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In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
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If we want to actually be a representative democracy, then the platform needs to be institutional reform. All the Popularism and all the policies follow from that, not the other way around.
- DC/PR/USVI statehood
- Enlarging the House
- MMDs
- New VRA
- Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Automatic universal voter registration
- Rewriting the "national emergency" laws: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Etc.
- Enlarging the House
- MMDs
- New VRA
- Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Automatic universal voter registration
- Rewriting
- Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Etc.
👇🎯💯
Again, the needs to be & all the committees & commissions that want to Do A Popularism & focus on Kitchen Table Issues are engaged in a category mistake about What Democrats Must Do the next time they ever have power.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Again, the
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If we want to actually be a representative democracy, then the platform needs to be institutional reform. All the Popularism and all the policies follow from that, not the other way around.
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"A second agent then joins them and appears to help restrain him, who can be heard repeating 'I’m a citizen' and screaming. Several people then come into the hallway from outside and begin filming the interaction and whistling before the agents pull him outside..."
www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/u...
This US citizen went on his lunch break and ended up in a chokehold by a masked federal agent and detained, video shows | CNN
Mubashir had just stepped outside into the snowy Minneapolis winter weather to take his lunch break when he says he saw a masked federal officer running toward him “at full speed.”
www.cnn.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"A second agent then joins them and appears to help restrain him, who can be heard repeating 'I’m a citizen' and screaming. Several people then come into the hallway from outside and begin filming the interaction and whistling before the agents pull him outside..."
www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/u...
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It’s hard to overstate how few Americans knew even the smallest amount of information about the 2nd amendment until the late 1970s. bsky.app/profile/seth...
In May of 1954 the Commander of the Navy Reserve Army in Salem, OR awarded medals to a group of junior riflemen. He asked the assembled crowd if they knew what the 2nd Amendment was. Crickets. Not a single person in the audience knew what it was. Imagine that.
Salem Statesman Journal, 10 May 1954.
Salem Statesman Journal, 10 May 1954.
December 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It’s hard to overstate how few Americans knew even the smallest amount of information about the 2nd amendment until the late 1970s. bsky.app/profile/seth...
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this is crazy:
"ICE agents descended on one construction site in subzero temperatures, leading to a standoff with protesters and workers.
One man was taken to hospital for exposure. The other waited out the siege and was taken to safety after the agents left."
www.startribune.com/ice-agents-v...
"ICE agents descended on one construction site in subzero temperatures, leading to a standoff with protesters and workers.
One man was taken to hospital for exposure. The other waited out the siege and was taken to safety after the agents left."
www.startribune.com/ice-agents-v...
ICE agents visit Brooklyn Park coffee shop, arrest cook after ruse to get him outside
The ICE operation in the Twin Cities is increasingly moving into the suburbs.
www.startribune.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
this is crazy:
"ICE agents descended on one construction site in subzero temperatures, leading to a standoff with protesters and workers.
One man was taken to hospital for exposure. The other waited out the siege and was taken to safety after the agents left."
www.startribune.com/ice-agents-v...
"ICE agents descended on one construction site in subzero temperatures, leading to a standoff with protesters and workers.
One man was taken to hospital for exposure. The other waited out the siege and was taken to safety after the agents left."
www.startribune.com/ice-agents-v...
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It's because she doesn't know how to be the head of CBS News. Just no clue what a person in this role does. Similar to how Pete Hegseth and Sean Duffy don't know how to be cabinet secretaries.
A hallmark of this movement is people being out of their depth. It says, "expertise is unnecessary."
A hallmark of this movement is people being out of their depth. It says, "expertise is unnecessary."
I’m sorry but why is the head of cbs news on tv herself
December 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It's because she doesn't know how to be the head of CBS News. Just no clue what a person in this role does. Similar to how Pete Hegseth and Sean Duffy don't know how to be cabinet secretaries.
A hallmark of this movement is people being out of their depth. It says, "expertise is unnecessary."
A hallmark of this movement is people being out of their depth. It says, "expertise is unnecessary."
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so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
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"In my 20 years of incarceration, I've been strip-searched at least 500 times."
"Strip searches, by definition, should be classified as sexual abuse."
"For a person like myself with a traumatic history, strip searches [..] resurface previous harms."
#Georgia #USA #Incarceration #SexualViolence
"Strip searches, by definition, should be classified as sexual abuse."
"For a person like myself with a traumatic history, strip searches [..] resurface previous harms."
#Georgia #USA #Incarceration #SexualViolence
How 'routine' strip searches traumatize people in U.S. prisons
In my 20 years of incarceration, I've been strip-searched at least 500 times. Each was an act of humiliation and sexual violence.
prismreports.org
December 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"In my 20 years of incarceration, I've been strip-searched at least 500 times."
"Strip searches, by definition, should be classified as sexual abuse."
"For a person like myself with a traumatic history, strip searches [..] resurface previous harms."
