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I know at this point it's basically shouting into the wind, but please go out to vote in the NYC mayoral primary, and please don't rank Cuomo. I know that most people will, because this city is incapable of chewing with its mouths closed. But, like, FUCKING TRY TO NOT BE STUPID.

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AOC from the top rope 🔥….grandpa is gonna love that last part

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I'm still not over yesterday's obscene SCOTUS decision that our government can deport people to prisons in countries they're not from. How is anyone walking around going about their day?

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In the name of government, of the people, by the people, for the people, I will file articles of impeachment shortly after 10:00 AM ET. Our country is at the crossroads of democracy and autocracy, which will we choose? Watch live on @CSPAN at www.cspan.org

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It's been so weird to watch a president learn things in real time when fielding a question from the press. Then, whatever word or concept he learns, he uses in the next few social media posts. It's like when a 3rd grader learns a new fact about dinosaurs.

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I encourage everyone to actually read the dissent. The description of what this government is doing should shock anyone with a conscience. It is unfathomably cruel, indeed sadistic. And yes, this is being enabled by the highest court in the nation.

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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 101 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

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I didn’t have the Supreme Court destroying the authority of federal district courts on my bingo card. But in retrospect that’s perhaps where all this shadow docket decision-making was going all along. Really scary stuff.

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The compromised US supreme court has given Trump the greenlight to deport people to countries other than their homelands, including active war zones. ICE has deported at least 70 US citizens and an unknown number of legal migrants, including rape victims. #StopICE

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Justice Sotomayor said it best: the conservative majority is “rewarding lawlessness.” Migrants are being deported—without notice or due process—to countries they’ve never even set foot in. This is what happens when the Court starts playing politics.

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every American should know that as of June 2025 only ONE-THIRD of the U.S. Supreme Court agrees with the following statement as it pertains to the federal government deporting people in violation of court orders: "In matters of life and death, it is best to proceed with caution."

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This is a devastating ruling. You can read it, and Sotomayor's biting dissent here: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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100 days. 💔

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Heinous decision.

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#BREAKING: Over a (sharp) public dissent from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS clears the way for the Trump administration to remove migrants to third countries without giving them an additional opportunity to contest whether they face persecution or other forms of mistreatment there:

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DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases. This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.

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Bid, people, bid! It's a charitable contribution AND an investment in your writing career!

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Mood:

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Today's GOOD news for your day: A new butterfly species has been discovered! Scientists want to call it the "curiously isolated hairstreak" (sci name Satyrium curiosolus), because it's lived in complete isolation -- possibly for 40,000 evolutionary years. Here it is! #science

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We are in the hands of a mentally unstable nut who is now threatening Russia with nuclear retaliation based on the midnight ramblings of a drunken fool in Russia.

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This is great news for me, who loves to start sentences with "AND ONE MORE THING --"

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Thank you, @wired, but 😭🤯

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Tell me something cool you’ve learned about nature.

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Alex Duarte, who is nonverbal, was last seen around 6:30 p.m. Saturday around Camino Tassajara and Blackhawk Drive, Danville police said.

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This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.

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I'm going to be real. Don't ever subscribe to the notion of "We're all doomed." over real world events, despite how reasonable it seems to do so. You aren't doomed until you're dead or dying. Don't fall into that hole. Be the smallest amount of positivity that some people are needing right now.

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While bombing Iran is bad for Trump’s poll numbers, starting a war and creating chaos is good for Trump as an authoritarian. Authoritarians exploit chaos to claim emergency powers, deploy the military domestically, and undermine free and fair elections. These attacks must be viewed from this lens.

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Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far: A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.

submitted 3 days ago • 1864 comments

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?

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We live in a rogue and dangerous country. Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.

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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.

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