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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Judge Young is beyond livid — and fuming. He has another hearing that was supposed to begin minutes ago, and he's still going. "I've never seen a record where racial discrimination is so palpable. I've been on the bench for 40 years. I've never seen government racial discrimination like this."
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
After issuing his rulings, Judge Young has some absolutely stark words for the Trump administration. "This represents racial discrimination and discrimination against America's LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind to not to call it out. My duty is to call it out."
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
🚨 BREAKING: Nearly 4 months the NIH cut its first grants, a judge has ruled that the directives and process that led to cuts are arbitrary and capricious. "The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]." Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Ignorance scores.
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John Bonifaz @johnbonifaz.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
This is a lawless administration with a lawless Insurrectionist at the top. The Constitution has a remedy for this attack on our republic: the Impeachment Clause. Members of Congress must invoke it. www.impeachtrumpagain.org @fsfp.bsky.social
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IMPEACH TRUMP. AGAIN.
Impeach Trump. Sign the petition NOW to defend democracy and demand accountability! He is disqualified from office, and has violated the U.S. Constitution.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 10/05/2025
Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
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Rep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The way we were treated at Delaney Hall is almost unbelievable. ICE shoved me, manhandled @repbonnie.bsky.social, and arrested Mayor Baraka. They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
So we’ve seen plain clothes, ice agents arrest grad students, a mayor and countless others. Are they doing it to scare us? Are they doing it to distract us? Or are they doing it because they want to make a case for the “abolish ice” movement?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/05/2025
She’s out!! They have released Ozturk from ICE custody!
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
When the President of the United States says he doesn’t know if he should uphold the Constitution, it should be a searing red line for every American. If you let him ignore ANY aspect of the Constitution you embolden him to ignore more of it, including the parts that secure YOUR freedoms & rights.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
🔥 “There’s something wrong in this country… everything has gone up but wages… how many yachts and houses does one person need? — They want us to stay poor, stay hidden, and die silently.” 🇺🇸 #FightTheOligarchy H/T @violadavis.bsky.social
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/05/2025
To all those who said boycotting Target was a waste of time. It wasn't. Keep it up, y'all!
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Today is a great day to not shop at Target.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 02/05/2025
Now do the NRA
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 02/05/2025
President Trump is trying to invoke wartime powers to deprive people of due process. The American people don't approve of that. Neither do judges nominated by both Republicans and Democrats, including this President.
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Holden Thorp @holdenthorp.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Lots of detail from inside NIH on all the damage from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social. www.science.org/content/arti...
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How the Trump administration is dismantling science in the U.S.
The scientific workforce, biomedical research, and global health initiatives all face widespread, perhaps permanent damage
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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 30/04/2025
we need to spend more time with @repdangoldman.bsky.social's clip. not a single penny toward disaster relief but TONS OF YOUR CASH to "protect" drumpf's golf habit 🧢 @mrsquirrel.bsky.social @zentrixter.bsky.social
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/04/2025
Federal workers SAVE the government money, that’s why firing them is COSTING the government money. This isn’t difficult.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/04/2025
it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The FBI is arresting judges. We just blew through Constitutional Crisis and into fascism.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/04/2025
Judge Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge who was arrested on Friday morning on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement, spent most of her legal career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups. Here's what to know.
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Who Is the Wisconsin Judge Arrested in Immigration Dispute?
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Janis Gonzales MD MPH FAAP @jgonzalesmd.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
My daughter died from AML and I don’t want any other parent to go through what we did. This type of vital research must be funded.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Once you disregard the legal rights of immigrants, everything is on the table Today, they are arresting judges Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/04/2025
these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Registries for pregnant women and children with autism, but no registry for guns?
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Oh hell yes! @chuck.hubbardforcongress.com is holding town halls — time to unseat Virginia Foxx !! Pass it on 👇🏼 🥳
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT. sincerely, a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/04/2025
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
To my own institution, Yale, and all the other universities across the US. They will come for you no matter what you do—you can stand up for what’s right or grovel in the dirt. Your fate will be the same. It’s your legacy, which is at stake in the choice.
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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 18/04/2025
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This is despicable. ICE is out of control.
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ICE Agent Smashes Immigrant's Car Window While He Waits For Lawyer In Harrowing Video
ICE is completely out of control.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/04/2025
I don't understand how some folks are unable to see that the illegal disappearing of people is a class issue. The wealthy and well-connected get due process. The rest of us don't. This is part of the oligarchy, not a distraction from it.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/04/2025
they want us poor, sick and desperate
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
"It's important that the courts know that people are watching them, that the courts know we expect them to hold this administration accountable with whatever tools they have." On the pod, @melissagiragrant.com is great on the urgent need for public mobilization: newrepublic.com/article/1940...
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Fiasco for Trump as Judge Threatens Contempt amid New Warning in Polls
As President Trump gets hit by a harsh court ruling, the author of a piece about his deportation strategy explains why we’re heading toward a legal abyss—and how Dems should proceed now.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/04/2025
I am advocating for due process for Abrego Garcia.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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
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LunaLuvgood2020 @lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 15/04/2025
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The DOJ lawyer who made the mistake of answering the court's questions about Abrego-Garcia candidly (eg yes he was mistakenly deported, a fact the Administration already has acknowledged), which got him put on administrative leave, has now been fired, ending his 15-year DOJ career..
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 15/04/2025
Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?" Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’” “I’M PISSED!”
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
A tweet by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25
) reads: "He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don’t you see what’s happening here?"
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Didn’t get a chance to post this earlier, but there was a huge turnout in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia at the federal courthouse. From my seat in the jury room, I heard the supporters outside chanting throughout the hearing.
Outside the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, people gather in support of Abrego Garcia
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 15/04/2025
The court system is a coequal branch of government. If the administration isn’t going to follow their orders it’s time to hold some senior officials in contempt.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
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Indivisible Twin Cities @indivistwincities.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
EMERGENCY RALLY, WEDNESDAY, anytime 3-6, El Salvadoran consulate in St. Paul. Join the Hands Off coalition of ITC, MN 50501, and Women's March MN in supporting those who have been arrested without due process and sent to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador. mobilize.us/s/rnkdyM
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Stop State Terror. Defend the Constitution. · Indivisible Twin Cities
The Hands-Off Coalition of Indivisible Twin Cities, Minnesota 50501 and Women's March MN, will be standing on the sidewalk outside the El Salvadoran Consulate in St. Paul to support those who have bee...
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