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Alex Taliadoros @alexctaliadoros.bsky.social · 1d

Evictions in DC reached record levels in 2024.

The data for 2025 so far shows that the number of evictions per month this year is even higher.

More DC families than ever are losing their homes, yet rental assistance has been slashed and protections for tenants are actively being gutted.

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Andrea M. Beaty @andreabeaty.bsky.social · 1d

@capitolforum.bsky.social reported today that FHFA director Pulte met w/ the FBI weeks before his mortgage fraud tirade against Lisa Cook.

Pulte also met with Goldman Sachs and BlackRock CEOs + UBS execs as the White House considers privatizing Fannie and Freddie

attn: @gregsargent.bsky.social

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 1d

Read our response:

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 1d

Corporate America’s mouthpieces claim the few limits on corporate influence we helped win during the Biden admin drove Big Business to board Trump’s tyrannical train.

If so, how can Big Business ever be trustworthy participants in a democracy?

Our @jeffhauser.bsky.social in the @wsj.com:

Opinion | Why Did Business Jump on the Trump Train?

And how can it ever be considered trustworthy participants in a democracy?

www.wsj.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

Trump just got Letitia James indicted despite insiders leaking that the case against her is incredibly weak. He had to get his handpicked stooge to do it. This only shows how corrupt the whole thing truly is:

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 2d

It's hard to overstate how alarming NY AG Letitia James's reported indictment is.

This is the second time in weeks that a political opponent of Trump has been indicted, at his urging, against the advice of career prosecutors and Trump's own appointees. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Justice Department indicts N.Y. attorney general

Justice Department wins indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her of committing mortgage fraud in 2023.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 5d

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, two of the nation's largest rail companies, are trying to merge. Unions and impacted industry groups oppose the deal. That hasn't stopped the rail behemoths from trying to astroturf the appearance of public support.

A guest post from Brett Heinz:

Railroad Barons Launch an Astroturf Campaign For Their Mega-Merger

Those supporting a new railroad monopoly include paid-off politicians, business partners, and… an anti-monopoly group?

revolvingdoorproject.substack.com

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 6d

Pritzker doing better journalism 101 than a lot of tv news producers these days

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 6d

This from @govpritzker.illinois.gov on @cnn.com

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 7d

Stephen miller is actively calling for a civil war right now on Twitter.

I really do not think Americans are taking in the reality that the federal government is openly admitting to waging war against democratically held cities and states and what comes now that this is being openly said.

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Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide).
This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.
› Joyce Alene
@JoyceWhiteVance • 3h
1/ Judge Immergut just granted a restraining order that prevents Trump's mobilization of the Oregon National Guard in Portland.
IMMERGUT, District Judge.
This case involves the intersection of three of the most fundamental principles in our
constitutional democracy. The first concerns the relationship between the federal government
and the states. The second concerns the relationship between the United States armed forces and
domestic law enforcement. The third concerns the proper role of the judicial branch in ensuring
that the executive branch complies with the laws and limitations imposed by the legislative
branch. Whether we choose to follow what the Constitution mandates with respect to these three
relationships goes to the heart of what it means to live under the rule of law in the United States.

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 11d

Aaron's thread breaks down key parts of the expository text. It's extremely unusual in many ways, and ultimately pessimistic about the idea that the lower courts can change any big-picture outcomes right now. In the face of that realization, Judge Young writes of a crisis he can't stop.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11d

Judge Young: "This case ... squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally 'yes, they do.' 'No law' means 'no law.'"

This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court –- squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.” “No law” means “no law.” The First Amendment does not draw President Trump’s invidious distinction and it is not to be found in our history or jurisprudence. See Section III.A infra. No one’s freedom of speech is unlimited, of course, but these limits are the same for both citizens and non-citizens alike.

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 11d

I'm not usually a courts fetishist, but this document is a pretty remarkable...cry for help? from somebody who has spent decades in the middle of a system that worked as intended, and is currently experiencing a total breakdown of things he built his life's work around.

Andy Sellars @sellars.bsky.social · 11d

AAUP v. Rubio is out, and look at how it starts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Ahead of the case caption, a handwritten note: "Trump has pardons and tanks . . . . what do you have?" Judge Young's reply: "Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous,
Alone, I have nothing but my
sense of duty.
Together, We the People of the
United States –- you and me --
have our magnificent Constitution.
Here’s how that works out in a
specific case –- "

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 11d

This is against the law FWIW

No part of any funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 11d

The Department of Housing and Urban Development website is having a normal one.

HUD website: "The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands. The Trump administration wants to keep the government open"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12d

yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 12d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 "Boeing is regaining authority from the Federal Aviation Administration to perform final safety checks on its 737 MAX."

Rather than increase agency capacity to conduct independent inspections and improve aviation safety, Trump's FAA will allow Boeing to certify the safety of its own planes.

Exclusive | Boeing Clears Key Hurdle From 737 MAX Crashes

The aerospace giant is regaining some authority from regulators to perform final safety checks on jets.

www.wsj.com

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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 15d

According to reporters on the ground, ICE is now **deliberately firing** what appears to be "non-lethals" at press at this morning's protest in Broadview, IL. One @unraveledpress.com reporter got hit.

Unraveled has been putting in serious work during this crisis--throw them some cash if you can.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15d

ICE advanced again, started firing at photographers/press intentionally. Took a nasty lick to the face, unsure if pepper ball or rubber bullet.

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 15d

Trump and his henchmen rail against the supposed violence of progressives. But Sasha Abramsky asks what do you call throwing Rodney Taylor, a double amputee, into jail to pressure him into self-deporting to a country in which he will likely die? @sashaabramsky.bsky.social

Meet Rodney Taylor, the Double Amputee the Trump Regime Has Locked Up, Ready for Deportation

The so-called “worst of the worst” immigrants that the Trump administration is holding in detention facilities are mostly just regular people trying to make ends meet.

www.thenation.com

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 15d

Hundreds of tenants across four states are uniting to take on the mega-landlord Capital Realty Group, demanding collective bargaining for safe and dignified housing.

Inside the Tenant Union Federation’s bold new campaign

inthesetimes.com/article/priv...

Have Private Equity Landlords Met Their Match?

A new campaign from the Tenant Union Federation is uniting hundreds of tenants in four states to take on the mega-corporation that owns their homes.

inthesetimes.com

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Andrea M. Beaty @andreabeaty.bsky.social · 15d

Anyways, join your local tenant union and read about the Tenant Union Federation's work organizing renters across the country:

Tara Raghuveer @taraghuveer.bsky.social · 19d

In the last six weeks, the Tenant Union Federation launched seven (7) majority tenant unions, across five (5) states, representing 1000 units of housing owned by Capital Realty Group, a New York-based corporate landlord. The first portfolio organizing of its kind...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Tenants Seek to Unionize One Private Equity Firm's Entire Housing Portfolio

By organizing renters across Capital Realty Group’s affordable housing complexes, the Tenant Union Federation hopes to bring sectoral bargaining to negotiations with large landlords.

www.bloomberg.com

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Andrea M. Beaty @andreabeaty.bsky.social · 15d

It’s rich that Jay Parsons, the 'economist' who literally pitched RealPage’s rent-setting software, is now scolding tenant advocates to work “in good faith” for accessible affordable housing.

Where was that good faith when RealPage was squeezing every last penny out of renters?

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 18d

Sen. Ted Cruz introduced new legislation seeking to protect AI initiatives from federal regulation. It's the latest in a string of attempts to insulate Big Tech from public oversight and democratic accountability. From Dylan Gyauch-Lewis:
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Ted Cruz Attempts to Exempt Big Tech From the Law

The Texas senator has introduced a bill allowing any AI company a streamlined path around regulations.

trib.al

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 18d

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 18d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 19d

#BREAKING: Supreme Court pulls trigger on FTC firing, siding with Trump over precedent @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/supreme-cour...

Supreme Court pulls trigger on FTC firing, siding with Trump over precedent

Democratic Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter argued that the high court's emergency docket wasn’t the appropriate forum to overturn nearly a century of precedent.

www.courthousenews.com

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 19d

"The Roberts court has spent the last 20 years dismantling liberal democracy as Americans have known it. Its rulings have paved the way for the first quasi-dictatorship in the republic’s history."

Why Congress must expand/reform #SCOTUS to rebalance a Court that once again adhere to rule of law. ↘️

The Roberts Court Is Winning Its War on American Democracy

Chief Justice John Roberts has now overseen 20 years of increasingly illiberal rulings by the Supreme Court.

newrepublic.com

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 19d

The backlash to ABC/Disney canceling Kimmel has been swift, and severe. The whole episode underscores something I've been blogging about for a while: A lot of powerful people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-p...

A lot of people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is

The backlash to ABC/Disney canceling Kimmel shows why it's important for businesses and the public to understand that two-thirds of Americans are not Trump voters

www.gelliottmorris.com

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