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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:

- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
Mubashir said he was in the car with officers for about 20 minutes, asking them repeatedly if he could show them his I.D. They refused, he said. Officers asked if they could take a picture of him to check if he was a U.S. citizen. Mubashir told reporters that he declined their request, because, “How would a picture prove I’m a U.S. citizen?” Officers took him to the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling, which houses immigration court and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices. They took his fingerprints and then one of the officers allowed Mubashir to show his I.D., proving his U.S. citizenship, Mubashir said. He was then immediately allowed to leave.
December 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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jaywillis.net
I don't know if it's possible for Democrats to make a federal judge a mainstream issue in the 2026 midterms. But if anything like this is ever going to work, it's "Emil Bove is a corrupt war crimes enthusiast who attends Trump rallies for fun, and we will impeach him on our first days in office"
Emil Bove Will Always Be a Trump Rallygoer First
Trump demands loyalty from his judicial nominees. As Emil Bove demonstrated on Tuesday, his nominees are very comfortable with displaying that loyalty in public.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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dadakim.bsky.social
Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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sammerchant.bsky.social
Code of Conduct for United States Judges, Canon 5: "A judge should not . . . attend or purchase a ticket for a dinner or other event sponsored by a political organization or candidate... A judge should not engage in any other political activity." (All judges receive training on this.)
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d
Via MS NOW: Emil Bove is in attendance at Trump’s speech in Pennsylvania tonight.
Vaughn Hillyard @VaughnHillyard X.com Judge Emil Bove is at President Trump's Pennsylvania event tonight—an unusual move for a federal judge. When asked by MS NOW off camera why he is here, he responded: "Just here as a citizen coming to watch the president speak."
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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therickwilson.bsky.social
Treason with Benefits: Kushner & Witkoff Play With Putin
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
Treason with Benefits: Kushner & Witkoff Play With Putin
My latest episode of The Elephant in the Room
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🔥HOPE WALZ: “Oh Don Jr, it is so clear your dad doesn’t love you… my family will always be richer than yours, because we find joy in each other - not tearing other people down. I really hope you get the help you need.”
December 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Same headline.

Seven years apart. 🤡

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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indivisible.org
Spotify is wrapped in complicity for helping ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
TOP & REASONS WHY ICE IS SPOTIFY'S #1 FAN 1) Spotify is running ICE ads in between your favorite songs 2) Spotify claims that ICE recruitment ads DID NOT violate it's ad policies 3) While ICE terrorizes communities, Spotify is helping boost their recruitment efforts 4) Spotify would rather be wrapped in complicity to ICE's terror than refuse ICE ad money indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
December 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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miafarrow.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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volts.wtf
Suburban dipshits, trapped in their boring houses & boring jobs & boring lives, dreaming about an opportunity to finally win their fathers' approval through redemptive violence. Just the saddest most pathetic humans on the planet.
December 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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deanobeidallah.bsky.social
While corporate media has covered Trump's pardon of the drug dealing former President of Honduras, they have not linked how the 400 tons of cocaine he flooded America with killed thousands of Americans. I give you all the facts in my new Daily Dean: youtu.be/GZAxZA-fKtQ?...
Trump just hit a new low: He pardoned a man who killed more Americans than Bin Laden did on 9/11.
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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markey.senate.gov
While Trump dozes off, millions of Americans are wide awake to the fact that they won’t be able to afford health insurance or Christmas presents because of his terrible policies.
Trump appears to doze off in another meeting It was the second time in a month Trump has appeared to struggle to stay awake as his advisers have spoken to cameras about the administration's initiatives. December 2, 2025 at 6:04 p.m. EST
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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sifill.bsky.social
This is too much.
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
Okay for once I totally and completely empathize with President Trump.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
The reason why he needs to travel the world with his girlfriend on a free government jet with security details is because “he’s entitled to a personal life.” bsky.app/profile/atru...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d
Kash Patel: "Yes, I'm entitled to a personal life just like my other agency counterparts with their partners. So do I support my girlfriend? Absolutely. And do I take trips with her? Absolutely."
December 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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50501movement.bsky.social
If you’re in TN-7, go vote! Polls close at 7 PM CST/8 EST, so there’s still time! Make your voice heard & help ensure your community is being represented, not corporate megadonors.

If not, help #GetOutTheVote by sharing on social media and participating in a phonebank!
hunterisntdunn.bsky.social Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 9d
I’m endorsing Aftyn Behn for US Congress, because of her track record of standing up for her community against ICE & against powerful pedophiles.

We have a real shot in the Tennessee 7th Special Election to get a congresswoman that represents Working Families in a Trump +22 District.
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
I drove drunk and ran over several kids but I can’t tell you how many because of the fog of war
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?

HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Chief Bovino is not a political appointee. He is a civil servant, subject to the same requirements to be nonpartisan as any other employee. These messages are being broadcast from an official government account.
Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh •9h “BREAKING: Gov. Tim Walz says Somalians are ESSENTIAL to the Minnesota community - despite STEALING millions or even billions in taxpayer dollars. ‘They bring diversity and ENERGY to a place like Minnesota!’ Pathetic. Somalians LEECH - DEPORT THEM.” Response from Gregory Bovino’s official account: “Waltz is of the same class as newsome, stein, pritzker - gubners [governors] who choose illegal aliens over their own citizens. Amazing incompetence”
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
josepagliery.bsky.social Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 12d
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.

Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.

www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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esqueer.net
The "acceptable debate" according to Bari Weiss.
A screenshot of an article headline that reads: "Alan Dershowitz: The Age of Consent Must Be Lowered to 14, ‘Statutory Rape Is Outdated’." Below the headline is a blue "Fact checked" badge and the byline: "January 4, 2024, Baxter Dmitry." The accompanying photo shows Alan Dershowitz wearing a blue scarf and glasses, speaking to reporters outside.
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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brian-goldstone.bsky.social
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.

It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
Graphic that reads: "The average hourly wage necessary to afford a one-bedroom apartment in the United States is $28.17. The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25." -- National Low Income Housing Coalition
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social
Yikes
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Former US military lawyers speak out:

"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."

Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes

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• If the U.S. military operation to interdict and destroy suspected narcotraFicking vessels is a “non-international armed conflict,” as the Trump Administration suggests, orders to “kill everybody,” which can reasonably be regarded as an order to give “no quarter,” and to “double-tap” a target in order to kill survivors, are clearly illegal under international law. In short, they are war crimes. • If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder. Highlighted sentence at the end of the document reads: Again, the bottom line is that, since orders to kill survivors of an attack at sea are “patently illegal,” anyone who issues or follows such orders can and should be prosecuted for war crimes, murder, or both.
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):

"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."

"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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angrystaffer.bsky.social
This is a highly unusual order from a Secretary of Defense, and it’s almost certainly a war crime.

In the strike in question, two people survived and were clinging to the side of the ruined boat, and a second mission was spun up to execute them.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13d
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM