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Rob Fardon
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“Everyone says he is crazy – which maybe he is – but the scarier thing about him is that he is stupid. You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don’t.” --Fran Lebowitz
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Courtesy of Mary Trump over on Twitter. She might have shared it here but I scanned her feed and didn't see it.
A resident of Michigan shares a perspective on responsibility regarding the construction of ICE facilities with his town council
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February 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower’s attorney briefed on the existence of the call. The highly sensitive communique, which has roiled Washington over the past week, was brought to the attention of the director of national intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard – but rather than allowing NSA officials to distribute the information further, she took a paper copy of the intelligence directly to the president’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, the attorney, Andrew Bakaj, said. One day after meeting Wiles, Gabbard told the NSA not to publish the intelligence report. Instead, she instructed NSA officials to transmit the highly classified details directly to her office.
February 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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I've lost count
News headlines of Trump claiming that... ...he is "the least racist person" (Sep 15, 2016) ..."I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed" (Jan 14, 2018) ...he is "the least racist person anywhere in the world" (Jul 30, 2019) and "I am the least racist person in this room' (Oct 22, 2020).
February 7, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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I have been made aware of this against my will, and now I am making you aware of this, too
Headline from The Guardian: 'Penisgate’ at the Olympics: why inject acid into your penis, and what are the health risks? The World Anti-Doping Agency is investigating whether ski jumpers were injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid in order to fly further Natasha May Fri 6 Feb 2026 03.59 EST
February 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Whoah--Mejia takes the lead
February 6, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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Whoah
February 6, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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Get ready, folks.
"[Y]our election partners"??
Signed by an "FBI Election Executive"??
February 6, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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Gabbard lies, and Bondi lies, but there is no one, just no one, who lies like Trump
A tweet from Kaitlin Collins, CNN: President Trump now says it was Attorney General Pam Bondi who insisted DNI Tulsi Gabbard attend the FBI raid in Georgia. Last night, he told NBC he didn’t know why she was there. And Gabbard said in a letter to Congress that “the president specifically directed my observance of the execution of the Fulton County search warrant.”
February 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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I remember reading people who opined that the most openly malignant member of Trump's administration had this kind of influence this time around. While it sure fit the evidence, I didn't believe it until it was reported.
Looks like those folks were right
February 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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I'm fascinated when people with fringe beliefs confront reality, and some of Trump's conspiracy-believing base are genuinely shocked that Trump said “You can’t have guns. You can’t walk in with guns. You just can’t.”
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These comments sat incredibly poorly with Trump’s gun-loving supporters, given that they have been doing exactly this for decades. The internet is full of pictures of conservatives openly carrying firearms at Tea Party rallies, anti-lockdown protests, pro-gun open carry events, and of course, Jan. 6. But the administration’s seeming reversal on the Second Amendment stirred outrage beyond gun groups like the NRA and more traditional conservatives. This time, they infuriated the conspiracy theorists who, before Trump, used to believe that federal government stormtroopers could kick down their door and take their guns away at any time. Such violent opposition to the FBI and Justice Department were once the backbone of anti-government extremism, and they were finally resurfacing as a version of their paranoid nightmare was finally coming true. Nowhere was the backlash more apparent than on r/conspiracy, where the board seemed to turn as one against the president it had once so vocally supported. When combined with Trump’s reversals on the Jeffrey Epstein files and his constant drumbeat of launching new wars when he ran as an anti-interventionist “peace president,” it proved to be too much for many prolific users of the forum. They had no trouble saying so, either.
February 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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Same for my friends and family in Australia. Put the kettle on, then check to see what the stupid bastard did while they were sleeping.
Good on you for holding fast. My software friends say it can help, but when I find an (ethical) use for AI, I'll let you know. It's all stolen content
A close-up still frame from the movie Master and Commander, showing a seaman's fingers tattooed with the letters H O L D F A S T
February 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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That government attorney who had a bad day yesterday? She is no longer detailed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota. She complained that the Justice Department was unresponsive and that she had an excessive workload, which I believe
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
“The system sucks. This job sucks. I wish you could hold me in contempt so that I could get 24 hours of sleep,” Le said, according to reporting by Lou Raguse of NBC affiliate KARE. Raguse, who was in the courtroom, reported that Le said it was like “pulling teeth” to get the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Justice Department to follow court orders. Le told Blackwell during the court hearing on Tuesday that “it takes 10 emails from me for a release condition to be corrected. It takes me threatening to walk out for something else to be corrected,” KARE reported. Le also said she did not feel properly trained for the role she is trying to fill, KARE reported. Le had been assigned 88 cases in less than a month, according to an NBC News review of federal court records.
