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A number of prominent #Republicans, including several fmr members of the first #Trump admini, have signed an open letter decrying him for using his #power to punish 2 fmr admin officials who criticized him, likening his actions to those of a “royal despot.”
“For a president to personally & publicly direct the levers of the federal government against publicly named citizens for political reasons sets a new & perilous precedent in our republic,” the group wrote.
Just out from @josephinelee and Joelle DiPaolo: After three decades of fighting back against #vouchers, the governor enlisted the help of the president to destroy the last vestiges of Republican resistance this week. texasobserver.org/abbott-trump…
#education #schools #Trump #GregAbbott #politics #USpol #news #TXlege #Texas #Republicans #democracy
Ending 30 Years of Resistance, Trump and Abbott Break the ‘People’s House’
The Legislature’s lower chamber has finally blessed school vouchers—and denied ordinary Texans the chance to weigh in.Joelle DiPaolo (The Texas Observer)
You know why countries in #Europe are so quiet about the #ElSalvador situation?
They started the normalisation of extraterritorial #detention of #migrants & #asylumseekers, often without any due process. The #UK #Rwanda plan. #Italy plan with #Albania. & some still want to do it.
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist
El Salvador's Bukele won't return man the U.S. mistakenly deported
The Trump administration has deported hundreds of people to El Salvador, which is receiving $6 million to house the migrants in a high-security mega-prison.Gram Slattery (The Japan Times)
The Americans have always been good at producing entertainment and their current shitshow is not any different
#donaldtrump #antitrump #trump #republicans #usa #delusional #donnie #humour #meme #satire #antifascism #antifa #whitehouse #government
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The #House to vote on the #Senate #budget resolution
#Republicans scheduled a vote for Wednesday evening, but they were still at least a dozen votes short of a majority for their fiscal blueprint.
A number of anti-#spending #HouseRepublicans said they planned to defy #Trump & oppose the measure, arguing it would add too much to the nation’s #debt.
#USpol #law
nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/poli…
House G.O.P. Leaders Press Ahead With Budget Vote as Defectors Dig In
Republicans scheduled a vote for Wednesday evening, but they were still at least a dozen votes short of a majority for their fiscal blueprint.Catie Edmondson (The New York Times)
🇺🇸 I'm surprised to see a republican #US president talking or joking about a third term. Wouldn't the necessary constitutional change directly challenge the #conservative principles of their voter base?
Isn't this something #democrats & #republicans would agree on? 🤷
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Can Trump serve a third term as US president?
Donald Trump says "a lot of people want me to do it" and supporters claim there's a loophole to the two-term constitutional limit.Graeme Baker (BBC News)
Louisiana voters reject far-right governor’s constitutional amendments
Amendments pushed by Republican Jeff Landry on crime, courts and finances resoundingly defeated in voteGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
U.S. will not 'get' Greenland, island's new PM says
'We don't belong to anyone else. We decide our own future,' Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a Facebook post.The Japan Times
Guess who did know… Did you guess Obama? Did you guess Biden?
“The plan, apparently backed by the Biden administration and involving US oil giant Chevron would in effect seal Palestinian energy dependence on Israel.
The US approach is consistent with a strategic framework described in a December 2014 report published under the Obama administration by the US Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute.”
bylinetimes.com/2021/05/20/bid…
#USA #fascism #Trump #Biden #Obama #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #settlerColonialism #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide #oil #Democrats #Republicans piipitin.fi/@aqunt/11423057113…
Biden Government and Chevron Colluding in Israel’s ‘Pillage’ of Gaza’s Gas Resources – Byline Times
Nafeez Ahmed looks at the evidence the current conflict not only suits extremists on both sides, but also hides a deal to monopolise natural resourcesNafeez Ahmed (Byline Times)
"Public schools have always been the epicenter of the right-wing culture war since the Supreme Court ruled segregation was unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education. Abortion, feminism, and LGBTQ+ rights were eventually added to the never-ending list of right-wing grievances."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #Republicans #DepartmentofEducation #education #PublicEducation #PublicSchools #FederalGovernment #integration #race
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Make American Kids Dumb and Segregated Again
The Trump Administration's attack on the Department of Education and college universities is the culmination of a decades-long plan to restore white supremacy, undo progress, and profit off our kids.THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)
Sen #DickDurbin, a #Democrat, & Sen #LindseyGraham, a #Republican, plan to introduce a bill that would set an expiration date of Jan 1, 2027, for #Section230, acc/to a congressional aide familiar…. The senators have wide support from their respective parties: #Republicans #JoshHawley & #MarshaBlackburn & #Democrats #SheldonWhitehouse & #AmyKlobuchar have agreed to co-sponsor the bill. 2 more Dems, #RichardBlumenthal & #PeterWelch, have discussed cosponsoring.
