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Days after delivering an incoherent rant in the Oval Office this week, Trump will travel to North Carolina today to continue spinning his failing first year in office. But no matter how hard he tries, he can’t hide from the lousy economy and rising consumer prices—largely due to his harmful tariffs.
December 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Days after delivering an incoherent rant in the Oval Office this week, Trump will travel to North Carolina today to continue spinning his failing first year in office. But no matter how hard he tries, he can’t hide from the lousy economy and rising consumer prices—largely due to his harmful tariffs.
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Indiana GOP Senator Jean Leising spoke at a breakfast this fall at her 8th grade grandson’s school. Hours later, when she was set to give him a ride home from basketball practice, he bashfully told her that his entire team had received text messages about her that day — “and they were all bad.”
The deeply personal reasons why many Indiana Senate Republicans said no to Trump | CNN Politics
Jean Leising spoke at a breakfast this fall at her 8th grade grandson’s school. Hours later, when she was set to give him a ride home from basketball practice, he bashfully told her that his entire te...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Indiana GOP Senator Jean Leising spoke at a breakfast this fall at her 8th grade grandson’s school. Hours later, when she was set to give him a ride home from basketball practice, he bashfully told her that his entire team had received text messages about her that day — “and they were all bad.”
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Read to the end. NPR asked why the Trump team ended a low-cost program that cured millions of tropical diseases w drugs donated by pharma. The spokesperson replied with an NPR headline—“Farewell to USAID”—and said: “What do you think farewell meant?” www.npr.org/sections/goa...
The fight to beat neglected tropical diseases was going well. 2025 could change that
The campaign to prevent and treat these diseases has seen great success thanks to a USAID program. Now that program is gone.
www.npr.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Read to the end. NPR asked why the Trump team ended a low-cost program that cured millions of tropical diseases w drugs donated by pharma. The spokesperson replied with an NPR headline—“Farewell to USAID”—and said: “What do you think farewell meant?” www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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Trump Rages at Cratering Polls as GOP Losses Reveal Surprise Weakness
As this week’s brutal GOP election losses show Latinos shifting hard against Trump and the GOP, the author of a piece on Trump’s agenda of ethnic persecution explains why naked bigotry is also backfiring politically.
As this week’s brutal GOP election losses show Latinos shifting hard against Trump and the GOP, the author of a piece on Trump’s agenda of ethnic persecution explains why naked bigotry is also backfiring politically.
Trump Rages at Cratering Polls as GOP Losses Reveal Surprise Weakness
As this week’s brutal GOP election losses show Latinos shifting hard against Trump and the GOP, the author of a piece on Trump’s agenda of ethnic persecution explains why naked bigotry is also backfir...
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Trump Rages at Cratering Polls as GOP Losses Reveal Surprise Weakness
As this week’s brutal GOP election losses show Latinos shifting hard against Trump and the GOP, the author of a piece on Trump’s agenda of ethnic persecution explains why naked bigotry is also backfiring politically.
As this week’s brutal GOP election losses show Latinos shifting hard against Trump and the GOP, the author of a piece on Trump’s agenda of ethnic persecution explains why naked bigotry is also backfiring politically.
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Jared Kushner's Ukraine-Russia peace plan favors Saudi Arabia, his $2 billion investor paying him $25M per year. And he makes these deals as a private citizen, not a government official. The media silence is deafening.
December 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Jared Kushner's Ukraine-Russia peace plan favors Saudi Arabia, his $2 billion investor paying him $25M per year. And he makes these deals as a private citizen, not a government official. The media silence is deafening.
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Trump’s drive to secure peace in Ukraine must not let Putin off the hook for war crimes committed by Russian forces, warned the EU commissioner for justice and democracy, effectively setting a new red line for a deal.
EU tells Trump: You can’t pardon Putin for war crimes in Ukraine
Any move to “wipe the slate clean” for Russia in a peace deal would be “a historic mistake of huge proportions,” the EU justice commissioner tells POLITICO.
www.politico.eu
December 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Trump’s drive to secure peace in Ukraine must not let Putin off the hook for war crimes committed by Russian forces, warned the EU commissioner for justice and democracy, effectively setting a new red line for a deal.
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More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump administration’s mass detention policy
The number has skyrocketed in recent weeks and includes at least 20 judges appointed by Trump himself.
The number has skyrocketed in recent weeks and includes at least 20 judges appointed by Trump himself.
More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump admin’s mass detention policy
The number has skyrocketed in recent weeks and includes at least 20 judges appointed by Trump himself.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump administration’s mass detention policy
The number has skyrocketed in recent weeks and includes at least 20 judges appointed by Trump himself.
The number has skyrocketed in recent weeks and includes at least 20 judges appointed by Trump himself.
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Raging Trump Suddenly Facing Worsening Legal Losses on Many Key Fronts
As Trump is hit by mounting failures in court on his most critical initiatives, a legal observer explains why there’s reason to be temporarily heartened by what we’re seeing—and why it could all soon go very wrong.
As Trump is hit by mounting failures in court on his most critical initiatives, a legal observer explains why there’s reason to be temporarily heartened by what we’re seeing—and why it could all soon go very wrong.
Raging Trump Suddenly Facing Worsening Legal Losses on Many Key Fronts
As Trump is hit by mounting failures in court on his most critical initiatives, a legal observer explains why there’s reason to be temporarily heartened by what we’re seeing—and why it could all soon ...
newrepublic.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Raging Trump Suddenly Facing Worsening Legal Losses on Many Key Fronts
As Trump is hit by mounting failures in court on his most critical initiatives, a legal observer explains why there’s reason to be temporarily heartened by what we’re seeing—and why it could all soon go very wrong.
As Trump is hit by mounting failures in court on his most critical initiatives, a legal observer explains why there’s reason to be temporarily heartened by what we’re seeing—and why it could all soon go very wrong.
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Yes, please stop.
September 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Yes, please stop.
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This isn’t Moscow or Beijing. It’s Chicago. Masked federal agents grabbed U.S. citizens protesting ICE and threw them into an unmarked van.
“Who are you? Where are you taking them?” people shouted. “You are kidnapping them!”
What has America become?
“Who are you? Where are you taking them?” people shouted. “You are kidnapping them!”
What has America become?
September 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This isn’t Moscow or Beijing. It’s Chicago. Masked federal agents grabbed U.S. citizens protesting ICE and threw them into an unmarked van.
“Who are you? Where are you taking them?” people shouted. “You are kidnapping them!”
What has America become?
“Who are you? Where are you taking them?” people shouted. “You are kidnapping them!”
What has America become?
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Still trying to understand the Hyundai ICE raid. Supposedly a months-long investigation that... picked up people here on visas, permanent residents, and U.S. citizens?
I also haven't seen anyone charged under 8 USC §1324a for hiring undocumented employees.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
I also haven't seen anyone charged under 8 USC §1324a for hiring undocumented employees.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
September 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Still trying to understand the Hyundai ICE raid. Supposedly a months-long investigation that... picked up people here on visas, permanent residents, and U.S. citizens?
I also haven't seen anyone charged under 8 USC §1324a for hiring undocumented employees.
🤔
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
I also haven't seen anyone charged under 8 USC §1324a for hiring undocumented employees.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
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As we begin September, Democracy Docket is tracking 139 voting and election cases is 40 states.
13 in Georgia
13 in North Carolina
10 in Texas
9 in Arizona
8 in Pennsylvania
8 in Wisconsin
Democracy is on the docket!
www.democracydocket.com
13 in Georgia
13 in North Carolina
10 in Texas
9 in Arizona
8 in Pennsylvania
8 in Wisconsin
Democracy is on the docket!
www.democracydocket.com
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
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September 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
As we begin September, Democracy Docket is tracking 139 voting and election cases is 40 states.
13 in Georgia
13 in North Carolina
10 in Texas
9 in Arizona
8 in Pennsylvania
8 in Wisconsin
Democracy is on the docket!
www.democracydocket.com
13 in Georgia
13 in North Carolina
10 in Texas
9 in Arizona
8 in Pennsylvania
8 in Wisconsin
Democracy is on the docket!
www.democracydocket.com
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This weekend showed that JD Vance (R-Waiting For Trump To Die) is just as willing to simp for Vladimir Putin as Trump is.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
Putin's New Simp: JD Vance
Wars end in victory, not negotiation.
open.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This weekend showed that JD Vance (R-Waiting For Trump To Die) is just as willing to simp for Vladimir Putin as Trump is.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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This morning, me in the @nytimes.com, discussing why the attacks on Governor Cook, the ONLY woman of color to join the Fed's Board of Governors, is a perfect example of how the individual costs women of color face TODAY become societal costs for everyone tomorrow.
This is #TheDoubleTax. #blacksky
This is #TheDoubleTax. #blacksky
Long before she joined the Fed, Lisa Cook stood out in a field dominated by white men. She talked about how her experience with racism informed her approach to economics.
Now, she is Trump’s latest target in his effort to exert more control over the central bank.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/b...
Now, she is Trump’s latest target in his effort to exert more control over the central bank.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/b...
Lisa Cook, Who Broke Ground at the Fed, Faces Attack by Trump
www.nytimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This morning, me in the @nytimes.com, discussing why the attacks on Governor Cook, the ONLY woman of color to join the Fed's Board of Governors, is a perfect example of how the individual costs women of color face TODAY become societal costs for everyone tomorrow.
This is #TheDoubleTax. #blacksky
This is #TheDoubleTax. #blacksky
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🚨BREAKING: The FBI raided the home of John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor who later became a prominent critic of the president. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
FBI Raids Home of Trump Critic John Bolton in Major Weaponization Escalation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🚨BREAKING: The FBI raided the home of John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor who later became a prominent critic of the president. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Here is how the media should be reporting this morning's news.
As part of a growing pattern of political retribution, Donald Trump's FBI has raided the home of a prominent administration critic. In this instance it happens to be John Bolton. The pretense is largely irrelevant.
As part of a growing pattern of political retribution, Donald Trump's FBI has raided the home of a prominent administration critic. In this instance it happens to be John Bolton. The pretense is largely irrelevant.
August 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Here is how the media should be reporting this morning's news.
As part of a growing pattern of political retribution, Donald Trump's FBI has raided the home of a prominent administration critic. In this instance it happens to be John Bolton. The pretense is largely irrelevant.
As part of a growing pattern of political retribution, Donald Trump's FBI has raided the home of a prominent administration critic. In this instance it happens to be John Bolton. The pretense is largely irrelevant.
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Trump is Putin’s lapdog.
August 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trump is Putin’s lapdog.
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Last week, Trump’s White House blew past its own deadline of imposing sanctions on Russia for continuing its three-year invasion of Ukraine, and then, in a misguided effort to clean up that mistake, Trump gifted Putin with a one-on-one meeting in Alaska.
Such weakness and incompetence!
Such weakness and incompetence!
Opinion | Trump is helping make Russia a superpower again
Ahead of the leaders' historic summit, the White House dramatically lowered the expectations that any ceasefire or peace settlement would be reached.
www.msnbc.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Last week, Trump’s White House blew past its own deadline of imposing sanctions on Russia for continuing its three-year invasion of Ukraine, and then, in a misguided effort to clean up that mistake, Trump gifted Putin with a one-on-one meeting in Alaska.
Such weakness and incompetence!
Such weakness and incompetence!
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August 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
No one is covering the GOP's growing redistricting scheme as closely, with as much context and analysis as Democracy Docket. Its team of 20 works around the clock to provide you independent pro-democracy news and information.
Support their work by signing up today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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On Jan. 6, Jared Wise urged rioters to "kill" cops.
"You are the Nazi. You are the Gestapo," Wise yelled.
Trump dismissed Wise's Jan. 6 case, and the DOJ hired him as a senior adviser.
We got the bodycam video showing Wise on Jan. 6.
www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...
"You are the Nazi. You are the Gestapo," Wise yelled.
Trump dismissed Wise's Jan. 6 case, and the DOJ hired him as a senior adviser.
We got the bodycam video showing Wise on Jan. 6.
www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...
Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
www.npr.org
August 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
On Jan. 6, Jared Wise urged rioters to "kill" cops.
"You are the Nazi. You are the Gestapo," Wise yelled.
Trump dismissed Wise's Jan. 6 case, and the DOJ hired him as a senior adviser.
We got the bodycam video showing Wise on Jan. 6.
www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...
"You are the Nazi. You are the Gestapo," Wise yelled.
Trump dismissed Wise's Jan. 6 case, and the DOJ hired him as a senior adviser.
We got the bodycam video showing Wise on Jan. 6.
www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...
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Another wild scoop on NPR from @tomdreisbach.bsky.social: Video shows a man on Jan. 6 shouting for the crowd to kill police: “Kill ‘em!” He admitted saying it.
One of Trump’s first acts in office was to cancel his trial and hire him for a job at the Justice Department.
One of Trump’s first acts in office was to cancel his trial and hire him for a job at the Justice Department.
August 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Another wild scoop on NPR from @tomdreisbach.bsky.social: Video shows a man on Jan. 6 shouting for the crowd to kill police: “Kill ‘em!” He admitted saying it.
One of Trump’s first acts in office was to cancel his trial and hire him for a job at the Justice Department.
One of Trump’s first acts in office was to cancel his trial and hire him for a job at the Justice Department.
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New York has entered the chat 💬
August 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
New York has entered the chat 💬
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At @rollingstone.com, @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social lays out the stakes of our election.
"It turns out there are some billionaires and Wall Street CEOs who can’t stand the idea of a mayor who wants them to pay their fair share to create a city that everyone can afford."
"It turns out there are some billionaires and Wall Street CEOs who can’t stand the idea of a mayor who wants them to pay their fair share to create a city that everyone can afford."
Elizabeth Warren on Why Billionaires Are Doing All They Can to Stop Zohran Mamdani
Elizabeth Warren explains why billionaires are boosting Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo to keep Zohran Mamdani from becoming New York City's mayor.
www.rollingstone.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
At @rollingstone.com, @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social lays out the stakes of our election.
"It turns out there are some billionaires and Wall Street CEOs who can’t stand the idea of a mayor who wants them to pay their fair share to create a city that everyone can afford."
"It turns out there are some billionaires and Wall Street CEOs who can’t stand the idea of a mayor who wants them to pay their fair share to create a city that everyone can afford."