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Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
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The GOP has done absolutely nothing but screw over the American worker while they’ve controlled both chambers of Congress and the White House.
That is, unless your name is Donald Trump.
That is, unless your name is Donald Trump.
December 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The GOP has done absolutely nothing but screw over the American worker while they’ve controlled both chambers of Congress and the White House.
That is, unless your name is Donald Trump.
That is, unless your name is Donald Trump.
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House. If they wanted to lower your health care costs, they would.
The truth is: Republicans do not care one bit if your health care premiums explode.
The truth is: Republicans do not care one bit if your health care premiums explode.
December 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House. If they wanted to lower your health care costs, they would.
The truth is: Republicans do not care one bit if your health care premiums explode.
The truth is: Republicans do not care one bit if your health care premiums explode.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Day 11 of the Republican Shutdown.
Donald Trump is back on the golf course.
House Republicans have cancelled votes for a third straight week.
And Democrats are continuing the fight to protect your healthcare.
Donald Trump is back on the golf course.
House Republicans have cancelled votes for a third straight week.
And Democrats are continuing the fight to protect your healthcare.
October 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Day 11 of the Republican Shutdown.
Donald Trump is back on the golf course.
House Republicans have cancelled votes for a third straight week.
And Democrats are continuing the fight to protect your healthcare.
Donald Trump is back on the golf course.
House Republicans have cancelled votes for a third straight week.
And Democrats are continuing the fight to protect your healthcare.
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Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
October 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
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Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.
Why the delay?
Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
Why the delay?
Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
October 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.
Why the delay?
Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
Why the delay?
Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
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Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
September 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
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It’s hard to overstate how big a deal this is - for the economy (ours and globally), for the rule of law, and for the proper and efficient function of government.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says He Is Removing Lisa Cook From Federal Reserve Board
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It’s hard to overstate how big a deal this is - for the economy (ours and globally), for the rule of law, and for the proper and efficient function of government.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
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NEWS: DNC Chair Ken Martin says TX State Rep. Nicole Collier was threatened with a FELONY charge for speaking on a press call with him, Cory Booker, and Gavin Newsom.
August 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
NEWS: DNC Chair Ken Martin says TX State Rep. Nicole Collier was threatened with a FELONY charge for speaking on a press call with him, Cory Booker, and Gavin Newsom.
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Update from Nicole Collier, who Texas Republicans had trapped at the capitol building
August 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Update from Nicole Collier, who Texas Republicans had trapped at the capitol building
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Rep. Nicole Collier files a state court application for a writ of habeas corpus concerning her detention in the Texas State Capitol. www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
www.courthousenews.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Rep. Nicole Collier files a state court application for a writ of habeas corpus concerning her detention in the Texas State Capitol. www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
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Hello journalists. If you report this you gotta say that under the Constitution he has no power to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
August 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Hello journalists. If you report this you gotta say that under the Constitution he has no power to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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The Constitution dictates that the census is a count "all persons" conducted every "ten years." Donald Trump has no power to alter either the timing or who is counted.
August 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The Constitution dictates that the census is a count "all persons" conducted every "ten years." Donald Trump has no power to alter either the timing or who is counted.
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Article I Sections 9 & 10 of the U.S. Constitution—which limit presidential power over tariffs and protect habeas corpus—have disappeared from Congress’s website. They claim a coding error is to blame.
Sections of the U.S. Constitution Missing from Government Website
Articles I, Sections 9 and 10 are inaccessible on Congress-run portal, raising concerns over transparency and public access.
meidasnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Article I Sections 9 & 10 of the U.S. Constitution—which limit presidential power over tariffs and protect habeas corpus—have disappeared from Congress’s website. They claim a coding error is to blame.
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You could be on Medicaid right now, and not even know it — that's because it's called something different in every state.
So when House Republicans talk Medicaid cuts, they could be going after YOUR care.
Call your representative today.
youtube.com/shorts/NzWim...
So when House Republicans talk Medicaid cuts, they could be going after YOUR care.
Call your representative today.
youtube.com/shorts/NzWim...
When House Republicans talk Medicaid cuts, they could be going after YOUR care.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
You could be on Medicaid right now, and not even know it — that's because it's called something different in every state.
So when House Republicans talk Medicaid cuts, they could be going after YOUR care.
Call your representative today.
youtube.com/shorts/NzWim...
So when House Republicans talk Medicaid cuts, they could be going after YOUR care.
Call your representative today.
youtube.com/shorts/NzWim...
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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
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Day 68 into the GOP takeover:
Prices are going up.
Consumer confidence is plummeting.
Classified info is being leaked.
Social Security is being dismantled.
Residents are being arrested for their political views.
Prices are going up.
Consumer confidence is plummeting.
Classified info is being leaked.
Social Security is being dismantled.
Residents are being arrested for their political views.
March 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Day 68 into the GOP takeover:
Prices are going up.
Consumer confidence is plummeting.
Classified info is being leaked.
Social Security is being dismantled.
Residents are being arrested for their political views.
Prices are going up.
Consumer confidence is plummeting.
Classified info is being leaked.
Social Security is being dismantled.
Residents are being arrested for their political views.
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The officials who shared classified information in a group chat broke protocol and put our servicemembers' lives in danger.
Hegseth and Waltz should RESIGN—and EVERYONE involved must be held accountable.
I'm demanding a thorough investigation from the Inspectors General.
Hegseth and Waltz should RESIGN—and EVERYONE involved must be held accountable.
I'm demanding a thorough investigation from the Inspectors General.
March 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The officials who shared classified information in a group chat broke protocol and put our servicemembers' lives in danger.
Hegseth and Waltz should RESIGN—and EVERYONE involved must be held accountable.
I'm demanding a thorough investigation from the Inspectors General.
Hegseth and Waltz should RESIGN—and EVERYONE involved must be held accountable.
I'm demanding a thorough investigation from the Inspectors General.
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If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
March 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
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This arrest is the latest in an alarming pattern to stifle civil liberties.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
Tufts PhD student on visa arrested by immigration authorities, school says
Rumeysa Ozturk is a Turkish national, according to her lawyer, Mahsa Khanbabai.
abcnews.go.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This arrest is the latest in an alarming pattern to stifle civil liberties.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
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⏰ it has only been 10 years, @marshablackburn.bsky.social will probably get around to it eventually
March 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
⏰ it has only been 10 years, @marshablackburn.bsky.social will probably get around to it eventually