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A periodic reminder that the DOJ lawyers current fighting to strip infants of their constitutional right to citizenship are performing monstrous deeds to promote evil aims and should face shame and disgrace for the rest of their careers. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A periodic reminder that the DOJ lawyers current fighting to strip infants of their constitutional right to citizenship are performing monstrous deeds to promote evil aims and should face shame and disgrace for the rest of their careers. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Really brutal farewell note by someone fired from the State Department today. Worth reading in full. These layoffs are shameful and will cause immense harm in so many ways.
8/“To those who remain in the building or at post: Please don’t forget us. And more importantly, don’t forget the people we fought for—the political prisoners, the survivors, the dissidents.”
July 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Really brutal farewell note by someone fired from the State Department today. Worth reading in full. These layoffs are shameful and will cause immense harm in so many ways.
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Gutting government services kills people www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
July 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Gutting government services kills people www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
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I was given an ultimatum.
July 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I was given an ultimatum.
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
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As Garnet and I noted at the time, this was the inevitable consequence of the Supreme Court’s recent Braidwood decision, which empowered RFK Jr. to effectively seize control of this important panel and start gutting insurance coverage for preventive services. slate.com/news-and-pol...
July 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
As Garnet and I noted at the time, this was the inevitable consequence of the Supreme Court’s recent Braidwood decision, which empowered RFK Jr. to effectively seize control of this important panel and start gutting insurance coverage for preventive services. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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DOJ whistleblower Erez Reuveni turns over his emails to Congress! Here's one showing how the admin tried to paint Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a "a leader of MS-13," which was shot down since it was clearly made up.
Reuveni says he was fired for telling the truth to a judge.
Reuveni says he was fired for telling the truth to a judge.
![From: @ice.dhs.gov> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2025 11:15 AM To: Reuveni, Erez R. (CIV) <Erez.R.Reuveni@usdoj.gov>; @state.gov>; @ice.dhs.gov>; PERCIVAL, JAMES <JAMES.PERCIVAL@hq.dhs.gov> Cc: @usdoj.gov>; Mazzara, Joseph <Joseph.Mazzara@hq.dhs.gov>; @state.gov>; @usdoj.gov>; @state.gov>; @state.gov>; @state.gov>; @state.gov>; @state.gov>; @hq.dhs.gov>; @hq.dhs.gov>; @HQ.DHS.GOV>; Flentje, August (CIV) <August.Flentje@usdoj.gov>; @ice.dhs.gov>; Ensign, Drew C (CIV) <Drew.C.Ensign@usdoj.gov> Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: Abrego Garcia - AEA Return Attached is Mr. Cerna's draft declaration on the removal for your review. He and I walked through what happened on the ground. It was administrative oversight. Regarding the five questions: 1. This guy is a leader of MS-13-So far I have found "verified member," which is included. I have not found anything indicating "leader," but I'll keep looking. 2. His removal was due to a good faith administrative error - This is included at para. 16. 3. We do not believe he is in immediate danger - This gets into country conditions and seems more appropriate for State. 4. We are engaged in multiagency discussions - Robert is aware that discussions are taking place, but since he's not involved, I don't know that we should get into who is in them. Perhaps leave this to State as well.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreify3p4r37rx3lgjbwtj24fm2edwzyi2cu434474gvyqtmop4f7yfu@jpeg)
July 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
DOJ whistleblower Erez Reuveni turns over his emails to Congress! Here's one showing how the admin tried to paint Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a "a leader of MS-13," which was shot down since it was clearly made up.
Reuveni says he was fired for telling the truth to a judge.
Reuveni says he was fired for telling the truth to a judge.
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Dude who declared the 14th Amendment bans abortion is now a top official in DOJ’s policy shop.
They’re prepping to go full fetal personhood in the courts.
They’re prepping to go full fetal personhood in the courts.
July 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Dude who declared the 14th Amendment bans abortion is now a top official in DOJ’s policy shop.
They’re prepping to go full fetal personhood in the courts.
They’re prepping to go full fetal personhood in the courts.
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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Update: This happened last night—Senate Republicans went nuclear, overruling the parliamentarian and blowing up the filibuster to repeal California's vehicle emissions standards.
Many Republicans will likely cite this precedent as reason to bypass the filibuster to pass the reconciliation bill too.
Many Republicans will likely cite this precedent as reason to bypass the filibuster to pass the reconciliation bill too.
Senate Republicans are set to go nuclear today, blowing up the filibuster to repeal California’s vehicle emissions standards—after spending YEARS promising to preserve the filibuster once they retook the chamber. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Senate Republicans Are Poised to Deal a Shattering Blow to the Filibuster
Throughout the 2024 campaign, GOP senators shouted from the rooftops that they would preserve the tactic if they won back the chamber. Whoops.
slate.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Update: This happened last night—Senate Republicans went nuclear, overruling the parliamentarian and blowing up the filibuster to repeal California's vehicle emissions standards.
Many Republicans will likely cite this precedent as reason to bypass the filibuster to pass the reconciliation bill too.
Many Republicans will likely cite this precedent as reason to bypass the filibuster to pass the reconciliation bill too.
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The only plausible reason for the Supreme Court to rush out its order at 1 a.m. is that a majority of justices refused to trust the Trump administration's promise that it wouldn't secretly deport migrants without due process.
That alone marks a hugely consequential shift.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
That alone marks a hugely consequential shift.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
April 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The only plausible reason for the Supreme Court to rush out its order at 1 a.m. is that a majority of justices refused to trust the Trump administration's promise that it wouldn't secretly deport migrants without due process.
That alone marks a hugely consequential shift.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
That alone marks a hugely consequential shift.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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"The worst thing I can think of is being remembered as doing too little, holding back, and playing it safe as the world burned," writes @gregggonsalves.bsky.social.
We Need to Turn Our Outrage Way Up
This is no time to sit idly by. People's lives are at stake. We have to put our bodies on the line.
www.thenation.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"The worst thing I can think of is being remembered as doing too little, holding back, and playing it safe as the world burned," writes @gregggonsalves.bsky.social.
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Florida mayor seeks to evict cinema for showing Oscar-winning documentary
Florida mayor seeks to evict cinema for showing Oscar-winning documentary
Miami Beach mayor also proposes withdrawing grant after O Cinema screened Palestinian-focused film No Other Land
The mayor of Miami Beachis attempting to evict an independent cinema from city-owned property after it screened No Other Land, the film…
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Florida mayor seeks to evict cinema for showing Oscar-winning documentary
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one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
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If Ukraine really did attack Twitter (X), I think the only logical thing is for Elon to sign a ceasefire immediately, give them half of Twitter, and make sure he says thank you.
March 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If Ukraine really did attack Twitter (X), I think the only logical thing is for Elon to sign a ceasefire immediately, give them half of Twitter, and make sure he says thank you.
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Life imitating Art.
March 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Life imitating Art.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger has some choice words for president Donald Trump.
March 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Arnold Schwarzenegger has some choice words for president Donald Trump.
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The truth emerges. Regime change.
A US official tells CNN: “Relations with Ukraine look irreparable if Zelensky remains president.”
A US official tells CNN: “Relations with Ukraine look irreparable if Zelensky remains president.”
March 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The truth emerges. Regime change.
A US official tells CNN: “Relations with Ukraine look irreparable if Zelensky remains president.”
A US official tells CNN: “Relations with Ukraine look irreparable if Zelensky remains president.”
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What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
February 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
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The Sullivanians were hidden in plain sight, enacting their beliefs on an island of nearly eight million people—often while holding down high-status jobs as physicians, attorneys, computer programmers, and academics.
The Upper West Side Cult That Hid in Plain Sight
In the sixties and seventies, the Sullivanian Institute had a winning sales pitch for young New Yorkers: parties, sex, low rent, and affordable therapy.
www.newyorker.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The Sullivanians were hidden in plain sight, enacting their beliefs on an island of nearly eight million people—often while holding down high-status jobs as physicians, attorneys, computer programmers, and academics.
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Medical research and public health policy is a prime target paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
Donald Trump Wants You to Die
The attack on public health begins
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Medical research and public health policy is a prime target paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-tru...