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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

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Maduro in Minneapolis Murderous Lies

The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. Govt controls the story & the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear.
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📽️ NEW: Marc Elias exposes how J.D. Vance is exploiting a tragic ICE killing in Minnesota to smear a victim and justify an alarming crackdown on free speech. Watch him break down why targeting lawful speech is a key step in normalizing authoritarian power👇
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There were no kings, but there was music royalty at the Philly protest this weekend Former Talking Heads singer David Byrne, amid three shows at the Met Philadelphia, told a fan at the "No Kings" march that “he wanted to be here for this.”

It wasn't Houston, Detroit, or Pittsburgh PA: @ryangodfrey.com talked to David Byrne at Philly's #NoKings rally, and @inquirer.com interviewed him about it.

This is the Most Brazen GOP Gerrymander Yet Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

“The power to draw fair maps is so important that people will try to find ways to get out of doing it,” @mcpli.bsky.social of the Brennan Center told Democracy Docket.

And Utah Republicans are doing just that in their brazen efforts to avoid compliance with a voter-approved anti-gerrymandering law.

Trump administration using its power to chill speech it doesn’t like

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

I'm so glad Mark wrote this

Waiting around for future elections is a bad strategy when an authoritarian is trying to consolidate power and destroy core government functions.
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Phase Two Will Be Worse Than DOGE First came the chaos. Next comes the retribution.

I am leaning into the idea that The Atlantic is to this moment what WaPo was to Watergate.

This could all be called "Trumpgate" since it is bottomless.
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This is beyond absurd

Nothing in The NY Times or Washington Post or The Guardian about all the insider trading fortunes made before Trump caved in extreme tariffs: what gives? Why is this not headline news?

Cassidy says RFK Jr. briefed him on HHS job cuts, but reported study on vaccines, autism didn’t come up Sen. Bill Cassidy says that health secretary RFK Jr. briefed him on his plans for HHS job cuts but that a reported study on any link between vaccines and autism didn’t come up.

This week word leaked that #HHS was hiring David Geier, a long-time vaccines critic who was disciplined for practicing medicine without a license to do a new study on vaccines & autism. Sen. Cassidy met RFK Jr. for breakfast today. Geier's hiring didn't come up. www.statnews.com/2025/03/27/r...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Gov. JB Pritzker

Gov. Tim Walz

these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions

Schumer’s caving; will vote for the CR bill & convinced other Dems to do so as well. No wonder people hate the Democrats—they won’t fight for us & they give up their negotiating power.

Trump honored a cancer survivor. The boy's doctors now face his budget cuts. President Donald Trump honored a child cancer survivor during his joint address to Congress amid proposing vast cuts to medical research.

"President Donald Trump honored a child cancer survivor during his joint address to Congress. Medical school faculty who helped treat him are facing potentially devastating federal funding cuts..."

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Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power. (2/2)

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

"Do you expect me to talk?"
"No, Mr. Zelensky, I expect you to die"

NEW: The Trump/Musk blitzkrieg aims to destroy government to advance oligarchy & autocracy—and to crush the Democrats & the progressive agenda. It's an existential crisis. Yet so many Dems are missing in action. In my OUR LAND newsletter, I ask, WTF? Pls share.

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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.

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What would NIH funding cuts mean for Alabama? 5 things to know NIH grants support medical institutions and research across the state.

This is what local news orgs should be doing now:

"In 2024, the Univ. of Alabama was in the top 1% of NIH-funded institutions.
The university, Alabama’s largest public employer, has received more than $1 billion in NIH funding.
NIH grants in Alabama supported 4,769 jobs"
www.al.com/news/2025/02...

Here’s how Democrats should fight back against Trump | Margaret Sullivan Democrats in a new generation are punching back hard. And, in so doing, showing their colleagues how to overcome their reputation for dithering

@sulliview.bsky.social on why Dems should deny Trump and the GOP any votes for anything until Elon Musk's illegal mission is ended: "One thing is certain: if the public believes there is no determination to fight back, Trump’s destruction will continue unabated."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
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RFK Jr. stumbles on Medicaid at Senate confirmation hearing Kennedy faced difficult questions about the program from a key Republican on the Finance Committee.

RFK Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, stumbled multiple times during his first Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday when lawmakers pressed him about potential changes to Medicaid.

With the Trump Administration’s attempts to block the crucial work of U.S.A.I.D., the Trump Administration is demolishing the U.S.’s world-leading capacity and expertise—and threatening our national security, Atul Gawande writes.
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Obeying in advance is never good.

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SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU OFF THE LEDGE:

"If you ever get the blues about the status of American culture, there are still more public libraries than there are McDonald's. During the worst of the Depression, not one public library closed its doors."

~David McCullough