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I ❤️ my hometown.
Well done…
Well done…
October 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I ❤️ my hometown.
Well done…
Well done…
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The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
October 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
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If he’s not careful, he is going to walk us right into a recession.
August 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If he’s not careful, he is going to walk us right into a recession.
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Judge says Trump can’t dismantle federal government without Congress. This is what our system of checks and balances is all about.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Plans for Mass Layoffs and Program Closures
An emergency ruling by a federal judge in California amounted to the broadest effort yet to halt the Trump administration’s overhaul of the federal government.
www.nytimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Judge says Trump can’t dismantle federal government without Congress. This is what our system of checks and balances is all about.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
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In a new interview, Elissa Slotkin talks to David Remnick about why Democratic leadership needs to focus their criticisms of the Administration on everyday economic issues—and the Party’s “sacred cows” that need to go.
Trump Voters Are In for a Rude Awakening
Senator Elissa Slotkin, of Michigan, on how Trump voters who believe that the President has a “grand plan” are going to end up with less money in their pockets.
www.newyorker.com
May 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
In a new interview, Elissa Slotkin talks to David Remnick about why Democratic leadership needs to focus their criticisms of the Administration on everyday economic issues—and the Party’s “sacred cows” that need to go.
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“But there is also a more chilling possibility that we should not rule out…that..every toxic choice made by Trump is not in fact due to mental defect but, on the contrary, is intentional. That it is consciously thought out & well-executed, part of a plan” www.thedailybeast.com/is-trump-out...
Is Trump Out-of-Touch, Senile, Nuts or Something Worse?
It takes a degree of insanity to think sharing a picture of yourself as Pope or as Luke Skywalker is somehow helping raise your plummeting poll numbers.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
“But there is also a more chilling possibility that we should not rule out…that..every toxic choice made by Trump is not in fact due to mental defect but, on the contrary, is intentional. That it is consciously thought out & well-executed, part of a plan” www.thedailybeast.com/is-trump-out...
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Trump spoke at Alabama last night. I wrote a little bit about it. Most importantly, there were protests. In Alabama.
joycevance.substack.com/p/law-day-an...
joycevance.substack.com/p/law-day-an...
Law Day & Trump Day
If you missed my column, Lucre or Malice, in honor of Law Day (which is today), you can read it here. The phrase is in the oath lawyers take in Alabama when they become members of the bar; as in, I pr...
joycevance.substack.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trump spoke at Alabama last night. I wrote a little bit about it. Most importantly, there were protests. In Alabama.
joycevance.substack.com/p/law-day-an...
joycevance.substack.com/p/law-day-an...
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It’s strange how we cannot make policy to protect Americans from Russian and Chinese disinformation without elements of the American far right identifying with and protecting Russian and Chinese disinformation.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1...
Senior State Department official sought internal communications with journalists, European officials, and Trump critics
Trump appointee Darren Beattie requested records regarding a large list of high-profile names, organizations, and right-wing buzzwords for a “Twitter files”-style document dump about alleged conservat...
www.technologyreview.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It’s strange how we cannot make policy to protect Americans from Russian and Chinese disinformation without elements of the American far right identifying with and protecting Russian and Chinese disinformation.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1...
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And here’s what gets a boost:
- Defense: +13% ($113 billion more)
- Homeland Security: +65% (+$42 billion)
Everything from science, housing, health, and the environment slashed, while the military-industrial complex cashes in.
- Defense: +13% ($113 billion more)
- Homeland Security: +65% (+$42 billion)
Everything from science, housing, health, and the environment slashed, while the military-industrial complex cashes in.
May 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
And here’s what gets a boost:
- Defense: +13% ($113 billion more)
- Homeland Security: +65% (+$42 billion)
Everything from science, housing, health, and the environment slashed, while the military-industrial complex cashes in.
- Defense: +13% ($113 billion more)
- Homeland Security: +65% (+$42 billion)
Everything from science, housing, health, and the environment slashed, while the military-industrial complex cashes in.
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The proposed Trump budget is brutal, unless you’re the military or Homeland Security.
Here’s what gets cut:
- State Department: -84%
- National Science Foundation: -56%
- EPA: -54%
- HUD (housing): -44%
- Labor: -35%
- Interior: -30%
- Health & Human Services: -26%
- NASA: -24%
- Education: -15%
Here’s what gets cut:
- State Department: -84%
- National Science Foundation: -56%
- EPA: -54%
- HUD (housing): -44%
- Labor: -35%
- Interior: -30%
- Health & Human Services: -26%
- NASA: -24%
- Education: -15%
May 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The proposed Trump budget is brutal, unless you’re the military or Homeland Security.
