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The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who: –has green card –was Columbia Buddhist club president –saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier –said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"

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I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

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Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government. DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox. with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social

submitted 3 days ago • 198 comments

In a reasonable world, these statements wouldn't be considered anti-Christian but Rubio definitely thinks of them that way: -- The meek shall inherit the earth. -- God and Christ are always superior to Trump. -- Judge not, lest ye be judged. -- It's very difficult for the rich to enter Heaven.

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Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

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The law firm Susman Godfrey — which represented Dominion Voting Systems in the big case against Fox News — is out with a statement saying it's going to fight Trump's executive order targeting it www.susmangodfrey.com/news/susman-...

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As for his order targeting Miles Taylor, Trump now defines writing a memoir of time in government service that is critical of Trump "could properly be characterized as treasonous and as possibly violating the Espionage Act."

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Here’s a bunch of times over the past few days that Trump and his team told us they absolutely, positively weren’t going to pause their tariffs. Total climbdown.

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NEW: Having Gutted the IRS, DOGE is Now Preparing to Shutter the Tax Division at the Department of Justice. For the Super-Rich Paying Taxes Will Probably Be All But Voluntary Going Forward. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...

submitted 6 days ago • 308 comments

The new Supreme Court decision is a total DEFEAT of the Trump position that due process is not required or does not require a hearing before deportation. The unanimous Court says a pre-deprivation hearing IS required. That's the story, period, as the strategy was not to accord people a hearing.

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CNN reports “millions” of people attended this Saturday’s marches against Trump and Musk, the first large-scale protests during his second term. Google Search interest in the protests rivals levels last seen after the Women’s March in 2017 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-musk...

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Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head. He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison. Bring them back!

submitted 8 days ago • 253 comments

60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP

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An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump administration.

submitted 8 days ago • 123 comments

The president’s son Eric Trump posted this. Chilling. He deleted it - but here it is

submitted 9 days ago • 621 comments

The Shining City on a Hill has turned into a steaming pile of shit.

submitted 10 days ago • 403 comments

The executive branch will surely lose the argument that they have no control over the people they sent to El Salvador and are paying to house there. We are seeing real lawlessness here.

submitted 10 days ago • 122 comments

Under this theory, there is also nothing that prevents them from shipping American citizens to a gulag in El Salvador and saying "nothing we can do."

submitted 10 days ago • 250 comments

Ready for tomorrow! #handsoff

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If you haven't figured out where you're protesting tomorrow, here's the place to find out. #handsoff thanks to all my colleagues @thirdactorg.bsky.social and everywhere else across this vast movement. handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=t...

submitted 10 days ago • 23 comments

BREAKING: A federal court ruled the lawsuit of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Ph.D student detained for writing an op-ed, should proceed in Vermont — denying the Trump administration's motion to move the case to Louisiana. We will not stop fighting until Rümeysa is home.

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BREAKING: A federal judge orders the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison.

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🚨The Insurrection Act of 1807 was last invoked in 1992 to put down the Rodney King riots after the four white police officers who were filmed beating King were acquitted. The nonpartisan Brennan Center has called the law “dangerously overbroad and ripe for abuse.”

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Putin invaded Ukraine in part because he built a system favoring fealty over honesty. So, Russian commanders and intel officers told him what he wanted to hear about Ukraine’s capabilities, not what was true. Who - other than the markets - is speaking honestly to Trump about the costs of tariffs?

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URGENT: I beg you to read this please and RESHARE. Trump is using Tariffs just like most other Authoritarians.... to gain loyalty within the US and outside our borders. krassencast.com/p/urgent-tru...

submitted 11 days ago • 119 comments

Your tariff rate is your star sign divided by the number of boys you've kissed, multiplied by one

submitted 12 days ago • 415 comments

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

submitted 13 days ago • 1027 comments

Congress is voting on a bill this week that would make it harder for millions of people to vote. While Trump attempts to upend our elections, it's more important than ever that our leaders protect democracy. Tell your representative to vote NO.

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The Trump administration called it an “administrative error.” But that error led to a nightmare for Maryland Resident Abrego Garcia.

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BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had withholding of removal back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com

submitted 14 days ago • 356 comments

Banning Pride flags won't erase LGBTQ people — we have always been here, and always will.

submitted 15 days ago • 138 comments

This is not a drill. This is not just Sunday. This is the ’dictator for a day’ guy publicly announcing on a storied legacy media outlet that he plans to overturn the US Constitution and American democracy as we know it.

submitted 15 days ago • 423 comments

A Harvard political scientist studied change movements around the world and found that 3.5 percent of a population taking to the streets can demand redress from a government and achieve political change. That’s 12 million Americans.

submitted 15 days ago • 85 comments

Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, let’s steal some of their policies. In Denmark: - Health care and college are free. - The starting wage is $22/hr. - Paid parental leave is 1 year. - Paid vacation is 6 weeks. - All workers get pensions.

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Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked. The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...

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