Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)

Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”

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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

there aren't any words for how much I hate the people doing this. I wish every harm upon them, it is right and just to pray for such harm

Things Democratic Senators could do that would be useful: - Withdraw unanimous consent from all Senate business until constitutional rule was restored - Refuse to vote for any legislation until constitutional rule was restored - Boycott as a caucus until constitutional rule was restored

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

@booker.senate.gov is STILL speaking 17+ hours in! We are SO proud of you! #CoryBooker #RESIST #SenatorBooker #StandUp #SpeakOut #RESIST #DoSomething #Obstruct #Disrupt #IDA-CO #Indivisible #Resistor #SenCoryBooker #Filibuster #ImpeachTrump #DeportMusk

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Tens of thousands of employees across the federal government have left their jobs, been put on leave or been fired as a part of the government-gutting initiative of the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk. We confirmed the number of cuts here. nyti.ms/4lckQdp

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Strange Horizons will have 3 FICTION SUBMISSION WINDOWS in 2025. General April 16th with a 1,000 story cap Novelette (10k to 18k words) June 4th with a 300 story cap Indigenous Authors November 3rd with a 500 story cap Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.

Same with Trump. Neither of these "wealthy" "men" have contributed anything of substance towards the common good. They take but they do not give.

I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.

I bet some of us could do a pretty kick ass lecture on modern propaganda methods

Democracy, itself, is the inefficiency that DOGE intends to shut down. They're dismantling institutions one-by-one, to replace it with AI and tech autocracy. www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ruled that President Donald Trump's administration must immediately restore public health webpages that were abruptly deleted after the new president took office. www.rawstory.com/trump-public...

The biggest problem—and Elonald's greatest advantage—is that almost no one knows this Constitutional Coup is happening now, let alone how illegal it is. That alone won't change anything, but it is the first step to taking this on.

The President of Colombia Gustavo Petro has branded Trump a fascist in a TV interview: “This attitude of criminalizing population groups for profit is exactly what Hitler did with regard to the Jews.” Need more of this de-normalisation as the US media isn’t doing it.

I think it's so important that everyone knows that Web Archive web.archive.org backs up and mirrors many US government websites.

SOS researchers: download what you can from publicly available health datasets now.

Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.

Control of the entire federal purse is being stolen in the middle of the night by a Nazi. There has never been anything like this.

Democrats need to learn how to treat real scandals with the same intensity and seriousness that Republicans use on bullshit like Hillary's emails and Hunter's laptop. Non-stop circus. Run shifts outside treasury, someone there 24/7. Make them prove they're not breaking the law.

National call this Sunday to strategize with Indivisible, MoveOn, WFP, and a ton of other groups. We choose to fight. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

At home, Trump has enabled Musk to stage a coup against the government with his army of unvetted stooges taking over the Treasury. Abroad, he's shut down aid & canceled malaria/ HIV programs & put 1000s of lives at risk. Meanwhile, top Democratic leaders are tweeting about egg and priza prices. 😠

The new general counsel for OPM—the office issuing all those deranged memos—is Andrew Kloster, a self-described “raging misogynist” with a public history of racist comments and a temporary restraining order for domestic violence who most recently worked for Matt Gaetz. www.pogo.org/investigatio...

Russ Vought, Trump's OMB Director nominee, supports Trump being able to block congressionally allocated funding like he did today, preventing the states from being able to access Medicaid funding. Every Senator - Democrat and Republican - should recognize the unique danger posed by this person.

The firing is clearly illegal under a 2022 law. The administration is saying that they don't need to follow the law because they, and not the courts, get to decide what which laws are constitutional. It is no different than their saying that they, and not Congress, determine spending.

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NO on VOUGHT (tomorrow) This is the guy who will make Project 2025 happen--wants to usurp Congress's power. Call your senators TODAY. Esp Republicans.. Remind the idiots they will be giving away their power. Say "you'll be castrated" ... desperate times call for language they can understand.

The funding freeze is this guy, just getting started. www.propublica.org/article/vide... #russellvought #vought #Project2025

Yo, @schiff.senate.gov - your voice mailbox is FULL… #Reinstate Jocelyn Smith ASAP #VOTE #NO on #Vought #RFKjr

These ARE NOT normal change of administration memos.

New, from me: Looking closer at the effort to induce mass civil servant resignations. *The offers are not real buyouts *Feds should read the fine print *If mass resignations occur, it is really bad for the rest of us donmoynihan.substack.com/p/compelling...

It's easy to hate "the government" but the government is thousands of programs that help millions of people in critical ways

Need bolstering?

— Impoundment and usurping Congressional power — Stripping citizenship by executive order — Segregating the military Are these bad? Seem bad.

"All review panels, new awards, and all payments of funds under open awards will be paused as the agency conducts the required reviews and analysis." NSF statement on the impact of Trump administration executive orders. new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

Kaine: "The president has two Republican houses. If he wants to cut the budget, he's go majorities in both houses. He could just work with them to do it the lawful way...that he's not doing that means he doesn't have confidence that the GOP leadership will go along with the extremity of his actions"

In a stunning move, Trump’s Office of Management and Budget has frozen much of federal financial assistance. The consequences could be catastrophic—jeopardizing vulnerable communities and disrupting the economy. The Big Picture breaks down the decision and what’s at stake once it goes into effect.

Good statement. Dems should make this about Trump’s ‘deranged’ views, ‘ego’ and attack on the constitution.

Call script:

NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.

While President Trump illegally pauses federal funding from Congress, the Senate must not be business as usual. We do not consent to this lawless power grab.

State of things from my feed.