V Berk Rophie
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Shutting down the department of education was documented in project 2025
February 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
WTF?
ms.now MS NOW @ms.now · Feb 4
BREAKING: The White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education, per two sources to NBC News.
February 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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This is what happens when you don't properly evaluate pardon requests on an individual basis. Trump didn't look at prior criminal history, behavior in prison, or risk of dangerousness to the community following release. Now we all pay the price for him using the pardon power as a political reward.
January 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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“I can’t imagine being safe right now.”

Jackson Reffitt, who reported his father Guy Reffitt to the FBI for his involvement in the Capitol riot, discusses President Trump’s pardon and the threat he now feels with his father free.

WATCH: youtu.be/gFC7Tz2RMvE?...
'Death threats by the minute’: Capitol rioter’s son who turned in father reacts to pardon
YouTube video by MSNBC
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January 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump’s release of thugs who beat up cops and smeared feces in the Capitol is a “redemption” story.
Johnson’s use of religious language to justify fascism is disgusting.
January 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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The ultimate betrayal.
Capitol Officer Slams Trump For Pardoning Jan. 6 Rioters: 'I Have Been Betrayed By My Country'
So much for backing the blue.
www.comicsands.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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'Unlawful and unconstitutional': 22 Dem AGs sue over Trump's birthright citizenship order
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT5B...
'Unlawful and unconstitutional': 22 Dem AGs sue over Trump's birthright citizenship order
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Shame on any member of Congress who meets with a recalcitrant, pardoned seditionist. Even if they can't feel the shame, we know this can't be tolerated in a democracy.
January 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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“Trump’s angry response to a viral sermon should worry all Christians”

@guthriegf.bsky.social writes Budde’s words reflect the values held by a majority of American Christians — a fact that Trump’s divisive rhetoric seeks to obscure.

READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump’s angry response to a viral sermon should worry all Christians
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's words reflect the values held by a majority of American Christians — a fact that Trump’s divisive rhetoric seeks to obscure.
www.msnbc.com
January 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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‘We broke the law’: A woman who pleaded guilty in the Jan. 6 attack rejects Trump’s pardon.

“Accepting the pardon would be an insult to the Capitol Police officers, to the rule of law, to our nation,” said Pamela Hemphill, a 71-year-old, who was sentenced.

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‘We broke the law’: A woman who pleaded guilty in the Jan. 6 attack rejects Trump’s pardon
“I don’t want to be a part of their trying to rewrite what happened that day,” said Pamela Hemphill, a Jan. 6 defendant who was sentenced to two months in jail for her role in the Capitol riot.
www.msnbc.com
January 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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“I’m a Republican and I can tell you, quite simply, that Trump is dead wrong for pardoning convicted insurrectionists.”

“Why?” writes @michaelsteele.bsky.social. “Because it is the breakdown of law and order.”

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Michael Steele: After Trump pardons Jan. 6 rioters, where will Republicans draw the line?
These pardons are an affront to the rule of law but many in the Republican Party aren’t treating it as such.
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January 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Totally normal
January 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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“As of tonight, there is no White House briefing even scheduled. None. And there is not a single complaint…”

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com explains the double standard that the Washington press corps has applied to Biden and Trump, entirely to Trump's benefit.

WATCH: youtu.be/JEMGGGK7Mfk?...
Lawrence on the White House press briefing ‘Trump standard’
YouTube video by MSNBC
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January 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Trump tells Sean Hannity "I don't care" about the economy and that Joe Biden's pardons are more important
January 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Dear members of the press,

Can one of you, PLEASE just ONE:

When Trump says we deleted all the evidence, please for the love of God, push back. The evidence is all here:

www.govinfo.gov/collection/j...
Select January 6th Committee Final Report and Supporting Materials Collection
www.govinfo.gov
January 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.
Bishop Urges Trump To 'Have Mercy' In Powerful Plea During Inauguration Prayer Service
Love this ❤️ And his reaction!
www.comicsands.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM