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Cazador S. Thompson retweeted
It's hilarious to read these comments after MAGA spent much of the Biden years running to the same district court judge in Texas, hoping to get exactly the same kind of nationwide injunctions that they now condemn.
Judicial review for me, but not for thee.
Cazador S. Thompson retweeted
If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
It’s crazy how much if the ads forced on my timeline are right want fascist apologist text and propaganda
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Cazador S. Thompson retweeted
Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Within an hour of starting interviews, I had the names of a 10-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl who had died because of decisions by wealthy men in Washington.
The visit that moved me the most was to a remote area that used to have no health care, where women routinely died in childbirth. Then a US-funded maternity clinic opened through @UNFPA in December, and not one woman has died since. I showed up, and people mistakenly thought I was responsible for the clinic. One new mom wanted to name her baby for me, and the village elders thanked me and hailed America's generosity. What they didn't know was that Trump/Musk had cut all funding for UNFPA and that as a result the maternity clinic will close this month, and women will once again be bleeding to death in the dust.
Here's a giftlink to my report from ground level about what the shutdown of USAID means: nytimes.com/interactive/2025…
I saw this canvas bag a long time ago that said “carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man,” and it was prophetic for the climate of the current political landscape. Over estimating their own abilities.
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Cazador S. Thompson retweeted
Demanding a fight is easy. Thinking through the longer-term consequences of a fight is harder.
Seeing a lot of Dems not doing that. And even after Schumer cited it as his rationale, few reports have analyzed what a Trump-led shutdown could look like.
🧵Let’s walk through it.
I believe him and the Senator from HI. My friends from DC told me that the admin would be more constrained than we think during a shutdown, and maybe they are right. But seems like a massive gamble to let an admin that detained a person under “national security interests”.
The vote today comes down to two really bad choices, but I’ve decided to keep the federal government open because a shutdown would open the door to unprecedented, lasting damage.
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Cazador S. Thompson retweeted
I'm joining 13 of my colleagues to demand that the Trump Administration immediately releases Mahmoud Khalil. Their illegal actions set a dangerous precedent. We cannot allow them to shred our constitutional rights to free speech and due process. Free Mahmoud Khalil.
Cazador S. Thompson retweeted
This narrative is pure cope to avoid admitting that the Blue MAGA TDS shitlibs were 100% correct about the stakes of the election and what Trump would do. You thought the government was maximally evil under Biden and you were wrong.
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Cazador S. Thompson retweeted
Growing up in Italy, you get to learn about how in 1931 university professors were demanded to swear allegiance to the fascist regime, and how *just 18 of them* (out of 1200+) refused to do so, and lost their job.
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Cazador S. Thompson retweeted
There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
