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More fascist mythmaking by the VP.

“This thin-skinned tyrant is determined to strip the White House of actual reporters & threaten media companies if they dare to question him. It’s an appalling sign every reporter in the Oval Office didn’t speak up or get up and leave in support of NBC’s Alexander.” open.substack.com/pub/america/...

Israel must let aid into Gaza. Now.

Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.

“Rich man wanna be king.” It’s up to us to make sure it doesn’t happen.

Events have revealed much of the Trump administration’s agenda to be illegal, immoral, incompetent, or idiotic. Looks like they may have checked all four boxes with the arrest of the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey.

The daughter’s shreiks of agony in the X videos embedded in this article need to become our collective shrieks against the Trump regime’s repeated attacks on our Constitution and cilviled society. Every time a human being is brutalized by this Administration, we the people become less free.

AOC: We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces — and, in many cases, their identification… The idea that we’re going to allow a paramilitary force to bloom, one that isn’t accountable to the Constitution… we’ve got another thing coming.

Multiple lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of ICE officers in masks arresting people excercising their constitutional rights should be filed. Dictators (Nazi Germany, Putin’s Russia) use thugs in masks to arrest opposition leaders, not patriotic Americans. No Kings, No Masks.

#RadioFreeAmerica

Every single American should speak out against this, loudly and forcefully.

Fight fascism wherever it rears its ugly head.

AOC: Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I’m using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protections… to that I say: Come for me… Do I look like I care? There’s nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me.

A man who holds the title of President of the United States, who took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, who then says he doesn’t know if he’d uphold the Constitution, is unfit to be president and should be removed.

We are not ok.

More cruelty and lawlessness directed at U.S. citizens by ICE. We the People must find a way to hold the Trump administration and ICE accountable.

I dislike hyperbole, it cheapens rather than enriches conversations. But let me be clear: the Trump regime’s treatment of immigrant families is an abomination. That it doesn’t surprise me doesn’t make it any less monstrous. Conscience requires that we oppose their unconstitutional agenda full stop.

Resist: We have endured a wave of unconstitutional actions… “raids without warrants, prolonged detentions without hearings and retaliatory deportations…And each one brings us closer to the authoritarianism we once believed could never take root on American soil.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...

From the list of grievances in the Declaration of Independence against King George: “He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledeged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation;” Sound familiar?

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... An Executive Order attacking the Civil Rights Act. Only We the People can put an end to this cruelty and lawlessness. Show Up at Protests, Call your Congressional Representatives and Senators, Boycott the Oligarchs, and Vote. We Shall Overcome!

American democracy is holding up & pushing back better than expected under Trump's authoritarian assault--from SCOTUS to the streets I offer a comprehensive assessment of why Trump is failing to achieve his aims in my latest @contrariannews.org column open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Mayor Wu “Do the next right thing for history…” We are with you Mayor Wu!

Not Antisemitism (according to MAGA): - Firebombing a Jewish governor‘s house during Passover - Doing a Sieg Hitler salute - Eating dinner with neo-Nazis Antisemitism (according to MAGA): - Saying Israelis and Palestinians deserve rights and dignity - Using freedom of speech on campus

Musk’s wrecking crew. projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

20 lessons to put to work as we confront tyranny.

More of this.

If the President is serious about law and order, then he will follow this 9-0 Supreme Court ruling with urgency and return Kilmar to his family here in Maryland.

To Senate Dems: NO UNANIMOUS CONSENTS

Charlie Chaplin has a message for our time.

If President Trump continues on this path of blatant disregard for our Constitution and basic freedom, we the people will hold him accountable in the courts, in halls of power across the country, and at the ballot box.

Due Process protects everyone.

None of the top 10 Big Law firms have committed to signing an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie. As Ben Wittes writes in his column for Lawfare today: “[A] very happy Liberation Day to all the law firms that have liberated themselves from their dignity.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/b...

Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble. For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity. What will you do?

Target foot traffic falls for the eighth consecutive week after the retailer ended its DEI programs. Meanwhile at Costco, which kept its DEI programs, foot traffic has been up for 13th straight weeks.

The president is not a king. The Constitution could not be clearer: No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice. Donald Trump would rather fantasize about a fictional third term than do anything to lower costs for working families.

The U.S. has had the world’s most dominant economy since the late 1800s. China covets that position. This Administration’s policies may make it easier for China to overtake the U.S. Perhaps MAGA stands for “Make America Great Again like we were in 19th century.”

AOC: “We need a Democratic Party that fights harder for us” Damn straight. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...

Instead of stealing Greenland, let’s steal some of their policies

Mr. Rubio thinks foreign students writing editorials pose a national security risk. What do you think?

Fight the authoritarians on everything. Attack their latest failure — it’s their fault. Turn “flood the zone” against them.”

We got our eyes on the prize and we will build the nation we want for ourselves.

Schools are meant for education and creativity – not fear and censorship. 📸 Scout Tufankjian

What is the U.S. Secretary of Defense doing with a Russian email address? If true, this needs investigating Senator Thune, even if the truth challenged WH Press Secretary denies it.

In 1862, a Union soldier found cigars wrapped in a piece of paper in a field of clover. The paper was a copy of Confederate Gen. Lee's invasion orders. The Southern sloppiness helped the Union stop Lee at Antietam. It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.

Ezra and I wrote for @theguardian.com about why Indivisibles have called for Chuck Schumer to step down as minority leader - and the need for Dems to step up: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...