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Charles W. Wagner
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Lawyer and political junky. Lover of cats, travel and soccer. Proud Cal Bear. Supporter of Real Madrid. Hope to survive next 4 years. Not sure if the country will. RESIST!
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Trump and Epstein
January 27, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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January 22, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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They clearly believed that Minneapolis would riot after they killed one of us. We didn’t, we organized. We followed them, we monitored them. We alerted our neighbors. We fought them in the courts. And now they’re desperate, so they’re brutalizing us, without a hint of legitimate government purpose.
January 21, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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When our insane immigration policies start interfering with sports... well...
January 22, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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NATO & Denmark: We will give you the exact same security arrangements you have had for the past 40 years in Greenland.

Trump: Total surrender! Art of the deal!
January 21, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
The Gravamen of the Disclosure 4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows: a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency. b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Incredible. The Border Patrol recruiter literally filled in every part of the resume for her, including having AI write the resume.
valeriejeansmith.bsky.social Valerie Smith @valeriejeansmith.bsky.social · 8d
I attended a Border Patrol recruitment event. By never saying “no,” I was corralled from standing near the recruitment table to having a completed application submitted on my behalf, and I received a tentative selection days later.

www.cltampa.com/news/at-st-p...
At St. Pete recruitment event, Border Patrol rep touts qualified immunity and early retirement
A DHS officer at The Hilton in St. Petersburg, Florida Jan. 13, 2026. Dubbed “The Green Monster” by some DHS officials, Border Patrol has a reputation as
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January 19, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Gee. Shocker. #Krasnov leaks critical info to his Daddy, Putin. I'm so shocked. 🤦‍♀️
January 18, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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“To settle this, it would be great if the White House would release the case files and any FBI recordings of Tom Homan’s meetings with undercover agents posing as businessmen...”

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White House’s Homan deflects when pressed on Cava bag controversy
The FBI recorded Homan allegedly accepting $50,000 in cash as part of an undercover operation. Questions for the border czar haven’t gone away.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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January 12, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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I’ve heard from multiple friends today about daycares being raided and parents being ripped out of cars (in one case with a child left behind in the backseat). Grim times here.
whstancil.bsky.social Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 19d
The situation in Minneapolis is insane: seemingly many large convoys of heavily armed masked men, blocking off streets at random, grabbing people nearly at random, racing around the city with no discernible plan or aim. Under attack by our own government the day after it killed someone
January 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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DANISH PARLIAMENT MEMBER: “🇺🇸 had 30 bases on Greenland, why did you leave? You can resume that tomorrow without attacking a NATO ally… the rationale lacks factual foundation and doesn’t stand any logic testing.”

(Unless the point is to hurt us and end NATO, a Putin/Xi goal)
January 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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January 7, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Silence and Collusion
A Letter to the MAGA GOP, Five Years After January 6th.

www.againstallenemies.net/p/silence-an...
Silence And Collusion
A Letter to the MAGA GOP, Five Years After January 6th.
www.againstallenemies.net
January 7, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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Do you think if we all sent Chuck Schumer a strongly worded letter, he would step down?
January 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Decided to put some thoughts on paper for this "anniversary" of January 6th
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22d
Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn was on the front lines of January 6. Five years later, he warns the greatest threat isn’t just what happened—but the lies rewriting it. “January 6 was not legitimate political discourse.” Read his powerful piece: www.meidasplus.com/p/history-be...
January 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Officer Hodges and all those who defended our Capitol five years ago held strong in the face of unimaginable violence and chaos encouraged by Trump.

We must all aspire to have that same courage and strength as we continue this ongoing fight to defend our democracy and the heart of our nation.
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Officer Daniel Hodges narrates his body camera footage from January 6:

"That's me screaming because someone…is reaching underneath my visor and trying to gouge out my eye with his thumb while other people hold me down."
January 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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After nearly 60 years since being created by Congress, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (nonprofit that provided significant funding for PBS and NPR) has disbanded following MAGA regime cutting $1.1B in federal funding.

Another dark fascist chapter in US history.
January 7, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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To protect the children of Minnesota from welfare fraud, we must cut off welfare money to the children of Minnesota.

by Russ Vought
January 7, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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??? Is she talking about the hundreds of criminals President Trump pardoned?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d
Pam Bondi: "That means we know this monster released countless defendants, prisons, insane asylums into our country."
January 7, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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In GOP world, Medicare fraud is only bad when little people do it because they're desperate for healthcare, which is only a tiny percentage of all the fraud. When huge corporations steal billions that's just capitalism.
mikenellis.bsky.social Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 22d
If Republicans are suddenly worried about Medicare and Medicaid fraud, they might want to start with their own: Senator Rick Scott, the former CEO of a hospital chain fined $1.7 BILLION in the largest Medicare and Medicaid fraud case in U.S. history.
January 5, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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January 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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The respect and admiration I have for #TimWalz is unwavering.
Please read his entire statement.
I encourage both R and D lawmakers to focus on this line:
“After all, I didn't run for this job so I could have this job. I ran for this job so I could do this job.”

