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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · Apr 25

I have a bipartisan bill that would make these protections ironclad. It passed the House unanimously (twice) and it was never taken up in the Senate. Now Trump is laying the groundwork to lock up reporters who don't rat out their sources who expose crimes by his administration.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Apr 25

BREAKING: A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists.

Stating that leaks "undermine President Trump’s policies," Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that "the news media ‘must answer subpoenas’ when authorized."

Today, at Law Dork —>

A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists

Stating that leaks "undermine President Trump’s policies," Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that "the news media ‘must answer subpoenas’ when authorized."

www.lawdork.com

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · Apr 28

Spent the last week holding town halls in deeply rural and red parts of Oregon. The message is clear: people are scared and angry, not knowing if their way of life will be next on Trump’s chopping block. Trump is losing support and trust across the country.

Me seated on a stage holding a microphone at a recent town hall

Me seated, listening to an Oregon constituent share her opinions and concerns during a recent town hall

Me standing with a group of Oregonians after one of my town halls

Dozens of people seated in a gymnasium for my town hall

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · Apr 30

Later today the Senate will vote on my bipartisan legislation to end Trump’s tariffs. This has a real chance of passing. I encourage everyone to make your voices heard with your Senators if you feel strongly about this issue. I’ll be working to get it across the finish line. More soon.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · May 2

Indoctrination.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 3

Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives.

Former Weather Service Leaders Warn Staffing Cuts Could Lead to ‘Loss of Life’

The former agency directors say current employees will face an “impossible task” to maintain service just as hurricane season begins.

www.nytimes.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Apr 24

Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...

U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish

A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed.

www.nytimes.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · Apr 18

BREAKING: We're suing to block a new Utah law that allows courts to strip people with disabilities of their civil rights without due process.

This law would allow a guardian to isolate the disabled person from their loved ones. Guardianships should be made less restrictive, not more.

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · Apr 24

Donald Trump: the boy who cried "deal".

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

China says there are no negotiations with the US over tariffs

China has denied U_S_ President Donald Trump’s assertion that the two sides were involved in active negotiations over tariffs, saying that any suggestion of progress in this matter was as groundless a...

abcnews.go.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Apr 24

China says it will only talk to the US if Trump cancels all unilateral tariffs, the FT reports.

Xi’s humiliation of Trump continues apace. It’s a shame Trump doesn’t hold the cards.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · Apr 24

🚨 the latest EO announces the admin wants to eliminate disparate impact liability www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. A

www.whitehouse.gov

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · Apr 24

"Attorney General shall initiate appropriate action to repeal or amend the implementing regulations for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for all agencies"

What's Title VI?

"prohibits discrimination against or otherwise excluding individuals on the basis of race, color, or national origin"

achukilissa @achukilissa.bsky.social · Apr 23

My god. He’s gone after the Civil Rights Act!!!!

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. A

www.whitehouse.gov

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Dan Gordon @dangordondc.bsky.social · Apr 24

Beside how awful this is, it also illustrates the reach & limits of executive orders. It does mean DOJ won't do cases based on this (legit) theory of discrimination. But the theory is still legit & others can use it. The EO doesn't *change* the law...just Admin's approach to enforcing it.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · Apr 24

🚨 the latest EO announces the admin wants to eliminate disparate impact liability www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. A

www.whitehouse.gov

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Apr 19

4/ This honestly is perhaps the most insane thing we’ve heard since Jan 20. Musk, Thiel and Luckey want the US to pay for the creation of this network of surveillance and attack lasers and then the Pentagon will become a subscriber to the service. So the US won’t own our own missile defense.

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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · Apr 19

Unfuckingbelievable—regular citizens getting told to self deport. Or what—they snatch you off the street and disappear you????

❌👑Dreamkatcher76 @dreamkatcher76.bsky.social · Apr 19

youtu.be/8xChC8dwI44?...

HOLY SH*T: More Citizens Get Letters from Homeland Security ORDERING THEM TO LEAVE AMERICA!!!

YouTube video by Jesse Dollemore

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Apr 11

NEW: Abrego Garcia's attorneys to DOJ:

"Consistent with the Court's Order, we expect that the United States will facilitate Mr. Abrego-Garcia's immediate release from CECOT — **tonight**" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Dear Mr. Sauer:
I write in connection with today's Order of the United States Supreme Court in the above-captioned matter, in which the Court concluded that the district court's order "properly requires the Government to 'facilitate' Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador." Noem et al. v. Abrego Garcia et al., 604 U.S. _
(2025), slip op. at 2. The Court further ordered
the Government to "be prepared to share what it can concerning the steps it has taken and the prospect of further steps." Id.
Consistent with the Court's Order, we expect that the United States will facilitate Mr.
Abrego-Garcia's immediate release from CECOT - tonight - and make all necessary arrangements for his return to this country, including by dispatching an aircraft to El Salvador to bring him home. We request that you promptly provide us with the details of Mr. Abrego-Garcia's travel, and when we may expect him. As you know, given the conditions of Mr. Abrego-Garcia's confinement, and the grave risk to his safety in El Salvador, time is of the essence. We request a response no later than 10 a.m. tomorrow morning.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Andrew J. Rossman
Andrew J. Rossman

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Apr 10

“Living people who the government believes should be treated as if they are dead” is a gasp-worthy concept with far-reaching potential applications.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Apr 10

What a grim paragraph www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

The effort hinges on a surprising new tactic: repurposing Social Security's "death master file," which for years has been used to track dead people who should no longer receive benefits, to include the names of living people who the government believes should be treated as if they are dead. As a result of being added to the death database, they would be blacklisted from a coveted form of identity that allows them to make and spend money.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 9

The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.

That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.

The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.

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WIRED @wired.com · Apr 10

Companies tied to Elon Musk have dozens of workplace health and safety cases open at OSHA. Unions leaders and former OSHA officials are concerned.

Labor Leaders Fear Elon Musk and DOGE Could Gain Access to Whistleblower Files

Companies tied to Elon Musk have dozens of workplace health and safety cases open at OSHA. Unions leaders and former OSHA officials are concerned.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · Apr 10

young men are isolated, underperforming in school and refusing to go to college or vocational school because of medicaid?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 10

Mike Johnson on Medicaid: "What we've talked about is returning work requirements ... you return the dignity of work to young men who need to be out working instead of playing video games all day. We have a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicaid."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 10

No matter how many times Republicans say otherwise, there is *no way* they can pay for their tax cuts for the rich without gutting healthcare and food assistance for the poor — along with other programs that millions of people rely on.

Don't believe their lies for a second.

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PunkMetalnBowie.bsky.social @punkmetalnbowie.bsky.social · Apr 10

Now it's 1.5 TRILLION in savings they are looking for instead of the original billions. Pretty much kill off all food stamps /EBT Turn Medicaid to a block grant, cut more. Like where else? Section 8?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 10

Mike Johnson: "We're gonna protect the essential programs for everyone who is eligible to receive those ... we'll be looking for $1.5 trillion in savings."

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · Apr 10

Trump's entire ethos is that he's above the law

While John Roberts has spent his entire career cherishing established norms and following the rules, Trump has spent HIS career exploiting them

Unless Roberts learns to adapt-which is very unlikely

Trump will continue to steamroll the Supreme Court

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 10

New in PN: John Roberts will save the judiciary if he has to burn it down

"As we saw this week, whenever there's a danger that the Trump administration might face real consequences for defying a court order, Roberts and company leap on the grenade to make sure it never happens."

John Roberts will save the judiciary if he has to burn it down

Appeasement never works. The chief justice is trying it anyway.

www.publicnotice.co

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · Apr 7

Elon claims stripping undocumented kids of legal representation saves $367M, when it actually only saves $46M.

Lie aside, what kind of monster strips kids of legal representation just to fund more tax breaks and government contracts for himself?
www.muskwatch.com/p/largest-co...

Largest contract savings claimed by DOGE defunds lawyers for vulnerable migrant kids

The largest claimed savings from a contract canceled by the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) involves cutting off funds for the legal representation of thousands of un...

www.muskwatch.com

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · Apr 8

Trump wants a $1 trillion military budget, but we can't get $20 billion to end homelessness.

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PunkMetalnBowie.bsky.social @punkmetalnbowie.bsky.social · Apr 10

End of the article it says this clearly

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · Apr 10

To be clear, Speaker Johnson canceled the vote because too many Republicans wanted more cuts that screw over the working class to fund their additional tax cuts for corporations and billionaires.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

House GOP cancels budget vote

Republican leaders were unable to sway enough holdouts to move forward with their plans.

www.politico.com