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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

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Chris Van Hollen isn’t playing games. If Kilmar Garcia isn’t released by midweek, he’s flying to El Salvador himself to demand answers. This is the kind of bold, no-BS leadership we need right now. @vanhollen.senate.gov

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Are you watching @maddow.msnbc.com tonight? Cause….wow.

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I cannot convey enough how grateful I am to the millions of you all supporting us with your time, resources, and energy. Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities. All with an average donation of $21. THANK YOU & Pa’lante 🙏🏽♥️

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This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.

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🚨Attention Members of the DC Bar🚨 Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for: Diane Seltzer for President Amanda Molina for Treasurer Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother. Get your ballot and vote ASAP.

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A bigger hole: Trump has already spent $155bn more than Biden. Musk now claims DOGE only saved $150bn Source: The Independent

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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you. The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

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When ICE agents descended upon 19-year-old Merwil Guttiérez in New York City, they realized he was not the intended target of their operation — but they arrested the boy anyway. Merwil was, in fact, in the United States legally — from Venezuela, seeking asylum. Merwil’s father, Wilmer Guttiérez,…

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DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States

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💥 Some "cave to the loudest voices demanding a step backward. Some have quietly dismantled their DEI..." Costco "held its ground, recognizing that diversity and inclusion aren’t just buzzwords; they’re essential to a thriving workplace and a successful business." www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...

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It’s Tax Day. While working folks are doing everything right to file on time, Republicans are out here pushing a $7 trillion tax cut for billionaires like Trump and Elon. Let’s be clear: their tax plan isn’t about helping you—it’s about keeping the rich rich while the rest of us foot the bill.

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Exactly.

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'If Your Church Won't Speak Out About a Deported Father (and Thousands More Like Him)—It May as Well Cancel Easter' johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/if-your-ch...

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"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps. This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped" snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

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Van Hollen: "If the president gets to shred the Constitution and ignore the Supreme Court in this case, it is a very short path to the president ignoring court orders in other cases. So every American should care about this."

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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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So much winning…

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WATTERS: The president was musing about sending some of the most horrible people in this country down to that mega prison. Is that legal? BONDI: These are Americans who he is saying have committed the most heinous crimes in our country

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Donald Trump is deporting legal US residents to a foreign gulag, and he has stated publicly that he is moving on to citizens next. This is a Constitutional crisis. Will a single Republican stand up for our Constitution?

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Mass, relentless public protest is all there is. Every other mechanism for stopping despotism has failed. There's a reason that so many state constitutions include the phrase "All political power is inherent in the people"

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Imagine if these two people were president and vice president.

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I will not roll over to these monsters.

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Every. Word. Of. This.

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@jessicavalenti.bsky.social

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Warren: But this also happens to be a case where it’s not just the DOJ and SEC with jurisdiction. State attorneys general all across the country have power here too. That’s why a group of us just sent a letter to every state attorney general, urging them to launch independent investigations.

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“We’ve never gone through anything like this, but this is what I do want to say. Despair is not an option. Giving up and hiding under the covers is not acceptable. The stakes are just too high.” Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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PSAKI: What if any power do you and other Democratic members have to compel, push the government to bring him home? JEFFRIES: We have the power to shape public sentiment

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Jeffries: One, we do need to change the law so that sitting members of congress cannot trade stock. Period. Full stop

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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene purchasing tens of thousands of dollars in stock right before tariff pause: “So many of these people are crook liars and frauds, and Marjorie Taylor Greene is, of course, Exhibit A. We are seeing corruption unfold before us in real time.”

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AOC: I was watching earlier today on TV, someone was saying, “Why are AOC and Bernie going to Idaho?” I’ll give you one simple answer: It’s because you matter

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I should make this my pined post. Here is a link to all my help videos, starting with the first one. I've done four in total so far. 1. Intro and basics. 2. More about setting up feeds and lists. 3. 10 Tips and Tools 4. Gain engagement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...

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BREAKING: Days after a Louisiana judge ruled that the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil can proceed, thousands are holding an emergency Passover Seder at the ICE headquarters in New York City, saying: If you come for one, you face us all.

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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of NC Alliance for Retired Americans and VoteVets AF, my firm has filed an appeal to the Fourth Circuit to block the Republicans' efforts to steal a North Carolina state Supreme Court election. Follow Democracy Docket for full details. www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...

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It sure seems that way! 😡

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#OTD in 1967, my father delivered his “The Other America” speech at Stanford University. He gave several versions of this address, each one a powerful indictment of the racial and economic inequality that continues to shape our nation. His words still echo with urgency today.

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Jeffries: The Supreme Court and or the federal district court actually needs to enforce its order. And the vehicles that are available relate to contempt, and that contempt can be directed at a variety of different members of the administration, including the Secretary of State…

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Absolutely Navy Seal William McRaven 🫡 👇🏾

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Absolutely 💯 Planned fake assignation attempt‼️

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Minnesota is a top state for health care, thanks in part to Mayo Clinic. Now they’re building a $5 billion expansion in Rochester where the lifesaving health care innovations of the future are going to happen. Inspiring to see the progress today.

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History is full of institutions and organizations that bowed to tyrants. The cowardice of companies and colleges folding is not anomalous, but common. Encourage courage when you see it. Harvard, WilmerHale, and Long Island Latino Teachers Association are a few. Courage can be contagious! Help it.

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