allison levin
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birder, aesthetic pruner, olden wild child. likes rocks.
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That averages out to about $1.8 million dollars per day through the end of the year for Trump’s useless occupation of DC.
Interesting: Per a new report from the Congressional Budget Office, the deployment of the National Guard in D.C. (now up to 2,950 troops) cost $223 million from August-December, and will cost $55 million per month onwards. That means up to *$880 million* through the end of 2026.
January 29, 2026 at 4:55 PM
That averages out to about $1.8 million dollars per day through the end of the year for Trump’s useless occupation of DC.
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I'm sorry. Did I miss the release of the... EPSTEIN FILES?!?!
January 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I'm sorry. Did I miss the release of the... EPSTEIN FILES?!?!
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It’s weird how the “if you haven’t done anything wrong then you don’t have anything to worry about” crowd is trying to illegally shield what they’re doing from journalists who are acting 100% within their rights and the law.
We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
January 29, 2026 at 3:50 PM
It’s weird how the “if you haven’t done anything wrong then you don’t have anything to worry about” crowd is trying to illegally shield what they’re doing from journalists who are acting 100% within their rights and the law.
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"A group of Michigan House Republicans has now openly threatened the funding of state courts if the Michigan Supreme Court adopts a rule that would have the effect of limiting most immigration arrests in courthouses."
They're threatening judges to force votes.
www.rawstory.com/michigan-267...
They're threatening judges to force votes.
www.rawstory.com/michigan-267...
Swing-state Republicans just clearly signaled Trump's next ICE target
Before Michigan ever sees federal officers flood our streets, before another video shocks the conscience, the warning signs are already here — and they are coming from inside our own state government....
www.rawstory.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:17 PM
"A group of Michigan House Republicans has now openly threatened the funding of state courts if the Michigan Supreme Court adopts a rule that would have the effect of limiting most immigration arrests in courthouses."
They're threatening judges to force votes.
www.rawstory.com/michigan-267...
They're threatening judges to force votes.
www.rawstory.com/michigan-267...
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DUCKWORTH: If it's true that we are not at war with Venezuela, will you advise the president to rescind his invocation of the wartime Alien Enemies Act?
RUBIO: That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger
D: It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?
R: No
RUBIO: That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger
D: It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?
R: No
January 28, 2026 at 5:08 PM
DUCKWORTH: If it's true that we are not at war with Venezuela, will you advise the president to rescind his invocation of the wartime Alien Enemies Act?
RUBIO: That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger
D: It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?
R: No
RUBIO: That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger
D: It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?
R: No
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using federal resources to illegally seize the goods of another country and then diverting the proceeds to accounts only the president can control is the kind of thing the framers would’ve seen these men hanged for
January 29, 2026 at 12:47 AM
using federal resources to illegally seize the goods of another country and then diverting the proceeds to accounts only the president can control is the kind of thing the framers would’ve seen these men hanged for
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this is a straightforward impeachable offense for trump, vance, rubio and every other person down the line who enabled it and the framers would have thought impeachment for it did not go nearly far enough
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
this is a straightforward impeachable offense for trump, vance, rubio and every other person down the line who enabled it and the framers would have thought impeachment for it did not go nearly far enough
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A lot of people gathered tonight outside the Department of Veterans Affairs in D.C. for a vigil memorializing Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.
January 28, 2026 at 11:12 PM
A lot of people gathered tonight outside the Department of Veterans Affairs in D.C. for a vigil memorializing Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.
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A federal judge, in a published order, so very much on the record:
“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
wooooow
January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
A federal judge, in a published order, so very much on the record:
“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
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Greg Bovino is out, and so is his Hitler Youth-sized coat, respectfully
January 28, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Greg Bovino is out, and so is his Hitler Youth-sized coat, respectfully
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It is literally false that the Jews being hunted by Nazis were citizens, because the first step toward genocide was stripping them of citizenship and making them stateless. As Arendt reminds us, citizenship is a legal category created to facilitate a machinery of exclusion of the out-group.
January 28, 2026 at 4:19 AM
It is literally false that the Jews being hunted by Nazis were citizens, because the first step toward genocide was stripping them of citizenship and making them stateless. As Arendt reminds us, citizenship is a legal category created to facilitate a machinery of exclusion of the out-group.
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So now the feds are harassing a heavily "Black" voting district in Fulton Co.
January 28, 2026 at 6:41 PM
So now the feds are harassing a heavily "Black" voting district in Fulton Co.
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BREAKING:
ATLANTA (AP) — FBI says it is serving a warrant at the elections office in Fulton County, Georgia.
ATLANTA (AP) — FBI says it is serving a warrant at the elections office in Fulton County, Georgia.
January 28, 2026 at 6:36 PM
BREAKING:
ATLANTA (AP) — FBI says it is serving a warrant at the elections office in Fulton County, Georgia.
ATLANTA (AP) — FBI says it is serving a warrant at the elections office in Fulton County, Georgia.
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DUCKWORTH: The administration has acknowledged that the vast majority of the men it rounded up and deported to torture under this law had no criminal record
RUBIO: We didn't torture anybody. Who did we torture?
RUBIO: We didn't torture anybody. Who did we torture?
January 28, 2026 at 5:09 PM
DUCKWORTH: The administration has acknowledged that the vast majority of the men it rounded up and deported to torture under this law had no criminal record
RUBIO: We didn't torture anybody. Who did we torture?
RUBIO: We didn't torture anybody. Who did we torture?
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"Abolish ICE" was submitted 9,200 times for Chicago's snowplow naming contest, records show. blockclubchi.co/3ZAnDTZ
January 28, 2026 at 3:42 PM
"Abolish ICE" was submitted 9,200 times for Chicago's snowplow naming contest, records show. blockclubchi.co/3ZAnDTZ
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Thanks for the plane!
SHAHEEN: It's been reported that the oil sold for $500 million and $300 million went to Venezuelan government. What happened to the other $200 million?
RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding
SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar?
RUBIO: Yes
RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding
SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar?
RUBIO: Yes
January 28, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Thanks for the plane!
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🚨 THREAD: Trump's DOJ is demanding something no admin has EVER sought: your complete, unredacted voter file; including your full SSN #, signature, race, party, voting history, & more
This is not normal. This is not legal oversight. This is a weapon. #Voices4Victory #DV1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
🚨 THREAD: Trump's DOJ is demanding something no admin has EVER sought: your complete, unredacted voter file; including your full SSN #, signature, race, party, voting history, & more
This is not normal. This is not legal oversight. This is a weapon. #Voices4Victory #DV1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
January 28, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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🚨 THREAD: Trump's DOJ is demanding something no admin has EVER sought: your complete, unredacted voter file; including your full SSN #, signature, race, party, voting history, & more
This is not normal. This is not legal oversight. This is a weapon. #Voices4Victory #DV1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
🚨 THREAD: Trump's DOJ is demanding something no admin has EVER sought: your complete, unredacted voter file; including your full SSN #, signature, race, party, voting history, & more
This is not normal. This is not legal oversight. This is a weapon. #Voices4Victory #DV1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
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Once-common shorebirds in the Bay Area are collapsing some down 80% in a decade.
We’ve lost 80–90% of tidal marshes, diverted water, hardened coasts, added nonstop recreation, and put people + off-leash dogs everywhere birds need to feed and rest.
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
We’ve lost 80–90% of tidal marshes, diverted water, hardened coasts, added nonstop recreation, and put people + off-leash dogs everywhere birds need to feed and rest.
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Once-common Bay Area birds are vanishing at dramatic rates
"These are quite dramatic changes we're seeing over pretty concerning ranges."
www.sfgate.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Once-common shorebirds in the Bay Area are collapsing some down 80% in a decade.
We’ve lost 80–90% of tidal marshes, diverted water, hardened coasts, added nonstop recreation, and put people + off-leash dogs everywhere birds need to feed and rest.
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
We’ve lost 80–90% of tidal marshes, diverted water, hardened coasts, added nonstop recreation, and put people + off-leash dogs everywhere birds need to feed and rest.
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
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A great American.
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes. n.pr/4c3cdzs
To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.
n.pr
January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
A great American.
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Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
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The Trump “migrant crime” smear tactic comes straight out of the Nazi playbook. Trump has been pushing this narrative since his 5th day in office. In January 2017, he ordered his new administration to publish weekly lists of crimes committed by migrants — which is exactly what the Nazis did to Jews.
March 1, 2024 at 3:39 AM
The Trump “migrant crime” smear tactic comes straight out of the Nazi playbook. Trump has been pushing this narrative since his 5th day in office. In January 2017, he ordered his new administration to publish weekly lists of crimes committed by migrants — which is exactly what the Nazis did to Jews.
imagine!
Judge Revives Wind Farm That Trump Halted Off Martha’s Vineyard
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:49 PM
imagine!
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This is how public lands get handed over to industry, locked away into private playgrounds for billionaires, and permanently stolen from the American People.
Great reporting from the Intercept here: theintercept.com/2026/01/21/n...
Great reporting from the Intercept here: theintercept.com/2026/01/21/n...
Trump Admin “Deliberately” Tanking Morale to Get Parks Staff to Quit, Official Says in Leaked Tape
In a leaked tape, a National Park Service official said Trump’s employee policies are a “reign of terror” aimed at driving NPS staff to quit.
theintercept.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This is how public lands get handed over to industry, locked away into private playgrounds for billionaires, and permanently stolen from the American People.
Great reporting from the Intercept here: theintercept.com/2026/01/21/n...
Great reporting from the Intercept here: theintercept.com/2026/01/21/n...