Norman
@pygmalion55.bsky.social
Fighting the 'America First' 'Anglo-Saxons,' Center-Left, real patriot against the Fake Patriot seditionists
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I just remembered the first time I heard of Pete Hegseth www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
Fox host says he 'hasn't washed hands in 10 years'
Harvard and Princeton graduate Pete Hegseth says germs don't exist because he can't see them.
www.bbc.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I just remembered the first time I heard of Pete Hegseth www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
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In a secret deportation arrangement, the Trump administration flew nine people, nearly all of whom had been granted U.S. court protections from being sent back to their home countries, to Cameroon.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:23 AM
In a secret deportation arrangement, the Trump administration flew nine people, nearly all of whom had been granted U.S. court protections from being sent back to their home countries, to Cameroon.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
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President Trump's lawyers have told a court he shouldn't have to respond to lawsuits because it would distract him from running the government.
But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
February 14, 2026 at 12:17 PM
President Trump's lawyers have told a court he shouldn't have to respond to lawsuits because it would distract him from running the government.
But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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It's a *good* thing for the economy that Trump is breaking his promise about stimulus checks. But nonetheless he's breaking a promise:
Trump’s Magically Disappearing Stimulus Checks
I was promised cheaper groceries and tariff rebates and all I got was this lousy pogrom.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM
It's a *good* thing for the economy that Trump is breaking his promise about stimulus checks. But nonetheless he's breaking a promise:
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This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell.
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Babe wake up the Secretary of Defense is dropping another worst policy decision anyone at the DoD has ever made in their entire lives again
New: Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the US (list in replies) abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Hegseth’s campaign against schools he describes as being biased against the US military
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
Pentagon may bar tuition aid for top universities in Hegseth’s crackdown on ‘biased’ schools | CNN Politics
Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the United States abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign again...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Babe wake up the Secretary of Defense is dropping another worst policy decision anyone at the DoD has ever made in their entire lives again
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Repeat after me:
An executive order is not a royal edict; it is not law. It is a direction to the executive branch as to how to carry out the law.
Also:
Key parts of Trump's last EO on elections have been stopped by federal courts, ruling that the President has no role to play in federal elections
An executive order is not a royal edict; it is not law. It is a direction to the executive branch as to how to carry out the law.
Also:
Key parts of Trump's last EO on elections have been stopped by federal courts, ruling that the President has no role to play in federal elections
Trump’s follow up post says he’s going to issue an executive order on voter ID.
“If we can't get it through Congress, there are Legal reasons why this SCAM is not permitted. I will be presenting them shortly, in the form of an Executive Order.”
“If we can't get it through Congress, there are Legal reasons why this SCAM is not permitted. I will be presenting them shortly, in the form of an Executive Order.”
February 13, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Repeat after me:
An executive order is not a royal edict; it is not law. It is a direction to the executive branch as to how to carry out the law.
Also:
Key parts of Trump's last EO on elections have been stopped by federal courts, ruling that the President has no role to play in federal elections
An executive order is not a royal edict; it is not law. It is a direction to the executive branch as to how to carry out the law.
Also:
Key parts of Trump's last EO on elections have been stopped by federal courts, ruling that the President has no role to play in federal elections
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US judge orders Trump administration to facilitate deported college student's return reut.rs/4axIzQH
US judge orders Trump administration to facilitate deported college student's return
A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a Honduran college student who was deported in violation of a court order, a step the government had previously refused to take.
reut.rs
February 13, 2026 at 9:15 PM
US judge orders Trump administration to facilitate deported college student's return reut.rs/4axIzQH
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DHS expanded its SAVE system to flag noncitizen voters but in Texas and Missouri, many flagged voters were misidentified, causing confusion, removals and investigations, despite scant evidence of widespread noncitizen voting.
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/13/s...
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/13/s...
SAVE tool keeps mistakenly flagging voters as noncitizens - The Texas Tribune
DHS rolled out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
www.texastribune.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 PM
DHS expanded its SAVE system to flag noncitizen voters but in Texas and Missouri, many flagged voters were misidentified, causing confusion, removals and investigations, despite scant evidence of widespread noncitizen voting.
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/13/s...
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/13/s...
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NEW: Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told Congress today that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked word of a raid, allowing gang members to clear out of apartments.
Those apartments were being cleared out weeks earlier.
Tonight, ICE deleted social media posts with the claim.
Those apartments were being cleared out weeks earlier.
Tonight, ICE deleted social media posts with the claim.
February 13, 2026 at 5:56 AM
NEW: Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told Congress today that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked word of a raid, allowing gang members to clear out of apartments.
Those apartments were being cleared out weeks earlier.
Tonight, ICE deleted social media posts with the claim.
Those apartments were being cleared out weeks earlier.
Tonight, ICE deleted social media posts with the claim.
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Current state of things: One Fox News host casually declares that Epstein’s money comes from “Jewish billionaires” and a “Jewish banking family,” another responds that he was a “sex rabbi.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/jes...
February 13, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Current state of things: One Fox News host casually declares that Epstein’s money comes from “Jewish billionaires” and a “Jewish banking family,” another responds that he was a “sex rabbi.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/jes...
