Don Frerichs
@don-frerichs.bsky.social
Reposted by Don Frerichs
Now that Stephen Miller is calling for CBS to fire journalists who are trying to tell the truth about Trump's mass deportations, it's a good time to check out our deep reported dive into Miller's real worldview and agenda:
Now that Bari Weiss pulled a segment telling the truth about Trump's deportations to let Stephen Miller have his say (i.e. spread propaganda), it's a good time to check out our deep dive into Miller's real worldview and agenda, which doesn't pull any punches:
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Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Now that Stephen Miller is calling for CBS to fire journalists who are trying to tell the truth about Trump's mass deportations, it's a good time to check out our deep reported dive into Miller's real worldview and agenda:
Let’s just tuck this away for use after the midterms.
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump Confesses to Impeachable Offense on Social Media, Revealing That He Pardoned a Democratic Congressman to Try to Illicitly Gain a GOP House Seat, Retain His GOP Majority in Congress, and Stave Off a 2027 House Impeachment
December 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Let’s just tuck this away for use after the midterms.
Sen Tom Cotton, mind reader.
"I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat, loaded with drugs bound for the United States, back over so they could stay in the fight," Cotton said.
Just blown out the water from who knows where and trying to “stay in the fight”? Bullshit.
"I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat, loaded with drugs bound for the United States, back over so they could stay in the fight," Cotton said.
Just blown out the water from who knows where and trying to “stay in the fight”? Bullshit.
Lawmakers split along party lines after viewing Caribbean strike video — Reuters
U.S. lawmakers split along party lines after being briefed on Thursday on a strike against a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, with Democrats saying they were horrified by a video showing survivor...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Sen Tom Cotton, mind reader.
"I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat, loaded with drugs bound for the United States, back over so they could stay in the fight," Cotton said.
Just blown out the water from who knows where and trying to “stay in the fight”? Bullshit.
"I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat, loaded with drugs bound for the United States, back over so they could stay in the fight," Cotton said.
Just blown out the water from who knows where and trying to “stay in the fight”? Bullshit.
The post-9/11 legal-bureaucratic architecture created a “national security exception” for immigration enforcement and we’ve been living with its downstream mutations ever since.
So of course for Trump, everything becomes a “National Security” issue.
So of course for Trump, everything becomes a “National Security” issue.
MUST WATCH: A U.S. citizen in medical scrubs on her way to work was yanked from her car and thrown to the ground by ICE in Key Largo. She told them over and over she was a citizen.
They ignored her until they finally checked her license — and realized she was telling the truth the entire time.
They ignored her until they finally checked her license — and realized she was telling the truth the entire time.
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The post-9/11 legal-bureaucratic architecture created a “national security exception” for immigration enforcement and we’ve been living with its downstream mutations ever since.
So of course for Trump, everything becomes a “National Security” issue.
So of course for Trump, everything becomes a “National Security” issue.
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Hegseth had admitted to violations of numerous U.S. laws. Where is the accountability? All along the chain of command.
@democrats.senate.gov
Hegseth had admitted to violations of numerous U.S. laws. Where is the accountability? All along the chain of command.
@democrats.senate.gov
Hegseth’s Order Was Unlawful Before the Missile Even Left the Rail
And Parnas’ Framing Obscures Why
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November 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Hegseth had admitted to violations of numerous U.S. laws. Where is the accountability? All along the chain of command.
@democrats.senate.gov
Hegseth had admitted to violations of numerous U.S. laws. Where is the accountability? All along the chain of command.
@democrats.senate.gov
In any other Administration this conduct would result in at least a Cabinet shakeup. With Trump it’s a feature.
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Feds Repeatedly Lied And Misled The Public During Chicago Immigration Crackdown, Federal Judge Rules — Block Club Chicago
In a scathing opinion, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis highlighted lies and distortions by Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino and immigration agents in press releases, social media posts and their own inte...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In any other Administration this conduct would result in at least a Cabinet shakeup. With Trump it’s a feature.
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This is how you drift from public service → metrics-driven bureaucracy → quota-like private incentives.
@murray.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov
@adamsmith.house.gov
@murray.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov
@adamsmith.house.gov
NEW: ICE has scrapped a previous $180M pilot program for tracking down immigrants for a no-cap program that offers up to $280M+ to individual surveillance firms, massively expanding its mercenary enforcement efforts. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-bo...
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This is how you drift from public service → metrics-driven bureaucracy → quota-like private incentives.
@murray.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov
@adamsmith.house.gov
@murray.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov
@adamsmith.house.gov
When a civil process becomes a profit center, the system reorganizes around extraction.
The moment you create a “bounty” structure around civil violations, you get a classic ecological-economics mismatch: monetizing what was previously a public-regulatory function.
The moment you create a “bounty” structure around civil violations, you get a classic ecological-economics mismatch: monetizing what was previously a public-regulatory function.
NEW: ICE has scrapped a previous $180M pilot program for tracking down immigrants for a no-cap program that offers up to $280M+ to individual surveillance firms, massively expanding its mercenary enforcement efforts. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-bo...
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
When a civil process becomes a profit center, the system reorganizes around extraction.
The moment you create a “bounty” structure around civil violations, you get a classic ecological-economics mismatch: monetizing what was previously a public-regulatory function.
The moment you create a “bounty” structure around civil violations, you get a classic ecological-economics mismatch: monetizing what was previously a public-regulatory function.
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A statement from the Pentagon on Monday did not specify the nature of the allegations but said all service members have a "legal obligation" to "obey lawful orders and that orders are presumed to be lawful."
Orwellian.
A statement from the Pentagon on Monday did not specify the nature of the allegations but said all service members have a "legal obligation" to "obey lawful orders and that orders are presumed to be lawful."
Orwellian.
Sen. Mark Kelly facing military investigation after clashing with Trump — Axios
The Pentagon on Monday said it was investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly (Ariz.) — a retired naval officer who recently clashed with President Trump — over
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November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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A statement from the Pentagon on Monday did not specify the nature of the allegations but said all service members have a "legal obligation" to "obey lawful orders and that orders are presumed to be lawful."
Orwellian.
A statement from the Pentagon on Monday did not specify the nature of the allegations but said all service members have a "legal obligation" to "obey lawful orders and that orders are presumed to be lawful."
Orwellian.
This along with her $200 million ad contract with associates, private jet purchases and general lack of ethics. Open an investigation now!
@schumer.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov
@repricklarsen.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov
@repricklarsen.bsky.social
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
November 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This along with her $200 million ad contract with associates, private jet purchases and general lack of ethics. Open an investigation now!
@schumer.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov
@repricklarsen.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov
@repricklarsen.bsky.social
Very good question
Someone please explain to me how every single major media report about Trump and MBS does not start with an explicit statement that the two men are now officially business associates in multiple Trump Organization developments in Saudi Arabia, making any meeting about profit as much as anything else
Trump pulling out all the stops to welcome Saudi crown prince for first White House visit since Khashoggi killing | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is planning to receive Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House this week with all the trappings of a state visit, sources familiar with the m...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Very good question
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
• Obama debt ceiling - caved
• 2013 shutdown - caved
• 2018-19 shutdown -Trump caved
• 2023 debt ceiling - caved
• 2025 shutdown - caved
75% chance of caving in the past. Why expect any other outcome?
• 2013 shutdown - caved
• 2018-19 shutdown -Trump caved
• 2023 debt ceiling - caved
• 2025 shutdown - caved
75% chance of caving in the past. Why expect any other outcome?
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
• Obama debt ceiling - caved
• 2013 shutdown - caved
• 2018-19 shutdown -Trump caved
• 2023 debt ceiling - caved
• 2025 shutdown - caved
75% chance of caving in the past. Why expect any other outcome?
• 2013 shutdown - caved
• 2018-19 shutdown -Trump caved
• 2023 debt ceiling - caved
• 2025 shutdown - caved
75% chance of caving in the past. Why expect any other outcome?
Unless democrats are sure they have the votes to extend health insurance subsidies, this could backfire in a big way imo.
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Deal to end government shutdown in reach — Axios
A handful of Senate Democrats on Sunday indicated they are ready to advance a package of bills that could end the government shutdown, multiple sources told Axios.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Unless democrats are sure they have the votes to extend health insurance subsidies, this could backfire in a big way imo.
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Don’t know about that….Mike Johnson regarding just about everything
November 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Don’t know about that….Mike Johnson regarding just about everything
Senator Thune in 2021:
“What former President Trump did to undermine faith in our election system and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power is inexcusable.
“…The Constitution is clear that the primary purpose of impeachment is removal from office…”
#Impeach, #Convict, #Remove
“What former President Trump did to undermine faith in our election system and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power is inexcusable.
“…The Constitution is clear that the primary purpose of impeachment is removal from office…”
#Impeach, #Convict, #Remove
November 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hey Mike! Get back to work!
Swear in rep. Grijalva and release the Epstein files.
Swear in rep. Grijalva and release the Epstein files.
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Hey Mike! Get back to work!
Swear in rep. Grijalva and release the Epstein files.
Swear in rep. Grijalva and release the Epstein files.
Not really a fan of Sen. Paul but I have to agree with him here.
Sen. Paul is right. These are murders.
Rand Paul on Trump's strikes on boats: "I would call them extrajudicial killings. This is akin to what China does, what Iran does with drug dealers -- they summarily execute people without presenting evidence to the public. So it's wrong."
October 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Not really a fan of Sen. Paul but I have to agree with him here.
Yeah. Sure Donald.
“Starting on Day One, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.”
—Donald Trump, August 2024
—Donald Trump, August 2024
October 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Yeah. Sure Donald.
@npr.org writes that protests were “largely peaceful” in their article then provided no evidence of any violence whatsoever. #nokings
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3 takeaways from Saturday's No Kings nationwide protests — NPR
Organizers said some 2,600 protests were planned in the U.S. on Saturday. The protests were largely peaceful, as demonstrators united in their stated aim to safeguard the country’s democratic values.
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October 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
@npr.org writes that protests were “largely peaceful” in their article then provided no evidence of any violence whatsoever. #nokings
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Oh my god! Ted Cruz on CNN with @kaitlancollins.bsky.social just now is such a Dick!
September 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Oh my god! Ted Cruz on CNN with @kaitlancollins.bsky.social just now is such a Dick!
Congrats. When is Congress going to subpoena the general to ask why he followed an illegal order to strike a civilian boat in international waters? @repricklarsen.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov 
General Michael E. Langley just made history as the 1st Black officer in the Marine Corps’ 246-Year history to get promoted to Four-Star general 🫡💯
#blacksky
#marinecore
#blacksky
#marinecore
September 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Congrats. When is Congress going to subpoena the general to ask why he followed an illegal order to strike a civilian boat in international waters? @repricklarsen.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov 
President Trump doesn’t get to play judge, jury, and executioner in international waters based on allegations alone.
This isn’t law enforcement—it’s lawlessness dressed up in military might. We’re better than this. We must be better than this.
#DueProcess #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights
This isn’t law enforcement—it’s lawlessness dressed up in military might. We’re better than this. We must be better than this.
#DueProcess #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights
September 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
President Trump doesn’t get to play judge, jury, and executioner in international waters based on allegations alone.
This isn’t law enforcement—it’s lawlessness dressed up in military might. We’re better than this. We must be better than this.
#DueProcess #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights
This isn’t law enforcement—it’s lawlessness dressed up in military might. We’re better than this. We must be better than this.
#DueProcess #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights
The arrogance to kill first and justify later, to label people “narcoterrorists” as post-hoc rationalization for extrajudicial execution, marks a dark moment for our democracy. Due process isn’t optional. The rule of law isn’t negotiable.
September 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The arrogance to kill first and justify later, to label people “narcoterrorists” as post-hoc rationalization for extrajudicial execution, marks a dark moment for our democracy. Due process isn’t optional. The rule of law isn’t negotiable.
The President’s deadly strike on a boat in international waters—killing 11 human beings without trial, investigation, or due process—is a profound betrayal of American values and international law.
These were people with families, with stories, with lives that mattered.
These were people with families, with stories, with lives that mattered.
September 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The President’s deadly strike on a boat in international waters—killing 11 human beings without trial, investigation, or due process—is a profound betrayal of American values and international law.
These were people with families, with stories, with lives that mattered.
These were people with families, with stories, with lives that mattered.