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JUST IN: Judge Sooknanan has rejected DOJ's effort to dismiss a lawsuit brought by immigration detainees at Guanatanamo Bay, saying the plaintiffs made a plausible claim that the policy is illegal and punitive. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
JUST IN: Judge Sooknanan has rejected DOJ's effort to dismiss a lawsuit brought by immigration detainees at Guanatanamo Bay, saying the plaintiffs made a plausible claim that the policy is illegal and punitive. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
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I cannot imagine the level of moral bankruptcy to describe the actions of people whose boat has just been hit by a missile from nowhere (this was the FIRST such strike) and who were most likely making a desperate attempt not to drown in the ocean as trying to "stay in the fight."
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I cannot imagine the level of moral bankruptcy to describe the actions of people whose boat has just been hit by a missile from nowhere (this was the FIRST such strike) and who were most likely making a desperate attempt not to drown in the ocean as trying to "stay in the fight."
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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"Two Florida migrant detention centers may have violated international standards by imposing conditions that could amount to torture of detainees, a human rights organization claimed in a report released early Thursday morning." www.newsfromthestates.com/article/copy...
‘Copy of Guantánamo’: Human rights group alleges torture, inhumanity at ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Krome
Two Florida migrant detention centers may have violated international standards by imposing conditions that could amount to torture of detainees, a human rights organization claimed in a report…
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"Two Florida migrant detention centers may have violated international standards by imposing conditions that could amount to torture of detainees, a human rights organization claimed in a report released early Thursday morning." www.newsfromthestates.com/article/copy...
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Back at @damemagazine.bsky.social with a take on how Matt Gaetz's 17 yo victim reveals an undertold story about sex trafficking in the US www.damemagazine.com/2025/12/03/t...
The Real Gaetz Story Is Less About Sex Trafficking, More About Poverty - Dame Magazine
Back in 2021, when I first heard that the former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz was being investigated for sex trafficking, there was an image that immediately jumped into my brain, and perhaps yours,...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Back at @damemagazine.bsky.social with a take on how Matt Gaetz's 17 yo victim reveals an undertold story about sex trafficking in the US www.damemagazine.com/2025/12/03/t...
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I can't get over the fact that they scheduled a televised Cabinet meeting, hyped it as a major event, planned it all out to show how active and in control Trump is ... and then he dozed off in the middle of it. Repeatedly.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I can't get over the fact that they scheduled a televised Cabinet meeting, hyped it as a major event, planned it all out to show how active and in control Trump is ... and then he dozed off in the middle of it. Repeatedly.
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Trump's cabinet secretary is bragging about taking people's food away.
Rollins: Joe Biden increased food stamp program funding by 40%. Now… we continue to roll that back… Just gratitude and joy for this work. So, so grateful to you.
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Trump's cabinet secretary is bragging about taking people's food away.
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Donald Trump spent last night having some bizarre social media fever dream. It’s long past time for the president's mental fitness to be a sustained front-page story. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
It’s time to talk about Donald Trump’s health (again)
The most consequential topic in the world is the simple question: Is the President mentally fit to serve?
www.doomsdayscenario.co
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Donald Trump spent last night having some bizarre social media fever dream. It’s long past time for the president's mental fitness to be a sustained front-page story. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
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While Cabinet members praise his energy and fitness, Trump sleeps.
No satire in the history of film and television has ever been this on the mark.
No satire in the history of film and television has ever been this on the mark.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
While Cabinet members praise his energy and fitness, Trump sleeps.
No satire in the history of film and television has ever been this on the mark.
No satire in the history of film and television has ever been this on the mark.
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TR got a Roosevelt Corollary, and Trump wants a Trump Corollary. But he’s still vulnerable on this issue, if we act now.
My latest for DAME.
My latest for DAME.
If the administration truly cared about narcotrafficking, it wouldn’t be pardoning the region’s biggest drug traffickers.
The attacks on Venezuela are about power, oil, and resurrecting America’s interventionist past, writes @zeblarson.bsky.social
The attacks on Venezuela are about power, oil, and resurrecting America’s interventionist past, writes @zeblarson.bsky.social
What Is Behind Trump’s Attacks on Venezuela? - Dame Magazine
The polycrisis that is the Trump administration can be difficult to fully keep track of: As Steve Bannon once said, the goal is to “flood the zone with shit” and paralyze us from being able to respond...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
TR got a Roosevelt Corollary, and Trump wants a Trump Corollary. But he’s still vulnerable on this issue, if we act now.
My latest for DAME.
My latest for DAME.
If the administration truly cared about narcotrafficking, it wouldn’t be pardoning the region’s biggest drug traffickers.
The attacks on Venezuela are about power, oil, and resurrecting America’s interventionist past, writes @zeblarson.bsky.social
The attacks on Venezuela are about power, oil, and resurrecting America’s interventionist past, writes @zeblarson.bsky.social
What Is Behind Trump’s Attacks on Venezuela? - Dame Magazine
The polycrisis that is the Trump administration can be difficult to fully keep track of: As Steve Bannon once said, the goal is to “flood the zone with shit” and paralyze us from being able to respond...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If the administration truly cared about narcotrafficking, it wouldn’t be pardoning the region’s biggest drug traffickers.
The attacks on Venezuela are about power, oil, and resurrecting America’s interventionist past, writes @zeblarson.bsky.social
The attacks on Venezuela are about power, oil, and resurrecting America’s interventionist past, writes @zeblarson.bsky.social
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By God, revisit this piece of mine from them.
Who Is Really Running the Oval Office? - Dame Magazine
Donald Trump has never been a leader who is particularly concerned with details or even specific issues day-to-day. In 2016, he allegedly offered control of both domestic and foreign policy to former ...
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November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
By God, revisit this piece of mine from them.
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I want to uplift again this brilliant piece of writing and thinking by @shannonmattern.bsky.social - placesjournal.org/article/extr... - I think that everyone who is interested in libraries would benefit from reading it.
Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need
Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.
placesjournal.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I want to uplift again this brilliant piece of writing and thinking by @shannonmattern.bsky.social - placesjournal.org/article/extr... - I think that everyone who is interested in libraries would benefit from reading it.
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This is a thread detailing a series of incidents where federal Judge Ellis rules that Gregory Bovino and his agents lied or misrepresented what was happening on the streets of Chicago. In this one, she says body cam footage suggests they brake checked to cause accidents
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is a thread detailing a series of incidents where federal Judge Ellis rules that Gregory Bovino and his agents lied or misrepresented what was happening on the streets of Chicago. In this one, she says body cam footage suggests they brake checked to cause accidents
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
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yeah I really don't even think we've started to sniff the impact of the GOP's complete destruction of federal consumer protection and public safety regulatory independence, and that's just the tip of the iceberg
this stuff is going to come in concussive, brutal waves
this stuff is going to come in concussive, brutal waves
The important thing to bear in mind as Trump's popularity begins to wobble is that the disastrous economic consequences of the things he's done in the first 10 months of this term have not even *begun* to hit. We've been coasting on the fumes of the economy he inherited and soon they'll be gone.
my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
yeah I really don't even think we've started to sniff the impact of the GOP's complete destruction of federal consumer protection and public safety regulatory independence, and that's just the tip of the iceberg
this stuff is going to come in concussive, brutal waves
this stuff is going to come in concussive, brutal waves
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"We seethe over the betrayal by a supposedly democratic society that quickly averts its collective eyes and allows predators ... to get away with it and reinvent themselves right in front of our eyes as we’re punished if we speak out about our basic rights to survival and safety," Donna Ladd wrote.
The Epstein Saga Is Not a Game. It’s About Protecting Women.
Donna Ladd reflects on her own story amid the still-unfolding Jeffrey Epstein saga of rape, retribution and the protection of sexual predators.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"We seethe over the betrayal by a supposedly democratic society that quickly averts its collective eyes and allows predators ... to get away with it and reinvent themselves right in front of our eyes as we’re punished if we speak out about our basic rights to survival and safety," Donna Ladd wrote.
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A massive corruption scandal is brewing in Nevada: it appears the Republican Governor's office stepped in to cover for Elon Musk's Boring Company after safety violations caused two firefighters to suffer chemical burns. Even worse? It looks like they deleted evidence of their meetings!
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A massive corruption scandal is brewing in Nevada: it appears the Republican Governor's office stepped in to cover for Elon Musk's Boring Company after safety violations caused two firefighters to suffer chemical burns. Even worse? It looks like they deleted evidence of their meetings!
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“Given this administration’s track record of weaponizing federal agencies to chase baseless voter-fraud conspiracies and challenge voters’ eligibility. The public should be deeply concerned about what’s being built behind closed doors with their tax dollars and the threat it could pose to voters."
New docs show DHS is gathering driver's license data in voter fraud crusade
Experts worry the Trump administration will use the info to disenfranchise voters.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“Given this administration’s track record of weaponizing federal agencies to chase baseless voter-fraud conspiracies and challenge voters’ eligibility. The public should be deeply concerned about what’s being built behind closed doors with their tax dollars and the threat it could pose to voters."
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Donald Trump has not quite made being a Democrat or opposed to him illegal. But he has done everything short of that. Prosecuting Dems. Classifying groups that oppose him (Antifa) as terrorists. Deporting/blocking entry of people who criticize him. Keeping federal funds from Dem states & cities.
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Donald Trump has not quite made being a Democrat or opposed to him illegal. But he has done everything short of that. Prosecuting Dems. Classifying groups that oppose him (Antifa) as terrorists. Deporting/blocking entry of people who criticize him. Keeping federal funds from Dem states & cities.
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This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
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NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."