Smmathai
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1/20/25 The fight has begun
1/20/25 The fight has begun
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This is despicable behavior and the kind of thing that makes people hate labor unions.
@unitehere.org Local 1 should be ashamed, and should themselves be boycotted.
I would never use a venue staffed by those assholes.
wsbt.com/news/local/b...
@unitehere.org Local 1 should be ashamed, and should themselves be boycotted.
I would never use a venue staffed by those assholes.
wsbt.com/news/local/b...
Bride-to-be targeted by Chicago union over boycotted South Bend hotel
A local bride to be says what should have been a happy time has turned into one of the most traumatizing experiences of her life.After sending out wedding detai
wsbt.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
This is despicable behavior and the kind of thing that makes people hate labor unions.
@unitehere.org Local 1 should be ashamed, and should themselves be boycotted.
I would never use a venue staffed by those assholes.
wsbt.com/news/local/b...
@unitehere.org Local 1 should be ashamed, and should themselves be boycotted.
I would never use a venue staffed by those assholes.
wsbt.com/news/local/b...
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I can't think of an attorney general ever showing this much open contempt for Congress before.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Bondi is now just straight up ignoring questions from Democratic members
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I can't think of an attorney general ever showing this much open contempt for Congress before.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
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Of course, the current chair of the House Judiciary Committee is Jim Jordan, so you can get why Pam Bondi would assume he wouldn't care about getting justice for the victims of sexual assault.
I can't think of an attorney general ever showing this much open contempt for Congress before.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Bondi is now just straight up ignoring questions from Democratic members
February 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Of course, the current chair of the House Judiciary Committee is Jim Jordan, so you can get why Pam Bondi would assume he wouldn't care about getting justice for the victims of sexual assault.
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CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
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CNN: You said Trump supports that Gabbard was in Fulton County, but last night he said he didn't know why she was there. Can you clarify?
LEAVITT: Election security is essential to national security. We need to ensure our elections are free and fair.
(Note that this is not an answer!)
LEAVITT: Election security is essential to national security. We need to ensure our elections are free and fair.
(Note that this is not an answer!)
February 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
CNN: You said Trump supports that Gabbard was in Fulton County, but last night he said he didn't know why she was there. Can you clarify?
LEAVITT: Election security is essential to national security. We need to ensure our elections are free and fair.
(Note that this is not an answer!)
LEAVITT: Election security is essential to national security. We need to ensure our elections are free and fair.
(Note that this is not an answer!)
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Those safeguards were created after the 19th-century spoils system, when government jobs were handed out as political rewards and taken away after elections, a practice that led to corruption, instability, and unqualified leadership in key roles.
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Those safeguards were created after the 19th-century spoils system, when government jobs were handed out as political rewards and taken away after elections, a practice that led to corruption, instability, and unqualified leadership in key roles.
Is this how they’re dealing with the Tulsi problem?
rule, career employees deemed to have policy-related responsibilities can be placed into a category with fewer protections. For those roles, whistleblower complaints are no longer automatically handled by the independent Office of Special Counsel and instead go through internal agency processes.
February 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Is this how they’re dealing with the Tulsi problem?
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The Trump administration has finalized a rule that reclassifies tens of thousands of federal positions in a way that removes long-standing job protections and makes it easier to fire or discipline those workers.
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The Trump administration has finalized a rule that reclassifies tens of thousands of federal positions in a way that removes long-standing job protections and makes it easier to fire or discipline those workers.
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Leavitt: "He is now demanding $1 billion from Harvard University"
February 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Leavitt: "He is now demanding $1 billion from Harvard University"
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Leavitt waves around a photo of a "self-proclaimed antifa member" she says was just arrested who she accuses of being "a domestic terrorist"
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Leavitt waves around a photo of a "self-proclaimed antifa member" she says was just arrested who she accuses of being "a domestic terrorist"
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Dems need to demand a ban on ICE at polling places and no ICE operations in run up to election before agreeing to any DHS funding
Q: Bannon recently said 'we're gonna have ICE surround the polls come November.' Is that something the president is considering?
LEAVITT: I can't guarantee an ICE agent won't be around a polling location, but what I can tell you is I haven't heard the president discuss any formal plans
LEAVITT: I can't guarantee an ICE agent won't be around a polling location, but what I can tell you is I haven't heard the president discuss any formal plans
February 5, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Dems need to demand a ban on ICE at polling places and no ICE operations in run up to election before agreeing to any DHS funding
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Breaking:
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
February 5, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Breaking:
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
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This is the same Katie Britt who sneered that Dems' reasonable demands for restraints on DHS are a "Christmas list" and blamed Dems after the ICE murder of Renee Good
paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
February 5, 2026 at 8:12 PM
This is the same Katie Britt who sneered that Dems' reasonable demands for restraints on DHS are a "Christmas list" and blamed Dems after the ICE murder of Renee Good
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Corporatist fascism, plain and simple.
DHS is trying to get tech companies to hand over data on Trump critics.
This is unconstitutional, and Congress must shut it down, before we turn into East Germany.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/h...
DHS is trying to get tech companies to hand over data on Trump critics.
This is unconstitutional, and Congress must shut it down, before we turn into East Germany.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/h...
Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics | TechCrunch
The use of administrative subpoenas, which are not subject to judicial oversight, are used to demand a wealth of information from tech companies, including the owners of anonymous online accounts docu...
techcrunch.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Corporatist fascism, plain and simple.
