Derek Lamparty
@abrogans.bsky.social
I am a crabby bastard. :-) Unless I am doing something that I love like BBQing, gardening, backpacking, hiking, hanging with the neighbors and family. MN United and MM Wild fan, husband, father of 2 wonderful adult children.
You have to be able to read and speak English to have a commercial drivers license, but that is not necessary if you want to become a jack boot thug.
ICE applicants who can ‘barely read or write’ are being accepted, report says
The Homeland Security Department hopes to hire 10,000 new deportation officers by the end of the year to help in President Donald Trump’s massive immigration crackdown
www.independent.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
You have to be able to read and speak English to have a commercial drivers license, but that is not necessary if you want to become a jack boot thug.
The blatant corruption by the Trump family is astounding. Hunter Biden has nothing on these grifters.
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The blatant corruption by the Trump family is astounding. Hunter Biden has nothing on these grifters.
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New: A cause of death has been released for Robert Dear, the man accused of killing three people and wounding nine others a decade ago in a mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. Dear, 67, died Nov. 22 at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Missouri.
Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooter’s cause of death revealed
Robert Dear, 67, died Nov. 22 at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.
trib.al
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
New: A cause of death has been released for Robert Dear, the man accused of killing three people and wounding nine others a decade ago in a mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. Dear, 67, died Nov. 22 at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Missouri.
Ah… yes… the weaponization of the Justice Department against criminals. Can’t have that.
Q: “Why did the president commute the sentence of David Gentile?…He served 12 days out of a 7-year sentence.”
Leavitt: “This is another example that has been brought to the president's attention of weaponization of justice from the previous administration and therefore he signed this commutation.”
Leavitt: “This is another example that has been brought to the president's attention of weaponization of justice from the previous administration and therefore he signed this commutation.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Ah… yes… the weaponization of the Justice Department against criminals. Can’t have that.
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Trump’s “new health care plan” is basically the medical version of that joke: the patient is dying quick, hide the monitors. Pretend everything’s fine while the system flatlines.
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Trump’s “new health care plan” is basically the medical version of that joke: the patient is dying quick, hide the monitors. Pretend everything’s fine while the system flatlines.
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I know people are going to revel in the schadenfreude here, but this is really just an admission—given how close the House is split—that they’re just mad it didn’t work. Fewer than a dozen House GOPers could change America tomorrow. That they’re not proves this is just about losing, not principles.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I know people are going to revel in the schadenfreude here, but this is really just an admission—given how close the House is split—that they’re just mad it didn’t work. Fewer than a dozen House GOPers could change America tomorrow. That they’re not proves this is just about losing, not principles.
This is what happens when you try to bend or break the rules to hasten your politically motivated prosecutions.
US judge throws out criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James
Judge says interim US attorney for eastern district of Virginia had ‘no lawful authority’ to indict former FBI director and New York attorney general
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is what happens when you try to bend or break the rules to hasten your politically motivated prosecutions.
Well... the reaction from Trump supporters should be interesting.
Trump says he ‘absolutely’ would live in Mamdani’s New York during unexpectedly cordial first meeting – US politics live
President and mayor-elect refused to be drawn into talking about their differences despite repeated attempts to draw them into conflict
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Well... the reaction from Trump supporters should be interesting.
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An ICE employee was among 16 men arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
An ICE employee was among 16 men arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
As I have stated many times since January, the incompetence of people in the Trump administration is astounding.
Wonder if yet another Trump attorney will be disbarred?
Wonder if yet another Trump attorney will be disbarred?
New hurdle in Comey case as Trump's Justice Department faces questions about the grand jury process
The prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey has hit another hurdle. The Justice Department acknowledged in court Wednesday a possible lapse in how the case was presented to a grand jury.
apnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
As I have stated many times since January, the incompetence of people in the Trump administration is astounding.
Wonder if yet another Trump attorney will be disbarred?
Wonder if yet another Trump attorney will be disbarred?
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A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not just the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.
November 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not just the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.
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When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Faux News is at it again. I mean... many of us were calling them out for using 5 year old pictures and videos trying to stoke even more division in the country. The city of Portland should follow Trump's lead and sue Fox for $5 Billion!
Grateful to @oregonian.com and @oregoncapitalchronicle.com for sharing our story about Fox News' misleading coverage of Portland before Trump ordered the National Guard.
ICYMI: www.propublica.org/article/port...
ICYMI: www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Faux News is at it again. I mean... many of us were calling them out for using 5 year old pictures and videos trying to stoke even more division in the country. The city of Portland should follow Trump's lead and sue Fox for $5 Billion!
Should we have expected anything else?
US judge finds evidence of ‘government misconduct’ in federal case against Comey
Judge ruled DoJ engaged in ‘profound investigative missteps’ on way to indicting the former FBI director
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Should we have expected anything else?
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NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
At least someone on the right is talking about how toxic the rhetoric on the right is. She is currently in the found out stage.
That being said. I have no sympathy for MTG and everything she has been doing/saying is suspect.
That being said. I have no sympathy for MTG and everything she has been doing/saying is suspect.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
At least someone on the right is talking about how toxic the rhetoric on the right is. She is currently in the found out stage.
That being said. I have no sympathy for MTG and everything she has been doing/saying is suspect.
That being said. I have no sympathy for MTG and everything she has been doing/saying is suspect.
So very sad. I enjoyed his music.
Americana troubadour Todd Snider, alt-country singer-songwriter, dies at 59
Known for his cosmic-stoner songwriting and freewheeling tunes, Todd Snider's career spanned three decades.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
So very sad. I enjoyed his music.
The corruption in this administration is astounding.
We found that a company with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly got money from DHS contracts.
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The corruption in this administration is astounding.
The new Epstein investigations is just another effort by Trump to stop the release of the files.
Rep. Thomas Massie: "The president has been saying this is a hoax…Well, he's just now decided to investigate a hoax...If they have ongoing investigations, those documents can't be released. So this might be a big smoke screen…to prevent the release of the Epstein files."
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The new Epstein investigations is just another effort by Trump to stop the release of the files.
As long as you pay enough into the Trump family coffers, you can get what you want e.g. pardons, lucrative government contracts, merger approvals, etc…
President Trump’s pardon of Changpeng Zhao came shortly after Zhao’s company, Binance, helped catapult the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm, World Liberty Financial, into international recognition. The firm is a major source of the Trump family's fortune. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday. 60Minutes.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
As long as you pay enough into the Trump family coffers, you can get what you want e.g. pardons, lucrative government contracts, merger approvals, etc…
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.