BarbM
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This point needs to be elevated:
By transforming DOJ into his personal “retribution” machine,
Trump has
endangered the public,
prevented the prosecution of
-child pornography,
-terrorism &
-major violent crime.
Trump & Bondi are forcing out the principled prosecutors who handle those cases.
By transforming DOJ into his personal “retribution” machine,
Trump has
endangered the public,
prevented the prosecution of
-child pornography,
-terrorism &
-major violent crime.
Trump & Bondi are forcing out the principled prosecutors who handle those cases.
…
- Melinda Williams, who prosecuted child pornography & sex crimes cases,
- Thomas Calhoun-Lopez, supervisor of the major violent crimes unit, &
- “the top fraud experts in the office.”
These are the prosecutors whom the public is losing, thanks to Trump & Bondi.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
- Melinda Williams, who prosecuted child pornography & sex crimes cases,
- Thomas Calhoun-Lopez, supervisor of the major violent crimes unit, &
- “the top fraud experts in the office.”
These are the prosecutors whom the public is losing, thanks to Trump & Bondi.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
February 9, 2026 at 2:44 AM
This point needs to be elevated:
By transforming DOJ into his personal “retribution” machine,
Trump has
endangered the public,
prevented the prosecution of
-child pornography,
-terrorism &
-major violent crime.
Trump & Bondi are forcing out the principled prosecutors who handle those cases.
By transforming DOJ into his personal “retribution” machine,
Trump has
endangered the public,
prevented the prosecution of
-child pornography,
-terrorism &
-major violent crime.
Trump & Bondi are forcing out the principled prosecutors who handle those cases.
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Oh this is POLITICAL political!
February 9, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Oh this is POLITICAL political!
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Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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Bad Bunny understood the assignment…
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Bad Bunny understood the assignment…
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This was too much! Yes!!
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM
This was too much! Yes!!
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Today, the President warned CNN and MSNOW not to have me on their programs more — or else.
Looking forward to joining CNN later this evening and MSNOW tomorrow morning.
See y’all then.
Looking forward to joining CNN later this evening and MSNOW tomorrow morning.
See y’all then.
February 6, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Today, the President warned CNN and MSNOW not to have me on their programs more — or else.
Looking forward to joining CNN later this evening and MSNOW tomorrow morning.
See y’all then.
Looking forward to joining CNN later this evening and MSNOW tomorrow morning.
See y’all then.
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We've only been aware of Trump's racism since a 1973 article about his real estate company refusing the rent apartments to black people, the first ever mention of his name in the NYT. That's why his Obama meme comes as a total shock. Who knew?
February 6, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."
February 5, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Again, I'll stop worrying about this & about January 2027 when he is impeached & removed. Until then, we have to walk & chew gum at the same time.
I’ll believe we shouldn’t worry about January 2027 like this when I see the president impeached & removed for any of the other 593 unprecedently illegal things that the norms, laws, & Constitution say that he simply cannot do & we have never seen done before.
If the president can rendition legal residents, cut funding for anything he wants, violate all of our treaty commitments, & can monetize the presidency, then he can try to not seat the next Congress/Dems in Jan 27. Folks who swore oaths should be preparing for what stopping that is going to require.
February 5, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Again, I'll stop worrying about this & about January 2027 when he is impeached & removed. Until then, we have to walk & chew gum at the same time.
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The chair of the first law firm that bent the knee to Trump’s extortion and agreed to do pro bono work for him is featured in the Epstein Files, you say? Huh.
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations ft.trib.al/H1vYT7B
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations
Files released by US Department of Justice detailed his relationship with the child sex offender
ft.trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 2:04 AM
The chair of the first law firm that bent the knee to Trump’s extortion and agreed to do pro bono work for him is featured in the Epstein Files, you say? Huh.
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Garcia: I want to remind the American public of Stephen Miller. There's probably no single person in this government that has done more damage and more harm to people across this country than this man right here. It's our job to hold him responsible
February 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Garcia: I want to remind the American public of Stephen Miller. There's probably no single person in this government that has done more damage and more harm to people across this country than this man right here. It's our job to hold him responsible
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Arrests in homes are the only scenario at issue (which ICE and Johnson are lying about). Outside of a home, a warrant isn't required at all. The government just needs probable cause in such cases. But, homes are different and a judicial warrant is required under well-established law.
February 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Arrests in homes are the only scenario at issue (which ICE and Johnson are lying about). Outside of a home, a warrant isn't required at all. The government just needs probable cause in such cases. But, homes are different and a judicial warrant is required under well-established law.
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Again, I know everyone wants to yell at The Democrats & Chuck Schumer & Hakeem Jefferies, but there are 10-25 people in Washington who could literally end all of this tomorrow, & none of them are Democrats, & they continue to get 24/7 free passes for being absolute oath-violating cowards. Focus.
Yes, we’re looking at you, Lisa Murkowski & Susan Collins & Thom Tillis, you absolute oath-violating cowards.
These 5 people could caucus with the Democrats, giving them a majority & firmly opposing the fascism, any time. It might be nice for an enterprising journalist to ask them why they keep not doing this every day as the crimes & corruption continue & John Thune refuses to fulfill his oath of office.
February 4, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Again, I know everyone wants to yell at The Democrats & Chuck Schumer & Hakeem Jefferies, but there are 10-25 people in Washington who could literally end all of this tomorrow, & none of them are Democrats, & they continue to get 24/7 free passes for being absolute oath-violating cowards. Focus.
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Why are we here, you ask?
This. This is why we are here.
This. This is why we are here.
Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
February 4, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Why are we here, you ask?
This. This is why we are here.
This. This is why we are here.
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Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler sought Jeffrey Epstein’s help to secure a top job at Facebook just months before the sex offender’s arrest, and advised him on how to respond to press coverage of his crimes. ft.trib.al/P3CyJeg
February 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler sought Jeffrey Epstein’s help to secure a top job at Facebook just months before the sex offender’s arrest, and advised him on how to respond to press coverage of his crimes. ft.trib.al/P3CyJeg
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I remember when political scientists sounding the alarm about a Jan. 6-type event in ~October 2020 were ridiculed by "smart" pundits as radical leftists. One called an article in The Atlantic "too magazine-y." The good news is people seem to be taking 2026/28 much more seriously
David French: This is not a drill www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I remember when political scientists sounding the alarm about a Jan. 6-type event in ~October 2020 were ridiculed by "smart" pundits as radical leftists. One called an article in The Atlantic "too magazine-y." The good news is people seem to be taking 2026/28 much more seriously
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Leigh Wambsganns devoted her professional life to Trump and his movement.
On Friday, he seemed to reward her loyalty by endorsing her campaign for Texas senate.
But after she lost a safe GOP seat by double digits, Trump says he’s never heard of her: “What can I say? I have nothing to do with it.”
On Friday, he seemed to reward her loyalty by endorsing her campaign for Texas senate.
But after she lost a safe GOP seat by double digits, Trump says he’s never heard of her: “What can I say? I have nothing to do with it.”
Q: In Texas, a Democrat won a special election in an area you won by 17 points. Your reaction?
TRUMP: I don't know. I didn't hear about it. Somebody ran -- where?
Q: In Texas
TRUMP: I'm not involved. You mean I won by 17, and this person lost? Things like that happen. I'm not on the ballot
TRUMP: I don't know. I didn't hear about it. Somebody ran -- where?
Q: In Texas
TRUMP: I'm not involved. You mean I won by 17, and this person lost? Things like that happen. I'm not on the ballot
February 1, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Leigh Wambsganns devoted her professional life to Trump and his movement.
On Friday, he seemed to reward her loyalty by endorsing her campaign for Texas senate.
But after she lost a safe GOP seat by double digits, Trump says he’s never heard of her: “What can I say? I have nothing to do with it.”
On Friday, he seemed to reward her loyalty by endorsing her campaign for Texas senate.
But after she lost a safe GOP seat by double digits, Trump says he’s never heard of her: “What can I say? I have nothing to do with it.”
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This is precisely the language everyone should be using to describe this attack on the American people.
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is two or three days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
February 1, 2026 at 6:52 PM
This is precisely the language everyone should be using to describe this attack on the American people.
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it has been clear for months
I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:
February 1, 2026 at 6:38 PM
it has been clear for months
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Another advantage of this clear, simple message to voters is that it is one of the few things that most people can easily identify with, even if they don’t have sophisticated, well-organized, & otherwise consistent views about policy & politics.
Converse (1964)
Converse (1964)
February 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Another advantage of this clear, simple message to voters is that it is one of the few things that most people can easily identify with, even if they don’t have sophisticated, well-organized, & otherwise consistent views about policy & politics.
Converse (1964)
Converse (1964)
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This disgusts me, immigrants built this country, but these racist fucks are trying to destroy the very thing that makes our nation great, our diverse cultures.
February 1, 2026 at 6:40 PM
This disgusts me, immigrants built this country, but these racist fucks are trying to destroy the very thing that makes our nation great, our diverse cultures.
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The Trump administration is using ICE to ethnically cleanse communities in the United States under the guidance of the violent white supremacist Stephen Miller.
February 1, 2026 at 6:34 PM
The Trump administration is using ICE to ethnically cleanse communities in the United States under the guidance of the violent white supremacist Stephen Miller.
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"She sustained a torn rotator cuff, concussion and bruised ribs during the incident and received medical treatment at a hospital..."
www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
February 1, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"She sustained a torn rotator cuff, concussion and bruised ribs during the incident and received medical treatment at a hospital..."
www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...