Cassandra Moore

It was DOGE

Time to Grow The 51st Help us hire Christina and Martin Full-Time!

Wonderfully talent people covering local news. Please help support their growth!

Trump’s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook

Thank you NYT for finally reporting a blindingly obvious fact.

US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Asso...

US Contractors (GHF) are shooting Palestinians trying to get food aid. They aren't shooting in the air they are shooting people. The GHF is run by a group of American security contractors, ex-military officers and humanitarian aid officials.

Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets

This is where our country is. We must fight this.

Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets

Our country. Please watch this video.

Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.

Straight from the horse's mouth. Former ambassador to Hungary on how acquiescence enabled Orban's authoritarian takeover. It's the playbook for the Trump regime -- JD Vance has admired (in print) Orban's control of Hungarian universities.

Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida

Our great country.

Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador

Is this real? Very casual mention by NYT. WTF?

Clawing back foreign aid is tied to 'waste, fraud and abuse.' What's the evidence? As the Senate prepares to vote on a bill to rescind $40 billion in promised foreign aid, critics of the measure say a thorough governmental review of targeted programs did not actually take place.

The OMB has not issued a list of programs being cut by the Rescission bill, so members of Congress are voting on a bill without knowing what it will affect. Just blindly doing Trump's bidding.

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...

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Tell Congress: Unmask ICE! Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are re...

Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are required to do.

GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: · John Lewis Actions Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the MAGA Leadership and to remind them that in America, the power lies wit...

Makin' some good trouble!

2) A provision that would have done away with gender-affirming care under Medicaid.

These are some good wins in an otherwise terrible bill. My staff and I will be fighting to remove the worst provisions from this bill up until the very end. I'll continue to update you as we get more rulings.

This is a wonky process but BIG news regarding the Republican budget bill: My staff successfully got multiple provisions removed from the bill. Two key wins: 1) Medicaid provider tax. Striking this means Republicans have to backtrack on hundreds of billions in Medicaid cuts.

Canadian Citizen Dies at ICE Detention Center in Florida

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This is despicable.

His immigration status was perfectly legal. He was convicted of a crime, paid his debt to society, and was reporting to his probation officer when ICE arrested him.

Mr. Noviello was arrested because he was following the law.

...maybe stupidity as well.

Disappeared in America Mass Call · Not Above the Law **Trump thinks he can disappear people. We’re building a movement to prove him wrong.** In America, the government doesn’t get to grab people off the streets, skip the courtroom, and send them straig...

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Planning meeting for June 26 action

Trump Administration Live Updates: Musk Calls Trump’s Signature Bill an ‘Abomination’

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Awww...the bros are having a spat!

Trump and Allies Sell Domestic Policy Bill With Falsehoods

@uptownindivisible.bsky.social The following is a fact-filled article that provides a great resource for opposing the budget bill currently in the Senate.

Protest @ 16th NW & Columbia Rd NW every Wed @ Rush Hour · Indivisible Join Uptown Indivisible Wednesdays from 5:00-6:30PM, for a rush hour protest. Now is the time to speak up for democracy, our rights, and American values. Please bring your friends and neighbors. We ca...

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Why Shabbos Kestenbaum, the Student Who Sued Harvard, Keeps Fighting the University Shabbos Kestenbaum sued Harvard over accusations that it had ignored antisemitism when he was a student. His criticism has taken him to the White House and all over the world.

The [Harvard Divinity] school held community tea once a week, he said, “and there was never any kosher food.”

He ... spoke “with the guys on DOGE,” ...“They reached out to me, and I’m going to sound braggadocious, but I’m active in this space,” he said... “I was more than happy to help.”

Trump team reveals lack of expertise – and patience – as it threatens to abandon Ukraine peace talks Trump said he could stop war in 24 hours, but team appears daunted by negotiation with ‘a lot of detail attached to it’

Oh my.

Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"

Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”

“I’M PISSED!”

ran two miles on the new hip!

Two miles! Loving the new hip.

Even More Venmo Accounts Tied to Trump Officials in Signal Group Chat Left Data Public WIRED has found four new Venmo accounts that appear to be associated with Trump officials who were in an infamous Signal chat. One made a payment with a note consisting solely of an eggplant emoji.

A 2018 payment from Katz with a note consisting solely of an eggplant emoji (who knew the meaning of that!?) and how much he paid an overnight cat sitter in 2019.
www.wired.com/story/even-m...

Signal Gate: The Criminal Law Precedents That Are Most Relevant A range of federal laws, including the Espionage Act and laws against the destruction of government records, could apply in Signal Gate.

I did a deep dive into the criminal laws and past criminal cases that are most relevant to "Signal Gate."

Focus your mind on this:

Special prosecutor criminal case against former head of CIA John Deutch for "gross negligence" in use of his personal home computer for national defense information.

Hundreds Of Associates Sign Open Letter Calling On Biglaw Leaders To 'Defend' The Legal Profession - Above the Law More than 300 Biglaw associates have already signed the letter. Stand up for the rule of law and add your name.

Rachel Cohen deserves big kudos!
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Bernie and AOC! 30K people in Greeley CO!