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President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele: "Mr. President, you have 350 million people to liberate. But to liberate 350 million people, you have to imprison some."

bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record

Selma. The Trump administration pulled funding meant for Selma’s schools, along with $5 million in additional funding for a statewide reading program. www.al.com/educationlab...

Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, Vermont was illegally detained by ICE during what was supposed to be the final step in his citizenship process. Mr. Mahdawi, a legal resident of the US, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention.

BREAKING: Judge William Sessions in Vermont appeared poised to accept habeas jurisdiction over Rumeysa Ozturk's case at the conclusion of a Monday hearing, with aims of holding a habeas hearing in May. He ordered supplemental briefing on the length of a hearing should he accept jurisdiction.

This is the dollar since “liberation day”

In his letter to the community explaining his decision to defy the Fed Gov't's demands, Harvard President Alan Garber included a link to the letter laying out those demands. Here it is: www.harvard.edu/research-fun...

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Hungary has just passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities.

Also, let's be clear: Having a criminal record also doesn't mean you should be deported to a torture camp in another country and effectively sentenced to death. Because everybody has basic rights, and because dictatorships will always redefine what "criminality" means.

In a new report, Sarah Stillman investigates deaths related to starvation, dehydration, and neglect in county jails across the U.S.—a crisis that at times has been covered up by private health companies and government officials. nyer.cm/hMT7u9R

Not just Bukele. When people (and institutions and corporations) aren't afraid of retribution, they are incentivized to be quislings.

There we go. Support this man.

This is our Gestapo.

Harvard University: “We have informed the [Trump Administration] through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement. The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights.” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 view.hu.harvard.edu?qs=351b45ebf...

Any Democratic politician who doesn't understand Nayib Bukele's grave offense against the sovereignty of the American people and constitutional order and say as much publicly should have no future in elected office. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bukel...

Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return "If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."

It’s time for people to stop saying “he can’t do that” or “he’ll never get away with it” because he can and likely will.

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The entire presser, INCLUDING Bukele's video, was staged defiance. It shows that Trump is not facilitating Abrego Garcia's return--SCOTUS' order. It was staged to precede the status hearing tomorrow. It was also staged to present the claim of terrorism in unquestioned fashion for media to parrot.

Whether it's a right-winger trying to kill Democrat Josh Shapiro, a right-winger trying to kill Democrats Paul and Nancy Pelosi, or right-wingers trying to kidnap Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, it's time to renounce political violence from both sides.

how bout that

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

The president of the United States and the president of El Salvador have conspired to kidnap a man and hold him hostage in an El Salvador prison. This criminality ignores the rule of law and thumbs its nose at a Supreme Court ruling to facilitate his return.

You are not worried enough about this

Some good news. President Garber did the right thing. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Columbia can save itself, but its degree won’t be worth the vellum it’s printed on. There are 4000 colleges and universities in the United States. Trump may still win this, but you can make it cost him. Don’t let him cost you your dignity. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

I know there is a lot of "we are in a Constitutional crisis now" but IMHO the crisis began when Musk illegally and unconstitutionally vaporized USAID and sent millions of children to their deaths.

“I went to space with an all-female crew!” You were cargo on a flight to nowhere that went straight up and back down.

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1) The presser with Bukele with theater designed to get credulous journos to repeat the "terrorism" claim w/o question. Remember: THESE VERY SAME PEOPLE freed adjudged Jan6 terrorists on Day One. 2) The WAY in which they flouted courts provides more surface area (bc this was not classified).

Oh man, Bukele's Oval Office announcement to reporters that "of course" he won't return Abrego Garcia sets the stage for a no-holds-barred showdown b/t Admin and courts. Obviously all engineered behind the scenes by the US. Looking forward to discussing on @cnn.com w/ Boris & Jessica Dean at 2 PM ET

The U.S. says it doesn’t have the power to return Abrego Garcia. El Salvador also says it doesn’t have the power to return Abrego Garcia. It’s obvious bullshit and depraved to the core.

So, if I understand correctly, the President of the United States is saying that the Supreme Court of the United States consists of nine “sick people,” including three whom he appointed. apple.news/AMHDqIFcpRxi...

We just crossed the penultimate red line. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-is-jo...

The president told a Central American dictator to build five more massive slave labor camps to hold US citizens.

Holy shit. Video posted by President Bukele’s team on X shows the moments before his press conference with Trump in which Trump tells him: “We want to do homegrown criminals next. You gotta build about five more places.” (h/t @titonka.bsky.social @michelekelemen.bsky.social)

According to 60 Minutes research, 90% of people sent to brutal El Salvadoran prison have NO criminal record. This is deeply upsetting. They sent another plane full yesterday. Bombard the WH with calls (202) 456-7041. And your Reps. 1 202 224 3121 Everyone deserves a hearing. That is the law.

Travel to the U.S. is a no go.

NO ONE should be sent to El Salvador, you baby-brained losers. My God.

“How is it possible to witness our losses and our suffering, to understand what the Russians are doing, and to still believe that they are not the aggressors?” asks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.   WATCH ⏱️ youtu.be/odFTqgm0984?...

There is no clearer way to say it. Letters from an American - April 13 @hcrichardson.bsky.social

No, russia's attack on Sumy wasn't 'a mistake.' No one accidentally uses a cluster munition warhead against a crowded city center on a major holiday. Neither was the bombing of the Kryvyi Rih playground a mistake, nor were the filmed murders of POWs. russia systematically uses terrorism as a weapon.