Cheapskate, miser, worthy of a boycott as massive as his wealth: Howard Schultz, the former C.E.O. of Starbucks, who spent the past 44 years of his life in the Seattle area. His relocation comes amid an effort to raise taxes on wealthy individuals in Washington State.
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
Just an idea for you to tweet (or whatever you use these days) An alternative strategy for limiting flights from major airports would be closing small (private jet) airports and sending those air traffic controllers to the main hubs. But that would impact private jets and that would be terrible.
Text from a friend:
I must have missed all the Law and Order SVU episodes where they didn't interview the victims and just asked the criminals what happened.
@brontyman.bsky.social
Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism —could use a better acronym, SNCFA? They’ll make recordings available, too www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
I feel like getting the phrase “George W. Trump” trending on social media is all it would take to deter him from going to war with Iran
On average, VUMC has provided five gender affirming surgeries to minors every year since its transgender clinic opened in 2018. All were over the age of 16 and had parental consent, and none received genital procedures.
Important context to the Supreme Court ruling is that Tennessee only has one gender clinic for kids and it performs 5 top surgeries per year.
This entire "debate" is about a phenomenon — large numbers of kids being rushed into hormones and surgeries — that doesn't exist.
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Why is this story not in an American paper
Let’s tell more stories of how responsible governance can benefit more people and give them increased opportunities, instead of the supposed inevitably of the oligarchs having everything there is
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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
File impeachment articles that are just direct quotes from the Declaration of Independence
This all alone is an open-and-shut cause for impeachment, yes there are dozens of others but sometimes it's clarifying to just look at one
This is the big, irreversible truth about Donald Trump's second presidency. No one can safely count on any of the promises, agreements, arrangements, or understandings that life runs on. Noncitizens are the first and easiest targets. Holding a properly issued student visa doesn't mean you can complete your term of studies; holding lawful permanent residency doesn't mean you can lawfully permanently reside here. Protected legal status doesn't mean you can't be grabbed in "error" and imprisoned abroad and denied recourse. Entering the United States on a valid visa doesn't mean you're able to travel freely and it doesn't mean you won't suddenly lose that visa. The First Amendment doesn't mean you're allowed to lead a protest or participate in a protest or go near a protest or publish your opinion in the newspaper. But immigration status is only one of the many pillars of people's existence that the administration claims the power to kick away. Working under a government grant doesn't mean you'll get paid your grant money. Having a legally protected government job doesn't mean you won't be arbitrarily fired, or if you aren't fired, it doesn't mean you'll have an office. Enrolling in a government-backed medical study doesn't mean you'll get treatment. If you're on Social Security, the government won't necessarily send you your check, or answer the phone when you try to find out where your check went. The food inspectors won't necessarily be around to inspect the food. Law firms can't represent certain causes or clients without the risk of retaliation.
"This is the big, irreversible truth about Donald Trump's second presidency. No one can safely count on any of the promises, agreements, arrangements, or understandings that life runs on." - @tomscocca.bsky.social www.indignity.net/tax-penalty/
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What you need to know about Republican's SAVE Act, which Congress is voting on this week. If you got married and changed your name, your ID will not match your birth certificate. If you do not have a passport, and your ID does not match your birth certificate, you cannot prove your citizenship, according to the SAVE Act. You will not be able to vote. The SAVE Act will disenfranchise tens of millions of women in America. It's blatant voter suppression. -Rep. Becca Balint @feminist_news_now
Take 5 minutes and make 5calls against the Voter Suppression Act called Save.
The horror: archive.is/202503261518...
Save the date:
Saturday, April 5, 2025 1pm
RALLY at Bryant Park for
Hands Off! New York City Fights Back
· Volunteer organized
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A portion of John Quincy Adams' Amistad argument before SCOTUS: "I will not recur to the Declaration of Independence--your Honors have it implanted in your hearts--but one of the grievous charges brought against George III. was, that he had made laws for sending men beyond seas for trial. That was one of the most odious of those acts of tyranny which occasioned the American revolution. The whole of the reasoning is not applicable to this case, but I submit to your Honors that, if the President has the power to do it in the case of Africans, and send them beyond seas for trial, he could do it by the same authority in the case of American citizens. By a simple order to the marshal of the district, he could just as well seize forty citizens of the United States, on the demand of a foreign minister, and send them beyond seas for trial before a foreign court."
Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant
The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
“Trump’s new Executive Order underscores how far removed this President, Attorney General and Administration are from our nation’s Constitution and bedrock values. Our liberties depend on lawyers’ willingness to represent unpopular people and causes, including in matters adverse to the Federal Government. An attack on lawyers who perform this work is inexcusable and despicable. Our profession owes every client zealous legal representation without fear of retribution, regardless of their political affiliation or ability to pay. We encourage law firm leaders to sign on to an amicus effort in support of Perkins Coie’s challenge to the Administration’s executive order targeting the firm, and to resist the Administration’s erosion of the rule of law.” – John Keker, Robert Van Nest, Elliot Peters, Laurie Carr Mims, and the Keker, Van Nest & Peters Partnership
Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
The unwritten story is about the detention center itself.
I don’t think I’m going to be sleeping very well for *checks notes* the rest of this administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
As expected, public approval of congestion pricing in New York is following the same trajectory it followed in London, Stockholm and everywhere else it was tried. One would hope we could learn a lesson from such things!
They used “free speech” to hide their intentions to destroy speech.
They used “DEI” to claim they were being discriminated against in order to discriminate against Black people.
They used “groomers” to claim trans people were targeting children so they could target trans people *and* children.
