@olympicdane.bsky.social
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Again, what more do you need to see from the Dem Establishment? This is disgusting.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Henry Cuellar will retake key spending post after Trump pardon
The Texas Democrat faced some opposition inside the House Appropriations Committee.
www.politico.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Again, what more do you need to see from the Dem Establishment? This is disgusting.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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my fav parts about the trump White House statement that they gave us for this reporting is a) it doesn’t deny anything and b) it confirms a facet of the story of what they’re bad faith pr plans would be and c) it states how much @zeteo.com is excelling at our reputation as a supposed “gossip” rag 🤗
December 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
my fav parts about the trump White House statement that they gave us for this reporting is a) it doesn’t deny anything and b) it confirms a facet of the story of what they’re bad faith pr plans would be and c) it states how much @zeteo.com is excelling at our reputation as a supposed “gossip” rag 🤗
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(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: FBI Admits in Court Filing That It Is Aware of Epstein “Client Lists”—Months After the Personal Lawyer for Longtime Epstein Wingman Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, Told America No Such Lists Existed
Take from this the obvious conclusion.
Take from this the obvious conclusion.
FOIA Files
Come behind the scenes as Bloomberg's FOIA expert uncovers interesting documents never seen before.
www.bloomberg.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: FBI Admits in Court Filing That It Is Aware of Epstein “Client Lists”—Months After the Personal Lawyer for Longtime Epstein Wingman Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, Told America No Such Lists Existed
Take from this the obvious conclusion.
Take from this the obvious conclusion.
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It was genuinely an honor to meet Mr. Chavarria at Tuesday's hearing. His story is incredible; grew up in a refugee camp in Honduras, graduated as a valedictorian at 15, got scholarships in the US, met his husband here, became a US citizen, and is now a school superintendent in Vermont.
Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices
A federal lawsuit argues that perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
reason.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It was genuinely an honor to meet Mr. Chavarria at Tuesday's hearing. His story is incredible; grew up in a refugee camp in Honduras, graduated as a valedictorian at 15, got scholarships in the US, met his husband here, became a US citizen, and is now a school superintendent in Vermont.
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The Argentine bailout of 40 billion was to bailout friends of Bessent, Rob Citrone, who was stupid enough to buy Argentina’s bonds & a number of US hedge funds which did the same.
We the American taxpayers gave billions to Argentina
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The Argentine bailout of 40 billion was to bailout friends of Bessent, Rob Citrone, who was stupid enough to buy Argentina’s bonds & a number of US hedge funds which did the same.
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NEW: The ACLU lawyers representing the plaintiffs in the underlying Alien Enemies Act case file a short — but sharp — opposition to DOJ's stay request, highlighting both the delay that has gone on here and the en banc D.C. Circuit's vote on all of this.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
NEW: The ACLU lawyers representing the plaintiffs in the underlying Alien Enemies Act case file a short — but sharp — opposition to DOJ's stay request, highlighting both the delay that has gone on here and the en banc D.C. Circuit's vote on all of this.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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People breathe a sigh of relief that the judiciary is holding, but it's just a lesson that the confederates need to degrade it more in order to completely destroy America, the country that refused to bow to them. They did the same thing with the civil service. They learn.
It's hard to know exactly what will happen now, given how unprecedented this is. But Trump and Miller envisioned this as a test of their ability to spread fear of lawless state terror. For now, the lower courts are admirably defending the rule of law. 5/5
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
People breathe a sigh of relief that the judiciary is holding, but it's just a lesson that the confederates need to degrade it more in order to completely destroy America, the country that refused to bow to them. They did the same thing with the civil service. They learn.
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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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Another way Trump drives up your costs?
He sidelined the cops who make sure banks and payday lenders follow the law.
Last year those cops ordered more than a billion dollars returned to Americans who were cheated.
This year Trump is letting the cheaters keep YOUR money.
He sidelined the cops who make sure banks and payday lenders follow the law.
Last year those cops ordered more than a billion dollars returned to Americans who were cheated.
This year Trump is letting the cheaters keep YOUR money.
December 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Another way Trump drives up your costs?
He sidelined the cops who make sure banks and payday lenders follow the law.
Last year those cops ordered more than a billion dollars returned to Americans who were cheated.
This year Trump is letting the cheaters keep YOUR money.
He sidelined the cops who make sure banks and payday lenders follow the law.
Last year those cops ordered more than a billion dollars returned to Americans who were cheated.
This year Trump is letting the cheaters keep YOUR money.
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They just don't want anyone traveling to the US for any reason at all
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
They just don't want anyone traveling to the US for any reason at all
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For Trump and Miller, the Abrego Garcia case was a crucial gauge of how far they could get in disappearing undesirables and placing them beyond the law entirely.
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
For Trump and Miller, the Abrego Garcia case was a crucial gauge of how far they could get in disappearing undesirables and placing them beyond the law entirely.
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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They are hiding the Epstein files to protect the rich and powerful.
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
They are hiding the Epstein files to protect the rich and powerful.
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The question remains: what exactly is it the Trump administration wants in the KAG cases?
If they wanted to deport him, they could have done that since August, since he said he'd accept removal to Costa Rica.
Instead, they're just like: let's act as shady as we fucking can . . . for no reason.
If they wanted to deport him, they could have done that since August, since he said he'd accept removal to Costa Rica.
Instead, they're just like: let's act as shady as we fucking can . . . for no reason.
