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Autism is not a disease and these kids are not damaged, despite what HHS Secretary Kennedy says.

JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)

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Huntington Beach, CA today - #HandsOff - the tRumpiest MAGAt-beach town in California.
If this can happen here - it can happen anywhere!

People flooded the Mall for the #HandsOff rally in Washington DC

A large group of protestors against the Trump Administration marching on the streets of Buffalo,NY.

#HandsOff2025

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BOSTON MASS. 05042025 HANDS OFF ELON.

Thousands of protesters have gathered in Boston to take part in the "Hands Off!" rally. It's one of 1,200 other protests unfolding in all 50 states across the country today.

This did not age well. . . .

Here he is today, deeply concerned about economic hardship caused by his tariff scheme.

Wildly unconstitutional, illegal, presidency-ending things happening on a daily basis now

Great showing at Missoula's Hands Off rally today!

It was an honor to get to speak briefly, and to introduce the folks doing amazing work on the ground here in Missoula.

West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

Protesting in Los Angeles!

We are very far over the cliff here, folks

Get ready for some new personal best numbers.

Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology' President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”

This is unabashed fascism. Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology' apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump Takes Presidential Power To A Whole New Level In New Court Filing The Trump administration claims it has vast power to declare people in the U.S. terrorists and send them to a foreign prison — without hearings or evidence.

Trump To Courts: What I Do With Migrant ‘Terrorists’ Isn’t Your Business

>> The Trump admin is building a case in court for its ability to send people in the United States to an overseas detention camp — and then refuse to bring them home even if they’re innocent.

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

This segment from @maryannefranks.bsky.social is an incredibly tight argument that captures the breadth of the Trump assault on free speech perfectly and in less than a minute.

Spread it far and wide.

Guy out of frame: "You don't look like police. Why are you hiding your faces? Why are you hiding your faces?"

🇺🇸 🇺🇦 The American people will never give up on Ukraine.

Musk, Trump Establish New Era of Kleptocracy in America A third dispatch comparing how the US media would cover this moment if it was happening overseas

American institutions—from the media to Congress—continue to underreact to the unraveling of our democracy. Overseas our media would not hesitate to call what we’re living through a full-blown autocratic coup. Here's my attempt at the story they should write: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...

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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

Opinion | Trump’s War on D.E.I. Is Really a War on Civil Rights (Gift Article) The genius of the right-wing crusade against D.E.I. is that the term is amorphous enough that it can mean many different things to many different people.

sorry, this is the gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...

Patel accused of perjuring himself:

Senate Judiciary's Dick Durbin has sent a letter to the DOJ inspector general accusing FBI Director nominee Kash Patel of secretly orchestrating the firings of FBI officials — despite Patel testifying that he was not aware of any such plan. tinyurl.com/3y9mbdab

IT IS A COUP This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.

This is part of why having and using communication systems, like Signal, Bluesky and the already decentralized Mastodon, that are not directly controlled by the cyber putschists (twitter completely, facebook, instagram, threads, and tiktok likely as well) is essential.

🧵 1/?

#USpol #coup

Mr. Patel has been directly involved in secretly orchestrating a purge of career officials at the FBI. Emil Bove, then acting No. 2 at the Justice Department, fired career civil servants solely at the request of a private citizen.