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"The Trump administration has suspended foreign aid to Congo and the resettlement of [Congo] refugees ... thus abandoning countless victims of the very same real-life humanitarian catastrophe that he’s cherry-picking imagery from to portray an atrocity against whites that isn’t actually happening.”
Trump used a pic of war deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo to push lie of South African white "genocide."
But it gets worse. He's slashed refugee resettlement from DRC while using corpses from that war as "evidence" of fake atrocities against whites!
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1956...
But it gets worse. He's slashed refugee resettlement from DRC while using corpses from that war as "evidence" of fake atrocities against whites!
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1956...
Trump’s Lie About Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque
That photo he brandished to Cyril Ramaphosa was from the Democratic Republic of Congo—whose refugees the Trump administration is pointedly not welcoming to America.
newrepublic.com
May 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"The Trump administration has suspended foreign aid to Congo and the resettlement of [Congo] refugees ... thus abandoning countless victims of the very same real-life humanitarian catastrophe that he’s cherry-picking imagery from to portray an atrocity against whites that isn’t actually happening.”
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In my worst nightmares the teenagers at DOGE take over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and, yup, here we are.
The White House just dropped an executive order significantly shaking up operations at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the government’s nuclear safety regulator widely regarded as the “gold standard” for global nuclear power safety operations.
I used to cover NRC closely. Here are some notes🧵
I used to cover NRC closely. Here are some notes🧵
May 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In my worst nightmares the teenagers at DOGE take over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and, yup, here we are.
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He got a REAL ID, is a citizen and was arrested and told his real id was fake. ICE is a disgrace.
The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him.
U.S. citizen with REAL ID handcuffed and held in immigration raid before being released
The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him.
nbcnews.to
May 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
He got a REAL ID, is a citizen and was arrested and told his real id was fake. ICE is a disgrace.
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“According to AP News, the U.S. deported nearly 200 migrants, including 81 children, to Costa Rica in February 2025. These kids, some as young as two, were sent to a rural migrant processing center near the Costa Rica–Panama border and locked in what used to be a factory building.”
April 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“According to AP News, the U.S. deported nearly 200 migrants, including 81 children, to Costa Rica in February 2025. These kids, some as young as two, were sent to a rural migrant processing center near the Costa Rica–Panama border and locked in what used to be a factory building.”
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Hey @halbfinger.bsky.social, could you or someone else at the Times explain how firing a qualified senior general “root[s] out diversity initiatives?” Which initiative specifically did this “root out?”
By accepting Trump’s anti-Black premise and regurgitating the narrative that equates anything Black as DEI, the NY Times has become part of the propaganda machine
February 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hey @halbfinger.bsky.social, could you or someone else at the Times explain how firing a qualified senior general “root[s] out diversity initiatives?” Which initiative specifically did this “root out?”
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February 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
February 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
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Brown had to go - he was serving his country while black.
February 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Brown had to go - he was serving his country while black.
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The real “Gulf of America” is between the people who believe every word Musk & Trump are saying and the people who know how incredibly full of shit they are.
February 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The real “Gulf of America” is between the people who believe every word Musk & Trump are saying and the people who know how incredibly full of shit they are.
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And DOJ has already filed its notice of appeal. Count on this to be the first of the presidential removal power cases to reach SCOTUS—and just as Trump’s DOJ likely wants it. 1/
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In a loss for Trump's DOJ, a federal judge issues a temporary restraining order restoring Hampton Dellinger as Special Counsel for OSC.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson sets a hearing for a temporary restraining order on Feb. 26.
Doc https://buff.ly/4jTCZvP
In a loss for Trump's DOJ, a federal judge issues a temporary restraining order restoring Hampton Dellinger as Special Counsel for OSC.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson sets a hearing for a temporary restraining order on Feb. 26.
Doc https://buff.ly/4jTCZvP
February 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
And DOJ has already filed its notice of appeal. Count on this to be the first of the presidential removal power cases to reach SCOTUS—and just as Trump’s DOJ likely wants it. 1/
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Republicans, eager to give Trump power, say the courts are a threat to checks and balances. The real threat is Trump refusing to adhere to court decisions.
Not at all a threat? Republicans in Congress, who handed Trump their power with a bow.
Gift link: wapo.st/42Nuyfu
Not at all a threat? Republicans in Congress, who handed Trump their power with a bow.
Gift link: wapo.st/42Nuyfu
Opinion | There are two checks on a president’s power. One is missing.
We are focusing on the courts because Trump has already prevailed over Congress.
wapo.st
February 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Republicans, eager to give Trump power, say the courts are a threat to checks and balances. The real threat is Trump refusing to adhere to court decisions.
