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The Grief of Sharing a Country With Trump Supporters More often than I like to admit, some recurring dark thoughts creep in and level me these days.

It's simply demoralizing sharing a country with people who think Donald Trump is someone worth emulating: to be surrounded by that kind of moral inversion every single day, to be continually encountering such cruelty.

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Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY SUBJECT:      Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court Lawyers

I don’t see how, unless our entire profession stands shoulder-to-shoulder in unity, we successfully push back against this effort to break our profession and our democracy.

Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work.

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I’ve not mastered the art of stacking stove wood. I’ve gotten quite a bit of practice though.

Five Failures in the Oval Office (video) America hurt itself badly today.

Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
The wisdom of Timothy Snyder. This is his first ever substack video and his demeanor calmly looks yesterday's fubar in the face. It's short so I hope y'all will take the time to watch.
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Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.

“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.

“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”

@kyivindependent.com

Did y’all just see our toddler president and vice president? Zelenskyy was the only adult on camera. It was nuts.

It Shouldn’t be Dangerous for Women to Speak Up Let’s talk about what happened in Idaho - and what you can do.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells NPR: 'Everything feels increasingly like a scam' NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., about how Democrats are addressing President Trump's agenda.

EXCLUSIVE: NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., about how Democrats are addressing President Trump's agenda.

Where the F Did Everybody Go? We Need Bipartisan Statesmanship and Clarity -- NOW

I imagine there is fear of retaliation by the Trump administration.

But if even our most respected leaders can’t speak up because of that fear, then autocracy has already arrived.

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My thoughts exactly.

Days before devastating storms, Gov. Morrisey proposed no flood protection money for West Virginians Morrisey offered no money in his budget for a special trust to fund flood mitigation projects that has sat empty since it was created.

NEW: Days before West Virginia’s latest devastating storm, Morrisey budgeted no money for the state’s flood protection fund

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

Kansas' Moran, Davids sound alarm on delay of USAID food aid to starving people worldwide • Kansas Reflector Kansas' congressional delegation — Moran, Davids, Marshall — share diverse views on potential demolition of U.S. Agency for International Development.

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The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn’t exist.

This is the most important story in the United States right now.

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Smoke, mirrors, shock, and, awe. So much deception, so little truth.

Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.

This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.

You have unique perspective and insight.

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

Revisiting January 6th: The Truth in Motion (Videos Of Pardoned Criminals) Uncovering the Lies, Confronting the Violence, and Standing Firm for Democracy

Revisiting January 6th: The Truth in Motion (Videos Of Pardoned Criminals)
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Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.

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Jim Justice skips his first two U.S. Senate votes Justice promised to help the Republican effort to crack down on immigrants. He just missed two votes on a key GOP bill on the issue.

NEW: Senator Jim Justice was sworn in on Tuesday. The next day, he skipped his first two floor votes.

Mingo County can't pump water to homes because it's snowing. Once water is back on, it will be unsafe to drink unless boiled.

Just one example of the deplorable state of our infrastructure.

But officials just sent $5 million in water development funds to a right-wing Catholic school in Ohio.