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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 22/04/2025
Bill Owens, executive producer of “60 Minutes”, resigns: “I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for ‘60 Minutes’, right for the audience.” We’re falling into fascism. — Deeper and deeper.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory. www.ft.com/content/8459...
80+% of both Democrats and Republicans believe America would be better off if more Americans worked in manufacturing, but < 30% say that about themselves.
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Conor Lamb @conorlambpa.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Pretty much the same amount Republicans promise to “save” in this budget is what the IRS could have collected from tax cheats and wealthy/sophisticated filers WITHOUT RAISING A SINGLE TAX. But instead somebody somewhere will lose out on healthcare. Stupid and cruel.
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Sending anyone from this country to a foreign gulag, particularly without a court hearing, should rightfully end a presidency. Full stop.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
WTF: “Trump’s treasury secretary Bessent seeks ‘meaningful negotiations’ with more than 50 countries”. BUT why didn’t they negotiate BEFORE imposing massive tariffs that caused market to crash, wiped out nest eggs and are ushering in a recession?! This is beyond incompetence. It’s criminal!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/04/2025
roberts et al have divined the Actual Intent of the constitution, which is to allow the government to exercise nearly unaccountable power to strip people of their rights. it is why we fought the revolution!
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 07/04/2025
Reminder: All People Had To Do Was Fill In A Little Oval Next To The Smart Black Lady’s Name.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The Guardian reports that people at the SSA, the agency that manages benefits for nearly 70 million Americans, worry that it’s in a “death spiral” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
Doge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff says
Understaffed agency sent into ‘death spiral’ as employees warn Musk-led cuts will lead to structural collapse
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
So many hundreds of thousands of words of ink, so many countless hours wasted, explaining how this man was secretly savvy, and it turns out he’s just dumb as a rock, clueless about basic economics, and driven by a malicious paranoia that conniving foreigners are ripping us off
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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CNN @cnn.com · 06/04/2025
An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump administration.
cnn.com
National Park Services removes references to Harriet Tubman from ‘Underground Railroad’ webpage | CNN
An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump a...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
THIS IS WHAT A TRADE WAR LOOKS LIKE -
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Today, as Duke’s Khaman Maluach, of Rumbek, South Sudan, prepared to play in the NCAA Final Four, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced his department “is taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders...”
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The white men fantasizing about the return of American manufacturing don’t actually think they or their kids will be working in the factories. This is their American individual idealism at work: they believe there will always be someone else working hard for their benefit
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Oh just Texas Congressman Keith Self directly quoting Joseph Goebbels during a congressional hearing….what planet are we on smh
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 03/04/2025
The 7 largest Dow Jones drops in American history: 1. Trump, 3/16/20 -2,997.10 2. Trump, 3/12/20 -2,352.60 3. Trump, 3/9/20 -2,013.76 4. Trump, 6/11/20 -1,861.82 5. Trump, 4/3/25 -1,679.39 6. Trump, 3/11/20 -1,464.94 7. Trump, 03/18/20 -1,338.46 Tired of winning yet?
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Breaking: Whirlpool announces they are laying off 651 American workers in Iowa, citing the economic conditions under Trump.
desmoinesregister.com
Whirlpool Corp. announces Iowa's largest layoff of 2025 in Amana manufacturing facility
A statement from Whirlpool said the layoffs are the result of reduced consumer demand for products made in Amana, primarily refrigeration units.
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Sophia Yen MD MPH @drsophiayen.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
+ this affects men & women b/c the sexually transmitted infection diagnosis & treatment. You want people to get: neurosyphilis? chlamydia & infertility that results from untreated STIs? Title X covers pap smears! Women will die of cervical cancer. #MomSky jessica.substack.com/p/title-x-fu...
jessica.substack.com
BREAKING: The Trump Administration Freezes $35 Million in Title X Funding
The attack will leave eight states without ANY federal family planning dollars
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Jason Coupet @professajay.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This is a @benwikler.bsky.social appreciation post. Great job in Wisconsin. Great job on Maddow. Great job for democracy. Someday I will get a cheese hat.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/04/2025
Jonathan Braun, who has had a string of legal issues since President Trump commuted his drug sentence four years ago, was arrested after allegedly punching an acquaintance and shoving a 3-year-old child.
nytimes.com
He Got Clemency From Trump. Now He’s Facing Charges of Injuring a Child.
Jonathan Braun, who has had a string of legal issues since President Trump commuted his drug sentence four years ago, was arrested after allegedly punching an acquaintance and shoving a 3-year-old.
