Andy Hoover

Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.

Another example of how Congress willingly gave too much power to law enforcement, creating the infrastructure for a police state.

“There are no real safeguards anymore,” he said, “until people recognize that we’re all potential targets.”
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Real talk from a recovering lobbyist: an extension almost always leads to another extension. The PATRIOT Act. FISA Amendments Act. Real ID. I’ve seen it over and over and over again. I guess in this instance, at least we’ll know in two weeks.

INCREASES??? WTF with this party. Read the room

“As a reasonable centrist, I think the paramilitary death squads need better training.”

Before reading this post I only saw the video and legit thought it was Iran.

That's where we are. A scholar of autocracy had to consciously differentiate a video from the US and a highly repressive regime.

we should want to make it undeniable that there is no choice but to end ICE, prosecute its officers for lawbreaking, and fundamentally rethink immigration enforcement.

A Hard Truth About the DC Shooting Wednesday: CIA asset shoots two soldiers in DC. Friday: Trump moves to pardon a man who trafficked 400 tons of cocaine. Saturday: Trump gets us closer to war with Venezuela over “drugs.”

"The evidence is overwhelming: what we make people do in these wars destroys them. And destroyed people do violence. Doesn’t matter if they were born in Kandahar or Kentucky—the damage is the same." @corbintrent.bsky.social
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The night America’s doomed ruling class gorged on lamb, blood, and oil For America’s deeply corrupt billionaires, time heals all wounds — even from a murderous Saudi prince’s bone saw.

A depraved and decadent Trump WH dinner for MBS was a stunning low for an American ruling class that's stopped pretending to carry a moral compass

It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...

National Security Moms Are Here Trump's call for arresting Democrats targets new political bloc, foreshadowing what's to come

The Democratic Party has a plan to prevent the next Mamdani by running a new type of candidate: the national security mom
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On Monday and Tuesday, some members of Congress and the media had a lot to say about subverting democracy. On Wednesday, they were silent or even supportive of the House voting to overturn local DC law passed by the District council. Funny how that works... 😒

This Norway win over Italy is why I love sports. The feelgood drama was intoxicating. And I'm a neutral. Their first World Cup in 28 years! 🇳🇴

40 members of Congress have sent a letter to Josh Shapiro (and a bunch of other Dem governors, including Wes Moore and Gretchen Whitmer), alerting them that they are allowing ICE to have unfettered, self-service access to our DMV data.
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German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers

“Other political parties have gone one step further, seeking to copy the hardline agenda of the far right, even as research suggests that doing so drives voters to cast their ballot for the far right."
😒
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Hey, what’s happening in game sev…omfg….

Trump’s Targeting of ‘Narcoterrorists’ Is a Crime in Itself Shoot first, ask questions when?

"The people in those boats may or may not have been criminals. The people ordering the strikes are." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-targ...

Don't take your policy out in public, it's unseemly. Your policy is not your message. The *outcome* of your policy is your message - the life it will deliver for people.

In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.

Imagine seeing 7 million people in the streets in opposition to DJT and then having the nerve to say, "You're doing it wrong." An effective organizer advises, coaches, and brings people in. Scolding, mocking, and shaming people ain't it.

It takes all of us doing all of the things.

Screenshot of a Facebook post by WHYY announcing that the Penn State board of trustees has agreed to sell the operating assets of WPSU to WHYY

There we go

Penn State will pay James Franklin nearly $50 million not to work. Meanwhile, the university shut down WPSU, which had an annual operating cost of $7 million, half of which was paid by the university.

Are Democrats About to Blow It in Maine? By backing Janet Mills over a grassroots outsider, party leaders may be repeating the same mistakes from 2024

Dan Pfeiffer
For the life of me, I cannot figure out what the hell the Senate Democrats are doing in Maine — the most important Senate race in the country. Their decision to back Janet Mills suggests they have learned no lessons from our loss in 2024.
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Trump seeks influence over hiring and admissions at Penn in exchange for federal funding The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” would give Trump wide-ranging influence over hiring, admissions, tuition pricing, and even curriculum. Nine colleges were asked to sign on.

@upenn.edu caved to a bully and the bully came back for more. There’s nothing shocking about this.

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A white background with a photo of protestors with low transparency set against it, and D.C. flag imagery at the top. The text of the image reads: "Police have abused their power. Using militarized tactics on local residents, racially profiling immigrants and Latinos at work, schooll, and church, and ripping communities apart." At the bottom of the image are the organizational logos for the ACLU of D.C., National Immigration Project, CASA, Washington Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, and Amica Center For Immigrant Rights.

BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration on behalf of four D.C. residents for its practice of illegal arrests of immigrants in the District. Since August, federal agents in D.C. have arrested hundreds of immigrants with no warrants and no legal justification. 1/ 🧵

This is what a governor should be saying to unequivocally oppose the deployment of National Guard troops in their state. This is no time to be mealy mouthed.

Yes, it's true. Someone did take your job. And your healthcare, pension, wage hikes and life off a single income.
It just wasn't immigrants, welfare recipients, queer people or women having abortions.
If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money.

National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.

Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.

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Why Everyone Should Stop Freaking Out About Gavin Newsom's Social Media If his goal was to get people talking, Gavin Newsom has succeeded with his new pugnacious, Trump-like approach to social media.

A lot of Elite Dems need to get familiar with the playbook for toppling an authoritarian. Mockery is one of the tactics. Tim Walz was onto it by calling them weird, until Beltway strategists talked him out of it.
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Democrats can overcome "soft-on-crime" attacks—not by tacking to the right or dodging the issue altogether—but by proudly owning safety and justice by focusing on what is working in places like Baltimore, Chicago, and Detroit to make communities safer.

I received texts today from a former Navy pilot and a former prosecutor running for Congress as Democrats. They just can’t quit this candidate profile, can they? 😑

We need DC statehood NOW.