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Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.

But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.

See you soon, NYC.
July 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
From #sherrilynifill We must create expertise about birthright citizenship, and the 14th Amendment.… To that end, the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy will be hosting a set of “teach-ins” the first two weeks of September.
July 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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I'm 18. The economy enters a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican president is responsible.

I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible.

I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.
April 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
April 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Keker, Van Nest, & Peters:

“We encourage law firm leaders to sign on to an amicus effort in support of Perkins Coie's challenge to the Administration's executive order targeting the firm, and to resist the Administration's erosion of the rule of law."
March 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Weill, this is a journalist from The Atlantic, which is the voice of reactionary centrism in the US, so this is a logical match made in hell.
Flabbergasting how quickly Hanania redeemed his image from Racist Creep With Racist History Still Tweeting Racist Shit as of 2022 to Serious Person Serious People Treat Seriously.
March 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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One implication here is that if democrats can take back the White House in 2029 we can absolutely obliterate these people’s wealth and power.
a big part of the right wing turn in silicon valley from 2022 to 2024 is that all of the big money guys' crypto ICOs left them with unbalanced portfolios, huge loan liability, and huge potential tax liability if they got out of the crypto market entirely. locked into a bubble and dead if it bursts.
TIL that Tesla insiders (executives, board members, etc) have sold *1.46 million* Tesla shares over the past 12 months, and bought precisely *zero*

www.nasdaq.com/market-activ...
March 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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AOC: Fox News and the right-wing would have you believe that these American values are something out of The Communist Manifesto. But let me tell you Fox News, I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist.. I believe it because I was a waitress.
March 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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'Despicable': Trump Official Threatens Total Social Security Shutdown Over DOGE Ruling www.commondreams.org/news/social-...
'Despicable': Trump Official Threatens Total Social Security Shutdown Over DOGE Ruling | Common Dreams
Defenders of Social Security are outraged at acting Commissioner Dudek's threat to shut down the agency over a court order against DOGE's data grab.
www.commondreams.org
March 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Elon Musk has turned the US government into a cybertruck - the doors are falling off and the autopilot is taking us all into a wall at 120 mikes an hour. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk and Donald Trump Have Chosen Chaos
Elon Musk secured his choke hold on the mechanics of the federal government weeks ago. Along with Donald Trump, he has already standardized chaos across the US.
www.wired.com
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Tonight, hours after the Paul Weiss news broke, an associate at Skadden Arps sent a firm-wide email:

"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
March 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM