The Common Consensus

UNDERWOOD: Do you believe that the US government has the authority to deport American citizens

NOEM: No, and we are not deporting US citizens

UNDERWOOD: Several American citizens have been deported

Wow who could have foreseen these difficulties oh that’s right every foreign policy expert not affiliated with MAGA. www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

I Went to a Moms for Liberty Convention. Here’s What I Saw. Everyone seemed to be trying to make a buck.

"Everywhere at [the Moms for Liberty Convention], parents are urged to submit open records requests, inspect instructional materials for any hint of critical race theory (CRT), threaten legal action. In short, it’s a school administrator’s nightmare."

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No matter how bad you imagine smallpox was, it was worse than that.

Yup.

Anyone else have a better analogy? 🤷‍♀️

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This felon; this mob boss; this morally vacant, retributive, lawless narcissist is firing people whose life's work is to uphold the law and protect us. That this nation facilitated the revenge tour of a man who himself should be in jail is an indelible stain on America.

There is a contingent of professing Christians who enjoy cruelty. We know that very clearly now as we have watched many revel in this administration's inhumanity. To seek justice and to seek harm are very different things. Sinners saved by grace ought to be humbly aware of that.

Keep Your Head Up – The Fight for America Isn’t Over-It's ON Remembering the Generations Who Fought Before Us – and Why We Can’t Be the One to Let This Experiment Fail

Every generation has its defining test. This is ours. Don’t burn out – pace yourself, live your life, and keep pushing. We’re the torchbearers now.

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Let it sink in that a student with a legal visa was detained for six weeks just for writing an editorial. In America.

When they tell you who they are, believe them.

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#ResistTrump

New FEMA head tells staff: "Don't get in my way… I will run right over you" Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson warns FEMA personnel in first all-hands meeting, saying "I and I alone speak for FEMA."

New FEMA head says he has: "...never read a book on leadership." I have read many and written several. This is not a good way to start leading an organization. Intimidation is not a good strategy to build long-term capability and accomplishment. www.cbsnews.com/news/fema-ac...

Trump is decimating the Forest Service & firing the very people who help save our communities.

Not only that, but he wants to eliminate FEMA entirely. He's not just gutting the work to prevent fires—but also the work to rebuild after disaster strikes.

I'm sounding the alarm.

“Don’t get in my way”

“I will run right over you”

Umm, isn’t the entire point of FEMA supposed to be that they work together

Collaborating with local, state, federal agencies to help victims of disasters

Not to satisfy one man’s unhinged lust for power

President Trump fired the acting administrator of FEMA just one day after he testified to Congress that the agency should not be disbanded.
 
This reckless move would hurt our nation's ability to respond to disasters and remove a critical lifeline for Americans.

Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem and a whole lot of ICE/DHS types is will discover a Strange New Respect for habeas corpus and the rule of law when the 2029 Truth and Reconciliation Commission arrests them for human trafficking, conspiracy, kidnapping, and child abuse.

Defendants are presumed innocent unless convicted. Every US Atty (or so I thought) knows you can’t weigh in on guilt like this.

Small Packages From China Are Now Subject to US Tariffs. Here’s What to Know President Donald Trump has ended the de minimis exemption, which previously allowed Temu, Shein, and other online retailers to send packages from China to the US valued under $800 duty-free.

As of Friday, May 2, the de minimis exemption no longer applies to packages arriving to the US from China.

Our reporters did a Reddit AMA to answer some of the top questions about how this change will affect everyday Americans. Here are their answers.

Trump administration threatens to arrest House Democrats over ICE facility incident "There will likely be more arrests coming," a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said.

The Trump administration says it's considering arresting three Democratic members of Congress from New Jersey: www.axios.com/2025/05/10/t...

The Post-Future Has Arrived in Argentina—and It Looks Remarkably Like the Past Javier Milei’s right-wing government is racking up new debt with the IMF. It’s part of a vicious cycle the country seems unable to break.

“I don’t totally get why the IMF keeps lending money to Argentina. I understand that it’s a major economy, and it would be bad if it went under. But it’s also the worst sovereign debtor in world history. The Fund is a little like Charlie Brown with the football,” I tell @thenation.com

Whoa‼️ Acting FEMA chief David Richardson just told his staff, “Don’t get in my way… I will run right over you.”—at his intro meeting.

Threatening career FEMA workers who might resist Trump’s agenda. What matters is loyalty. Obey or get steamrolled.

Authoritarianism — one agency at a time.

for the past few months the us has been ruled by a lawless triumvirate--a mobster (trump), a plutocrat (musk), and a commissar (miller)--haphazardly implementing, respectively, a great leap backward (tariffs), a kleptocratic shock therapy (doge), and a gestapo-spearheaded ethnic cleansing (ice)...

My statement on the release of Mayor Baraka and today’s events.

If journalists are playing ball with Bondi and revealing sources, especially absent court orders, that's a story that needs to be amplified