The Trump-Supreme Court battle is not really the crisis.
— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) April 17, 2025
The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall.
1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it. pic.twitter.com/C5rSwO7sVw
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Musk’s DOGE team may have “violated a court order that prevents DOGE staffers from handling sensitive” Social Security systems. Save Social Security. Protect our privacy. Fire Elon Musk.
Musk’s DOGE team may have “violated a court order that prevents DOGE staffers from handling sensitive” Social Security systems.
— Congressman Greg Casar (@RepCasar) April 13, 2025
Save Social Security. Protect our privacy. Fire Elon Musk.https://t.co/xdaOpVjbyu
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Alex Lawson on @maddow: Musk and Trump are destroying the Social Security Administration.
— Social Security Works (@SSWorks) April 14, 2025
We’re advising people to make sure they have a hard copy of their Social Security file…We’re not sure it’ll be there online after these DOGE goons are done with their chainsawing. pic.twitter.com/p0BO8NiXuo
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DOGE Goons Physically Drag Social Security Worker From Desk: Daily Beast
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) April 13, 2025
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A senior executive at the Social Security Administration was physically booted from his office this week after clashing with DOGE.https://t.co/5lES8anwS0
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 12, 2025
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🚨 NEW: President Biden fires back at Elon Musk for calling Social Security a Ponzi scheme — “A Ponzi scheme? What the h— are they talking about? People earn these benefits.” pic.twitter.com/h9gDDYJTKQ
— Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) April 16, 2025
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AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s… pic.twitter.com/R2XJWDtBUe
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 16, 2025
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The Trump Administration is trying to dismantle Social Security.
— Rep. Ted Lieu (@RepTedLieu) April 15, 2025
Not on our watch. pic.twitter.com/4Dj929kQl4
We are at a dangerous, dangerous moment in US history, where the President of the United States is threatening to send US citizens to be imprisoned by a foreign ally, and the foreign ally is saying it won’t respect an US court orders to release people that it’s holding.
We are at a dangerous, dangerous moment in US history, where the President of the United States is threatening to send US citizens to be imprisoned by a foreign ally, and the foreign ally is saying it won’t respect an US court orders to release people that it’s holding. https://t.co/i3FzsHFGFd
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) April 14, 2025
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From the U.S. Holocaust Museum:
— Max Burns (@themaxburns) April 14, 2025
“What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern sense) is that it functions outside of a judicial system. The prisoners are not indicted or convicted of any crime by judicial process.”
Welp.
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NEW: @Documentedny reports that one of the Venezuelans deported to El Salvador is a 19-year-old with with no criminal record and no tattoos who wasn’t even the target of an ICE operation — but ended up sent there anyway. An ICE agent even said “He’s not the one” when arrested! pic.twitter.com/GfiuUFydtP
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) April 14, 2025
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3/4. If we accept the idea that moving a person from one place to another undoes rights and disempowers the judiciary, we are endorsing the basic Nazism practice that enabled the killing of millions.
— Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) April 15, 2025
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Bone chilling.
— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) April 14, 2025
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does. https://t.co/oYtQ3x7L0N
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President Donald Trump and El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, made it clear in a joint meeting that the Maryland man who was wrongly deported won’t be returned to the US https://t.co/teirguPSDq
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) April 14, 2025
BREAKING: In a White House meeting with Trump, El Salvador’s president says he won’t release a wrongly deported Maryland man back to the U.S.
BREAKING: In a White House meeting with Trump, El Salvador’s president says he won’t release a wrongly deported Maryland man back to the U.S. https://t.co/phVkofEeWN
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 14, 2025
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MAJOR BREAKING: The President of El Salvador says he WON’T release Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) April 14, 2025
“How can I return him to the U.S.? How can I smuggle a terrorist into the U.S.?”
Abrego-Garcia was NOT charged with Terrorism and the Supreme Court ordered Trump to facilitate his return. pic.twitter.com/5QLVDw5eLD
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🧵The Administration is indiscriminately sending people — like Kilmar Abrego Garcia — to El Salvador’s brutal prison system. Donald Trump has openly said he wants to, and will, send U.S. citizens to El Salvador next.
