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Trump calls human beings “vermin,” “garbage,” “diseases,” “poison,” and “animals.”

Then, when I rightfully point out that the same dehumanizing language has been used by fascist regimes to justify humanity’s worst atrocities—Republicans lose their minds.

Give me a break.

How New Jersey’s Oversight Is Being Weakened A controversial bill would strip the State Comptroller of investigative power while expanding the SCI, risking transparency, accountability, and public trust in NJ government.

A new bill aims to strip the State Comptroller of key investigative powers while giving more authority to the SCI, claiming to fight “fraud, waste, and abuse” (we've heard that before, right??), but actually weakening oversight.

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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.

Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.

The administration has taken into custody immigrants who are medically vulnerable and whose detention threatens not only their own health but also that of their newborn children — typically U.S. citizens — by depriving them of early bonding beneficial to a baby’s lifelong wellbeing.

have never seen anything like this! Sen. Jim beach is making a cabinet member, the attorney general and a sitting U.S. senator wait five hours and still hasn’t called them to a hearing on gutting a state corruption watchdog. Three people tried to yield to @AndyKimNJ and Beach refused.

It’s time to remind the folks that Trump’s golfing has cost taxpayers $71M in just ten months and is expected to exceed $300M this term if the motherfucker should live this long.

RIP. Such an unnecessary death of this young soul, so Trump could play dictator with a nonsensical charade in DC. Sarah and her fellow WV National Guard troopers should have been home enjoying Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving and the National Day of Mourning As injustices upon Indigenous Americans perpetuate, we must act to counter that systemic oppression

This Thanksgiving—observe the National Day of Mourning.

From 1819 to 1969, US Govt stole tens of thousands of Indigenous kids—forcing them to convert to Christianity & stripping them of their identities. Resistance was met with violence. Sexual abuse was rampant.
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We are very thankful for our community, and the hope we keep building.
Happy Thanksgiving.

News you won’t see on Rupert Murdoch TV

Don't cross the line. Shitty coffee isn't worth it.

The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.

Opinion | Democrats Sure Taught Trump a Lesson

Jamelle Bouie understands why Americans are angry with the Democrats' feckless conduct. "This isn’t an ordinary moment. The president is openly lawless. After firing thousands of civil servants and slashing entire agencies, he has turned much of

NOW: The House is taking a procedural vote to allow the government shutdown deal to come to the floor. We'll see how republicans vote on it with the hemp provision and the $500K senator lawsuit provision...

Trump Ramps Up Pressure on G.O.P. to Thwart Epstein Vote Representative Lauren Boebert, one of the Republicans pressing for more Epstein disclosures, was summoned for a meeting in the White House Situation Room.

Representative Lauren Boebert, one of the Republicans pressing for more Epstein disclosures, was summoned for a meeting in the White House Situation Room on Wednesday. nyti.ms/3LCozUb

Nancy Mace also says she won’t be removing her name.

Then they came for the Dreamers Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.

"As ICE and other federal agencies storm cities across the country in a sweeping immigration crackdown, one seismic policy change has largely flown under the radar: the assault on DACA and the more than 515,000 recipients currently in the program." https://bit.ly/49Kmtvp

Shutdown Deal Lets GOP Senators Personally Sue Over Jack Smith Probe $500K For Election Subversion Tucked into a spending bill that is part...

Tucked into a spending bill that is part of the deal to end the government shutdown is a provision that would allow GOP senators to personally sue the federal government for as much as $500K over Special Counsel Jack Smith’s lawful search of their phone records.
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I saw a report that Greg Bovino and his wretched goon squad may be leaving Chicago for their next stop on their Destroy America tour. I'm thinking Boston or San Francisco or Mamdani's NY, maybe Portland although the immigrant community is smaller there. Or Memphis. Philly a dark-horse contender.

It’s the same old same old. Republicans do a tantrum and break the dishes. The Democrats clean it up. It’s an abusive relationship.

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Another pardoned January 6 attacker arrested and charged with other, new felonies (in this case, kidnapping and sexual assault).

And don’t miss the part where he got caught firing off a gun on Jan. 6. You may recall the argument that it couldn’t have been an insurrection because it wasn’t armed.

About ten years ago, I did a silent march through Seattle with about 300 other women. It absolutely freaked out most men who came across us, and resulted in a lot of screaming demands that we answer to them.

Thinking about how this could go down at every detention camp in the country.

These cases are nightmares. Many people had removal proceedings “administratively closed” for years; the case is off the docket and the person can stay indefinitely.

Now, suddenly, ICE is restarting them. And if they miss a physical letter, they might get ordered deported without their knowledge.

Sad, but that’s the reality in the U.S.

Ultimate Nepo Baby Outed as Trump’s Secret $130 Million Donor The banking heir, who keeps a low public profile, was also a MAGA mega donor in 2024.

A reclusive Gilded Age heir bankrolls the strongman. This is how oligarchy works. Mellon's fortune, built on exploitation, now buys a president. It's not philanthropy. It's a down payment on policy. The rich always fund their own protection.

Memes of the day.

Stripping Naturalized Americans of Citizenship Faces High Legal Hurdles The Trump administration may want to aggressively denaturalize citizens, but the Supreme Court has forbidden doing so when a person’s political beliefs are a focus.

The Supreme Court has blocked efforts to strip naturalized Americans of their citizenship when those efforts targeted people for their political views. bit.ly/4oV8eIP

Here's an excerpt. This was a little think-piece-y amid this week's stampede of breaking news, but I hope you'll take a minute to read the whole column and tell me what you think