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During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind

Duckworth: "It is a war crime. It's illegal. No matter how you put it, it's all illegal. I've been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual ... you're not allowed to go back in and kill them."

I remember the first time I saw Republicans wearing this shirt.

“I’d rather be a Russian than a Democrat.”

Do these people really seem like the type who know what the hell they’re talking about? Ignorance is a huge problem. 🥺
Ingrained attitudes, fears, hatreds, assumptions, resentments.

Big Five hype-women over here putting categories on blast...

I used my interview on @vox.com's Explain it to Me podcast as an opportunity to clear up some myths many people have about personality (particularly introversion vs extroversion).

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Tom Cotton is an abhorrent liar to country and humanity.
#RemoveTrump

Analysis | Trump’s latest anti-immigration push echoes the nativism of the 1920s The president and his aides have escalated anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies in recent weeks.

Analysis: President Trump’s contention that people from some countries are desirable, while others are not, is nothing new.

Language used by Trump and those around him harks back more than a century to the passage of laws, including the Johnson-Reed Act.

In just a few generations, it's gone from "women need you & you'll get one as a mate/domestic servant regardless of how you act" to "women can survive on their own & will only mate with you if you bring something to the table" and WOW men are not adjusting well.

ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal record under Trump: records ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal record under Trump: records

ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal record under Trump: records

The sad thing is that Congress could stop this. Foreign policy is within their remit.

The lesson to the world is that, if we have a batshit crazy president, our other elected reps will just sit around either supporting that crap or acting as though it’s not happening rather than stop it.

Leaked Memo Shows Pam Bondi Wants List of 'Domestic Terrorism' Groups Who Express 'Anti-American Sentiment' | Common Dreams Leaked memo reveals US Attorney General's directive to target organizations with purportedly extreme views on immigration, gender, and anti-American sentiment.

Top of the list:

Trump’s DOJ

If you knew they were all targets, why wait 40 minutes to kill the last two?

It’s almost like they’re making it up as they go along.

Mark Kelly: "They are not silencing me. I'm still speaking out. I still am going to do my job every single day regardless of whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I'm not gonna shut up."

Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯

Alarm grows in Europe over what is seen as Trump's 'betrayal' of Ukraine European governments are fearful that Washington is laying the groundwork for an ultimatum to Kyiv on Moscow's terms.

Trump has indeed betrayed Ukraine, the E.U. and the U.S.

Always read Will's columns.

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How Trump flipped America's race conversation Language that once was disqualifying is now a fixture of national political discourse.

Guardrails against racist, xenophobic or dehumanizing rhetoric have all but vanished on the American right.

What was once disqualifying — or the exclusive domain of online trolls — is now a fixture of national political discourse.

The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.

‘Anything with a Pulse’: Noem Pushes Through ICE Recruits with Gang, White-Power Tattoos and Some Who Can’t Read or Run to Meet Trump’s Quota "Under Kristi Noem's leadership, ICE recruits with troubling backgrounds and inadequate skills are pushed through to meet Trump's deporta...

Nothing but the best people!

Putin Lives by a Code Trump Doesn’t Understand Where Trump sees a deal, Putin sees submission.

Trump could never understand Putin.
Trump always put his ambitions for himself first.
Putin puts his ambitions for Russia first.

One of the first things to be done when sanity and legality are restored

‘The giant ballroom is Trump’s monument to corruption,’

MAGA 'feeling the pinch' as majority say they’re facing the 'worst cost of living crisis'

Spin that if you can.

Aghast critics slam Trump document as laying out 'explicit' plan for extremism

White nationalist extremist agenda.

How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration The Democratic president and his top advisers rejected recommendations that could have eased the border crisis that helped return Donald Trump to the White House.

The Biden administration repeatedly rejected recommendations that could have eased the border crisis that helped return President Trump to the White House, a New York Times examination found. Former officials in his administration said that Biden and his confidants made two crucial errors.

Trump last night had the complexion of a Thanksgiving turkey that was left in the oven too long and bandages were again visible on the back of his right hand

(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)

Ilhan Omar speaking at a microphone

Ilhan Omar: "When I think about Stephen Miller & his white supremacist rhetoric — it reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany—"

Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase

Like a scene from a horrible B movie.

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Our Home Depot was raided in Huntington Beach today. They kidnapped 4 people. It could’ve been much more if we didn’t have our community volunteers on the ground. ICE/CBP kidnapped our friends. Please join your local community watch group. This is how we resist ✊🏻

“It’s the logical endpoint to unitary executive theory,” said Don Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan. “Their desired end goal would be to arrive at a completely ‘at-will’ workforce. ... I think the administration is going to push the unitary executive idea as far as it can, and all of the signals it has been getting from the Supreme Court is to push further and push faster.”

This guy gets it
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🚨 New in Nature+Science!🚨
AI chatbots can shift voter attitudes on candidates & policies, often by 10+pp
🔹Exps in US Canada Poland & UK
🔹More “facts”→more persuasion (not psych tricks)
🔹Increasing persuasiveness reduces "fact" accuracy
🔹Right-leaning bots=more inaccurate

“I set the GDP of Slovenia on fire for the last thing, so trust me on the next thing” is a hell of an argument