meds are safer already!

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NEW STATEMENT FROM CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: "For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."

submitted 1 day ago • 531 comments

mRNA vaccines are legit a near-miracle tech, there's one in testing that might be able to cure pancreatic cancer, and this fucking degenerate might take them from us arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

submitted 1 day ago • 226 comments

The way we industrially “raise” chickens is also inhumane, and it is dangerous to our health, their health and our environment.

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WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite. “This isn’t an audit, it’s a heist,” one told @telliotter.bsky.social.

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

Welcome to the Resistance, Mr. Chief Justice.

submitted 1 day ago • 891 comments

Early voting starts today in Wisconsin! Let's stop Elon Musk from buying another election and ending the liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Help us elect Susan Crawford and secure a major win for workers' rights and reproductive freedom: www.mobilize.us/indi...

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Pete may be gay, but he’s a straight talker.

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Republicans in Congress want to give a $75 billion tax handout to five of the richest companies in America. That’s triple what the federal government spends on child care every year.

submitted 1 day ago • 69 comments

Elon Musk isn't going to save the government any money. It's the opposite, in fact. He's currently pursuing a move that could blow a multi-trillion-dollar hole in the federal budget and let billionaires get away with tax evasion. Here's how 🧵

submitted 1 day ago • 66 comments

At this point, anti-DEI just means racist and sexist.

submitted 1 day ago • 119 comments

NEW: Elon Musk’s PAC has dumped millions into an apparent attempt to buy a seat on the WI Supreme Court Has the PAC broken the law while doing it? I’m proud to be part of the bipartisan team holding Musk’s political activities accountable

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Ukraine as a sovereign nation can make alliances as it pleases. Russia has attacked Ukraine to strip it of its sovereignty. Russia is now trying to get the US to do something to Ukraine it cannot do itself.

submitted 1 day ago • 94 comments

“Inconceivable” that there would be judicial review? Have they never heard of the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment?

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Can Ukraine stop Russia from allying with North Korea, Iran, and China? If not, then Russia cannot forbid Ukraine from allying with whom it chooses. That is a basic element of sovereignty.

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The Trump administration plans to eliminate the EPA’s scientific research arm and lay off more than 1,000 chemists, biologists, and other scientists.

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Small independent banks are so important across Minnesota. Unless we want only big banks, this is a really bad idea. STAND UP congressional Republicans! Small banks in mostly red districts could lose funding under new Trump order www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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This is the final step on the road to authoritarian fascism. If the President can rule by decree and cannot be scrutinized or reviewed by the other two branches, then this experiment in democracy is done.

submitted 2 days ago • 53 comments

They want the unreviewable power to grab people and render them to a foreign gulag.

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"President Donald Trump has scrapped Biden-era executive orders that raised the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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The day many feared would soon come is already here, with the White House openly defying direct orders from federal judges on deportation. I take us through what happened and why the stakes have been upped considerably once again in my piece: open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

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