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We have done ZERO since then. ZERO!!!

En Banc (Green Courtroom) Oral Arguments - 9:00am Thursday 9/11/2025 Audio livestream of oral arguments for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.For more information on cases being argued, see the Oral Argument Calen...

🚨CASES WE’RE WATCHING TODAY🚨

⚖️ Maryland DOGE SSA Access Challenge: The 4th Circuit will hear an appeal concerning whether DOGE can access sensitive personal data at the Social Security Administration.

WATCH IT HERE: www.youtube.com/live/ioskch_...

Combating Domestic Violent Extremism Is No Longer a FEMA Priority Documents obtained by WIRED show FEMA plans to direct states and tribes to halt activities intended to combat domestic violent extremism so as to align with "current administration priorities."

Documents obtained by WIRED show FEMA plans to direct states and tribes to halt activities intended to combat domestic violent extremism so as to align with "current administration priorities." www.wired.com/story/extrem...

Trump ran on cutting grocery prices — now he’s cutting food stamps.

Trump ran on energy independence — now he’s cutting domestic energy.

Trump ran on lowering costs — now his Big Ugly Bill could bankrupt us.

The latest in our series:

Community and teamwork are driving WCK's work in Mexico.
In Boca Vieja, residents lost their livelihoods due to Hurricane Erick. WCK provided everything needed to build a shared kitchen. Neighbors helped to construct the space & we supplied the equipment & ingredients. #ChefsForMexico

Ah, the golden age.

Mike Johnson is voting to cut Medicaid.

Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.

Democrats remain united in our strong opposition to the dangerous GOP budget.

There are 220 Republicans in the House.

All we need are 4 to join us and we can kill the One Big Ugly Bill.

DOJ Sues Every Federal District Judge in Maryland, Challenging Due Process Rights Read more here.

Trump’s DOJ has sued all federal district judges in Maryland over a court order temporarily blocking certain deportations. This action is part of a broader effort to undermine the judiciary and erode due process protections.

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DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the…

In case you missed it, here's our original investigation:

When we reviewed the 1,450+ NIH grants terminated by the Trump administration, we found that:

• More than 550 were focused on health disparities or inequities
• More than 300 were focused on LGBTQ+ health care

Full story 👇

Try This Free Version of Microsoft Office That Runs in Your Browser If you can't afford Microsoft’s $150 suite of office tools, there’s a web-based version that’s free to use—and nearly just as capable.

If you can't afford Microsoft’s $150 suite of office tools, there’s a web-based version that’s free to use—and nearly just as capable. www.wired.com/story/micros...

The East Coast has shown up, 2.4 million and counting, with massive turnouts in small towns across the country. Shoutout to the Carolinas, Georgia, and Ohio for showing up strong!

Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.

NEW: Of the 238 men deported to the prison in El Salvador, DHS data shows:

• 130 had no U.S. criminal histories aside from immigration violations;
• 32 had been convicted of crimes in the U.S.;
• 6 of those were violent crimes.

EAC Tells States: Drop DEI Policies if You Want Election Security Funds Read more here.

ICYMI: A federal elections agency is instructing states to eliminate DEI programs in order to receive election security funding, citing Trump’s executive order.
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@repjohnnyo.bsky.social has today’s #DemocraticDailyDownload. And he is the perfect person to talk about the Republican budget plan. Every single day he posts a tracker of how many days it’s been since the session started where they all got elected on lowering costs. bsky.app/profile/repj...
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Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose con...

NEW: In agency after agency, the U.S. government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning, making it much harder to gauge the nature and scale of the problems we are facing and the effectiveness of policies.

By @alecmac.bsky.social

Several FSU Students Also Endured Parkland School Shooting For some, the sight of law enforcement officers in tactical gear on Thursday, sweeping campus for a gunman, was familiar.

Several students who sheltered in place during Thursday’s deadly shooting at Florida State University shared a traumatizing coincidence: They had also endured the Parkland, Florida, school massacre in 2018.

RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet. "I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one.

Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Sorry for the late-night update. Musk’s staffers are reaching out to leaders of nonprofit organizations, demanding to assign DOGE team members to any institute or agency receiving federal funds.

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen Headed to El Salvador to meet with government officials and discuss return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.

Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

I wonder if she'll be able to vote soon.

"Mercenary gang" 💯

So revolting

Thank you for helping to put that beautiful word back in my brain!

🔥 Top Campaigns, Last 24 Hours:

1️⃣ “Hold hearings, then rein in, DOGE. Vandalism to agency services wrecks lives” (+2,413)
2️⃣ “Save the Department of Education!” (+2,279)
3️⃣ “Trump is defying court orders and Congress must act” (+1,538)

This is a coup! U.S. Institute for Peace called the DC police on the Musk team members in an effort to stop them from trespassing because the institute has control of its own building and the land it sits on. But instead, the DC police allowed them to enter and kicked out the institute’s officials.