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It was not clear if the deportations happened before a D.C. federal judge ordered the administration to stop using wartime powers to deport anyone immediately, and turn around any planes in the air.
U.S. deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, despite court order
It was not clear if the deportations happened before a D.C. federal judge ordered the administration to stop using wartime powers to deport anyone immediately, and turn around any planes in the air.
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March 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It was not clear if the deportations happened before a D.C. federal judge ordered the administration to stop using wartime powers to deport anyone immediately, and turn around any planes in the air.
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A kidney transplant specialist and professor at Brown University’s medical school has been deported from the U.S., even though she had a valid visa and a court order temporarily blocking her expulsion, according to her lawyer and court papers.
Brown University Surgeon and Professor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A kidney transplant specialist and professor at Brown University’s medical school has been deported from the U.S., even though she had a valid visa and a court order temporarily blocking her expulsion, according to her lawyer and court papers.
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Ignoring a court order on the grounds that “ah-ah-ah, the law doesn’t apply once you get to international waters!!” is absolutely sanctionable. 8th grade-ass lawyering. Completely unserious.
March 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Ignoring a court order on the grounds that “ah-ah-ah, the law doesn’t apply once you get to international waters!!” is absolutely sanctionable. 8th grade-ass lawyering. Completely unserious.
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“Johns Hopkins has bet very heavily on a century and a quarter of partnership with the federal government. If the federal government decides it doesn’t want to know things anymore, that would be bad for Johns Hopkins and devastating for Maryland.”
The largest private employer in Baltimore just lost $800 million in federal contracts and grants. This recession is going to be a doozy.
Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“Johns Hopkins has bet very heavily on a century and a quarter of partnership with the federal government. If the federal government decides it doesn’t want to know things anymore, that would be bad for Johns Hopkins and devastating for Maryland.”
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I can't think of a faster way to undermine the country than simultaneously firing government workers, cutting scientific research, rolling back protections on public health & environment, & cutting essential services. It's like the US was defeated in war and is being occupied by a hostile enemy.
February 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I can't think of a faster way to undermine the country than simultaneously firing government workers, cutting scientific research, rolling back protections on public health & environment, & cutting essential services. It's like the US was defeated in war and is being occupied by a hostile enemy.
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This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
@aoc.bsky.social
Please explain what just happened. Is there no way to stop this w the reconciliation to be used by GOP to get around the filibuster? Are we sunk?
Please explain what just happened. Is there no way to stop this w the reconciliation to be used by GOP to get around the filibuster? Are we sunk?
February 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
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Twenty-one members of the United State DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.
21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won't help 'dismantle' public services
Twenty-one members of the United State DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.
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February 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Twenty-one members of the United State DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.
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길원옥 할머님, Gil Won Ok, one of the known final 8 surviving Korean women who were forced into sexual enslavement during Japan's occupation of Korea, passed this week at 96. She dedicated the rest of her life, protesting weekly for accountability from Japan.
February 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
길원옥 할머님, Gil Won Ok, one of the known final 8 surviving Korean women who were forced into sexual enslavement during Japan's occupation of Korea, passed this week at 96. She dedicated the rest of her life, protesting weekly for accountability from Japan.
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Make your voice heard. Call your representatives and tell them they need to be upholding the Constitution, not doing Trump’s (or Musk’s, for that matter) bidding.
youtube.com/shorts/uFi6J...
youtube.com/shorts/uFi6J...
The Constitution Comes First — Not Trump or Musk
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
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February 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Make your voice heard. Call your representatives and tell them they need to be upholding the Constitution, not doing Trump’s (or Musk’s, for that matter) bidding.
youtube.com/shorts/uFi6J...
youtube.com/shorts/uFi6J...
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"Americans didn't vote for a dictator and they did not vote for a coup. And that is exactly what is going on right now, when you have a president who is repeatedly violating federal court orders and is repeatedly violating the separation of powers," Arizona AG Kris Mayes said.
Arizona attorney general discusses lawsuit challenging Musk's power as unelected official
A federal judge ruled against a motion imposing a temporary restraining order on Elon Musk's so-called "Department of Government Efficiency." The ruling is in response to a suit brought by 14…
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February 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Americans didn't vote for a dictator and they did not vote for a coup. And that is exactly what is going on right now, when you have a president who is repeatedly violating federal court orders and is repeatedly violating the separation of powers," Arizona AG Kris Mayes said.
So, he made sure to separate thousands of families during his first administration. Many of those who are still searching for family members. And now, he’s doing this. Where are the “pro-life” folks? These children need advocates.
The Trump administration has paused a program providing 4,000 children in California with immigration lawyers. Some are just months old.
Trump administration halts legal representation for 26,000 immigrant children
The Trump administration has paused a program providing 4,000 children in California with immigration lawyers. Some are just months old.
www.latimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So, he made sure to separate thousands of families during his first administration. Many of those who are still searching for family members. And now, he’s doing this. Where are the “pro-life” folks? These children need advocates.
Take away women’s reproductive rights, formally remove any reference to diversity groups, make the teaching of CRT illegal, take away funding from those students who need it most to access higher education. It’s only mid February.
The Trump administration has just announced an alarming new attack on Black college students. Effective immediately, all college financial aid programs, scholarships, prizes, housing, and graduation ceremonies that help Black or Latino students are now considered to be illegal.
Cruel Daze: Trump Administration Attacks Black College Students
YouTube video by The Keith Boykin Channel
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February 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Take away women’s reproductive rights, formally remove any reference to diversity groups, make the teaching of CRT illegal, take away funding from those students who need it most to access higher education. It’s only mid February.
Harassing journalists, federal workers via forced resignations, self appointed president of the Kennedy Center. Democracy where? What free press? We need to be vigilant about protecting the rights w have left.
There is a playbook for this. Just ask Missy Cummings and Yoel Roth. Both of whom had to leave their homes at one point because of harassment begun by Elon Musk. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
Trump and Musk Attack Journalists by Name in Social Media Posts
Since his inauguration, the president has been quick to demonize what he calls “the fake news media.” On Friday, both men demanded that individuals be fired.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Harassing journalists, federal workers via forced resignations, self appointed president of the Kennedy Center. Democracy where? What free press? We need to be vigilant about protecting the rights w have left.
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A lot of the claims being made by the Trump administration against USAID are false. Read my colleagues @stevenleemyers.bsky.social and @stuartathompson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
Right-Wing Crusade Against USAID Has Been Fueled by Falsehoods
As the Trump administration works to dismantle the aid agency, right-wing influencers have flooded the internet with falsehoods about its work.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A lot of the claims being made by the Trump administration against USAID are false. Read my colleagues @stevenleemyers.bsky.social and @stuartathompson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
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Deborah Rutter was fired this week after a decade as president of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
She says the center worked hard to expand its audience by broadening the programming, inviting "all manner of arts and artists to our stages. ... I pray that that can be sustained."
She says the center worked hard to expand its audience by broadening the programming, inviting "all manner of arts and artists to our stages. ... I pray that that can be sustained."
Former Kennedy Center president speaks out in first interview since her firing
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Deborah Rutter, former head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in her first interview since the board installed President Trump as its new chair.
www.npr.org
February 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Deborah Rutter was fired this week after a decade as president of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
She says the center worked hard to expand its audience by broadening the programming, inviting "all manner of arts and artists to our stages. ... I pray that that can be sustained."
She says the center worked hard to expand its audience by broadening the programming, inviting "all manner of arts and artists to our stages. ... I pray that that can be sustained."
The censorship is so blatant.
The White House barred a credentialed Associated Press reporter and photographer from boarding Air Force One Friday for a weekend trip with Donald Trump, saying the news agency’s stance on how to refer to the Gulf of Mexico was to blame for the exclusion.
AP reporter and photographer barred from Air Force One over 'Gulf of Mexico' terminology dispute
The Trump administration blocked The Associated Press from traveling with President Trump on Air Force One and also from covering an Oval Office event.
apnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The censorship is so blatant.
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The CFPB protects consumers from financial abuses, enforces fair practices, and promotes transparency in the financial marketplace. Elon Musk told the agency to stop doing its job
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Why Is Musk Fighting the Agency That Protects Consumers?
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
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February 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The CFPB protects consumers from financial abuses, enforces fair practices, and promotes transparency in the financial marketplace. Elon Musk told the agency to stop doing its job
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A White House official told April Ryan that if African American History is taught at HBCUs that receive federal funds, those monies will be extracted from the school.
HBCUs In Jeopardy of Losing Funding for Black Cultural Studies
NNPA NEWSWIRE — HBCUs are two hundred year old institutions that are one of the largest segments of this nation to create the Black middle class. Adams passionately expressed, “he’s [President Trump...
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February 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A White House official told April Ryan that if African American History is taught at HBCUs that receive federal funds, those monies will be extracted from the school.
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California’s top insurance regulator urged insurance carriers to pay policyholders the full amount of the belongings in their coverage without requiring them to itemize every object lost — an undertaking that has burdened thousands of residents whose homes were destroyed by wildfires last month.
California Asks Insurers to Spare Wildfire Victims ‘the List’
The state’s regulator wants insurance carriers to pay full policy limits without requiring victims to itemize every object in their destroyed homes.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:31 AM
California’s top insurance regulator urged insurance carriers to pay policyholders the full amount of the belongings in their coverage without requiring them to itemize every object lost — an undertaking that has burdened thousands of residents whose homes were destroyed by wildfires last month.
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Family members of people deported or forced to leave during the Mexican repatriation of the 1930s have for decades urged the country to pay attention to this little known episode of history.
These families have long pushed to remember the Mexican repatriation. It's more urgent than ever, they say.
Family members of people deported or forced to leave during the Mexican repatriation of the 1930s have for decades urged the country to pay attention to this little known episode of history.
www.latimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Family members of people deported or forced to leave during the Mexican repatriation of the 1930s have for decades urged the country to pay attention to this little known episode of history.
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A judge has awarded a historic Black church in Washington control over the Proud Boys trademark after the far-right group defaulted on a $2.8 million judgment.
A Black DC church was vandalized by the Proud Boys. Now the church controls the group’s trademark
A judge has awarded a historic Black church in Washington control over the Proud Boys trademark after the far-right group defaulted on a $2.8 million judgment.
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February 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
A judge has awarded a historic Black church in Washington control over the Proud Boys trademark after the far-right group defaulted on a $2.8 million judgment.
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While Trump pushes a reckless plan to displace 1.8 million Palestinians and occupy the Gaza Strip, the UK Parliament appears united in opposition. Prime Minister Keir Starmer tells Ed Davey that the government remains committed to a two-state solution.
February 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
While Trump pushes a reckless plan to displace 1.8 million Palestinians and occupy the Gaza Strip, the UK Parliament appears united in opposition. Prime Minister Keir Starmer tells Ed Davey that the government remains committed to a two-state solution.
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President Trump’s proposal for the U.S. to take over Gaza, transfer its population to Egypt and Jordan and redevelop it into the "Riviera of the Middle East" would unquestionably be a severe violation of international law, experts say.
Here's what to know.
Here's what to know.
Trump’s Gaza Takeover Would Be Illegal Under International Law, Experts Say
Forcing Palestinians to leave the enclave would be “a straightforward crime against humanity,” an Oxford professor said. It would be a further violation to take over the territory.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
President Trump’s proposal for the U.S. to take over Gaza, transfer its population to Egypt and Jordan and redevelop it into the "Riviera of the Middle East" would unquestionably be a severe violation of international law, experts say.
Here's what to know.
Here's what to know.
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As federal lawsuits challenge President Trump's executive order impacting trans inmates, the Bureau of Prisons is starting to roll out new policies demanding trans women hand over female-identifying clothing and other items.
'We do not exist anymore': New prison rules ban female clothing for trans women
As federal lawsuits challenge President Trump's executive order impacting trans inmates, the Bureau of Prisons is starting to roll out new policies demanding trans women hand over female-identifying c...
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February 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As federal lawsuits challenge President Trump's executive order impacting trans inmates, the Bureau of Prisons is starting to roll out new policies demanding trans women hand over female-identifying clothing and other items.