Here’s what gets cut:
- State Department: -84%
- National Science Foundation: -56%
- EPA: -54%
- HUD (housing): -44%
- Labor: -35%
- Interior: -30%
- Health & Human Services: -26%
- NASA: -24%
- Education: -15%
Here’s what gets cut:
- State Department: -84%
- National Science Foundation: -56%
- EPA: -54%
- HUD (housing): -44%
- Labor: -35%
- Interior: -30%
- Health & Human Services: -26%
- NASA: -24%
- Education: -15%
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Musk and SpaceX are among the biggest winners in Trump’s 2026 spending plan. Trump is delivering on Musk’s wish list at both NASA and the Pentagon, reshaping federal space spending to funnel billions of dollars in new business directly to him.
May 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Musk and SpaceX are among the biggest winners in Trump’s 2026 spending plan. Trump is delivering on Musk’s wish list at both NASA and the Pentagon, reshaping federal space spending to funnel billions of dollars in new business directly to him.
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When D.C. sneezes, Michigan catches a cold. That's why we're trying something new -- every week I am going to update you on what's going on in Washington and tell you how it impacts you at home.
Watch my intel briefing ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3yJ...
Watch my intel briefing ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3yJ...
Senator Slotkin's Weekly Intel Briefing 5.2.25
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
www.youtube.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
When D.C. sneezes, Michigan catches a cold. That's why we're trying something new -- every week I am going to update you on what's going on in Washington and tell you how it impacts you at home.
Watch my intel briefing ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3yJ...
Watch my intel briefing ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3yJ...
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Trump’s string of losses on EO’s targeting law firms continues unbroken: “Using the powers of the fed’l govt to target lawyers for their representation of clients..in an overt attempt to suppress & punish certain viewpoints..is contrary to the Constitution” www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-e...
Judge rules Trump executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie is unconstitutional
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell found the executive order targeting Perkins Coie violates First, Fifth and Sixth Amendments.
www.cbsnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Trump’s string of losses on EO’s targeting law firms continues unbroken: “Using the powers of the fed’l govt to target lawyers for their representation of clients..in an overt attempt to suppress & punish certain viewpoints..is contrary to the Constitution” www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-e...
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Trump’s EO defunding PBS and NPR will likely be struck down as an abuse of executive power, but it is another example of Trump’s attack on the free press.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
Public media ready to fight ‘unlawful’ Trump order defunding PBS, NPR
The Trump executive order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to halt indirect funding of NPR and PBS through grants to local stations.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Trump’s EO defunding PBS and NPR will likely be struck down as an abuse of executive power, but it is another example of Trump’s attack on the free press.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
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1/ People sometimes need a jarring reminder of how far down the path Trump administration is going toward authoritarian assertions of power
A sign:
John Yoo, architect of torture memos and maximal presidential powers, sharply rebukes President Trump and DOJ actions on 4 grounds
@npr.org interview
A sign:
John Yoo, architect of torture memos and maximal presidential powers, sharply rebukes President Trump and DOJ actions on 4 grounds
@npr.org interview
A legal architect of Guantanamo questions Trump's El Salvador plan
Podcast Episode · Consider This from NPR · 05/02/2025 · 10m
podcasts.apple.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Good to see another judge block another lawless Trump order targeting another law firm. Every legal challenge by a law firm has been successful.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Judge blocks Trump executive order targeting elite law firm, a blow to his retribution campaign
U.S. District Beryl Howell said Friday that the executive order against Perkins Coie violated multiple provisions of the Constitution and ordered that it be immediately nullified.
www.detroitnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Good to see another judge block another lawless Trump order targeting another law firm. Every legal challenge by a law firm has been successful.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
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I oppose the SAVE Act, a bill where if you have changed your name or don't have a passport you may be turned away from voting. It makes it harder for the 80% of married women who have changed their name, and the 60% of Michiganders who don't have a passport to vote. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLXC...
Slotkin: I oppose the SAVE Act
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
www.youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I oppose the SAVE Act, a bill where if you have changed your name or don't have a passport you may be turned away from voting. It makes it harder for the 80% of married women who have changed their name, and the 60% of Michiganders who don't have a passport to vote. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLXC...
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Senator Sanders and Reps. Ocasio-Cortes, Jayapal, and Khanna rising to the occasion.
April 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Senator Sanders and Reps. Ocasio-Cortes, Jayapal, and Khanna rising to the occasion.
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On this Palm Sunday, I am reminded that retribution is not a Christian value. Regardless of your religious tradition, may we all find love, forgiveness, and redemption.
April 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
On this Palm Sunday, I am reminded that retribution is not a Christian value. Regardless of your religious tradition, may we all find love, forgiveness, and redemption.
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This is layers of sinister.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead
A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office and put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency’s deaths database were ignored.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is layers of sinister.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...