Katja Ikeler
@katja256.bsky.social
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As Trump and Musk try to dismantle the Department of Education and slash funding for libraries, food banks, homeless services, and veterans’ healthcare, a reminder:
If the top 1% of Americans were forced to stop dodging taxes and paid what they owe—not a penny more—we’d recover $175 billion a year.
If the top 1% of Americans were forced to stop dodging taxes and paid what they owe—not a penny more—we’d recover $175 billion a year.
March 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
As Trump and Musk try to dismantle the Department of Education and slash funding for libraries, food banks, homeless services, and veterans’ healthcare, a reminder:
If the top 1% of Americans were forced to stop dodging taxes and paid what they owe—not a penny more—we’d recover $175 billion a year.
If the top 1% of Americans were forced to stop dodging taxes and paid what they owe—not a penny more—we’d recover $175 billion a year.
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President Donald Trump is attempting to use a wartime presidential power that has gone unused for eight decades in an effort to fulfill his campaign promise to deport millions of immigrants.
Here’s what to know as the legal battle over the law plays out.
Here’s what to know as the legal battle over the law plays out.
What is the Alien Enemies Act, and how could it be used?
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is how President Trump is trying to fulfill his campaign promise of mass deportations. But legal experts say it won’t be easy.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
President Donald Trump is attempting to use a wartime presidential power that has gone unused for eight decades in an effort to fulfill his campaign promise to deport millions of immigrants.
Here’s what to know as the legal battle over the law plays out.
Here’s what to know as the legal battle over the law plays out.
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The federal government can’t silence us.
We’re not backing down until the Trump administration releases Mahmoud Khalil.
📸 Scout Tufankjian
📍 New York, NY
We’re not backing down until the Trump administration releases Mahmoud Khalil.
📸 Scout Tufankjian
📍 New York, NY
March 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The federal government can’t silence us.
We’re not backing down until the Trump administration releases Mahmoud Khalil.
📸 Scout Tufankjian
📍 New York, NY
We’re not backing down until the Trump administration releases Mahmoud Khalil.
📸 Scout Tufankjian
📍 New York, NY
Reposted by Katja Ikeler
It was not clear if the deportations happened before a D.C. federal judge ordered the administration to stop using wartime powers to deport anyone immediately, and turn around any planes in the air.
U.S. deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, despite court order
It was not clear if the deportations happened before a D.C. federal judge ordered the administration to stop using wartime powers to deport anyone immediately, and turn around any planes in the air.
www.npr.org
March 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It was not clear if the deportations happened before a D.C. federal judge ordered the administration to stop using wartime powers to deport anyone immediately, and turn around any planes in the air.
Reposted by Katja Ikeler