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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4d

BREAKING: The First Circuit rejects the Trump administration's request to greenlight his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, stressing that the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment leaves no room for Trump's interpretation.

First Circuit Rebukes Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order as Unconstitutional

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Cyndi @savannahpeace.bsky.social · 4d

Better reason for prosecuting these Fraudsters taking $$$$.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 4d

Is everyone appreciating how utterly sick this is

Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 5d

Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

This week, the Global Sumud Flotilla tried to deliver life-saving aid to Gaza.

Instead, 461 people—including New Yorkers—have been detained by the Israeli military.

They must be freed at once. And the deliberate starvation of Palestinians must end now.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 3: Earl Manigault

When he stepped onto the court, the world watched. No one dunked harder or jumped higher. But the GOAT never made it pro.

There are countless NYC stories like his. Brilliant talents lost to drugs or crime. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 5d

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 5d

Same guy who declared bankruptcy 6 times shut down the U.S. government 4 times in 5 years of being President. They wanted him to run the government like his businesses and that’s exactly what he’s doing.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 5d

I’m also very much of the view of the prime minister that the relationship with the United States has fundamentally changed, and it will not magically go back to what it may have been a year ago or 25 years ago,” Minister LeBlanc said. #Canada

globalnews.ca/news/1146109...

Trade war ‘resolvable’ but U.S. ties have ‘fundamentally’ changed: LeBlanc - National | Globalnews.ca

'The United States has fundamentally changed, and it will not magically go back to what it may have been a year ago or 25 years ago,' Dominic LeBlanc said.

globalnews.ca

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

www.kff.org/quick-take/m...

More Than 3 in 4 ACA Marketplace Enrollees Live in States Won by President Trump in 2024

As Democrats push for an extension of the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits, new data from KFF show the extent to which states won by Trump in 2024 have come to rely on the ACA Marketplaces and the t...

www.kff.org

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 4d

I went to the protest this morning at ICE facility in Broadview. Some photos if you wanna follow along. My guess is that at its height there were 300-400 people there, all protesting the inhumane treatment & illegal kidnapping of our neighbors. #broadview #iceprotest #abolishice #broadviewprotest

A protest with several hundred people at the ice facility in Broadview Illinois.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

KEILAR: A Post poll shows more Americans are blaming Republicans for the shutdown. Does that give you pause?

MARSHALL: I discount that poll altogether

K: Why?

M: There are so many other polls that say the opposite

K: Which one?

M: I don't have them at my fingertips. That's a very biased poll

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans.

Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now is meant to distract you from this.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 4d

Two-thirds of our ocean has had no legal protection — until now. The High Seas Treaty finally creates a path to safeguard life in international waters.

The High Seas Treaty Represents a Turning Point for the Ocean - Truthdig

With more than 60 countries on board, the new international law will soon enter into force, ushering in the world’s first framework to conserve biodiversity across two-thirds of the ocean.

www.truthdig.com

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tuckertym.bsky.social @tuckertym.bsky.social · 4d

More reasons for Taxing Mega (MAGA) Churches.

Cyndi @savannahpeace.bsky.social · 4d

www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Raid of church leader’s Florida mansion reveals 57 forced laborers, feds say

The victims, called “armor bearers” by the church, are threatened with damnation if they fail to meet their quotas, federal officials say.

www.miamiherald.com

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Rep. Ami Bera, M.D. @bera.house.gov · 4d

If you’re experiencing issues with Social Security, Medicare, veterans’ benefits, the IRS, passports, or other federal services, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Sacramento Office — (916) 635-0505 
Washington, D.C. Office — (202) 225-5716

Visit bera.house.gov/gethelp to learn more!

Get Help | U.S. Representative Ami Bera

My local office is here to help you cut through government red tape. We may be able to help you retrieve backlogged veterans' benefits, fix issues with Social Security and Medicare, get stalled tax refunds or passports, and much more.

bera.house.gov

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5d

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

www.youtube.com

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 4d

Sharp as a tack, our President!

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4d

Trump told NBC on Sunday that he saw some Portland riot footage on Fox and thought it reflected current events.

It didn't. It was 5 years old, from the George Floyd aftermath.

And we learned that due to the diligence of a local TV reporter, who got the transcript.

www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

Trump referenced a weekend conversation with Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, and he alluded to being told by Kotek that the reality in Portland is different from what’s being portrayed to him.

“I spoke to the governor, she was very nice,” Trump said. “But I said, ‘Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening? My people tell me different.’ They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place…it looks like terrible.”

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 4d

Kavanaugh Raids!

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 5d

America enters a new, dark chapter: "Kavanaugh Raids" on entire buildings and neighborhoods, a chapter surely to be remembered as infamously as we now view the "Palmer Raids" of the first Red Scare. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...

Welcome to the Era of "Kavanaugh Raids"

ICE crosses another big, important line.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4d

“Newsom declared that the state of California will pull funding from any university that caves to Trump’s extortion gambit. This is the right path for Democrats. Where they control levers of power, they should use them to create counterincentives.”

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Here’s How Trump Loses the Shutdown

God help us but Gavin Newsom is the only Democrat who understands power.

open.substack.com

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Bob Lawrence 💙 @trumpluvsobama.bsky.social · 5d

Attention: Have you forgotten me?

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Plant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 5d

We are so great!!

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YourAnonRiots 🐈️🏴🇵🇸🇲🇲🦋 @youranonriots.bsky.social · 5d

Fuck fascism.
That's what antifa is about. It's about saying "get the fuck out of my community we don't want a fascist government."
It's a collective ACTION.
It's not an organization, it's an ACTION. #Antifa #StopFascism

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