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While $1,600 might not seem like a lot to Donald Trump and his Mar-a-Lago golf buddies, that kind of loss is a crushing blow to families like the one I grew up in.
This isn’t just bad policy, it’s an assault on everyday Americans.
This isn’t just bad policy, it’s an assault on everyday Americans.
Megabill would cost poorest households $1,600 a year, boost richest by $12K, CBO predicts
The nonpartisan analysis is based on the House-passed GOP legislation.
www.politico.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
While $1,600 might not seem like a lot to Donald Trump and his Mar-a-Lago golf buddies, that kind of loss is a crushing blow to families like the one I grew up in.
This isn’t just bad policy, it’s an assault on everyday Americans.
This isn’t just bad policy, it’s an assault on everyday Americans.
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"Mass deportation" is the excuse and trigger for authoritarianism. As it was always intended to be.
June 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"Mass deportation" is the excuse and trigger for authoritarianism. As it was always intended to be.
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Hey MTG! The Big Beautiful Bill isn't a book club pick; you can't just read the first seven pages and pretend you loved it
June 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Hey MTG! The Big Beautiful Bill isn't a book club pick; you can't just read the first seven pages and pretend you loved it
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Reading is fundamental!
June 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Reading is fundamental!
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Alexander Hamilton warned that the abandonment of due process is an instrument of tyranny.
We are so close to this nightmare.
We are so close to this nightmare.
The Unthinkable is Now on The Table
White House aide suggests Trump wants to suspend due process
steady.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Alexander Hamilton warned that the abandonment of due process is an instrument of tyranny.
We are so close to this nightmare.
We are so close to this nightmare.
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WARNING: When due process dies, it’s only a matter of who’s in charge and the table is turned.
May 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
WARNING: When due process dies, it’s only a matter of who’s in charge and the table is turned.
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WTH? Did I miss something?
May 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
WTH? Did I miss something?
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“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people, but the silence over that by the good people.
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Welcome to America — Now Leave
Cruelty is the point
open.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people, but the silence over that by the good people.
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
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Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?
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NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night.
Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.”
She’s a constituent.
Not a threat.
Fascism again.
NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night.
Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.”
She’s a constituent.
Not a threat.
Fascism again.
May 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?
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Americans are entitled to and should demand better than this from the President of the United States.
April 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Americans are entitled to and should demand better than this from the President of the United States.
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NEW: DOJ finally files its response. They continue to refuse to provide any information about any steps they are taking to bring him back, suggesting they are not taking any. They again offer nobody with personal knowledge and simply cite Bukele's (utterly false) claim that he can't do anything.
April 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
NEW: DOJ finally files its response. They continue to refuse to provide any information about any steps they are taking to bring him back, suggesting they are not taking any. They again offer nobody with personal knowledge and simply cite Bukele's (utterly false) claim that he can't do anything.
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The President’s unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the President’s most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date.
April 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The President’s unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the President’s most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date.
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Makes ya think
April 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Makes ya think
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👏👏👏
ELIE MYSTAL: “This is what fascism looks like. I don’t know what y’all expected it to look like… People are being abducted and disappeared from our streets. These people haven’t even been charged in court.” 🇺🇸
April 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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💥🇭🇺 Police have given up guarding Budapest’s Liberty Bridge as anti-government protesters shut down traffic on four major bridges, rallying against Viktor Orbán’s new law curbing freedom of assembly and banning the Pride march.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
April 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
💥🇭🇺 Police have given up guarding Budapest’s Liberty Bridge as anti-government protesters shut down traffic on four major bridges, rallying against Viktor Orbán’s new law curbing freedom of assembly and banning the Pride march.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
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Sen. Jim Banks told a laid off U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employee who approached him that they “probably deserved it” and they “seem like a clown.”
April 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Sen. Jim Banks told a laid off U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employee who approached him that they “probably deserved it” and they “seem like a clown.”
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California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
April 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
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America has never been subject to this level of authoritarianism, and quite frankly, sheer incompetence.
Out of the ashes, this moment should radicalize us to embark on an era of new reform — of our economy, our democracy, and our commitment to social justice and the law.
Out of the ashes, this moment should radicalize us to embark on an era of new reform — of our economy, our democracy, and our commitment to social justice and the law.
March 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
America has never been subject to this level of authoritarianism, and quite frankly, sheer incompetence.
Out of the ashes, this moment should radicalize us to embark on an era of new reform — of our economy, our democracy, and our commitment to social justice and the law.
Out of the ashes, this moment should radicalize us to embark on an era of new reform — of our economy, our democracy, and our commitment to social justice and the law.
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"A Boston Municipal Court judge has launched an inquiry after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained a man in the middle of his criminal trial — allegedly with the advance knowledge of the case’s prosecutors." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/28/m...
Boston judge launches inquiry after ICE agents apprehend defendant mid-trial - The Boston Globe
ICE has arrested hundreds of people across Massachusetts in recent days, sending shockwaves through the state’s immigrant communities.
www.bostonglobe.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"A Boston Municipal Court judge has launched an inquiry after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained a man in the middle of his criminal trial — allegedly with the advance knowledge of the case’s prosecutors." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/28/m...
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This is a huge loss for FDA regulatory science. Peter Marks led FDA CBER during COVID vax clinical development. Rigorous standards for safety/efficacy were met before emergency use authorization. Peter Marks was one of the COVID heroes while RFK Jr was spreading disinformation.
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RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed for coronavirus vaccines, warned that a measles outbreak shows how confidence in science is being “undermined.”
wapo.st
March 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This is a huge loss for FDA regulatory science. Peter Marks led FDA CBER during COVID vax clinical development. Rigorous standards for safety/efficacy were met before emergency use authorization. Peter Marks was one of the COVID heroes while RFK Jr was spreading disinformation.
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"We don’t want your Nazi cars / take a one-way trip to Mars" is a pretty good chant
March 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"We don’t want your Nazi cars / take a one-way trip to Mars" is a pretty good chant