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One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...

We want to train one million Americans in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. This is how we slow down, stop, and ultimately defeat Trump’s authoritarian takeover. 👇

Vice President Harris and Douglas Emhoff watch fireworks at the White House on July 4, 2024.

This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They are probably going to get worse before they get better.

But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation.

I'm at the US Courthouse media room. I'll try to live blog for @lawfaremedia.org the hearing in the case over the dismantling of CFPB before Judge Amy Berman Jackson. Unions claim Trump Adm has ordered reductions in force that violate her injunction even as narrowed by the DC Circuit.
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Meiselas: The public pressure was mounting. A 9-0 decision by the Supreme Court. Your voice matters. Senator Van Hollen showing up matters. The Trump regime can mock and post all the memes they want, but at the end of the day, the right result is finally starting to happen.

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Of course, Pam Bondi's name is "Pamela Jo Bondi." Straight out of a Florida trailer park.

US Wife of CECOT Deportee: “He was seeking asylum… Sometimes I think he’s dead”

Read the story of what happened to him here.

elfaro.net/en/202505/el...

A picture of Mr. Rios standing in front of a Walmart with a cart full of groceries. The caption says: "Jesús Ríos' wife says she has not been able to communicate with him since March 15. Three flights of deported Venezuelans arrived the next day in El Salvador. Photo: Courtesy"

Mrs. González doesn't know whether her husband is even alive. After the Trump admin sent him to El Salvador on March 15, she has not heard his voice once since then.

As she says: "This is a monstrous thing, a thing of the devil. I have nightmares. Sometimes I think he’s dead."

US Wife of CECOT Deportee: “He was seeking asylum… Sometimes I think he’s dead” Sunday, April 6, 2025. There is a picture of him standing in front of a row of deodorant in a grocery story/CVS type store.

NEW: @elfaroenglish.bsky.social identified a SECOND man sent to El Salvador and imprisoned who is married to a US citizen.

Jesús Ríos entered the US at a port of entry in 2023 seeking asylum. His wife started the green card process in January.

Like most sent to CECOT, he has no criminal record.

Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s ChatGPT may be the White House’s latest economic advisor.

Oh my God... it was all ChatGPT.

They didn't even care enough about the American economy to do any of the work themselves.

It almost feels... impeachable?

How could sloppily using AI to create domestic policy, then hiding it, be consistent with the Oath of Office?

Opinion | Trump is targeting law firms and academia. Why don’t they speak up? If law schools or firms stood united against Trump, there would be less reason to fear retribution.

Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky knows that if we do not hang together, we will all hang separately: "despite the risks of speaking out, silence itself comes as at enormous cost. Giving in to a bully only makes things worse."

Hands Off! Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...

Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on & daring the world to stop them.

On April 5th, we're taking to the streets nationwide to say: Hands Off!

handsoff2025.com

#HandsOff #April5

Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services States have been told that they can no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.

In the middle of a growing measles outbreak, Trump and Musk canceled funding to track and respond to infectious diseases.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...

Senator Duckworth joins Rachel coming up next.

"They should all lose their jobs." Senator Duckworth's scorn is not reserved for Pete Hegseth alone. She points out that others on the call should have spoken up when they realized the content was not appropriate for the platform. "They're all culpable."

An angry Senator Duckworth explains why she thinks Donald Trump's secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, should resign in the wake of the scandal over sharing war plans to an insecure group chat.

President Bystander: Trump appears out of the loop in his own White House Confronted with key questions about life-or-death issues, the president is offering the public a lot of shrugged shoulders and blank stares.

Confronted with key questions about life-or-death issues, Trump keeps offering shrugged shoulders and blank stares.

Just how out of the loop is President Bystander in his own White House? www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

NEWS:

In the Signalgate suit, Judge Boasberg issues a "compromise order" enjoining the Trump admin defendants to preserve all Signal communications between March 11 and March 15.

"Don’t worry: It’ll be in writing," Boasberg quips, a reference to the DOJ's position on his oral orders.

Following comments about treating measles by Donald Trump's health secretary in a Fox News interview, parents are inadvertently poisoning their children and giving them liver damage.

"Rapid demolition" of the revenue stream is not a great way to straighten out the country's bottom line.

Watch Rachel's full interview with @duckworth.senate.gov here: youtu.be/kgqyEflCz_A

"...I have heard from foreign officials who are already wary of providing as much intel, as much in depth intel, to the U.S. as before and I can't imagine that this episode helps." @alexward.bsky.social on how the group chat worsened already compromised trust of the U.S. by allies.

Opinion | Why I left my job leading public health messaging for the CDC Public health policy must be guided by facts and not fantasy.

"Instead of seeking guidance about how to combat the measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico from the world-leading epidemiologists and virologists he oversees, Kennedy is listening to fringe voices who reinforce his personal beliefs."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

We are all a lot more powerful than Donald Trump wants us to be.

RFK Jr.’s focus on vitamin A for measles worries health experts The measles outbreak in Texas has sparked debate over the use of vitamin A, with some health experts warning it may not be effective.

“In fact, relying on vitamin A instead of the vaccine is not only dangerous and ineffective, but it puts children at serious risk,” Sue Kressly, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said [...]. “Taking too much vitamin A can cause serious health problems, including liver damage.”

Virginia Tech students protest against DEI program cuts Hokies of all kinds joined hands to march on Virginia Tech’s campus to protest President Trump’s executive order to end all Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs.

blacksburg virginia:

www.wsls.com/news/local/2...

Wall Street analysts say Elon Musk is the clear auto tariff winner: 'Tesla wins, Detroit bleeds' Several Wall Street analysts see Tesla as benefiting from Trump's plan for levies on cars.

www.cnbc.com/2025/03/27/w...

5 Ways AARP Is Fighting for Social Security We're mobilizing our members, calling for answers and opposing harmful customer-service cuts

if ever there was a time to throw your (much vaunted!) weight around, this is it...

www.aarp.org/politics-soc...

Freedom of speech and the right of due process - unless you "create a ruckus," then you'll be disappeared by masked agents of the state.

Fundamental constitutional protections - officially suspended for foreign nationals. They'll remain in place for US citizens until the regime decides otherwise.

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...