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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The Vice President of El Salvador has told US Senator Van Hollen that the reason they are still holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia is due to the Trump regime paying them to do so. Trump needs to be arrested and brought up on human trafficking charges. #3E

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Commissioner. Chief Financial Officer. Chief Legal Officer. Chief Risk Officer. Chief Privacy Officer. Chief of Staff. All out. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

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Jen LB @jenlb.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Our govt said in court filings that due to a fucking “oversight,” the dad of a disabled child with no criminal history & protected status was forcibly taken & imprisoned in El Salvador. The govt claims they can’t get him back. Fuck this shit. BRING THEM ALL BACK www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison

The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

As I have emphasized multiple times, THESE FLIGHTS WERE PUBLICLY TRACKED! They were private charter planes contracted out by ICE like nearly every other ICE Air flight! They were met in El Salvador by a huge camera crew and a media spectacle! Nothing about this was secret! This is such nonsense.

First, Defendants are currently evaluating whether to invoke the state secrets privilege as to portions of the information sought by this Court’s order. Whether and how to invoke that privilege involves both weighty considerations and specific procedures that are not amenable to the 21-hour turnaround period currently provided by this Court’s order.1 This Court itself raised the possibility that the Government might raise the state secrets privilege as a potential basis for not producing information. See, e.g., 3/17/25 Tr. at 9:25-10:18. The Government cannot hastily conduct an evaluation of the invocation of that privilege except in exigent circumstances, and the flightpath of an airplane that landed three days ago is not an exigent circumstance warranting such evaluation.

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

You wouldn't know from reading this New York Times story about Trump punishing the University of Pennsylvania for trans athletes that there are no trans athletes on women's teams at the University of Pennsylvania because the New York Times didn't find that detail worth including

A news article headline reads, "White House Plans to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy." The subheadline states that the decision is part of a broader effort to push universities to end diversity programming and adopt stricter discipline. Below the text is a photograph of a historic building on the University of Pennsylvania's campus, with a statue in the foreground and leafless trees framing the image. The article is authored by Alan Blinder and Michael C. Bender, published on March 19, 2025.

A news article continues discussing the Trump administration's decision to suspend $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania due to its policies regarding transgender athletes. The article references a White House social media account announcing the move, citing Penn's support of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas as a justification. A response from Penn states that they have not received official notification and assert they are in compliance with all relevant regulations.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

A pathetic and humiliating walkback from the would-be destroyers of CFPB, who know they've lost in court and can't kill the agency. This email from Mark Paoletta went to employees today. It neglects Vought's Feb 10 "stop-work" email that superseded it, ending all activity with no exceptions.

On behalf of Acting Director Vought, I am writing to you to ensure that everyone is carrying out any statutorily required work, as he set forth in his February 8th email.
On February 8, 2025, you received an email from Acting Director Vought directing you to halt several classes of work unless "required by law" or expressly approved by the Acting Director. On February 10, 2025, you received an email from Acting Director Vought directing you to reach out to me for the authorization required by the February 8 email. These measures were intended to ensure that new leadership could establish operational control over the agency while ensuring that it would continue to fulfill its statutory duties...

Many of you understood this and continued to perform functions required by law and sought approval from me to perform work, which I have promptly granted.
It has come to my attention, however, that some employees have not been performing statutorily required work. Let me be clear: Employees should be performing work that is required by law and do not need to seek prior approval to do so. If you have any questions, please reach out to me immediately, and I will promptly give you an answer and authorization if warranted. If you are aware of other employees that are needed to assist you in performing a statutorily required task but are not doing so, please raise this with me immediately.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Mark Paoletta
Chief Legal Officer
CFPB

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Secretary of State Rubio, Musk and the White House all say that lifesaving assistance programs were cut by mistake and have now been reinstated. These statements are deliberate lies, as this USAID memo reveals.

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Chris D. Jackson @chrisdjackson.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

🚨 BREAKING: This is beyond outrageous. Elon Musk, his cranky mother Maye, and one of his young kids were chauffeured in Air Force One and Marine One—straight to the White House, where they’re apparently staying. WTF is going on? It goes without saying, this is not normal. 🙄

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

In the last election, one candidate was proposing coercive restrictions on personal liberty and replacing free trade and free markets with heavy tariffs and authoritarian favoritism. The other was Kamala Harris. Bezos personally killed an endorsement of Harris and celebrated at Trump’s inauguration.

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ANTIFA Birdie🐦🇨🇦 🫘 @birdie56.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...

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Ban X/Twitter in Canada

I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

We kicked holocaust denier Ernst Zündel out of Canada. Why the hell would we let Elon Musk have any claim on Canada? He is a fascist threatening the people of Ukraine. I am proud to be helping drive this asshole from our shores. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

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Petition asking PM to revoke Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship garners support

Thousands of people have electronically signed a parliamentary petition calling for revocation of Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship over his role in the Trump administration, which is pointedly threate...

