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“Good Government” Democrat. Proud FDR-LBJ liberal. Former Hill staffer, writer, public affairs pro, JD. Francophile. Dog lover. History buff (WW I, medieval, France, US). Deeply, madly in love.
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Naturalizations have been conducted by county courts in at least NY and PA for more than 100 years.
If Trump administration can’t explain why it’s cancelling them, then it’s more than reasonable to assume it’s for sinister reasons. This is not hard.
If Trump administration can’t explain why it’s cancelling them, then it’s more than reasonable to assume it’s for sinister reasons. This is not hard.
Hey, FBI agents, you too have sworn an oath to the Constitution and have a duty to disobey unlawful orders.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democrats Say F.B.I. Wants to Talk to Them About Illegal Orders Video www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democrats Say F.B.I. Wants to Talk to Them About Illegal Orders Video www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democrats Say F.B.I. Wants to Talk to Them About Illegal Orders Video
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November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Hey, FBI agents, you too have sworn an oath to the Constitution and have a duty to disobey unlawful orders.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democrats Say F.B.I. Wants to Talk to Them About Illegal Orders Video www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democrats Say F.B.I. Wants to Talk to Them About Illegal Orders Video www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Abuse of power. Pentagon Opens Inquiry Into Senator Mark Kelly Over What Hegseth Calls ‘Seditious’ Video www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Pentagon Opens Inquiry Into Senator Mark Kelly Over What Hegseth Calls ‘Seditious’ Video
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November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Abuse of power. Pentagon Opens Inquiry Into Senator Mark Kelly Over What Hegseth Calls ‘Seditious’ Video www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Wind turbines are a blight on seascapes.
Oil rigs and tankers aren’t.
Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
Oil rigs and tankers aren’t.
Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Wind turbines are a blight on seascapes.
Oil rigs and tankers aren’t.
Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
Oil rigs and tankers aren’t.
Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
It’s immigrants that are their problem. They don’t want ‘em.
Citizenship ceremonies are one of the most joyous celebrations of America that you can find. 100% patriotism vibes from people who believe in the American dream. So no surprise that these ghouls would cancel them.
Leaning in to “Let’s just be assholes” ithacavoice.org/2025/11/feds...
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It’s immigrants that are their problem. They don’t want ‘em.
that’s a crime.
Shame on Rep. Clay Higgins & shame on anyone who thinks this is acceptable.
This man didn’t just cast the lone “no” vote on exposing a global sex-trafficking network… he also grabbed a citizen for daring to ask a question he didn’t like. I hope this young man presses charges.
This man didn’t just cast the lone “no” vote on exposing a global sex-trafficking network… he also grabbed a citizen for daring to ask a question he didn’t like. I hope this young man presses charges.
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
that’s a crime.
They don’t want immigrants of kind, except White South Africans.
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Feds tell county to cease naturalization ceremonies - The Ithaca Voice
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins County officials received a directive from federal immigration officials to cease all local naturalization ceremonies. Naturalization ceremonies are typically held throughout t...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
They don’t want immigrants of kind, except White South Africans.
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ithacavoice.org/2025/11/feds...
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Is this happening elsewhere?
MAGA is anti-immigration, legal and illegal. Period. End of story.
ithacavoice.org/2025/11/feds...
MAGA is anti-immigration, legal and illegal. Period. End of story.
ithacavoice.org/2025/11/feds...
Feds tell county to cease naturalization ceremonies - The Ithaca Voice
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins County officials received a directive from federal immigration officials to cease all local naturalization ceremonies. Naturalization ceremonies are typically held throughout t...
ithacavoice.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Is this happening elsewhere?
MAGA is anti-immigration, legal and illegal. Period. End of story.
ithacavoice.org/2025/11/feds...
MAGA is anti-immigration, legal and illegal. Period. End of story.
ithacavoice.org/2025/11/feds...
Cleveland Clinic? So we’re about to sell our NIH-driven medical technology and care to SA just as we shut down the very same NIH research apnews.com/live/donald-...
Live updates: Trump expected to give Saudi crown prince a warm embrace during White House visit
President Donald Trump will fête Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia. Trump announced a deal to sell the kingdom F-35 fighter jets.
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-11-18-2025#0000019a-9723-d2a5-a7fa-ffef99600000?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Prince
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Cleveland Clinic? So we’re about to sell our NIH-driven medical technology and care to SA just as we shut down the very same NIH research apnews.com/live/donald-...
@pkrugman.bsky.social Please address Hassett’s contention that real wage growth is more than compensating for increased prices.
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
@pkrugman.bsky.social Please address Hassett’s contention that real wage growth is more than compensating for increased prices.
Trump must think his MAGA base is stupid the likes of which the stupid have never been stupider.
If he has nothing to hide he doesn’t need a House vote. He can just release everything.
Trump now says House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files “because we have nothing to hide”
November 17, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Trump must think his MAGA base is stupid the likes of which the stupid have never been stupider.
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If he has nothing to hide he doesn’t need a House vote. He can just release everything.
Trump now says House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files “because we have nothing to hide”
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
If he has nothing to hide he doesn’t need a House vote. He can just release everything.
Can you imagine such inhumanity?
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Can you imagine such inhumanity?
His own social media said he was raised abroad. ‘merica not good enough for you?
Boston University Student Faces Backlash After He Called ICE on Workers www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Boston University Student Faces Backlash After He Called ICE on Workers www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Boston University Student Faces Backlash After He Called ICE on Workers
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November 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
His own social media said he was raised abroad. ‘merica not good enough for you?
Boston University Student Faces Backlash After He Called ICE on Workers www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Boston University Student Faces Backlash After He Called ICE on Workers www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Look who needs safe spaces now: MAGA.
“At least one student in the classroom was uncomfortable, and I’m sure there are more,” [Sen. Banks] said.
MAGA is indisputably representative of White supremacy.
Indiana Prof Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
“At least one student in the classroom was uncomfortable, and I’m sure there are more,” [Sen. Banks] said.
MAGA is indisputably representative of White supremacy.
Indiana Prof Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Look who needs safe spaces now: MAGA.
“At least one student in the classroom was uncomfortable, and I’m sure there are more,” [Sen. Banks] said.
MAGA is indisputably representative of White supremacy.
Indiana Prof Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
“At least one student in the classroom was uncomfortable, and I’m sure there are more,” [Sen. Banks] said.
MAGA is indisputably representative of White supremacy.
Indiana Prof Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
A pardon is cheaper than actually paying Rudy’s bill.
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
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November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A pardon is cheaper than actually paying Rudy’s bill.
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
The brutality is exceeded only by ICE’s gross WTF incompetence.
BTW, didn’t SCOTUS overturn that law that domestic violence perpetrators are not allowed to own guns?
Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
BTW, didn’t SCOTUS overturn that law that domestic violence perpetrators are not allowed to own guns?
Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The brutality is exceeded only by ICE’s gross WTF incompetence.
BTW, didn’t SCOTUS overturn that law that domestic violence perpetrators are not allowed to own guns?
Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
BTW, didn’t SCOTUS overturn that law that domestic violence perpetrators are not allowed to own guns?
Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
For context, recall that Mr. Trump famously posted former President Obama’s home address.
And Mrs. Miller recently threatened to take away Cenk Ungar’s citizenship.
These are bad people.
The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
And Mrs. Miller recently threatened to take away Cenk Ungar’s citizenship.
These are bad people.
The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
For context, recall that Mr. Trump famously posted former President Obama’s home address.
And Mrs. Miller recently threatened to take away Cenk Ungar’s citizenship.
These are bad people.
The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
And Mrs. Miller recently threatened to take away Cenk Ungar’s citizenship.
These are bad people.
The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Krugman gets it right.
@pkrugman.bsky.social is right, as usual. And this is why Senate Democrats were spot on by refusing to agree to the cruel Republican budget. It is now crystal clear who is responsible for starving Americans, and taking away their healthcare: Thune, Johnson, Trump.
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Too Cruel Too Soon
How Republicans messed up on Project 2025
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October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Krugman gets it right.
Victory for democracy!
A win! The 9th Circuit allowed Judge Karin Immergut’s restraining order against deploying National Guard troops in Portland to remain in effect while the full appeals court decides whether to rehear the case.
October 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Victory for democracy!
There it is in black and white: the six conservative Ivy League-educated, self-described deeply originalist, “just calling balls and strikes” justices are as fragile, petulant and self-indulgent as the worst of the worst “mean girls”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | This strategic blunder could swing the Supreme Court tariffs case
For Trump’s challengers, a conservative lawyer’s arguments might have the best chance of success.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
There it is in black and white: the six conservative Ivy League-educated, self-described deeply originalist, “just calling balls and strikes” justices are as fragile, petulant and self-indulgent as the worst of the worst “mean girls”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
The Founders feared the rise of someone who lacked good character. What it didn’t count on was the two other branches led by people without good character.
The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...
The only check-and-balance that actually matters
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October 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The Founders feared the rise of someone who lacked good character. What it didn’t count on was the two other branches led by people without good character.
Grotesque desecration and abomination.
From the @newyorker.com "Daily" today.
The White House doesn't belong to him. He holds it in trust both for future occupants and for the American people.
Source: www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...
The White House doesn't belong to him. He holds it in trust both for future occupants and for the American people.
Source: www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Grotesque desecration and abomination.
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Cartoon by John Darkow.
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Cartoon by John Darkow.
JHC, CONGRESS COULD HAVE STOPPED THIS. One call from Thune, Johnson, Grassley.
“Mr. President, with all due respect, don’t even fuckin’ think about it.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“Mr. President, with all due respect, don’t even fuckin’ think about it.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Can anyone stop Trump’s teardown of the East Wing?
Many preservationists fear the answer is no. A pro-Trump review board is expected to approve the president’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom, too.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
JHC, CONGRESS COULD HAVE STOPPED THIS. One call from Thune, Johnson, Grassley.
“Mr. President, with all due respect, don’t even fuckin’ think about it.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“Mr. President, with all due respect, don’t even fuckin’ think about it.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...