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Voting is Your POWER<p>A judge ruled that Propaganda Outlet Newsmax coverage of Dominion Voting Systems was false and defamatory. case.
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Kim Perales<p>“On Friday, Judge Hollander asked SSA Administrator Dudek to appear at a hearing on April 15. (Left)</p><p>Tonight, the Trump administration says it will decline to make him available.”<br>-K Cheney</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Lawlessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawlessness</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.577321/gov.uscourts.mdd.577321.138.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.mdd.577321/gov.uscourts.mdd.577321.138.0.pdf</span></a></p>
Voting is Your POWER<p>A federal judge in Texas (appointed by Putin’s Puppet) has issued a ruling blocking the removal of individuals under the Alien Enemies Act, citing concerns raised in the Supreme Court’s recent decision and the controversial Abrego Garcia case<br>
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Voting is Your POWER<p>In response to public backlash, the National Park Service restored original content to its webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. <br>
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Nonilex<p>Instead, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> went to Florida, where he visited his Doral golf resort, which was hosting the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Saudi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saudi</span></a>-backed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LIVGolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LIVGolf</span></a> tournament, &amp; stayed at his Mar-a-Lago club, where many tournament fans &amp; sponsors were staying too. His private businesses took precedence over the business of the nation.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a></p>
Voting is Your POWER<p>The American Library Association, the largest library association in the world, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the largest union representing museum and library workers, are suing the Nazi Regime over its gutting of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. <br>
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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a>, Inc.</p><p>Under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.</p><p>By <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@anneapplebaum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anneapplebaum</span></a></span></p><p>As the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StockMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarkets</span></a> crashed on Fri, April 4, Donald Trump left Washington, DC. He did not go to NY to consult w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a>. He did not go to Dover, Delaware, to receive the bodies of 4 American servicemen, killed in an accident while serving in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Lithuania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lithuania</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/trump-kleptocracy-autocracy-inc/682281/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxSls_LA6-_tGPrkDIGvHH2A&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2025/04/trump-kleptocracy-autocracy-inc/682281/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxSls_LA6-_tGPrkDIGvHH2A&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeslaTakedown</span></a> Shows How We Can Make <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchs</span></a> Feel the Pain</p><p>The “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Takedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takedown</span></a>” <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> reveal a major vulnerability of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a>.</p><p>Sunjeev Bery<br>April 13 2025, 6:00 a.m.</p><p>"On April 5, vast crowds of people took to the streets across America to oppose the policies of the Trump regime. The nationwide Hands Off protests felt like a collective decision to stop doomscrolling and start coming together against our country’s lurch toward authoritarianism. The next step is to turn the crowds, speeches, and witty signs into a powerful force with a clear and systematic plan for breaking Trump’s dark vision for our future. </p><p>"While Trump possesses the formal authority of the federal government, history is full of examples in which an angry public can bring all of that crashing down by moving from passive acceptance to active opposition. At present, the path to that decisive future may seem hard to discern. But there are already networks of resistance that have shown early signs of success, and the 'Tesla Takedown' movement stands at the top of that list. </p><p>"By protesting Tesla dealerships across the U.S., the grassroots campaign has ripped a hole in the wealth of Trump’s most supportive oligarch: Elon Musk. In doing so, the movement has demonstrated that America’s financial and corporate elites are far more vulnerable than they would have us believe. Tesla Takedown organizers have described a powerful surge of activism that combines deep opposition to both Musk and Trump with a sense of community and even joy. 'There’s this bond of being with people who share your love of democracy, decency, and the rule of law,' said retired Colby College history professor Elizabeth Leonard, who organizes Tesla Takedown protests in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WatervilleME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatervilleME</span></a>. <br> <br>"Thanks to the Tesla Takedown movement and the broad anti-Musk revulsion that activists have channeled, Musk’s political and commercial fortunes appear to be in decline. He is still the world’s wealthiest man, but he has lost his air of invincibility and increasingly looks like a stumbling buffoon. His political intervention in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race backfired spectacularly, with a state that previously voted for Trump in 2024 by a 1 percent margin electing the Democratic Supreme Court candidate by a whopping 10 percentage points. Tesla stock has dropped some 40 percent since the start of the year, erasing $135 billion in Musk’s wealth. And following Musk’s toxic interventions in U.S. politics, Trump has reportedly said that Musk will be stepping back from his public White House role.</p><p>"Through its victories, the Tesla Takedown community has revealed a major vulnerability of the Trump regime. Many of the oligarchic elites who back Trump’s agenda get their wealth from the very public whose broad interests Trump is now attacking. Tesla, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a>, and other companies depend on the American populace for their profits, even as their owners have lent their support to Trump’s unpopular right-wing agenda, which is squeezing the material wealth and rights of the American people. When activists connect these dots through compelling campaigns, they can hold Trump’s oligarchic enablers directly accountable by draining their wealth.<br>Tesla itself is now in a downward slide that could mark the early stages of an death spiral — or at least a significant reassessment by investors who have treated Tesla as something far bigger than simply a car company. Sales continue to decline across the U.S. and Europe, with 2025 first quarter numbers showing a 13 percent drop. Meanwhile, major Chinese electric vehicle competitor BYD reported a 60 percent increase in sales during the same period.<br>In response to the anti-Tesla backlash, Musk embarked on a dubious right-wing outreach strategy that will only further alienate his original climate-conscious customer base. First, he had Trump turn the White House into a Tesla dealership. Then came the public support of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a> voices, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> supporters, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteSupremacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Proud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Proud</span></a> Boys, and militia groups. It seems '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Swasticar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swasticar</span></a>' is no longer just a meme. </p><p>"The success of the Tesla Takedown movement opens the door to the question of what comes next. Can the movement take on more of Musk’s wealth — including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a>? Can protesters leverage their momentum to go after a wider range of targets, including the other oligarchs who have backed Trump? Will the anti-Musk community translate its ability to capture headlines into direct pressure on the political system itself? By broadening the attack on Musk’s interests and targeting more Trump-supporting oligarchs, the Tesla Takedown movement can help bring an end to Trump’s authoritarian policies."</p><p>cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/teslatakedown" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>teslatakedown</span></a></span> </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/04/13/elon-musk-tesla-takedown-protests/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/04/13/el</span><span class="invisible">on-musk-tesla-takedown-protests/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/ezYM9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/ezYM9</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Coporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coporatocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FundLibrariesNotSpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FundLibrariesNotSpaceX</span></a></p>
Glyph<p>Ultimately this results in me questioning just how worried I should be for myself traveling and my friends coming here internationally. We already were disappearing innocent people to torture dungeons. We already were arbitrarily and capriciously treating foreign nationals like criminals on flimsy pretexts. Sure, we are doing it *more* now, but what’s the increase in risk really, in absolute terms? Why are we panicking now, where we weren’t before? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Glyph<p>We have been building a permanent underclass of “others” for generations and we have been manufacturing consensus for a police state for decades and I have been disgusted and yelling about this in various intensities since my early twenties, even when I was *far* less politically aware, and it is just fucking galling to watch these milquetoast cowards who helped build this nightmare all acting as if it’s a complete surprise <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Glyph<p>The border is scary but we have had the “constitution free zone” for more than a decade. <a href="https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone#are-immigration-officials-allowed-to-stop-people-in-places-wholly-inside-the-u-s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aclu.org/know-your-rights/bord</span><span class="invisible">er-zone#are-immigration-officials-allowed-to-stop-people-in-places-wholly-inside-the-u-s</span></a></p><p>We can never return to politics as usual because politics as usual is what got us here. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Glyph<p>On the other hand, like… ex-republicans who still remember Bush II fondly are acting like this is all new and unforeseeable. We fucking told you. We told you about fascists bro. Torture dungeon? We told you about Guantanamo. That was an extraterritorial torture dungeon. You told us they were the “worst of the worst”. Collapse of judicial review? We told you the federalist society was unhinged and the “unitary executive” was a danger and you mumbled incoherently about “originalism” <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Glyph<p>I appreciate that there are a lot of high-profile folks realizing that they were wrong about some things and I want to give them credit for that but it seems like only way they’re able to do so is to psychologically distance themselves from the fact that they contributed significantly to the hellscape. I want them to understand *enough* about their complicity that they will at least stop doing the stuff that got us here, but I have zero confidence that 99% of them will do that. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Glyph<p>I have such mixed feelings about the intense tone of the commentary about recent events. On the one hand, yes, the collapse of judicial review and thus the constitutional order is a big deal. Secret police kidnapping people off the street is a big deal. The US executive becoming customers of an extraterritorial torture dungeon is a big deal. This is all extremely bad and people should be freaking out. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Voting is Your POWER<p>Democratic Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii is placing holds on over 50 Nazi Regime nominees. </p><p>He has also placed holds on all nominations at the State Department, bringing his total to over 300 positions </p><p>BRAVO! </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a></p>
GhostOnTheHalfShell<p>10 min</p><p>I think of the things that must change when the people finally cast out billionaires is a new set of laws that destroy the absolute right for people to strike at the drop of the hat.</p><p>And the laws and the contract stipulations that band sympathy, strikes or violation of the first amendment and our null and void</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60dU7lbb5RY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=60dU7lbb5R</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeneralStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralStrike</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Voting is Your POWER<p>Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut announced that he plans to place a hold on ALL Nazi Regime nominees going forward! <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a></p>
Minnesota 123456<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MaryAustinBooks</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@trabern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>trabern</span></a></span> </p><p>I hope you are right. But seems like several large law firms and universities have been bowing to Trump. Good to see Harvard resisting.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Wait, what?!! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SenatorSusanCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SenatorSusanCollins</span></a> is actually concerned?!!!</p><p>Sen. Collins' bill would return <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> control to Congress</p><p>April 8, 2025</p><p>"Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins is looking to reign in tariffs by reasserting congressional control.</p><p>"A bill she's sponsoring, backed by some Republicans and Democrats, requires a president to explain reasoning and impacts of new tariffs within 48 hours and all new tariffs would expire after 60 days unless Congress approved them.</p><p>"Senator Collins writes: 'The unilateral imposition of tariffs by the president without congressional oversight undermines Congress’ constitutional role and can have serious consequences for American workers and businesses.'</p><p>"The bill appears to have little chance of getting through the House side or if it got that far, overriding a certain presidential veto."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/sen-collins-bill-would-return-tariff-control-to-congress/ar-AA1CwbAY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/politics/governm</span><span class="invisible">ent/sen-collins-bill-would-return-tariff-control-to-congress/ar-AA1CwbAY</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsAnIdiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsAnIdiot</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SusanCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SusanCollins</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NotSoUseless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotSoUseless</span></a>?</p>
skry<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uspol</span></a></p><p>“According to Valdes Clayton, up to “10 million Christians” could be subject to mass deportations, which would have “huge ramifications” for churches across the US.</p><p>"Up to 32,000 [pastors] may be deported unless the Trump administration does something urgently," she added, pointing out that many of these people came to the US legally on religious worker visas but haven’t been able to attain permanent residency because of backlogs in the immigration system. (1/2)</p>