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MrPassportKing @mrpassportking.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Republicans must cut Medicaid in order to pay for Trump's trillion dollar tax cut for the rich. Musk can only fire so many federal workers and raid so many federal agencies by screaming mass fraud with no evidence. Republicans need money from elsewhere. This is what Republicans elected Trump to do.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/02/2025

NEW: Trump’s USDA admits it "accidentally" fired "several" agency employees working on the federal response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak—and is now scrambling to undo the damage.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

CNN's Brianna Keilar: "Stephen, let's calm down." Stephen Miller: "I will be as excited as I want to be about the fact that we are saving Americans billions of dollars! That we are ending the waste and grift and corruption!"

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

60 MINUTES: “Utter nonsense. The most accountable aid agency in the world is USAID… DOGE fired their top 58 officials within an hour of arriving…”

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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 17/02/2025

FAA staff fired over the weekend included personnel that worked air traffic control radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, among others. Hundreds were fired, just weeks after a fatal mid-air collision in DC killed 67. apnews.com/article/doge...

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Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash

The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a fatal mid-air collision in Washi...

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 17/02/2025

⚠️ Content warning: homophobia ⚠️ We delivered over 70, 000 complaints to Ofcom’s doorstep about GB News broadcasting hate. Tag @ofcom.bsky.social in the comments to make sure they see it 👀

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

14 flags, posted at 1:14pm. Ensuring there's a 14 there regardless of your time zone. If you wanted to signal you were a Nazi now...this is a good way to do it.

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Noelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The message displayed when you visit CDC's link to the Adolescent Health page . You can't just pretend trans people don't exist, you intellectually impotent motherfuckers.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

BREAKING: NBC News has obtained a letter from then-acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Danielle Sassoon alleging that NYC Mayor Eric Adams' attorney proposed a "quid pro quo" to Trump's Justice Department. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

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Three top federal prosecutors resign after refusing to drop Adams charges

The acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, as well as two top prosecutors in Washington, resigned over the DOJ order to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

McConnell could have led the only vote that mattered - the one to convict Trump in either impeachment trial. He bent the knee both times. His token opposition to Gabbard and RFK means nothing other than legacy cleanup.

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H. John Tran @johnhtran.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Bannon Pleads Guilty to Fraud—But Walks Free Steve Bannon stole millions from MAGA donors in a fake border wall fundraiser, pleaded guilty, and won’t serve a day in prison. This is his second felony, yet he’s still attacking prosecutors and pushing Trump’s agenda. Crime pays in MAGA world.

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Naotoshi Maeda @naotoshimaeda.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Steve Bannon pleads guilty to defrauding donors with the 'We Build the Wall' scam and STILL avoids prison time. This is just another reminder that, in this country, the powerful and politically connected are becoming less and less accountable for their actions, regardless of impact on the people.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

After Trump ordered the US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, Bloomberg Philanthropies and other U.S. climate funders announced that they will “ensure the United States meets its global climate obligations.” www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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Bloomberg philanthropy to cover U.S. climate dues after Paris withdrawal

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy and other U.S. funders said on Thursday they will cover U.S. financial obligations to the UN climate framework after President Donald Trump called for the U.S. to withdraw - for a second time - from the Paris climate agreement.

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chip goines @chip.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

When Harvard publishes a statement on Super Bowl sunday about Trump cutting NIH funding, that's when you know it's really bad.

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HARVARD
Office of the President
Dear Members of the Harvard Community,
The strong, uninterrupted partnership among the federal government, research universities, and industry underpins America's leadership in biomedical discovery and its application to human health.
Federal funding for scientific research has helped make the United States a magnet for outstanding talent, a springboard for ambitious ideas, and a wellspring of rapid and accelerating progress, manifested in an ever-growing list of life-saving treatments for heart disease, cancer, and genetic diseases, along with technological innovations that have strengthened our economy. It is no wonder that the American model-refined and improved over nearly eighty years—is the envy of the world.
On Friday evening, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released new policy guidance that will weaken that position by deeply cutting an important but frequently misunderstood source of research funding in existing and emerging areas of promise. These circumstances are deeply concerning to many of us.
Earlier today, Vice Provost for Research John Shaw outlined measures that the University is taking to monitor these developments and to provide guidance as available.

Every scientific and medical breakthrough, whether in basic or applied research, depends on the people who conduct the research, as well as the materials and laboratory equipment they use. These components of research, readily attributable to a specific project, are funded as direct costs, but they do not encompass all essential aspects of research.
The work also requires laboratory facilities, heat and electricity, and people to administer the research and ensure that it is conducted securely and in accordance with federal regulations. The expenditures for these critical parts of the research enterprise are called indirect costs. They are substantial, and they are unavoidable, not least because it can be very expensive to build, maintain, and equip space to conduct research at the frontiers of knowledge.
Implementing a 15 percent cap on indirect support, as the NIH has announced it intends to do, would slash funding and cut research activity at Harvard and nearly every research university in our nation.
The discovery of new treatments would slow, opportunities to train the next generation of scientific leaders would shrink, and our nation's science and engineering prowess would be severely compromised. At a time of rapid strides in quantum computing, artificial intelligence, brain science, biological imaging, and regenerative biology, and when other nations are expanding their investment in science, America should not drop knowingly and willingly from her lead position on the endless frontier.

