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How Democracies Defend Themselves Against Authoritarianism www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
How Democracies Defend Themselves Against Authoritarianism
Democracies facing authoritarian threats from within have found ways to push back by strengthening institutions, reinforcing democratic norms, and building popular resistance against encroaching autoc...
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August 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
How Democracies Defend Themselves Against Authoritarianism www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
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Trump has pushed to enact the Republican budget bill, which would make significant cuts to Medicaid, Obamacare, and food assistance, and would do the greatest damage to those Americans struggling hardest to make ends meet.
‘It’s harsh. I mean, brutal’: Trump bill to cause most harm to America’s poorest
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Trump has pushed to enact the Republican budget bill, which would make significant cuts to Medicaid, Obamacare, and food assistance, and would do the greatest damage to those Americans struggling hardest to make ends meet.
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The Hutchinson Ranch — the oldest family-owned cattle operation in the Upper Arkansas River Valley — wanted a concert to generate critical revenue. The Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust said no.
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coloradosun.com/2025/06/22/s...
A Salida rancher asks if it’s time to rethink permanent conservation easements. “Perpetuity is not working.”
The Hutchinson Ranch wanted a concert to generate critical revenue. The Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust said no.
coloradosun.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The Hutchinson Ranch — the oldest family-owned cattle operation in the Upper Arkansas River Valley — wanted a concert to generate critical revenue. The Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust said no.
coloradosun.com/2025/06/22/s...
coloradosun.com/2025/06/22/s...
Just when you think it can’t get any worse!
Senate Republicans stepped up their attacks on solar and wind energy projects by quietly adding a provision to their megabill that would penalize future developments with a new tax.
‘Kill shot:’ GOP megabill targets solar, wind projects with new tax
www.politico.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Just when you think it can’t get any worse!
This is horrible. This is history being repeated right in front of our eyes.
Far from public view, the toll of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration is unfolding in overcrowded detention facilities across the U.S., with reports of unsanitary and inhumane conditions.
Concerns Grow Over Dire Conditions in Immigrant Detention
Mass immigration arrests have led to overcrowding in detention facilities, with reports of unsanitary and inhumane conditions.
trib.al
June 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is horrible. This is history being repeated right in front of our eyes.
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UN chief slams US-backed Gaza aid operation: 'It is killing people' reut.rs/3G0EnxN
UN chief slams US-backed Gaza aid operation: 'It is killing people'
António Guterres said U.N.-led humanitarian efforts are being “strangled."
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June 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
UN chief slams US-backed Gaza aid operation: 'It is killing people' reut.rs/3G0EnxN
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The trade deficit is getting bigger, the deals aren't coming, and foreign investment has declined.
90 deals in 90 days? Trump's trade war is failing on its own terms.
The trade deficit is getting bigger, the deals aren't coming, and foreign investment has declined.
reason.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The trade deficit is getting bigger, the deals aren't coming, and foreign investment has declined.
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After today’s Supreme Court ruling, we need to consider when our freedom of movement will be taken. We're in the timeline where this becomes a real concern. Think critically, like the Jewish intellectuals who survived Nazi Germany in the 1930s. If you'll be in danger, you need to be prepared.
June 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
After today’s Supreme Court ruling, we need to consider when our freedom of movement will be taken. We're in the timeline where this becomes a real concern. Think critically, like the Jewish intellectuals who survived Nazi Germany in the 1930s. If you'll be in danger, you need to be prepared.
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🇺🇲 When will Americans flood the streets to PROTEST their BROKEN, CORRUPT Supreme Court system?
#SCOTUSIsCorruptAF
#SCOTUSIsCorruptAF
June 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
🇺🇲 When will Americans flood the streets to PROTEST their BROKEN, CORRUPT Supreme Court system?
#SCOTUSIsCorruptAF
#SCOTUSIsCorruptAF
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Also scientists:
This radical Supreme Court is likely to both allow illegal grant terminations, and prevent you from winning new grants — when they allow wholesale NIH firings in the RIF case. Total Court reform is needed.
This radical Supreme Court is likely to both allow illegal grant terminations, and prevent you from winning new grants — when they allow wholesale NIH firings in the RIF case. Total Court reform is needed.
Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
June 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Also scientists:
This radical Supreme Court is likely to both allow illegal grant terminations, and prevent you from winning new grants — when they allow wholesale NIH firings in the RIF case. Total Court reform is needed.
This radical Supreme Court is likely to both allow illegal grant terminations, and prevent you from winning new grants — when they allow wholesale NIH firings in the RIF case. Total Court reform is needed.
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And as a consequence, to our Republic, government and country. "This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law.'"
– Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
– Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
June 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
And as a consequence, to our Republic, government and country. "This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law.'"
– Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
– Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
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Trump administration plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, again, after release from criminal custody
Kilmar Abrego Garcia to wait in jail over fears ICE will deport him
Abrego Garcia’s attorneys expressed concern that his release would lead to immediate detention by ICE and deportation
www.independent.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Trump administration plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, again, after release from criminal custody
A legislative effort is underway that aims to curb heat-related illnesses and deaths at worksites as number of incidents on the rise.
The governor passed a bill in 2024 that took away protection from the heat for workers!
The governor passed a bill in 2024 that took away protection from the heat for workers!
June 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
A legislative effort is underway that aims to curb heat-related illnesses and deaths at worksites as number of incidents on the rise.
The governor passed a bill in 2024 that took away protection from the heat for workers!
The governor passed a bill in 2024 that took away protection from the heat for workers!
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June 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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It sure got our attention away from a whole lot of things he didn't want us talking about....like his failed parade, Elon's Epstein bombshell, The Big Ugly Bill, Marines and National Guard sent to LA....so it would make sense.
June 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It sure got our attention away from a whole lot of things he didn't want us talking about....like his failed parade, Elon's Epstein bombshell, The Big Ugly Bill, Marines and National Guard sent to LA....so it would make sense.
In small print one of the pilots was a WOMAN!!
The comment, though seemingly off the cuff, points to the broader culture that Hegseth instills across the Defense Department and in the military. www.instagram.com/p/DLQPA99JRax/
June 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In small print one of the pilots was a WOMAN!!
If Melania doesn’t have to live with him, America shouldn’t have to either
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Commentary: My theory for why Trump's agents targeted Dodger Stadium and a bus stop outside Winchell’s — Los Angeles Times
Has anybody checked Shohei Ohtani’s papers lately? Or those of Teoscar Hernández, Kim Hye-seong or Yoshinobu Yamamoto? And what about the doughnuts?
apple.news
June 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If Melania doesn’t have to live with him, America shouldn’t have to either
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Commentary: My theory for why Trump's agents targeted Dodger Stadium and a bus stop outside Winchell’s - Los Angeles Times
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Cute cartoon and yes, he is a puppet, but they’re playing with our lives.
June 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Commentary: My theory for why Trump's agents targeted Dodger Stadium and a bus stop outside Winchell’s - Los Angeles Times
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I know there’s a lot going on right now, but this really pisses me off that she puts this out there now when it’s off the radar. apple.news/AmM_QJeIiRBq...
Republican’s Life-Threatening Pregnancy Collided With Florida’s Abortion Politics — The Wall Street Journal
Due in August with her first child, Rep. Kat Cammack says doctors last year hesitated to treat her ectopic pregnancy
apple.news
June 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I know there’s a lot going on right now, but this really pisses me off that she puts this out there now when it’s off the radar. apple.news/AmM_QJeIiRBq...
Cute cartoon and yes, he is a puppet, but they’re playing with our lives.
June 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Cute cartoon and yes, he is a puppet, but they’re playing with our lives.