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Jonathan Ross worked for Border Patrol before ICE
January 10, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Jonathan Ross worked for Border Patrol before ICE
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People who fancy quoting the Melian Dialogue ("the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must") ignore the fact that Thucydides was clearly portraying this as the kind of hubris that squandered Athens' primacy and paved the way for a devastating peer war that it ultimately lost.
January 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
People who fancy quoting the Melian Dialogue ("the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must") ignore the fact that Thucydides was clearly portraying this as the kind of hubris that squandered Athens' primacy and paved the way for a devastating peer war that it ultimately lost.
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"MAGA ideologues are cheering Trump’s decision to attack Venezuela...They understand something that too many other smart people do not seem to fully understand—that this is a triumph for the MAGA ideology, whatever its ultimate outcome."
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
Trump's Attack on Venezuela Is Not Your Average American Imperialism | Common Dreams
Anyone who cares about democracy in the US or in Venezuela ought to be very concerned about what is happening now.
www.commondreams.org
January 6, 2026 at 10:56 PM
"MAGA ideologues are cheering Trump’s decision to attack Venezuela...They understand something that too many other smart people do not seem to fully understand—that this is a triumph for the MAGA ideology, whatever its ultimate outcome."
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
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This is the exercise of the Article II protective power to defend federal officers exercising an arrest warrant.
January 4, 2026 at 8:50 AM
This is the exercise of the Article II protective power to defend federal officers exercising an arrest warrant.
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President Zelenskyy on Maduro:
What can I say here? If this can be done to dictators, like that, then the United States of America know what they should do next.
What can I say here? If this can be done to dictators, like that, then the United States of America know what they should do next.
January 3, 2026 at 6:37 PM
President Zelenskyy on Maduro:
What can I say here? If this can be done to dictators, like that, then the United States of America know what they should do next.
What can I say here? If this can be done to dictators, like that, then the United States of America know what they should do next.
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The United States has now given Russia, China, and anyone else who wants to give it a try an even clearer road map for invading countries that displease them.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Maybe Russia and China Should Sit This One Out
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are just shocked—shocked!—by the American attack on Venezuela.
www.theatlantic.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The United States has now given Russia, China, and anyone else who wants to give it a try an even clearer road map for invading countries that displease them.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Trump’s domestic deployment of the National Guard marks an area where he has diverged from the consensus of the conservative legal movement, with no plausible footing in Federalist Society dogma. And it is extremely telling that SCOTUS finally drew the line here. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump Just Faced the Biggest Supreme Court Defeat of His Second Term So Far
But another battle looms in the distance.
slate.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Trump’s domestic deployment of the National Guard marks an area where he has diverged from the consensus of the conservative legal movement, with no plausible footing in Federalist Society dogma. And it is extremely telling that SCOTUS finally drew the line here. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Obvious and I guess naive question:
Given everything she says in the Vanity Fair interview about Trump's cruel, foolish, and destructive policies, how can Susie Wiles live with herself as Trump's chief of staff?
Proximity to power tends to corrupt, and close proximity to power corrupts absolutely.
Given everything she says in the Vanity Fair interview about Trump's cruel, foolish, and destructive policies, how can Susie Wiles live with herself as Trump's chief of staff?
Proximity to power tends to corrupt, and close proximity to power corrupts absolutely.
December 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Obvious and I guess naive question:
Given everything she says in the Vanity Fair interview about Trump's cruel, foolish, and destructive policies, how can Susie Wiles live with herself as Trump's chief of staff?
Proximity to power tends to corrupt, and close proximity to power corrupts absolutely.
Given everything she says in the Vanity Fair interview about Trump's cruel, foolish, and destructive policies, how can Susie Wiles live with herself as Trump's chief of staff?
Proximity to power tends to corrupt, and close proximity to power corrupts absolutely.
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A white British father and son BOTH raped the same child and pled guilty to multiple counts of Sexual assault.
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A white British father and son BOTH raped the same child and pled guilty to multiple counts of Sexual assault.
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
Scott r Anderson wants to kill people without judicial restraint
Rational Security: The “Living La Vida Off Camera” Edition
Podcast Episode · The Lawfare Podcast · 03/12/2025 · 1h 29m
podcasts.apple.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Scott r Anderson wants to kill people without judicial restraint
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That Trump plan to end the war is for Ukraine to surrender, right?
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
That Trump plan to end the war is for Ukraine to surrender, right?
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Greens co-founder Drew Hutton’s expulsion from party could be overturned after legal advice
Greens co-founder Drew Hutton’s expulsion from party could be overturned after legal advice
A vote will be held next week after lawyers of Queensland party advised Hutton had been denied natural justice when revoking membership
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Greens co-founder Drew Hutton could have his life membership of the party’s Queensland branch reinstated in what he says is a “hollow” victory, following debate over his comments on “transgender ideology”.
The Queensland Greens have flagged that a vote on his possible return would be held next week, after they received advice from lawyers that the party had denied him natural justice when revoking his membership. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Greens co-founder Drew Hutton’s expulsion from party could be overturned after legal advice
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess...”
Per Danny Kemp via press pool
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
November 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess...”
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Kristi Noem says “There's no American citizens that have been arrested or detained."
Tell that to George Retes. This U.S. Army veteran and American citizen was wrongfully arrested and brutalized by ICE while simply trying to get to work.
Tell that to George Retes. This U.S. Army veteran and American citizen was wrongfully arrested and brutalized by ICE while simply trying to get to work.
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Kristi Noem says “There's no American citizens that have been arrested or detained."
Tell that to George Retes. This U.S. Army veteran and American citizen was wrongfully arrested and brutalized by ICE while simply trying to get to work.
Tell that to George Retes. This U.S. Army veteran and American citizen was wrongfully arrested and brutalized by ICE while simply trying to get to work.
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This is the problem
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This is the problem
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@christrekkin.bsky.social just remind me I did this a while ago, you might appreciate it.
October 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
@christrekkin.bsky.social just remind me I did this a while ago, you might appreciate it.
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"I think in a free country we should be able to post onto the internet, 'hey, there are masked agents on Broadway and Vine and not have the government or the tech oligarchs prevent us from doing that.' Shame on you, Tim Cook."
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October 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"I think in a free country we should be able to post onto the internet, 'hey, there are masked agents on Broadway and Vine and not have the government or the tech oligarchs prevent us from doing that.' Shame on you, Tim Cook."
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Keir Starmer, "Before we left the EU we had a returns agreement (for asylum seekers) with every country in the EU"
"These are Farage' Brexit Boats that are coming across the channel"
"These are Farage' Brexit Boats that are coming across the channel"
October 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Keir Starmer, "Before we left the EU we had a returns agreement (for asylum seekers) with every country in the EU"
"These are Farage' Brexit Boats that are coming across the channel"
"These are Farage' Brexit Boats that are coming across the channel"
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"I'm old enough to remember Democrats relishing Rahm Emanuel...recruiting candidates who were appropriate for different parts of the country and different districts, and the Democrats won a big victory in 2006."
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast
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September 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"I'm old enough to remember Democrats relishing Rahm Emanuel...recruiting candidates who were appropriate for different parts of the country and different districts, and the Democrats won a big victory in 2006."
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast
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Who is this man? He deserves to go down in infamy. This is thuggery. He is a thug.
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Who is this man? He deserves to go down in infamy. This is thuggery. He is a thug.