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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 3h

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ICE Pins Chicago TV News Producer to the Ground, Hauls Her Off in Unmarked Van | Common Dreams

WGN producer Debbie Brockman forcefully arrested by ICE agents in Chicago. Video shows aggressive tactics used in the arrest.

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 3h

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MAGA Melts Down Over Trump Giving Qatar a Military Base in U.S.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Qatar would build an Air Force base in Idaho.

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 3h

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Stephen Miller Accidentally Says “I” When Discussing Trump’s Powers

Miller’s slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge.

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 3h

x.com/i/status/197... - Meidas_Charise Lee
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And CNN removed it from the broadcast‼️
VERY DECEPTIVE JOURNALISM on their part‼️

Meidas_Charise Lee on X: "And CNN removed it from the broadcast‼️ VERY DECEPTIVE JOURNALISM on their part‼️ https://t.co/eKuTTm4ek9" / X

And CNN removed it from the broadcast‼️ VERY DECEPTIVE JOURNALISM on their part‼️ https://t.co/eKuTTm4ek9

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 10h

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'Trump has eroded this system': President hit with blistering editorial from NYT

The New York Times published a blistering editorial on Friday bemoaning that President Donald Trump has "eroded" America's justice system.The editorial board described how the president "is once again...

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 1d

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Trump lawyers ask Chicago judge to deny motion to bar National Guard troop deployment, setting up historic hearing

CHICAGO - Lawyers for the Trump administration argued in a filing late Wednesday that escalating vio...

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 1d

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'Dear leader will be dead sooner than you imagine': Conservative puts MAGA on notice

The day before Donald Trump is scheduled to have a “routine yearly check-up” at Walter Reed Hospital, just five months after his last one, former GOP campaign strategist Rick Wilson reminded the presi...

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 1d

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Deep red gov rips TX for sending troops to Chicago: 'Oklahomans would lose their mind'

A deep red state governor slammed Texas for sending National Guard troops to Chicago, saying "Oklahomans would lose their mind" if Illinois were to do the same to his state. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt,...

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 1d

in Congress, Republicans and Democrats, united in this quest to have maximum transparency... We're for maximum transparency.

Hard to keep up with MAGA Mike's lies.https://x.com/i/status/1976038976193728895

Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson: They are in the process of being released. The House Oversight Committee is on this. You've got some of the biggest bulldogs

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 1d

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Piers: Why have all the Epstein files not been released and do you think they should be?

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao well @SpeakerJohnson
if Republicans wanted to really help their Rural hospitals districts they would come to the table with Democrat’s and make sure these subsidies don’t expire so “able bodied” workers as you call them; can afford healthcare.

Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 1d

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'What gives them the right?' MAGA senator melts down over Muslims praying outdoors

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) suggested that Muslims did not have the right to pray outdoors in the United States.During a Thursday interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Tuberville expressed o...

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 1d

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'Idiotic!' Mike Johnson and House Republicans slammed for going MIA during shutdown

Punchbowl News co-founder Jake Sherman was animated, speaking to MSNBC on Thursday about Republican members of the U.S. House being missing in action during the government shutdown. Speaker Mike Johns...

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 1d

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New York AG Letitia James indicted in Trump's crusade against his political opponents

New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted by a federal grand jury, as part of President Donald Trump's push to bring legal charges against his political opponents, CNN reported on Thur...

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 1d

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Robert Badinter, French ex-minister who fought to abolish death penalty, dies at 95

Former French justice minister Robert Badinter, who has died aged 95, saved many lives by dedicating his own to the fight against capital punishment, playing a pivotal role in banning the dreaded guil...

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 1d

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Robert Badinter and the death penalty: How one lawyer changed French justice

Robert Badinter, the former lawyer and justice minister who persuaded France to give up the guillotine, will be laid to rest in the Panthéon on October 9, the anniversary of the 1981 abolition of the…

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Badinter: J’ai l’honneur (...) de demander à l’assemblée nationale l’abolition de la peine de mort. Journal Officiel de la République Française, 18. September 1981, ISSN 0429-3088, S. 1141 (französisch).

Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 1d

« Utiliser contre les terroristes la peine de mort, c’est, pour une démocratie, faire sienne les valeurs de ces derniers. »
„Eine Demokratie, die gegen Terroristen die Todesstrafe vollstreckt, macht sich die Werte Letzterer zu Eigen.“

– R.Badinter: Rede Assemblée Nationale

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 1d

Im Gedenken an Robert Badinter - der die Abschaffung der Todesstrafe in Frankreich erwirkte. Er gewann am 18. September 1981 mit einer engagierten Rede vor der Nationalversammlung eine Dreiviertelmehrheit für die Abschaffung der Todesstrafe:

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 2d

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Trump team drafts plans to prepare for invoking Insurrection Act: report

Insiders say that the Trump administration has kicked off key drafts to prepare for invoking the Insurrection Act. In an NBC News report on Wednesday, five people — including a senior administration o...

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 2d

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'Security risk': Ex-prosecutor says Kristi Noem may be hit with subpoena after big blunder

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem may be hit with a subpoena after she made a rookie error for a photo op, according to a former prosecutor.Analysts have long suggested Noem was a camera ho...

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Gérard Binnendijk @gerardbinnendijk.bsky.social · 3d

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'Never seen anything close': Dem aghast as Pam Bondi blocks Senate questions

Democratic senators were left aghast Tuesday over the "evasiveness" of Attorney General Pam Bondi as she was bombarded with questions about issues like the prosecution of former FBI Director James Com...

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