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The pardon power doesn’t extend to state convictions, so now we’re going to have another issue of presidential authority wind its way through the courts and up to SCOTUS FML
NEW: President Donald Trump says he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted on state charges related to tampering with Colorado's election systems. Legal experts say presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
December 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The pardon power doesn’t extend to state convictions, so now we’re going to have another issue of presidential authority wind its way through the courts and up to SCOTUS FML
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The Heritage Foundation is cracking
December 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The Heritage Foundation is cracking
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Please listen and amplify Dayanne’s story. Video link in replies.
December 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Please listen and amplify Dayanne’s story. Video link in replies.
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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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Trump has signed an executive order blocking states from making their own guardrails around artificial intelligence
Trump Signs Order Blocking States From Enforcing Their Own AI Guardrails
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December 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Trump has signed an executive order blocking states from making their own guardrails around artificial intelligence
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Apparently no one told Sec. Noem that immigrants with green cards can serve in the military and be deported afterwards if they are convicted of a removable offense.
Every admin has deported veterans (drug crimes the most common reason), although the Biden admin made that harder.
Every admin has deported veterans (drug crimes the most common reason), although the Biden admin made that harder.
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 4:43 PM
Apparently no one told Sec. Noem that immigrants with green cards can serve in the military and be deported afterwards if they are convicted of a removable offense.
Every admin has deported veterans (drug crimes the most common reason), although the Biden admin made that harder.
Every admin has deported veterans (drug crimes the most common reason), although the Biden admin made that harder.
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In case you ever needed proof that the Heritage Foundation is not a conservative organization, here we have them cheering on the Federal Government threatening to strip all funding from a state that does not make political decisions the President likes. Any true conservative would be howling.
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In case you ever needed proof that the Heritage Foundation is not a conservative organization, here we have them cheering on the Federal Government threatening to strip all funding from a state that does not make political decisions the President likes. Any true conservative would be howling.
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one of the worst days of the crumbling Trump presidency: loses In indiana, loses in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, loses in Tish James grand jury, loses in House vote to override union busting EO, and FBI embarrassed in inability to answer basic questions about ANTIFA (which is not an organization)
December 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
one of the worst days of the crumbling Trump presidency: loses In indiana, loses in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, loses in Tish James grand jury, loses in House vote to override union busting EO, and FBI embarrassed in inability to answer basic questions about ANTIFA (which is not an organization)
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My first read of this case is that it's a COMPLEX decision.
Bad stuff:
- Order releasing 442 people is blocked.
- Limits courts ability to block illegal ICE conduct.
Good stuff:
- Consent decree survives and individual releases can be sought
- Government loses a big mandatory detention argument
Bad stuff:
- Order releasing 442 people is blocked.
- Limits courts ability to block illegal ICE conduct.
Good stuff:
- Consent decree survives and individual releases can be sought
- Government loses a big mandatory detention argument
#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has BLOCKED the order from U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings, that aimed to release hundreds detained by ICE, under the terms below.
Full opinion here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/02/3a/bf63a3...
Full opinion here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/02/3a/bf63a3...
December 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
My first read of this case is that it's a COMPLEX decision.
Bad stuff:
- Order releasing 442 people is blocked.
- Limits courts ability to block illegal ICE conduct.
Good stuff:
- Consent decree survives and individual releases can be sought
- Government loses a big mandatory detention argument
Bad stuff:
- Order releasing 442 people is blocked.
- Limits courts ability to block illegal ICE conduct.
Good stuff:
- Consent decree survives and individual releases can be sought
- Government loses a big mandatory detention argument
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This is still VERY illegal. The Trump admin says anyone who pays $1 million will be deemed to have "exceptional business ability" and become eligible for an employment-based immigrant visa.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is still VERY illegal. The Trump admin says anyone who pays $1 million will be deemed to have "exceptional business ability" and become eligible for an employment-based immigrant visa.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
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At this hearing, @padilla.senate.gov asked me whether mass deportation is making us more safe. Here was my response.
December 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
At this hearing, @padilla.senate.gov asked me whether mass deportation is making us more safe. Here was my response.
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Tried and convicted degenerates now demanding tax payer bonanzas for storming the capitol building
Almost 400 people pardoned or granted clemency by President Donald Trump in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol are now seeking millions of dollars in payouts from the federal government.
Trump Pardoned Them for Jan. 6. Now They Want Millions of Dollars
Almost 400 people pardoned or granted clemency by President Donald Trump in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol are now seeking millions of dollars in payouts from the federal government, according to their lawyer.
bloom.bg
December 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Tried and convicted degenerates now demanding tax payer bonanzas for storming the capitol building
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Back in 2019 I wrote about how Rex Tillerson discovered in a HPSCI hearing that Jared had been withholding his private plans from then Secretary of State.
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
Amid Description of Kushner's Shadow Foreign Policy, Tillerson Counters a Jared Claim to Mueller about Kirill Dmitriev's Plan - emptywheel
Rex Tillerson told the HFRC some pretty alarming things about how Jared pursued his own diplomatic plans without informing him. That makes Tillerson's claim -- that Kushner did not (as Kushner told Mu...
www.emptywheel.net
December 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Back in 2019 I wrote about how Rex Tillerson discovered in a HPSCI hearing that Jared had been withholding his private plans from then Secretary of State.