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) April 14, 2025
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This is obviously a lie—the cruelty is the point. Kilmar must be returned home to the US immediately. Absolutely no one should be sent to Bukele’s torture camp. Trump ignoring a 9-0 Supreme Court order to bring Kilmar home is an unprecedented constitutional crisis. https://t.co/ddCpU18gi8
— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) April 14, 2025
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BREAKING: This might be the most vile, lie-soaked, anti-American gaslighting yet:
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) April 14, 2025
– The Trump administration and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele are refusing to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia—an innocent man illegally deported and locked in a foreign prison.
– Marco Rubio… pic.twitter.com/9Se32iPnSz
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CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS: The Attorney General of the United States blatantly lied—not once, but four times in a matter of seconds.
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) April 14, 2025
I’d love for MAGA to explain why they’re perfectly fine with this level of dishonesty:
1) No court has ever ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a… pic.twitter.com/H3abET2i7V
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1) Kilmar Abrego Garcia was here legally
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) April 14, 2025
2) Trump illegally sent him to a prison in El Salvador; the Administration admits this was a mistake
3) The Supreme Court unanimously ordered his return
4) Trump refused
5) Trump wants to do the same thing to U.S. citizens
This is sick. https://t.co/8odNp7CReO
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The illegal deportation and imprisonment of a person named Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a test.
— Pablo Torre 🕳️ (@PabloTorre) April 14, 2025
My thoughts from @Morning_Joe: pic.twitter.com/cY7s99OTQv
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Senator Van Hollen threatening to go to El Salvador to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia is good. What’s happening to him is wrong, and we need Dems to draw attention to it: “If Kilmar is not home by midweek–I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and… pic.twitter.com/FjCZCRyfQd
— Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis) April 14, 2025
This man knows the market. He predicted: 1) Dot-com Bubble (2000) 2) Great Recession (2008) 3) The COVID Bubble (2021) Howard Marks just went on Bloomberg and said “tariffs are changing everything.” Here is his latest warning:
The federal minimum wage hasn’t been raised in 15 years.
— Congressman Greg Casar (@RepCasar) April 8, 2025
For 15 years, rent has gone up. Groceries are more expensive. Utility bills are higher.
For 15 years, corporations got bigger. Billionaires got richer. And working Americans got screwed.
Americans deserve a raise. pic.twitter.com/I2p3kJEtYH
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This man knows the market.
— Oguz O. | 𝕏 Capitalist 💸 (@thexcapitalist) April 7, 2025
He predicted:
1) Dot-com Bubble (2000)
2) Great Recession (2008)
3) The COVID Bubble (2021)
Howard Marks just went on Bloomberg and said “tariffs are changing everything.”
Here is his latest warning: 🧵 pic.twitter.com/3LrCmhYfy4
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Trump is surprised when a reporter tells him that the EU today announced tariff increases on the US pic.twitter.com/9WpSD9T0FN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 9, 2025
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Trump’s Trade Rep appeared to learn about the 90-day tariff pause in the middle of a House hearing. Rep. Steven Horsford grilled him immediately:
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) April 9, 2025
“Is this market manipulation? Who benefits? What billionaire benefits from this?” pic.twitter.com/NQAug18BoV
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Trump tells his followers to buy stock in the morning, minutes after the market opens, then announces he is pausing tariffs 4 hours later.
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 9, 2025
Nothing to see here. pic.twitter.com/I6wl3VoGUF
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BREAKING: The White House caves on most tariffs—then calls it “The Art of the Deal.”
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) April 9, 2025
You can’t make this up. These are the most dangerously incompetent people I’ve ever seen:
– Disrupted global supply chains
– Sent American companies into a panic
– Tanked global markets
-… pic.twitter.com/tGveCFntPH
If Trump can claim a “national emergency” to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him? No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens. Fascism is here.
