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Russ Vought is now officially using the government shutdown as a pretext for his continued attempts to permanently gut the civil service.
The executive branch cannot unilaterally reduce agency funding that Congress has allocated: This is a serious separation of powers issue.
The executive branch cannot unilaterally reduce agency funding that Congress has allocated: This is a serious separation of powers issue.
October 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Russ Vought is now officially using the government shutdown as a pretext for his continued attempts to permanently gut the civil service.
The executive branch cannot unilaterally reduce agency funding that Congress has allocated: This is a serious separation of powers issue.
The executive branch cannot unilaterally reduce agency funding that Congress has allocated: This is a serious separation of powers issue.
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From a motion just filed by Chris Parente, attorney for Marimar Martinez. She's the woman shot by U.S. Border Patrol in Chicago before being charged with assault.
"The credibility of DHS agents … will be the focal point of the defense at trial."
Background: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
"The credibility of DHS agents … will be the focal point of the defense at trial."
Background: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
October 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
From a motion just filed by Chris Parente, attorney for Marimar Martinez. She's the woman shot by U.S. Border Patrol in Chicago before being charged with assault.
"The credibility of DHS agents … will be the focal point of the defense at trial."
Background: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
"The credibility of DHS agents … will be the focal point of the defense at trial."
Background: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
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NEW VIDEO: Congressman Jake Auchincloss calls out Donald Trump and the Republicans and we discuss why Congress must act to restore checks and balances and stop Trump from turning the military into a campaign weapon. youtu.be/uX1uotE12r0?...
Congressman Slams Trump's Military Invasion | Rep. Jake Auchincloss
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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October 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW VIDEO: Congressman Jake Auchincloss calls out Donald Trump and the Republicans and we discuss why Congress must act to restore checks and balances and stop Trump from turning the military into a campaign weapon. youtu.be/uX1uotE12r0?...
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Today, on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the communities that have inhabited the Americas for tens of thousands of years. I stand with the Indigenous communities in #IL01 and across our country fighting for equality.
October 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Today, on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the communities that have inhabited the Americas for tens of thousands of years. I stand with the Indigenous communities in #IL01 and across our country fighting for equality.
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I used to be a mortgage broker, and I know she’s innocent, too, by virtue of the clause that I also know well about the occupancy issue. Borrowers do not get prosecuted for it because “intention” is the key factor and virtually impossible to prove.
October 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I used to be a mortgage broker, and I know she’s innocent, too, by virtue of the clause that I also know well about the occupancy issue. Borrowers do not get prosecuted for it because “intention” is the key factor and virtually impossible to prove.
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Trump's stunning Ghislaine Maxwell admission; Mike Johnson feels the heat as Democrats outmaneuver the GOP during the shutdown fight; Trump escalates his war against Democratic cities; and more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT.
LIVE: Trump is COLLAPSING under SHUTDOWN PRESSURE!!! - 10/6/25
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October 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Trump's stunning Ghislaine Maxwell admission; Mike Johnson feels the heat as Democrats outmaneuver the GOP during the shutdown fight; Trump escalates his war against Democratic cities; and more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT.
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If you tax trucks 🚛, trucking in your inputs gets pricier.
That means flying ✈️ or shipping 🚢 looks better.
Where do planes and boats come from?
Yes, this just made transporting inputs from abroad *more* competitive.
It's like taxing bikes to reduce road congestion.
That means flying ✈️ or shipping 🚢 looks better.
Where do planes and boats come from?
Yes, this just made transporting inputs from abroad *more* competitive.
It's like taxing bikes to reduce road congestion.
October 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If you tax trucks 🚛, trucking in your inputs gets pricier.
That means flying ✈️ or shipping 🚢 looks better.
Where do planes and boats come from?
Yes, this just made transporting inputs from abroad *more* competitive.
It's like taxing bikes to reduce road congestion.
That means flying ✈️ or shipping 🚢 looks better.
Where do planes and boats come from?
Yes, this just made transporting inputs from abroad *more* competitive.
It's like taxing bikes to reduce road congestion.
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If you voted for Trump 3 times, and his policies put you out of business, shouldn’t you be asking Eric and Trump Org for your bailout instead of the rest of us?
October 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
If you voted for Trump 3 times, and his policies put you out of business, shouldn’t you be asking Eric and Trump Org for your bailout instead of the rest of us?
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Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.
We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.
Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):
We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.
Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):
October 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.
We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.
Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):
We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.
Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):
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John Oliver: "If ICE can bother some guys at a roofing job, bystanders can bother ICE at their state-sanctioned kidnapping job."
October 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
John Oliver: "If ICE can bother some guys at a roofing job, bystanders can bother ICE at their state-sanctioned kidnapping job."
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Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
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Look, it’s Heroin and Adderall ganging up on Tylenol.
September 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Look, it’s Heroin and Adderall ganging up on Tylenol.
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When they say Melania can speak 6 languages are they counting English?
September 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
When they say Melania can speak 6 languages are they counting English?
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Disney really thought Americans cared more about “happily ever after” then about freedom
September 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Disney really thought Americans cared more about “happily ever after” then about freedom
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So what happened to the $50K in cash Tom Homan got in the Cava bag?
Was it deposited in his bank account and reported as income that he paid taxes on?
Is it under his mattress?
Was it deposited in his bank account and reported as income that he paid taxes on?
Is it under his mattress?
September 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
So what happened to the $50K in cash Tom Homan got in the Cava bag?
Was it deposited in his bank account and reported as income that he paid taxes on?
Is it under his mattress?
Was it deposited in his bank account and reported as income that he paid taxes on?
Is it under his mattress?
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For everyone saying this is an impeachable offense and worse than Watergate:
Of course it is. But that doesn’t matter in the slightest, because this GOP Congress has completely abdicated their duty and will never do anything to hold him accountable.
Of course it is. But that doesn’t matter in the slightest, because this GOP Congress has completely abdicated their duty and will never do anything to hold him accountable.
September 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For everyone saying this is an impeachable offense and worse than Watergate:
Of course it is. But that doesn’t matter in the slightest, because this GOP Congress has completely abdicated their duty and will never do anything to hold him accountable.
Of course it is. But that doesn’t matter in the slightest, because this GOP Congress has completely abdicated their duty and will never do anything to hold him accountable.
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Speaker after speaker at this memorial is explicitly likening him to Jesus Christ. (Slain in early 30s, etc.)
Don't know how this goes over with people raised in other faiths.
Having been raised as a church-going Protestant Christian, I say: What the hell! This is not how Christians talk.
Don't know how this goes over with people raised in other faiths.
Having been raised as a church-going Protestant Christian, I say: What the hell! This is not how Christians talk.
September 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Speaker after speaker at this memorial is explicitly likening him to Jesus Christ. (Slain in early 30s, etc.)
Don't know how this goes over with people raised in other faiths.
Having been raised as a church-going Protestant Christian, I say: What the hell! This is not how Christians talk.
Don't know how this goes over with people raised in other faiths.
Having been raised as a church-going Protestant Christian, I say: What the hell! This is not how Christians talk.
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Angus: Trump, says lumber from Canadian mills represents a national security threat.
You’d use that language about buddy going down to the Home Depot in Arkansas to buy some 2x4s?
You’d use that language about buddy going down to the Home Depot in Arkansas to buy some 2x4s?
September 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Angus: Trump, says lumber from Canadian mills represents a national security threat.
You’d use that language about buddy going down to the Home Depot in Arkansas to buy some 2x4s?
You’d use that language about buddy going down to the Home Depot in Arkansas to buy some 2x4s?
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If you're not familiar with QAnon conspiracy dogwhistles, then you won't know that Stephen Miller just rattled off a bunch of them in a row, including "I am the storm" and "Light out of darkness." While these sound like dumb cliches on the surface, they're coded messages to Q cult adherents.
September 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If you're not familiar with QAnon conspiracy dogwhistles, then you won't know that Stephen Miller just rattled off a bunch of them in a row, including "I am the storm" and "Light out of darkness." While these sound like dumb cliches on the surface, they're coded messages to Q cult adherents.
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Today Cankles McEpstein will blame you for the consequences of his violent rhetoric.
September 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today Cankles McEpstein will blame you for the consequences of his violent rhetoric.
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There is nothing godly, good, Christian or American about any word that's been uttered at that Arizona stadium today
These fascists are so far up their own assholes that their words reek of that darkness
It's clear that they plan to accelerate the death of America beyond even what we'd anticipated
These fascists are so far up their own assholes that their words reek of that darkness
It's clear that they plan to accelerate the death of America beyond even what we'd anticipated
September 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
There is nothing godly, good, Christian or American about any word that's been uttered at that Arizona stadium today
These fascists are so far up their own assholes that their words reek of that darkness
It's clear that they plan to accelerate the death of America beyond even what we'd anticipated
These fascists are so far up their own assholes that their words reek of that darkness
It's clear that they plan to accelerate the death of America beyond even what we'd anticipated
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I have never seen a festival of hate like what is happening in Arizona today
Every speaker sounds like they want to genocide more than half of America
Every speaker sounds like they want to genocide more than half of America
September 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I have never seen a festival of hate like what is happening in Arizona today
Every speaker sounds like they want to genocide more than half of America
Every speaker sounds like they want to genocide more than half of America
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Sunday caption contest: Free speech?
Caption it on my Substack: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-caption-contest-free-speech
Caption it on my Substack: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-caption-contest-free-speech
Sunday caption contest: Free speech
And last week’s winner
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September 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Sunday caption contest: Free speech?
Caption it on my Substack: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-caption-contest-free-speech
Caption it on my Substack: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-caption-contest-free-speech