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Get Out The Mid Term Vote

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December 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM

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Sunny

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Where do y'all find people willing to beta read series? I would be happy to swap & am a good critiquer. I'm good for big picture stuff and also decent with grammar. Writing groups (I run one) are too slow, I've written 3 books before they've finished critiquing one. Big discords freak me out. Help.

December 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote

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December 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM

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Blue Axeman

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December 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM

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Robert Reich

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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with

December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM

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George Takei

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The GOP never seems to know the details of the biggest stories out there. Don't go on network talk shows if you haven't read the papers.

December 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM

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purr.in.ink

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December 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM

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Christopher Webb

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Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?

A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.

December 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM

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Anna Bower

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NEWS: Judge Boasberg orders Erez Reuveni and Drew Ensign to testify in court next week as part of his ongoing contempt inquiry over Alien Enemies Act flights.

Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 200
Filed 12/08/25
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
J.G.G., et al.,
Plaintiffs,
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 25-766 (JEB)
ORDER
In response to the Court's Order of November 28, 2025, the Government has submitted cursory declarations from Secretary Kristi Noem and attorneys then at the Department of Justice
who advised her. Noem avers that she made "the decision to continue the transfer of custody of
the Alien Enemies Act detainees who had been removed from the United States before this Court
issued its temporary restraining order in the evening of March 15, 2025." ECF No. 198-1
(Declaration of Secretary Noem). As this declaration does not provide enough information for
the Court to determine whether her decision was a willful violation of the Court's Order, the
Court cannot at this juncture find probable cause that her actions constituted criminal contempt.
See United States v. Young, 107 F.3d 903, 907 (D.C. Cir. 1997) (contempt requires finding that
(1) court order was "clear and reasonably specific; (2) "the defendant violated the order"; and
(3) "the violation was willful") (internal quotation marks omitted). A referral for prosecution,
consequently, would be premature.
The Court thus believes that it is necessary to hear witness testimony to better understand
the bases of the decision to transfer the deportees out of United States custody in the context of

the hearing on March 15, 2025. The events surrounding this decision should shed light on this question.
The Court accordingly ORDERS that:
1. Plaintiffs shall attempt to secure the presence of Erez Reuveni for testimony on December 15, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.;
2. The Government shall produce Drew Ensign for testimony on December 16, 2025, at
2:00 p.m.; and
3. Both sides shall appear in person at such hearings and will have the opportunity to question witnesses.
/s/ James E. Boasberg
JAMES E. BOASBERG
Chief

December 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM

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MoreFightLEFTinme

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December 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM

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energy9086.bsky.social

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36 MINUTES AGO: the Trump administration submitted arguments to the Supreme Court claiming that no court — including the Supreme Court — can question Trump's decision to deploy military troops against US cities.
We are watching what the six fascist Republican SCOTUS members do.

Edmond Bertrand (@vilniusschoolmaster)

36 MINUTES AGO: the Trump administration submitted arguments to the Supreme Court claiming that no court — including the Supreme Court — can question Trump's decision to deploy military troops against...

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December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM

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Gil Durán

@gilduran.com

A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.

“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.

This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:

www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...

Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings

Silicon Valley radicalization escalates

www.thenerdreich.com

December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM

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The Tennessee Holler

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♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”

December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM

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BWAHAHAHA 😂😉

December 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM

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Laguna Beach Democratic Club

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Pardon the kingpin, punish the poor—power always protects its own.

Donald J. Trump ©
@realDonald Trump
For anyone who is interested, I also told Governor Justin Trudeau of Canada that he largely caused the problems we have with them because of his Weak Border Policies, which allowed tremendous amounts of Fentanyl, and Illegal Aliens, to pour into the United States. These Policies are responsible for the death of many people!
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Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie
Trump pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an online platform where drug dealers conducted more than $200 million in illegal drug sales.
He doesn't care about Fentanyl.

December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM

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Thomas (TJ) Lawrence

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December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM

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ProPublica

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NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.

We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.

Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal

The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”

www.propublica.org

December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM

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The Kyiv Independent

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⚡️ No agreement on Donbas yet, Zelensky says as he visits London to discuss US-led peace efforts with European leaders.

"There are visions of the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine — and we don't have a unified view on Donbas," Zelensky told Bloomberg regarding the discussions on the peace plan for Ukraine.