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Unbelievable - you literally wire money to some unspecified account. I assume this is so Trump can treat it as a slush fund he can deploy unconstrained by Congress (in violation of the Constitution).
December 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Unbelievable - you literally wire money to some unspecified account. I assume this is so Trump can treat it as a slush fund he can deploy unconstrained by Congress (in violation of the Constitution).
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ICE is thug scum
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
ICE is thug scum
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Stephen Miller shares worth $50,000 to $100,000 in the mining company MP Materials following a lucrative deal between the company and the Trump admin.
The sale came just one month after the admin announced measures to support MP Materials. The deal led MP Materials' share price to skyrocket.
The sale came just one month after the admin announced measures to support MP Materials. The deal led MP Materials' share price to skyrocket.
Stephen Miller’s Stock Sale Raises Questions, Ethics Experts Say
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Stephen Miller shares worth $50,000 to $100,000 in the mining company MP Materials following a lucrative deal between the company and the Trump admin.
The sale came just one month after the admin announced measures to support MP Materials. The deal led MP Materials' share price to skyrocket.
The sale came just one month after the admin announced measures to support MP Materials. The deal led MP Materials' share price to skyrocket.
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So probable cause is now just...going to an East African restaurant
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
So probable cause is now just...going to an East African restaurant
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The ACLU has posted 17 sworn declarations from people locked up at the Trump Adminstration's largest immigrant prison camp, at Fort Bliss in Texas.
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
Fort Bliss Declarations - December 2025 | American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The ACLU has posted 17 sworn declarations from people locked up at the Trump Adminstration's largest immigrant prison camp, at Fort Bliss in Texas.
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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Trump and admin lawyers know Pete Hegseth and others in the chain of command on the boat bombings are legally vulnerable. Adding to this from @swin24.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social, the Trump Murder Memo "justifying" the bombings also makes this clear:
zeteo.com/p/trump-is-a...
zeteo.com/p/trump-is-a...
Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Trump and admin lawyers know Pete Hegseth and others in the chain of command on the boat bombings are legally vulnerable. Adding to this from @swin24.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social, the Trump Murder Memo "justifying" the bombings also makes this clear:
zeteo.com/p/trump-is-a...
zeteo.com/p/trump-is-a...
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This entire article is positive about Trump Gold Cards. It contains positive quotes about it from Trump, Lutnick and a CEO. It contains no quotes from the many critics of the program. This is sandwiched between 6 posts about Erika Kirk. CBS is lost.
December 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This entire article is positive about Trump Gold Cards. It contains positive quotes about it from Trump, Lutnick and a CEO. It contains no quotes from the many critics of the program. This is sandwiched between 6 posts about Erika Kirk. CBS is lost.
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The idea that others are using unfair advantages to get ahead is a core element of both Trumpism and anti-immigration rhetoric. Letting rich people and businesses ostentatiously buy U.S. residency is as explicit a shortcut as you’ll find.
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | Trump's "Gold Card" plan is a cynical immigration gimmick
Philip Bump: It’s tough to sell economic populism to the MAGA base when a million dollars lets you cut the immigration line in Trump’s America.
www.ms.now
December 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The idea that others are using unfair advantages to get ahead is a core element of both Trumpism and anti-immigration rhetoric. Letting rich people and businesses ostentatiously buy U.S. residency is as explicit a shortcut as you’ll find.
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Bennie Thompson on Noem: "Her arrival was short lived. She left in the middle of the hearing ostensibly to go to another meeting. We found that the meeting had been canceled, so she could've stayed. But nonetheless, we're not surprised, because this is who she is."
December 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Bennie Thompson on Noem: "Her arrival was short lived. She left in the middle of the hearing ostensibly to go to another meeting. We found that the meeting had been canceled, so she could've stayed. But nonetheless, we're not surprised, because this is who she is."
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The University of Nebraska is closing their statistics department. Especially if you're all in on AI this is so short-sighted. It's like launching the first spacecraft into outer space and being like "welp time to close astrophysics and rocketry and only teach classes on buckling up your seat belts"
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The University of Nebraska is closing their statistics department. Especially if you're all in on AI this is so short-sighted. It's like launching the first spacecraft into outer space and being like "welp time to close astrophysics and rocketry and only teach classes on buckling up your seat belts"
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In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
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Abrego Garcia is not a "proven human trafficker." He has merely been *accused by the government* of being one. That's not the same thing. And if Leavitt is so certain of these charges, why is the administration attempting to deport him to Africa to avoid trying him in a US court?
Q: Does the White House have a response to a judge ordering the immediate release of Kilmar Ábrego García from ICE detention? Will you appeal?
LEAVITT: Absolutely. The White House opposes this activism from a judge. He is a proven human trafficker
LEAVITT: Absolutely. The White House opposes this activism from a judge. He is a proven human trafficker
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Abrego Garcia is not a "proven human trafficker." He has merely been *accused by the government* of being one. That's not the same thing. And if Leavitt is so certain of these charges, why is the administration attempting to deport him to Africa to avoid trying him in a US court?
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i think one thing to remember about the republicans trump picked to lead his government is that most of them are below replacement level as politicians
MAGAZINER: Will you thank Mr Brown for his service to our country?
NOEM: Thank you Mr Brown
M: Now what explanation can there be for locking up his wife for months when she has committed no crime other than writing a couple bad checks for $80
NOEM: It's not my job to pick which laws get enforced
NOEM: Thank you Mr Brown
M: Now what explanation can there be for locking up his wife for months when she has committed no crime other than writing a couple bad checks for $80
NOEM: It's not my job to pick which laws get enforced
December 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
i think one thing to remember about the republicans trump picked to lead his government is that most of them are below replacement level as politicians
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Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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Thinking of that time when my dad, himself a doctor, was thrown by a horse on a trail ride. Punctured his spleen, internal bleeding, got him to an ER just in time. He lived another 20 years. With two hours delay, probably wouldn't have.
We rushed to *nearest* ER. Not comparison-shop for ER prices.
We rushed to *nearest* ER. Not comparison-shop for ER prices.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Thinking of that time when my dad, himself a doctor, was thrown by a horse on a trail ride. Punctured his spleen, internal bleeding, got him to an ER just in time. He lived another 20 years. With two hours delay, probably wouldn't have.
We rushed to *nearest* ER. Not comparison-shop for ER prices.
We rushed to *nearest* ER. Not comparison-shop for ER prices.
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@warren.senate.gov publishes a report listing all the $$ that Congress gave to DOD to do DOD things that DOD instead spent on Stephen Miller's snatch and grab.
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
@warren.senate.gov publishes a report listing all the $$ that Congress gave to DOD to do DOD things that DOD instead spent on Stephen Miller's snatch and grab.
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Donald Trump is trying to shut down the CFPB, an agency that has returned $21 billion to Americans who were cheated by big banks and giant corporations.
I joined my fellow @banking.senate.gov to break down what it means for you.
Trump is siding with the scammers. We’re fighting back.
I joined my fellow @banking.senate.gov to break down what it means for you.
Trump is siding with the scammers. We’re fighting back.
Donald Trump is trying to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Donald Trump is trying to shut down the CFPB, an agency that has returned $21 billion to Americans who were cheated by big banks and giant corporations.
I joined my fellow @banking.senate.gov to break down what it means for you.
Trump is siding with the scammers. We’re fighting back.
I joined my fellow @banking.senate.gov to break down what it means for you.
Trump is siding with the scammers. We’re fighting back.
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Important: Maryland senate leader refuses to redistrict to counter Trump/GOP, but Rep Jamie Raskin says if Indiana GOPers move, MD must act:
"There’s nothing ethical or moral about unilaterally disarming before authoritarians in a game they’ve created."
On the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
"There’s nothing ethical or moral about unilaterally disarming before authoritarians in a game they’ve created."
On the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Important: Maryland senate leader refuses to redistrict to counter Trump/GOP, but Rep Jamie Raskin says if Indiana GOPers move, MD must act:
"There’s nothing ethical or moral about unilaterally disarming before authoritarians in a game they’ve created."
On the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
"There’s nothing ethical or moral about unilaterally disarming before authoritarians in a game they’ve created."
On the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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damn that’s a lot of economic anxiety
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
damn that’s a lot of economic anxiety
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The supposed legal justifications for these boat strikes just don't make sense
Even in war you can’t target civilians
Experts across party lines agree: this looks like murder
We need the memo, the full video & an investigation
I explained on @ms.now 👇
Even in war you can’t target civilians
Experts across party lines agree: this looks like murder
We need the memo, the full video & an investigation
I explained on @ms.now 👇
December 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The supposed legal justifications for these boat strikes just don't make sense
Even in war you can’t target civilians
Experts across party lines agree: this looks like murder
We need the memo, the full video & an investigation
I explained on @ms.now 👇
Even in war you can’t target civilians
Experts across party lines agree: this looks like murder
We need the memo, the full video & an investigation
I explained on @ms.now 👇
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POLITICO: Do you believe the second strike was necessary?
TRUMP: Uhhhh. Well it looked like they were trying to turn back over the boat. But I don't get involved in that. That's up to them.
TRUMP: Uhhhh. Well it looked like they were trying to turn back over the boat. But I don't get involved in that. That's up to them.
December 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
POLITICO: Do you believe the second strike was necessary?
TRUMP: Uhhhh. Well it looked like they were trying to turn back over the boat. But I don't get involved in that. That's up to them.
TRUMP: Uhhhh. Well it looked like they were trying to turn back over the boat. But I don't get involved in that. That's up to them.
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the unitarian notion of accountability is, in general, very strange as it holds that a single election — the president’s reelect — is more democratically accountable than the rolling process of democratic assent produced by legislative elections and congressional oversight.
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
the unitarian notion of accountability is, in general, very strange as it holds that a single election — the president’s reelect — is more democratically accountable than the rolling process of democratic assent produced by legislative elections and congressional oversight.
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there is no available evidence that donald trump understands what a tariff is, what a trade deficit is, and what the national debt is.
The way Trump talks about the problems he caused by unilaterally imposing tariffs is fairly insane, even by his standards.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
there is no available evidence that donald trump understands what a tariff is, what a trade deficit is, and what the national debt is.