DHS is trying to get tech companies to hand over data on Trump critics.
This is unconstitutional, and Congress must shut it down, before we turn into East Germany.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/h...
DHS is trying to get tech companies to hand over data on Trump critics.
This is unconstitutional, and Congress must shut it down, before we turn into East Germany.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/h...
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for donald trump's sake i hope nobody brings up politics at the olympics, an infamously politics-free zone
February 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
for donald trump's sake i hope nobody brings up politics at the olympics, an infamously politics-free zone
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The Justice Dept. unit responsible for prosecuting potential wrongdoing by law enforcement — including during the crackdown in Minneapolis — has lost two-thirds of its prosecutors and is under orders to scale back its investigations of excessive force, people familiar with its work told Reuters.
Exclusive: Justice Department unit on police misconduct sees staffing plunge and probes scaled back, sources say
The U.S. Justice Department unit responsible for prosecuting potential wrongdoing by law enforcement, including during the crackdown on illegal immigration in Minneapolis, has lost two-thirds of its p...
www.reuters.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The Justice Dept. unit responsible for prosecuting potential wrongdoing by law enforcement — including during the crackdown in Minneapolis — has lost two-thirds of its prosecutors and is under orders to scale back its investigations of excessive force, people familiar with its work told Reuters.
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"If Bitcoin can't thrive during a period where every rich government and fiat currency is perceived to be under stress, what's the environment for it?"
[a few paragraphs later]
"Bitcoin is all over the Epstein files..."
[a few paragraphs later]
"Bitcoin is all over the Epstein files..."
WEISENTHAL: “.. if #Bitcoin can’t thrive during a period where every rich government and fiat currency is perceived to be under stress, what’s the environment for it?”
@weisenthal.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com
@weisenthal.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
"If Bitcoin can't thrive during a period where every rich government and fiat currency is perceived to be under stress, what's the environment for it?"
[a few paragraphs later]
"Bitcoin is all over the Epstein files..."
[a few paragraphs later]
"Bitcoin is all over the Epstein files..."
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Two days ago, the president used his social media platform to endorse this "phenomenal candidate" and to urge "all America First Patriots" in the district to get out and vote for her.
Today, he says he doesn't know anything about it and had nothing to do with it.
He's lying or demented or both.
Today, he says he doesn't know anything about it and had nothing to do with it.
He's lying or demented or both.
February 1, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Two days ago, the president used his social media platform to endorse this "phenomenal candidate" and to urge "all America First Patriots" in the district to get out and vote for her.
Today, he says he doesn't know anything about it and had nothing to do with it.
He's lying or demented or both.
Today, he says he doesn't know anything about it and had nothing to do with it.
He's lying or demented or both.
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This level of disgusting racism and cruelty didn’t exist in a vacuum, and it didn’t end with Epstein.
Epstein files:
“JEFF wanted, ‘young, fresh meat girls. Virgins.’ He told ■, ‘Don’t bring me any n*ggers.’”
Epstein files:
“JEFF wanted, ‘young, fresh meat girls. Virgins.’ He told ■, ‘Don’t bring me any n*ggers.’”
February 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
This level of disgusting racism and cruelty didn’t exist in a vacuum, and it didn’t end with Epstein.
Epstein files:
“JEFF wanted, ‘young, fresh meat girls. Virgins.’ He told ■, ‘Don’t bring me any n*ggers.’”
Epstein files:
“JEFF wanted, ‘young, fresh meat girls. Virgins.’ He told ■, ‘Don’t bring me any n*ggers.’”
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I guess they are pretty upset.
For some reason.
For some reason.
February 1, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I guess they are pretty upset.
For some reason.
For some reason.
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A federal appellate judge has thrown out an ethics complaint that Justice Department officials lodged against Judge James E. Boasberg. The complaint followed backlash from Trump over Boasberg’s effort to halt the deportation of Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security facility in El Salvador.
February 1, 2026 at 6:18 PM
A federal appellate judge has thrown out an ethics complaint that Justice Department officials lodged against Judge James E. Boasberg. The complaint followed backlash from Trump over Boasberg’s effort to halt the deportation of Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security facility in El Salvador.
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Johnson used the last shutdown as an excuse not to swear in a new Dem representative. We are in a shutdown now, so we will see what happens tomorrow.
February 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Johnson used the last shutdown as an excuse not to swear in a new Dem representative. We are in a shutdown now, so we will see what happens tomorrow.
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"She sustained a torn rotator cuff, concussion and bruised ribs during the incident and received medical treatment at a hospital..."
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February 1, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"She sustained a torn rotator cuff, concussion and bruised ribs during the incident and received medical treatment at a hospital..."
www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
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CHICAGOANS!!!!
Voting is open for the annual snowplow naming contest. And “Abolish Ice” is one of the options.
You know what to do (vote): chicagoshovels.org
Voting is open for the annual snowplow naming contest. And “Abolish Ice” is one of the options.
You know what to do (vote): chicagoshovels.org
February 1, 2026 at 6:55 PM
CHICAGOANS!!!!
Voting is open for the annual snowplow naming contest. And “Abolish Ice” is one of the options.
You know what to do (vote): chicagoshovels.org
Voting is open for the annual snowplow naming contest. And “Abolish Ice” is one of the options.
You know what to do (vote): chicagoshovels.org