🚨 SCOOP 🚨
— (((Jacob Bogage))) (@jacobbogage) April 5, 2025
DHS is asking IRS to locate **7 MILLION** suspected undocumented immigrants using confidential tax records.
It’s a massive escalation by DHS to use the tax system for mass deportation.
IRS officials are aghast, say it’s likely illegal.
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Nazis obtain list of all suspected Jews in Germany, begin process of “locating” them for “mass deportation.” https://t.co/FgIHSJJBIh
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) April 5, 2025
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In Baltimore, ICE is arresting people so quickly it can’t transfer them out fast enough, forcing people to stay in squalid cells for days; cells designed only for a short stay under 12 hours. No beds. No bathroom privacy. No showers.
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) April 9, 2025
Here’s what one grandmother experienced. https://t.co/MFFSBMafdD pic.twitter.com/gFZ5cTR74Z
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Chinese Woman Dies by Suicide While in Border Patrol Custody https://t.co/GkfWvgxSGq
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) April 7, 2025
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We demand @smartunionworks apprentice Kilmar Armando Abrego-Garcia be returned to his family. Bring him home now. pic.twitter.com/raEXE2Xvb5
— The Building Trades (@NABTU) April 9, 2025
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Jennifer, the @hispaniccaucus stands with you. We demand that the Trump administration correct this wrong and bring Kilmar home ✊🏽 #kilmarabregogarcia pic.twitter.com/AJm7X79Cv5
— Congressional Hispanic Caucus (@HispanicCaucus) April 9, 2025
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If Trump can claim a “national emergency” to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him?
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) April 8, 2025
No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens.
Fascism is here.
What’s the real motivation behind Trump’s tariffs? He believes they’ll bring so much money to the treasury that the U.S. will be able to afford another giant tax cut that will mostly benefit the rich. Who will pay for it? The working class. Here’s what you should know.
Oh my god. At the exact moment Trump announced his tariffs the market crashed in real time.
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) April 2, 2025
CNBC is SAVAGE for doing the side by side.
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Wanna hear how Republicans talked about tariffs before Trump castrated all of them? pic.twitter.com/HPkAFsR66E
— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) April 3, 2025
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If only someone warned us that Trump would enact tariffs…
— Shontel Brown (@ShontelMBrown) April 2, 2025
Oh wait! @KamalaHarris did over and over and over again. pic.twitter.com/LCmZuKLTB2
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Trump’s tariffs are a tax on working people. pic.twitter.com/UQ7ryxw4n3
— Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) April 3, 2025
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What’s the real motivation behind Trump’s tariffs?
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) April 2, 2025
He believes they’ll bring so much money to the treasury that the U.S. will be able to afford another giant tax cut that will mostly benefit the rich.
Who will pay for it? The working class.
Here’s what you should know. pic.twitter.com/TulVv3iL3L
Education Dept. warns schools: Eliminate DEI programs or lose funding
Idaho teacher ordered to remove “Everyone is welcome here” sign from cla… https://t.co/gEgIcQFihb via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) March 11, 2025
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Idaho teacher ordered to remove signs saying “Everyone Is Welcome Here!”
— LongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻 (@LongTimeHistory) March 13, 2025
School district lawyer said because the hands pictured were different skin tones, “not everyone would agree they are welcome.”
Adding, “In today’s political environment, it’s considered a personal opinion… pic.twitter.com/HZ2SBpVAl1
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The Office of Education Technology at the Dept of Education assists states with implementing AI tech safely & fairly in schools. Without the resources & expertise they have historically provided, states & school districts will not be equipped to navigate emerging technology on… pic.twitter.com/hVR0SOzNfL
— Jahana Hayes (@RepJahanaHayes) April 1, 2025
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I thought they said states would still get their education funds. “State education officials nationwide say the U.S. Dept. of Ed is blocking access to tens of millions of $$ meant for K-12 schools” and firing half the staff has only exacerbated the issue. https://t.co/IXABEIVBFX
— Derek W. Black (@DerekWBlack) March 28, 2025
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Education Dept. warns schools: Eliminate DEI programs or lose fundinghttps://t.co/ttDWlmYQRF
— WOSU News (@wosunews) April 3, 2025
“Donald Trump and Elon Musk have frozen funding for federal programs that provide support and sustenance to dozens of millions of older adults and people with disabilities, including Meals on Wheels.” and more harmful Trump EOs.