Along with our fellow research universities and many others across higher education, industry, and the wider scientific community, Harvard will continue to advocate for a nation strengthened and enriched through its research efforts, a nation that wields knowledge in service of its people. Our institutions are as necessary for the health and prosperity of our country as they have ever been. With rapid advances in so many areas of the life sciences, breakthroughs are becoming more frequent and more consequential.
Now is the time to defend the research partnership that has done so much for our nation and the world, and that can do even more in the future.
Sincerely,
Alan M. Garber

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Rio Tazewell @riotazewell.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

If the goal of ‘DOGE’ were truly to expose corruption and save taxpayer money it wouldn’t have been preceded by the unlawful firing of 18 Inspectors General whose job it is to expose corruption and save taxpayer money.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Hard to know how close we are to the precipice

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/02/2025

This tweet is setting up the Trump administration to thrust the U.S. into a constitutional crisis and obliterate our system of checks and balances as we know it.

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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 09/02/2025

Employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed to cease “all supervision and examination activity” and “all stakeholder engagement,” effectively stopping the agency’s operations www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u... @rmac.bsky.social @stacycowley.bsky.social

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Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity

In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.”

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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

One way to think about the DOGE effort is it's an outgrowth of 20 years of hardliner conservatives frustrated by their inability to get the votes in Congress to do what they want to do. 1/

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

The challenge that all the DOGE-related lawsuits face is that DOGE has a formalistic structure that’s designed to look benign, but which appears to be a charade. Proving it’s a charade in court in a compressed time-frame will be hard. A thread: ... 1/14

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

In this anti-fascist film produced by US Military in the wake of WWII, the producers deconstruct the politically motivated social engineering of Germany by the Nazi regime. www.youtube.com/watch?v=23X1...

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Don't Be a Sucker - 1947

YouTube video by Weirdo Video

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Rebekah is Pro-Choice @rebekahwriter.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, wants to cut funding for medical research in all 50 states. This will raise unemployment and slow the pace of medical discoveries. Call Congress + your governor. Tell them to oppose these cuts! #ElonMuskIsStealingFromYou drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Please remember something: if you had said a year ago that Trump would do even a fraction of these things, you would have been mocked, belittled, accused of “Trump derangement syndrome,” and dismissed by certain people. Identify those people and block and shun them.

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 07/02/2025

Our team has launched a tracker account for flights in and out of the US naval base and detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The tracker is based on open data from ADS-B signals. Check it out here @gtmowatch.bsky.social

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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 08/02/2025

President Trump’s Kennedy Center announcement appears to be blatantly illegal. U.S. Code says general trustees “shall hold office … for a term of 6 years” - nothing about the President having power to remove - and the Chairperson is appointed by the Board. A president cannot appoint himself.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

It's important to remember that Pam Bondi spent several days in Philadelphia in November 2020 trying as a lawyer to throw away Fetterman's vote for president, as well as those of the people he now allegedly represents. And yet he voted for her tonight

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Trump just proposed that the US take over Gaza and turn it into "the Riviera of the Middle East.” In February, Kushner described Gaza's "waterfront property" as "very valuable." Kushner, who raised billions from the Saudis, is partnering with Trump right now to build a new Trump Tower in Serbia

President Trump's Middle East policy took a dark turn on Saturday when he announced on Air Force One that he favored the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza. "You’re talking about a million and...

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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦🇪🇺 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

There’s no doubt about it, Elon Musk is a full-blown fascist. He thinks dictator Nayib Bukele’s offer to send convicted criminals (including American citizens) to prisons in El Salvador is a great idea.

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Libra on Fire 🔥 ⚖️ @libraonfire.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

. So when exactly do the ‘checks’ and ‘balances’ part kick in? Or is that just a fun little slogan like ‘thoughts and prayers’?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/02/2025

RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.

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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Yes totally cool that a 19-year-old who called his deleted LinkedIn "Big Balls," where he lists his experience working as a camp counselor can access the entire US federal payment system without anyone looking into his background, for instance, his Russian national close relatives or anything else

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Everyone realizes they’re trying to shift the Overton Window, right? They’re conditioning you to be accepting of the insane shit they’re doing now so you’ll accept the more insane shit they do later.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

“Musk’s DOGE crew lacked high-enough security clearance to access that information, so the two USAID security officials — John Vorhees and deputy Brian McGill — were legally obligated to deny access.”

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USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk's DOGE from classified info, officials say

The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Mu...

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