Max
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ICE raids have become political theater, not policy. The Trump administration wants headlines, not solutions. So when protests erupt and the Guard gets called in, remember, this isn’t a security failure. It’s a script they wrote.
June 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
ICE raids have become political theater, not policy. The Trump administration wants headlines, not solutions. So when protests erupt and the Guard gets called in, remember, this isn’t a security failure. It’s a script they wrote.
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“DOGE won’t just fall short of Musk’s deficit-reduction goals. It will, in all probability, increase the deficit,” Jonathan Chait writes. Are the deficit-reduction efforts just a pretext for ideological warfare? theatln.tc/0zdiT2Hb
Why DOGE Could Actually Increase the Deficit
Some of Musk’s haphazard cuts will produce tiny savings in terms of salary while forfeiting much larger ones down the road, costing the government money.
theatln.tc
March 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
“DOGE won’t just fall short of Musk’s deficit-reduction goals. It will, in all probability, increase the deficit,” Jonathan Chait writes. Are the deficit-reduction efforts just a pretext for ideological warfare? theatln.tc/0zdiT2Hb
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If Trump can disappear green card holders for protesting war, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you.
We must speak out now — before there is no one left to speak out.
If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you.
We must speak out now — before there is no one left to speak out.
March 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If Trump can disappear green card holders for protesting war, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you.
We must speak out now — before there is no one left to speak out.
If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you.
We must speak out now — before there is no one left to speak out.
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"Did Trump just defy a court order?"
YES, motherfuckers. Why in the fuck is that so hard for people to say? The judge told him to stop doing something, he did it anyway, IN DEFIANCE OF THE JUDGES RULINGS!
WHY ARE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING FASCISM IN THE PASSIVE VOICE????
YES, motherfuckers. Why in the fuck is that so hard for people to say? The judge told him to stop doing something, he did it anyway, IN DEFIANCE OF THE JUDGES RULINGS!
WHY ARE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING FASCISM IN THE PASSIVE VOICE????
March 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"Did Trump just defy a court order?"
YES, motherfuckers. Why in the fuck is that so hard for people to say? The judge told him to stop doing something, he did it anyway, IN DEFIANCE OF THE JUDGES RULINGS!
WHY ARE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING FASCISM IN THE PASSIVE VOICE????
YES, motherfuckers. Why in the fuck is that so hard for people to say? The judge told him to stop doing something, he did it anyway, IN DEFIANCE OF THE JUDGES RULINGS!
WHY ARE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING FASCISM IN THE PASSIVE VOICE????
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration not to deport a Brown University medical school professor who specializes in kidney transplants. But U.S. Customs and Border Protection deported her anyway, put her on a plane to Paris, and then claimed they didn't get the order in time.
A judge ordered a Brown University professor not be deported. She was sent back to Lebanon anyway
A federal judge wants to know why a doctor from Lebanon with a U.S. visa was deported, after he ordered that she not be removed until he could hear her case. Dr.
apnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration not to deport a Brown University medical school professor who specializes in kidney transplants. But U.S. Customs and Border Protection deported her anyway, put her on a plane to Paris, and then claimed they didn't get the order in time.
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“A kidney transplant specialist and professor at Brown University’s medical school has been deported from the U.S., even though she had a valid visa and a court order temporarily blocking her expulsion, according to her lawyer and court papers.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Brown University Professor and Doctor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“A kidney transplant specialist and professor at Brown University’s medical school has been deported from the U.S., even though she had a valid visa and a court order temporarily blocking her expulsion, according to her lawyer and court papers.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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God this nightmare president has me out here defending my alma mater. The humiliation never ends
March 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
God this nightmare president has me out here defending my alma mater. The humiliation never ends
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In response to what Schumer is saying on TV:
A: The government is ALREADY SHUT DOWN. They’ve been shutting it down since Jan 20, for black people. Perhaps Chuck could acknowledge that??
B: They already have the reins of power. Chuck wants it open so he can continue playing pretend!
A: The government is ALREADY SHUT DOWN. They’ve been shutting it down since Jan 20, for black people. Perhaps Chuck could acknowledge that??
B: They already have the reins of power. Chuck wants it open so he can continue playing pretend!
March 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
In response to what Schumer is saying on TV:
A: The government is ALREADY SHUT DOWN. They’ve been shutting it down since Jan 20, for black people. Perhaps Chuck could acknowledge that??
B: They already have the reins of power. Chuck wants it open so he can continue playing pretend!
A: The government is ALREADY SHUT DOWN. They’ve been shutting it down since Jan 20, for black people. Perhaps Chuck could acknowledge that??
B: They already have the reins of power. Chuck wants it open so he can continue playing pretend!
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The cruelty is the point
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
www.nbcnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The cruelty is the point
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Democrats even *thinking* about joining Republicans to censure Al Green for having the courage to stand up while they sat down do not deserve to be able to generate a single fundraising dollar from a person of moral character ever again.
March 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Democrats even *thinking* about joining Republicans to censure Al Green for having the courage to stand up while they sat down do not deserve to be able to generate a single fundraising dollar from a person of moral character ever again.
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Awash in freaking stupidity…
March 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Awash in freaking stupidity…
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Making a Sesame Street that appeals to children in war torn places that WE TORE UP so they maybe don’t grow up wanting to MURDER US is one of the best uses of $20 million dollars I can even imagine!
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Making a Sesame Street that appeals to children in war torn places that WE TORE UP so they maybe don’t grow up wanting to MURDER US is one of the best uses of $20 million dollars I can even imagine!
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“What’s the point of fighting cybercrime if we’re just going to give access for government networks to people with cybercriminal gang affiliations?”
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency
DOGE technologists Edward Coristine—the 19-year-old known online as “Big Balls”—and Kyle Schutt are now listed as staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
www.wired.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“What’s the point of fighting cybercrime if we’re just going to give access for government networks to people with cybercriminal gang affiliations?”
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
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Jocelynn Rojo Carranza, just 11 years old, “took her own life in Texas after she was tormented by classmates who threatened to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities and have her family deported from the US, her grieving parents have said.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
11-year-old took her own life over deportation threats, family says
‘I waited a whole week for a miracle that my daughter would be well, but unfortunately, nothing could be done,’ despaired her mother
www.independent.co.uk
February 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Jocelynn Rojo Carranza, just 11 years old, “took her own life in Texas after she was tormented by classmates who threatened to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities and have her family deported from the US, her grieving parents have said.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Your treasury is being looted today by hackers and you’re just sitting there waiting for someone to come save you.
No one is coming.
Get out there.
Fight.
No one is coming.
Get out there.
Fight.
February 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Your treasury is being looted today by hackers and you’re just sitting there waiting for someone to come save you.
No one is coming.
Get out there.
Fight.
No one is coming.
Get out there.
Fight.
Chaos is the rule of day and pain/suffering is the result for the people
January 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Chaos is the rule of day and pain/suffering is the result for the people
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this administration is just more proof of my number one Rule to Live By - you can't give dorks power
January 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
this administration is just more proof of my number one Rule to Live By - you can't give dorks power
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As you reflect on the historic presidential campaign that Shirley Chisholm launched #onthisday in 1972, remember her humanity and her urgency. It means even more today as Black history being erased.
Read more about it in my book, A More Perfect Party www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/juani...
Read more about it in my book, A More Perfect Party www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/juani...
January 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
As you reflect on the historic presidential campaign that Shirley Chisholm launched #onthisday in 1972, remember her humanity and her urgency. It means even more today as Black history being erased.
Read more about it in my book, A More Perfect Party www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/juani...
Read more about it in my book, A More Perfect Party www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/juani...
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'Corruption in Plain Sight': AOC Warns Laken Riley Act a Boon to Private Prison Industry www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-on-...
'Corruption in Plain Sight': AOC Warns Laken Riley Act a Boon to Private Prison Industry | Common Dreams
"Look at what members of Congress are invested in private prison companies," said Ocasio-Cortez.
www.commondreams.org
January 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
'Corruption in Plain Sight': AOC Warns Laken Riley Act a Boon to Private Prison Industry www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-on-...
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I'll be on with @joyannreid.bsky.social at 7:30 to talk about... well whatever lawless unconstitutional bigoted executive order she thinks is worst. Then we'll talk about which one I think is worst. Then... nothing will happen because lawless unconstitutional bigoted EOs are what America voted for.
January 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I'll be on with @joyannreid.bsky.social at 7:30 to talk about... well whatever lawless unconstitutional bigoted executive order she thinks is worst. Then we'll talk about which one I think is worst. Then... nothing will happen because lawless unconstitutional bigoted EOs are what America voted for.
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Permanent mood.
January 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Permanent mood.
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So they CAN ban TikTok. Cool, cool. Now let's ban another social media site manipulated by malign foreign agents: Twitter-X
January 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
So they CAN ban TikTok. Cool, cool. Now let's ban another social media site manipulated by malign foreign agents: Twitter-X