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As we saw with the Abrego Garcia case, once their screwup becomes public, this administration doubles down and tries to destroy the life of their victim with a campaign of slander and brutality. Just watch how they're going to go after this woman and her family.
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM
As we saw with the Abrego Garcia case, once their screwup becomes public, this administration doubles down and tries to destroy the life of their victim with a campaign of slander and brutality. Just watch how they're going to go after this woman and her family.
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Bozell has the distinction of not only holding disgusting views but being personally one of the angriest assholes you'll ever encounter, despite the fact that because of his family he has lived a charmed life of endless wingnut welfare while having no appreciable talents of any sort.
Among the nominees just confirmed is Leo Brent Bozell III, a far-right activist and critic of the fight to end apartheid, who Collins just approved to be the United States AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH AFRICA.
Vile and irredeemable. tinyurl.com/5fwv4dzc #MEpolitics
Vile and irredeemable. tinyurl.com/5fwv4dzc #MEpolitics
Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid
As Black activists in South Africa fought against their country’s racist apartheid...
tinyurl.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Bozell has the distinction of not only holding disgusting views but being personally one of the angriest assholes you'll ever encounter, despite the fact that because of his family he has lived a charmed life of endless wingnut welfare while having no appreciable talents of any sort.
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Latest: A report by the Cato Institute, a new AP investigation, and reams of court documents show how DHS is abusing a law about impeding federal law enforcement to threaten and arrest people for protected First Amendment activity.
Those cases are falling apart in court reason.com/2025/12/18/t...
Those cases are falling apart in court reason.com/2025/12/18/t...
The Trump administration is abusing a law to threaten ICE protesters. The cases are falling apart.
The administration doesn't want to win these cases. It wants to intimidate Americans who oppose its immigration policies.
reason.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Latest: A report by the Cato Institute, a new AP investigation, and reams of court documents show how DHS is abusing a law about impeding federal law enforcement to threaten and arrest people for protected First Amendment activity.
Those cases are falling apart in court reason.com/2025/12/18/t...
Those cases are falling apart in court reason.com/2025/12/18/t...
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“You could say it’s down 87% or you could say it’d have to go up by 700% to get back to that price.”
Sure.
What Trump said was that prices were being cut by 600%, not “prices are being cut such that they would need to go up 600% to return to the prior price.”
Sure.
What Trump said was that prices were being cut by 600%, not “prices are being cut such that they would need to go up 600% to return to the prior price.”
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM
“You could say it’s down 87% or you could say it’d have to go up by 700% to get back to that price.”
Sure.
What Trump said was that prices were being cut by 600%, not “prices are being cut such that they would need to go up 600% to return to the prior price.”
Sure.
What Trump said was that prices were being cut by 600%, not “prices are being cut such that they would need to go up 600% to return to the prior price.”
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Things are nuts at Turning Points AmFest.
Erika Kirk taking jabs at Candace Owens.
Ben Shapiro taking jabs Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and Megyn Kelly.
All on stage.
And Tucker is set to speak soon.
Posting clips.
Erika Kirk taking jabs at Candace Owens.
Ben Shapiro taking jabs Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and Megyn Kelly.
All on stage.
And Tucker is set to speak soon.
Posting clips.
December 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Things are nuts at Turning Points AmFest.
Erika Kirk taking jabs at Candace Owens.
Ben Shapiro taking jabs Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and Megyn Kelly.
All on stage.
And Tucker is set to speak soon.
Posting clips.
Erika Kirk taking jabs at Candace Owens.
Ben Shapiro taking jabs Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and Megyn Kelly.
All on stage.
And Tucker is set to speak soon.
Posting clips.
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Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
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NEW: A bill restoring money for pediatric cancer therapies was defeated in the Senate.
My colleague @samsteindc.bsky.social — who has covered this wrenching story ever since the funding was first removed at Elon Musk's behest last year — reports on why Bernie Sanders helped defeat the bill.
My colleague @samsteindc.bsky.social — who has covered this wrenching story ever since the funding was first removed at Elon Musk's behest last year — reports on why Bernie Sanders helped defeat the bill.
A Pediatric Cancer Bill Fell One Vote Short. Bernie Cast It.
The Vermont senator is holding out for a bigger health care package. Advocates are asking: Is the price worth it?
www.thebulwark.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
NEW: A bill restoring money for pediatric cancer therapies was defeated in the Senate.
My colleague @samsteindc.bsky.social — who has covered this wrenching story ever since the funding was first removed at Elon Musk's behest last year — reports on why Bernie Sanders helped defeat the bill.
My colleague @samsteindc.bsky.social — who has covered this wrenching story ever since the funding was first removed at Elon Musk's behest last year — reports on why Bernie Sanders helped defeat the bill.
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I hope Mustapha Kharbouch, the Palestinian student who was wrongly accused by many conservatives, sues the hell out of every one.
December 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I hope Mustapha Kharbouch, the Palestinian student who was wrongly accused by many conservatives, sues the hell out of every one.
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Breaking:
Judge Dugan ACQUITTED on Count One, convicted on Count 2.
Judge Dugan ACQUITTED on Count One, convicted on Count 2.
December 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Breaking:
Judge Dugan ACQUITTED on Count One, convicted on Count 2.
Judge Dugan ACQUITTED on Count One, convicted on Count 2.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Man suspected in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire storage facility, AP source says.
December 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Man suspected in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire storage facility, AP source says.
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Cuellar has voted with the Republicans on everything and it is an absolute embarrassment to the Democratic Party that they restored him to his leadership role
December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Cuellar has voted with the Republicans on everything and it is an absolute embarrassment to the Democratic Party that they restored him to his leadership role
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I cannot emphasize how serious an assault on democracy this is. Any effort by the Trump administration to engage in false claims of fraud or mass voter suppression relies on this as a building block. As importantly, there is no legitimate reason DOJ would want this information.
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. Thursday for unfettered access to the states’ voter registration records. The federal government has now filed lawsuits against 21 states, plus D.C.
This is a developing story...
This is a developing story...
DOJ Sues Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and DC, Expanding Campaign of Voter Data Lawsuits to 22
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I cannot emphasize how serious an assault on democracy this is. Any effort by the Trump administration to engage in false claims of fraud or mass voter suppression relies on this as a building block. As importantly, there is no legitimate reason DOJ would want this information.
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I wish I could spool this out into a whole essay, but one of the striking features of Trump's second term is its comprehensive *lack* of a vision for anyone's future. For all the hell they inflict, all the murderous pain, there is no vision for the masses about what this destruction is all *for.*
December 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I wish I could spool this out into a whole essay, but one of the striking features of Trump's second term is its comprehensive *lack* of a vision for anyone's future. For all the hell they inflict, all the murderous pain, there is no vision for the masses about what this destruction is all *for.*
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This is so fucked up
Immigration attorney Tori Slatton has a US citizen client who is in ICE custody - and whisked off to Louisiana
ICE ignored court orders - about a US citizen
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y2nxyd/
Immigration attorney Tori Slatton has a US citizen client who is in ICE custody - and whisked off to Louisiana
ICE ignored court orders - about a US citizen
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y2nxyd/
Please like and share #immigrationlawyer #immigrationattorney #attorney #immigrant #attorneysoftiktok
TikTok video by YourAsylumBuddy
www.tiktok.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is so fucked up
Immigration attorney Tori Slatton has a US citizen client who is in ICE custody - and whisked off to Louisiana
ICE ignored court orders - about a US citizen
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y2nxyd/
Immigration attorney Tori Slatton has a US citizen client who is in ICE custody - and whisked off to Louisiana
ICE ignored court orders - about a US citizen
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y2nxyd/
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Today I received FOUR death notifications for people in ICE custody. That's 30 deaths since Trump took office. It's appalling & unacceptable.
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
December 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Today I received FOUR death notifications for people in ICE custody. That's 30 deaths since Trump took office. It's appalling & unacceptable.
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
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Yikes
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court rules that police can get Google search data without a warrant; an expert warns it may encourage warrantless searches nationwide (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Yikes
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Pediatric phalloplasty is something that takes place when there is severe genital injury or a congenital condition. I have not been able to find a single report of phalloplasty performed on a transgender minor.
This is grotesque fear-mongering.
This is grotesque fear-mongering.
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Pediatric phalloplasty is something that takes place when there is severe genital injury or a congenital condition. I have not been able to find a single report of phalloplasty performed on a transgender minor.
This is grotesque fear-mongering.
This is grotesque fear-mongering.
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(1/2) President Trump and his administration have spent the past year repressing free expression, targeting artists, journalists, and comedians, and erasing the history of Americans whose contributions made our nation better and more just.
December 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
(1/2) President Trump and his administration have spent the past year repressing free expression, targeting artists, journalists, and comedians, and erasing the history of Americans whose contributions made our nation better and more just.
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(2/2) President Kennedy proudly stood for justice, peace, equality, dignity, diversity, and compassion for those who suffer. President Trump stands in opposition to these values, and his name should not be placed alongside President Kennedy's.
Trump's handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center
President Donald Trump’s handpicked board has voted to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center.
apnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
(2/2) President Kennedy proudly stood for justice, peace, equality, dignity, diversity, and compassion for those who suffer. President Trump stands in opposition to these values, and his name should not be placed alongside President Kennedy's.
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Worst jobs President in American history
December 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Worst jobs President in American history
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The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”…
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
December 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”…
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
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Trump is heavily focused on getting a military that's personally loyal to him, from the generals to the rank-and-file. He needs it for when he asks them to fire on protesting American citizens, or staging his next coup
It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Trump is heavily focused on getting a military that's personally loyal to him, from the generals to the rank-and-file. He needs it for when he asks them to fire on protesting American citizens, or staging his next coup
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Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
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Secretary Hegseth and Secretary Rubio came to the Hill this week to brief all 100 Senators on the boat strike in the Caribbean. We didn’t learn anything new, just the continued cover-up. Congress has made its position clear – release the 2nd strike video.
Hegseth is not fit to hold his position.
Hegseth is not fit to hold his position.
December 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Secretary Hegseth and Secretary Rubio came to the Hill this week to brief all 100 Senators on the boat strike in the Caribbean. We didn’t learn anything new, just the continued cover-up. Congress has made its position clear – release the 2nd strike video.
Hegseth is not fit to hold his position.
Hegseth is not fit to hold his position.