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A win! Federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to bar international students from enrolling at Harvard. The preliminary injunction, issued by a Boston court, allows roughly 7,000 Harvard students and recent graduates to continue studying and working legally in the U.S.

Federal judge blocks Trump administration effort to keep Harvard from hosting foreign students It marks another victory for the Ivy League school as it challenges multiple government sanctions amid a battle with the White House.

Another small victory for Harvard and us!! ✊💙💙💙
#Pinks

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“.. would also mark the first time in the history of SNAP that the federal government would no longer ensure children in every state have access to food benefits ..”

@cnbc.com
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Did you know that tens of thousands of active duty service members and their families rely on SNAP?

2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Was Deported ‘With No Meaningful Process,’ Judge Suspects A federal judge in Louisiana said the deportation of the child to Honduras with her mother, even though her father had filed an emergency petition, appeared to be “illegal and unconstitutional.”

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“Asserting that “it is illegal and unconstitutional to deport” a U.S. citizen, Judge Doughty set a hearing for May 16 to explore his “strong suspicion that the government just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process.””

DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters D.C. employees of the institute, founded and funded by Congress, received late-night termination notices, though most of its overseas staff were left in place.

They can't spell "April"?

"The termination emails were riddled with mistakes — with employees’ names, the month of April and even the institute’s title misspelled in places — a telling sign of the rushed and haphazard nature of the operation..."

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A screenshot of a post on X by user Suzie Rizzo (@SUZIERIZZO1 ). The post includes a text graphic with an orange background and black text that reads: "WHEN did America become a place where people take joy in suffering? Celebrating job losses, cheering immigrant arrests, ignoring terrified schoolchildren, and applauding when neighbors lose public assistance—what happened to basic human decency?" Above the graphic, Suzie Rizzo's comment reads: "Anyone want to answer this??? "

This is the result of decades of civic poisoning by Fox News and right-wing echo chambers and channels.

The image is a screenshot of a news article headline that reads: "Influencer Paid by Russia Added to White House Press Pool." The article is labeled with "WARM WELCOME" in red text. It is authored by Janna Brancolini and was published on March 28, 2025, at 12:25 PM EDT. Below the headline, there are social media sharing icons for Facebook, X, email, and Reddit. The accompanying image shows a person wearing a black beanie and large headphones, sitting in front of a microphone and a laptop, with a colorful background featuring shades of red, blue, and purple.

Oh look, another Russian mouthpiece in the White House. Nothing to worry about here, folks.

DOGE staffer who shared Treasury data now has more access to government systems New court filings give more details about a small number of DOGE staffers granted sweeping access to sensitive government data systems.

New court filings give more details about a small number of DOGE staffers granted sweeping access to sensitive government data systems.

What to Know About Trump’s Order Taking Aim at the Smithsonian (Gift Article) The president’s order called for curbing the independence of the sprawling network of museums and urging it to promote “American greatness.”

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White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case, sources say Adam Schleifer, a longtime financial fraud prosecutor, was dismissed from the U.S. Attorney's office in L.A. on Friday. He was pursuing charges against the former CEO of Fatburger, a Trump supporter, ...

“The message is that if you’re going to indict some run-of-the-mill CEO, you need to check if he’s a Trump supporter first... It’s going to cause line prosecutors to be considerably more careful about pursuing anyone who has even tenuous connections to the president."
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Reminder: Typos in official communications are intentionally included by the administration to identify potential leakers. Please exercise caution with anything you share.

👀 There is an emergency hearing happening *right now* in Va. over an effort to question a lawful permanent resident from Afghanistan whose brother as charged in an assassination plot against an Iranian journalist.

Judge says he's being held at Dulles. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Before Trump, Canada’s Liberals were headed for an election wipeout. Now they’re looking at an outright majority

#womensrightsarehumanrights #womensrights

Elon Musk PAC Winner Links $1M Prize to Voting, Fueling Vote-Buying Accusations Elon Musk’s PAC posted the video to social media Monday morning ahead of Wisconsin Supreme Court election

A new video released by Musk’s PAC could serve as further evidence that its massive cash giveaways constitute illegal vote buying. In the clip, a Wisconsin woman who won a $1 million prize explicitly links her winnings to following Musk’s instructions to vote.

🤯🤯🤯

What the f??

How the Social Security Administration and DOGE are gaslighting Americans The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent an email on March 27 to beneficiaries saying that reports that field offices were closing was an invention of fake news media.

Pushback works, part gazillion:

"Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices."
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She helped veterans in crisis. DOGE cuts eliminated her job. An office manager at a VA center in Wyoming, where the veteran suicide rate is 50% higher than the national average, was fired last month despite a glowing job review.

She helped veterans in crisis.

DOGE cuts eliminated her job.

An office manager at a VA center in Wyoming, where the veteran suicide rate is 50% higher than the national average, was fired last month despite a glowing job review. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

Utterly, utterly disgraceful.

YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SEE FROM EVERY DEMOCRAT IN OFFICE. Thank you, Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury

THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SEE FROM EVERY DEMOCRAT IN OFFICE. Thank you, Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury

Meiselas: Steve Witkoff, was allegedly in Moscow while he was on this group chat. Do you believe the Russians now have all of that information and potentially more?

Rice: Well, yes—the Russians have whatever Witkoff was doing or saying on his personal cell phone. The Russians undoubtedly have it.

The fact that Republicans appointed them & other cabinet members despite glaring red flags and are now shrugging like it’s no big deal is of even more concern. They ignored extorting allies, slapped his hand for an insurrection, and shrugged at stolen classified documents.

It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.

Witkoff was a fool for joining that chat from Moscow. But the entire charlatan national security team also chose to put him on that chat when they knew (or should have known) that he was in Moscow. A spy novel based on this level of cretinous behavior would be unbelievable.

This is what happens when you have an entire cabinet full of folks who would NEVER pass a regular security clearance.

Led by a president who would never be able to pass one either.