“The Liberals in Canada were losing big until our president kept mocking Canadians, our neighbors and close friends. He made Canadian Liberals great again."
-- Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.)
First time I've agreed with him on anything.
Trump: "Today, President Donald J. Trump and Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, and Latham & Watkins LLP (the “Law Firms”) announce the following agreement regarding a series of actions to be taken by the Law Firms: 1. The Law Firms will provide an aggregate total of at least $500 Million Dollars in pro bono and other free Legal services, during the Trump Administration and beyond, in the respective amounts set forth below, to causes that President Trump and the Law Firms both support and agree to work on, including in the following areas: Assisting Veterans and other Public Servants, including, among others, members of the Military, Gold Star families, Law Enforcement, and First Responders; ensuring fairness in our Justice System; and combatting Antisemitism. The Law Firms will take on a wide range of pro bono matters that represent the full political spectrum, including Conservative ideals. The Law Firms and their commitments are: Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, and Latham & Watkins LLP: $125 Million Dollars each. 2. The Law Firms affirm their commitment to Merit-Based Hiring, Promotion, and Retention. Accordingly, the Law Firms will not engage in illegal DEI discrimination and preferences. The Law Firms affirm that it is their policy to give Fair and Equal consideration to Job Candidates, irrespective of their political beliefs, including Candidates who have served in the Trump Administration, and any other Republican or Democrat Administration. The Law Firms will engage outside counsel to advise the Law Firms in confirming their employment practices are fully compliant with Law, including, but not limited to, Anti-Discrimination Laws."
more law firms have just sold out to Trump
HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin.
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
15 MAGA congressional districts will be hit hard. Call Red States tell them to vote no 202-244-3121
🚨These 15 MAGA Republicans would gladly throw their own constituents under the bus if it means another tax break for the rich.
📌 They’re not just cutting Medicaid—they’re letting people die to fund billionaire handouts.
📢 IT’S TIME TO SPEAK UP!
☎️ Light up those phones now.
#HandsOffOurMedicaid
It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
As Attorney General, Brad Schimel sued to overturn the #AffordableCareAct and take away healthcare from Wisconsin families.
If elected to the WI Supreme Court, we can't trust him to side with Wisconsinites over wealthy insurance and drug companies.
Vote for Susan Crawford.
Thread: the premise of the EOs aimed at Paul Weiss and other law firms is that it’s based on national security concerns. Yet nothing in the “settlement” had anything to do with addressing such concerns. It was extortion pure and simple.
The decision by who, Mike?
Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.
This moment in our country's history is depressing, but it's also illuminating. We're finding out, in real time, whom among those in power will hedge their bets, trade complicity for personal preservation, and retreat into cowardice in the hopes they'll be spared.
And we will remember their names.
If we are deporting all men who have extremist tattoos without hearings, this dude would be in El Salvador by now.
I'm picking up real X vibes in the comments on some of the posts lately. Not what I expected from this platform.
A billion in funding cut from school lunches and food banks.
I would have thought "we should feed children, not take food away from them" would be an obvious Christian position, but Trump and his Christian supporters apparently feel different.
Whomever is advising Democrats on social media this week, please keep doing your thing, queen or king. <3
It’s time, isn’t it?! 🤚
The cuts to the VA are unacceptable and put our veterans at risk. These individuals have sacrificed so much for our country, and it is our duty to ensure they receive the care and support they deserve.
Image of Donald Trump and Elon Musk sitting in a red Tesla with a screenshot of a Trump Truth Social post reading, "STOCK MARKETS ARE CRASHING, JOBS NUMBERS ARE TERRIBLE, WE ARE HEADING TO WORLD WAR III, AND WE HAVE TWO OF THE MOST INCOMPETENT "LEADERS" IN HISTORY. THIS IS NOT GOOD!!!"
Mahmoud Khalil should be at home with his pregnant wife.
Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped.
We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸
Go Sweden! 🇸🇪
📢 Please Share! 📢
Hearing from a source:
"A friend at NCI lost 3 outstanding staff (their words) and tweeted about it. She was suspended for 2 days. No idea how her tweet was flagged."
This is for all the people asking us why it's hard to tell what's happening at NIH. Retaliation is real.
I am so tired of these shabby, pitiful little men. They stink of the sly connivance previously dominated by cheap carnival barkers and two cent grifters. They are odious, shallow, and a blight against the existence of honest people and a society that values trust.
Fetterman is just a worse dressed Sinema. And that’s hard to do.
#SheShed
The illegal ICE arrest, then disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil…
Our Constitution is on a ventilator…
From his lawyer:
Twitter is down. Tesla stock is plummeting. SpaceX’s rocket imploded.
All owned by the same guy who’s now in charge of our federal government.
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) filed a resolution ... to formally censure ... Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) for …”racist and derogatory" comments made about Rep. Al Green (D-TX), claiming Green was "shak[ing] his pimp cane" at Trump at the joint address before Congress.
www.rawstory.com/lauren-boebe...
Fuck
A picture of US Customs at Pearson Airport in Toronto, absent the usual college aged travelers- a meme at the bottom has a picture of Trump pointing up and the words “I DID THAT!” Picture and post w/ explanation by Dan Satterfield.
In Canada, if you are flying to the USA, you usually go through US customs at the airport. Same for some flights into Canada. College students from Canada fly to AZ or FL for spring break in March.
This is US customs hall at Pearson airport in Toronto on Saturday.
We’ve lost our best friend.
