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They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
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“I’LL be the judge of who a judge is!”
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“I’LL be the judge of who a judge is!”
You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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This is what Ukraine is fighting for.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is what Ukraine is fighting for.
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Yes, that's right: Kristi Noem said "persecute," not "prosecute."
Noem: "Anyone who has info on this needs to know we will be coming after you & we will bring you to justice. We absolutely will persecute you b/c we do know that we will never allow this to continue to happen in our country -- allow individuals who came to our country unvetted by Joe Biden ... "
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yes, that's right: Kristi Noem said "persecute," not "prosecute."
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A federal judge has released footage from nearly four dozen body cameras showing immigration agents’ ‘unprecedented’ use of force during their months-long deportation blitz in the Chicago area.
Bodycam video shows feds’ aggressive tactics in vivid detail: ‘Deploy f---ing gas’
chicago.suntimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A federal judge has released footage from nearly four dozen body cameras showing immigration agents’ ‘unprecedented’ use of force during their months-long deportation blitz in the Chicago area.
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31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
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November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
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"The message our system sent to immigrants was that it was safer, easier, and quicker to follow the legal process than circumvent it. There was an incentive to follow the law. Now the reverse is true."
Arrested for Following the Rules
The danger of ICE’s strategy of targeting immigrants fulfilling their legal responsibilities.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"The message our system sent to immigrants was that it was safer, easier, and quicker to follow the legal process than circumvent it. There was an incentive to follow the law. Now the reverse is true."
Anyone turning 20 this year has heard this crap for half of their life. They also almost certainly didn't have civics in school.
Remember in 2000 when Al Gore was repeatedly misquoted as having said he invented the internet and that was seen the eyes of many as disqualifying him from office? Simpler times. Today, Trump makes up lies equivalent to "I invented the internet" 30 times a week and no one bats an eye. Good job media
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Anyone turning 20 this year has heard this crap for half of their life. They also almost certainly didn't have civics in school.
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Seriously read the 2022 DOJ indictment of JOH it’s crazy. He’s a goddam gangster www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Seriously read the 2022 DOJ indictment of JOH it’s crazy. He’s a goddam gangster www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
The eleven stars on the Confederate flag represent the eleven states that seceded from the Union: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The eleven stars on the Confederate flag represent the eleven states that seceded from the Union: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
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"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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Re: Honduran elections...
Here is the CEO of Network State Prospera, pictured at the White House in February/March, 2025. Very soon after inauguration.
He was there orchestrating the coup of Honduras.
Here is the CEO of Network State Prospera, pictured at the White House in February/March, 2025. Very soon after inauguration.
He was there orchestrating the coup of Honduras.
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Re: Honduran elections...
Here is the CEO of Network State Prospera, pictured at the White House in February/March, 2025. Very soon after inauguration.
He was there orchestrating the coup of Honduras.
Here is the CEO of Network State Prospera, pictured at the White House in February/March, 2025. Very soon after inauguration.
He was there orchestrating the coup of Honduras.
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"She signed something that they told her was, 'If you are removed you can take your baby with you,' and she signed that document, but at the end she was removed without her baby," her lawyer said. ➡️
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Young mother deported from Minnesota to Honduras without her infant
After being deported from Minnesota last week, a young mother says she's back in Honduras without her 8-month-old child.
www.cbsnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 AM
"She signed something that they told her was, 'If you are removed you can take your baby with you,' and she signed that document, but at the end she was removed without her baby," her lawyer said. ➡️
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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In the Upside Down (again):
Trump/Hegseth blow up *alleged* drug smugglers in fishing boats, yet pardons *convicted* former Honduran prez Juan Orlando Hernández — who conspired w/drug cartels that sent 400 tons of cocaine to the United States.
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Trump/Hegseth blow up *alleged* drug smugglers in fishing boats, yet pardons *convicted* former Honduran prez Juan Orlando Hernández — who conspired w/drug cartels that sent 400 tons of cocaine to the United States.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
In the Upside Down (again):
Trump/Hegseth blow up *alleged* drug smugglers in fishing boats, yet pardons *convicted* former Honduran prez Juan Orlando Hernández — who conspired w/drug cartels that sent 400 tons of cocaine to the United States.
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MORE after the jump.
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Trump/Hegseth blow up *alleged* drug smugglers in fishing boats, yet pardons *convicted* former Honduran prez Juan Orlando Hernández — who conspired w/drug cartels that sent 400 tons of cocaine to the United States.
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MORE after the jump.
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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it is going to be a big weekend for Republicans being too busy to read Trump's posts
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
it is going to be a big weekend for Republicans being too busy to read Trump's posts
Please listen to full clip. September 2025
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Please listen to full clip. September 2025
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So while the order no quarter killing is boats with insignificant individuals in them. Trump pardons the real drug criminals
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Trump to pardon ex-Honduras leader serving US sentence after drug trafficking conviction
President Donald Trump said he will grant a pardon to former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the U.S. after his conviction on drug trafficking an...
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
So while the order no quarter killing is boats with insignificant individuals in them. Trump pardons the real drug criminals
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
I googled Thomas Fugate and got 0 hits for the last day, week and month. I cannot believe his name hasn't come up once in coverage of the shootings. Where is our counter terrorism boy genius? What say he? I am now going to google search Thomas Fugate Rahmanullah Lakanwal all day long.
Maybe the admin should reverse its decision to de-prioritize counter terrorism in favor of deportations
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I googled Thomas Fugate and got 0 hits for the last day, week and month. I cannot believe his name hasn't come up once in coverage of the shootings. Where is our counter terrorism boy genius? What say he? I am now going to google search Thomas Fugate Rahmanullah Lakanwal all day long.
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Only 1% of consumers said business conditions were good in the U.S., according to the Conference Board’s report.
Consumer Confidence Falls Sharply In November—Hitting Lowest Level Since April
Only 1% of consumers said business conditions were good in the U.S., according to the Conference Board’s report.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Only 1% of consumers said business conditions were good in the U.S., according to the Conference Board’s report.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM