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Roman Smith
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Explorer. Blue (just like my dress.) Despise MAGAts. Live in Hollywood, CA. romanscalifornia.com
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On Apr 29 (Day 100), I said I would be scaling back my nightly updates (it worked...a little.) Now we're at Day 300; am going to really try to keep my updates at 10 posts/night or fewer (would really help if P47 just played golf every day.) 🤦‍♀️

Will still cover important stuff, maybe less quoting
On This Day (Jan 23) in 2026 (1/13)
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Judge Laura Provinzino (bond release)
- DHS wants two anti-ICE protesters held
- 1 Nekima Valdez Levy-Armstrong
- 2 Chauntyll Louisa Allen
- Magistrate judge Douglas Micko ordered release
- DHS appealed
- Provinzino: 'release them!'
January 24, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Since the moment P47 took his escalator ride, surrounded by paid supporters ($50 each), 24/7 gaslighting has been the policy of the entirety of the GOP; just as P47 lies with every breath, so now does everybody with a name followed by an (R)

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Donald Trump and Republicans: People of the Lie
M. Scott Peck warned decades ago that social systems built on lies eventually lose the capacity to distinguish reality from fantasy, loyalty from morality, or raw power from truth...
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January 24, 2026 at 4:56 AM
On This Day (Jan 22) in 2026 (1/9)
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Judge Richard Leon (Epstein Ballroom)
- a) can Pres renovate w/out going through Congress?
- b) can pvt funds be used?
- WH: 'this is like Gerald Ford putting in a pool'
- 'end run around Congress'
- 'financing is like Rube Goldberg'
January 23, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Unlike previous presidents, P47 doesn't separate personal interests from the interests of the US people; this has given him the ability to supplant interests of the US population, while enriching himself to the tune of billions of dollars

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Is Donald Trump Trying to Crown Himself “King of the World”?
How a fake “Board of Peace,” billion-dollar tribute payments, and hereditary succession could replace the United Nations with a Trump dynasty…
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January 23, 2026 at 4:57 AM
On This Day (Jan 21) in 2026 (1/21)
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Judge Cannon (FL Docs)
- was in two parts
- second part was FL Docs case
- Judge Cannon blocked release
- Appeals Court: 'set date for release!'
- date set was Feb 24

- DOJ today: 'Aileen, block forever, even future Pres!'
January 22, 2026 at 4:59 AM
After watching P47 stand on a stage this morning bashing pretty much the entire world (not Putin!), nobody can rightfully say they're surprised; but to whose benefit is P47's shattering of all good things American? Two people: P47, and his lovie Putin

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Will No One Hold Trump Accountable for Handing Putin Everything He Wanted?
When future historians ask what Putin wanted from Trump, the answer may be painfully simple: “Everything America once stood for.”
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January 22, 2026 at 4:59 AM
@alvinleito.bsky.social has added me to his 'Global voices' list ("People being people and voicing their opinions and showing their cultures, languages and lifestyles from all over the world") at bsky.app/profile/did:...

Thank you, Alvin! 😊
January 22, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Logged in today to find that @textstack.bsky.social had added me to a list. Listifications said it was the, "Bridges and Spammers List," but it's actually the 'Prolific Posters' list. Dunno if that's good or bad...
January 22, 2026 at 4:58 AM
On This Day (Jan 20) in 2026 (1/12)
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Judge Novak (Halligan), p1
- Nov 24, Judge Currie: 'Halligan is not EDVA US Atty'
- Lindsey Halligan completely ignored her
- Jan 6, Judge Novak: 'why calling yourself US Atty?'
- Jan 13, Halligan: 'HOW DARE YOU ASK? ABUSE OF PWER!!!'
January 21, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Staggering GOP hypocrisy has long since become a mind-numbing daily norm; GOPers have never really had any principles, but in recent decades, they barely try to hide it. And in fact under P47, they bathe in the glory of outwardly being total a-holes

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Is “Conservative Values” the Lie That Made Trump Possible?
How the Language of Morality Became a Cover for Fear and Power
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January 21, 2026 at 4:56 AM
On This Day (Jan 19) in 2026 (1/9)
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Epstein Files
- tomorrow (Jan 20) is Epstein's birthday (1953)
- new statue on Natl Mall
- replica of P47's bday card to Epstein
- also a statue of. 'redacted Epstein Files'
- visitors invited to leave a message for P47 and Admin
January 20, 2026 at 4:59 AM
P47 and his BS-floating ilk always hail, 'freedom,' and claim to be warrior-like guardians of, 'free speech'; in reality, one word of dissent is enough to plunge the perp into a life of exile, be it a ban from the bird site, or the feds coming down hard

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Is Having a “Fearful View of Freedom” the Key to The Trump Revolution?
This isn’t alarmism: it’s the historical pattern, repeated across dozens of countries and thousands of years. I’ve seen it, repeatedly, with my own eyes…
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January 20, 2026 at 4:56 AM
On This Day (Jan 18) in 2026 (1/3)
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London
- NBA game bw Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic
- US Natl Anthem interrupted by protester
- 'Leave Greenland alone!'
- some booed, some cheered
January 19, 2026 at 4:58 AM
On This Day (Jan 17) in 2026 (1/2)
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New tariffs
- re, having, 'journeyed to Greenland'
- eight countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France,
- Germany, UK, Netherlands, Finland
- 10% now
- 25% Jun 1

expires
- 'when deal reached for complete purchase of Greenland'
January 18, 2026 at 4:59 AM
While P47 assiduously avoids any mention of the Epstein Files, he makes sure to mention Greenland at any opportunity (when he's not accepting Nobel Prizes other people won), interspersing comments, re cheating at (or canceling) elections

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Saturday Report 1/17/26 — Renee Good’s death sparks MAGA deplorables wrath: Minneapolis charter school under siege.
The Best of the Rest of the News
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January 18, 2026 at 4:59 AM
On This Day (Jan 16) in 2026 (1/19)
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Judge Menendez (MN ICE)
- ICE in MN creating chaos
- taking illegal/unwarranted action, re protesters
- 'no pepper spray, arresting/detaining, crowd-dispersing'
- 'of peaceful protesters'
- 'driving ≠ reasonable suspicion'
- TRO
January 17, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Most all of us are old enough to remember well the financial crash of 2020, and a goodly percentage of us can look back on the financial crash of 2008 like it was yesterday. GOPer P47 is in the Oval Office, doing what GOPers do best: crashing our economy

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What Happens When the Economy Fails Depends on Who You Are
For working families, recessions mean job loss and debt; for billionaires, they mean discounted assets and record wealth gains…
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January 17, 2026 at 4:54 AM
On This Day (Jan 15) in 2026 (1/3)
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St Elizabeths [sic] Hospital
- became DHS Natl HQ 2010-2019
- Noem determined to knock down 13 buildings
- cites DHS security and deterioration of buildings
- infrastructure company: 'these buildings are fine'
- Noem not happy
January 16, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Despite 350lb thugs terrorizing citizens and non-citizens alike in city after city (in theory, to further deportations), seems P47 still can't even come close to matching Obama's numbers...gee, almost like ICE isn't about deportations at all 🤔

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Why Has ICE Turned Minneapolis Into a Battlefield?
Why the largest-ever ICE operation isn’t just about immigration, but about who gets to walk freely in America’s cities and who pays with their lives…
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January 16, 2026 at 4:57 AM
On This Day (Jan 14) in 2026 (1/15)
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Judge Katherine Menendez (MN ICE)
- MN wants ICE gone from MN
- status conference this morning
- Judge: 'no TRO; converting request to request for PI'
- DOJ must file response by Jan 19
- MN response by Jan 22
- hearing date TBD
January 15, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Though fake idiot justifications are given for ICE terrorizing various cities (fraud! crime! Somalians! Shower heads!), what is crystal clear is that P47 hates black and brown people (considers them animals), and loves white people (who don't hate him)

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At What Point Do We Admit This Isn’t Immigration Enforcement, But Racial Enforcement?
How ICE moved from enforcing immigration law to deciding which people belong in America and which people do not…
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January 15, 2026 at 4:55 AM
On This Day (Jan 13) in 2026 (1/10)
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Judge David Novak (Halligan)
- Lindsey Halligan is not US Atty for EDVA
- DOJ identifies her as the US Atty in court
- Judge: 'why?'
- DOJ: 'HOW DARE YOU ASK?!? GROSS ABUSE OF POWER!!!'
- DOJ: 'WE CAN CALL HER WHATEVER WE WANT!!!'
January 14, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Given that P47 engages in whichever illegal and unconstitutional acts he wants to while saying 🖕 to the country, and he gets a free pass from the supine GOPers in Congress and SCOTUS, are we in a dictatorship now? Is it starting to fall apart for P47?

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Could This Be What the End of a Would-Be Dictatorship Looks Like?
The masks are off, the excuses are gone, and the regime is testing how much terror the public will tolerate. What happens when the public finally refuses to be afraid?
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January 14, 2026 at 4:57 AM
On This Day (Jan 12) in 2026 (1/5)
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Maria Corina Machado
- her party won the election in Venezuela
- last Nobel Peace Prize winner
- P47 thinks he should have won Nobel Prize
- she'd be running Venezuela if he had won
- she's going to give P47 the prize Thu at WH
January 13, 2026 at 4:58 AM
'Russia, if you're listening...': so bleeted P47 prior to the 2016 election, another instance of P47 trying to take on the characteristics of the thug over whom he had drooled for years. Still looking for Putin's acceptance, P47 is terrorizing the world

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How Many Democracies Must Fall Before We Admit Trump and Putin Want the Same Outcome?
The psychology of domination, cruelty, and control that defines both men is now shaping the fate of entire nations…
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January 13, 2026 at 4:57 AM