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
My kid has a bleeding disorder and we just received an email from the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation that yesterday "nearly all staff within the CDC’s Division of Blood Disorders and Public Health Genomics" will be fired, so fuck you, RFK Jr, and all the senators who approved his nomination.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Surprised to see @economist.com on the ‘politicians should be allowed to do crimes without consequences’ team. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
economist.com
Why Marine Le Pen should be allowed to run for president
Punish the offender without also punishing French democracy
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969. One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/04/2025
This is a United States Senator MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities BANKS: You probably deserved it MACK: Why did I deserve it? BANKS: Because you look like a clown
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 01/04/2025
In a world of Chuck Schumer and John Fetterman, be a Cory Booker.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Says the guy who spent millions to elect a judge that will soon be the deciding vote on a case involving Tesla’s ability to sell cars in the state.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Just a straight-up, brazen, demonstrable lie from the Vice-President of the United States. They have no shame and they seem to be able to get away with it too. Abrego Garcia is not a ‘convicted MS-13 gang member.’ This is flat false from Vance.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Direct evidence of criminal election bribery under Wis. Stat. §12.11: “‘My name’s Ekaterina Deistler,’ she said in a video posted Monday morning. ‘I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars.’”
jsonline.com
Bice: Elon Musk group removes video from $1M winner after she says she got money to 'vote'
Elon Musk's super PAC removed an X video from a $1M giveaway winner in which she said she received the money, in part, to 'vote.'
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
“We must dissent because America can do better.” Good to hear Wisconsin Judge Susan Crawford quote Justice Thurgood Marshall in her victory speech tonight.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Tonight, between Booker and the Florida results, is a night to remember that the unraveling of American democracy is not inevitable. Trumpism’s vision for the future is not inevitable. We have a voice—and a vote too.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
It may be breaking, but @booker.senate.gov's voice has never been more powerful. Thank you, my friend, for speaking out for freedom, justice, and the country we love.
Sen. Cory Booker putting his hand over his heart as he beats Strom Thurmond's floor address record
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Friendly reminder: Due process is how we can be sure the people Miller and his henchmen are removing are legally subject to removal in the first place.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Longer version: www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-133-...
stevevladeck.com
Bonus 133: Due Process and the Rule of Law
Too many Americans don't understand, at a basic level, *why* the Constitution requires due process when the government deprives anyone of their life, liberty, or property.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Just trying to get my head around the absolute gutting of cdc and nih today. A bleak day for the US and …. well staying alive longer than people did in the 19th century.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/04/2025
NEW: Cory Booker Sets Record with History-Making Speech Watch the highlights 👇
youtu.be
Cory Booker DROPS THE MIC with HISTORY-MAKING Speech
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Is it really too much to ask media outlets reporting on invading Greenland & Canada to lead with "THIS IS WILDLY ILLEGALLY UNDER BOTH OUR NATO AND UN TREATY COMMITMENTS, WHICH ARE ALSO PART OF US LAW"? The normalization of this is wildly inappropriate & there is no excuse for it.
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The Department of Government Efficiency, for example
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says Michael Osterholm, an infectious-diseases epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. “These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”
nature.com
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 01/04/2025
I wrote about Ezra Klein's "abundance" and how when it came to his examples in broadband, he had no idea what he was actually talking about:
techdirt.com
Jon Stewart And Ezra Klein Help GOP Paint Infrastructure Bill Broadband Grants As A Useless Boondoggle
We’ve long noted how the 2021 infrastructure bill included $42.5 billion for broadband dubbed the Broadband, Equity, Access And Deployment (BEAD) program. Managed by the NTIA and individual s…
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025
What’s most clear to me tonight is that this is just the beginning, that Americans across this country, no matter their title or party, are ready to be heard. I believe that history will show we rose to meet this moment.
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025
Sen. Bill Cassidy: "Is there some way that we cut Medicare so that it's-- excuse me, reform Medicare."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
ICYMI — SENATOR BOOKER: “I rise to disrupt the business of the senate for as long as I am physically able… because I believe sincerely our country is in crisis.” 🇺🇸
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025
Rep. Ross: "Trump's contempt for the judiciary is not new ... he has fought victims that he has sexually assaulted and he has been convicted of sexually assaulting ... his disrespect for the judiciary is based on his disrespect for anybody who doesn't let him do whatever he wants whenever he wants."
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 01/04/2025
If Oct. 7 had never happened, Trump would right now be pulling funding from Columbia and Harvard because of DEI policies or admissions requirements or what research they were doing or all of the above. The right hates universities and that’s it.
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Thurmond was the same age as Booker when he set the record Senator Cory Booker just broke. Thurmond was afforded a bathroom break and read from the encyclopedia. Booker held the floor the entire time and delivered a consistent, cogent speech for more than 24 hours. Incredible.
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