Here’s how Musk and Trump are trying to slash Social Security and call it “rooting out fraud:”
— Congressman Greg Casar (@RepCasar) March 19, 2025
1. Close offices and make it impossible to verify identity over the phone.
2. Tell seniors in rural areas and people with disabilities they have to go in person to an office to verify…
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“You arrogant SOB!” Michael Steele explodes at Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for saying his mother-in-law wouldn’t mind not getting a Social Security payment. pic.twitter.com/fwR8ABdDkY
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) March 24, 2025
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The Trump administration prohibits federal contractors from committing to a diverse and inclusive facility. After waiving the segregation clause, the Trump administration no longer prohibits federal contractors from explicitly committing to a segregated facility.
— Ibram X. Kendi (@ibramxk) March 19, 2025
The clause… pic.twitter.com/qzKRSQ0vii
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Now Trump wants to make it HARDER to vote if your name doesn’t exactly match on every doc?? That hits married folks who change their names, disaster survivors who lost paperwork, and so many others. This ain’t about security—it’s suppression. https://t.co/n7qYiN1i7O
— Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@RepJasmine) March 26, 2025
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An open letter published by nearly 2,000 doctors, scientists and researchers claims the Trump administration is waging a ‘wholesale assault on U.S. science’ that threatens the country’s health, economic development, national security and scientific preeminence.…
— PBS News (@NewsHour) April 1, 2025
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As an ER doctor, I treat people when other systems fail. Now, we’re watching those systems get dismantled on purpose: 20,000 jobs slashed at HHS. Vaccine and prevention programs gutted. And Congressional Republicans voting to cut Medicaid to fund billionaire tax breaks. 1/10
— Dr. Rob Davidson MD, MPH (@DrRobDavidson) March 31, 2025
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All employees at the Institute of Museum and Library Services, an agency created by Congress to support American museums and libraries, were put on administrative leave Monday, according to an IMLS employee and a union representing IMLS workers. https://t.co/G11Jm9AIvt
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 31, 2025
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BREAKING: IMLS staff were just placed on admin leave!
— EveryLibrary (@EveryLibrary) March 31, 2025
IMLS is responsible for distributing Federal Funding for libraries.
This action will interrupt IMLS’s vital, congressionally funded work.
Take action today!https://t.co/jUnk980EWf
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk have frozen funding for federal programs that provide support and sustenance to dozens of millions of older adults and people with disabilities, including Meals on Wheels. https://t.co/SAB9E08rNy
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 30, 2025
we already knew that the US military was happy to bomb an entire building of people in order to get one guy, but seeing it written out here so casually by defense officials is horrifyingly surreal yemeni officials said 53 people died in total after this and subsequent strikes
we already knew that the US military was happy to bomb an entire building of people in order to get one guy, but seeing it written out here so casually by defense officials is horrifyingly surreal
— manny (@mannyfidel) March 26, 2025
yemeni officials said 53 people died in total after this and subsequent strikes https://t.co/g20iv4JWGg pic.twitter.com/sphkWPBjBA
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My God, a complete dismantling of Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, and the entire clusterfuck of failed security by Rep. Jason Crow.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) March 26, 2025
This is fantastic. 🔥🔥🔥
Rep. Crow calls for Pete Hegseth to RESIGN immediately. pic.twitter.com/f6tZ4EuJoB
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Q: “Had these messages been published, would the plans have moved forward? Would the launch still have taken off?”
— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) March 26, 2025
Leavitt: “…We are not going to be lectured about national security and American troops by Democrats and the mainstream media.” pic.twitter.com/N7wk8mKWcd