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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head. He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison. Bring them back!
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"One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, I'm not a gang member. I'm gay. I'm a barber.' I believed him. *** He "began to whimper," as his head was roughly shaved, "folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell." He
"asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again."Photo of Andry featured on MSNBC. Chyron reads: 
IMMIGRATION ATTY. SAYS ASYLUM-SEEKING CLIENT WAS DEPORTED BECAUSE OF MISREADING OF TATTOOSA photo of Andry’s wrists showing his “mom” and “dad” tattoos. Each has a crown above them, which ICE thought made him a gang member. A photo of Andry having his head shaved in El Salvador, his hands clasped together in prayer.
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. cbsn.ws/4clubLP
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Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This affidavit, filed by a former Social Security employee in one of the DOGE cases, reveals a shocking exposure of personal info to DOGE operatives & possible compromise of parts of the system. Everyone should read this. Start at para 9. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/03/2025
Excellent
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/03/2025
This is a small group of centrist moderates you've never heard of lead by Matt Bennett - an old, pro-capitalist white guy that used dirty tricks to tank the Dukakis campaign in 1988. His organization is called "Third Way," and he can fuck all the way off. We will NOT abandon our values.
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/03/2025
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
We love merit, don’t we folks?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
We are just fucked beyond belief.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid. So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
These are the GOP members of the House Ways and Means Committee--THEY'RE some of the people hiding while DOGE disrupts Medicare/Medicaid and NIH funding. If they are YOUR representative, consider a visit to their LOCAL OFFICE this week, while they're home, to explain why they need to oversee DOGE.
Jason Smith (MO 8)
Vern Buchanan (FL 16)
Adrian Smith (NE 03)
Mike Kelly (PA 16)
David Schweikert (AZ 01)
Darin LaHood (IL 16)
Jodey C. Arrington (TX 19)
Ron Estes (KS 04)
Lloyd Smucker (PA 11)
Kevin Hern (OK 01)
Carol D. Miller (WV 01)
Gregory F. Murphy (NC 03)
David Kustoff (TN 08)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (PA 01)
W. Gregory Steube (FL 17)
Claudia Tenney (NY 24)
Michelle Fischbach (MN 07)
Blake D. Moore (UT 01)
Beth Van Duyne (TX 24)
Randy Feenstra (IA 04)
Nicole Malliotakis (NY 11)
Mike Carey (OH 15)
Aaron Bean (FL 04)
Max L. Miller (OH 07)
Nathaniel Moran (TX 01)
Rudy Yakym (IN 02)
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 16/02/2025
School play gets canceled for "inappropriate content". In response students write [REDACTED], their own anti-censorship play skewering the school district, sells out performances, and ultimately takes gold at the Lenaea High School Theatre Festival. www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...
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After Censorship, Santa Rosa Students Write Their Own Play — and Take the Gold | KQED
A state festival awarded top honors to ‘REDACTED,’ which ruthlessly lampooned district officials.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/02/2025
The UK has a shadow cabinet - political positions within the party that isn’t in power - and so should we. Plus, we need weekly press briefings led by @petebuttigieg.bsky.social on the state of the union. Business-as-usual time is over.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Understanding what the courts can do helps us understand what we must do. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-courts...
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
FBI cancels community outreach programs for seniors
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 12/02/2025
Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)
New York, NY - New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released the following statement:
"This morning, my financial team shockingly uncovered that President Trump and his crony Elon Musk illegally executed a revocation of $80 million in congressionally-appropriated FEMA funding from New York City's bank accounts late yesterday afternoon. This is money that the federal government previously disbursed for shelter and services and is now missing. This highway robbery of our funds directly out of our bank account is a betrayal of everyone who calls New York City home.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
We’re done here. Right?
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
OMB's Russell Vought wants to slash funding for NIH, which helped develop a "miracle drug" for cystic fibrosis that his daughter received. “We’re extremely grateful to live in a nation that leads the way on medical innovation,” Vought's wife wrote in a 2021 post. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
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Mommadot @mommadot.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
It’s a good time to remind everyone that the last time the Eagles won the Super Bowl they refused to go to the White House because of Donald.
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Barbara Hershey @barbarahershey.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
“On Friday, Democratic attorneys general went back to court to demand that a federal judge enforce his restraining order that was meant to keep billions of dollars in federal grant funds flowing. They said that the Trump administration had not complied” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...
