Nicole
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February 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Congress was denied entry to both the U.S. Department of Education and the Treasury, where Musk staffers blocked the doors. Along with its appropriations responsibilities, Congress holds oversight authority over federal agencies. Blocking congressional access to these agencies is illegal.
February 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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February 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Exactly. No is a complete sentence
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Mazie Hirono brings out a copy of Project 2025 on the Senate floor: Trump and Vought will gut programs like nutrition assistance, education funding, and Medicare and Medicaid. This is Project 2025, which Russell Vought helped mastermind
February 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Bravo, Rep. Marc Pocan !
February 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Keep saying creepy! Call them Musk's bloodboys! This is better!
Chris Murphy: "We don't pledge allegiance to the creepy 22 year olds working for Elon Musk. We pledge allegiance to the United States of America."
February 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
February 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny:

snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
February 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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the point is not that it's fast -- the point it that it's systematic.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
February 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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What is the point if we don't fight? Because there is still so much to fight for.
February 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):

1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*

2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything

3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can

4. Citizens march en mass
February 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Please! 🙄
February 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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This photo hits hard.
The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
January 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Kiah was set to join our faculty at Howard Law School in the Fall. She was a dedicated, brilliant civil rights lawyer poised to make a powerful difference in our world.

Our hearts are broken & we pray for her family & friends.

www.kwch.com/2025/01/30/c...
Civil rights attorney, former Miss Kansas contestant killed in plane crash near DC airport
As families and communities identify victims in Wednesday night’s plane crash near Washington, D.C., we’re learning that a well-known civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant is among t...
www.kwch.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Among the unanswered questions about the crash near Washington, D.C., are the flight pattern of the Black Hawk helicopter and the exact nature of its training exercise.
Questions about helicopter's path could prove key in Pentagon probe of midair crash
Among the unanswered questions about the crash near Washington, D.C., are the flight pattern of the Black Hawk helicopter and the exact nature of its training exercise.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Pete Buttigieg responds to Trump’s vicious nonsense.
January 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.

Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.

Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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PROP - PR Over Policy.

Don't confuse them.

He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him.

Dems need to be strategic.
January 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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I want to be clear about the impacts of President Trump’s mass deportations.

It means ripping families apart. It means kids losing their parents. It means businesses losing their workers. It means communities being significantly altered.
Ferguson creates WA rapid response team to prep for mass deportations
The team intends to help kids whose parents are deported, especially in situations like if a parent is taken into custody while a child is in school.
www.seattletimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.

Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.

Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.

Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
January 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM