Jeff
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Earlier: Texas Department of Public Safety and ICE signed a pair of agreements that will authorize state police within DPS’s Criminal Investigations and Highway Patrol divisions to effectively operate as ICE agents, on a statewide basis.
Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump
The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached DPS, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.
www.texasobserver.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Earlier: Texas Department of Public Safety and ICE signed a pair of agreements that will authorize state police within DPS’s Criminal Investigations and Highway Patrol divisions to effectively operate as ICE agents, on a statewide basis.
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Greg Abbott has bent his views on state sovereignty to accede to the wishes of Trump.
Texas recently joined dozens of states in turning over voter roll information to the DOJ, despite long-standing resistance to federal oversight of state elections.
With @texastribune.org
Texas recently joined dozens of states in turning over voter roll information to the DOJ, despite long-standing resistance to federal oversight of state elections.
With @texastribune.org
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Long a Defender of States’ Rights, Embraces Trump’s Push to Expand Presidential Power
Defending Texas sovereignty has been central to Abbott’s political identity. Yet he has helped Trump erode states’ authority over elections, policing and deploying the National Guard.
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Greg Abbott has bent his views on state sovereignty to accede to the wishes of Trump.
Texas recently joined dozens of states in turning over voter roll information to the DOJ, despite long-standing resistance to federal oversight of state elections.
With @texastribune.org
Texas recently joined dozens of states in turning over voter roll information to the DOJ, despite long-standing resistance to federal oversight of state elections.
With @texastribune.org
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As I was saying…
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
As I was saying…
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NEW: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon are all named in Epstein docs released today by Democrats
Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon named in Epstein files released by Democrats
The three Trump allies are all mentioned in redacted copies of Epstein's daily schedules.
www.axios.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
NEW: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon are all named in Epstein docs released today by Democrats
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Sinclair is returning “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to its ABC affiliate broadcast stations beginning Friday, the company said in a statement.
Sinclair-owned ABC stations will bring 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' back to air Friday
Broadcast station owner Sinclair will begin airing "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" after three days of preempting the program since its return.
cnb.cx
September 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sinclair is returning “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to its ABC affiliate broadcast stations beginning Friday, the company said in a statement.
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Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"
September 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"
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Reporter: Do you think it would have been fitting to lower the flags for Melissa Hortman who was killed as well?
Trump: I’m not familiar, who?
Trump: I’m not familiar, who?
September 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Reporter: Do you think it would have been fitting to lower the flags for Melissa Hortman who was killed as well?
Trump: I’m not familiar, who?
Trump: I’m not familiar, who?
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Trump was relentlessly booed at the U.S. Open men’s final in New York City.
September 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Trump was relentlessly booed at the U.S. Open men’s final in New York City.
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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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1991: 81% supported school vaccine mandates. Today: 51%.
What are we doing?!
What are we doing?!
September 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
1991: 81% supported school vaccine mandates. Today: 51%.
What are we doing?!
What are we doing?!
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Rand Paul: "The reason we have trials & we don't automatically assume guilt is what if we make a mistake and they happen to be people fleeing the Venezuelan dictator? ... off our coast it isn't our policy just to blow people up ... even the worst people in our country, they still get a trial."
September 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Rand Paul: "The reason we have trials & we don't automatically assume guilt is what if we make a mistake and they happen to be people fleeing the Venezuelan dictator? ... off our coast it isn't our policy just to blow people up ... even the worst people in our country, they still get a trial."
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GOP Congressman Massie:
“I don't know if that's precedented in this country to have a president call legislators to say that they're engaged in a hostile act, particularly when the so-called hostile act is trying to get justice for people who've been victims of sex crimes."
“I don't know if that's precedented in this country to have a president call legislators to say that they're engaged in a hostile act, particularly when the so-called hostile act is trying to get justice for people who've been victims of sex crimes."
September 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
GOP Congressman Massie:
“I don't know if that's precedented in this country to have a president call legislators to say that they're engaged in a hostile act, particularly when the so-called hostile act is trying to get justice for people who've been victims of sex crimes."
“I don't know if that's precedented in this country to have a president call legislators to say that they're engaged in a hostile act, particularly when the so-called hostile act is trying to get justice for people who've been victims of sex crimes."
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I'm aware that the President likes to go on television and beg me to call him to ask for troops.
I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops.
I also have experience asking him for assistance – just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.
I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops.
I also have experience asking him for assistance – just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.
September 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I'm aware that the President likes to go on television and beg me to call him to ask for troops.
I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops.
I also have experience asking him for assistance – just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.
I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops.
I also have experience asking him for assistance – just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.
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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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Trump, wearing a “Trump was right about everything” hat (as one does when one isn’t cripplingly insecure): “The Q is how long do we stay?”
He says the people his Gestapo are arresting are “career criminals” (almost all aren’t) who are “born that way” (a racist idea)
He says the people his Gestapo are arresting are “career criminals” (almost all aren’t) who are “born that way” (a racist idea)
August 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Trump, wearing a “Trump was right about everything” hat (as one does when one isn’t cripplingly insecure): “The Q is how long do we stay?”
He says the people his Gestapo are arresting are “career criminals” (almost all aren’t) who are “born that way” (a racist idea)
He says the people his Gestapo are arresting are “career criminals” (almost all aren’t) who are “born that way” (a racist idea)
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Gotta make up an excuse. For himself and his cult. Without an excuse for themselves - facing the reality that they are a minority and his approval is crashing towards one-third of the nation - they cannot survive
Trump: "If you [end] mail in voting, you're not gonna have many Democrats get elected. That's bigger than anything having to do with redistricting. And the Republicans have to get smart."
August 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Gotta make up an excuse. For himself and his cult. Without an excuse for themselves - facing the reality that they are a minority and his approval is crashing towards one-third of the nation - they cannot survive
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QUINTANILLA: When do you think markets can get its hand on written documentation on the deals with Japan, UK, Vietnam, Korea?
LUTNICK: You're not gonna find a big long 250 page trading agreement
LUTNICK: You're not gonna find a big long 250 page trading agreement
August 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
QUINTANILLA: When do you think markets can get its hand on written documentation on the deals with Japan, UK, Vietnam, Korea?
LUTNICK: You're not gonna find a big long 250 page trading agreement
LUTNICK: You're not gonna find a big long 250 page trading agreement
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California Democrats' proposed new boundaries for U.S. House districts would make five Republican-held seats more likely to be won by Democrats, an attempt to offset gains Republicans hope to make by redrawing maps in Texas. nyti.ms/4oEZPK0
August 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
California Democrats' proposed new boundaries for U.S. House districts would make five Republican-held seats more likely to be won by Democrats, an attempt to offset gains Republicans hope to make by redrawing maps in Texas. nyti.ms/4oEZPK0
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USAID funded roughly half the world’s supply of ready-to-use therapeutic food. The dismantling of the agency has disrupted the global supply chain that provides the packets, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.
A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
USAID funded roughly half the world’s supply of ready-to-use therapeutic food. The dismantling of the agency has disrupted the global supply chain that provides the packets, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.
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If you’re under any illusions about what an authoritarian personality cult the GOP has become, they’re not hiding it:
August 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
If you’re under any illusions about what an authoritarian personality cult the GOP has become, they’re not hiding it:
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Sean Duffy: "Pete Buttigieg was running for president as opposed to doing his job and making sure that we got our air traffic control system modernized."
(Pete Buttigieg ran for president in 2020. He became transportation secretary in 2021.)
(Pete Buttigieg ran for president in 2020. He became transportation secretary in 2021.)
August 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Sean Duffy: "Pete Buttigieg was running for president as opposed to doing his job and making sure that we got our air traffic control system modernized."
(Pete Buttigieg ran for president in 2020. He became transportation secretary in 2021.)
(Pete Buttigieg ran for president in 2020. He became transportation secretary in 2021.)
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The hell you can, fuckface
August 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The hell you can, fuckface
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"Trying to silence me":
Beto O'Rourke responds to Texas AG's threat to arrest him
Beto O'Rourke responds to Texas AG's threat to arrest him
August 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Trying to silence me":
Beto O'Rourke responds to Texas AG's threat to arrest him
Beto O'Rourke responds to Texas AG's threat to arrest him
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This is exactly why Dems get their ass handed to them by Trump's world. They have no clue how to leverage social media algos to their advantage.
open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...
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Silent Coup: How Trump’s Allies Are Gaming Algorithms To Seize Your Feed
New research unravels the secret tactics behind Stop the Steal and other right-wing disinformation campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is exactly why Dems get their ass handed to them by Trump's world. They have no clue how to leverage social media algos to their advantage.
open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...
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