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“Elected Republicans could stop this tonight if they wanted to. […] This is a country of 340 million people. 16 people could stop this tonight. 23 people could impeach and remove Trump. if they wanted to.” - @hcrichardson.bsky.social on YouTube #FundHealthcareStopICE youtube.com/shorts/DekIP...
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Bondi’s letter represents a major assault on Minnesota’s sovereignty, demanding that it forfeit its ability to make and enforce its own laws and maintain its voter rolls without oversight from the executive branch, which does not have authority over elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process. This is one that stands out: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Trump crashes the U.S. economy and folds on tariffs with nothing to show for it. open.substack.com/pub/alexande...
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Statistics isn't everyone's cup of tea, so we're breaking it down.🍵 No math experience required. Please join us to get the word out to #VerifyTheVote🗣️ youtu.be/UJ9mA6bWIo8
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What we can all learn from Georgetown Law Dean Bill Treanor's principled refusal to yield even an inch to unconstitutional bullying by INTERIM D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin. With @dahlialithwick.bsky.social: slate.com/news-and-pol...
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NEW: NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk's DOGE task force access to all of the agency's Google sites by the end of business Wednesday. Nothing in the engineer's background suggests any special expertise relevant to his new role.
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Hey all, we've gotten a *lot* of tips since this post. Keep 'em coming. The deep-dive investigations we tend to do will often take longer to source, report, corroborate, fact-check and publish, but our reporters are hard at work following up on leads you’ve sent. Thanks for your trust in us.
📽️ WATCH: At ProPublica, we’ll be devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing the second Trump administration. If you are a federal employee and have tips, documents, data or stories you can share that the public should know about, reach out: www.propublica.org/tips/
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NEW: Elon Musk’s attack on USAID has cut HIV/AIDS workers off from medicine and money. The Trump Administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. Read our scoop here:
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"Foreign assistance is one of the more misunderstood items in the federal budget," the Editorial Board writes. "It creates an enormous bang for a relatively small buck." wapo.st/3PZU3Ta
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This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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“I coached football long enough to know that, when somebody draws up a playbook, they plan on using it.” @governorwalz.mn.gov We told you. We told you. We told you.
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STFU about California! Red states get the most FEMA funding. 📌 Florida, Louisiana, and Texas receive the most FEMA dollars: from 2015 to August 2024—Florida received $2.5 billion, Louisiana $2.4 billion, and Texas $2.3 billion. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
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