#Georgia #USA #Incarceration #SexualViolence
"Strip searches, by definition, should be classified as sexual abuse."
"For a person like myself with a traumatic history, strip searches [..] resurface previous harms."
#Georgia #USA #Incarceration #SexualViolence
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James Talarico: Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? I’m all for success, but this is not success. This is hoarding. The reason poverty still exists in the wealthiest country in history is not because we can’t feed the poor. It’s because we can’t satisfy the rich
December 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
James Talarico: Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? I’m all for success, but this is not success. This is hoarding. The reason poverty still exists in the wealthiest country in history is not because we can’t feed the poor. It’s because we can’t satisfy the rich
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BROWN U PRESIDENT: “This is a day we hoped would never come.”
Full letter to the Brown community: www.brown.edu
Full letter to the Brown community: www.brown.edu
December 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
BROWN U PRESIDENT: “This is a day we hoped would never come.”
Full letter to the Brown community: www.brown.edu
Full letter to the Brown community: www.brown.edu
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They love to talk about supporting the troops, hate to actually take care of the troops
Exclusive: The Department of Veterans Affairs will abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, mostly unfilled jobs.
The cuts come after a massive reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 employees.
The cuts come after a massive reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 employees.
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
They love to talk about supporting the troops, hate to actually take care of the troops
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Kudos to the Brown University students who are posting continuous live updates, spaced just minutes apart, on the campus shooting. A lot of grace and professionalism under immense pressure.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Live updates: Two deceased in active shooter incident at Brown University
Serving the Brown University community since 1891
www.browndailyherald.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Kudos to the Brown University students who are posting continuous live updates, spaced just minutes apart, on the campus shooting. A lot of grace and professionalism under immense pressure.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
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The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
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The fact that kid is saying the Emperor has no clothes on is only proof of the quality of his clothing.
Oh, just one of the most famous VCs investing billions into AI saying it *can't* be a bubble because people are asking if it's a bubble.
"The fact that it's a question means we're not in a bubble... in order to get to a bubble everyone has to believe it's not a bubble."
youtu.be/Y7dwbJ0AtUA?...
"The fact that it's a question means we're not in a bubble... in order to get to a bubble everyone has to believe it's not a bubble."
youtu.be/Y7dwbJ0AtUA?...
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz on the State of AI
YouTube video by a16z
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The fact that kid is saying the Emperor has no clothes on is only proof of the quality of his clothing.
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The reason you defend civil liberties is not because it is popular (it is never popular) but because if the government can deport you to a foreign gulag without trial then it doesn't matter how popular the rest of your policy platform is.
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The reason you defend civil liberties is not because it is popular (it is never popular) but because if the government can deport you to a foreign gulag without trial then it doesn't matter how popular the rest of your policy platform is.
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OpenAI will spend $6 billion on stock-based compensation this year, half of its revenue: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
December 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
OpenAI will spend $6 billion on stock-based compensation this year, half of its revenue: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Remember when they swore they wouldn’t do this?
Exclusive: The Department of Veterans Affairs will abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, mostly unfilled jobs.
The cuts come after a massive reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 employees.
The cuts come after a massive reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 employees.
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Remember when they swore they wouldn’t do this?
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If you're wondering what happened to Nate Silver, he was into the COVID lab leak theory and got negative feedback online, including from epidemiologists and virologists and (GASP!) posters, which added to his belief that The Woke are victimizing Nate Silver. It spiraled from there.
I'm not kidding.
I'm not kidding.
December 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If you're wondering what happened to Nate Silver, he was into the COVID lab leak theory and got negative feedback online, including from epidemiologists and virologists and (GASP!) posters, which added to his belief that The Woke are victimizing Nate Silver. It spiraled from there.
I'm not kidding.
I'm not kidding.
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i don't think you should be this ignorant on the internet, Rod
December 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
i don't think you should be this ignorant on the internet, Rod
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Their employers said they were great workers, other businesses said they helped revitalize the community, vast majority of local residents' opinions ranged from indifferent to positive. The only reason this became a thing is outside racists thought Haitian migrants in Ohio made for good scapegoats.
This guy is talking about some people who were not white moving to a city because a company located there hired them.
December 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Their employers said they were great workers, other businesses said they helped revitalize the community, vast majority of local residents' opinions ranged from indifferent to positive. The only reason this became a thing is outside racists thought Haitian migrants in Ohio made for good scapegoats.
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This guy is talking about some people who were not white moving to a city because a company located there hired them.
December 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This guy is talking about some people who were not white moving to a city because a company located there hired them.
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You know what? I'm willing to empirically test this as many times as it takes to reach statistical certainty about any conclusions we reach
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
You know what? I'm willing to empirically test this as many times as it takes to reach statistical certainty about any conclusions we reach
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"Tincher [a US citizen] has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees." www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"Tincher [a US citizen] has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees." www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...