By the time Americans figure out what's going on, resources and professionals that we need to fight back will be gone.

dang effective coup

What are you going to do, call the FBI? -Thom Hartmann this AM

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Migrant flight heads to Guantanamo Bay as legal questions swirl around Trump plans As tents went up in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold migrants, attorneys at the Department of Homeland Security and Pentagon were still trying to determine whether it was legal to take the unprecedented step of flying migrants from the US southern border to the facility, according to two US officials and a person familiar with the planning. On Tuesday, a military flight carrying migrants is expected to head to Guantanamo Bay, according to one of the officials. The move stems from President Donald Trump’s memorandum directing - keep reading at CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/politics/guantanamo-migrant-flight/index.html

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Found on Facebook

“So ICE set up a hotline where people can call to report undocumented immigrants. But they had to shut it down yesterday because over 90% of the calls were reporting Elon Musk.”

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also Found on Facebook

Top export trading partner for each U.S. state

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earlier today

The end of independent law enforcement as a core value of who we are as a country, of justice without regard to favors and preferences: Rachel Maddow clip w/ transcript

"Trump moves toward ending independent law enforcement as a core American value with mass purge" Jan 31 Maddow clip w/ transcript: RM: What they are trying to do tonight is not trying to stop an active investigation. They are...  https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-end-of-independent-law-enforcement.html

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Soon the only Americans with rights will be the criminals

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found on bluesky

we are RFed

also found on bluesky today

“The Harvard Medical School physician received a stop-work order for a program designing treatment plans for people with the most drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis. Infectious diseases do not know borders, she pointed out. 'It’s terrifying'...” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.

Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that sca...

www.propublica.org

'"Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that scares me as much as this,” one doctor said.' On Friday morning, the staffers at a half dozen U.S.-funded medical facilities in Sudan who care for severely malnourished children had a choice to make: Defy President Donald Trump’s order to immediately stop their operations or let up to 100 babies and toddlers die.They chose the children. In spite of the order, they will keep their facilities open for as long as they can, according to three people with direct knowledge of the situation. The people requested anonymity for fear that the administration might target their group for reprisals. Trump’s order also meant they would stop receiving new, previously approved funds to cover salaries, IV bags and other supplies. They said it’s a matter of days, not weeks, before they run out. American-funded aid organizations around the globe/

keep reading at propublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-state-department-usaid-humanitarian-aid-freeze-ukraine-gaza-sudan

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