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
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Mockler: As much as the Trump admin tries to act like it's different from prior Republican administrations, they're doing the same thing. They cut taxes for the richest, they cut benefits for the poorest, and then they go to war for either regime change or for oil.
December 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Mockler: As much as the Trump admin tries to act like it's different from prior Republican administrations, they're doing the same thing. They cut taxes for the richest, they cut benefits for the poorest, and then they go to war for either regime change or for oil.
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The Chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, famously corrected Trump’s math on live tv a few months ago.
Now he’s bravely stating that it’s Trump’s tariffs raising prices for Americans.
It’s not the immigrants. It’s not the social programs. It’s not “Biden era policies”.
It’s the tariffs.
Now he’s bravely stating that it’s Trump’s tariffs raising prices for Americans.
It’s not the immigrants. It’s not the social programs. It’s not “Biden era policies”.
It’s the tariffs.
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, famously corrected Trump’s math on live tv a few months ago.
Now he’s bravely stating that it’s Trump’s tariffs raising prices for Americans.
It’s not the immigrants. It’s not the social programs. It’s not “Biden era policies”.
It’s the tariffs.
Now he’s bravely stating that it’s Trump’s tariffs raising prices for Americans.
It’s not the immigrants. It’s not the social programs. It’s not “Biden era policies”.
It’s the tariffs.
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Wait a minute... I thought the Republican playbook was to not reveal that your pretextual war was all about oil until *after* American soldiers started dying
December 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Wait a minute... I thought the Republican playbook was to not reveal that your pretextual war was all about oil until *after* American soldiers started dying
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I identified myself as a US citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out. Even after I complied, I was taken to a detention center and held for 3 days without charges. No phone call, no lawyer, no medical care
December 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I identified myself as a US citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out. Even after I complied, I was taken to a detention center and held for 3 days without charges. No phone call, no lawyer, no medical care
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PSA: When Trump says Biden had high inflation, he leaves out that it had come down by the time he left, and was among the lowest in the world when Trump took over — and that the inflation was a global issue everyone experienced post-COVID.
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
PSA: When Trump says Biden had high inflation, he leaves out that it had come down by the time he left, and was among the lowest in the world when Trump took over — and that the inflation was a global issue everyone experienced post-COVID.
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this whole situation stinks to high heaven thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Judge: residents must move out, ICE-raided South Shore building is uninhabitable • The TRiiBE
The tenants of the property at 7500 S. South Shore Drive are ordered to leave the property by Friday.
thetriibe.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this whole situation stinks to high heaven thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
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“CBS Newsmax” has a nice ring to it we’re going with that from now on to describe the Bari Weiss era
December 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“CBS Newsmax” has a nice ring to it we’re going with that from now on to describe the Bari Weiss era
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Spencer Cox: "I disagree with Congresswoman Omar. I think she should be voted out of it. I think I can do that without attacking her religion or race or ethnic background. I know that the president disagrees with me ... he's not interested in uniting the country."
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Spencer Cox: "I disagree with Congresswoman Omar. I think she should be voted out of it. I think I can do that without attacking her religion or race or ethnic background. I know that the president disagrees with me ... he's not interested in uniting the country."
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This was a DOJ smokescreen.
We will find that Trump’s name is not in the grand jury report, but he’s all over the Epstein files. That is why they pushed for the grand jury report and blocked the Epstein files.
🚨 NEW: Judge Grants Request to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Records
We will find that Trump’s name is not in the grand jury report, but he’s all over the Epstein files. That is why they pushed for the grand jury report and blocked the Epstein files.
🚨 NEW: Judge Grants Request to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Records
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This was a DOJ smokescreen.
We will find that Trump’s name is not in the grand jury report, but he’s all over the Epstein files. That is why they pushed for the grand jury report and blocked the Epstein files.
🚨 NEW: Judge Grants Request to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Records
We will find that Trump’s name is not in the grand jury report, but he’s all over the Epstein files. That is why they pushed for the grand jury report and blocked the Epstein files.
🚨 NEW: Judge Grants Request to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Records
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The White House has been hammering this message as they flail on affordability; nothing at all is our fault, while literally everything is the fault of undocumented immigrants, a group whose numbers we keep claiming are higher and higher every time we need a bigger scapegoat.
Secretary Scott Turner: "We need to continue to deport illegals that are taking houses from the American people"
December 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The White House has been hammering this message as they flail on affordability; nothing at all is our fault, while literally everything is the fault of undocumented immigrants, a group whose numbers we keep claiming are higher and higher every time we need a bigger scapegoat.
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It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
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Trump targets Biden's Fed appointments with autopen allegations reut.rs/3XIrc9Z
Trump targets Biden's Fed appointments with autopen allegations
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked his treasury secretary to investigate whether his predecessor Joe Biden used an autopen to sign the appointments of some Democratic members of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors.
reut.rs
December 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Trump targets Biden's Fed appointments with autopen allegations reut.rs/3XIrc9Z