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Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. May his memory remind us all to resist the tyranny forming in our government.

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Trump is lowering America’s guard, and making us less safe than we’ve been in many generations. The question that remains is why is Trump making us so weak and vulnerable if his goal is to make us strong?

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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

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Columbia is proof that appeasement doesn’t work. Harvard is doing the right thing.

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I don't understand how some folks are unable to see that the illegal disappearing of people is a class issue. The wealthy and well-connected get due process. The rest of us don't. This is part of the oligarchy, not a distraction from it.

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ICYMI: Trump fired 2 board members from credit union regulator, raising fears about the Fed's independence. No Dems remain on the boards for NCUA/FDIC/FTC even though all 3 were designed to be bipartisan. Next up he'll go after (R)Jerome Power who heads the Fed. 1/3 www.axios.com/2025/04/16/t...

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38 of the 43. "38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic. "The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

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The Florida House recently voted to repeal a post-Parkland law that bars those under 21 from buying assault weapons. DeSantis supports the measure. Florida Republicans are actively facilitating more school shootings. www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...

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INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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“In his Congressional disclosure, Berulis also claimed that attacks from a Russian IP address occurred within minutes of DOGE gaining access to the NLRB's servers.” #Russia 👇

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Musk is a jackass! futurism.com/the-byte/whi...

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We were just denied entry into CECOT — the notorious prison in El Salvador where Mr. Abrego Garcia is being illegally held. We were there for one simple reason: to check on his well-being, which his family and lawyers have not been allowed to do. We won’t stop fighting.

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"When 25 percent of the population believe the President should be impeached and 51 percent of the population believe in UFOs, you may or may not need a new President, but you definitely need a new population." Harry Reasoner April 17, 1923 – August 6, 1991 American journalist

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I put a hold on Ed Martin’s nomination. He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech. Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin. So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.

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Seems bad that the new U.S. Attorney who is threatening to lock up Trump’s political opponents was working for Russia before getting his new job. But maybe it’s just me.

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You don’t get marched out of the Pentagon and have your phones confiscated unless something serious went down. VoteVets’ Max Rose nails it: Signalgate wasn’t isolated—it’s part of a dangerous pattern of incompetence, chaos, and culture war distractions. This is what B-team leadership gets you.

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He sent a woman to prison and took her visa for writing an op ed

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I see ads for reality shows and continue to be amazed at the utter garbage the populace consumes. I literally have never watched one unless I count the current administration.

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@ginaluker.bsky.social Project Mail Storm is officially rolling. We're flooding the system with handwritten letters - day after day, generation by generation. Not to yell, not to beg... just to apply peaceful, relentless pressure in the one place they can't ignore: the mailroom. #ProjectMailStorm

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JUST IN: @aclu and @democracyfwd ask Boasberg to reimpose nationwide TRO on Alien Enemjes Act deportations. They also want to refile habeas corpus claims in DC for the roughly 130 men deported March 15 despite Boasberg's order to turn planes around. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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Excellent. Here’s the habeas lawsuit filed in DC for all the men disappeared to CECOT we were waiting for.

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In the interview from El Salvador, today, it was said that America regime is paying $15M to hold abducted prisoners. We were told $6M from previous reporting of the regime. The price has more than doubled since Bukele came to WH. What was promised and to who?

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Seems like a good day to show up!!

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Yup

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⚠️MILLIONS WILL SUFFER…. Trump WH is forcing a $40 billion cut to HHS— is 1/3 of its discretionary budget. Axing disease research —proposal would reduce the more than $47 billion budget of the NIH to $27 billion — a roughly 40%. 🎁Gift link wapo.st/42gLz0Z

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That the United States is not only sanctioning such shocking inhumanity, but is also paying for it, is so despicable. And that silence you hear is not one conservative "Christian" speaking out against it.

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BREAKING: Senator Chris Van Hollen just confirmed: Trump is colluding with El Salvador to violate a U.S. Supreme Court order. Worse? They're using American taxpayer money to torture a man with zero evidence of any crime. Republicans? Dead silent. This isn’t just illegal — It’s evil.

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Sanders: What the ruling class of this country does… is essentially tell you that you are powerless. They say, ‘Ain’t nothing you can do — because we, the oligarchs, got all the money, we own the Congress’ Well, we’re here this evening to tell them: hey guys, you got it wrong.

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Glad House Dems are demanding a full briefing—because immigration agents showed up at L.A. elementary schools, and DHS lied about it. Watch the video. Hear the truth from L.A.’s superintendent. Then ask why the hell Homeland Security is targeting kids. Don’t let this go!!!

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Just ran straight from the Bernie / AOC rally (actually had to miss some of Bernie!) to my 18 month oncology check up annnnnd STILL CANCER FREE!!

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This afternoon, Judge Boasberg delivered a masterclass in defending the rule of law—refusing to bow to wannabe dictators I’ll discuss his move to hold Trump in contempt tonight at 7pm ET @cnn.com - TN

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boston globe editorial board: harvard is making the right decision, and universities should band together to fight. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/o...

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Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

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It’s almost as though everyone in Trump’s orbit, inside and outside government, gets together on a (non-secure) Zoom call to decide “What’s the most corrupt and illegal thing we can do today? And on some days they can’t reach consensus so they just go ahead and do them all.

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Sen. Van Hollen says the Salvadoran government will NOT facilitate a meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and that it doesn't plan to release him because "the Trump administration is paying … the government of El Salvador."

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Marco Rubio says that Americans living in Europe shouldn't ever have to face any ramifications for their political speech online. The chutzpah is jaw-dropping, as he is PERSONALLY trying to deport legal immigrants for their political speech in the United States.

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Speaking now from El Salvador, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says he was denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia by El Salvador leaders. And was denied a phone call to him Van Hollen: "The Trump Administration is lying about Abrego Garcia"

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The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump admin must facilitate the return of SMART Union Local 100 apprentice Kilmar Abrego Garcia. They need to quit wasting time and bring our union brother home NOW!

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I just met with the Vice President of El Salvador as we fight for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I’m speaking to the press now with the latest on our efforts. Tune in here:

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A 12-year-old schoolgirl has designed a solar-powered blanket for the homeless, winning a prize in a UK engineering competition. Rebecca Young, from Kelvinside Academy in Glasgow, said she thought of the invention after seeing people sleeping on the city streets.

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Read this entire thread, and pass it on!

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Thread.... Due Process is the Law Due Process is the Hallmark of our Democracy. Without it, we are a banana republic... Senator Murphy...please bring the gears of the Senate to a standstill, until Garcia is returned.

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Bone chilling. A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0. 1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.

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