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Homeland Security revokes Harvard’s ability to enroll international students The Trump administration is terminating Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification. Current foreign students must transfer or risk losing their legal status.

This is what fascist regimes do. wapo.st/4jk3OYL

The WHITE HOUSE posted this! The White House!

These people are damaged. Broken.

Tariffs could cost them. They’re still standing by Trump. Trump’s tariff policy poses a stark test of his ability to defy political gravity, dividing his allies but showcasing the remarkable faith of his die-hard base.

This is surprising only if you’re unfamiliar with the psychology of cults. A major characteristic being the sublimation of adherents’ self-interest in favor championing/parrotinf the leader’s specific interests and grievances. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

So all this worry and tumult may be nothing more than a market-manipulation, insider-trading scheme. The possibility of this had crossed my mind. I just didn’t think they’d be so brazen and obvious about it.

2/2 But if a majority does so, it’s legal cover for declaring open season on literally anyone the regime finds inconvenient or threatening. It would be the end of the US as we know it. Even if the ruling goes for Garcia, there’s no guarantee that it will be heeded -- also a terrifying scenario.

1/2 There is nothing more consequential in the near future than how the SCOTUS rules on the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, and how the regime responds to it. It would be an abomination if ANY of the justices rule in the regime's favor…

Americans have long viewed immigration as a good thing—well, at least the immigration of the distant past, the immigrants who helped “build America,” the immigrants who at the time were mocked and denigrated until they eventually “earned” the right to be here.

DOJ says judge can’t order return of Salvadoran man wrongly deported The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s order to secure the return of a man that a Justice Department lawyer admitted should not have been deported who is now in a notorious prison in El Salva...

The regime’s claims that they can’t make El Salvador release/return Kilmar Abrego García are, of course, transparent BS. They would rather an innocent man be imprisoned indefinitely, or even killed, than admit an mistake. That would look “weak.” wapo.st/3FY8qFV

This truck was the first vehicle stopped when they closed Portland’s Morrison Bridge for the protest march to pass through. But instead of getting mad, the driver joined the party. #50501

I cannot stress enough how far this tariff madness is from anything resembling free-market conservatism. It is as “big government” as economic policy can get. And these Republicans for the most part are going along with it. Quislings and cowards, most of them. (The rest are MAGA cultists.)

The criminal White House regime has managed to make me wholeheartedly agree with Rand Paul on an issue of importance. Wonders never cease.

One of my interests is pervasiveness of scamming—it is a worldwide industry, generating revenues in the hundreds of billions of dollars. And it is built on the premise that if someone falls for the scam, they must be exploited until they get wise or are bled dry. This is how Trump-Musk operate.

As Vance heads for Greenland and Trump threatens to take it, residents voice fear and mistrust of U.S. One Greenlander dismisses the Trump administration's threats to take control of his island as "stupid," but others admit to mistrust, and even fear of America.

Leave Greenland alone and let them live their lives, ya goddamn psychos! www.cbsnews.com/news/vance-g...

Saving lives, reducing harm, alleviating suffering: Also known as government waste and inefficiency.

My wife and I are solidly middle-class. My mother wasn’t. She is in middle-stage Alzheimer’s now and requires memory care and you best believe that Medicaid is the only thing keeping us from spending down our kids’ college savings and our retirement savings, just to manage my mom’s end of life care.

White House rescinds executive order targeting law firm Paul, Weiss after $40 million pledge President Trump rescinded an executive order targeting the law firm after it pledged to review its hiring practices and provide tens of millions of dollars in free legal services.

There was a time—not even that long ago!—when a president would be summarily impeached and possibly prosecuted for carr out this type of blatant extortion. Now it’s just a blip in the ever-churning news cycle. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/pau...

Wikipedia image of Major General (Ret.) Charles C. Rogers

Defense.gov google return: Medal of Honor Monday: Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers

Defense.gov 404 - Page Not Found

https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2824721/deimedal-of-honor-monday-army-maj-gen-charles-calvin-rogers/

This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.

Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."

When the situation looks hopeless, you are the hope.—Marcus Raskin

BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.”

The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.

Another MAGA day…

Honoring commitments and getting better seafood I've worked in Maine fisheries for most of my life, and since 2011 I've been running Downeast Dayboat, a Direct to Consumer seafood business specializing in Maine scallops. I drive up and down...

How DOGE is harming New England fishermen: I buy incredible Maine scallops directly from Downeast Dayboat, a distributor that buys off the boats. They got a USDA grant to market their excellent products. DOGE's illegal actions have left this small business on the hook for $30K already spent.

Still No Daylight Actually Saved From Annual Spring Forward Ritual It’s a shell game.

It’s March 10, 7:18 am and the sun has yet to rise here in the PNW. I hope to live to see the day when daylight “savings” time is banished for all time. open.substack.com/pub/ser1897/... @playtyperguy.com

DOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privately The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency’s programs.

Absolute nightmare. This administration is criminal.

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My message today for the POTUS and the VPOTUS is simple and comes from a song by the great Americans in the band Ween: “I’m sick of your mouth and your 2-percent milk.”

he thinks he’s king. he issues executive orders (royal decrees) and the entire society is expected to obey

Similarly, it seems part of the reason it's so hard to get US citizens to get rowdy when their rights are threatened (unlike the French, and despite the rhetoric) is that our entire wellbeing — from paying for shelter, to access to medical care — is tied to our jobs. Probably by (partial) design.

Everything is a transaction to this wannabe mob boss. There’s no higher purpose, no noble ideal to at least strive for. It’s just a demented black hole of grift and bravado.

We might as well have Tony Soprano as POTUS. There might be some actual introspection, due to his therapy.

Elon Musk's Starlink in line for deal with FAA, raising potential ethical concerns The FAA is testing Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service. That could raise a possible conflict of interest, experts say.

Next-level corruption. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/sta...

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I live in a very blue OR congressional district. My rep will not be voting to gut Medicaid. The person whose office you should call is Oregon’s lone congressional Republican, Rep. Cliff Bentz. His constituents will also be adversely affected by Medicaid cuts. bentz.house.gov/contact

Aside from the kind of actively harmful content as described above, the bonus program is likely what’s driving a noticeable increase in AI-created garbage content that is apparently catnip for both older folks who can’t recognize it as well as a magnet those who passionately hate it.