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People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.

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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

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"'I didn't take an oath to the Constitution just to start getting a paycheck,' Davis said, 'Or else I would have just gone back into the private sector.'" CBS News talks to laid-off CISA employees about the valuable talent being lost: cbsn.ws/4bCCzGo

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The nature of a cult is that it will turn you against your own family. Your loved ones will cheer as you are led off to the camps because hurting even you is what is necessary to bring on the glorious nation. apnews.com/article/trum...

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So here’s the thing about AI: unregulated, its use is like having a monopoly on social regulation and control. This is why it’s a very big deal that Elon just quietly deployed it in an authoritative way within our government system. The unregulated use of AI could create a situation where… 1/4

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Best feel good headlines today. Thank you San Antonio!

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People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago #GrifterInChief #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace www.wired.com/story/people...

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It is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant. I’ve always believed it’s the job of the press to hold power to account. I’ve always tried to do that here at CNN, and I plan on doing all that in the future. Don’t give into the lies. Don’t give into the fear. Jim Acosta today, signing off CNN.

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Think about this when the topic of school vouchers comes up. They’re an American Taliban insurgency; they see themselves that way, and delegitimization of public education is their aim. They only want their religious education with their version of Christianity. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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A good thread about Protestantism. It kind of explains why I left the Assemblies of God/Baptist denominations and became and Episcopalian. The anti-intellectualism, charismatic, “cult-of-personality around the preacher” traits of those churches was just not a good fit for me. 1/

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For context, the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (bc of Nixon) is a law that governs the role of Congress in the U.S. budget process. It prevents the President from unilaterally substituting their own funding decisions for those of Congress. The more you know!

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Internet always delivers 🤣 Via bonnieupright/IG

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Just in case people don’t fully grasp it. The pardoning of insurrectionists is Trump’s way of building loyalty from militias and domestic terrorists to carry out unofficial acts for him

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I hope I don’t get reported by Amazon for yelling “Fuck No!” when Alexa popped into my life and asked me if I wanted to follow Trump’s inauguration live.

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This thread is for folks who'd like a little "Trump's people are incompetent bumblers" schadenfreude to leaven the anxiety and outrage about the democracy-eroding-shock-and-awe campaign we're about to witness. A very well connected Trump megadonor from Oregon is in DC & their experience has been....

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Today, I will not acknowledge the inauguration of the most corrupt greedy criminal fascist. Instead, I will honor MLK, President Biden, Vice President Harris, and other true leaders who fought tirelessly for our safety, equality, democracy, justice, & world peace.

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On this day 12 years ago, @kcg.bsky.social posted the “This is Fine” comic.

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If you’re undocumented and a parent of a US citizen child, now’s the time to get copies of their US Birth Certificates, Social Security cards, and file for a US Passport. Get your documents in order NOW. Waiting is going to be a lot more difficult and potentially less safe.

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Written in the 1960s ( and 1950s) but could absolutely be applied to today

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A third of us tried to save two thirds of us from themselves. They’re about to find out.

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Never submit.

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One more point: You know who certainly doesn’t do “popularism”? Republicans! Movement conservatives! The reactionary crusade against abortion rights, for instance, has never been able to change public opinion, to convince the public – they figured out other ways, and they stuck with it.

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It's a no nazi platform

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