Sue
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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From missile misfires to brazen lawlessness, Hegseth’s ego-driven “leadership” proves dangerous, absurd, and illegal, forcing Washington to confront the man treating national security like a reckless
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"Commander Clueless Strikes Again"
From missile misfires to brazen lawlessness, Hegseth’s ego-driven “leadership” proves dangerous, absurd, and illegal, forcing Washington to confront the man treating national security like a reckless
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December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
From missile misfires to brazen lawlessness, Hegseth’s ego-driven “leadership” proves dangerous, absurd, and illegal, forcing Washington to confront the man treating national security like a reckless
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I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."
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Kaine: "We had to pry with a crowbar after weeks and weeks out of the administration the supposed rationale for the strikes in international waters. It was very shoddy. It was not at all persuasive that these are legal actions ... It's time for Congress to rein in the president."
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Kaine: "We had to pry with a crowbar after weeks and weeks out of the administration the supposed rationale for the strikes in international waters. It was very shoddy. It was not at all persuasive that these are legal actions ... It's time for Congress to rein in the president."
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Seriously how fucking stupid do you have to be to believe that Trump is opposed to drug dealers when he’s given enough money he will pardon them.
November 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Seriously how fucking stupid do you have to be to believe that Trump is opposed to drug dealers when he’s given enough money he will pardon them.
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this pad is the only platform capable of sending crewed spacecraft to the ISS, and repairs may take at least several years.
As a result, future launches will either face major delays or, if repairs prove impossible, may not happen at all
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As a result, future launches will either face major delays or, if repairs prove impossible, may not happen at all
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104K views · 1.2K reactions | ❗Russia has suffered a major spaceflight setback — they’ve lost the ability to launch their own into space.
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome, after the launch of the Soyuz MS-...
❗Russia has suffered a major spaceflight setback — they’ve lost the ability to launch their own into space.
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome, after the launch of the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft, an accident...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
this pad is the only platform capable of sending crewed spacecraft to the ISS, and repairs may take at least several years.
As a result, future launches will either face major delays or, if repairs prove impossible, may not happen at all
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As a result, future launches will either face major delays or, if repairs prove impossible, may not happen at all
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We cannot let this be normal. A sitting United States President has called for ‘death’ to sitting Members of Congress.
Those who he targets — veterans, intelligence community, federal workers — must stand up and fight.
Those who he targets — veterans, intelligence community, federal workers — must stand up and fight.
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We cannot let this be normal. A sitting United States President has called for ‘death’ to sitting Members of Congress.
Those who he targets — veterans, intelligence community, federal workers — must stand up and fight.
Those who he targets — veterans, intelligence community, federal workers — must stand up and fight.
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Someone needs to say it. Trump 2028 isn’t happening.
We know the presidency ages you, and we’re witnessing his rapid decline. His approval is buried in the 30s, and his stamina is gone. He won’t be able to vigorously campaign.
He can pretend 2028 is inevitable, but everyone can see the truth.
We know the presidency ages you, and we’re witnessing his rapid decline. His approval is buried in the 30s, and his stamina is gone. He won’t be able to vigorously campaign.
He can pretend 2028 is inevitable, but everyone can see the truth.
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Someone needs to say it. Trump 2028 isn’t happening.
We know the presidency ages you, and we’re witnessing his rapid decline. His approval is buried in the 30s, and his stamina is gone. He won’t be able to vigorously campaign.
He can pretend 2028 is inevitable, but everyone can see the truth.
We know the presidency ages you, and we’re witnessing his rapid decline. His approval is buried in the 30s, and his stamina is gone. He won’t be able to vigorously campaign.
He can pretend 2028 is inevitable, but everyone can see the truth.
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At a time when the food-stamp system is under fire & more strict work requirements are starting to kick in, a review of companies with the most SNAP recipients in the state shows many are employed by high-profile companies in retail, health care & the gig economy. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
‘The government is subsidizing corporate profits’: Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts? - The Boston Globe
In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age SNAP recipients have jobs.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
At a time when the food-stamp system is under fire & more strict work requirements are starting to kick in, a review of companies with the most SNAP recipients in the state shows many are employed by high-profile companies in retail, health care & the gig economy. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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A growing number of GOP-led states are restricting student voting access, from banning campus polling places to making it harder to prove residency. Earlier this year, Indiana banned student IDs for voting.
Indiana Republicans Are Banning Student IDs for Voting
The new restriction, paired with Indiana’s stringent voter ID rules, is poised to make it much harder for many young people to vote in a state that already ranks near-last in turnout.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A growing number of GOP-led states are restricting student voting access, from banning campus polling places to making it harder to prove residency. Earlier this year, Indiana banned student IDs for voting.
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🚨I think it’s important to remember that the guy now verbally abusing female reporters and calling them “stupid “ among other names, when they ask perfectly valid questions, is the same guy who asked his advisors if they could “ look into “ human injections of disinfectant. 😳
April 23, 2020
April 23, 2020
November 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
🚨I think it’s important to remember that the guy now verbally abusing female reporters and calling them “stupid “ among other names, when they ask perfectly valid questions, is the same guy who asked his advisors if they could “ look into “ human injections of disinfectant. 😳
April 23, 2020
April 23, 2020
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Katie Miller, the wife of Steven Miller, claims Trump kept every promise
November 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Katie Miller, the wife of Steven Miller, claims Trump kept every promise
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Brooke Rollins blames Biden while Trump bankrupts farmers
November 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Brooke Rollins blames Biden while Trump bankrupts farmers
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“the attacks on these suspected drug boats — without congressional authorization, under circumstances in which the boat operators pose no military threat to the US, and given that narcotics trafficking is defined - as a crime rather than as terrorist activity, much less an act or war — are lawless.”
'It's a confession': Conservative lawyers call new Hegseth comment an 'admission of guilt'
Pete Hegseth was put on notice over the weekend by two conservative lawyers, including a former prosecutor, who said the Defense Secretary's defense to a major new scandal "makes no legal sense" and i...
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November 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“the attacks on these suspected drug boats — without congressional authorization, under circumstances in which the boat operators pose no military threat to the US, and given that narcotics trafficking is defined - as a crime rather than as terrorist activity, much less an act or war — are lawless.”
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Trump torched soybean exports with tariffs and now wants to be hailed as a hero for getting back a fraction of what we had.
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Trump torched soybean exports with tariffs and now wants to be hailed as a hero for getting back a fraction of what we had.
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“One of those working most closely with Epstein, up to and including attempting to scrub his public image, was Bannon…Bannon, the man millions of MAGA fans trust to tell it like it is, stands revealed as one of the most cynical liars ever to mar this country.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
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Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
www.thebulwark.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“One of those working most closely with Epstein, up to and including attempting to scrub his public image, was Bannon…Bannon, the man millions of MAGA fans trust to tell it like it is, stands revealed as one of the most cynical liars ever to mar this country.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
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“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
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Federal agents engaged in widespread misrepresentations to justify use of force: Judge
The ABC7 I-Team is taking a closer look at a trove of videos ordered released by a federal judge in her explanation of the preliminary injunction she issued earlier this month restricting use of force...
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November 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
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abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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Lakanwal was granted asylum in April by the Trump administration
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November 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Lakanwal was granted asylum in April by the Trump administration
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Trump is invading American cities to nominally address crime, and I think the scale of his pardon-sprees should be given more political salience
When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Trump is invading American cities to nominally address crime, and I think the scale of his pardon-sprees should be given more political salience
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Notably, Hegseth does not deny a single word of the story he calls “fake news”
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Notably, Hegseth does not deny a single word of the story he calls “fake news”
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The body cams don’t lie.
Judge Ellis exposed unprovoked force by ICE agents and reports rewritten to cover it.
There is no defending this.
Judge Ellis exposed unprovoked force by ICE agents and reports rewritten to cover it.
There is no defending this.
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The body cams don’t lie.
Judge Ellis exposed unprovoked force by ICE agents and reports rewritten to cover it.
There is no defending this.
Judge Ellis exposed unprovoked force by ICE agents and reports rewritten to cover it.
There is no defending this.
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Trump has a kink for brutality, especially when it is committed by what he regards as his military. In 2019, the Atlantic’s Adam Serwer described him as a “War crimes enthusiast,” which was simply a description of known facts.
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"The Order Was to Kill Everybody."
Pete Hegseth's murders. And our War Crimes President.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trump has a kink for brutality, especially when it is committed by what he regards as his military. In 2019, the Atlantic’s Adam Serwer described him as a “War crimes enthusiast,” which was simply a description of known facts.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...