Sam J. Calley
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Good.
We need to completely purge, weaken, and dismantle the fascist regime and their Reeks.
When you have power, flex it, and flex it for the people, our freedoms and democracy.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
We need to completely purge, weaken, and dismantle the fascist regime and their Reeks.
When you have power, flex it, and flex it for the people, our freedoms and democracy.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
U-Va. board leaders resign as Spanberger and Democrats take power
The dismissals are another sign that Virginia Democrats plan to quickly unwind changes made at public colleges during Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Good.
We need to completely purge, weaken, and dismantle the fascist regime and their Reeks.
When you have power, flex it, and flex it for the people, our freedoms and democracy.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
We need to completely purge, weaken, and dismantle the fascist regime and their Reeks.
When you have power, flex it, and flex it for the people, our freedoms and democracy.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Gov. Walz to MS NOW:
"Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system … is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic.
"The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."
"Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system … is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic.
"The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."
January 17, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Gov. Walz to MS NOW:
"Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system … is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic.
"The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."
"Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system … is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic.
"The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."
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Yes, many teachers do have a “liberal bias,” but it’s moral, not partisan. Empathetic, not party lines. Evidence, not propaganda. Fairness, not force.
Liberal: willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.
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Liberal: willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
The Teachers
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyon...
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January 14, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Yes, many teachers do have a “liberal bias,” but it’s moral, not partisan. Empathetic, not party lines. Evidence, not propaganda. Fairness, not force.
Liberal: willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Liberal: willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
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So an officer has his phone out recording obviously distracted, shoots a woman and calls her a “f’ing Bitch” and they think that HELPS the case?!?
January 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
So an officer has his phone out recording obviously distracted, shoots a woman and calls her a “f’ing Bitch” and they think that HELPS the case?!?
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I think it likely that Good was terrified when Goon 2 started breaking into her car.
I think Ross, BECAUSE OF THE RECENT EVENT (where he also broke the rules) may have feared for his safety.
But ALL OF THIS--all of it--arises out of rules of engagement that come from the White House.
I think Ross, BECAUSE OF THE RECENT EVENT (where he also broke the rules) may have feared for his safety.
But ALL OF THIS--all of it--arises out of rules of engagement that come from the White House.
January 9, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I think it likely that Good was terrified when Goon 2 started breaking into her car.
I think Ross, BECAUSE OF THE RECENT EVENT (where he also broke the rules) may have feared for his safety.
But ALL OF THIS--all of it--arises out of rules of engagement that come from the White House.
I think Ross, BECAUSE OF THE RECENT EVENT (where he also broke the rules) may have feared for his safety.
But ALL OF THIS--all of it--arises out of rules of engagement that come from the White House.
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A GOP senator is picking a fight with her own party— and this time it’s over an ICE shooting that Republicans have already made up their mind about.
GOP Senator Turns On ICE Barbie Over Minneapolis Shooting
Sen. Murkowski, for the second time this week, went against the GOP in a bold statement, calling out DHS for icing out Minnesota law enforcement.
trib.al
January 9, 2026 at 8:34 PM
A GOP senator is picking a fight with her own party— and this time it’s over an ICE shooting that Republicans have already made up their mind about.
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“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
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ICE shooting comes after bombshell probe finds new recruits 'can barely read or write'
ICE shooting comes after bombshell probe finds new recruits 'can barely read or write'
A deadly shooting in Minneapolis at the hands of a federal immigration officer comes weeks after a bombshell report on President Donald Trump's desperate drive to rush 10,000 deportation officers onto the payroll by the end of 2025.The explosive Daily Mail report found that the administration's $50,...
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January 9, 2026 at 10:40 AM
ICE shooting comes after bombshell probe finds new recruits 'can barely read or write'
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The veteran law enforcement expert says Wednesday’s shooting in Minneapolis was “against DHS policy.”
CNN Police Guru Trashes ICE’s Claims About Mom’s Killing
The veteran law enforcement expert says Wednesday’s shooting in Minneapolis was “against DHS policy.”
trib.al
January 8, 2026 at 5:39 AM
The veteran law enforcement expert says Wednesday’s shooting in Minneapolis was “against DHS policy.”
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A tenured professor who was briefly fired by Austin Peay State University in Tennessee in September for what the school’s president said was an insensitive social media post about the killing of Charlie Kirk will get a $500,000 settlement and his job back.
University to Pay $500,000 to Professor It Fired Over Charlie Kirk Post
Austin Peay State University in Tennessee also reinstated Darren Michael, a tenured acting professor whose post about Mr. Kirk’s killing inflamed conservatives.
nyti.ms
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
A tenured professor who was briefly fired by Austin Peay State University in Tennessee in September for what the school’s president said was an insensitive social media post about the killing of Charlie Kirk will get a $500,000 settlement and his job back.
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This is threatening a fucking member of NATO. What are we fucking doing seriously.
Trump: "We need Greenland from a national security situation. It's so strategic. Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not gonna be able to do it ... the EU needs us to have it"
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
This is threatening a fucking member of NATO. What are we fucking doing seriously.
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As Trump uses violence abroad and turns America into a global pariah, he’s also threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act at home to give himself dictatorial powers
Q: You pulled the National Guard out of Portland--
TRUMP: We did. And do you know that Portland, we got it down to almost no crime? We're allowed to go back in, but we'll go back in when the crime starts. We may use the Insurrection Act
TRUMP: We did. And do you know that Portland, we got it down to almost no crime? We're allowed to go back in, but we'll go back in when the crime starts. We may use the Insurrection Act
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
As Trump uses violence abroad and turns America into a global pariah, he’s also threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act at home to give himself dictatorial powers
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The House Armed Services Committee also was not briefed, I've confirmed.
News: Gang of Eight in Congress were only notified about Trump's Venezuela operation after it began, source familiar tells me. That means the heads of the Intelligence Committees in Senate and House were *not* consulted. Just crazy.
January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The House Armed Services Committee also was not briefed, I've confirmed.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”
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Just because you can make an analogy doesn’t mean it’s a good one…
Tom Cotton: "Congress isn't notified when the FBI is going to arrest a drug trafficker or cyber criminal here in the US, nor should Congress be notified when the executive branch is executing arrests on indicted persons. And that's really what you can make the analogy to here."
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Just because you can make an analogy doesn’t mean it’s a good one…
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Two of Trump’s key business ventures tanked in value in 2025, but the president still managed to double his own net worth last year.
Billionaire Trump Raked in a Fortune as His Investors Lost Out
The president’s media company ended his first year back in office on a low note.
trib.al
January 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Two of Trump’s key business ventures tanked in value in 2025, but the president still managed to double his own net worth last year.
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A New York Times opinion writer who made enough money to start a fake university with a neoclassical marble bust of herself at the entrance and appeased billionaires enough to sell her substack for $150 million is going off against “elites”
Bari Weiss’s CBS News directly attacking academics, subject matter experts, in the promo for her new CBS Evening News.
January 2, 2026 at 2:55 PM
A New York Times opinion writer who made enough money to start a fake university with a neoclassical marble bust of herself at the entrance and appeased billionaires enough to sell her substack for $150 million is going off against “elites”
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New in PN: The blame for alleged fraud in Minnesota belongs to conservatives
"Republican policies have created a perfect vicious cycle: Privatize services, let private companies run amok, then declare that the government is the problem. And the Trump administration is turbo-charging it."
"Republican policies have created a perfect vicious cycle: Privatize services, let private companies run amok, then declare that the government is the problem. And the Trump administration is turbo-charging it."
The blame for alleged fraud in Minnesota belongs to conservatives
Privatization and a lack of oversight creates a vicious cycle.
www.publicnotice.co
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
New in PN: The blame for alleged fraud in Minnesota belongs to conservatives
"Republican policies have created a perfect vicious cycle: Privatize services, let private companies run amok, then declare that the government is the problem. And the Trump administration is turbo-charging it."
"Republican policies have created a perfect vicious cycle: Privatize services, let private companies run amok, then declare that the government is the problem. And the Trump administration is turbo-charging it."
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I'd add that Vance has repeatedly insisted that the GOP welcome Hitler-lovers like Nick Fuentes, who continually bashes Vance and his wife, into the party.
This has been reported almost exclusively as him expressing "unity" and trying to avoid infighting.
This has been reported almost exclusively as him expressing "unity" and trying to avoid infighting.
January 1, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I'd add that Vance has repeatedly insisted that the GOP welcome Hitler-lovers like Nick Fuentes, who continually bashes Vance and his wife, into the party.
This has been reported almost exclusively as him expressing "unity" and trying to avoid infighting.
This has been reported almost exclusively as him expressing "unity" and trying to avoid infighting.
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Millions of peoples' health insurance skyrockets in a few hours. Let's check in on the president.
Trump, celebrating New Year's at Mar-a-Lago, bids $100,000 for a painting
January 1, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Millions of peoples' health insurance skyrockets in a few hours. Let's check in on the president.
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"It’s not hard to come up with these plans. They just do it half-assed" - Mark Cuban on politicians who don't take healthcare policy seriously. lnk.thebulwark.com/3L9cCFO
Mark Cuban Tells Us How He Can Fix America’s Shitty Health Care
The entrepreneur wants to do what many in his position have tried and failed to accomplish.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
"It’s not hard to come up with these plans. They just do it half-assed" - Mark Cuban on politicians who don't take healthcare policy seriously. lnk.thebulwark.com/3L9cCFO
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This
Murcs Law 2.0
Not only do Republicans have no agency, neither do voters.
There is NO charge that would've prevented Trump from running, because any conviction would've been appealed through 2024.
And the only people who let him go free are the people who didn't vote against him.
Twice.
Not only do Republicans have no agency, neither do voters.
There is NO charge that would've prevented Trump from running, because any conviction would've been appealed through 2024.
And the only people who let him go free are the people who didn't vote against him.
Twice.
Joe Biden’s fatal flaw was relying on the reluctant institutionalist Merrick Garland to prosecute the case of insurrectionist Donald J Trump. Had Garland done his job, Trump would have been banned from office and America and the world would not be in this predicament.
January 1, 2026 at 3:27 AM
This