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Federal Courts Are the Frontline for Those Opposing Trump Executive Orders
With a compliant Congress and mostly quiet streets, the president’s opponents are turning to the judicial branch with a flurry of legal actions. But can the courts keep up?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/02/2025
Do I have this right? Elon Musk - the guy in charge of preventing wasteful spending - dropped $40M on a Super Bowl ad? We could permanently house 800 homeless veterans for $40M. Or provide five million meals to the hungry. Or replace lead pipes in 8,500 homes.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/02/2025
HINT: The administration is not complying with the court order.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
NEW: Senate Democrats say they’ve set up portal for whistleblowers to alert “Any Potential Lawlessness Under The Trump Administration”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/02/2025
Chris Murphy: "I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate. The president is attempting to seize control of power, and for corrupt purposes ... he's trying to crush his opposition ... this is a red alert moment ... our democracy is at risk"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/02/2025
Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/02/2025
Thank you!
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Judge Amy Berman Jackson has formally dismissed the case of Jan. 6 defendant DJ Rodriguez, who drove a taser into the neck of MPD officer Michael Fanone and had been sentenced to 12 years in prison "Michael Fanone's heroism will never be moot," she says. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/02/2025
Our United Airlines pilot made sure to emphasize *Mexico* when he said we'd be flying over the Gulf of *Mexico* today. It's the little things. Microdose hope.
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
We were just told that they won’t let us in. They are denying entry to 2 dozen members of Congress. Elon Musk has all our private information & we have no idea what he’s doing with it. This is happening completely behind closed doors. HELL NO. It’s illegal. We demand oversight!
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
1/ ❗Really chilling. Thanks to Sen. Mark Warner, for releasing Memo from acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove to FBI leadership ordering the purge. -Memo is a clear abuse of power and weaponization of DOJ -Memo bolsters FBI lawsuits filed today. VERY clear the list is for retaliatory purposes
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
⚠️🚨FEDERAL EMPLOYEES🚨⚠️ We strongly recommend that you download your electronic Official Personnel Folder (e-OPF) as soon as possible if you have access. ➡️These systems may go offline soon⬅️ potentially leaving you without access to your personnel records.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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rosebanditquinn @rosebanditquinn.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Hey. Here are the names of the unauthorized dudes who are creeping into government computers: The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. These are the DOGE boys.
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Lawrence O'Donnell @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Senators burden DCA with demands for nonstop flights home. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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‘The Airport Said Don’t Do It. And They Did It.’
A former House Transportation Committee chair says Congress could bear some blame for congestion that may have contributed to the midair collision over the Potomac.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Democratic lawmakers need to understand something: Imagine your house is on fire. Fire truck shows up. Firefighters get out. They look at the fire, then at you, and say: "Such a fire is a grave threat. This house will not sustain." And just stand there. This is how many of you are coming across.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
1/ Danger afoot First Trump pardons those who attack law enforcement in his name Now: FBI DC Field Office person "relayed to a colleague that supervisors had told agents to prepare for the White House to PUBLICLY RELEASE the names of the agents who worked on the two Trump criminal cases on Monday"
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Justice Department orders FBI purge, review of staff who touched Trump cases
Leaders appointed by the Trump administration are identifying potentially hundreds of FBI agents for possible termination, said people familiar with the plan.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 31/01/2025
NTEU has sent an email regarding the follow up OPM Fork email urging people not to accept the deferred resignation. The bolded “FU” is a nice touch.
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𝕃𝕦𝕜𝕚𝕦𝕞 @americanmanifesto.news · 31/01/2025
YES! Thank You! This is the kind of resistance we need. 👇Democratic Leadership👇 LEARN! Next: Cut ALL STATE FUNDING/CONTRACTS to ANY ORGANIZATION/BUSINESS/ENTITY in any way/shape/form providing any employment to these VILE SCUM #BeRelentless
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Iowa Democrats have flipped a state Senate seat in a district that Trump won in November by 21 points. Democrat Mike Zimmer defeated Republican Kate Whittington in the special election for Senate District 35. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
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Iowa Democrats flip Senate seat in special election to cut into Republican majority
Democrat Mike Zimmer has defeated Republican Kate Whittington in the special election for Senate District 35, which was vacated by Chris Cournoyer.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Interesting dynamic. Chuck Grassley is lying his ass off abt how Crossfire Hurricane was opened. If Kash repeats them, he will be lying under oath. Mind, Trump would give him the same treatment as he did Walt Nauta, with whom he shares a criminal defense attorney.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Chuck says senior personnel should be on the job during critical events, but we have yet to see Pete Hegseth since an Army Black Hawk took out a civilian plane.
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