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As the GOP ups the stakes with their gerrymandering efforts in Texas, I lay out what we need to do in order to protect our democracy. youtu.be/O2E3dJYvfaY
Are We Doing Everything We Can to Save Democracy?
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
July 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
As the GOP ups the stakes with their gerrymandering efforts in Texas, I lay out what we need to do in order to protect our democracy. youtu.be/O2E3dJYvfaY
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“We’ve seen this movie before, and it ends with yellow stars,” added Nara Milanich, a Barnard history professor. She told the Times the survey “reminded her of her research into 1930s Italy, when lists of Jews were put together by the local government.”
'Looked like a scam': Trump admin asks college employees if they're Jewish
www.rawstory.com/trump-univer...
www.rawstory.com/trump-univer...
'Looked like a scam': Trump admin asks college employees if they're Jewish
What appeared at first glance to Barnard College employees to be a fake text scheme inquiring whether they were Jewish was confirmed Wednesday by school administrators as a legitimate government text ...
www.rawstory.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
“We’ve seen this movie before, and it ends with yellow stars,” added Nara Milanich, a Barnard history professor. She told the Times the survey “reminded her of her research into 1930s Italy, when lists of Jews were put together by the local government.”
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This has to be the most brazenly corrupt act in the history of the American presidency.
Trump is holding a contest to see who can pay him the most money and the prize is direct access to the president
It is literal pay-to-play
Trump is holding a contest to see who can pay him the most money and the prize is direct access to the president
It is literal pay-to-play
Trump Offers a Private Dinner to Top 220 Investors in His Memecoin
The offer, which caused President Trump’s memecoin to surge in price, was his family’s latest effort to profit from cryptocurrencies.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This has to be the most brazenly corrupt act in the history of the American presidency.
Trump is holding a contest to see who can pay him the most money and the prize is direct access to the president
It is literal pay-to-play
Trump is holding a contest to see who can pay him the most money and the prize is direct access to the president
It is literal pay-to-play
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My heart breaks for the people of Ukraine. 🇺🇦
Ukrainian authorities say a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack hit Kyiv overnight, killing nine people and injuring another 63, including six children.
Massive Russian strike on Kyiv kills 9 overnight
Ukrainian authorities say a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack hit Kyiv overnight, killing nine people and injuring another 63, including six children.
bit.ly
April 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
My heart breaks for the people of Ukraine. 🇺🇦
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These men don’t give a
shit about your children.
shit about your children.
14 year olds to work overnight.
16 and 17 year olds no guaranteed food break.
Welcome to America.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
16 and 17 year olds no guaranteed food break.
Welcome to America.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’
Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortage
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
These men don’t give a
shit about your children.
shit about your children.
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I will say it again: If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.
So, uh, it certainly looks like DOJ intended to file a letter to Judge Liman in MTA v. Duffy, but….it accidentally filed a letter containing its legal advice to the Department of Transportation instead
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I will say it again: If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.
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Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish
A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
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Hegseth has to go.
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Hegseth has to go.
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We the people are PISSED!📍NYC / April 19
Join the People’s Movement at www.FiftyFifty.one.
#PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #April19 #NYC @polrev.bsky.social @meidastouch.com
Join the People’s Movement at www.FiftyFifty.one.
#PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #April19 #NYC @polrev.bsky.social @meidastouch.com
April 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We the people are PISSED!📍NYC / April 19
Join the People’s Movement at www.FiftyFifty.one.
#PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #April19 #NYC @polrev.bsky.social @meidastouch.com
Join the People’s Movement at www.FiftyFifty.one.
#PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #April19 #NYC @polrev.bsky.social @meidastouch.com
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this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview
April 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview
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Got it! Sharing! Thanks as always
April 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Got it! Sharing! Thanks as always
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Exactly
Raskin: If they can just sweep someone off the street, put them on an airplane, and send them to a torturer’s prison in an authoritarian state like El Salvador without due process… then they could do it to anybody.
April 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Exactly
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If Kristi Noem can go down to El Salvador and take concentration camp selfies, then DOJ can figure out where Abrego Garcia is.
Just start jailing people for contempt of court until they find out.
Just start jailing people for contempt of court until they find out.
April 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If Kristi Noem can go down to El Salvador and take concentration camp selfies, then DOJ can figure out where Abrego Garcia is.
Just start jailing people for contempt of court until they find out.
Just start jailing people for contempt of court until they find out.
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Total federal spending is up +8% in 2025 year-to-date on April 9 over 2024.
The illusion that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.
Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.
The illusion that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.
Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.
April 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Total federal spending is up +8% in 2025 year-to-date on April 9 over 2024.
The illusion that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.
Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.
The illusion that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.
Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.
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Tariffs? Out of control. Prices? Skyrocketing.
Emergency powers? He’s abusing them.
And yet… not a single question about whether he’s even fit to serve.
The math ain’t mathing.
Emergency powers? He’s abusing them.
And yet… not a single question about whether he’s even fit to serve.
The math ain’t mathing.
April 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Tariffs? Out of control. Prices? Skyrocketing.
Emergency powers? He’s abusing them.
And yet… not a single question about whether he’s even fit to serve.
The math ain’t mathing.
Emergency powers? He’s abusing them.
And yet… not a single question about whether he’s even fit to serve.
The math ain’t mathing.
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Do not.
REPORTER: Do you think the president should move forward tomorrow with tariffs?
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, you have to trust the president's instincts on the economy
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, you have to trust the president's instincts on the economy
April 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Do not.
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Here’s how to report on this, you cowards.
March 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Here’s how to report on this, you cowards.
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“The message is that if you’re going to indict some run-of-the-mill CEO, you need to check if he’s a Trump supporter first... It’s going to cause line prosecutors to be considerably more careful about pursuing anyone who has even tenuous connections to the president."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case, sources say
Adam Schleifer, a longtime financial fraud prosecutor, was dismissed from the U.S. Attorney's office in L.A. on Friday. He was pursuing charges against the former CEO of Fatburger, a Trump supporter, ...
www.latimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“The message is that if you’re going to indict some run-of-the-mill CEO, you need to check if he’s a Trump supporter first... It’s going to cause line prosecutors to be considerably more careful about pursuing anyone who has even tenuous connections to the president."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...