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Elon Musk may or may not fulfill his promise to step back from DOGE. But his legacy is already clear: He is assembling a sprawling domestic surveillance system — the likes of which we have never seen in the United States. My latest for NYT Opinion (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/o...

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wrote about the importance of ambition and political leadership

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BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation who is a part of the potential class in the Northern District of Texas case until further order of the court. Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.

submitted 12 days ago • 141 comments

🗽The Supreme Court in the early hours of Saturday told the Trump administration not to take any action to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members currently based in Texas while litigation continues. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

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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...

submitted 14 days ago • 287 comments

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

submitted 16 days ago • 720 comments

I wonder how the Supreme Court feels about granting Donald Trump immunity for official acts now that one of those official acts is telling the Supreme Court to shove their ruling and fuck the fuck off.

submitted 17 days ago • 484 comments

Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."

submitted 17 days ago • 1191 comments

What we saw today was two jumped up thugs and their bootlicking sychophants laughing at the US Constitution, the supreme court, and the idea that anyone can stop them from doing anything they want www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 17 days ago • 218 comments

Bring back everyone who was sent from the U.S. to CECOT in El Salvador. No one should be sent there. ALL their rights were violated. ALL of them should come home.

submitted 18 days ago • 108 comments

A disgraced former Milwaukee cop with credibility issues helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to El Salvador's notorious prison. Cross was fired from his position as a Milwaukee Police Sergeant in 2012 after driving his car into a family’s home while intoxicated.

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DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork. Gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...

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HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin. I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social Follow along for updates

submitted 20 days ago • 311 comments

The Roberts Court, for once, did what it was supposed to do in a unanimous ruling telling Trump to try to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man the administration said they accidentally sent to an overseas gulag for life. We are in a very dangerous moment. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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BREAKING NEWS: US Supreme Court Sides With Wrongly Deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. Tells Administration to take steps to return the Maryland father from prison in El Salvador. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

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"If the government can disappear any people it wishes, dump them in a Salvadoran dungeon and prevent any court in this country from providing relief, we all should be very, very afraid."

submitted 21 days ago • 31 comments

Kidnapping. Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping. Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking. A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.

submitted 22 days ago • 118 comments

Trump sent a teenager in the US legally to a gulag for being Venezuelan www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

submitted 27 days ago • 63 comments

As predicted, US bombing campaign in Yemen burning through munitions, killing a bunch of civilians, and accomplishing little. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Here is what the Lithuanians did btw

submitted 27 days ago • 10 comments

White friends, someone just asked me a question on the skyline that prompts me to ask y'all a question. They first asked if Black men needed to lead the charge on a return to decency to which I replied Black ppl been leading reform since forever so no. White folks need to lead. (con't)

submitted 28 days ago • 33 comments

apnews.com/article/dei-... K-12 schools must sign certification against DEI to receive federal money, administration says

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Equity Arc, which trains young musicians of color, was set to play with the US Marine Band — until Trump's anti-DEI order canceled the show. But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org

submitted 28 days ago • 166 comments

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

submitted 28 days ago • 960 comments

Ruh roh. 😂

submitted 29 days ago • 112 comments

This story is enraging, as many have noted. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 30 days ago • 28 comments

Hearing from all corners of HHS this morning about a total bloodletting — firings of scientists, analysts and many more as delayed RIFs take effect. Many folks didn’t see early AM email and showed up, only to be turned away when badges didn’t work. Was sent this photo of long lines at one HHS site.

submitted 30 days ago • 208 comments

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 30 days ago • 352 comments

America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.

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