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This is so fucking PETTY.
Illegal.
Moronic.
Wrong.
Lawless.
Authoritarian.

Fuuuuuuuuck this Shitministration. Period.
Put aside the lies and the open defiance of the Supreme Court, as well as the cruelty, and ask yourself: who talks like this? This is the *official* account of the *White House* - is it being run by a six year old?
April 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Yale history professor and author of “on tyranny”:

“If citizens endorse the idea that people named by authorities as "criminals" or "terrorists" have no right to due process, then they are accepting that they themselves have no right to due process.”
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funds for programs that provides legal services to unaccompanied minors children in immigration proceedings.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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This is the way ✊✊✊
“Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
Statement from Elias Law Group Chair Marc Elias
elias.law
March 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.
Is planting trees 'DEI'? Trump administration cuts nationwide tree-planting effort
The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.
www.npr.org
March 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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2022: "The Supreme Court would NEVER overturn Roe v. Wade!"

2025: "The administration would NEVER take away Social Security!"
March 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Pariah state.
March 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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"I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly two weeks. Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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NEWS: An Indian national teaching at Georgetown was arrested by immigration authorities in Rosslyn, Va. Monday.

His lawyers say he's being targeted for his pro-Palestinian views. His U.S. citizen wife's father was a Hamas adviser.

w/ @joshgerstein

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Medal of Honor recipient, who was Black, had a DOD biographical page recounting his achievements taken down. Now routed to 404 error, with URL deleted and changed to include "DEI medal" bsky.app/profile/bran...
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.

Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
March 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Just to be clear, a big reason @altssa.altgov.info and I are here is because it's painfully obvious to employees that SSA is being sabotaged. They want it to break so they can kill it and blame us.

We need all your help to spread the word far and wide so these people can't escape responsibility.
March 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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You, our dear followers, are really smart and really funny. As our bedtime post, we'd like to crowdsource the best acronym for what DOGE stands for.

Our fave so far: Dastardly Oligarchs Get Everything.

Submission with the most ♥️s will be mentioned in our good morning post tomorrow!
March 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Just like his presidency to date, there was very little focus by Trump last night on the things that actually matter to regular everyday Americans 👇

#DonTheCon
March 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."
March 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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"Free speech," Nazi style.
March 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Join us tonight from anywhere for 50501 DC’s Virtual Event 🔴 LIVE at 8:30pm EST: The People’s State of the Union – A Real Discussion on America’s Future. Link to watch: bit.ly/psotu

#Politics #Economy #Healthcare #ReproductiveRights #Education #CoalitionBuilding @polrev.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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If I was Putin, with agents inside US Govt, these would be the instructions to finish off the US as a global force:

1. Gut safety agencies covering aviation, nuclear, food & disease protection.

2. Dismantle USAID

3. Introduce tariffs to crash economy & cripple food production

4. Betray Europe
March 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Breaking News: President Trump on Monday temporarily suspended the delivery of all U.S. military aid to Ukraine, a senior administration official said.
The order comes just days after Trump’s heated exchange with Zelensky in the Oval Office.
The order, which takes effect immediately, affects more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition in the pipelines and on order.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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I wrote this 10 days ago. I hate being right.
March 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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EO - Executive Order
FS-Forest Service
BLM-Bureau of Land Management
FWS- Fish and Wildlife Service
NEPA-National Environmental Protection Agency
USFS-United States Forest Service
ESA- Endangered Species Act
New EO to promote timber production on FS and BLM-with FWS implications related to the Endangered Species Act and NEPA..

(b) Within 60 days…the FWS…shall complete a strategy on USFS and BLM forest management projects under section 7 of the ESA to improve the speed of approving forestry projects.
March 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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NEW: Nick Enrich, acting asst admin for USAID Global Health, was just placed on administrative admin leave by Trump admin. It comes after he shared a memo with USAID staff, including those on leave/fired saying it’s been impossible to implement Rubio’s waivers for lifesaving aid
March 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Headed home from the meeting of medical school pediatric chairs - many of them also Chief Medical Officers for children’s hospitals.

so much at stake for the health of children- all children
March 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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March 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM