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A+ trolling from Zelenskyy

Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.

Good to see NY State being proactive.

“Once again, the Trump regime tried to indict NY AG Letitia James—and once again they failed miserably. A judge threw out the first indictment of James, and grand juries have refused to indict her twice since then.”

Van Hollen: "Courts have rejected many of the admin's representations, including in the Abrego Garcia case. Trump puts out lies on social media but when they get to court judges are saying, 'What you're telling the public is just untrue.' We've seen DOJ lawyers be fired bc they didn't want to lie"

A moratorium on state AI laws already failed twice with opposition in both chambers of Congress. Now, Trump is bypassing Congress to create a lawless Wild West for AI companies. It’s a bad idea - and I'm actively exploring legislative options in response to this order. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

A smart thread about creating an immigration policy that most Americans will support. It’s not what trump is doing, but Democrats must craft policies that seem fair and orderly to most Americans.

The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy. Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality. John Roberts > Roger Taney. Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.

Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):

Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status. So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.

Trump's NSS released shock waves in Europe, the UK, Japan, Korea... and has barely even been reported in US media. Very revealing of what has happened to US media.

This flailing shows how unprepared the GOP is to be the dog that caught the car. Tens of millions of Americans are about to see their already too-expensive health insurance rates skyrocket. Millions will end up with no coverage—all thanks to the GOP, who, meanwhile, gave billionaires more tax cuts.

DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data. My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.

It's hard to know exactly what will happen now, given how unprecedented this is. But Trump and Miller envisioned this as a test of their ability to spread fear of lawless state terror. For now, the lower courts are admirably defending the rule of law. 5/5 newrepublic.com/article/2043...

🧵 “Ever since the Trump administration wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a torture prison in El Salvador last spring, the president and anti-immigrant henchman Stephen Miller have plainly understood this saga as a crucial test case for the larger MAGA project.”

It really was the raptors testing weakness in the electrified fence

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Bennie Thompson on Noem: "Her arrival was short lived. She left in the middle of the hearing ostensibly to go to another meeting. We found that the meeting had been canceled, so she could've stayed. But nonetheless, we're not surprised, because this is who she is."

Benny Thompson is gold here..... @stevesawyer12.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social @11tulips.bsky.social @jakichantler.bsky.social @tepizep.bsky.social @sailormichael.bsky.social @ridgecook.bsky.social

Every accusation is an admission. “Trump did the very thing he’s accusing his enemies of, records show.” Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Best thing to come out of Congress in over 25 years is Raskin’s war cry: “…there’s nothing remotely ethical or moral about unilaterally disarming before authoritarians in a game that they’ve created.”

NATO’s Rutte says Europe must prepare for ‘scale of war our grandparents’ endured If Putin is “prepared to sacrifice ordinary Russians in this way, what is he prepared to do to us?” the NATO chief said. www.politico.eu/article/nato...

Applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. accelerated last week by the most in five years, according to weekly data released Thursday by the Labor Department, which previously reported a three-year low amid persisting concerns about the job market. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

Trump 22 points underwater on immigration in new AP-NORC poll. No wonder Kristi Noem fled her hearing today.

Historians have discovered there were presidents before Trump who *also* engaged in frequent hand shaking yet they didn't always have bruises and bandages on the backside of their hands. Even Sleepy Joe Biden, who was perpetually just seconds away from dying of old age, came out unscathed. Really!

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

Today was our last chance in Congress to save the Affordable Care Act subsidies that help people afford care before they expire at the end of the year. And what did Republicans do? They voted NO.

An America-first national security strategy that sidelines allies is a trap. @markhertling.bsky.social warns @timmiller.bsky.social the new document almost ignores alliances, which is how things can get ugly fast. lnk.thebulwark.com/4rM6OSX?utm_...

Immigrants are having their naturalization ceremonies cancelled because of the new Trump travel ban. They’ve learned the laws, the history and the language. They’ve spent tons of money and years of their lives going through the process and it’s being ripped away. Have a million bucks? You’re in.

D.A. v Noem (refugee protections) On left: DOJ opposed unsealing USG declaration - "any information regarding those active discussions necessarily has the potential to impact those ongoing [diplomatic] discussions" On right: Unsealed document reveals no ongoing discussions.

This does actually change the entire story. Assuming it's correct, it was an entirely lawful seizure.

Rough day on the farm beat. @reuters.com @financialtimes.com

Thinking of that time when my dad, himself a doctor, was thrown by a horse on a trail ride. Punctured his spleen, internal bleeding, got him to an ER just in time. He lived another 20 years. With two hours delay, probably wouldn't have. We rushed to *nearest* ER. Not comparison-shop for ER prices.

Watching the Ken Burns American Revolution documentary on the I learned that Pennsylvania’s 1776 constitution created a [limited] democracy. PA granted voting rights to white men who weren’t wealthy property owners. Representatives of the other states were aghast at the idea.

Starke County, Indiana voted 75% for Trump in 2024. But now they're opposing Trump's AI agenda, and the Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend a 12 month pause on new hyperscale data centers. Banning AI data centers is becoming increasingly popular. www.youtube.com/shorts/xCQah...

The House approved a $900B defense policy bill that would give U.S. troops a raise and codify much of Trump’s national security agenda. It also seeks to curb his pullback from Europe and mandate more Pentagon consultation with Congress. Next stop - Senate.

More than 300 drones are now heading directly toward Russia. An airport near Moscow has been closed, and authorities have warned of an imminent drone-strike threat, per Russian media report.

Congressional Republicans once again placed the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) in their crosshairs Wednesday, holding the second hearing so far this year on the landmark pro-voting law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Oh good. The wag the dog begins in earnest

Trump: we’re going to keep America safe. We’re keeping the drugs out! Also Trump: pardons a guy convicted of trying to bring *hundreds of tons* of cocaine into the US.

Me too

Did you know Trump has added 2.2 trillion to the national debt since taking office 10 months ago?

Naturally, but the GOP and their MAGA fluffers on social media will have nothing to say about this, and Mike Johnson will pretend not to see this story until 2029. Trump Jr-backed startup gets $600 million dollar government deal.

@angrystaffer.bsky.social has pinned his Patreon article about Ukraine striking Russian airbases from inside Russia. He's also allowing everyone to read it without a paywall. Dig in. www.patreon.com/posts/130512...