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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/06/2025

There are only two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government routinely conceal their identities: Lawless failed states, and authoritarian states.

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The Secret Police Are Here

Trump is losing on policy and the law. But he’s winning on power.

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WIRED @wired.com · 03/06/2025

And for more on what to avoid, engaging with police, and best tips around phones and staying in contact, hit up our protest guide here:

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How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid

If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

30% of American jobs do not offer health benefits, and 49% of employed workers can’t afford healthcare without going into debt. Trump’s cuts to healthcare are trading American lives and prosperity for more tax breaks for billionaires.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

True Blood breakthrough.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

WSJ: “Support for law firms that didn’t make deals has been growing — At least 11 big companies are moving work away from law firms that settled with Trump or are giving more business to firms that have been targeted but refused to strike deals…” www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

This no-kill animal shelter is in desperate need of kitten food, kitten milk replacement, and other supplies. If you post a screenshot in my replies showing that you donated at least $10 (even as a Chewy gift card), I'll answer a style-related question for you. Donation info in their thread.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 01/06/2025

Don’t like gay marriage? Don’t get married to the same sex. Don’t like gender-affirming care? Don’t have any. Don’t like Planned Parenthood? Don’t go there. Don’t like abortion? Don’t get one. Just because *you* don’t like it doesn’t mean *others* shouldn’t be able to it.

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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Btw, just posted my segment of an interview with @raaleh.bsky.social from earlier this month. As always, watch it because it brings revenue to Notes on the Crises! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dq3...

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100 Days of Bro Litude ft Nathan Tankus

YouTube video by Notes on the Crises

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/05/2025

Trump on Joe Biden, who recently announced a cancer diagnosis: "If you feel sorry for him, don't feel so sorry, because he's vicious ... I really don't feel sorry for him."

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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 30/05/2025

Pro tip: use "xcancel.com" instead of "x.com" and people don't have to visit actual nazi bar to see the tweet xcancel.com/TheDemocrats...

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Democrats (@TheDemocrats)

.@StephenM:

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 30/05/2025

"Roughly 1,500 babies have been born HIV-positive every day since January 21, because Musk cut off their mothers’ medication." prospect.org/power/2025-0...

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Go, Elon, and Never Darken Our Doors Again

The worst ultra-billionaire on Earth says he’s leaving government. Let’s hope he actually does it.

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WIRED @wired.com · 29/05/2025

NEW: The US government has collected DNA samples from 133,000+ migrant children and teenagers and uploaded them into CODIS, a national criminal database originally built for convicted sex offenders and violent criminals, according to documents reviewed by WIRED.

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The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database

Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.

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abel @abelwithatable.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

SA Current has the best headlines 👀

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If you're angry about the state's pending ban on THC-containing hemp, look no further than Patrick.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Openly negotiating the price of the bribe being paid to the President to grant approval to a regulatory merger. Happening right in front of us.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Ohio State has over three thousand at the moment, representing around 6% of the student body. Congrats to all the American families who will get to pick up the tab now.

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Eddy Conroy @econroy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Middle America is gonna be stoked when tuition increases at every 4-year public with more than a handful of Chinese students.

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Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Fun with Bad Investing Ideas Paul Krugman interviews me about, well, Bad Investing Ideas! ritholtz.com/2025/05/fun-...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 27/05/2025

Attacks on international students hurt all Americans. International students contributed $43.8 billion and supported 378,175 jobs to the U.S. economy during the 2023-2024 academic year. Full national data from @nafsa-official.bsky.social here: www.nafsa.org/policy-and-a...

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 26/05/2025

Texas Republicans torched the wall between church and state—ripping up the Constitution to force the Ten Commandments into every public school classroom. This isn’t faith. It’s authoritarianism dressed as religion. Schools aren’t pulpits. And fascism is on the march. @jamestalarico.bsky.social

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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

If we stop calling these “grants” and start calling them “contracts,” it’s clearer to people why this is such an abuse of power. This wasn’t a bunch of gifts. This was a bunch of binding contracts between researchers and the US govt for specific agreed upon projects.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

you know it’s a load-bearing component of the social safety net but I feel like I’m still learning HOW load-bearing. I didn’t realize until Trump started plotting to cut it that it’s like …. literally the only way we have nursing homes

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scarylawyerguy.bsky.social @scarylawyerguy.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Oh for the good old days when every editorial board in America LOUDLY demanded the Clintons shut down their charitable organization for fear it would be used to curry favor w/Hillary if she became President 🙃

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

He's caving—just like every GOP senator will. There's not a single spine among the Republican conference in the Senate. I still think we don't fully appreciate how much more these people care about getting reelected than about the well-being of this country. I think the latter never comes into play.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Here’s a perfect project for any journalist in Louisiana — track who actually loses benefits in the state and disprove this cruel nonsense.

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Trump is the kind of guy who leaves a party and says, “Glad you got to see me!” and means it, which is no doubt why the asshole felt like it was fine to give the West Point class an Irish goodbye.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 25/05/2025

Work requirements hurt poor people AND are a waste of money. Arkansas spent $26 million on administrative costs for work requirements — and saw no increase in employment. Georgia’s program cost $40 million in one year — 80% of that went to administrative and consulting costs.

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Public higher ed in Texas is doomed if this passes. What do all those Longhorn and Aggie alum in the Lege think is going to happen when they vote yes?

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Will, hook’em horns, McKenna @mckennawill.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I’m 💯 for that Korean dog! 🤤 86 the onions and the Coney sounds good too. Not a fan of mustard, but bagel dog sounds decent. The rest of these have too much going on for my tastes.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 24/05/2025

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Why does this matter for state capacity? Because with unitary executive theory, there is no actor that can make credible long-term commitments to public servants. The public sector becomes permanently viewed as an unstable and chaotic workplace that we are seeing now. Good employees will not join.

With unitary executive theory, Congress cannot write robust new legislation that modernizes the civil service and stops politicization. A President could just ignore it. Even if Trump leaves office, and a new President looks to restore nonpartisan competence, their promises are only good for four or eight years before another President can come in and rip up the terms of their employment. And over time, why would even a good government President invest effort in restoring capacity if their successor can undermine it?

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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Protecting the civil service and independent agencies is the kind of thing where the incentives in Congress and state legislatures *should* be aligned to overrule SCOTUS via amendment. That we can say with virtual certainty that this won't happen is not the sign of a healthy constitutional republic.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Imagine how we would view this if it was happening in another country

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

How about a joint lawsuit by a group of universities? Stand together, folks

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Hey, if the media is interested in a cover-up of a senile president who's not really in control of his White House, there's one going on right now?

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

In the 2024-25 academic year, Harvard University has 6,793 international students, accounting for roughly 27 percent of its student body.

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Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students

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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The Constitution says that Congress must approve gifts to the president and his family from foreign potentates, but apparently the Constitution is mostly decorative these days.

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled that the Trump Administration "unequivocally" violated a court order by deporting 12 migrants to South Sudan without proper notice.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/05/2025

Trump officials' showings at hearings today were disasters, but it doesn't make headlines bc the media's default assumption is that Rs are clownish rascals. But if Dems didn't know what was happening at their agencies or what habeas corpus is, it'd be front page news. This is a key media asymmetry.

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

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Anna Maltese @annamaltese.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Incredible chart work. 🙏🏼 #90dealsIn90days

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/05/2025

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect

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