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She's running to replace Dick Durbin and, uh, to say this is a welcome change in tone and attitude would be a hell of an understatement.

I think I found the problem.

America gave up kings 250 years ago and adopted a system in which “no one is above the law.”

But presidents? SCOTUS gives them immunity.

Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute.

Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections.

The legacy of the John Roberts Supreme Court.

Trump says Republicans will ‘never lose a race’ if Congress restricts voting “We'll never lose a race. For 50 years, we won't lose a race.”

🚨BREAKING: During a rambling rehash of false assertions of voter fraud, President Donald Trump claimed that Republicans will never lose an election “for 50 years” if his allies in Congress pass the SAVE America Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

On Jan. 7, a European Robin was spotted in Montreal. The bird was authenticated by the Cornell Ornithology Lab. No one knows how he could have crossed the Atlantic.🌻🙂

NEW: ICE Confiscates Children's Letters at Dilley Concentration Camp. I've filed a FOIA Request to Get Them ProPublica recently published heart-wrenching letters from children at Dilley. ICE then raided the dormitories to confiscate and destroy those letters. I've filed a Freedom of Information Act Request.

NEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

Remember back in the day when Congress used to be in charge of appropriations?

Absolutely amazing!

“Don’t tell me what you believe. Show me how you treat other people, and I’ll tell you what you believe.”

— Rep. James Talarico

After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

This is the reason behind the Trump
administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content.

If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.

They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.

The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.

Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,...

Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says reut.rs/4rpxDfl

Mike Rounds says Republicans just want to make you show your document with a yellow star in order to vote

Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."

🚨 Breaking news in Epstein Case 🚨 The New Mexico Legislature has passed HR1 to convene a Truth Commission and investigate Epstein’s crimes in NM, including at Zorro Ranch—led by State Reps Andrea Romero and Marianna Anaya.

Full explainer here: youtu.be/DnOTfR_msPw?...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams Pam Bondi. #Epstein

👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Warehouse owner won’t sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or...

"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.

“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...

www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...

Judge bars 'warrantless' immigration enforcement raids at churches It hardly requires mentioning that freedom of religion is both a core American value and a basic liberty protected by the First Amendment and laws of the United States

The Trump administration has been barred from carrying out "warrantless" immigration enforcement operations in or "within 100 feet of the entrance" to various churches across the country.

lawandcrime.com/high-profile...

Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."

Right now, we have a tax code that forces firefighters and teachers to pay a higher share of their income than many billionaires and major corporations.

We need to change that - because our economy requires it, and because it is simply the right thing to do.

This part.

Buttigieg talks about amending the Constitution. The hosts kinda sigh and laugh like it's impossible.

Pete replies: We all feel so jaded. But it's not too much to ask. The Founders' idea of not having a King was way more radical than anything we've just talked about.

Right now, Americans are frustrated with politics and feel that the system is broken.

And Buttigieg is telling us: We don't have to put up with a shitty system. We have the power to fix it. If the Founders could win a Revolution against all odds, we can amend the Constitution.