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Meredith O'Brien @meredithobrien.bsky.social · 1h

The Trump administration: Making Americans poorer and sicker

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Nancy Pelosi suggested on Wednesday that local police could arrest federal agents if they break California law while conducting immigration raids that are expected this week in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Pelosi Says Police May Arrest Federal Agents Who Violate California Law

The San Francisco district attorney said in an interview that she came up with the strategy after seeing federal agents repeatedly roughing up people in Los Angeles and Chicago.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

JUST IN: The ENTIRE East Wing of the White House has officially been DEMOLISHED, per AP.

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH: “All of this is going to have to be investigated,” says Jeffries on Trump gutting the entire White House East Wing to build a ballroom. “That's our warning to all of these people participating in this scheming to manipulate taxpayer dollars and, of course, to destroy the people's house.”

‘Destroying the people’s house’: Jeffries blasts Trump’s White House demolition

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

He lost the 2020 election. He knew it. He lied about it. And now he’s demanding your money because knowingly lying didn’t make him President.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."

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Meredith O'Brien @meredithobrien.bsky.social · 1d

If no one will stop him and no one will hold him accountable after the fact then I guess anything's possible. He could make a Mar-a-lago North if he wants.

Meredith O'Brien @meredithobrien.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not looking for parental figures. I'm lamenting the fact that all of the guardrails that have been used for centuries to rein in executives -- like Republican members of Congress telling Nixon to resign or else they'd remove him from office, for example -- have fallen.

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Meredith O'Brien @meredithobrien.bsky.social · 2d

Not true. There are checks and balances built into the system. Congress. Judiciary. Inspectors general. Congress has given a green light to the administration to unconstitutionally usurp legislative powers. SCOTUS gave the president immunity. The inspector generals have been fired.

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Meredith O'Brien @meredithobrien.bsky.social · 2d

Why is no one stopping this? Why is every supposed stopgap organization that was intended to serve as a bulwark against the nakedly illegal actions of a power-mad executive just issuing sternly-worded press releases? Is America really this weak?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Meredith O'Brien @meredithobrien.bsky.social · 2d

I think people need to seriously start talking about a national strike a la Europe. Too many irreparable things are happening too quickly. #nokings #nationalstrike

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 2d

Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 2d

You go @jeffmerkley.bsky.social!

The senator has been speaking on the floor since 6:24 last night denouncing Trump's authoritarian attacks on democracy

Let's be loud--the American people are listening. Trump is down to historically Low 37% approval in recent polls

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Merkley STILL Holding the Senate Floor to Protest Trump’s Threats to Democracy

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Meredith O'Brien @meredithobrien.bsky.social · 2d

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Meredith O'Brien @meredithobrien.bsky.social · 2d

I think he honestly believes that he’s a king and is erecting a castle to his liking at the White House because he’s not planning to leave.

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Meredith O'Brien @meredithobrien.bsky.social · 2d

He lied when he said he wouldn’t “touch” the East Wing. Obtained no permits, no approvals. He literally thinks he is a king. And until he’s stopped he’ll continue to take a wrecking ball to the whole nation.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2d

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Adelita Grijalva files lawsuit to be sworn in as member of Congress - Roll Call

Adelita Grijalva and Arizona asked a federal court on Tuesday to allow someone else to administer her oath to be a member of Congress.

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Meredith O'Brien @meredithobrien.bsky.social · 2d

It is and has always been about him. He doesn’t care a whit about the people.

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 2d

In which the Pentagon continues to clamp down on communication of all kinds while falsely claiming increased transparency.

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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 2d

Jesse Watters Boasts ‘Trump Is So Unconstrained’ That ‘Nothing They Can Do Can Check His Power’

Fox News host Jesse Watters boasted on Tuesday that President Donald Trump was "so unconstrained" there was nothing Democrats could do to "check his power." The post Jesse Watters Boasts ‘Trump Is So Unconstrained’ That ‘Nothing They Can Do Can Check His Power’ first appeared on Mediaite.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2d

Trump is head of the DOJ and demanding we pay him $230 million because, though guilty, he forced DOJ to drop the case, and now he is AGAIN a pathetic, whiney VICTIM. L

Every Republican needs to speak up or be asked about this by media. The grifter is grifting.

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 2d

It's not "budgetary Twister," it's willfully violating Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution.

Just because President Trump chooses to ignore Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 does not mean that the NYT should pretend Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 does not exist.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 3d

Enough is enough. Adelita Grijalva was elected on September 23. The people of Arizona have a right to be represented in Congress.

During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 3d

Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero

Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded."

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