It’s called government efficiency, Lily.

Murphy To Secretary Of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: Your Department Is Out Of Control YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy

"Your department is out of control."
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Two woman walking and embracing each other in front of an ICE detention center. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress and heels. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. Members of the press are in the background.

Two women standing, smiling, and embracing each other with grass, water, and the sky in the background. The woman on the left is wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. The woman on the right is wearing a black dress.

Two woman stand next to each other and hold onto one another. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. In the background is the fence of an ICE detention center.

Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.

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She's right. You're a lawyer for god's sake, it's your job to fight. The last three months have shown that some people in power are simply too soft for the moment. Toughen up or step aside and let someone with some backbone take over.

A brindle dog wearing a purple harness and leash stands in tall grass and yellow wildflowers by the roadside, looking calmly at the camera

I approve of this effort to improve morale, and will contribute with this princess Lola

The Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen on Friday A conservative judge on Friday warned of his "strong suspicion" that the administration "just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process."

NEW: The Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen on Friday.

Hours later, a conservative judge who tried to intervene warned of his "strong suspicion" that the administration "just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process."

This is antithetical to our American values. It is terrorizing communities and families— being a US citizen doesn’t protect you from the Trump regime. It is vile.

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Everything is upside down, but happy Perfect Date to all of us who celebrate!

Work in progress of a knitted shirt.

❤️❤️❤️ love that color wave and pattern. Might need to check it out after I’m done with this one.

It’s the SABAI Top No. 1 by Paulastrickt

#WIPWednesday

The CFPB Has Been Gutted The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.

This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.

Mine was the first one to fold. I’m glad others are standing their ground. Proud of Harvard too.

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In just two months, DOGE has —lost— the government an estimated half a trillion dollars. I propose that Musk pay it back personally.

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

The moral depravity of the moment is inseparable from attacks on the rule of law and the deep constitutional rot in the United States.

Either you find this disgusting, or you are disgusting. There is no in between.

Why are we now using the words “abducting,” “kidnapping,” and “disappearing” for ICE arrests of educated English speakers? I’m glad to see the brutality called out, but I wish there were the same outrage when Mexican laborers are detained at home in front of their kids.

WOW: @miamiherald.com reveals that a person imprisoned in El Salvador had LEGAL REFUGEE STATUS.

He entered the USA legally in January and was detained because of his tattoos, EVEN THOUGH he had previously passed a full background check.

Without warning, he was sent to El Salvador on March 15.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

The only thing you'll gain by not standing up to this is a boot on your neck.

Stay strong and drink lots of tea, with extra honey!

“But the scare tactics didn’t work the way Republicans hoped they would. The mayors sounded like reasonable political leaders who are struggling to deal as best they can with a real problem — while Republicans did not sound like political leaders in search of a solution."

Only a person without any character strengths would find empathy to be a weakness. This is about running. This is not about running.

A dozen large white eggs in the US reached a record of over $8 in February, from $2.97 a year ago.

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The ABA rejects efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession Three weeks ago, the American Bar Association spoke to you about values that guide us. We called upon every lawyer to insist that the government adhere to four major principles of law that have guided...

Good for the ABA for speaking out again:

"We will not stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the legal profession into something that rewards those who agree with the government and punishes those who do not."

Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.

The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...

Five Failures in the Oval Office (video) America hurt itself badly today.

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
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A key observation about nearly every one of the arguments against birthright citizenship; that all of them simply ignore the actual text of the Constitution in favor of a version that exists purely in their own heads.