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Border czar Tom Homan announced that the Trump administration will end the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. And, DHS funding is set to expire after lawmakers failed to advance a spending bill. n.pr/4bTvZNX
Minnesota immigration crackdown will end, border czar says. And, DHS funding to expire
Border czar Tom Homan announced that the Trump administration will end the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. And, DHS funding is set to expire after lawmakers failed to advance a spending bill.
n.pr
February 13, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Border czar Tom Homan announced that the Trump administration will end the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. And, DHS funding is set to expire after lawmakers failed to advance a spending bill. n.pr/4bTvZNX
This is a huge way the filibuster perverts our politics.
House Republicans, of course, have access to the same data and very likely know this. They passed the SAVE Act anyway knowing that it wouldn't make it through a Senate filibuster, so that they can argue later that any election the Democrats win is rigged
February 13, 2026 at 4:15 AM
This is a huge way the filibuster perverts our politics.
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House Republicans, of course, have access to the same data and very likely know this. They passed the SAVE Act anyway knowing that it wouldn't make it through a Senate filibuster, so that they can argue later that any election the Democrats win is rigged
February 13, 2026 at 4:03 AM
House Republicans, of course, have access to the same data and very likely know this. They passed the SAVE Act anyway knowing that it wouldn't make it through a Senate filibuster, so that they can argue later that any election the Democrats win is rigged
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According to polling data on who has a U.S. passport, the SAVE Act would disproportionately impact Americans who are...
- white or black (non-Hispanic)
- lower income
- married women
- not college educated
- older
- trump voters
ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Pa...
- white or black (non-Hispanic)
- lower income
- married women
- not college educated
- older
- trump voters
ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Pa...
ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net
February 13, 2026 at 4:02 AM
According to polling data on who has a U.S. passport, the SAVE Act would disproportionately impact Americans who are...
- white or black (non-Hispanic)
- lower income
- married women
- not college educated
- older
- trump voters
ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Pa...
- white or black (non-Hispanic)
- lower income
- married women
- not college educated
- older
- trump voters
ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Pa...
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New from me at Cato: The proposed SAVE Act still doesn't pass a basic civics test. It poses severe practical problems for voters and administrators and would give too much power over elections to the president. /1
Federal Power Grab On Voting Still Flunks Basic Civics Test
The proposed SAVE Act still doesn’t pass a basic civics test. It poses severe practical problems for voters and administrators and would give too much power over elections to the president.
www.cato.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:45 PM
New from me at Cato: The proposed SAVE Act still doesn't pass a basic civics test. It poses severe practical problems for voters and administrators and would give too much power over elections to the president. /1
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Advocates of the GOP's SAVE Act often charge critics of the bill with being at best tactical federalists and with simply being opposed to voter ID, but that's pretty silly in the case of those of us who were staunch opponents of the old centralizing H.R. 1 and who have no problem with voter ID.
New from me at Cato: The proposed SAVE Act still doesn't pass a basic civics test. It poses severe practical problems for voters and administrators and would give too much power over elections to the president. /1
Federal Power Grab On Voting Still Flunks Basic Civics Test
The proposed SAVE Act still doesn’t pass a basic civics test. It poses severe practical problems for voters and administrators and would give too much power over elections to the president.
www.cato.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Advocates of the GOP's SAVE Act often charge critics of the bill with being at best tactical federalists and with simply being opposed to voter ID, but that's pretty silly in the case of those of us who were staunch opponents of the old centralizing H.R. 1 and who have no problem with voter ID.
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honestly tired of trying to convince people that trump's immigration policy is not really about violent undocumented immigrants or even just undocumented immigrants, but immigrants in general and even non-white people more broadly.
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 13, 2026 at 2:38 AM
honestly tired of trying to convince people that trump's immigration policy is not really about violent undocumented immigrants or even just undocumented immigrants, but immigrants in general and even non-white people more broadly.
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this is an very well-written opinion that sets up conditions with which ICE can clearly, obviously and near-immediately comply. they’ll obviously appeal, but the judge here has them dead to rights.
BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
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The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
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February 13, 2026 at 1:21 AM
this is an very well-written opinion that sets up conditions with which ICE can clearly, obviously and near-immediately comply. they’ll obviously appeal, but the judge here has them dead to rights.
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Nope.👇
Will Fox be updating their story on this and giving it the same amount of airtime as they did initial arrest?
February 13, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Nope.👇
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damn you're telling me that sin taxes work to reduce consumption of socially harmful goods while keeping them legal and thus avoiding the problems of criminalization?
February 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
damn you're telling me that sin taxes work to reduce consumption of socially harmful goods while keeping them legal and thus avoiding the problems of criminalization?
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Surprising precisely no one: Of course it was CBP doing reckless shooting at the border, using a weapon that didn’t belong to them, that caused this (deserved) freakout by the FAA.
BREAKING: The Pentagon let Customs and Border Protection use an anti-drone laser before the FAA closed El Paso airspace, AP sources say.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
bit.ly
February 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Surprising precisely no one: Of course it was CBP doing reckless shooting at the border, using a weapon that didn’t belong to them, that caused this (deserved) freakout by the FAA.
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So the emergency powers law was originally intended to be able to be overridden by Congress by simple majority but the Supreme Court screwed that up for us.
The Supreme Court’s Contribution to the Confrontation Over Emergency Powers
Three significant questions behind President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build a border wall have a single, surprising answer: Why did Congress
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:49 PM
So the emergency powers law was originally intended to be able to be overridden by Congress by simple majority but the Supreme Court screwed that up for us.
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I learn from their website that Gallup is proud of all the contracts they have with many federal agencies.
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thehill.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I learn from their website that Gallup is proud of all the contracts they have with many federal agencies.
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com/homenews/med...