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For those keeping track at home, this make 18 politicians convicted of corruption charges now pardoned by President Trump.
President Trump pardons former TN House Speaker Glen Casada, chief of staff, after corruption convictions
President Donald Trump has pardoned the disgraced former Speaker of the Tennessee House Glen Casada and his co-conspirator after their corruption convictions and sentencing.
www.wsmv.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For those keeping track at home, this make 18 politicians convicted of corruption charges now pardoned by President Trump.
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This story is adapted from a book being published today:
“Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department,” by Leonnig and Davis.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
“Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department,” by Leonnig and Davis.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
‘If it was anybody else, we’d arrest him tomorrow,' Justice Department aide said of Trump
A handful of documents found by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago were so sensitive that even a senior Justice Department official didn’t have authorization to see them.
www.msnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This story is adapted from a book being published today:
“Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department,” by Leonnig and Davis.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
“Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department,” by Leonnig and Davis.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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A new book "Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department", looks at how the DOJ during the Biden administration was overly cautious in pursuing cases against Trump and his allies over 2020 election interference, the January 6 riot and more.
How Biden’s Justice Department Failed to Investigate Trump’s First Term Crimes
Two journalists trace how excess caution led the DOJ to refuse to prosecute Trump allies’ 2020 election interference.
truthout.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A new book "Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department", looks at how the DOJ during the Biden administration was overly cautious in pursuing cases against Trump and his allies over 2020 election interference, the January 6 riot and more.
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The new book "Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department" looks at how and why the Justice Department failed to successfully pursue its cases against Trump.
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The new book "Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department" looks at how and why the Justice Department failed to successfully pursue its cases against Trump.
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HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
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Trump actually is an internationalist and a global meddler, except in all of the worst possible ways for our nation's interests. From the recent archives, @saletan.bsky.social on Trump's "felons first" foreign policy: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fore...
Trump’s Foreign Policy: Felons First
The pattern is clear—he’s using American power not to help Americans but to shield foreign authoritarians from justice.
www.thebulwark.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trump actually is an internationalist and a global meddler, except in all of the worst possible ways for our nation's interests. From the recent archives, @saletan.bsky.social on Trump's "felons first" foreign policy: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fore...
Release the Epstein files.
September 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Release the Epstein files.
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Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
August 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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Watching Loomer harass & demonize individual Muslim government employees simply for being Muslims while the Democrats & 'liberal media' say nothing is a reminder of how mainstreamed & normalized anti-Muslim bigotry is in the US, across the spectrum.
Imagine if these were Jewish or Black employees.
Imagine if these were Jewish or Black employees.
August 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Watching Loomer harass & demonize individual Muslim government employees simply for being Muslims while the Democrats & 'liberal media' say nothing is a reminder of how mainstreamed & normalized anti-Muslim bigotry is in the US, across the spectrum.
Imagine if these were Jewish or Black employees.
Imagine if these were Jewish or Black employees.
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What you missed overnight night.🥳
Utah's gerrymandered congressional map was struck down. The judge reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah's gerrymandered congressional map was struck down. The judge reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Strikes Down Gerrymandered Map, Reinstates Voter-Approved Redistricting Reforms
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What you missed overnight night.🥳
Utah's gerrymandered congressional map was struck down. The judge reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah's gerrymandered congressional map was struck down. The judge reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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A clever new study "confirms that the country’s tax code is regressive, not progressive, at the very top," @annielowrey.bsky.social reports. American billionaires "pay lower tax rates than many middle-class professionals":
How the Richest People in America Avoid Paying Taxes
A clever new paper puts concrete numbers to the taxes paid by members of the Forbes 400.
bit.ly
August 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A clever new study "confirms that the country’s tax code is regressive, not progressive, at the very top," @annielowrey.bsky.social reports. American billionaires "pay lower tax rates than many middle-class professionals":
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The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
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So...what about the Epstein Files?
August 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So...what about the Epstein Files?
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Love #Norway! Such a great time meeting new people and making new friends. Thank you for all the smiles and the hospitality - #NotoddenBluesFestival #Europe2025 #livemusic
#bluesmusic ☀️
#bluesmusic ☀️
August 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Love #Norway! Such a great time meeting new people and making new friends. Thank you for all the smiles and the hospitality - #NotoddenBluesFestival #Europe2025 #livemusic
#bluesmusic ☀️
#bluesmusic ☀️
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I apologize for swearing but--are you fucking kidding me???
The NYT thinks that judges refusing to give Trump's DOJ the benefit of the doubt is "eroding the healthy functioning of the courts."
For democracy to survive, judges need to be more skeptical and impose greater sanctions for DOJ's lies.
The NYT thinks that judges refusing to give Trump's DOJ the benefit of the doubt is "eroding the healthy functioning of the courts."
For democracy to survive, judges need to be more skeptical and impose greater sanctions for DOJ's lies.
August 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I apologize for swearing but--are you fucking kidding me???
The NYT thinks that judges refusing to give Trump's DOJ the benefit of the doubt is "eroding the healthy functioning of the courts."
For democracy to survive, judges need to be more skeptical and impose greater sanctions for DOJ's lies.
The NYT thinks that judges refusing to give Trump's DOJ the benefit of the doubt is "eroding the healthy functioning of the courts."
For democracy to survive, judges need to be more skeptical and impose greater sanctions for DOJ's lies.
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Hi from Greenland everyone ✌️!
I’m a bit busy guiding our red sails tours here these days so I don’t post much, but I thought I’d share a little glimpse from yesterday night sailing ⛵️🧊.
That’s shot around 12pm…
I’m a bit busy guiding our red sails tours here these days so I don’t post much, but I thought I’d share a little glimpse from yesterday night sailing ⛵️🧊.
That’s shot around 12pm…
August 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Hi from Greenland everyone ✌️!
I’m a bit busy guiding our red sails tours here these days so I don’t post much, but I thought I’d share a little glimpse from yesterday night sailing ⛵️🧊.
That’s shot around 12pm…
I’m a bit busy guiding our red sails tours here these days so I don’t post much, but I thought I’d share a little glimpse from yesterday night sailing ⛵️🧊.
That’s shot around 12pm…
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🚨 Ken Paxton wants Dems arrested for refusing to help rig an election.
That’s rich coming from a guy indicted on three felony counts of securities fraud, accused by his top deputies of bribery, abuse of office, while allegedly using burner phones, secret emails & fake names to dodge accountability.
That’s rich coming from a guy indicted on three felony counts of securities fraud, accused by his top deputies of bribery, abuse of office, while allegedly using burner phones, secret emails & fake names to dodge accountability.
August 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
🚨 Ken Paxton wants Dems arrested for refusing to help rig an election.
That’s rich coming from a guy indicted on three felony counts of securities fraud, accused by his top deputies of bribery, abuse of office, while allegedly using burner phones, secret emails & fake names to dodge accountability.
That’s rich coming from a guy indicted on three felony counts of securities fraud, accused by his top deputies of bribery, abuse of office, while allegedly using burner phones, secret emails & fake names to dodge accountability.
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“The Chief Justice made a point of saying that Section 2 continues to apply nationwide, and he and the other justices are going to be held to keep that promise,” Marc Elias explained. “So don’t count out the courts, don’t count out the lawyers arguing in the courts, and don’t count out the voters.”
Supreme Court poised to permanently entrench Republican rule
The latest move by SCOTUS is a "five alarm fire"
substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“The Chief Justice made a point of saying that Section 2 continues to apply nationwide, and he and the other justices are going to be held to keep that promise,” Marc Elias explained. “So don’t count out the courts, don’t count out the lawyers arguing in the courts, and don’t count out the voters.”
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“Scientists don’t have the Hippocratic oath that doctors do, but we should. If you see that harm to the stability of climate and to present and future generations is being caused, then, in my opinion, you have a moral and ethical responsibility as a climate scientist to speak out against that.”
This renowned climate scientist says this is the most difficult time for climate science he’s ever seen
Benjamin Santer has faced pushback on climate research in the past. But this environment feels different ‘because it's so targeted.’
www.fastcompany.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
“Scientists don’t have the Hippocratic oath that doctors do, but we should. If you see that harm to the stability of climate and to present and future generations is being caused, then, in my opinion, you have a moral and ethical responsibility as a climate scientist to speak out against that.”
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If you are a taxpayer in the United States of America, as I am, you are paying for this.
July 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
If you are a taxpayer in the United States of America, as I am, you are paying for this.
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There will now be 10,000 new ICE agents & 100,000 new detention beds--and few safeguards protecting people from constitutional violations by the feds.
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
July 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
There will now be 10,000 new ICE agents & 100,000 new detention beds--and few safeguards protecting people from constitutional violations by the feds.
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data
Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
n.pr
July 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.