My full write-up:
In a dramatic series of overnight developments, the Trump administration took extraordinary steps to try to re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia within hours of his court-ordered release, but a federal judge stepped in and blocked the move.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
In a dramatic series of overnight developments, the Trump administration took extraordinary steps to try to re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia within hours of his court-ordered release, but a federal judge stepped in and blocked the move.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
BREAKING: Judge Blocks ICE From Re-Detaining Abrego Garcia
Sua Sponte and Nunc Pro Tunc In a dramatic series of overnight...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The question remains: what exactly is it the Trump administration wants in the KAG cases?
If they wanted to deport him, they could have done that since August, since he said he'd accept removal to Costa Rica.
Instead, they're just like: let's act as shady as we fucking can . . . for no reason.
If they wanted to deport him, they could have done that since August, since he said he'd accept removal to Costa Rica.
Instead, they're just like: let's act as shady as we fucking can . . . for no reason.
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This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
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Democratic leadership didn’t want to stick their necks out for him. The GOP didn’t want him even referred to as a “Maryland man.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, his congressional representative fought for him. And we should never forget any of this. apnews.com/article/abre...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention, his attorney's office says
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday, according to his attorney’s office.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Democratic leadership didn’t want to stick their necks out for him. The GOP didn’t want him even referred to as a “Maryland man.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, his congressional representative fought for him. And we should never forget any of this. apnews.com/article/abre...
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🚨SCOOP: Google gave lawmakers gifts up to $2,000 to attend a secret perk-filled summit touting AI & data centers as lawmakers consider AI dereg & data center subsidies, according to documents reviewed by @levernews.com.
Lawmakers got hotel rooms costing up to $500 per night & a Wrigley Field party.
Lawmakers got hotel rooms costing up to $500 per night & a Wrigley Field party.
Google Bankrolled Secret Summit For Key State Lawmakers
Disclosure documents show the tech giant treated state legislators to a perk-filled Chicago junket this fall; now those officials are considering legislation that could impact Google’s bottom line.
www.levernews.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
🚨SCOOP: Google gave lawmakers gifts up to $2,000 to attend a secret perk-filled summit touting AI & data centers as lawmakers consider AI dereg & data center subsidies, according to documents reviewed by @levernews.com.
Lawmakers got hotel rooms costing up to $500 per night & a Wrigley Field party.
Lawmakers got hotel rooms costing up to $500 per night & a Wrigley Field party.
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One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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Today I voted to advance a House impeachment resolution. This Administration has committed multiple potentially impeachable offenses.
Impeachment requires investigations, hearings, and votes—and the majority won’t even pass a healthcare bill. But accountability must come.
Impeachment requires investigations, hearings, and votes—and the majority won’t even pass a healthcare bill. But accountability must come.
December 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Today I voted to advance a House impeachment resolution. This Administration has committed multiple potentially impeachable offenses.
Impeachment requires investigations, hearings, and votes—and the majority won’t even pass a healthcare bill. But accountability must come.
Impeachment requires investigations, hearings, and votes—and the majority won’t even pass a healthcare bill. But accountability must come.
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Trump team said to have discussed forming alliance with Russia and China as alternative to G7.
According to Defense One, the strategy envisaged creating a new group of leading global powers – C5 (Core 5): the United States, China, Russia, India and Japan.
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
According to Defense One, the strategy envisaged creating a new group of leading global powers – C5 (Core 5): the United States, China, Russia, India and Japan.
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
Trump team said to have discussed forming alliance with Russia and China as alternative to G7
The administration of US President Donald Trump is said to have discussed the idea of forming a new body of major powers, Core 5, which would include China and Russia, bringing traditional adversaries...
www.pravda.com.ua
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Trump team said to have discussed forming alliance with Russia and China as alternative to G7.
According to Defense One, the strategy envisaged creating a new group of leading global powers – C5 (Core 5): the United States, China, Russia, India and Japan.
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
According to Defense One, the strategy envisaged creating a new group of leading global powers – C5 (Core 5): the United States, China, Russia, India and Japan.
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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You're in a car accident. So you call all the ERs from the ambulance and see who's offering a special. Hell, maybe you can ask hospital B to beat hospital A's price. It'll be like car dealerships. "How much can you spend a month, Randi?" "What will it take to get you into this ER today?"
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 3:27 AM
You're in a car accident. So you call all the ERs from the ambulance and see who's offering a special. Hell, maybe you can ask hospital B to beat hospital A's price. It'll be like car dealerships. "How much can you spend a month, Randi?" "What will it take to get you into this ER today?"
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"Antifa is a terrorist organization and our greatest threat. We have no idea who they are, where they are, how many there are, and what they are planning. But we know for sure for sure that they're our greatest danger."🙄
newrepublic.com/post/204308/...
newrepublic.com/post/204308/...
FBI Leader Crumbles During Basic Questions About Threat of “Antifa”
Well, this sure sounds like a confession that antifa’s designation as a domestic terror group was based on nothing.
newrepublic.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Antifa is a terrorist organization and our greatest threat. We have no idea who they are, where they are, how many there are, and what they are planning. But we know for sure for sure that they're our greatest danger."🙄
newrepublic.com/post/204308/...
newrepublic.com/post/204308/...
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The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The US government is now a mafia organization.
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Kommissar is pleased to announce generous allocation of two pencils per child. Thank the kommisar for his bounty!
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Kommissar is pleased to announce generous allocation of two pencils per child. Thank the kommisar for his bounty!
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
December 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953