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Every major Dem politician needs to realize that, in this environment, they can schedule a "speech to the nation," like Newsom did, and get tons of media coverage.

Just do it.

You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work.

You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.

Get your lies straight.

Senate GOP finalizing scaled-down food stamp cuts after backlash The Senate plan would ask states to pay for SNAP costs at a lower rate than the House plan — and exempt some states entirely.

Senate Republicans are finalizing a scaled-down plan to force some federal food aid costs to states as a way to pay for Trump’s megabill. They’re concerned red states particularly would be hit with billions of dollars in new costs for SNAP, which helps feed more than 40 million low-income Americans.

Federal work shaped a Black middle class. Now it's destabilized by Trump's job cuts For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump administration's workforce cuts are now throwing that sense of stability up in the air.

There is an ache i feel for Black folks www.npr.org/2025/04/27/n...

Could you ever have imagined you would see a headline like this in your lifetime

US at tipping point for return of endemic measles The United States is at a tipping point for the return of endemic measles a quarter century after the disease was declared eradicated in the country, researchers warned on Thursday.

US at tipping point for return of endemic measles www.reuters.com/business/hea...

The stenographers of the mainstream press keep using Trump's language calling the tariffs "reciprocal tariffs." But they aren't. @froomkin.bsky.social explains:

Follow the money and see where it goes. Nothing like buying our Congress. Musk has made the maximum allowable donation to members of Congress who support impeaching federal judges who are impeding actions taken by Trump.

Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."

Milwaukee mother deported to Laos, a country she has never been to ‘The United States sent me back to die,’ Ma Yang, a mother of five, said

Deported for serving a two year sentence for pot. She’s stuck in Laos, never been there. The 37-year-old is also without insulin for her diabetes and is running out of her medication for high blood pressure.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

What musicians did after an executive order on DEI led to the cancellation of U.S. Marine Band collaboration After an executive order ending DEI initiatives, the U.S. Marine Band canceled a concert featuring young musicians of color. Veterans stepped in to mentor the aspiring musicians.

Well done, 60 Minutes.

F MAGA to the ends of the Earth.

www.cbsnews.com/news/concert...

If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.

If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.

I strongly suspect this recent piece from Prof. David Knoll is about to be come extremely relevant and widely read.

"Even a rogue marshal’s service, in other words, is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law. If courts have the courage, the legal tools are there."

A tweet from John Pavlovitz directed at J.D. Vance, sarcastically referring to a video of an "attack" on Vance's family. The tweet mocks the severity of the alleged attack, implying it was not serious by stating, "Those grandmothers sure must have been traumatizing," followed by accusations, calling Vance a "lying fraudulent coward."

JD Vance wouldn’t last a minute under bombardment in Ukraine.

Five Failures in the Oval Office (video) America hurt itself badly today.

Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

ProPublica Updates Its Database of Museums’ and Universities’ Compliance With Federal Repatriation Law Institutions across the U.S. returned more than 10,300 Native American ancestors to tribes in 2024, making it the third-biggest year for repatriation under the Native American Graves Protection and…

NEW: Institutions across the U.S. returned more than 10,300 Native American ancestors to tribes in 2024, making it the third-biggest year for repatriation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

By @maryhudetz.bsky.social

What I did this weekend! Four hour shift repping UConn Master Gardeners at Connecticut Flower and Garden Show

Lemmy Poohmeister will be 10 years old tomorrow.

I scream it over and over and then my partner looks at me like, What the fuck now.

Maybe Tom Thumbkin can gargle balls.

three people wearing sweaters that say happy hanukkah and feliz navidad ALT: three people wearing sweaters that say happy hanukkah and feliz navidad

According to the U.S Department of Labor The #1 Recipient of #DEI is White Women
2. Hispanics
3. Asians
4. NativeAmericans
5. Disabled People
6. Veterans
7. LGBTQ+
8. Black People

Elon fucking Musk does NOT appropriate federal funds.
That is the job of CONGRESS.
Not some foreign born private citizen jumping bean exploding penis rocket car melting nepo-baby conspiracy theorist womanizer who exchanges horses for handjobs.

Congress needs to stand the fuck up. All of them!!!

We need a group of lawyers who are willing to take every lawsuit from every fired federal employee to the max. Bury this admin in lawsuits

Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

Sometimes self-government just means elections. And sometimes it means recognizing the deeper dignity and meaning of what it means to be a people. That means speaking up, standing out, and protesting. We can only be free together.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System

An unelected billionaire, with no actual Congressional authority or govt experience, has access to Treasury payment systems and sensitive information about millions of Americans who receive Social Security checks, tax refunds, and other payments.

What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

Yes!!