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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FWIW
so yeah, he’s a real guy (nick adams) but the account is run as a parody. i have a fairly strong hunch about who actually runs the account (and probably with the real nick’s blessing) but it’s deliberately over the top. half of his posts insinuate that he is gay.
February 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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This occurred to me every week during his first term. Now it's a few times a day
Once you understand that the administration is a criminal enterprise, you can grasp that there is no way to serve it with honor. If you are in it, it’s impossible not to be at least an accessory to many crimes.
February 3, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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Lying. Violent. Unaccountable. Thugs.
apnews.com/article/immi...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Mexican immigrant was taken to a Minneapolis hospital earlier this month after bones in his face and skull were broken while he was in federal custody. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents initially claimed Alberto Castañeda Mondragón had tried to flee while handcuffed and “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall,” according to court documents filed by a lawyer seeking his release. But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the man’s 31-year-old’s brain, said three nurses familiar with the case.
February 1, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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Trump's brain drain: STEM PhDs are leaving the federal workforce. Source next
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January 28, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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...cont:
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Further, having acknowledged that they have no opposition to present to Petitioner’s habeas petition, have they voluntarily released her? No. Thus, Petitioner remains in custody, and her counsel, and the Court, are required to expend resources and effort to address a matter that Respondents either cannot be bothered to defend or realize is indefensible. Since the undisputed allegations and the only evidence presented reflect that Respondents violated their own regulations and detained Petitioner without any evidence of changed circumstances and without following the required procedures, habeas relief is warranted. See Khachikian, 2026 WL 63633, at *8 (granting habeas petition after finding that ICE violated 8 C.F.R. §§ 241.13(i)(2) and (3)). Further, since Respondents have expressly presented no opposition to any of the relief sought by Petitioner in the Petition, the Court deems this as consent to the granting of all such relief.
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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With credit to Richard Hanania on Twitter, this decision by a federal judge is an example of how flagrantly out of control Trump's DOJ has become. Read what they have done to this woman.
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Respondents do not contest either of these claims—or, indeed, any of Petitioner’s other claims. Respondents’ Answer to the Petition consists of three sentences, two of which recite the procedural history of this case. (Ans. 2.) The remaining sentence reads, in full, “[a]t this time, Respondents do not have an opposition argument to present.” (Id.) They have not denied or contested any of the factual allegations in the Petition. They have not offered any additional facts or defenses. They have not argued that different statutes or regulations should govern this case. They have not lodged any relevant documents, despite being ordered to do so. (ECF No. 4.) Thus, it appears that Respondents arrested a chronically ill, 70-year-old woman, who came to this country to avoid religious persecution and applied for asylum, who has lived here peacefully for 26 years and complied with all check-in requirements and other conditions of release, who has no known criminal record and poses no threat to anyone, without notice or the process required by their own regulations and without any plan for removing her from this country, then kept her in detention for months without sufficient medical care—and they do not have any argument to offer to even try to justify these actions. Further, having acknowledged that they have no opposition to present to Petitioner’s habeas petition, have they...[continued next screenshot]
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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(With alt-text included.) GOP candidate for Minnesota governor not only quits the race, but quits the GOP
Republican Chris Madel made a stunning exit from the Minnesota governor's race on Jan. 26, saying he cannot support the national GOP's "stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so." In a surprise video announcement, the Minneapolis attorney said he supported the originally stated goals of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's operation in Minnesota, including the deportation of undocumented immigrants with serious criminal records, but the effort has "expanded far beyond its stated focus on true public safety threats." “United States citizens, particularly those of color, live in fear. United States citizens are carrying papers to prove their citizenship. That's wrong," Madel said.
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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Thanks to multiple video angles, I actually think their in-your-face lying helps radicalize people to our cause. More and more people who usually avoid politics are speaking out. Some folks here talked about this tonight; this was from earlier this week...
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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I started noticing this, too, 6 days ago
January 25, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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This woman was five feet from Pretti when he was shot, she's scared to go home because of what they'll do when they find her, and, despite this, she is determined to bear witness. She is the best of us. There is hope as long as there are Americans like her
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18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined-it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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Also, heartfelt thanks to every witness who is providing sworn statements to Minnesota's authorities. This woman is now scared to return home for fear of what these lying, murderous agents will do when they find her
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14. I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
January 25, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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The 1st time I watched the lady in pink's video, I missed what happened. The 2nd time, I saw that the protester's hands were empty when the agent drew his gun. Finally, this 3rd angle proves the protester was shot after an agent took his gun away. Here's the short video of this:
January 24, 2026 at 8:28 PM