Thank you, and your family, Gov Walz.
Statement from Gov Tim Walz: "Good morning, and Happy New Year. "Like many Minnesotans, I was glad to turn the page on 2025. It was an extraordinarily difficult year for our state. And it ended on a particularly sour note. "For the last several years, an organized group of criminals have sought to take advantage of our state's generosity. And even as we make progress in the fight against the fraudsters, we now see an organized group of political actors seeking to take advantage of the crisis. "I won't mince words here. Donald Trump and his allies - in Washington, in St. Paul, and online - want to make our state a colder, meaner place. They want to poison our people against each other by attacking our neighbors. And, ultimately, they want to take away much of what makes Minnesota the best place in America to raise a family. They've already begun by taking our tax dollars that were meant to help families afford child care. And they have no intention of stopping there. "Make no mistake: We should be concerned about fraud in our state government. We cannot effectively deliver programs and services if we can't earn the public's trust. That's why, over the past few years, we've made systemic changes to the way we do business. "We've gone to the legislature time and again to get more tools to combat fraud. We've fired people who weren't doing their jobs. We've seen people go to jail for stealing from our state. We've cut off whole streams of funding, in partnership with the federal government, where we saw widespread criminal activity. We've put new locks on the doors of our remaining programs, and we've hired a new head of program integrity to make sure those locks can't be broken.” "All across the state, Minnesotans are hard at work on this problem. Advocates, administrators, investigators are on the front lines defending the integrity of our state's programs, and I want to thank them for their efforts. "There's more to do. A single taxpayer dollar wasted on fraud is a dollar too much to tolerate. And while there's a role to play for everyone - from the legislature to prosecutors to insurance companies to local and county government - the buck stops with me. My administration is taking fast, decisive action to solve this crisis. And we will win the fight against the fraudsters. "But the political gamesmanship we're seeing from Republicans is only making that fight harder to win. "We've got Republicans here in the legislature playing hide-and-seek with whistleblowers. "We've got conspiracy theorist right-wing YouTubers breaking into daycare centers and demanding access to our children. "We've got the President of the United States demonizing our Somali neighbors and wrongly confiscating childcare funding that Minnesotans rely on. "It is disgusting. And it is dangerous. "Republicans are playing politics with the future of our state. And it's shameful. I've said it before, and l'll say it again: We welcome ideas from anyone, in any party, who wants to help us continue to stay ahead of the criminals. "And we welcome the involvement of the federal government. I'm grateful to the career professionals at the U.S. Attorney's office and the FBI who are helping us win this fight.” "But I cannot abide the actions of the political leadership in Washington - these opportunists who are willing to hurt our people to score a few cheap points. They and their allies have no intention of helping us solve the problem - and every intention of profiting off of it. "Which brings me to this: 2026 is an election year. And election years have a way of ramping up the politics at a time when we simply can't afford more politics. "In September, I announced that I would run for a historic third term as Minnesota's Governor. And I have every confidence that, if I gave it my all, I would succeed in that effort. "But as I reflected on this moment with my family and my team over the holidays, I came to the conclusion that I can't give a political campaign my all. Every minute I spend defending my own political interests would be a minute l can't spend defending the people of Minnesota against the criminals who prey on our generosity and the cynics who prey on our differences. "So I've decided to step out of the race and let others worry about the election while I focus on the work. "I know this news may come as a surprise. But I'm passing on the race with zero sadness and zero regret. After all, I didn't run for this job so I could have this job. I ran for this job so I could do this job. Minnesota faces an enormous challenge this year. And I refuse to spend even one minute of 2026 doing anything other than rising to meet the moment. Minnesota has to come first - always.” "That's what I believe servant leadership demands of me. And as an optimist, I will hold out some hope that my friends on the other side of the aisle will consider what servant leadership demands of them in this moment. We can work together to combat the criminals, rebuild the public's trust, and make our state stronger. But make no mistake: If Republicans continue down this path of abusing power, smearing entire communities, and running their own fraudulent game at the expense of Minnesotans - we will fight back every step of the way. "I'm confident that a DFLer will hold this seat come November. I'm confident that I will find ways to contribute to the state | love even after I've left office next January. But there will be time to worry about all that later. "Today, I'm proud of the work we've done to make Minnesota America's best place to live and raise kids - from our new paid leave policy to our child tax credit to our free lunch program. "And I'm doubly proud of the incredible team we've put together to make that vision a reality. Thank you to every member of my staff, and every state employee, who's part of this fight. We need you on the job to tackle the important work ahead. "Most of all, I want Minnesotans to know that I'm on the job, 24/7, focused on making sure we stay America's best place to live and raise kids. No one will take that away from us. Not the fraudsters. And not the President. Not on my watch"
January 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM