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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
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Donald, on his way—again—to the golf course to bring down prices at the grocery store for us. What a selfless hero.
December 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Donald, on his way—again—to the golf course to bring down prices at the grocery store for us. What a selfless hero.
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Indiana GOP is going for it: They've released a proposed map that'd likely lock in a 9-0 GOP congressional delegation & flip the 2 currently held by Dems. Indianapolis would be cracked into GOP seats, and Gary would be drowned in red.
The big question: Will the Senate still stop it?
The big question: Will the Senate still stop it?
December 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Indiana GOP is going for it: They've released a proposed map that'd likely lock in a 9-0 GOP congressional delegation & flip the 2 currently held by Dems. Indianapolis would be cracked into GOP seats, and Gary would be drowned in red.
The big question: Will the Senate still stop it?
The big question: Will the Senate still stop it?
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Hakeem Jeffries is out with a new Dear Colleague letter, saying there are "just 13 legislative days left" before ACA tax credits expire, and that House Dems are planning to introduce a discharge petition to force an up-or-down vote on a three-year extension of ACA tax credits.
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hakeem Jeffries is out with a new Dear Colleague letter, saying there are "just 13 legislative days left" before ACA tax credits expire, and that House Dems are planning to introduce a discharge petition to force an up-or-down vote on a three-year extension of ACA tax credits.
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~20% of big retailers’ sales happen between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. That’s why we’re hitting pause on purchases from Home Depot, Target, and Amazon — make your dollars count by refusing to support corporations complicit in Trump’s authoritarian power grab: weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=b...
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
~20% of big retailers’ sales happen between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. That’s why we’re hitting pause on purchases from Home Depot, Target, and Amazon — make your dollars count by refusing to support corporations complicit in Trump’s authoritarian power grab: weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=b...
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"The findings bring up questions about who exactly has access to footage collected by Flock surveillance cameras and where people reviewing the footage may be based."
This is so fucking bad...
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI | WIRED www.wired.com/story/flock-...
This is so fucking bad...
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI | WIRED www.wired.com/story/flock-...
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI
An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage.
www.wired.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"The findings bring up questions about who exactly has access to footage collected by Flock surveillance cameras and where people reviewing the footage may be based."
This is so fucking bad...
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI | WIRED www.wired.com/story/flock-...
This is so fucking bad...
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI | WIRED www.wired.com/story/flock-...
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A fired immigration judge says she was dismissed from her job because of her gender, her status as a dual citizen of Lebanon, and the fact that she once ran for municipal office in Ohio as a Democrat. n.pr/4itdOQl
Fired worker sues government in case that could upend civil rights laws
A fired immigration judge says she was dismissed from her job because of her gender, her status as a dual citizen of Lebanon, and the fact that she once ran for municipal office in Ohio as a Democrat.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A fired immigration judge says she was dismissed from her job because of her gender, her status as a dual citizen of Lebanon, and the fact that she once ran for municipal office in Ohio as a Democrat. n.pr/4itdOQl
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot during the holiday weekend over their support for Trump's authoritarian policies.
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot during the holiday weekend over their support for Trump's authoritarian policies.
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
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It's December. The goal is to find MELIA a home for Christmas. We can do this. Over 810 days waiting. Poor baby. A quiet adult only home, no dogs, cats are ok. 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs. Come on New York!
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It's December. The goal is to find MELIA a home for Christmas. We can do this. Over 810 days waiting. Poor baby. A quiet adult only home, no dogs, cats are ok. 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs. Come on New York!
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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".. in his return to the presidency this year, Trump has seldom ventured across the country to anywhere other than his own clubs. .. Everyone around Trump, and everything he is seeing on TV and on his phone, is telling him that he’s right."
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
".. in his return to the presidency this year, Trump has seldom ventured across the country to anywhere other than his own clubs. .. Everyone around Trump, and everything he is seeing on TV and on his phone, is telling him that he’s right."
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Now we have a much clearer understanding of why Hegseth, with Trump's support, fired all the T-JAGs.
Remember when Pete Hegseth fired the top lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
In Pursuit of a ‘Warrior Ethos,’ Hegseth Targets Military’s Top Lawyers
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Now we have a much clearer understanding of why Hegseth, with Trump's support, fired all the T-JAGs.
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President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba, whom the administration has maneuvered to keep in place as New Jersey top federal prosecutor, is disqualified from serving in the role, an appeal court said Monday. https://to.pbs.org/48mMezG
Alina Habba, Trump's former lawyer, disqualified as New Jersey prosecutor
The ruling from a panel of judges from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes amid the push by President Donald Trump's Republican administration to keep Habba as the acting U.S. attorney for New...
www.pbs.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba, whom the administration has maneuvered to keep in place as New Jersey top federal prosecutor, is disqualified from serving in the role, an appeal court said Monday. https://to.pbs.org/48mMezG
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I have lived in Nashville since 2002 and have never seen excitement around a candidate like this ever.
December 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Precisely.
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Precisely.
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YOU have the power over businesses. Instead of shopping online at major stores, support small, minority-owned businesses. It’s the final day of the #WeAintBuyingIt campaign, but spending wisely doesn’t end here. Your decisions can send a message throughout the holiday season and over the next year.
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
YOU have the power over businesses. Instead of shopping online at major stores, support small, minority-owned businesses. It’s the final day of the #WeAintBuyingIt campaign, but spending wisely doesn’t end here. Your decisions can send a message throughout the holiday season and over the next year.
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Remember when Pete Hegseth fired the top lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
In Pursuit of a ‘Warrior Ethos,’ Hegseth Targets Military’s Top Lawyers
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Remember when Pete Hegseth fired the top lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
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Tomorrow is our last chance to stomp the regime at the ballot box in 2025. We can flip a Tennessee district that Trump won by double digits, but only if we turn enough voters out — please make some calls to help us send @aftynbehn.bsky.social to Congress: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Tomorrow is our last chance to stomp the regime at the ballot box in 2025. We can flip a Tennessee district that Trump won by double digits, but only if we turn enough voters out — please make some calls to help us send @aftynbehn.bsky.social to Congress: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Trump: The stock market is booming! Only I could do this and it’s all because of me!
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Trump: The stock market is booming! Only I could do this and it’s all because of me!
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And with the ACA issue, as with every other issue under Mike Johnson, the House returns from many more days off to do a mad frantic scramble to get something done before 22 million people get screwed in 30 days, with Trump constantly posting and saying different things about it.
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
And with the ACA issue, as with every other issue under Mike Johnson, the House returns from many more days off to do a mad frantic scramble to get something done before 22 million people get screwed in 30 days, with Trump constantly posting and saying different things about it.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - US appeals court rules former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as New Jersey prosecutor.
@apnews.com
@apnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - US appeals court rules former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as New Jersey prosecutor.
@apnews.com
@apnews.com
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A majority of corporations donating to Donald Trump's golden ballroom are represented by 3 lobbying firms — firms lobbying the government on a range of issues.
I’m demanding answers on the glaring ethical concerns with this disastrous project that destroyed the East Wing.
I’m demanding answers on the glaring ethical concerns with this disastrous project that destroyed the East Wing.
Majority of corporate Trump ballroom donors represented by 3 lobbying firms, watchdog says
Lobbyists from the three firms mingled with top tech executives and President Trump at a dinner for White House ballroom donors last month.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A majority of corporations donating to Donald Trump's golden ballroom are represented by 3 lobbying firms — firms lobbying the government on a range of issues.
I’m demanding answers on the glaring ethical concerns with this disastrous project that destroyed the East Wing.
I’m demanding answers on the glaring ethical concerns with this disastrous project that destroyed the East Wing.
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No child should go hungry simply because their parents are immigrants. As mayor, I’ll join @newyorkstateag.bsky.social in using every lever of government for the families who fear if they can afford tomorrow’s meals.
November 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
No child should go hungry simply because their parents are immigrants. As mayor, I’ll join @newyorkstateag.bsky.social in using every lever of government for the families who fear if they can afford tomorrow’s meals.
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Can somebody please just leak the Epstein files in their entirety already?
November 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Can somebody please just leak the Epstein files in their entirety already?