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This is the type of thing that poorly run private companies are doing on a smaller scale constantly and a great example of why “we gotta run government like a business” is a grade-A dumb guy’s idea of what a smart guy thinks

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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.

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There are committed Nazis and at least in theory you could be a Nazi who was ethical within the degenerate dictates are Nazism. But all of Trump world is like this.

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New: We analyzed Trump's meme coin - At least 27 crypto wallets have picked up $100 million worth of $TRUMP coins since his team said the top holders would join him for an "intimate private dinner." Huge profit for Trump; "the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done" wapo.st/4iAatO1

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Kyiv last night during a combined Russian attack. Reuters reports that a North Korean KN-23 ballistic missile hit the residential building in Kyiv, citing its own sources.

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1/ 🔒 Imagine a private company embedded in gov systems—processing and analyzing your health records, immigration status, and social media use. That’s Palantir, co-founded by Peter Thiel, who once said, “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” Yikes. Let’s discuss 🧵

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If Elon Musk is so wonderful: Where are all the Elon Musk Cancer Research Centers? Where are all the Elon Musk Hospital wings? Where are all the Elon Musk food banks? Where are all the Elon Musk Educational grants and scholarships? Where are all the Elon Musk programs to eradicate hunger?

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They disappeared her husband and then forced her to disappear because they doxxed her. Layers and layers of violence committed against this family and our government is the perpetrator. #MomSky

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A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...

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I will say it again: If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.

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All day. This is the thing that makes this lawyer crazy.

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The first question we need to ask is why Trump wants to keep Abrego García in El Salvador. A normal administration would want to retrieve someone wrongly sent to a foreign gulag. I believe part of the reason I that Trump wants a fight with the courts in which he can defy their orders.

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No matter where you go in this beautiful country, people tend to want the same basic things out of an American life: Security. Opportunity. Freedom. I hear it everywhere I go. And every time I do, I find myself feeling proud of Minnesota.

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What folks love about @repjasmine.bsky.social is simple—she keeps it real. No sugarcoating, no political gymnastics. She says what the rest of us are thinking but don’t have the mic to say out loud. She’s right—this is a “nightmare”. And we need more voices like hers, calling it out—no apologies!

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1. Jose Hermosillo is US citizen who was wrongly jailed in an immigration detention facility for 10 days The administration says he "turned himself in" to the Border Patrol and told them he was a Mexican who crossed the border illegally. I interviewed Hermosillo. He says the government is lying.

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Thank you for stepping down and passing the torch.

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god this shit is blood boiling

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Governor JB Pritzker just announced that Illinois will be defunding investments in companies controlled by El Salvador to punish the country for holding American residents without due process. More of this.

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Registries for pregnant women and children with autism, but no registry for guns?

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Republican “Karen” Harshbarger refuses to apologize for calling Rep. Al Green “boy” in an interview. She thinks there is nothing wrong with using the racially charged slur. This Karen needs to be taught a history lesson and voted out. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory www.thedailybeast.com/al-green-res...

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So wait.. this is happening again???? cc @delia.bsky.social @chuygarcia.house.gov #NativeSky #LatinSky #BlackSky #GothSky

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This was the right decision by Senator Durbin, who faithfully served my native Illinois for many years. There is a stacked bench in Illinois.

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Purported ICE agents raid a courthouse in Charlottesville in plain clothes without badges, ID or warrants, cart off two men without explanation. One of the three men was masked and the detainees were ushered into unmarked van. Video in the article. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...

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Last week, I visited Bridge Meadows in North Portland and saw first-hand the strength of their intergenerational affordable housing community. This is an innovative, community-driven solution to the housing crisis that helps our communities thrive.

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I filmed this yesterday on my way to Lousiana where my constituent Rümeysa Öztürk is being wrongfully held by ICE. I’m there now demanding her release. More to come.

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The United States government has taken a human, without due process, and made him disappear. The US fought - and many died - fighting this in WWII... eventually. Why is it okay in 2025? It's not. Attorney 'shocked' after Trump admin 'disappeared' delivery worker www.rawstory.com/venezuela-im...

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As part of a massive giveaway to the student loan industry, Trump announced he will resume debt collections for federal student loan borrowers, as the White House said it “can and will” take borrowers’ wages, pensions and tax refunds. Read more here: bit.ly/42RezLY

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Since Congress can make no law abridging the freedom of speech, the Trump administration is unlawfully abducting residents. Trump is in breach of his “take care” obligations under the Constitution. Impeach, convict and remove from office.

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addresses Defense Department firings by saying the Trump regime won’t tolerate leaking to the mainstream media about “sensitive information.” But, um, didn’t Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth leak military secrets to the editor of The Atlantic?

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The current administration wants to cause as much pain as possible….

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www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/p... She leaves the purse on the floor by her feet Ummm, you have $3k cash, your keys, your security badge, & medications. SO shoot put it on the floor not your lap You have secret service, but they must be as incompetent as you Folks Homeland Security YA FEEL SAFE?

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Jake Tapper: "One 60 Minutes source tells me, 'The lawsuit was baseless. Bill Owens wouldn't apologize. He wouldn't bend. He fought for the broadcast and for independent journalism and that cost him his job. It's shameful.'"

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Folks need to pause and put themselves in García’s shoes. He fled El Salvador at 16—running from gangs, scared for his life. He didn’t risk it all just to join one of the most notorious gangs here. Bukele cracked down—but as one local said: “We used to fear the gangs—now we fear the government.”

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Bro they lobotomized your aunt

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Marriott’s CEO said it straight: “We welcome all… we create opportunities for all… that’s who we are as a company.” He went back to his hotel to find 40K emails from Marriott associates worldwide saying “thank you.” Plenty of CEOs talk. Capuano showed up. Marriott still has my business.

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“He has simply disappeared,” said a friend. “I have not heard of a disappearance like this in my 40-plus years of practicing and teaching immigration law.,” said one law prof. “This case represents a black hole where due process no longer exists." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...

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#NorthCarolina

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🔥 More than 150 college presidents—Harvard, Princeton, Brown & more—just issued a blistering rebuke of the Trump regime’s authoritarian crusade against higher ed. This is a full-on attack on academic freedom. The resistance is rising. Read their statement: tinyurl.com/AACU-letter

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The difference between Christianity and Christian Nationalism is a Pope who advocated for our most marginalized and a woman who considers him evil for doing so.

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NEW from @nytimes.com: A bone-chilling account. A Venezuelan man detained alongside the 238 sent to El Salvador on March 15 seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. His name isn't among the names of those sent to CECOT that day and no one spotted him among those men. He's just... gone.

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A must read: Rolling Stone's real story about Kilmar Abrego Garcia that debunks every Trump administration lie. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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