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Old lady lawyer ⚖️ who resisted, 💙 persisted 💙 & is now just trying to endure 😬 the second time around with the Felon47 & his buddies like the Melon & Zuck. Be kind always--and don’t give up on democracy just yet because fascism is no walk in the park.
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There are moments in these deportation fights when I can just FEEL how pissed off they are that I’m Puerto Rican 😂 they want to threaten me with it so bad 😂

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Just when you think Donald Trump cannot sink lower or be more shameful, today he's blaming Ukraine for the war and calling Zelinsky a dictator, when he knows perfectly well that Putin's constant re-elections are put-up jobs.

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Today's Starting Point explains why the grassroots opposition to President Trump has seemed more muted. Here are more top stories: • A Delta plane flipped upon landing in Toronto, injuring 18 people. • Police arrested the alleged leader of the Zizians.

We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.

NEW 👀: As predicted, Judge Ho has ordered a hearing for 2 p.m. this Wednesday to explore why the DOJ has moved to dismiss the charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/n...

60 MINUTES: “Utter nonsense. The most accountable aid agency in the world is USAID… DOGE fired their top 58 officials within an hour of arriving…” This was never about efficiency. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r...

let me strongly recommend the flu shot to whoever hasn't gotten one for this season. i just had a *terrible* bout with the flu that almost certainly would have been WAY worse had i not been vaccinated

“Elon Musk is not the leader of DOGE — the mysterious Trump administration operation overseeing an effort to break and remake the federal bureaucracy. In fact, he’s not even technically part of it at all, the White House said in court papers Monday night.”

Judge refuses to block DOGE’s access to student borrower data : A federal judge Monday evening declined to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from gaining access to Education Department data on student borrowers. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss ruled that the University…

🔔 Gino Bulso’s “Unborn Child Protection Act of 2025” - which bans mailing mifepristone and other drugs into Tennessee - is scheduled for subcommittee tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12pm CST. #ForcedBirthState wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInf...

Elon Musk attacked me on the platform he owns. I will not back down from the fight for democracy. @briantylercohen.bsky.social and I discuss. I hope you watch. youtu.be/XsR4QzK4yZ4

It would be highly unusual But the judge overseeing the prosecution of NY Mayor Eric Adams could DENY the motion to dismiss And instead appoint an independent prosecutor to proceed instead Let me stress that I DON’T think this will happen But boy, would it be embarrassing to Pam Bondi if it does

As a result, she said, just three full-time employees remain in both the Yellowstone and Bozeman ranger districts to manage 19 rental cabins, 60 bathrooms, 21 campgrounds and other infrastructure spread across 1 million acres. www.bozemandailychronicle.com/townnews/wor...

Go ahead. Let the people see you for what you are.

The amount of secondhand embarrassment I have even just watching this is through the roof.

If you weren’t sure what I meant when I said, Lindy Li is compromised…

Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Could someone out there write a definitive guide on convenient alternatives to using Amazon.com for goods and books and whatnot? Asking for some folks who don’t want to see democracy die in darkness.

Alina Habba on Eric Adams: "Let's not forget something -- this man was prosecuted because he was anti-sanctuary city policies." (This is a lie.)

Destroying America so Putin can take over👇🏻

Tomorrow is a national protest day in the US. Protests are organized at the White House and state capitals, but if you can’t find an event or time that works for you, go when and where you can. If there is no event organizer, you are the event organizer. Announce it below,👇 hashtags #3E #USProtests

Zelenskyy calls for the creation of a #EuropeanArmy: “We must build the armed forces of Europe, so that Europe’s future depends only on Europeans,” the creation of a unified European force outside of NATO comes after the US elected a Russian asset making it no longer reliable or to be counted on.

Run for something!

Damn I LOVE my LEVI JEANS AND They are committed to DEI DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION Support them please

Dutch Volt Leader Laurens Dassen backs Ukraine's call for a #EuropeanArmy: “With one united European Army we will stand much stronger in the world than with dozens of small ones, and we won't need Donald Trump.”

We shouldn’t have patience for Dems who refuse to hold the line. We’re the opposition party—everything should be about obstruction unless it benefits us. No more tolerance for those who won’t get on board. We tried that, it got us nowhere. “Don’t upset Joe Manchin, we need his vote. Same w/Sinema.”

Trump spent millions in tax payer dollars today for photo ops at the Daytona 500 as storms in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia killed at least 8 people, injured many more, and caused total devastation…Oh yea, Trump wants FEMA abolished. youtu.be/_yqIudpInQM?...

A disturbing but important read from Germany: "We Are Launching the Judicial Resilience Project How Vulnerable Is the German Judiciary?" This study shows how unprepared democracies like ours are for authoritarian-populist attacks on the judiciary. 🧵 ettlo.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/mr/sh/1t6...

#ICYMI: ProPublica has confirmed the names and roles of more than 30 Musk-affiliated staffers who are helping the world’s richest man dismantle or downsize federal agencies one by one.

I agree with @malcolmnance.bsky.social. It is maddening that our government is being torn down in broad daylight, which WILL endanger all our lives and our representatives are acting like it’s business usual. Get ANGRY and STAND UP!

J.D. Vance's lecture in Europe basically convinced every country to quietly create a new secret group chat without the US.

Fox analyst Andy McCarthy blasts Trump DOJ for ‘weaponization’ in column: Fox News analyst Andy McCarthy slammed President Trump’s Department of Justice saying new Attorney General Pam Bondi is going to weaponize the department. In an op-ed published Sunday in National Journal, McCarthy denounced…

Tragic. Adams should be the one sent to Gitmo, not these immigrants who came here seeking a better and safer life.

Massive, meaningful changes in governance done as a result of a ctrl-f for the word "transition." No one will ever believe how stupid this shit was.

ZELENSKYY: The risk that Russia will occupy Europe is 100 percent WELKER: If the US pulls out of NATO, Russia will occupy Europe? ZELENSKYY: Yes

Donald J. Trump just posted this on X: He who saves his Country does not violate any Law. We're getting into real Führerprinzip territory here.

And when 🟠 was asked about the European Union banning American imported food, he said, “It’s all alright. I don’t mind. Let them do it. They’re just hurting themselves is t hey do it. I can’t imagine it.” 🚨🚨🚨 This will be catastrophic for America. www.ft.com/content/e488...