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Dale
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Husband, dad, grandpa. Former House Approps Committee & OMB staff. Former Republican. Now retired and cranky. Posting on politics and Maine. https://substack.com/@daleoak?r=9q4gn&utm_medium=ios 🇺🇸🆘 🇺🇦
In case you thought Bessent wasn’t being completely honest, here’s a picture of him, with his billboard, at a protest.
January 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
But ReAdinG is So hArD!!!! 🤪
January 25, 2026 at 5:31 PM
t may turn out to be an icemageddon in DC. Which would be worse than a snowmageddon.
January 24, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Great photo of some real, patriotic Americans.
January 24, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Will she get him fired? 🤔
January 23, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Prosecutors said Oliveras was “prepared for ‘war on January 6’.” He called for the “execution of ‘traitors,’ i.e. lawmakers,” and he recorded himself in the Capitol saying “WHERE ARE THE F---ING TRAITORS? DRAG THEM OUT BY THEIR F---ING HAIR!”
 
www.justice.gov
January 22, 2026 at 8:51 PM
ICE got $75 billion in the “One Big Ugly Bill,” and they couldn’t spend some of that on diapers?
January 22, 2026 at 3:08 AM
That’s an optimistic take.
January 22, 2026 at 1:22 AM
It’s a “framework of a deal.” Very similar to a concept of a healthcare plan.
January 22, 2026 at 1:21 AM
This is interesting to me. I had assumed that an administrative warrant would at least be signed by an immigration judge. While not an Article III judge, still somebody who would (hopefully) fairly consider the legality of issuing a warrant. But it can be any immigration officer?
January 21, 2026 at 10:48 PM
CISA is also trying to build a SCIF at a South Dakota university, where there is no national security/intelligence need for one. However, Dakota State University has ties to Noem, and could benefit from future federal contracts if it has a SCIF.

What is going on at DHS?
(a rhetorical question)
South Dakota SCIF plan puzzles DHS, CISA officials
Those familiar with the effort say there is no clear national security justification for such a facility in South Dakota, where DHS Secretary Kristi Noem served as governor.
www.politico.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:56 PM