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Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been sitting in a Salvadoran prison for over a month because the Trump Admin made a mistake. Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back. If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe. Kilmar is all of us.

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Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."

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Wrote a thing at how the Bukele/Trump meeting, full of absolute nonsense and bullshit in support of out-and-out fascism and despotism, is yet another dark day in America. www.techdirt.com/2025/04/14/t...

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"One of the darkest days in American history" is absolutely right.

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bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record

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"I did not understand that Trump could find another authoritarian regime willing to accept America’s prisoners in exchange for payment. This innovation is the equivalent of authoritarianism making the jump across the blood/brain barrier."

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So wait... Trump wants MORE??? Walt Whitman = America's LGBTQ+ past Mark Twain = satirist of America's racist id Irving Berlin = immigrant rights Ella Fitzgerald = @nhannahjones.bsky.social 's whole point in the 1619 Project

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Meet Anthony Schmidt, a 16-year-old with #autism who turns #miniature #cars into life-sized works of #art through his incredible #photography

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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?

submitted 4 days ago • 1654 comments

A lot of this can be traced directly to America's failed War on Terror and demonization of Muslim and Arab Americans. The Patriot Act, the creation of ICE, and the voluntary removal of our freedoms for the brief feeling of safety. We warned it would be used against us all. Voila.

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🚨NEW: The NC Supreme Court's GOP majority will retroactively nullify 2,000 to 7,000 ballots from military and overseas voters unless they quickly prove their identity—but only those who voted in a few Democratic counties. Could overturn Justice Riggs' victory. appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t...

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Carole Cadwalladr just shared the words you didn’t know you needed to hear! 🔥 “In 2019, I called out the Gods of Silicon Valley. I. was. wrong. Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk - you are not Gods. You are men. And you are careless." 🙌🏻🔥 Support her 17 min TEDTalk here tinyurl.com/CaroleTED

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All the MAGA who are gloating right now about Trump deporting immigrants are going to be in for a major shock when this administration turns against American citizens and Republican voters who come out to protest and resist the GOP coming after their benefits. Alas. Learn the hard way.

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"It's really hard to make heads or tails of this. These are meaningful programs to Americans." ALA President Cindy Hohl Many Institute for Museum and Library Services grants are funded by reimbursement, so many institutions are on the hook for money already spent. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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We’re doomed.

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Trump has just replaced President Obama’s official presidential portrait in the White House with a painting of himself.

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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

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If anyone out there still thought DOGE was "volunteering," game's up. Taxpayers deserve to know how much $$$ the technofeudalists forced on DOL are being paid to steal sensitive data, fire federal workers and dismantle critical public services. This is huge - and disgusting.

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Ideas

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"... Bloomberg said its investigation showed that 90% of these men have no criminal record," adds @tusk81.bsky.social. "This mass purging of immigrant contributors and asylum-seekers with no criminal record to a notorious mega-prison ... should send a chill down the spines of all Americans"

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Just when you think these sycophants can’t beclown themselves any more than they already have… deanblundell.substack.com/p/trump-is-n...

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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

submitted 6 days ago • 1525 comments

BREAKING: The House passed a bill that limits judges' ability to block the Trump administration's unconstitutional actions nationwide. This bill is a threat to the rule of law and endangers all of our rights — the Senate must reject it.

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“What billionaire benefits from this?”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing 1st Amendment.

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Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador

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New in PN: How to steal a state supreme court seat with one weird trick "Republicans succeeded in changing the rules not midgame but literally after they lost. Nothing will stop them from doing this again and again, making a mockery of elections and injecting confusion into results."

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Exclusive: Trump administration officials have told some US government employees that Elon Musk's DOGE team of technologists is using AI to surveil at least one federal agency’s communications for hostility to President Donald Trump and his agenda reut.rs/4i5ORZq

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Exclusive: US Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, who holds a senior position in NATO, has been fired as part of what appears to be an expanding national security purge of top officials by the Trump administration, three sources told Reuters reut.rs/3FWG9zr

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🔺 BREAKING: Ukraine has captured two Chinese soldiers fighting in the east of the country, President Zelensky has said. “One more country has joined Russia’s war against Ukraine,” Zelensky told reporters in Kyiv ⬇️

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For the #HandsOff , there were a group of seniors that couldn't make it to the Capitol. So they held their very own! 57 of them came out! Aged 67-104! They all walked down to the main street! So proud of them! They had s sign making day before the event! They sent this video to me to share.🥰

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When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds out.

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I didn’t want this to happen. I voted for the smart black lady.

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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...

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In just two months, DOGE has —lost— the government an estimated half a trillion dollars. I propose that Musk pay it back personally.

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New — ICE will release the mother and children they shackled and unlawfully abducted from Sackets Harbor, NY in late March after relentless pressure from the town. I write how the incredible outcome of this horrifying story should give fuel us to fight back: www.thehandbasket.co/p/sackets-ha...

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Yep. At a likely cost of around $100 million. newrepublic.com/post/193674/...

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How could any of us have known a recession was going to hit us by the middle of 2025? I wonder... did anybody see this coming? 🤔

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The National Park Service quietly edited its website about the Underground Railroad to remove key references and quotes from Harriet Tubman and soften its language about slavery

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"Hell is waking up one morning and feeling like your rights were stripped away overnight, only to realize it’s been happening gradually over your lifetime—and for much of that time, all you did to try to stop it was vote."

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