Lisa Umscheid

Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime.

The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

A tweet by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25 ) reads: "He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don’t you see what’s happening here?"

I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

Susan Crawford addresses a cheering crowd at victory party: “Justice does not have a price. Our courts are not for sale”

CNN projecting Susan Crawford wins judicial race in WI

Annnd CNN calls it

Liberal projected to win Wisconsin Supreme Court race in blow to Trump Conservatives were unable to topple the 4-3 liberal majority in the most expensive judicial contest in U.S. history.

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Join me on April 5th

On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. app.sosha.ai/s/PA2Mwr7g

YouTube video by Rebel HQ Elon Becomes Public Enemy #1 at CHAOTIC Town Halls Across US

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What a weekend!
Across the U.S., over 100,000 Americans mobilized — including more than 34,000 attendees at the Bernie/AOC rally, marking the biggest political event since Obama. Protests erupted in multiple states to defend Social Security, Tesla takedown protest gained momentum, and so much more!

The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.

To effect serious change, peaceful protests are more effective than violent movements. Peaceful protests need the participation of only 3.5 percent of the population to be successful.

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Let’s show our power. The people have the power.

It’s borderline criminal.

Every time I read a story like this I recommit to be louder and more defiant.

Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.

How Elon got rich by accepting our tax dollars, including a lucrative side hustle selling tax credits. Yet now he wants to destroy our national parks and our federal infrastructure that protects consumers, our seniors, our poor, our food supply, and clean air and water. Hypocrisy!

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Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.

More of this pointed ridicule, please.

How many Tesla’s should we throw in the Boston Harbor?

Sign of the day…

Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....

Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies The CDC was instrumental in eradicating smallpox, identifying the causes of HIV and encouraging Americans to get the COVID-19 shot.

CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies
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Wipeout: New Mexicans talk about what mass firings mean for the future of public lands | Searchlight New Mexico Searchlight connected with three abruptly terminated federal employees, who offer deep insights on the meaning of the purge that just happened.

The voices of three young people unceremoniously fired. We won’t quickly be able to rebuild trust among young scientists and workers in our public institutions after the incompetence and heartlessness shown by the Trumpists.
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In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally.

The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not a dictator.

He is a champion of democracy, freedom and truth.

Fantastic turnout in Salem, Oregon for No Kings Day. People are waking up.

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

The very first thing he did was a Nazi salute.