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WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government may not use federal benefits or funds to coerce parties to surrender their constitutional rights. This is what the Administration is doing ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

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On Main Justice: the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Trump’s defiance of SCOTUS, new habeas rulings, and attacks on AP & Harvard. Also on The Contrarian with @jenrubin.bsky.social: the defying of court orders. #RuleOfLaw #Immigration #SCOTUS #CivilRights #MainJustice

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Breakdown of what just happened. Judge Boasberg 1) Finds probable cause of Trump officials' criminal contempt of his order to turn back flights. 2) Gives USG opportunity to "purge" the contempt. 3) If not and if DOJ will not prosecute, he "will appoint another attorney to prosecute the contempt."

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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

submitted 21 hours ago • 252 comments

A whole-of-government attack on Harvard--now attacking Harvard's eligibility to host international students. Does Trump know that Harvard can create a campus basically wherever it wants outside the US? www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

submitted 10 hours ago • 19 comments

My adult daughter Rachel works everyday, pays taxes, loves going to movies with her friends, and listens to awful (IMO) music. Our U.S. Dept HHS has lost all of its humanity, compassion, and intellectual curiosity

submitted 6 hours ago • 122 comments

Don’t be deceived by titles. The real rather than nominal admin leaders are: Real Secretary of State: Steve Witkoff Real Secretary of DHS: Stephen Miller Real US Trade Rep: Peter Navarro Real Secretary of Defense: Vacant Real Secretary of Treasury: Don Jr and Eric Real FLOTUS: AWOL

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According to the DHS press release, DHS Secretary Noem communicated this threat in a “scathing letter.” Government as melodrama.

submitted 5 hours ago • 4 comments

funding just canceled by DHS👇

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DHS Secretary Noem threatens to terminate Havard's Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification if it doesn't turn over student records.

submitted 17 hours ago • 41 comments

NEW — The Trump State Department is using the same language Columbia used to smear & punish the school's Students for Justice in Palestine & Jewish Voice for Peace groups (for a protest Mohsen Mahdawi condemned an antisemitic disruptor at) to now justify deporting him. Read on —>

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The eugenicist undertones (or just tones) to RFK's statement about autism are kind of fascinating in that they replicate historical attitudes towards productive vs burdensome members of society, but also breaks with that tradition by seemingly lamenting that they (supposedly) can't have children.

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New, from me: The Trump administration is killing Direct File, the free IRS e-filing tool. Users love it, and it creates incredible value for the public. It's the clearest sign that DOGE wants a government that serves private and not public interests. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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⚡️ Germany bars Russian, Belarusian envoys from WWII anniversary session. The decision reflects growing dissatisfaction in Berlin with the way Putin continues to manipulate the legacy of World War II to justify the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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some hints here that ed martin's nomination may be in trouble www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

Chris is 100% correct - any openings will empower Trump to try to shift the Overton window on court compliance

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My story about @kevinh-phd.bsky.social, nutrition and metabolism scientist at N.I.H., who felt compelled to take early retirement after experiencing censorship of his work under the new administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...

submitted 19 hours ago • 18 comments

NEW: i spoke with several young AmeriCorps volunteers around the country who were abruptly pulled off projects building homes, readying forests for wildfire season, and working at food banks Tuesday afternoon. they are now on their way home thanks to DOGE cuts —

submitted 20 hours ago • 58 comments

The White House basically gave Boasberg no choice. And unless they start cooperating very quickly, possibly even if they do, they’re looking at criminal contempt like a freight train. That’s going to raise some tricky issues of penalty, but the underlying finding should be secure. What total jerks.

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Ben Wittes, Roger Parloff, Quinta Jurecic, & Anna Bower, I would be glad to make a “Champion” contribution toward the $15,000 match by your generous donor. Lawfare is literally indispensable in these historic times in which we live.

submitted 18 hours ago • 113 comments

Strict new rules banning vegetation, other combustibles within 5 feet of homes in parts of the Berkeley-Oakland Hills could be approved this week. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/04/14/b...

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

There should've been an entire group of Democratic Senators that joined Chris Van Hollen. He shouldn't be the only one.

submitted 21 hours ago • 150 comments

www.instagram.com/share/_a1NlZ....

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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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Plea to media friends: STOP posting the dehumanizing images of piles of detainees in CECOT, people handcuffed by ICE in the US etc. There are easy to find photos of the HUMAN BEINGS. e.g. This mom is Elsy Berrios, 52, ICE agents smashed her car window and grabbed her. No charges. THREAD

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

where is the Abraham Lincoln of this moment?

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"As we continue through holy week, my heart aches for my husband, who should have been here leading out Easter prayers. Instead, I find myself pleading with the Trump administraiton and the Bukele administration to stop playing games with the life of Kilmar.... My children miss their dad so much."

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