Not at all a threat? Republicans in Congress, who handed Trump their power with a bow.
Gift link: wapo.st/42Nuyfu
Not at all a threat? Republicans in Congress, who handed Trump their power with a bow.
Gift link: wapo.st/42Nuyfu
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MIKE LUCKOVICH APPRECIATION POST
@mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏
Your longtime fan, Mar🐫
@mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏
Your longtime fan, Mar🐫
February 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
MIKE LUCKOVICH APPRECIATION POST
@mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏
Your longtime fan, Mar🐫
@mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏
Your longtime fan, Mar🐫
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Overturning Sullivan has at least two votes on the Supreme Court — Thomas and Alito. Maybe more. I can’t overstate how catastrophic that would be for free expression in America in an environment where political and performative defamation litigation are common.
Trump megadonor Steve Wynn has filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, which protects the media's ability to aggressively cover public officials. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
February 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Overturning Sullivan has at least two votes on the Supreme Court — Thomas and Alito. Maybe more. I can’t overstate how catastrophic that would be for free expression in America in an environment where political and performative defamation litigation are common.
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DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
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The husband of an Indian-American wife and the father of 3 Indian-American kids wants to bring back the staffer who posted “normalize Indian hate.”
February 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The husband of an Indian-American wife and the father of 3 Indian-American kids wants to bring back the staffer who posted “normalize Indian hate.”
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Normal U.S. Attorneys do not write like this. This is servile and buffoonish, light-years outside how federal prosecutors normally act. Ed Martin has gone Full Renfield. He’s a confessed lackey with vast federal prosecutorial power.
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin says he will open an inquiry following a criminal “referral” of certain individuals by Elon Musk.
“If people are discovered to have broken the law or even acted simply unethically, we will chase them to the end of the Earth to hold them accountable,” Martin writes.
“If people are discovered to have broken the law or even acted simply unethically, we will chase them to the end of the Earth to hold them accountable,” Martin writes.
February 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Normal U.S. Attorneys do not write like this. This is servile and buffoonish, light-years outside how federal prosecutors normally act. Ed Martin has gone Full Renfield. He’s a confessed lackey with vast federal prosecutorial power.
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What's absolutely maddening about this moment is that media refuses to pay attention to Musk and Vance's neo-Nazi connections because they feel like it's unserious Twitter stuff... except, Musk and Vance take it so seriously they're putting these people in charge of the entire US government
February 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What's absolutely maddening about this moment is that media refuses to pay attention to Musk and Vance's neo-Nazi connections because they feel like it's unserious Twitter stuff... except, Musk and Vance take it so seriously they're putting these people in charge of the entire US government
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If you’re China, Russian, or any other geopolitical or economic competitor, you’re in heaven right now.
This is Folly of the highest order. Strap in, folks.
This is Folly of the highest order. Strap in, folks.
February 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
If you’re China, Russian, or any other geopolitical or economic competitor, you’re in heaven right now.
This is Folly of the highest order. Strap in, folks.
This is Folly of the highest order. Strap in, folks.
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Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.
Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules
Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure protocols intended to protect state secrets, people with knowledge of the matter sa...
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.
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Heads up: The Trump admin is seeking to grant U.S. immigration officers access to a database that contains information on hundreds of thousands of immigrant teens and children who crossed into the United States without their parents. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Trump administration seeking access to database of immigrant minors
The Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is responsible for caring for unaccompanied minors, has long operated independently of ICE.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Heads up: The Trump admin is seeking to grant U.S. immigration officers access to a database that contains information on hundreds of thousands of immigrant teens and children who crossed into the United States without their parents. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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BREAKING: KRISTI NOEM REFUSES TO RULE OUT DETAINING WOMEN, CHILDREN AT GUANTANAMO BAY AS PART OF DEPORTATION SWEEP — MEET THE PRESS
February 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
BREAKING: KRISTI NOEM REFUSES TO RULE OUT DETAINING WOMEN, CHILDREN AT GUANTANAMO BAY AS PART OF DEPORTATION SWEEP — MEET THE PRESS
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"Trump disavowed the plan during the campaign. He was lying when he did so. Now its authors are his most effective henchmen, and unlike the situation he faced in 2017, Trump can now combine expertise and loyalty in the same body of staffers."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Tasks of an Anti-Trump Coalition
Avoid progressive pieties and rebuild an effective democratic majority
www.theatlantic.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Trump disavowed the plan during the campaign. He was lying when he did so. Now its authors are his most effective henchmen, and unlike the situation he faced in 2017, Trump can now combine expertise and loyalty in the same body of staffers."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...