Here’s how this petition could threaten marriage equality in the name of ‘religious freedom.’

NEW from @nytimes.com: A bone-chilling account. A Venezuelan man detained alongside the 238 sent to El Salvador on March 15 seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. His name isn't among the names of those sent to CECOT that day and no one spotted him among those men. He's just... gone.

The good news is that the constitution provides ways for Congress and the Judiciary to reign in a power-hungry president. The bad news is those people are all scared of him.

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New from me: As RFK Jr. fearmongers about autism being an "epidemic," the Department of Health and Human Services terminated a grant that would have researched how to reduce suicide among LGBTQ+ #ActuallyAutistic people. via @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I’m not going to call them the Immigration and Customs Enforcement any more. I’m going to call them the Gestapo. That’s what they are.

The televised Oval Office meeting with Bukele is mockery. They’re mocking the press, their opposition, the courts, and the entire concept of justice. They’re mocking everyone who isn’t them. The abuser’s playbook yet again.

"Take him anyway."
I don't even recognize my country anymore...

Harvard FTW: "The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government."

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.

Previously, the arrests of pro-Palestinian voices on university campuses would’ve drawn instant attention from the DHS civil rights office’s First Amendment watchdogs, attorneys in the compliance branch said. That guardrail is gone.

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Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

Humanity is getting a very quick refresher course in how evil, dangerous psychopaths can simultaneously be utterly pathetic losers. There is no contradiction!

The human race is perpetuating itself just fine; natalist anxieties only make sense if you’re concerned about the growth of certain demographics relative to others, which of course is the far right’s entire concern.

Direct quote from commanding officer of a small town police force, thinking I was sympathetic to him: "my favorite part of being a cop, is when I have a shitty day, I can pull someone over and just fuck with them, because I have a badge and gun, and they don't"

Direct. Quote.