Justin Rogers
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Justin Rogers
@jrog23.bsky.social
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Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"
Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive a normal background check for his role while his bribery probe was still ongoing:

Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
www.ms.now
December 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Oh. my. god. This is the Asst. US Atty General calling people -- in print -- "hoes."
December 31, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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My candidate for data viz of the year is the divergent path between the U.S dollar and long-term U.S. Treasury bond yields. The U.S. dollar index is down 10.183% through 12/29/25 as global investors diversify away from the greenback. #Econ #EconSky
December 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Just noting that Mark Kelly voted in favor of Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary.

www.senate.gov/legislative/...
December 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Please step up and do the right thing. This vile man raped and molested children. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? 👇👇👇
The Mouthy Renegade Writer (@themouthyrenegadewriter)
I wouldn't begin to know how those agents read all of the sick things Trump did to children and felt they should cooperate with hiding them. They must not have kids themselves. No job or salary is...
substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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vance is a genuine lunatic
JD VANCE THINKS BRITAIN & FRANCE ARE AMERICAS LIKELY ENEMIES.
The world is getting bizarrely screwed with this kind of bull being spewed out.
December 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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I'm ready to be the type of Democrat the Democratic Party has needed this entire time. The type of Democrat who will fight Trump’s authoritarianism by showing up, not with strongly worded letters.

The type of Democrat who will fight, not fold.
December 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.

Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.

"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.

"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.

Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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“.. The concert had been held at the Kennedy Center for 20 years ..”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
December 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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December 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Mr Cuban,

I just wanted to quickly thank you. My husband has XXXX cancer, a rare gastrointestinal cancer. We are between insurance right now and when we went to pick it up we were informed it was $29,000. We were able to get it from CostPlus for $990. Thank you for saving my husband's life.
December 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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I don't know if the reputation of the US amongst allies can ever be recovered, regardless of who is in the White House or who controls Congress.
December 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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A controversial news segment that was abruptly pulled from the television show "60 Minutes," appears to have been leaked online this week after the last minute decision to pull the story exploded into public debate about journalistic independence. https://to.pbs.org/4j8L3bY
Controversial '60 Minutes' segment on Trump immigration policy leaks online
A recording of the story appears to have aired on the Global Television Network, one of Canada’s largest networks. The story appears to have been taken down, but it is still on a website that captures...
www.pbs.org
December 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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A disturbing update to this story: Despite the fact that he was about to be released from a US prison after completing a sentence here, when Kelvin Membreño was deported to El Salvador he was sent to CECOT prison and remains there. The family has not heard from him since.
NEW — Kelvin Membreño will be deported to El Salvador by ICE tomorrow. He’s the birth father of three US citizen daughters and has become an important part of their lives.

Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
A mother's urgent plea to stop ICE from deporting her daughters’ birth father tomorrow
He served his time in the US. He deserves to heal here, too.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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also interesting that the administration thinks it has a say in CBS News personnel matters. perhaps they've been given an indication that they do.
It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.
December 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Today is a big win for Illinois and American democracy.

I am glad the Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump did not have the authority to deploy the federalized guard in Illinois.
December 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!!

Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Epstein to Larry Nassar in 2019: "Our president [Trump] also shares our love of young nubile girls"
December 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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“Over the last 48 hours, the faux-free speech warrior, faux-queer rights advocate, and arguably faux-journalist “editor-in-chief” of CBS News decided to drop the mask; she opted to go full fash, as the kids say.” - @petertwinklage.bsky.social for Zeteo’s First Draft:
Bury Weiss
CBS News rebels against a MAGA toady’s censorship, the president unveils a new 'Trump-class' battleship, and the DOJ releases a fake video of Epstein’s suicide!?
zeteo.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Yes, CECOT is a concentration camp in the guise of a prison. The Venezuelans were the first people to *ever* be released from CECOT since Bukele opened the prison in January 2023. Seriously. The first.
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.

Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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For those of us warning about democracy's potential disintegration, the decision by CBS to pull an exhaustively researched 60 Minutes piece, critical of Trump, is another red alert moment.

When truth disappears as the media gets coopted by the regime, there's little left.
December 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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UPDATE

I have updated my story linked below with a high-quality broadcast version of the 60 Minutes segment that was pulled by Bari Weiss.

Here it is (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
December 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband
The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband
Once again, the Streisand effect is Streisanding
buff.ly
December 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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CBS NEWS: “We can’t report on the current murdering spree until we get the serial killer’s side of the story.”
December 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM