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Why We Have Due Process open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Why We Have Due Process
Here’s a textbook explanation for why due process is so important: the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a native of El Salvador, who was included on the third plane full of aliens the Trump admin...
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April 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Why We Have Due Process open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Zelenky stood in front of the American government, in the seat of our democracy, and thanked our entire nation. Every farmer, teacher, engineer, nurse, and cop. Thanked us on behalf of his entire country. youtu.be/7gjwlCe5T6M?...
Watch Zelenskyy's Full Address To Congress
YouTube video by NBC News
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February 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Zelenky stood in front of the American government, in the seat of our democracy, and thanked our entire nation. Every farmer, teacher, engineer, nurse, and cop. Thanked us on behalf of his entire country. youtu.be/7gjwlCe5T6M?...
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I’ve lost track of how many times they’ve broken something and then gamely tried to at least pretend to glue it back together.
The Office of Personnel Management told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reinstate veterans, disabled veterans, and military spouses who were fired, according to an email sent to CFPB employees who saw their terminations reversed. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
OPM Tells CFPB to Reinstate Fired Veterans, Military Spouses
The Office of Personnel Management told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reinstate veterans, disabled veterans, and military spouses who were fired, according to an email sent to CFPB emplo...
news.bloomberglaw.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I’ve lost track of how many times they’ve broken something and then gamely tried to at least pretend to glue it back together.
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Capitulation does not work against that mindset. You give a pound of flesh, he will try to take five. You have to know what you stand for and who stands with you. Ukraine and Europe need to determine how they can survive not only without the US, but with the US at best neutral at worst adversarial
February 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Capitulation does not work against that mindset. You give a pound of flesh, he will try to take five. You have to know what you stand for and who stands with you. Ukraine and Europe need to determine how they can survive not only without the US, but with the US at best neutral at worst adversarial
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This mirrors how Trump governs at home. If you believe in any values proposition, if you are vulnerable in any way, if you don't serve a particular interest of his, you aren't just disposable - you are the enemy.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This mirrors how Trump governs at home. If you believe in any values proposition, if you are vulnerable in any way, if you don't serve a particular interest of his, you aren't just disposable - you are the enemy.
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People need to understand that we are in an entirely new paradigm. It is now Russia the US against Ukraine and Europe. This is not a shift in US policy, it is a transformation of what kind of country the United States is in the world
February 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
People need to understand that we are in an entirely new paradigm. It is now Russia the US against Ukraine and Europe. This is not a shift in US policy, it is a transformation of what kind of country the United States is in the world
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The US is now on the side of the big, autocratic, nationalist countries against the democracies. A world of transaction, drained of values, in which might makes right if you are big and the small are expected to capitulate.
February 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The US is now on the side of the big, autocratic, nationalist countries against the democracies. A world of transaction, drained of values, in which might makes right if you are big and the small are expected to capitulate.
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Exclusive: “Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have been fired or feel they could be soon…”
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics
Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...
www.cnn.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Exclusive: “Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have been fired or feel they could be soon…”
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
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Intentionally or unintentionally, the White House doing stuff like this is going to leave the impression that was an ambush, which might do even more damage to America's international reputation than what just unfolded.
February 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Intentionally or unintentionally, the White House doing stuff like this is going to leave the impression that was an ambush, which might do even more damage to America's international reputation than what just unfolded.
These are things that made America great. 💔
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
March 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
These are things that made America great. 💔
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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
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Exclusive from my colleagues: US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics
Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...
www.cnn.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Exclusive from my colleagues: US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
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Reporter: Do you still think Zelenskyy is a dictator?
Trump: Umm did I say that? I can’t believe I said that. Next question
Trump: Umm did I say that? I can’t believe I said that. Next question
February 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Reporter: Do you still think Zelenskyy is a dictator?
Trump: Umm did I say that? I can’t believe I said that. Next question
Trump: Umm did I say that? I can’t believe I said that. Next question
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Jeffries: "This budget is a betrayal of working-class Americans... We only need 3 House Republicans -- there are 215 Democrats in the House - we only need 3 to stand up on behalf of their constituents, and that is going to be an ongoing effort over these next few days, to identify those individuals"
February 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Jeffries: "This budget is a betrayal of working-class Americans... We only need 3 House Republicans -- there are 215 Democrats in the House - we only need 3 to stand up on behalf of their constituents, and that is going to be an ongoing effort over these next few days, to identify those individuals"
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Ukraine should not have worn such a provocative outfit.
Witkoff: "The war didn't need to happen. It was provoked. It doesn't necessarily mean it was provoked by the Russians. There were all kinds of conversations back then about Ukraine joining NATO. That didn't need to happen. It basically became a threat to the Russians."
February 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ukraine should not have worn such a provocative outfit.
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Elon Musk--a special U.S. government employee in the White House--has gone all-in to help the AfD in Germany. On behalf of the anti-fascist majority of the American people, I say to the people of Germany: Please ignore him or reject him. He does not speak for America.
February 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Elon Musk--a special U.S. government employee in the White House--has gone all-in to help the AfD in Germany. On behalf of the anti-fascist majority of the American people, I say to the people of Germany: Please ignore him or reject him. He does not speak for America.
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Trump - with his devotion to Putin, abandonment of Ukraine, and lies about history- is the antithesis of everything Ronald Reagan stood for. He is aligning America with the enemies of the very freedom that generations have fought and died to defend.
February 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Trump - with his devotion to Putin, abandonment of Ukraine, and lies about history- is the antithesis of everything Ronald Reagan stood for. He is aligning America with the enemies of the very freedom that generations have fought and died to defend.
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History will not be kind to those who are helping him, especially those who call themselves Reagan Republicans while they pretend not to see what’s happening.
February 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
History will not be kind to those who are helping him, especially those who call themselves Reagan Republicans while they pretend not to see what’s happening.
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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He's never worked a day in government.
Yet he gets to decide what is wasteful and what is fraud?
Is a program that provides lifesaving medications to our impoverished allies "wasteful"?
Is one that feeds starving kids "fraud"?
He decides. An unelected oligarch decides our values.
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Yet he gets to decide what is wasteful and what is fraud?
Is a program that provides lifesaving medications to our impoverished allies "wasteful"?
Is one that feeds starving kids "fraud"?
He decides. An unelected oligarch decides our values.
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February 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
He's never worked a day in government.
Yet he gets to decide what is wasteful and what is fraud?
Is a program that provides lifesaving medications to our impoverished allies "wasteful"?
Is one that feeds starving kids "fraud"?
He decides. An unelected oligarch decides our values.
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Yet he gets to decide what is wasteful and what is fraud?
Is a program that provides lifesaving medications to our impoverished allies "wasteful"?
Is one that feeds starving kids "fraud"?
He decides. An unelected oligarch decides our values.
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“Trump has packed so much illegal, unconstitutional, lawless activity into three-and-half weeks that the press, politicians, and many Americans have already forgotten or normalized activity that can only be described as a coup.” — Robert Hubbell Newsletter Feb. 13, 2025
February 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“Trump has packed so much illegal, unconstitutional, lawless activity into three-and-half weeks that the press, politicians, and many Americans have already forgotten or normalized activity that can only be described as a coup.” — Robert Hubbell Newsletter Feb. 13, 2025
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Trump and Musk’s attack on USAid is causing global chaos. Millions of lives are now at risk | Devi Sridhar
Trump and Musk’s attack on USAid is causing global chaos. Millions of lives are now at risk | Devi Sridhar
On top of the human cost, the US’s soft power and influence is disappearing. Russia and China will fill the void
Amid the daily troubling news coming from the United States are the ongoing and increasingly damaging efforts by President Donald Trump,…
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Trump and Musk’s attack on USAid is causing global chaos. Millions of lives are now at risk | Devi Sridhar
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Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’
Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’
Agency says reporter not allowed to go to signing in effort to ‘punish’ its style guide on upholding use of Gulf of Mexico
The Associated Press said it was barred from sending a reporter to Tuesday’s Oval Office executive order signing in an effort to…
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’
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