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@michaelkhill.bsky.social

Children’s Defense Team Appellate Attorney Missouri State Public Defender Previously @aclumo A.B. @WashU | J.D. @slu_official

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Pam Bondi fired a top DOJ antitrust lawyer after he objected to a $14B anti-competitive acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.

Bondi approved the merger after HP hired top Trump allies to lobby on its behalf.

Trump's promise to fix a rigged economic system was always baloney.

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Elon Musk’s Self-Driving Tesla Lies Are Finally Catching Up To Him For nearly a decade Elon Musk has claimed Teslas can truly drive themselves. They can’t. Now California regulators, a Miami jury and a new class action suit are calling him on it.

For nearly a decade Elon Musk has claimed Teslas can truly drive themselves. They can’t. Now California regulators, a Miami jury and a new class action suit are calling him on it.

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Trump losing Joe Rogan on immigration is a big deal, and a big opportunity for Dems to rally a lot of regular Americans. Catch @timmiller.bsky.social on @nicollewallace.bsky.social's Deadline White House:

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White House confirms talks to acquire 10% stake in Intel — 'We should get an equity stake for our money' "We’ll get equity in return for it; get a good return for the American taxpayer, instead of just giving grants away"

Who's going to tell them what government ownership of means of production is called?
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

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US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday recommended that all young children get vaccinated against COVID-19, differing from federal policy that no longer recommends routine vaccination for healthy children.

US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children…
www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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The Truth About Immigrants and the Economy | Robert Reich
No matter what you hear on Fox News, immigrants are good for the economy and our society. Watch. The Truth About Immigrants and the Economy | Robert Reich

A record 79 percent of American adults think immigration is good for the country, according to a new Gallup poll.

That's because immigration IS good for the country — and our economy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCl9-uaKzv8

11.07.2025 21:01 — 👍 3774    🔁 1104    💬 113    📌 29

Trump closes this letter, “You will never be disappointed with The United States of America.”

Well, we Americans who believe in the principles and promise of American life are disappointed in America. How can you not be disappointed in our current situation if you’re an intelligent patriot?

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Surge in U.S. Concern About Immigration Has Abated The percentage of Americans wanting less immigration has dropped by nearly half this year to 30%, with 79% now saying immigration benefits the U.S.

“Americans have grown markedly more positive toward immigration over the past year, with the share wanting immigration reduced dropping from 55% in 2024 to 30% today. At the same time, a record-high 79% of U.S. adults say immigration is a good thing for the country.”

news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...

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The White House says voting against this bill is a betrayal of the President.

But voting for it is actually a betrayal of hardworking Americans who need access to health care and grocery stores in rural communities.

Who are they going to put first? The choice should be easy.

30.06.2025 20:55 — 👍 2434    🔁 693    💬 129    📌 45
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New Lawsuit Blasts Indiana for Banning Student IDs at the Polls Read more here.

Today marks 54 years since the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18, a major win for youth-led activism. Now, Indiana is under fire for a new law blocking student IDs at the polls. Voting rights groups say it's a direct attack on young voters. Read more:

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It appears that this bill might be too big and not beautiful enough for some of my Republican colleagues.

If we stand together, we can fight back against these cuts to Medicaid, increased energy costs, and skyrocketing deficits.

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It’s almost impossible to watch most of the TV coverage of the big awful bill, which treats it like the usual Congressional horse trading rather than an entire party that is fine with destroying America to please Donald Trump in his pursuit of total power.

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It’s past midnight and Republicans still don’t even know what the final version of their Big Ugly bill will look like.

Kicking millions off health care, blowing up the national debt by trillions, and devastating generational economic harms—all being written into law on the fly.

01.07.2025 04:44 — 👍 1045    🔁 277    💬 42    📌 10
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Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…

NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

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The Secret Police Are Here Trump is losing on policy and the law. But he’s winning on power.

Almost by definition, stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment. Either that characterization is wrong - or we are no longer a stable democracy.

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Federal prisoner in Kansas: For two days, I was forced to live in a cell covered by an inch and half of raw sewage. Tenth Circuit (unpublished): Sounds gross, but haven’t you heard? Bivens is dead. Prisoner: That ruling essentially nullifies the Eighth Amendment. Tenth Circuit: Not so; it’s sovereign immunity that does that.

Federal prisoner in Kansas: For two days, I was forced to live in a cell covered by an inch and half of raw sewage. Tenth Circuit (unpublished): Sounds gross, but haven’t you heard? Bivens is dead. Prisoner: That ruling essentially nullifies the Eighth Amendment. Tenth Circuit: Not so; it’s sovereign immunity that does that.

the fact that it's essentially impossible to hold a federal agent responsible for their unconstitutional behavior should be a bigger deal while federal agents are assaulting a city

08.06.2025 19:00 — 👍 1881    🔁 462    💬 6    📌 15

How extreme is the June 7 Memorandum on federalizing the National Guard?

One of several issues: It has NO geographic limit. None. No mention of California or any other state. It's open-ended.

Now this from President Trump: "Well, we're going to have troops everywhere."⬇️

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Governor Newsom: "I have formally requested the Trump Administration rescind their unlawful deployment of troops ... and return them to my command.

... This is a serious breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they’re actually needed."

The letter:

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The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.

Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...

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RFK Jr.’s War on Vaccines Is Here Anyone who thinks he’ll stop with COVID shots is deluding themselves. The time to raise hell is now.

“No MAGA left behind.” That’s how Trump’s pardon chief celebrated freeing a sheriff convicted of fraud and bribery. No shame, no signal—just loyalty.

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This happened because of you. You protested at TeslaTakedowns and made his name and his company’s product reviled. You protested outside federal agencies slated for DOGE cuts. You barred doors, protected data. You sued and won. You WORE HIM OUT.

Don’t let them spin it any other way.

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WE ARE RELIEVED TO HEAR A U.S. COURT HAS RULED THAT TARIFFS AGAINST OUR ISLAND WERE ILLEGAL AND A SPECTACULAR MISUNDERSTANDING OF GEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY, AND REALITY. FLIPPERS UP UNTIL WE ARE PERMANENTLY SHOWN DUE RESPECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER -PM Tuxley II

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We hadn’t won World War II by May 8th. I know because my family and I were still in an internment camp in Tule Lake, California.

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This Made Me Laugh!😆 You?😊💙

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The power of the people is always greater than the people in power.

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It’s interesting that secret service told reporters the guy who stole Noem’s purse what a white male, then they wait a week and DHS says it was an undocumented migrant but refuses to give any other details.

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