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Ex-Trump lawyer John Dowd defends Jack Smith:

"Smith was once my adversary in a high-profile investigation of a Republican client. In that investigation, Smith proved himself to be fair, impartial and fearlessly committed to the facts … [R]ecent attacks on Smith are motivated by partisan politics."
Opinion | I'm Trump's former lawyer. Jack Smith should be celebrated, not vilified.
John Dowd: Jack Smith was once my adversary in a high-profile investigation of a Republican client. Smith was fair, impartial and fearlessly committed to the facts and the law.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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I was devastated to hear about the loss of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer. Rob is a generational talent that used his voice to advocate for a better world. We live in a better country because of them. They will be missed.
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Some of the best movies ever made were by Rob Reiner. They made us laugh and think: The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men. And he was a force on screen as well in All in the Family and so many films.

What a tragic loss. Words fail with news like this.
December 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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If you dare to displease the despot, you will be declared an enemy of the state and every lever of it will be deployed against you.
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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NEW: Mr. Abrego's lawyers believe that the lies DOJ told in the civil case warrant immediate dismissal in his criminal case. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/more-evide...
More Evidence Submitted to Dismiss the Charges Against Kilmar Abrego
Friday night, we learned that the DOJ lied about the door being closed to Costa Rica. Mr. Abrego's lawyers feel that's enough to immediately dismiss on vindictive and selective prosecution grounds.
www.muellershewrote.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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A primer for the civically ill-informed.
July 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
July 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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The DNA data of millions of people who used 23andMe's services won't be sold to a pharmaceutical company. A bankruptcy judge greenlighted the sale of the remnants of the firm, including its wealth of genetic data, to a nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki.
Judge OKs sale of 23andMe — and its trove of DNA data — to a nonprofit led by its founder
The DNA data of millions of people who used 23andMe's services won't be sold to a pharmaceutical company. A bankruptcy judge greenlighted the sale of the remnants of the firm, including its wealth of genetic data, to a nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki.
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June 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Sen Joni Ernst making her best case for Christianity...
www.npr.org/2025/05/31/n...
June 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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REPUBLICANS VOTED TO GUT MEDICAID

🚨 Here is what Medicaid is known as in your state:
May 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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In case you haven’t seen 🚨
April 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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"Trump’s post-pause tariff regime remains the biggest trade shock in U.S., and I think world history." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-s...
Trump Is Stupid, Erratic and Weak
The disaster of Trumponomics continues
paulkrugman.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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We are seeing a very clear pattern of banning things that make Trumpists and their kids feel bad:

- Books about colonialism, slavery and segregation
- Challenging ideas about gender
- Protests against genocide
- Science generally

It's a blanket ban on hard feelings. They called us snowflakes.
April 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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🏳️‍⚧️Happy Trans Day of Visibility!

🏳️‍⚧️Grateful for the trans community's strength, joy, and authenticity.

🏳️‍⚧️Thank you for shining bright, challenging norms, and teaching us what it means to live boldly.

🏳️‍⚧️You're seen, valued, and cherished today and always.
April 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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March 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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“There is no reason why they’re being held,” the judge said.

“If this was a criminal case. … I’d throw you out of my chambers.”

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Judge releases detained Venezuelan couple with temporary protected status
The judge said the detention of the couple was baseless and unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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We will not be distracted.
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.

And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.

The time to organize is now.

OcasioCortez.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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“People should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions.” @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social and @shaneharris.bsky.social share the group chat in which officials planned strikes on Yemen: theatln.tc/uXU1g37J
March 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Musk's AI trained on garbage produces garbage. Color me shocked.
So Musk’s people, who misread $8 million as $8 billion, who counted the same contracts multiple times and counted as savings programs that ended last year, claim that their AI is finding lots of Social Security fraud.

Why should anyone worry?
March 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/u...
Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case
The report, which said the special counsel’s office stood “fully behind” the merits of the prosecution, amounted to an extraordinary rebuke of the president-elect.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Always Union!
December 25, 2024 at 6:26 PM