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Bleeding heart liberal: golden rule, animal welfare (domestic, farm & wild), human rights (including women’s bodily autonomy), voting rights, civil rights, Supreme Court reform, gerrymandering and electoral college elimination, environmental protection.
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It's not enough to ask Rs if they support oversight on killing of the two men.

They should also be asked if they support public release of the DOJ memo laying out admin's legal rationale for *all* the strikes.

Rep Adam Smith wants this released. Do Rs agree? 2/

newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Dems should hound Rs relentlessly: Will they exercise oversight on these extrajudicial killings in a serious way? Trump and Hegseth are laughing in Congress' faces. Will Rs really debase themselves to shield the likes of *Pete Hegseth* from scrutiny? Seriously? 4/4

newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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This is bigger than one murder of two men. Tons of evidence has emerged casting doubt on whether any of these victims are even running drugs to the US at all. Trump just pardoned drug kingpin.

Do Rs support subpoenaing top officials to answer Qs about all this? 3/

newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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A note of caution about the new GOP vow of oversight on the murder of the two men clinging to the boat. It's good to see, but it could become a backdoor way for Rs to defuse pressure for broader scrutiny.

The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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The U.S. Has Amassed More Missiles in the Caribbean Than It Used to Overthrow The Gaddafi Regime. The New York Times recently revealed that war games during Trump's first term compared what might follow Maduro's removal to the aftermath of post-Gaddafi Libya.

www.latintimes.com/us-has-amass...
The U.S. Has Amassed More Missiles in the Caribbean Than It Used to Overthrow The Gaddafi Regime
The United States has positioned more Tomahawk cruise missiles in the Caribbean than it deployed during the 2011 military campaign that led to the fall of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi
www.latintimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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In belated recognition that the national guard are sitting ducks, the Trump regime now has D.C. police patrolling with guardsmen. So, who is getting protection? Surely, Americans would be safer if guardsmen stayed home and D.C. police were assigned to fight crime open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
The ‘buck stops’ nowhere
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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It was a Drug dealers and pedos kind of November for the Trump administration.

Drug dealer pardoned by Trump gets arrested again for molesting his nanny and assaulting a toddler!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Drug dealer granted clemency by Trump sent back to prison for violating terms of release
Man accused of groping family’s nanny, evading bridge tolls and swinging IV pole at nurse and threatening to kill her
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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"I've written two books about the nexus of government and organized crime. As a result, I live under a double bill of apprehension: They'll catch me too early, and you'll catch on too late."

sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-red-wh...
The Red, White and Blue Screen of Death
On the day the internet died, and the zombie internet returned.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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NEW: President Trump has never before been in such an echo chamber

His domestic travel has basically stopped. He sees rich donors and MAGA media, not actual voters

Everyone around him is saying he is right. But polls show more Americans think he is wrong www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump Has Never Been More Isolated
Even Trump’s allies worry that he has become out of touch with what the public wants.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.

What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, the Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur covers leaked calls showing U.S.-Russia coordination on the controversial new 28-point peace plan.
Leaked calls expose US-Russia peace deal | Ukraine This Week
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
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December 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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BREAKING: 1st appeals court decision on controversial temporary US Attorney installations goes against Trump, 3-0. 3rd Circuit rejects bid to make Trump lawyer Alina Habba acting US attorney. Restrepo/ Smith/Fisher (Obama/GWB/GWB) Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
HabbaOpn120125
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December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Note that Abbe Lowell argued this for the defendants.

He, of course, also represents Latitia James in EDVA. (He also just joined SEIU CA President David Huerta's case in CA, where he's being prosecuted by another of these dress-up US Attorneys.)
BREAKING: 1st appeals court decision on controversial temporary US Attorney installations goes against Trump, 3-0. 3rd Circuit rejects bid to make Trump lawyer Alina Habba acting US attorney. Restrepo/ Smith/Fisher (Obama/GWB/GWB) Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
HabbaOpn120125
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December 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Nothing excites the Texas GOP more than the idea of genitalia inspections in public bathrooms. It's the party's top priority. But exactly how the genitalia are to be inspected remains unclear. There is no shortage of volunteers among the MAGA faithful.
Questions remain on how Texas will enforce new “bathroom bill”
Some trans Texans worry that the lack of specificity on how the law will be enforced will harm their safety and lives.
www.texastribune.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Really Republicans.

You think it’s surprising that in the R+22 Tennessee 7th District special election 2025.

That it’s close.

You sold out the farmers. They lost billions in crops.
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Trump's "Anti-Fake News Website Taken Offline Immediately After It Was Caught Posting Fake News
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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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.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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This! 👇
They need volunteers.
People from out of state could phone bank to help.
Or if you can donate a little they would be very grateful!
Rational Boomer is right! ⬇️⬇️

Tennessee’s Dec. 2nd election is a chance to reject the chaos and choose real leadership.

Democrat Aftyn Behn is the only candidate fighting for truth, dignity, and working families.

VOTE!! 🗳️

#USDemocracy
#Pinks
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Senator Rand Paul remains principled and clear eyed on this set of issues.
November 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM