Deborah Ludwig
@debludwig.bsky.social
Political junkie; former, possibly again future actress; travel bug - often solo; cancer survivor; author of Rebirth. Life mantra: Leap, and the net will appear.
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Disgusting.
“The administration’s goal, ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: ‘Like Prime, but with human beings.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“The administration’s goal, ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: ‘Like Prime, but with human beings.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Disgusting.
“The administration’s goal, ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: ‘Like Prime, but with human beings.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“The administration’s goal, ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: ‘Like Prime, but with human beings.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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The State department continues to use false allegations of "censorship" to censor people, or in this case sanction them
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
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U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The State department continues to use false allegations of "censorship" to censor people, or in this case sanction them
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
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State media serving Dear Leader.
The self-proclaimed head of USAGM, Kari Lake, who this year destroyed nearly all of the Voice of America, tells the agency's few remaining journalists the White House National Security Strategy will "guide our interview subjects, story selection, and coverage going forward."
December 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
State media serving Dear Leader.
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Joining MSNOW at 215pm ET to discuss the latest bonkers idea - the Golden Fleet - among other things
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump’s Vanity Fleet
The Trump-class ships are about branding, not strategy.
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Joining MSNOW at 215pm ET to discuss the latest bonkers idea - the Golden Fleet - among other things
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The US State Department is now going to be deporting people and/or revoking visas over Benz, Taibbi, and Shellenberger’s “censorship industrial complex” hoax.
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The US State Department is now going to be deporting people and/or revoking visas over Benz, Taibbi, and Shellenberger’s “censorship industrial complex” hoax.
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
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This isn’t just a loss for Trump’s lawlessness, it’s a win for the American people. We have laws; you and your family are safer when everyone — including the President — plays by them.
The Supreme Court has barred President Donald Trump from deploying the National Guard to Chicago to protect ICE agents, handing the White House a rare loss at the high court as the president has sought to send troops to multiple American cities. https://cnn.it/49vMygj
December 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This isn’t just a loss for Trump’s lawlessness, it’s a win for the American people. We have laws; you and your family are safer when everyone — including the President — plays by them.
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1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
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The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
December 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
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The DOJ is not even trying to hide that it functions as Trump's personal law firm
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The DOJ is not even trying to hide that it functions as Trump's personal law firm
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Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar in 2019: "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch.'"
(Allegedly)
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December 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar in 2019: "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch.'"
(Allegedly)
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Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
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"Someone told the party that Donald Trump had invited them all to a party at Mar a Lago. REDACTED told Villeneuve she wanted to go, but Villeneuve told REDACTED it wasn't that kind of party, it was for prostitutes."
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"Someone told the party that Donald Trump had invited them all to a party at Mar a Lago. REDACTED told Villeneuve she wanted to go, but Villeneuve told REDACTED it wasn't that kind of party, it was for prostitutes."
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All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
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Profiles in Narcissism. The naming obsession is a national embarrassment.
“There’s going to be a lot of ink spilled over this ship — but this ship is never going to sail,” Cancian predicted. “It’s going to take four, five, six years to develop a ship this large that is so unlike current designs.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump unveils a new class of Navy battleship named after himself
President Donald Trump on Monday said he will oversee the development of a new class of Navy “battleship” — named after himself.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Profiles in Narcissism. The naming obsession is a national embarrassment.
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SCOOP-1: The @nytimes.com has confirmed the following previously unreported donations/pledges to the WH ballroom:
▶️Miriam Adelson’s foundation: $25m
▶️Lockheed Martin: $10m
▶️Palantir: $10m
▶️Ripple: $5m
▶️Parsons: $2.5m
▶️Roblox CEO: $2.5
Here's a gift link.
There's more in the story 🧵…
▶️Miriam Adelson’s foundation: $25m
▶️Lockheed Martin: $10m
▶️Palantir: $10m
▶️Ripple: $5m
▶️Parsons: $2.5m
▶️Roblox CEO: $2.5
Here's a gift link.
There's more in the story 🧵…
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office (Gift Article)
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
SCOOP-1: The @nytimes.com has confirmed the following previously unreported donations/pledges to the WH ballroom:
▶️Miriam Adelson’s foundation: $25m
▶️Lockheed Martin: $10m
▶️Palantir: $10m
▶️Ripple: $5m
▶️Parsons: $2.5m
▶️Roblox CEO: $2.5
Here's a gift link.
There's more in the story 🧵…
▶️Miriam Adelson’s foundation: $25m
▶️Lockheed Martin: $10m
▶️Palantir: $10m
▶️Ripple: $5m
▶️Parsons: $2.5m
▶️Roblox CEO: $2.5
Here's a gift link.
There's more in the story 🧵…
I guess the DOJ has nothing better to do…what a bunch of losers, not to mention they’re wasting taxpayer $$$ attempting indictments over and over and over…🤦🏻♀️
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday appealed a federal judge’s dismissal of its criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D). www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Seeks to Revive Dismissed Cases Against Former FBI Chief Comey, New York AG James
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I guess the DOJ has nothing better to do…what a bunch of losers, not to mention they’re wasting taxpayer $$$ attempting indictments over and over and over…🤦🏻♀️
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The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
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Yesterday, the Vice President/likely 2028 GOP nominee for President told us that he enthusiastically welcomes bigots, antisemites, white nationalists, and Putin-lovers into his voting coalition.
December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Yesterday, the Vice President/likely 2028 GOP nominee for President told us that he enthusiastically welcomes bigots, antisemites, white nationalists, and Putin-lovers into his voting coalition.
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"The emergence of Witkoff as envoy to the Kremlin is partly a story of Putin maneuvering to nudge aside America’s diplomats...
"This month, Witkoff concluded his 6th trip to Russia, talking with Putin for five hours through midnight. Witkoff has yet to visit Ukraine..."
www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
"This month, Witkoff concluded his 6th trip to Russia, talking with Putin for five hours through midnight. Witkoff has yet to visit Ukraine..."
www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
How Putin Got His Preferred U.S. Envoy: Come Alone, No CIA
The Kremlin fueled the rise of Trump’s friend Steve Witkoff with a prisoner release, sidelining career diplomats.
www.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"The emergence of Witkoff as envoy to the Kremlin is partly a story of Putin maneuvering to nudge aside America’s diplomats...
"This month, Witkoff concluded his 6th trip to Russia, talking with Putin for five hours through midnight. Witkoff has yet to visit Ukraine..."
www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
"This month, Witkoff concluded his 6th trip to Russia, talking with Putin for five hours through midnight. Witkoff has yet to visit Ukraine..."
www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
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Trump and Stephen Miller kidnapped innocent people of color and just sent them to die in a foreign prison.
Oh American taxpayer dollars - 6 million of them - went to pay Bukele of El Salvador for this dirty work.
Oh American taxpayer dollars - 6 million of them - went to pay Bukele of El Salvador for this dirty work.
December 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Trump and Stephen Miller kidnapped innocent people of color and just sent them to die in a foreign prison.
Oh American taxpayer dollars - 6 million of them - went to pay Bukele of El Salvador for this dirty work.
Oh American taxpayer dollars - 6 million of them - went to pay Bukele of El Salvador for this dirty work.
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It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
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The world should be alarmed. A lunatic is president of the United States and no one is challenging his impulses to make himself an emperor.
Greenland alarmed after Trump appoints special envoy to make country ‘part of the US’
Greenland alarmed after Trump appoints special envoy to make country ‘part of the US’
Greenland alarmed after Trump appoints special envoy to make country ‘part of the US’
www.independent.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The world should be alarmed. A lunatic is president of the United States and no one is challenging his impulses to make himself an emperor.