Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"
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Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:
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Sudan, The "Forgotten" War
Introduction
Sudan is in the midst of the world's biggest humanitarian crisis, with tens of millions of Sudanese displaced, famine widespread and a civil war that shows no signs of ending. I posted a backgrounder here:
danielappelman.substack.com/p/sudan-the-...
#Sudan #humanrights @aba-crsj.bsky.social
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Hands off Madison, Wisconsin
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We ran the wrong headline about Trump firing the FTC commissioners
Our readers have a point.
How often do you see this?
"We ran the wrong headline about Trump firing the FTC commissioners." www.theverge.com/policy/63339...
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Do this to spite the worlds richest man
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WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
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Hello, everyone.
It's taken me a while to write this one. I have seldom felt comfortable being the hot-take columnist even when the news had nothing to do with my family. I had to sit with this headline for a while.
open.substack.com/pub/conniesc...
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