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Renee Good’s last words were to ICE agent Jonathan Ross: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Then Ross shot Renee three times in the face. As she was dying, his last words to her were: “Fucking bitch.” And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all.
January 11, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Renee Good’s last words were to ICE agent Jonathan Ross: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Then Ross shot Renee three times in the face. As she was dying, his last words to her were: “Fucking bitch.” And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all.
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The Trump Administration is basically claiming the right to kill anyone anywhere for any reason or for no reason, with no evidence provided or accountability to Congress or the American people.
“It’s a wild claim of executive authority…It is usurping Congress’s authority over the use of military force.”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes
The Office of Legal Counsel told select lawmakers that the executive branch is not bound by the War Powers Resolution, which requires congressional approval for any military action that exceeds 60 day...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The Trump Administration is basically claiming the right to kill anyone anywhere for any reason or for no reason, with no evidence provided or accountability to Congress or the American people.
Trump's corruption is in plain sight every day. Everything for himself and his family, just like Putin.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How Zhao’s Binance Aided Trump Family Crypto Venture Before Pardon
In late October, President Donald Trump pardoned crypto billionaire Changpeng Zhao, one of the industry’s most powerful men, after he mounted a months-long bid for clemency.
www.bloomberg.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Trump's corruption is in plain sight every day. Everything for himself and his family, just like Putin.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Patriots care.
October 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Patriots care.
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I dunno, maybe the Supreme Court majority could have the decency to bestir themselves to write an actual, you know, opinion, with their names on it, explaining their endorsement of using race and ethnicity as part of a national policy of harassing and intimidating non-white Americans.
BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.
Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."
Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."
September 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I dunno, maybe the Supreme Court majority could have the decency to bestir themselves to write an actual, you know, opinion, with their names on it, explaining their endorsement of using race and ethnicity as part of a national policy of harassing and intimidating non-white Americans.
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The 3-justice dissent was right:“We should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, [we] dissent.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The 3-justice dissent was right:“We should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, [we] dissent.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...
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"It’s warfare by the government against the justice system, against the presentation of true facts, against free and fair elections...Today, in the United States of America, liberal democracy is being killed not in darkness but in broad daylight."
www.thebulwark.com/p/killing-de...
www.thebulwark.com/p/killing-de...
Killing Democracy—And Not Bothering to Hide It
The assault is happening in plain sight, from the Epstein case to Texas reapportionment to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.thebulwark.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"It’s warfare by the government against the justice system, against the presentation of true facts, against free and fair elections...Today, in the United States of America, liberal democracy is being killed not in darkness but in broad daylight."
www.thebulwark.com/p/killing-de...
www.thebulwark.com/p/killing-de...
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"That’s what Thomas Jefferson wanted for his university, an 'institution…based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.'”
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/thomas-jef...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/thomas-jef...
Thomas Jefferson would be horrified
The Trump administration just robbed my alma mater of its independence
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
June 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"That’s what Thomas Jefferson wanted for his university, an 'institution…based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.'”
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/thomas-jef...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/thomas-jef...
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Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
May 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
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“But if Canadians can rally to stand up for liberal and democratic principles, surely we in the United States can as well…Perhaps we American liberals can learn from our northern cousins how to stand at once for freedom and strength, for liberty and glory.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-100-day-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-100-day-...
A 100-Day Honeymoon from Hell
Whatever mandate Trump had, it’s become plain he dramatically overread it.
www.thebulwark.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“But if Canadians can rally to stand up for liberal and democratic principles, surely we in the United States can as well…Perhaps we American liberals can learn from our northern cousins how to stand at once for freedom and strength, for liberty and glory.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-100-day-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-100-day-...
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Trump will have an "intimate private dinner" at his golf resort with top buyers of his crypto memecoin.
He and his inner circle stand to profit from this token and a proposed national crypto reserve — while taxpayers could be left holding the bag.
Corruption in plain sight.
He and his inner circle stand to profit from this token and a proposed national crypto reserve — while taxpayers could be left holding the bag.
Corruption in plain sight.
April 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Trump will have an "intimate private dinner" at his golf resort with top buyers of his crypto memecoin.
He and his inner circle stand to profit from this token and a proposed national crypto reserve — while taxpayers could be left holding the bag.
Corruption in plain sight.
He and his inner circle stand to profit from this token and a proposed national crypto reserve — while taxpayers could be left holding the bag.
Corruption in plain sight.
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“It now seems that Congress—with both houses controlled by Republicans—exists to do little else but flatter the man who lives at the other end of the Mall, and ratify his edicts.”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How Trump Worship Took Hold in Washington
The President is at the center of a brazenly transactional ecosystem that rewards flattery and lockstep loyalty.
www.newyorker.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
“It now seems that Congress—with both houses controlled by Republicans—exists to do little else but flatter the man who lives at the other end of the Mall, and ratify his edicts.”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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America has had its share of crooks (Warren G. Harding, Richard Nixon), bigots (Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan), and incompetents (Andrew Johnson, George W. Bush). But never before Donald Trump did we have a president who combined all these nefarious qualities.
April 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
America has had its share of crooks (Warren G. Harding, Richard Nixon), bigots (Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan), and incompetents (Andrew Johnson, George W. Bush). But never before Donald Trump did we have a president who combined all these nefarious qualities.
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Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
April 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
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Trump has diverted media attention from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to his fake "peace" process. In fact, American weakness enables Russian aggression as a new offensive looms. Useful corrective here.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
US military aid for Ukraine is about to cease. Is Europe ready? | David Shimer
Putin is planning for this war to continue for months. That leaves two key questions for Ukraine’s European allies
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Trump has diverted media attention from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to his fake "peace" process. In fact, American weakness enables Russian aggression as a new offensive looms. Useful corrective here.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Trump people claim to be fighting antisemitism, and the media often accept that framing. I believe, on the contrary, that these actions are antisemitic in intention and in execution.
I explain in a short video:
snyder.substack.com/p/fomenting-...
I explain in a short video:
snyder.substack.com/p/fomenting-...
Fomenting Antisemitism
Not Combating It
snyder.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Trump people claim to be fighting antisemitism, and the media often accept that framing. I believe, on the contrary, that these actions are antisemitic in intention and in execution.
I explain in a short video:
snyder.substack.com/p/fomenting-...
I explain in a short video:
snyder.substack.com/p/fomenting-...
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If this were happening in a third world nation with an aspiring authoritarian government, we’d know what to call it: a purge.
www.cbsnews.com/news/longtim...
www.cbsnews.com/news/longtim...
Justice Dept. fires longtime spokesperson who worked for Robert Mueller and Jack Smith
Peter Carr, a career employee, served as a spokesman for special counsels Jack Smith and Robert Mueller.
www.cbsnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If this were happening in a third world nation with an aspiring authoritarian government, we’d know what to call it: a purge.
www.cbsnews.com/news/longtim...
www.cbsnews.com/news/longtim...
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Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don't match their birth certificates.
Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.
Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don't match their birth certificates.
Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.
Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.
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"The attack on DEI by many on the right is not a good-faith reconsideration of the excesses of DEI. It’s an attack on the real diversity that characterizes today’s America, the real equity a nation can aspire to, the real inclusion that marks a healthy society."
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-tariff...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-tariff...
How Tariffs Destroy an Industry: A Case Study
A policy based on lies, that will accomplish nothing except pain and wanton economic destruction.
www.thebulwark.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"The attack on DEI by many on the right is not a good-faith reconsideration of the excesses of DEI. It’s an attack on the real diversity that characterizes today’s America, the real equity a nation can aspire to, the real inclusion that marks a healthy society."
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-tariff...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-tariff...
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CNN: Trump’s decision to leave for Florida a day earlier than usual created “a split-screen of being on a golf course in one of the wealthiest enclaves in America as economic worries deepened.”
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/p...
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/p...
April 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
CNN: Trump’s decision to leave for Florida a day earlier than usual created “a split-screen of being on a golf course in one of the wealthiest enclaves in America as economic worries deepened.”
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/p...
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/p...
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"You can drive yourself crazy, listening to these admin people lie and spin. So it’s nice when we get a day like yesterday—when the lies are so obvious, so transparent and crude, that it’s effortless to conclude: Yeah, these folks are just utterly full of shit."
www.thebulwark.com/p/wakeup-cal...
www.thebulwark.com/p/wakeup-cal...
A Wakeup Call in Wisconsin
And a much needed one at that.
www.thebulwark.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"You can drive yourself crazy, listening to these admin people lie and spin. So it’s nice when we get a day like yesterday—when the lies are so obvious, so transparent and crude, that it’s effortless to conclude: Yeah, these folks are just utterly full of shit."
www.thebulwark.com/p/wakeup-cal...
www.thebulwark.com/p/wakeup-cal...
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To all the members of Congress whining and hand-wringing about Trump’s tariffs:
You delegated the power to him by legislation. Take it back.
“The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises” is the first power of Congress in Article One, Section Eight.
You delegated the power to him by legislation. Take it back.
“The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises” is the first power of Congress in Article One, Section Eight.
April 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
To all the members of Congress whining and hand-wringing about Trump’s tariffs:
You delegated the power to him by legislation. Take it back.
“The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises” is the first power of Congress in Article One, Section Eight.
You delegated the power to him by legislation. Take it back.
“The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises” is the first power of Congress in Article One, Section Eight.
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"In Greenland what we saw was American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain."
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
snyder.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"In Greenland what we saw was American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain."
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...