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It's occurred to me that we're living in a Schrodinger's cat situation, where the cat is democracy. If you don't watch the news, it's like the cat is still alive.

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✅ Arrests without divulging identities of the detained ✅ No judicial process, opportunity for defense ✅ Indefinite imprisonment beyond reach of US law It's forced disappearance. Textbook definition. Don't know why NYT felt a need to frame it with a Maduro quote: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...

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Where we are as a country

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This is important.

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If it can happen in northwest Missouri, it can happen anywhere…

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“Something bad is happening.” 🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s...

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The proposed Senate budget resolution would add almost 4x more to the debt than the first TCJA and 3x more than Biden’s covid-relief bill.

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Nothing to see here but Florida's royal family laundering public funds into the royal family's campaign slush fund. www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

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aside: a stunning comment from David Baker, UW professor who won the Nobel Prize in 2024. Now 15 lab members are looking for positions overseas. “There’s so many amazing people who want to come in, & we can’t take them. The Nobel Prize was just a little blip. But things have gotten quite bleak.”

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Xi is making Trump look like more of a schmuck than he already is. Trump made exemptions for tech companies (electronics & semiconductors) on the tariffs he placed on China— Not only did China put retaliatory tariffs of 125% on the US, they’re also suspending certain exports. Xi isn’t playing.

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Today El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukeke will visit the White House - no doubt to advance plans to imprison incarcerated U.S. citizens in El Salvador.We need to stop this before it happens. Call both your Senators and your Rep. & tell them NO! 202-224-3121 open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world. A better world is possible.

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#TheTaxIsOnYou #SuckersAndLosers #YouVotedForThis

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“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥

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My rage is building

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Too many members of Congress keep letting us down. This is about more than opposing Trump’s bad nominees — it’s about treating this administration like the authoritarian threat it is and using every inch of power to fight back: indivisible.org/campaign/tru...

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Here's an updated look at all Trump's 2nd-term tariffs, accounting for today's exemption for phones & computers The overall US tariff rate is now 25%, down from 29% pre-exemption but still 10x what it was before Trump took office (1/3)

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Trump just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene, calling it “unwarranted.”

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I’ve never seen a tweet that more effectively communicates how we got to this current situation

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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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Historian here: “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” ― Theodore Roosevelt

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Each day a fresh moral outrage (or six) Trump Will End Temporary Protections for 10,000+ Afghans and Cameroonians, Putting Them on Track for Deportation Next Month They are literally sending Afghans who fought with the US back to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

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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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This infuriates me... Oh, the things I wish upon that Mango Mussolini!😡

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I’m leading a letter with Rep. Terri Sewell and 131 colleagues demanding answers from the White House, USTR, Treasury, Commerce, and the SEC. Who knew about Trump’s tariff reversal? When did they know? How did they know? $300B didn’t move by accident. This is market manipulation.

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The Trump admin opened a backdoor to exempt companies from the Clean Air Act—with ZERO public notice or accountability. I led 59 colleagues with @markey.senate.gov demanding the names of every company that applied. Who’s trying to pollute behind closed doors? We deserve to know. We will find out.

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UPDATE: There is evidence this image is from 2024. The problem: that doesn't make the situation better, but worse. What questions did the Trump administration ask about this satellite imagery in January 2025 BEFORE it started sending American residents to CECOT? Surely it had access to this data.

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The SSA is shifting all public comms to X amid major staffing cuts: www.wired.com/story/social...

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Welp, I guess the bare-bones letter from Rubio was determined to be “facially reasonable and bona fide.” Note that this was largely expected; the standard is exceptionally deferential. This decision will be appealable up to the Board of Immigration Appeals, and then again to the circuit courts.

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Marth Stewart went to prison for insider trading on one stock. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought 17 stocks just before Donald Trump declared his "pause" in tariffs that caused those stocks to rise in value. How many others were tipped off? How many stocks did Donald buy? Ivanka? Mike Johnson?

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New consumer sentiment data just out for April: Americans’ expectations for how the economy will fare over the next year are now at their worst in 45 years. Consumer confidence is down 40% since Trump’s inauguration, including a 20% drop among Republicans.

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I think it's bad that the country is led by people who haven't had a real problem in their entire lives and couldn't get a regular job due to being too weird

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"A Wall Street Journal analysis of daily financial statements issued by the Treasury Department found government spending since the [Trump] inauguration is $154 billion more than in the same period in 2024 during the administration of former President Joe Biden."

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Deep-red town pushes back against ICE seizing children—and wins. This is why doomerism is so toxic. It demotivates, at a time when action is both needed and (at least sometimes) effective.

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In case you're wondering... it's been 17 days since a reporter was added to a Signal group chat where our government officials were sharing war plans. And nobody has been fired... Don't stop talking about SignalGate

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We cannot abandon this young man- a gay makeup artist sent to El Salvador's notorious prison, by a disgraced former Milwaukee cop with major credibility issues He is Andry Hernández Romero. God knows what will happen to him. Call your representatives. Call the WH. We care

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It's like the Democrats are playing chess against the Republicans, but the Republicans are playing Russian roulette.

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